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A cartoon scene of a busy library full of both kids and animals sharing books, reading, and moving around. Next to the cartoon are the words 2024 Kids' Summer Reading.

2025 Kids Summer Reading: Read & Bead Club
Monday, June 16 - Friday, August 22

Books and More Wait at Your Library
Cartoon girl sitting in a wheelchair with a book open and a red panda in her lap, also looking at the book.
Things to do this summer:
  • Enjoy the sun
  • Eat ice cream
  • Hike a trail
  • Join the Summer Reading Club!
Read and earn beads to decorate your very own necklace.

Click Here to Sign Up or Login Online

FAQ

Who can participate in Summer Reading?
Everyone! The Read & Bead Club is open to ages 3 to 13. Babies and toddlers not yet in Kindergarten can join 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. Teens can join the Reading Dragons Club. Adults can join Pages and Prizes.
How do I start?
Register online by using our Beanstack program (with a grown-up's permission) or visit the library. Even if you're logging all your reading online, be sure to stop by the Library to collect your necklace, tag, and beads!
How do the beads work?
Kids read and record their minutes (or have a grown-up help them track time) then they visit the library to turn those minutes into beads of varying colors, shapes, and designs to decorate and personalize their very own necklace. Each minute read can count towards a bead you will earn. You can always trade beads in for different types later!
A row of plastic tags laid next to small piles of multi-color pony beads.
My child can't read independently yet. Can they participate?
Yes! Any amount of time they are read to also counts towards their reading log. If they are not yet in Kindergarten, they can also participate in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program (also available on Beanstack).
How do I log the minutes and hours I read?
Your can either log them online via your Beanstack account, pick up a reading record at the library, use a paper log that you print at home (download link below), or just write your times on a regular piece of paper. If you log on paper, library staff will check off your paper log each time you visit for beads.
2025_ppl_kids_reading_record.pdf
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What counts as reading?
You can read by yourself or out loud to another person. You can listen to an audio book or listen to someone else read to you.​ You can read something fictional or learn something through nonfiction. Anything with words can count towards your minutes read!

Pembroke Public Schools Summer Assignments

Pembroke Public Schools
Keep up with education and imagination all summer long to limit the effects of the "summer slide." The summer slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn’t in session. Numerous studies show that kids who don’t read during summer vacation actually slip in reading ability by the time autumn rolls around.​

All Pembroke Public School Students may visit the Summer Information Quick Links for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Pembroke High School Students
Visit PHS's Summer Work page to review reading and assignment requirements for your upcoming grade and/or classes. Translations of some documents are available in Arabic (عربي), Portuguese (Português), and/or Spanish (Español).
Pembroke Community Middle School Students
Rising 7th and 8th grade students are expected to select and read any book, then answer six selected questions.

The questions and recommended book list are on the PCMS Summer Reading page and are available in Arabic (عربي), Portuguese (Português), and Spanish (Español). Need other recommendations? Visit our Quick Picks for Middle School list!

Elementary Students Entering Grades 1 - 3
The PPS Summer Literacy page provides 6 weeks of resources that you can use to review literacy skills with your child, including games and printable practice sheets.
Elementary Students Entering Grades K - 6
Two recommended reading lists (linked below) are available for all students; these lists were created as a collaboration between the local schools and your library.

Students also have access to LexiaCore5, an online reading skills program.

Leveled Reading List for K - 2
Recommended Reads for 3 - 6
The above two lists are PDF documents. If you do not see anything after clicking/tapping, please check your downloads folder.
Math Practice for Students Entering Grade 1 - 7
Students in K - 6 in Pembroke Public Schools have access to enVision for math practice and will continue to have access over the summer (entering grades 1 - 7). Access enVison from the school webpage.

The Massachusetts Statewide Summer Library Program is funded by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners​, and your local library.
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