Kids
SUMMER READING CLUB
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On Demand programs
Contact Kids
Questions for the Children’s Room can be answered by phone or by email: kids@maplewoodlibrary.org
Children’s Services
are now at Hilton Branch
1688 Springfield Ave
973.762.1688 ext 5101
Jane Folger
Natasha Osborne-Boothe
Jennifer Jacoppo
Adventure Begins at your Library!
2024 Summer Reading Club
June 22nd - August 3rd, 2024
A reading incentive program for kids from birth through 5th grade
Prizes, activities, and programs!
Each summer the Library offers programs and activities for adults, teens, and children to encourage reading and excite curiosity. This year we are using Beanstack to help you log your reading and activities, and win prizes!
REGISTER HERE: Beanstack Summer Reading
Download the Beanstack App to log your reading and activities on the go!
Have questions? See the Beanstack FAQ
CALENDAR OF EVENTS: June | July | August
Click here for the Children’s Program Flyer
Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this possible!!
Please become a Friend of the Library and
continue to support library programming by clicking here.
(Family memberships are only $20 per year!)
KIDS
How It Works:
Register on Beanstack (SOMSD student email addresses won’t work here, so please use another email address)
Join the Children’s Summer Reading Challenge
READ and WRITE to earn badges, a free book, Adventure Pieces, and to enter weekly raffle drawings for gift cards to local businesses!
Ways to Participate & Be Eligible for Prizes in Beanstack:
Log the AMOUNT OF TIME (minutes) that you spend reading and writing this summer in Beanstack
Prizes
Weekly Prizes: Earn an Adventure Piece and a Badge for every hour that you read, or every 30 minutes that you spend writing. For your first hour of reading, you will win a free book! (Kids’ Badges are earned for every 1 hour up to 10 hours, then every 5 hours from 11-50 hours, then every 10 hours from 51-99 hours, then every 25 hours from 100 - 200 hours.)
The more you read & write, the more Badges you will earn, and the greater your chances to win the WEEKLY RAFFLE PRIZE for a $5 gift certificate to a local business. Weekly Raffle Prizes include gift certificates to The Able Baker, Roman Gourmet Pizza, Honey & Hive Ice Cream, and Dippy Sippy Ice Cream
Grand Prize: The 10 top readers (the kids who spend the most time reading and writing over the summer) will be chosen by raffle drawing from all the entries submitted over the course of the program to win a $25 gift card to a Maplewood business of your choice!
Events
See our Calendar of Children’s Summer Events here!
Registration is required for Chef Jesse (July 11th) & for the Turtle Back Zoo programs (July 12th & 19th). Registration links can be found on our events calendar.
Reading Lists
2024 Grades K-2 Suggested Reading List
Catalog version (easiest way to request items and see all the formats available)
2024 Grades 3-5 Suggested Reading List
Catalog version (easiest way to request items and see all the formats available)
Contact the Children’s Department:
Any questions? Please email us at kids@maplewoodlibrary.org or call 973-762-1688 ext. 2 (or press extension 5101)
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.
For information about the Summer Reading Program by age group: