Sign-up for Summer Reading at the Vineyard Haven Public Library begins June 26th. Visit the Children's Room at the library to sign up, log your books and earn prizes, including a T-shirt!

A calendar of special events for children is available at the library or online. All programs at the library are free!

Click here to see the Tisbury School Summer Reading Lists!

Online Summer Reading for teens ages 12 and up starts Monday June 26th. Sign up and log on from any of the computers in the library, or from your home computer. Read and log 3 or more books to be eligible for prizes.

Just for teens: once you've signed up, visit the library to claim a $5 coupon that you may use to pay off fines on overdue items. The coupon may be redeemed at the Vineyard Haven Library at any time, but cannot be used to replace lost items.

Sign up online for Teen Summer Reading!

Adults 18 and older can track the books they read in July through August to be eligible to win a Bunch of Grapes gift certificate or other prizes.

To participate, pick up a Summer Reading bookmark at the Library. Read at least one book in a category of your choosing, and hand in your bookmark including your name and contact information. Prize drawings will be held at the end of July & August.

The summer reading program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Programs for children at Vineyard Haven Public Library are supported by the Friends of the Library and the Anderson Foundation and are free for participants.

Reading incentives have been provided by Bob's Pizza, The Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Candy Haven, Island Cove Mini Golf, La Choza Burritos, Mad Martha's Ice Cream, MV Film Society (Capawock and Strand Theaters), Mocha Motts, Murdicks Fudge, Sandy's Fish and Chips, Tisberry Frozen Yogurt, The Toy Box at Tisbury Marketplace, Wolf Den's Pizzeria, and the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library.