This year’s Summer Reading program will run from June 19th to August 17th. The “Find Your Voice” theme means a focus on to sharing stories, expressing ourselves, and sparking change. Our voices include not only the sounds we make, but the words we write, the art we create, the movements we perform, and the actions we take each day to impact our world. To celebrate, we’ll have special programming all Summer long centered around self-expressing, ending with a chance to party your tail off at our Summer Reading End Games on August 17th!
Guess Who’s Back?
Looking for a furry friend to read with? Adopt a Book Buddy from the Derby Neck Library! Check out 5 books or more and you’ll get to choose from one of our Buddies to bring home with you as a new furever friend, complete with a commemorative Find Your Voice pin. Make sure to read regularly so you can collect them all!
How It Works
This year’s Summer Reading program will be based on a points system. You will be earning points based on events attended and the number of days you read! Whether you read a chapter of a book, a news article, a video game review, or the back of a cereal box, this counts as reading!
We recommend that you track your points by signing up for READsquared here. Once you’ve registered for READsquared, you will be automatically entered into your Summer Reading 2023: Find Your Voice program based on your age group. You can use READsquared to log your days read and events, play games, and earn cool badges as you progress through the Summer. Did we mention there’s a READsquared app as well? It’s available for FREE on both Android and iOS devices!
Don’t want to use READsquared? You don’t have to! We’ll have a reading calendar and instructions available at the library by request, so stop in today to get started!
Please reach out to Miss Sarah by calling the library at 203-734-1492 if you have any issues signing up for Summer Reading!
Points Scale:
- Signing up for Summer Reading earns you 200 points
- Days you read earn you 100 points
- Events you attend earn you 50 points
- Every 200 points earns you 1 raffle ticket towards prizes awarded during Summer Reading End Games!
New Summer Programming!
Click on the images below to learn more about the 2023 Summer Reading Programming or check out our events calendar here! Make sure to register if you can, as we’ll be offerings food, giveaways, and other goodies. We look forwards to seeing you this summer!
Please keep an eye on our website calendar to learn more and see what else we’ve got planned! We’ll be keeping you posted on our weekly newsletters as well, so make sure you’ve signed up for our mailing list!