2026 Kids Summer Reading Program
June 16 - August 22
Children 12 Months to Entering 5th Grade
Stop by every week to watch our garden grow. Earn special Jory John and Pete Oswald BRAG TAGS.
🌱 4 Years - 5th Grade: Plant a Seed, Read!
Earn PRIZES and RAFFLES, READ and GIVE BACK!
- SIGN UP at the Library! You’ll receive a necklace or keyring for your brag tags.
- Set a goal & READ. How much are you going to read each week? Parents: help your child come up with a realistic reading goal. Make it fun!
- Get BRAG TAGS! Come to the Children’s Room once a week for 1 new brag tag and weeklyraffle ticket.
- Earn PRIZES weeks 2, 6, & 10! Come in for a prize and raffle tickets! Spin the wheel for extra prizes!
- GIVE BACK! Weeks 4 & 8 participate in READ FOR SEEDS which benefits Gaining Ground Farm in Concord, MA. Stop in these weeks to help us reach our goal of $100 each week!
- Enter to win the GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE week 6 (Woo Sox Tickets) and week 10 (symbolic animal adoption of your choice through the World Wildlife Fund!)
Extra Incentive: Plant Seeds in your Community Adventure Challenge for extra weekly raffle tickets and an ice cream coupon! (WEEKS 2, 6, 10).
🐝 Ages 1 - 3: Bee a Reader!
Earn 10 weekly BUSY BEE STICKERS and 3 PRIZES!
- Sign up at the Library and receive your STICKER BOOK!
- READ! Parents and Caregivers read to your child as much as you can.
- Get STICKERS! Come to the Children’s Room once a week for stickers and a raffle ticket. Receive a cute BEE THEMED PRIZE during weeks 2, 6, and 10!
- Enter to win the GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE weeks 6 & 10 for a chance to win a World Wildlife Fund symbolic adoption bee plushy!
There's so much going on this summer. Check out our online calendar to sign up for events! Download a copy of the program brochure and events schedule.
All programs and events generously supported by the GPL Endowment Trust and a grant from the Town of Groton’s Trust Funds’ Lecture Fund.
Artwork by Pete Oswald