All Together Now

Summer Reading 2023

June 17 – July 29

Registration opens June 1st

Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now for Littles, Kids and Teens

Read all together this summer!

You are invited to six weeks of summer reading and fun!

How to participate:

Log the minutes you read to earn badges and prizes along the way. You can also increase your summer fun by picking up a weekly packet from the library full of crafts, activities and surprises!

Win Prizes!

You can also earn tickets in the Grand Prize Drawing by attending library programs and doing the activities on your Summer Reading Bingo Card. See the events calendar for incredible Summer Reading programs for all ages.

And you are invited to the End of Summer Reading Party on July 29th when we will draw winners for the Grand Prizes!

That’s six weeks of Summer Reading with a different theme each week!

Week 1 (begins June 20): Friends Forever
Week 2 (begins June 26): Community Connections
Week 3 (begins July 3): Science that Serves
Week 4 (begins July 10): Expand Your World
Week 5 (begins July 17): Working & Playing Together
Week 6 (begins July 24): Kindness for Everyone

Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now for Adults
June 17 – July 29

Log the books you read to earn tickets for the prize drawing. You only have to read 6 books and submit 1 book review to complete the Summer Reading program, but you can earn extra drawing tickets by attending library programs, writing additional book reviews or sharing a book review on social media and tagging the library.

Grand Prize — Brown County Goodies Gift Basket
Gift Certificate to Fallen Leaf Books
Gift Certificate to Naughty Dog Books

How to participate:

READ 6 library books — remember, all books count: printed books, e-books and audiobooks, but we encourage reading for YOU (rather than reading aloud to children for instance).
RECORD what you read in your reading log.
WRITE a short review of a book, e-book or audiobook on the form in your reading log
TURN IN your completed reading log and book review to the Library and you will be earn an entry ticket in our prize drawing

Earn additional entries in the Prize Drawing by:

Writing 2 additional book reviews = 1 ticket
Attend an adult Library program = 1 ticket
Share a book review on Facebook or Instagram, tag the Library and use #brocopublibsummer = 1 ticket
(Facebook @browncountypubliclibrary47448 | Instagram @browncountypubliclibrary)

Be sure to visit our Events Calendar for program dates to help you earn those additional prize drawing tickets!

Make sure to have your reading log turned in by July 29 to be eligible for the End of Summer Prize Drawings. Drawing will be held at an End of Summer Reception on Thursday, August 3 from 5-6 pm.

To be eligible to win you must complete the program requirements outlined in the packet, have a Brown County, Indiana Public Library card, and be over the age of 18.