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Summer Reading

 

STAY TUNED FOR our 2024 Summer Reading Program:
Adventure Begins at your Library!

Summer Reading for Everyone!

Each summer the Library offers programs and activities for adults, teens, and children to encourage reading and excite curiosity. This year you can choose from a wide range of activities for all ages and abilities.  

Come explore our 2 locations:

  • 129 Boyden Avenue for adult services and materials
    Contact: 973.762.1688 ext 5002 or email us at: library@maplewoodlibrary.org

  • Hilton Branch for kids and teen services and materials
    Contact us: 973.762.1688 ext 5101
    or email us at: kids@maplewoodlibrary.org or teens@maplewoodlibrary.org


The Summer Reading Program is generously supported by the Friends of the Maplewood Library.
You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming by clicking here. 
(Family memberships are only $20 per year!)


For more specific information:

Kids

Teens

Adults

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this possible!!

You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming by clicking here. 
(Family memberships are only $20 per year!)

TEENS

A curated experience for those in 6th to 12th Grade.

Dive into reading about anything and everything that interests you for a chance to win prizes,

With creative activities to have fun all summer long.


The Vibe:

  1. Read whatever you want: The more minutes you spend reading, the greater your chances at winning prizes.

  2. Not sure what to read?: You’re in luck! The Maplewood Library’s teen librarian, as well as librarians from South Orange Public Library, Columbia High School, Maplewood Middle School, and South Orange Middle School put together suggestions for you. Click here for the middle school list and here for the high school list.

  3. All reading formats and genres are valid: Do you love comics and graphic novels? Read those. Prefer audiobooks? No problem. There will be no genre- or format-shaming here.

    If there’s a title you want, but don’t see on our shelves, be sure to check Hoopla Digital and Libby for eBook and audiobook copies, as well as our online catalog for additional print copies.

Events

Attending events increases your chance of winning prizes, too! To see all teen summer reading events, click here.


Registration

To register, fill out the teen portion of the REGISTRATION FORM.

The Prizes:

Participants in the teen portion of the Summer Reading Program have a chance to win one of three prize baskets:

You can submit prize entry forms whenever you read or review a book (yes, listening to audiobooks counts). Raffle tickets for events will be distributed at those events.

The raffle drawing for prizes will take place on Monday, August 14, 2023.

Special thanks to local businesses A Paper Hat, Brave Floral, and HLS Bar and Grill for providing gift cards for the teen prize baskets.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the teen librarian via email or by calling (973) 762 1688 ext. 5103.

ADULTS

Adult Summer Reading Participation Guidelines

  • Complete the REGISTRATION FORM

  • Participate in one or more of the ways listed in the next section each week

  • Fill out a PRIZE ENTRY FORM for each week that you participate. 

Please submit one form per week (by Sunday of each week) to be entered into a weekly prize drawing. The more activities you complete each week, the greater your chances will be to win – each activity you complete will count as a separate prize entry. 

Ways to Participate & Be Eligible for Prizes:

  • Attend a library program 

  • Complete an adult Take & Make project and send us a photo of your project (Week 4: Togarashi Spice Mix)

  • Write a brief review or personal reaction to a book you read this summer

Prizes

Weekly Prizes: participate in one or more of the ways above to be entered into a weekly prize drawing for a $20 gift card to a Maplewood business of your choice. The more activities you complete each week, the greater your chances will be to win – each activity you complete will count as a separate prize entry. 

Grand Prize: one winner will be chosen by raffle from all the cumulative entries submitted over the course of the program to win a $50 gift card to a Maplewood business of your choice.

CONTACT

For questions or comments, please email us at programs@maplewoodlibrary.org or call 973-762-1688 ext. 1

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this program possible!

You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming here. 

 
 

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