Oceans of Possibilities
Monday, June 27 through Saturday, August 13, 2022
Why should the kids have all the fun? Join our Adult Summer Reading Program, June 27 through August 13. Read or listen to any book of your choice, then log it for a chance to win prizes in our Grand Drawing to be held on August 18. Each book is another chance to win. Follow the link to our online reading program ReadSquared, or visit the Reference desk. You can also download the ReadSquared app through the App Store or Google Play. For more fun, join in these events:
Adult Summer Reading Kickoff
Wednesday, June 29, at 7:00 p.m.
Attend in-person. Registration begins Wednesday, June 8
Join us for an evening of fun and games at the library. Register for our Summer Reading Program, hear about some great summer reads and play Publishing, Libraries, and Books Trivia.
Color and Chat
Wednesday, July 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Attend in-person. Registration begins Thursday, June 22
Come for an evening of coloring and conversation. De-stress while we all share what we’ve been reading and watching.
Meet the Author: Adriana Trigiani (on Zoom)
Wednesday, August 3, at 7:00 p.m.
Registration begins Thursday, July 14
Join us for an evening with the New York Times bestselling author of Big Stone Gap, Lucia Lucia, and the 2022 novel, The Good Left Undone.
Adult Summer Reading Program Wrap-up Event
Thursday, August 18, at 7:00 p.m.
Attend in-person or on Zoom. Registration begins on Thursday, July 28
Celebrate your summer reading at this event featuring William Kent Krueger, author of
This Tender Land, via Zoom. Stay for our annual Grand Drawing. Light refreshments.
For Teens Entering Grades 6-12 in September 2022
Monday, June 27 – Saturday, August 13.
Registration and reporting begins Monday, June 27.
Register by Saturday, July 2 to be entered in our Early Registration raffle for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
Read anything you want this summer! Log your minutes on ReadSquared. Log 100 minutes to be automatically entered in our weekly raffle to win a gift card and book.
Log 600 minutes by Saturday, August 13 to receive an invitation to our End of Summer Party on Thursday, August 25 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. and be automatically entered in the Grand Prize Raffle for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card. The End of Summer Party will include pizza, ice cream, games, crafts, and more fun you won’t want to miss!
In addition to logging your minutes, you can also write reviews of books and/or other forms of media, including: movies, television series, video games, music, tabletop or board games, and podcasts. The option to write a review can be found under “Missions” in ReadSquared.
Each review counts as 100 minutes. A maximum of three reviews are allowed. Log at least 300 minutes and write at least three reviews to reach the completion goal of 600 minutes.
Teens registered in the Summer Reading Program can also participate in our weekly Guess the Movie game. Each week, a new screenshot will be posted outside the Teen Room. Leave your guess for a chance to win a prize after the end of each week.
Sign up for both programs begins Monday, June 27, 2022
Summer Reading Together Adventures
For families with children from birth up to
5 years old (not entering kindergarten)
June 27 – August 13
Sign up begins Monday, June 27
Keep reading together all summer long, while doing fun activities. Earn a bag filled with goodies and chances to win raffle prizes.
Summer Reading Adventures
Grades K-5 (in September 2022)
June 27 – August 13
Sign up begins Monday, June 27
Keep reading all summer long, while doing fun activities. Earn a bag filled with goodies and chances to win raffle prizes.
What you can find this summer in the Children’s Room:
- A wide variety of in-person programs as well as activities you can do at your convenience at home. Click here for our calendar of events.
- Weekly To-Go Crafts
- Create a Recycled Creature as a bonus activity for a chance to win an Amazon Gift Card!
- Earn raffle tickets with each visit to the Children’s Room this summer for a chance to win the baskets below:
- Family Fun Night #1
- Family Fun Night #2
- Art and Adventure
- White Post Farm
- All About Baby
- Splish Splash Water Fun
- Awesome Arts & Crafts
- Fidget Toys Surprises
- Sea Adventures
- Space Adventures
- Shark Lovers
- Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
- Old Westbury Gardens
- American Girl
