Join the Library for an amazing reading adventure—all from home. Track your reading progress online, complete fun at-home activities, and find fantastic book recommendations to keep you engaged all summer long. Plus, earn badges in our online reading portal as you read and participate—you can become a reading legend!

Discover all the ways the Library can help make this a summer of creative deeds, fantastic storytelling, and literary escapades—and how we support kids, teens, and their families with resources and more all year round.

When your quest is complete—at least for now!—don't forget to download your Summer Reading completion certificate in celebration of everything you've achieved.

Download Your Summer Reading Completion Certificate

You've done it! Your quest is over—at least for now. Celebrate your legendary achievement by downloading your special Summer Reading completion certificate now.

Get Your Certificate

Summer Reading 2020: Call for Submissions

Did you complete a Virtual Summer Camp or online reading portal activity and make something epic in the process? We want to see it! Use this submission form to share photos of your project, and you might be featured in our summer showcase!

Need some ideas on how to share your work? Here are some examples from NYPL librarians and staff from their videos for Virtual Summer Camp.

Two children draw on asphalt with chalk
Project Creator: Lysander | Activity: Community Chalk Mural | Project Name: Dragon Mural | Description: I made a dragon. 
Find out how to complete this Virtual Summer Camp Activity!

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    Thank You

    Major support provided by the New York Life Foundation, the 2020 city-wide sponsor for the Summer Reading Program.

    The New York Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is generously funded by HSBC Bank USA; New York Yankees Foundation; WarnerMedia; The Rona Jaffe Foundation; Pine Tree Foundation of New York, Inc.; anonymous donors; and the continuing major support of the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences. © 2020 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved.

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