Get ready to adventure through Bay Shore and Brightwaters this summer with our Adult Summer Reading Club! Beginning July 7th, create an account and log on to ReadSquared. Once you sign up, come to the Adult Reference Desk at the library to pick up your registration prize. You can earn a Summer Reading themed tote and/or magnetic bookmark! Registration prizes are on a first come, first served basis and while supplies last. Throughout the summer log books online through ReadSquared to be entered to win our weekly raffles, including gift cards to venture out and try some of the hottest restaurants in town, as well as prize baskets from other local vendors! You will also be entered into our Grand Prize Drawing on August 25th!
(Preview our prize baskets below and see the full list of this years donors)
The more you read the more raffles you earn!
Weekly $20-$25 Gift Card Drawings to Local Restaurants & Cafe’s
Our Weekly Prize Baskets, compliments of Bay Shore and Brightwaters’ fabulous local establishments!
Fun Night In!
Enjoy a fun night in, order some pizza from Amore, puzzle the night away and cap it off with with a great read! Includes one gift certificate to Amore Pizza, Jane Austen book set, reading light, bookmark, 1,000 piece movie themed puzzle, BSBW Library to-go mug.
Toast!
Grab your Toast Coffee & Kitchen swag and head to brunch! Includes a Toast t-shirt, water bottle, sticker and gift card.
Picnic Basket
Grab lunch at Frank & Maria’s Italian Market and head out on a picnic this summer! Includes gift card to Frank and Maria’s, picnic blanket, basket, dishware. National Parks 1,000 piece puzzle, country cooking themed cookbook.
Art Tote
Color Your World and explore your artistic side with this stuffed BSBW Library tote! Includes paints, brushes, canvases, easel. Thousand piece Joseph Stella “Voice of the City” puzzle.
Pizza Tour of Bay Shore
Are you crazy for pizza?? Taste test for your favorite slice in Bay Shore! Includes gift cards to Mulberry Street, Amore Pizza and Fratelli Ritorante & Pizzeria. As well as some fun pizza themed swag!
Fire Island Getaway
Grab lunch at the Chowder Bar before heading over to catch the Fire Island Ferry! Includes BSBW lunch tote, gift card to the Chowder Bar, 2 roundtrip tickets to Fire Island, Getaway cookbook and a reading light and bookmark.
Treat Yourself
Have a relaxing massage or facial at Hand & Stone and follow it up with a sushi or hibachi at Sumou!
Treat yourself! Shopping on Main Street
Treat yourself to Drew Patrick Spa after a day of shopping at Nalu and Willy Nilly!
Our Grand Prize Baskets, compliments of Bay Shore and Brightwaters’ fabulous local establishments!
Date Night at Primi
Gift card to Primi Italian Steakhouse. Can’t decide between red or white wine? Choose both!
Bulova Gold Watch
Classic, sleek, and stylish, this gold Bulova men’s watch is complements of Gemaginations Jewelry of Brightwaters!
Captain Bill’s Brunch
Gift card for Captain Bill’s Brunch for 4, bottle of La Marca rose prosecco.
Fitness Basket
Includes BSBW Library Lunch bag & mug, Liquid IV to stay hydrated for your workout. 3-Month membership to Retro Fitness , a Retro Fitness t-shirt, 1-Month membership to Victory Mixed Martial Arts.
Kismet Coffee Co.
Cozy up with Kismet Coffee and a puzzle! Gift card to Kismet Coffee Co, one bag of Burma Road coffee, one bag of Dunewood Roast coffee, Kismet mug. 1,000 piece ‘Reader’s Paradise’ puzzle and a cozy Libraries Are Life sweatshirt.
Treat Yourself
Get dolled up and snap some photos to have printed on canvas! Includes gift cards to; The Noble Savage, Bloom Nail & Spa, Charisma Hair Salon. Canvas printing complements of Suffolk Printing.
Tattoo Basket
Get some tattoo ideas from this adult tattoo coloring book and then head on over to House of Color for your fresh ink! Basket includes gift card to House of Color, tattoo aftercare (liquid Dial Soap, Aquaphor, Lubriderm), tattoo coloring book, colored pencils, temporary tattoos.
Date Night at the LakeHouse
Gift certificate to The LakeHouse , bottle of La Marca prosecco.
Fishing Basket
Nothing like going fishing in the summer! Basket includes; gift card to Bay Shore Fish & Hunt, Fishing Hat with UPF 50 sun protection and neck cover, KastKing Fish Scale weighs fish up to 110 lbs, fun fishing socks, 5 liter dry bag, waterproof cel phone case, 2-pack waterproof motion sensor head lamps, Hoshanho 7 inch fillet knife.