We hope you’ll join us at Kingston Library for a summer of fun!  You’ll enjoy lots of reading, discover books you love, explore new subjects, and visit old favorites. 

And on top of all that, we’ve got great performances and programs!

 

Unearth a story children's summer reading with dinosaurs.

 

Prize descriptions for Kingston Library children's Summer Reading Program

2026 Summer Reading!

Why a summer reading program?

Reading and writing not only maintain skills during the summer, but improves these skills while children enjoy learning.

Track your reading online or in the app with READSquared!

Visit our site at https://kingstonlibraryny12.readsquared.com/ to sign up.

We’re asking you to set your own summer reading goal when you enroll in the program. You can choose to set a number of books, or number of pages, or perhaps to read a certain number of minutes or days. The choice is up to you, but we hope you make the goal something that is an increase to your normal reading habits.

 

Track your reading online or in the app with READSquared!

Visit our site at https://kingstonlibraryny12.readsquared.com/ to sign up.

Steps:

  • Log your minutes reading on ReadSquared.
  • Set your own Summer Reading goal!
  • When you reach 50% you get a gift card to a yummy place.
  • When you reach 100% you get another gift card to a yummy place.
  • Bonus raffle drawing for prizes in September.

NOW LET’S TALK PRIZES

Participants who read and log 2 hours of reading over the summer will be entered in a raffle to win prizes on the silver tier. For the silver tier raffle, five winners will get a squishy dinosaur. For the gold tier, you need to read 20 hours per entry.  One lucky winner will win a Jellycat Fuddlewuddle dragon stuffy.

Please make sure your minutes have been logged so that we can verify.

 

*Raffle Prizes will ONLY be given to participants residing in the Kingston Library tax district.

And remember: There’s always room for a book. Wherever you go, take a book with you!