Adult Summer Reading:
Plant a Seed, Read!
Mon. June 23 - Sat. August 15, 2026
For ages 18-108

About Adult Summer Reading
How it works:
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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.
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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
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July: A book found at a Little Free Library, Friends' book sale shelves, or used bookstore
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September: A book about a journey
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

