This year’s summer reading theme, “Fire & Fantasy with Roswell,” celebrates the growing popularity of the fantasy genre. Inspired by bestsellers like The Fourth Wing series, the upcoming live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, and a wave of captivating new fantasy books hitting our shelves, this theme was the perfect fit for 2025.
For every hour you read, you’ll earn one entry into our prize drawings. Whether you read by yourself, with a friend, listen to an audio, listen to someone else read to you, read to your dog, or prefer to read books with a lot of pictures – these will all earn you entries!
Children (ages 0-12): Track your reading with our unique reading trackers, available at the Circulation Desk. Log your hours, redeem your prize tickets at the Circulation Desk, fill them out, and then drop them into the prize boxes of your choice.
Teens & Adults (ages 12-18 and ages 18+, respectively): Submit your reading hours in person using our reading trackers or log them online via the Teen or Adult pages on our website. Teens can enter a maximum of 200 hours. Adults can enter up to a maximum of 250 hours.
The Children & Teens’ programs run from June 2 at 9am – August 29 at 5:50pm. The Adults’ program runs June 20 at 10am – September 22 at 7:55pm. Early or late entries will not be accepted.
Now, let’s talk prizes! Children can win a Billy Beez Gift Certificate, Walmart gift card, The Children’s Place gift card, Ulta gift card, a LEGO Minecraft Set, or a Hover Hockey & Soccer Set.
Teens can win a Walmart gift card, gift card to a City of Watertown restaurant of your choice, or our Grand Prize of a Bluetooth Beats Headphones. All teen participants will automatically receive one entry into the grand prize drawing.
Adults can win an Amazon Gift Card, Stewart’s Shops gift card, TJ Maxx gift card, gift card to a local restaurant within the City of Watertown of your choice, or a gift card to a local coffee shop within the City of Watertown of your choice.
The fine print for all age groups: Participants may win only one prize. If name was already drawn for a prize, another name will be drawn. Prizes will not be mailed. Winners must be able to pick up at the library. Tickets, bookmarks, and online entries must be filled out in their entirety in order to qualify. All winners will be contacted within one week of the program ending. All winners must pick up their prizes within one week of being notified or another name will be drawn.