ReadSquared Reading Program

Children's Reading Program 2026

Children ages 3 years to grade 5 are invited to join the Syosset Public Library’s summer reading club: Unearth a Story. Sign-up begins June 10 and runs through Friday, August 7.

Beginning June 22, you can start recording the books you have read. If you read and record at least one book a week, you will get the prize for that week and a chance for the weekly raffle. If you read seven books, you will get a certificate and an invitation to our closing show:

National Circus Project

Saturday, August 8

10 AM to 10:45 AM OR

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM

Teen Summer Reading Club 2026

For Teens going into grades 6-12 in September

Monday, June 22 to Saturday, August 1

How It Works

Starting Monday, June 22, you can begin to record your minutes on READsquared. You can sign in whenever you want to log your time. Record 100 minutes of reading each week to be entered into the weekly raffles. Reading and recording 600 minutes completes the program, and you will receive an emailed invitation to the Summer Reading Wrap Up Party!

The Teen Summer Reading Program is 6 weeks long (1,008 hours) 600 minutes to finish the program = 10 hours You can do it!

What to Read

You can read anything from fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, audiobooks, whatever you like, even the books you need to read for school! The one rule is that you can only enter minutes from the books you read starting June 22. If you read something at the beginning of June, it doesn't count towards your minutes, but we are proud of you!

Weekly Raffles

Every week prize winners will be randomly drawn from whoever has entered 100 minutes on their READsquared account for that week. You will be contacted if you are a winner.

Missions & Badges

Complete these fun activities to earn fun digital badges on READsquared. There are no physical prizes for completing missions and earning badges.

Reviews

You can add reviews if you want on READsquared. These will just be for fun and will not count towards weekly raffle prizes or reviews for community service.

Summer Reading Wrap Up Party

As mentioned before, to complete the 2026 Teen Summer Reading Club, you need to record 600 minutes of reading. The program will end on Saturday, August 1, so make sure you get those minutes in as soon as possible. When you finish and have logged your minutes before the program closes, you will receive an email with an invitation to the Summer Reading Wrap Up Party! We will be going bowling on August 13 (remember- it's by invitation only!). There will be snacks, drinks, and raffles! Please RSVP as soon as possible.

SPL Children's 500 Books Before Middle School

500 Books Before Middle School is a nationwide reading program for elementary school kids in kindergarten to grade 5. The goal is to complete 500 books before entering grade 6. It's a big goal, but simply reading or listening to two books a week for five years will put you above the 500 mark!

The journey is as fun as it is easy. Sign up through READsquared and come to the library to receive your start-up packet with some cool surprises. Be sure to log every book you read and you will receive a progress button for every 50 books and special prizes for each 100 book milestone. We also know that reading 500 books is a big goal, so to encourage continued participation, we will hold prize drawings twice a year for children who have logged books in the previous six months. Drawings will be held on:

September 1 for books logged from March 1–August 31.

March 1 for books logged from September 1–February 28.

When you have read and logged 500 books, come to the library for your certificate, choice of book, and completion prize.

SPL Teens 100 Books Before Graduation

A YEAR-ROUND READING CHALLENGE FOR GRADES 6-12!

Read 100 books before you graduate high school and get prizes!

That’s SO many books!!

On average, it’s about 1 book a month, if you start in 6th grade! It’s a challenge, not a race!

How Does It Work?

Go to Readsquared and sign up for SPL Teens 100 Books Before Graduation.
Come to TeenSpace to receive your start-up folder and exclusive bookmark.
Read a book of your choice.
When you finish the book, sign into ReadSquared to log it.
Every book logged needs to have a review of at least 5 sentences.
Let us know your favorite part, about a character you loved or hated, why you didn’t like the book, etc.
Keep doing this until you have read and logged 100 books.

WHAT QUALIFIES FOR THIS CHALLENGE Novels · Non-fiction · Short story/poetry collections · Audiobooks · eBooks · Books for school · Graphic novels/manga

WHAT DOES NOT QUALIFY Newspapers · Children’s books · Repeated books · Magazines · Blog posts or online articles

WHY SHOULD I DO THIS?

Studies have shown that reading for pleasure and enjoyment has a positive impact both academically and socially. Reading can provide stress relief, increase empathy, improve your vocabulary, and develop your writing skills. There are books for everyone, let’s find yours!