Summer Reading Program 2026
June 11 – August 14
Join the 2026 Summer Reading Program with the Public Library of Brookline! Explore the wonderful world of reading this summer with exciting programs and fun prizes. Summer Reading is open to community members of all ages, from kids through adults. You don’t need to be a Brookline resident to participate!
Kids: Sign Up and Log Your Reading!
Kids ages birth to entering 4th grade can sign up for the program through our online tracker Beanstack, or by asking at any Library location. For the duration of the program, track your hours spent reading using your Beanstack account or a paper log (available at all our Library locations).
Tweens, Teens, and Adults: Visit the Library!
Visit any Public Library of Brookline location and check out at least one item. Registration or logging your reading is not required for tweens, teens, or adults (youth entering grades 5-12 and adults).
Redeem Your Activity for Prizes!
Kids can earn a spin on our prize wheel after signing-up for Summer Reading, and for every 5 hours of reading. There is no limit to the number of times kids can earn their five-hour wheel spins, so read up! Just remember to bring your reading log or track on Beanstack to redeem those prizes.
Tweens, Tweens, and Adults can participate in the program every time they visit the Library and check out an item – no registration required! Limit of one spin per person per day.
Prizes may include: buttons, bookmarks, stickers, stationary, candy, a book/book voucher to the Friends of the Library Book Sale, and raffle tickets for our grand prize raffle for gift cards and large prizes. Please note that prizes may vary by location, for all ages.
Visit our events calendar to discover all the summer programming we have in store!
Check out this list of recommended titles for teens, put together by our Teen Librarian!
Looking for information on the Public Schools of Brookline’s Summer Reading program? Check out the school summer reading lists for grades PK-8.
This program is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation, the Friends of the Brookline Public Library, the Library Trustees, Brookline Booksmith, Clayroom, Coolidge Corner Theater, Cutty’s, J.P. Licks, and Turtle Books.