Summer Reading Program

READING COLORS OUR WORLD
Join the Summer Reading Program at your library June 9-August 16, 2025!
Reading colors our world! Pick up a paper reading log at any library branch or participate online using READsquared! Complete the program by reading or listening for 8 hours, then return your log for a chance to win prizes! Additional logs will also be entered into a prize drawing. All logs must be returned by August 16. There is a space for everyone – whether you are 9 months or 99 years old – we all need to read or be read to!
HOW IT WORKS
- Sign up and log your reading beginning June 9. You can participate fully online or use our paper logs.
- Log 8 hours of reading or listening before August 16 to complete the program.
- Keep logging and earn more prize drawing entries for every additional 8 hours you read/listen.
PRIZES
Read or listen for a total of 8 hours and log your reading to earn entries into a drawing for a For every additional 8 hours you read, you will have more chance to win!
***Please note: Grand prize drawings are available to Bay County residents only.
Children's Prize Drawings
For each log completed, children will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win:
Pokemon Pool Float
Crayola Marker Mixer
Tabletop Easel/Art Supplies
Large Squishmallow
Make a Puffy Sticker Kit
Toddler Art Kit
Each additional log completed = an extra drawing entry for the prize of your choice
Upon completion of the program, each child birth-grade 5 will also receive a free book to keep, several coupons for summer fun at area businesses, and an entry into the above end-of-summer prize drawing of their choice.
Weekly in-branch drawings will give children a chance to win:
Small Squishmallow
Sticker Art Book
Teen Prize Drawings
For each first log completed, teens will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win:
Beats Solo Wireless Headphones
Fujifilm Instax Mini Smartphone Printer
Portable Mini Bluetooth Clip Speaker
Upon completion of their first log, teens will also receive a free book to keep.
For each additional log completed, teens will be entered into a drawing with the chance to win:
LED Strip Lights
Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Mini Fridge
Be sure to check out additional weekly drawings only available at our library branches!
Adult Prize Drawings
For each log completed, adults will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win:
Lego Great Wave Set
Lego Bonsai Tree Set
Wood Carving Kit
$50 Village Glass Works certificate
$25 Painterly Pottery certificate