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Adult Summer Reading:
Plant a Seed, Read!

Mon. June 23 - Sat. August 15, 2026
 
For ages 18-108

 

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About Adult Summer Reading

How it works:

  • Pick up a Shoots and Ladders game board at Circulation or download one here.

  • Roll a single die online here or a real one if you have one at home. Move the the indicated square and fulfill the challenge listed. If you land on a square with a shoot or ladder, move to the indicated square. You can choose to do either challenge. For shoots, continue on to the higher numbered square. For ladders, return to the lower numbered square. Keep track of your landing squares/challenges on the back of your gameboard.

  • Get to 25 on your board, then fill out this form to register your raffle entry. Completed games are worth 3 raffle entries.

  • Can't finish the board? Enter for a single raffle ticket after 4 rolls using the same form above.​

  • See book lists and other useful information below to help you complete a challenge.

  • Register your raffle entry/entries) by Saturday, August 22. Prizes will be awarded on Monday, August 24.

Prizes

Prizes will be gift cards to local businesses and some cool library swag. Check back to see the list of prizes!

Summer Events

Check www.maynardpubliclibrary.org/calendar

for library events you may be interested in, such as the summer concert or the Tiny Art Show. You can sign up to receive the weekly email newsletter here.

 

A few special events this summer:

20th Anniversary on Nason Street Party on July 18 (and exhibit in June and July)

Community Art at the library:  Community in Bloom, Roosevelt Window Sticker Art, Tiny Art Show

Summer Concert, Farmers' Market, Shakespeare in the Park

Fine more events at discovermaynard.com/calendar/

Book Lists and Resources

MPL Resources

View the items in the Library of Things

Watch a film on Kanopy

Read a book or magazine on Libby

Download music on FreeGal

Watch a recorded library program on MPL's YouTube Channel

Borrow a Museum Pass

Learn more about our Story Walk

Participate in the Tiny Art Show: Enter a work or come to the reception

Participate in Community in Bloom

Find recipes in Spice Club Kits, Cookbook Club cookbooks,

Magazine Recycling, or the non-fiction shelves (see call numbers below)

Sign up for the Library Events newsletter or WowBrary (new additions to the collection)

(Already signed up? Roll again, you're done!)

Mass Center for the Book (MCB) Challenges and Booklists

https://www.massbook.org/readingchallenge

Spin the Genre Wheel

https://www.massbook.org/genre-wheel

A Few Celebrity Book Groups

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g23067476/oprah-book-club-list/

https://reesesbookclub.com/our-picks/

https://www.today.com/shop/read-with-jenna

Nonfiction Call Numbers

Food and Cooking    641.3-8

Gardening     710-19

Nature  570-599

Poems     811-813

Essays     814

Short story collections are in fiction by author and have spine labels like this 

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Maynard Public Library 77 Nason Street Maynard, MA 01754 Phone 978-897-1010 

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