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June 4 – August 13
Sign up for the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s annual Summer Reading Challenge for a chance to win great prizes!
Read for fun and prizes this summer! Every 30 minutes you spend reading or listening to a book earns you an entry into a prize drawing at the end of the challenge. The more you read, the greater your chances of winning! eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, magazines, reading to your child – all reading counts. Search the Library’s catalog to find great titles – all you need is a library card. Don't have one? Sign up for an eCard to get immediate access to our online library.
You can earn more chances to win by attending any library program. Every event you attend gets you an additional entry into the drawing. Just make sure to add it to your online reading and activity log.
Everyone who signs up for the Summer Reading Challenge is also eligible to receive two complimentary tickets to select 2022 Miami Marlins games. You will receive the redemption instructions after you sign up.
Children and teens who aren't actively reading or participating in other learning activities during the summer can succumb to the "summer slide," the loss of knowledge and achievement gains made during the school year.
Reading for just 20 minutes a day, listening to books and exploring new types of materials like magazines can help prevent summer learning loss and set kids up for success in the new school year. Best of all, all these materials are available for free with your library card!
Parents and caregivers can also help stem the summer slide by reading themselves, setting a good example for children who tend to read more when they see adults in their lives doing so.
Parents can also help their children stay engaged and continue learning through the MDPLS Homework Help & Tutoring Program. Free tutoring sessions with certified teachers will be available throughout the summer in person at select branches on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. from June 11 through August 13 and online on Wednesdays from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. from June 15 through August 10. Tutoring is available in reading, math and science. For more information, visit www.mdpls.org/tutor.
- All Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) cardholders are eligible to participate. If you don’t have a card, click here to register for an eCard online, which will be emailed to you, or sign up for a physical card at any library location.
- Participants may sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge and submit their reading/activity logs online at www.mdpls.org/2022summerreading or visit any MDPLS location for assistance.
- Every half hour of reading time earns you one entry into the prize drawing. Reading time should be reported in increments of 30 minutes. Books, eBooks, magazines, audiobooks, reading to a child – all reading counts!
- Participants may also submit any library programs attended, whether in person or online, to receive additional entries into the prize drawing (one additional entry per program attended).
- Participants may submit any Homework Help & Tutoring Program session or Adult Learning Academy class attended (one additional entry per session or class attended).
- Parents or legal guardians may create a family account and submit a reading/activity log on behalf of their children.
- Participants may use the downloadable reading and activity log to keep track of their progress. All reading/activities must be submitted online to earn a prize entry.
- Participants may continue to submit and/or update their reading/activity log online from June 4 – August 13, 2022.
- All electronic entries received by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, 2022, will be entered in the prize drawing. No entries will be accepted after August 14, 2022.
- The prize drawing will be held the week of August 22. Winners will be notified no later than August 29, 2022.
- Employees of the Miami-Dade Public Library System are ineligible to participate in the prize drawing.
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