Sign up for Summer Reading Challenge!
June 15 is the first day for kids from birth-19 to sign up for Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Challenge! Watch the video for more details and sign up here or at any MCPL branch!
Participants earn a free book JUST for signing up!
MCPL and our partner the Washington Nationals are teaming up to encourage reading all summer! The Nats will give all MCPL Summer Reading Challenge! participants who complete Mission 2 a voucher to attend a regular season game for free.
MCPL and our partner Chesapeake Bay Foundation are greening up Summer Reading by keeping plastic out of the waste stream. As children read and complete missions, we will help plant trees, restore oyster beds, and improve animal habitats throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Summer Reading Challenge! Kick-off Party June 18!
The 2022 Summer Reading Challenge! Kick-off party will happen rain or shine on Saturday, June 18, from 10:30 -12:00 noon at the Rockville Library. If it rains, festivities will move indoors. Outside you can visit the hands-on Chesapeake Bay Foundation table where you can explore objects that showcase efforts to Save the Bay! Meanwhile, Abracadabra Alex will be strolling through the crowd with his special ocean-themed brand of magic. Indoors, you can sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge! and pick up your free book in the first floor meeting room. Plus, children of all ages can visit the maker-tables in the atrium to create ocean-themed crafts.
Oceans of Possibilities all Summer!
Stay tuned to our socials and the MCPL Summer Reading Challenge! website to stay up to date on our missions, book lists, game boards, videos and Flat Shark Finley — a shark you can take along on all your summer adventures to the pool, on vacation, and everywhere you go. Take photos of yourself and Finley having fun together, and make sure to tag #FlatFinley on social media if you post pictures of Finley’s summer fun!
More about Summer Reading Challenge! and sign up information!