Program Materials
Notebooks
Pre-reader notebook
The bilingual pre-reader notebook is designed for parents and caregivers to use with their kids aged 0–5. It includes the following:
- Information on ways to raise a reader through talking, singing, playing, writing and reading
- Book recommendations
- Details on finding accessible format books
- A summer bingo challenge
- Space to record items read or listened to, record the number of minutes read, or draw pictures
- A creature from space activity
- A program certificate
- A lunar landing activity for kids to trace flight paths, then add scribbles or fingerprint craters to the moon
School-age notebook
The bilingual school-age notebook is designed for kids aged 6–12. The 2024 version will include:
- A summary of things kids can do on the TDSRC kids’ website
- Space to record an individual summer reading goal
- A Super Space Name Generator
- A summer bingo challenge
- Book recommendations
- Details on finding accessible format books
- Space to record items read or listened to, record the number of minutes read, or draw pictures
- A postcard writing activity with our main mascot, Cosmo
- A program certificate
- A board game
Download the 2024 pre-reader notebook
Download the 2024 school-age notebook
Find audio, braille and accessible versions of each notebook on the Accessibility page.
Web access sticker
The web access code is printed on a sticker that children can stick onto the inside cover of their notebook. Kids enter their web access code on the TD Summer Reading Club website (live as of June 10, 2024). Each sticker contains a unique code that lets kids and families create an online notebook, read ebooks and track their reading.
Stickers
Kids can visit their local library to receive stickers as incentives for reading. Depending on how your library runs the program, staff may ask your child a question about the book they have read and hand out one sticker per book, or, they may give you the whole sticker sheet upon registration. If you are going to be busy over the summer, you may want to ask for the whole sticker sheet.
Top recommended reads
This brochure features the recommended reads in English and French as well as information for parents and caregivers, including the importance of summer reading, how to participate, reading tips, and how to find us.