Brevard County Presents Summer Reading Program 2024: Adventure Begins at Your Library!
Welcome to the Brevard County Libraries Summer Reading Program! Our 17 locations offer a wide variety of activities to keep you and your family reading all summer long.
Celebrate the End of Summer Reading!
Children and families are welcome to join us for the Brevard County Libraries’ party to celebrate the end of our Summer Reading Program!
The finale will take place Saturday, July 27, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Satellite Beach Public Library. This library is located at 751 Jamaica Blvd., Satellite Beach, FL 32937.
Local patrons are encouraged to walk or bike to the event. Parking will be available in the Satellite Beach Sports Complex beside the library. Please enter via DeSoto Parkway to access this lot.
Activities and excitement include:
Giant-sized Boardgames
Mario Kart
STEM Activities
Face Painting
Crafts
* Vehicle Visits
Mobile Library Escape Room
Food Trucks
* Vehicle visits from Satellite Beach Fire Department & Space Coast Area Transit.
Times for these individual activities vary. Please call (321) 779-4004 for more information on these times.
Summer Reading Challenge
Track your reading with Beanstack and enter for a chance to win our summer reading grand prize!
Ages 0-18
June 1, 2024 to July 27, 2024
Here’s how it works!
This summer, from June 1 to July 27, we are tracking our summer reading challenge with Beanstack.
Sign up for your Beanstack Account and download the Beanstack Tracker app.
Track the time you spend reading! This can be time spent reading independently, being read to, or listening to an audiobook. Stop by your local library starting June 1st to pick up a summer reading folder with more information about library events.
When you track your reading using Beanstack, you will receive a digital badge for each reading milestone reached. Each time you earn a badge you can visit your local library to pick up a Brag Tag.
Read all summer to collect all 10 Brag Tags!
All readers ages 0-18 who earn at least one badge this summer will be entered to win our grand prizes- Adventure Kits donated by the Eau Gallie Rotary Club.
The Prizes
Read and Ride with Space Coast Area Transit
Heading to the beach? Movies? Library?
Youth ages 18 or under can ride Space Coast Area Transit for free all summer long with your library card! The Read and Ride program begins May 25th and runs until August 11th. Stop by any Brevard County Libraries locations to register for a library card. Parent or guardian must be present. Visit our Library Cards page to find out more about how to register.
Need help picking out your route? Download the 321Transit Bus Tracker app or visit Space Coast Area Transit for route details.
Adult Summer Reading BINGO
Summer reading isn’t just for kids! Join in the fun! Adult summer reading BINGO will be available at all Brevard County Libraries locations. Stop by your nearest library location to pick up your BINGO card starting June 1st.
Adults are also welcome to join in our Beanstack reading challenge .
Summer reading BINGO will take you on an adventure through different book genres, events, and virtual offerings like Libby. For more details see your local library.
Library Ducks
Are you going on an adventure this summer? Don’t forget your Library Duck! Take them with you on your trips, to the beach, to the park, or any adventure you can think up!
Kids are invited to stop by the Youth Services Department of their library to pick up a rubber Library Duck to take on adventures throughout the summer.
Astro Duck
Adults are invited to stop by the Reference Department of their library to pick up Astro Duck! Astro Duck is our new summer reading mascot. Don’t go alone! Take a duck with you!
Take your ducks with you on all of your summer adventures. Be sure to share photos of your adventures using the hashtags #LibraryDucks, #AstroDuck, and #BrevardLibraries on social media.
Book Recommendations
Sunshine State and Florida Teen Reads Books for Summer 2024
The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivational program for students in grades K through 8. It encourages students to read independently for pleasure and is meant to help to improve their reading fluency. Sunshine State books are selected annually for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation.
Florida Teen Reads
Florida Teens Reads is designed to entice teens in grades 9 through 12 to read. In order to spark their interest and to provide a spur to critical thinking, the book selections engage high school students by reflecting their interests as well as representing a variety of genres, formats, reading levels, viewpoints, and ethnic and cultural perspectives.
Find Your Next Book, Audiobook, or Graphic Novel!
You can find books at your local library using our Discover Catalog and Discover Kids Catalog , or explore the Overdrive Kids Room and the Overdrive Teens Room , and hoopla to find your next book, audiobook, or graphic novel!