Kickoff Party Kick off the 2025 Montgomery County Public Library Summer Reading Challenge with a fun party at one of these libraries! Twinbrook Library Saturday, June 14, 10:00am - 2:00pm Germantown Library Saturday, June 21, 10:30am - 12:30pm Chevy Chase Library Sunday, June 22, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Youth Gameboards (0-12) Complete gameboard to earn three e-badges and help make the Arts more accessible to youth in Montgomery County. English (PDF) Spanish (PDF) Amharic (PDF) Chinese (PDF) French (PDF) Korean (PDF) Vietnamese (PDF)
Gameboard Activities (0-5) Complete 12 of these gameboard activities throughout the summer to earn three e-badges and incentives along the way. Repeating activities counts too! These activities are starting points for learning and exploration; feel free to get creative with them! Need ideas on how to adjust the challenges for your family? Ask a librarian. Read for 30 minutes Attend a storytime Attend a Summer Reading program Fingerpaint Play with modeling clay Sing a song Throw a dance party Make up a song about your name Play musical chairs Play dress-up Make up a story Build with blocks Talk about what you see in a picture book Play with puppets or stuffed animals Do a fingerplay, like Itsy Bitsy Spider or Open Shut Them Make a crown out of things you find in nature
Gameboard Activities (6-12) Complete 12 of these gameboard activities throughout the summer to earn three e-badges and incentives along the way. Repeating activities counts too! These activities are starting points for learning and exploration; feel free to get creative with them! Need ideas on how to adjust the challenges for your family? Ask a librarian. Read for 30 minutes Attend a Summer Reading program Create your own story Read a play Take a picture of your favorite place and tell us what makes it special Draw a self portrait Create your own biography Illustrate a comic strip Create something with clay Create your own instrument Create an original song or poem Design a shadow box Make a collage Play charades Create a playlist for your favorite book or character Dance to your favorite song
Prizes On top of helping make the Arts more accessible for youth in Montgomery County, there are so many ways to win this summer! Receive a new, free book at sign-up Earn a Nationals baseball voucher for two after earning Badge 2 Earn a voucher for one-free book from the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County after earning Badge 3. Earn a free ice cream coupon from Bruster's Real Ice Cream in Gaithersburg, when you complete the Summer Reading Challenge. Upon completing the Summer Reading Challenge, you are also automatically entered into a raffle for: Tickets to the Baltimore Aquarium Tickets to the Maryland Science Center Tickets to the Maryland State Fair A Letter and Number Lightbox Bundle (for ages 0-5) A Fujifilm Instamax Mini 12 Bundle (for ages 6-12) *All prizes are available while supplies last
Summer Reading Booklists Enjoy these reading lists by grade, selected by MCPL librarians for kids of all ages. Babies - Digital or PDF Toddlers - Digital or PDF Preschoolers - Digital or PDF Kindergarten - Digital or PDF Grade 1 - Digital or PDF Grade 2 - Digital or PDF Grade 3 - Digital or PDF Grade 4 - Digital or PDF Grade 5 - Digital or PDF Middle School - Digital or PDF Spanish - Digital or PDF
Videos Check out our 2025 Summer Reading Challenge YouTube playlist for more videos about the program! MCPL Summer Reading Video CSLP Summer Reading Video CSLP Spanish Summer Reading Video
Artie Take our mascot, Artie (PDF), along on all your summer adventures -- a walk around the neighborhood, on vacation, and anywhere else you go. Take photos of you and Artie having fun together, and tag #MCPLreads on social media to post pictures of Artie’s summer fun!
MCPL's Summer Reading Partners MCPL and the Washington Nationals are teaming up to encourage reading! The Washington Nationals will give MCPL Summer Reading Challenge participants who earn Badge 2 a voucher for two to attend a regular season game for free. Vouchers are available while supplies last. MCPL is working with Levine Music, the Olney Theatre Center, and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County to celebrate the Arts in our community this summer! By participating in the Summer Reading Challenge, you will help make the Arts more accessible to youth in Montgomery County Nothing says summer like Summer Reading at the library except for maybe ice cream and this summer you get both! MCPL is partnering with Bruster's Ice Cream to bring you fun and your favorite summer treat with a free ice cream coupon when you complete the Summer Reading Challenge! MCPL and the Friends of the Library Montgomery County are working together to provide a summer full of fun at our libraries! The FOLMC will give MCPL Summer Reading Challenge participants who earn Badge 3 a voucher for a free book from one of two FOLMC bookstore locations. Vouchers are available while supplies last.
