June 20th - August 14th

Follow us to new shores during this year's Summer Reading program at Darien LibrarySummer reading is for everyone! You can register online or use paper logs to track your reading. The more you read, the more entries are entered for your chance to win our prizes.

-Kids: Expedition Blue Wave

-Teen Summer Challenge

-Adults: Make a Splash

-Featured Summer Reading Events

Kids: Expedition Blue Wave

The Children's Library offers two different paths to exploring new shores: a challenge for children from birth to kindergarten and another for children in kindergarten through 6th grade.

In order to be eligible for prizes for the Pre-Reader and Kids programs, participants must log their activities on Beanstack.

Pre-Readers

Our challenge for little ones who are not reading yet focuses on early literacy skills (reading, writing, singing, playing, and talking) to build a foundation for reading.
Kindergarten to

6th Grade

Once readers in K to 6th Grade are registered on Beanstack, they can visit the Library to pick up a paper map and their free book for signing up.

Start Your Deep Sea Exploration

Teen Summer Challenge

Teen Summer Reading is for tweens and teens ages 12-18. Twelve-year-olds may join either the Children or the Teen program.

The Middlesex Middle School Reading Ambassadors have selected 21 of their favorite books you may want to pick up to complete the challenge. You can watch their video or browse the booklist. A huge thank you to the 6th and 7th grade Reading Ambassadors for sharing their favorite books for Summer Reading 2022!

Surf Through Teen Reads

Adults: Make a Splash

Readers ages 18 and up: Make a Splash with us! Register to play online, download the game card, or pick up a game card in person at the Welcome Desk to participate.

Play along to win one of three grand prize baskets or a weekly giveaway of the hottest books of the summer.

Make a Splash with Adult Summer Reading

Featured Summer Reading Events

An Evening with Kate Quinn in Conversation with Beatriz Williams
June 29th at 7 p.m.
Adults

Sign up for a Summer Reading soiree with two historical fiction giants.

DIY Teens: Tie Dye
Thursday, June 30th at 1 p.m.
Ages 12 to 18

Meet us in the Courtyard to make a colorful new shirt.

Storytime at Weed Beach
Thursday, July 28th at 10:30 a.m.
Ages Birth to 5

Wiggle, laugh, sing, and play at the beach in this shoreline storytime!