Looking for a Summer Reading Challenge? Here's a great one that doesn't matter how old you are, what grade you are in, or what level you are reading. Challenge your parents or guardians! Challenge your elders! Challenge your friends! Challenge your teachers, neighbors, or your faith leaders! See who can read the most and check the most boxes off the list. Looking for inspiration? Head on over to your local library or check out one of these links below. They have some great resources for free or low cost.
Read the whole article about the challenge HERE.
Use the link above to search for books and other materials that are available from all of the libraries in the Monroe County Library System.
Sora allows you to access ebooks and audiobooks from our school library's digital collection. Log in with your Rush-Henrietta Google user ID. You can add other libraries, too: like the NY Public Library, AudibookSYNC, or NYReads! Sora Sweet Reads features 190 Elementary titles, 27 Middle School titles, and 24 High School titles, all available in unlimited simultaneous access format.
Use your Monroe County Library card to borrow e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and more from your local library for free! Libby is the newer library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of readers worldwide!
Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. Once you create a free account, you can keep track of books you want to read along with those you have already read.
If you are 13 or older and live, work, attend school, or pay property taxes in New York State, you can get a free digital library card right now using this online form. Visitors to New York State can also use this form to apply for a temporary card. With a digital library card you get free access to the Library’s wide array of digital resources—including e-books, databases, educational resources, and more. And if you are looking for a good recommendation, try the NYPL Teens Center!
Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.
Browse a wide variety of bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles and find your next book to read.
Visit one of these local bookshops to find the perfect book:
hammergirl anime! in Southtown Plaza
Hipocampo Children's Books on South Ave
Bookends in Bowl-A-Roll Plaza in Henrietta
Barnes and Noble in Pittsford Plaza
Book Culture in Pittsford village
Lift Bridge Book Shop in Brockport (It's worth the drive!)
The Dog Eared Book in Palmyra (New, Used, and Rare books!)
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