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Kent County Public Library invites everyone to join the 2022 Oceans of Possibilities summer reading experience!
KCPL’s summer reading experience includes reading challenges for all ages – babies through adults – as well as 8 weeks full of programs and events. Everyone who joins us will have opportunities to win prizes, create connections, and celebrate reading.
We welcome all levels of participation! Register for a reading challenge, then spend the summer reading whatever you choose while logging reading minutes to win prizes and to contribute to KCPL’s collaborative summer reading goal. Join us for a single event or come to programs every week to try new things, get creative, learn amazing information, and more.
Details about our collaborative summer reading goal and how to register for a reading challenge are below! Information about all the summer events, including locations and links for registration, can be found in our online calendar.
In 2021, Kent County Public Library’s summer reading goal was 250,000 minutes and the response was incredible – hundreds of readers of all ages participated and they more than doubled the goal by logging 569,732 minutes!
This year we’re going even bigger. We have tripled the summer reading goal and are challenging our community to the collective, collaborative goal of reading: 750,000 minutes!
To reach this goal, we need the whole community to help!
- All age groups - babies, kids, teens, and adults - are welcome to join the fun and count the minutes they read this summer toward our collective goal!
- To get started, register for an Oceans of Possibilities summer reading challenge. Details for each age group are below!
While all ages are invited to join the fun, participating in KCPL’s summer reading experience can help kids start the next school year ready to pick up where they left off instead of needing to re-learn skills and information due to the "summer slide."
For more information, check out the National Summer Learning Association's Summer by the Numbers infographic for tips on preventing the summer slide.
Register online via Beanstack starting June 1st.
Already have an account? Sign in and available challenges for your age group will be listed.
Don't have an account yet? Use your library card number to set up a Beanstack account. If you need help, please ask any library staff member. Don’t have a library card? Visit the Services page for more details about getting a library card and information about how to apply online.
After you’ve registered, you can also join us at a Summer Reading Kickoff Event to pick up a swag bag of summer goodies, including a FREE t-shirt (available while supplies last).
Join us at a Summer Reading Kickoff Event on June 22nd or 25th to register for summer reading, get a printed reading log, and to pick up a swag bag of summer goodies, including a FREE t-shirt (available while supplies last).
Starting June 25th, you can register in-person and pick up a printed reading log at any KCPL location whenever the library is open.
The race toward 750,000 minutes starts on June 22nd! This is the day you can start tracking your reading minutes.
Minutes can be tracked online using Beanstack or on a paper log sheet you can pick up at any KCPL location starting on June 22nd.
The more you read and log your reading minutes, the more chances you have to earn prizes for yourself and to help us reach our goal of 750,000 minutes read by the community! If you're reading aloud together as a family or group, remember that each person can log those minutes for their own challenge.
All minutes must be submitted to KCPL by August 11th, 2022 to be counted!
To make sure your minutes are counted, share your paper reading log with library staff by the time the library closes on August 11th or enter your minutes into the Beanstack app by 11:59pm.
At our Summer Reading Finale on August 13th, we'll announce whether or not we've hit the 750,000 minutes read goal!
Beanstack Mobile App
If you’re logging your minutes online, check out the Beanstack app!
The Beanstack app is available for all mobile devices. Find it in the App Store or on Google Play.
Readers participating in the Preschool, Kids, and Teen Summer Reading Challenges can use their virtual raffle tickets to enter drawings for AMAZING prizes!
The more minutes logged, the more raffle tickets earned! Tickets are received for every hour of reading logged and readers can choose which raffle drawings to enter. You can spend your tickets all on one prize to increase your chances of winning a specific prize or spread them out over multiple prizes.
It's easy to find out how many tickets you have and choose which raffles you want to enter. If you're logging your minutes online, log in to Beanstack and click on "Ticket Drawings." If you're logging your minutes offline, bring your paper reading log to any KCPL location and talk with library staff who can show you a printed list of raffle prizes and place your virtual tickets into the raffles of your choice.
Friday, August 12th is the last day to enter raffle drawings.
Raffle winners will be announced at the Summer Reading Finale in Chestertown on Saturday, August 13th. You do not need to be present to win, but we do hope to see you there!
Participants in the Adult Reading Challenge do NOT earn raffle tickets, but do have the opportunity to turn their reading minutes into KCPL Bucks for the Marvelous Mystery Auction on Friday, August 12. Be sure to register to reserve your seat at this adults-only event!
- Keep track of how many minutes you read.
- Earn prizes along the way.
- Earn tickets for big end of summer raffle prizes for every hour read.
- Join us at the end of summer finale events for the announcement of raffle winners! You do not need to be present to win.
- Keep track of how many minutes you read.
- Earn prizes along the way.
- Earn tickets for big end of summer raffle prizes for every hour read.
- Join us at the end of summer finale events for the announcement of raffle winners! You do not need to be present to win.
- Keep track of how many minutes you read.
- Earn tickets for big end of summer raffle prizes for every hour read.
- The more you read, the more you earn.
- Join us at the end of summer teen finale event for the announcement of raffle winners! You do not need to be present to win.
Track your minutes and use them at our end of summer auction event!
If you're looking for activities in the community, we have a summer scavenger hunt for you!
The scavenger hunt is separate from the reading challenges, so you can do it on its own or in addition to a reading challenge.
Earn entries for the Scavenger Hunt Raffle by completing activities and sharing photos of your Scavenger Hunt adventures.
Turn in the form by Thursday, August 11th for a chance to win a family pack of tickets to the Maryland State Fair!
Visite: Beanstack
Obtenga incentivos registrando la lectura y completando actividades.
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Cómo funciona
- Registre a su familia y obtenga su primera insignia.
- Únase al desafío que le corresponde por edad por cada miembro de su familia: niños pequeños, niños escolares, adolescentes, o adultos.
- Registre su lectura.
Para más detalles:
Si prefiere registrar la lectura en papel y no en línea, visite cualquier biblioteca pública en Kent County para recibir un registro. Visite nuestro calendario de eventos para información sobre todas las actividades de este verano para niños, adolescentes y adultos.
