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Summer Reading

Summer Starts at the Library! 


Get Lit This Summer with Pickering Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenges!

Whether you're 5 or 95, there’s a Summer Reading Challenge just for YOU!

📖 Children – Track your reading, unlock badges, and win fun prizes!
📚 Teens – Log books, enter draws, and score exclusive summer swag!
📘 Adults – Complete our BINGO card, join our Battle of the Books, win prizes!

🌟 Why Join?

It’s FREE and fun for the whole family
Win prizes just for reading
Special activities, events and surprise challenges
Discover your next favourite book or genre

Get Started

Sign up in person starting June 26th! 
Visit pickeringlibrary.ca/summerreading to register and track your progress.

🔥 Let’s make this summer the most lit one yet, with books, fun, and community vibes!

TD Summer Reading Club (SRC)

Canada’s biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages.

Download the SRC Bingo Card here.

Thank Goodness It‘s Summer (TGIS)

Teens this one is for you, read books, collect ballots and be entered to win prizes.

Download the TGIS Bingo Card here. 

Adult Reading Challenge (ARC)

Complete reading prompts provided to be entered into a draw for prizes.

Download the ARC Bingo Card here.

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National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Children's Books

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Indigenous Stories

Check out these Indigenous stories by Indigenous authors!

Fall Into Fun!

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Purr-fect Reads About Pets or Furry Friends

A list of children's books that are perfect for young animal lovers!
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