Plant a Seed, Read
Coming in June 2026
For ages 11-18
(Middle & High School Students)
Congratulations on reading for over 1,650 hours in 2025!
This year's theme focuses on gardening, agriculture, food, and growth!
Questions? Email Casey at cpetipas-haggerty@minlib.net or call 978-897-1010 x102
About the Teen Summer Library Club
How it works:
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Log your reading¹ on Reader Zone. Paper reading logs will be available for anyone who wants to track their reading offline.
- 5 hours of Reading = 1 prize
- Read within various featured genres, formats, or topics (called Categories), and/or participate in activities found in the Teen Room and online (called Summer Challenges). Log these activities & titles on Reader Zone. For a full list of Challenges, Activities, and Categories, click here.
- 5 Summer Challenges = 1 prize
- 3 Categories = 1 prize
- Visit the library, attend a library event or read 2025 Teen Choice Book Award Nominees for bonus prizes!
- 2 library visits/events or Teen Choice Book Award titles = 1 prize.
¹ Reading includes anything related to Summer Homework; print books & eBooks; audio & digital audio books; magazines & newspapers; comics, graphic novels, mangas, & webcomics; Wikipedia articles; fanfiction... ANY READING COUNTS. Even wordless picture books & graphic novels!
New this Year: Reading Dragons!
It's Pokémon meets Rocks-Paper-Scissors.
Earn card sets by reading for 2 hours. Each set features the 4 evolutionary stages of a dragon, designed by artist Carey Pietsch of Lumberjanes and The Adventure Zone fame. Each dragon is either a Fire, Water, or Leaf type
Collect all 8 sets and battle - Fire beats Leaf, Leaf beats Water, Water beats Fire!
No additional logging is needed - just log minutes on Reader Zone.
How to Join:
This year's online Summer Library Club tracker is hosted by Reader Zone.
To join, download the Reader Zone app and create a profile. Be sure to include an e-mail address and phone number so you can be contacted about prizes.
OR go to ReaderZone.com and click the "Sign Up" button.
If you participated in the Children's Summer Reading Club or Teen Summer Library Club last year, that account still works! Library staff are not able to reset passwords - you will have to do that - but they can tell you what email address is associated with your account.
To join Maynard's Teen Summer Library Club, enter the code: COMING IN JUNE
Did You Know?
Reader Zone has an app that lets you track your reading right on your phone!
It's available in the App Store and in Google Play.
For an overview of how to use Reader Zone, visit the Reader Zone Help Page
Prizes
Prizes will be available starting Monday, July 6, and will be available until Friday, August 21. You can stop by the 3rd Floor to choose your prize(s) anytime, and can select multiple prizes at once.
You will receive an award on Reader Zone indicating that you can come choose a prize.
Prize options include:
Books
Art Supplies
Craft kits
School/office supplies
Keychains
Puzzles
Posters
Pins
and more!
Scavenger Hunts
Roll a Scavenger Hunt
Begins Monday, June 30
Roll a pair of dice (found in the Teen Room) to determine what you need to find! It's a new scavenger hunt every time you visit!
Pokémon Scavenger Hunt
Begins Monday, July 14
Find the Legendary Pokémon hidden around the 3rd Floor!
Sports Scavenger Hunt
Begins Monday, August 4
Find the pieces of sports equipment hiding around the 3rd Floor and correctly identify which sport it belongs to!
Mr. Mark's Scavenger Hunts
Be a little kid again and complete any of Mr. Mark's scavenger hunts on the 3rd floor.
Scavenger Hunts are one of the Summer Challenges - completing them can help you earn bonus prizes! For a full list of Summer Challenges and other ways to earn prizes, go to Summer Challenges, Activities, & Categories Page
Summer Events
Be sure to check www.maynardpubliclibrary.org/calendar
for more library events you may be interested in, such as the summer concert and author visits.
All events listed below are for ages 11-18/middle & high school students, unless otherwise specified.
Event Details
Dates
Times & Locations
& Registration Details
of all the events happening this summer will be available soon!
Silent Book Club (plus) Snacks
One Monday each month
3:30pm in the Storytime Room
No registration needed
Make yourself a treat, then read independently. It's a great chance to read from the 2025 Teen Choice Book Award Nominees!
Dates & snacks are listed below.
Monday, June 29: Snack TBD
Monday, July 27: Snack TBD
August Date TBD: Snack TBD
For information on ingredients, please email Casey at cpetipas-haggerty@minlib.net
5th Annual Tiny Art Show
Kits available beginning Wednesday, July 15
OR attend an In-person Creating Event:
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Dates TBA
All Ages, No registration needed.
Show dates: Saturday, August 1 - Saturday, August 15
Artists' Reception: Tuesday, August 4, 7:00pm
Create artwork no larger than 4" at home or attend one of the two In-person creating events. Return the artwork by 9pm on Tuesday, July 28 for it to be included in a gallery show in the Roosevelt Room.
Monthly Tween Crafts
Meets one Tuesday each month
6:00pm in the Storytime Room
Ages 9-14
Registration required
Join Ms. Casey for a craft program for upper elementary and middle school-aged kids!
Dates:
July: TBA
August: TBA
Take & Make Craft Kits
All kits are available for pick-up at the Circulation Desk beginning on Wednesdays while supplies last. Kits contain most, if not all, of the supplies needed. Scissors, glue, or other items may be needed.
Check the library calendar for more information.
List coming soon!
Summer Resources
Maynard Library Booklists
Diverse Books & #OwnVoices: A list of recent books that feature a diverse cast of characters.
Book to Movies: A list of books that have been turned into movies, mini-series, and tv shows.
Short Stories: A list of short story and essay collections on many different topics and genres
2026 Teen Choice Book Award Nominees
Read the books now, vote for your favorite in September!
YALSA stands for Young Adult Library Services Association, and it mostly provides resources for librarians. However, every year they compile lists of the best books in various categories, including the Teens Top 10 - chosen by teens around the country.
Sponsors
Thank You!
Plant a Seed, Read, the Massachusetts Statewide Summer Library Program, is funded by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. It is also sponsored by the Friends of the Maynard Public Library.
The theme of "Plant a Seed, Read" and related artwork is provided iRead and the Illinois Library Association. Artwork created by Wendy Xu. Reading Dragons is organized by Dover Public Library, Dover, Ohio.