June 20th - August 20th
Let's get growing! Register here and pick up a FREE book from our prize cart and a packet of seeds, courtesy of Soule Homestead. Log reading time and/or activities by August 20th for a chance to win one of 5 Grand Prizes, weekly ice cream giveaways and even more incentives.
Kids entering 6th grade in the fall have their choice of completing the Children's or Teen program. No Library card is required to participate. Grand prize winners will be notified the week of August 24th. Everyone is encouraged to pick up prizes earned by September 5th. Prizes must be picked up at the Middleborough Public Library.
Coming soon: Watch our Children's Summer Reading Video!
Coming soon! Paper Tracker and BINGO sheet
Families can use the paper sheet to keep track of time and activities. Kids can follow along in Beanstack as they earn virtual tickets towards grand prize drawings.
Middleborough students are encouraged to participate in the Library's summer reading program. Need reading suggestions? Find recommendations on our What to Read Next Page, under the Recommendations tab in your Beanstack account or stop by the Library and check out our numerous booklists.
Read to Feed
Read to reduce food insecurity for families and to support local farms as part as part of our summer reading theme which is all about nourishing the mind and body and exploring the connection between food, family, culture, and ecology.
Read 9,000 Hours to Raise $500
The Rotary Club of Middleboro/Lakeville will donate up to $500 to Elliot Farm’s “Nourish Our Neighbors” program which provides free farm shares to local families experiencing food insecurity. Every hour you read will help fight hunger and feed our community! Help us to reach our reading goal of 9,000 hours (540,000 minutes) between the children's and teen programs to raise the full $500 towards funding a farm share.
Nourish Our Neighbors is a program to provide local families with free farm shares — delivering fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy, eggs, and baked goods directly from local farms to those who need it most. "Your gift helps a neighbor stock their fridge, cook nutritious meals, and feel supported during challenging times. Nourish Our Neighbors is built on the belief that access to healthy food should never depend on income."
Beanstack Tracker Mobile App and Family Accounts make it easier than ever to participate.
Download the app for FREE from your device's app store: 
Android or iOs. Please note that the app does not currently allow you to post picture reviews or upload activity photos—you'll need to do that through the website.
Don't have internet access? Stop in the Children's room to use the Summer Reading computer located at the end of the desk.
What counts as reading? Being read to, reading to someone, reading to yourself, audiobooks, podcasts, magazines, ebooks, graphic novels, and books from home. As long as you are enjoying stories it counts!
Virtual Tickets & Reading Prizes
Register for summer reading and receive a packet of seeds from Soule Homestead and a FREE book to keep. Earn virtual badges and tickets by reading and completing activities or fill out the paper tracker to participate. You get to choose which grand prizes you want to try to win. Everyone who reaches 8 hours of reading will get to choose another FREE book and everyone who reaches 16 hours will get to choose a water bottle sticker.
Kids who read and log over 20 hours this summer will be entered into a drawing for a new book of their choice and more suprises.
Read 30 hours or more to be entered into a special drawing for a $20 Barnes and Noble gift card as well as additional prizes.
Thank you to Soule Homestead for their generosity.
5 Grand Prizes
- $40 Barnes and Noble Gift Card
- Minecraft Windmill Farm LEGO set
- Two Passes to Sauchuk Farm
- Local Farms Prize Pack
- Surprise Prize Pack
In addition to the grand prizes, there will be smaller drawings available in Beanstack as well. More prize options means more winners this summer! Once you have chosen the prize(s) you want to try to win, you must add the tickets to the drawings to be entered. You can add and subtract tickets from a drawing at any time up until 11:59 p.m. on August 20. Winners of the Grand Prize Drawing will be notified by the end of the month. One grand prize per participant.
Read for Ice Cream Weekly DrawingsFor nine weeks, we will run weekly drawings awarding a FREE ice cream coupon for Tom and Jimmy's Ice Cream to TWO lucky readers who have logged reading time that week (Sunday-Saturday). If you log your reading time regularly, you'll have more chances to win. One prize per participant.
Thank you to Tom and Jimmy's for their support and generosity.
Want the chance to win a Boston Bruins signed hockey puck? Kids over 5 years of age who have logged at least 8 hours of summer reading in Beanstack have the chance to win an autographed puck from the Boston Bruins. The only way to win is to join Summer Reading and log the time!
Questions? Call us at 508-946-2470 or email Children's Librarian Amanda Meyer at ameyer@sailsinc.org.
The Plant a Seed, Read children's program is sponsored by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, iRead, and supported by the generosity of the Peirce Trust, the Rotary Club of Middleboro/Lakeville, the Board of Library Trustees, the Middleborough Public Schools, the Middleborough Parks Department, the Western Massachusetts Library Advocates, Benson's Pond Cranberries and Barn, Lolans Farm, Soule Homestead, Tom and Jimmy's Ice Cream, Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park of Hanover, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and Wendy's.
