Summer Reading Program

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Thank You for Participating in This Year's Summer Reading Program


We hope you had as much fun as we did finding your voice this summer at the Watsonville Public Library! We had 824 people sign up for the reading program and had a total attendance of 2,204 at our 106 library events throughout the summer.  

Thank you so much to the Friends of the Watsonville Public Library, PVUSD, Slice Project and La Michoacana for sponsoring us and supporting the annual summer reading program.

Infographic with 824 people signed up, 508 kids, 98 teens, 218 adults
Infographic - 106 programs offered, 17 kids programs, 1 teen program 20 family programs and 68 adult

Find Your Voice this Summer at the Library!


Our annual Summer Reading Program will run from:

June 5 - July 31 in 2023


How to Sign Up

 You can register for the reading challenge one of two ways:

•  Signing Up (or Logging Into if you have an account already) the Beanstack App on your phone (Android / iOS), or the Beanstack website. You will track all of your reading online if you use this method.

• Registering in person during library hours at the Main Library or Freedom Branch to participate with a traditional paper reading log. 

How to Participate


1. Track your reading on either the paper reading log  OR a virtual one through Beanstack.
2. Explore and participate in various activities and events this summer.

How the Summer Reading Program Works

 Anyone, of any age, can participate in the Summer Reading Program.
■ Everyone who registers will receive a Free book (while supplies last). 
■ Participants choose to keep track of their reading in one of two ways -  either on a traditional paper reading log, or online and earn prizes throughout the summer. 
■ The last day to turn in reading logs and get the completion prize for reading 10 hours is Monday, July 31st, 2023. 

The Watsonville Summer Reading Program is made possible by the Watsonville Friends of the Library and in partnership with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District

~Thank you to our Local Sponsors~


La Michoacana  
The Slice Project