Early Literacy | Elementary | Teens | Adults
Our 2023 Wee Readers Program begins on Thursday, June 1st. It is open to children who are not yet reading or entering Kindergarten. To sign up you must be a Scotch Plains child with a library card OR a child entering the Scotch Plains Fanwood School district. Sign up in person or online.
- Sign ups begin Thursday, June 1st and end on Monday, July 31st
- Families who sign up between Thursday, June 1st and Friday, June 30th will automatically be entered to win FREE Turtle Back Zoo Tickets.*
- Summer Reading Challenge ends on Friday, August 25 and all prizes must be redeemed by the closing date.
- Children earn a prize after completing 15 minutes of reading, attending a library program or completing an early literacy activity 5 times. After completing the entire board they are eligible for a free book. All prizes and items are as supplies last.
- Children can only participate once per summer and are eligible for a total of 5 prizes and 1 free book.
- Prizes must be redeemed at the Scotch Plains Public Library.
*Winners will be pulled on Friday, June 30th at 5:00pm. Families will be notified via email on Saturday, July 1st. Please note that if tickets are not picked up by Monday, July 31st your tickets will be re-entered to another raffle for another family. Turtle Back Zoo tickets expire at the end of this calendar year and have been donated by the Friends of the Scotch Plains Public Library.
Our 2023 Elementary Summer Challenge begins on Thursday, June 1st. It is open to children entering grades Kindergarten through Fifth during the 2023-2024 school year who are enrolled in the Scotch Plains Fanwood School District OR reside in Scotch Plains. Sign up in person or online.
- Sign ups begin Thursday, June 1st and end on Monday, July 31st
- Students who enter between Thursday, June 1st through Friday, June 30th will automatically be entered in to a special raffle to win FREE Turtle Back Zoo tickets.*
- Summer Reading Challenge ends on Friday, August 25. This is the last day to pick up any prizes and to enter to try to win any of our bonus raffle prizes. Prizes are as supplies last.
- Children must complete 5 different challenges in order to earn a prize.
- Prizes must be redeemed at the Scotch Plains Public Library.
- All prizes (excluding raffle winners) must be redeemed before or on Friday, August 25th before the library closes at 5:00pm.
- Children can only participate once per summer and are eligible for a total of 5 prizes and are eligible for 1 raffle ticket.
- Raffle winners must pick up their prize by Saturday, September 30th. If prize is not redeemed then winner will forfeit their prize and another winner will be selected.
*Winners will be pulled on Friday, June 30th at 5:00pm. Families will be notified via email on Saturday, July 1st. Please note that if tickets are not picked up by Monday, July 31st your tickets will be re-entered to another raffle for another family. Turtle Back Zoo tickets expire at the end of this calendar year and have been donated by the Friends of the Scotch Plains Public Library.
Scotch Plains residents and SPF students entering grades 6-12 are welcome to participate in our teen summer reading challenge. Teens set their own reading goals for the summer and are awarded raffle entries for making progress on those goals. Registration opens June 1st and the challenge ends on August 16th. Questions? Email us at [email protected].
Scotch Plains adult cardholders are invited to take part in our Adult Reading Challenge. Fill out our online form for every book you read this summer (through September 5). Each book logged is an entry in our summer reading raffle, which includes a gift certificate to a local business. Be sure to check out our events calendar for fun and informative programs.