Summer Reading
Summer Reading NEW
Summer Starts at the Library!Â
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!Â
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.
Thank Goodness It‘s Summer (TGIS)
Teens this one is for you, read books, collect ballots and be entered to win prizes.
Adult Reading Challenge (ARC)
Complete reading prompts provided to be entered into a draw for prizes.
Looking for Summer Reads?
S'More Camping Adventures
Sign up our Teen Summer Reading Challenge: TGIS as you warm up to the fire and roast some smore's while you melt into these reads!
Globe-Trotting Tales!
A selection of books from TD Summer Reading Club's Recommended Reads list.
Oh Canada, Oh Books!
Kick off July with a celebration of children's books about Canada and Canadian authors.
S'More Camping Adventures
Sign up our Teen Summer Reading Challenge: TGIS as you warm up to the fire and roast some smore's while you melt into these reads!
Globe-Trotting Tales!
A selection of books from TD Summer Reading Club's Recommended Reads list.
Oh Canada, Oh Books!
Kick off July with a celebration of children's books about Canada and Canadian authors.