Read and win this summer!

How to Participate:

1. Sign up at Summer Reading Center, located in the Children’s Room.

Everyone, ages 0-109, who lives in North Tonawanda, Wheatfield, or Pendleton can participate. Everyone will sign up in the Children’s Room.  You’ll receive a bingo board, calendar of events, sign-up prize, and NIOGA passport. 

2. Fill out your bingo board!  Every single square you complete earns you a raffle ticket for our many, fabulous prizes! 

Stop into the Summer Reading Center to receive your raffle tickets.  Once you finish your first 5 bingo squares, you’ll get a special prize.  If you finish your bingo board, you get a bonus 5 raffle tickets and can keep reading with our bonus bingo boards. 

3. Attend programs at the library

We have dozens of programs this summer! From concerts and crafts to storyhours, lego build days, and our carnival, there’s something for everyone.  You’ll get a calendar with all of our events when you sign up for summer reading. You can also check out our event calendar and social media for full details.

NIOGA Passports:

NIOGA Library System’s popular Passport program is back!

When you sign up for Summer Reading, you’ll receive a passport.  Each library you visit in Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee counties will give you a stamp for your passport, along with a raffle ticket for a chance to win either the adult prize of a Kindle Fire and $50 Amazon gift card or the kid’s prize of a Five Below gift card, books, a Squishmallow, and other fun goodies! Take the chance to see all of the great libraries in our system. Remember, you can take books out of any NIOGA branch and can also return them to any NIOGA branch, so find new books everywhere you visit. 

Read Down Your Fines:

Kids and Teens 18 and under can read down their fines, June 30-August 29!

If you’re 18 years old or younger, you can get rid of your fines the easy way—by reading! Each 1/2 hour of reading you log earns  $1 off of your library fines. To participate, pick up a form at the Information Desk or download it here. Read at the library or at home.  If you read at the library, please go to the Information Desk or Children’s Room Desk and let a librarian know you plan to read down your fines, then let them know when you’re done to get a waiver. If you read at home, grab a form, have an adult verify when you read, then bring in your completed form to the Circulation Desk.  Please note, this only counts for fines incurred at the North Tonawanda branch and does not count for lost items.

Anything you read counts–print books, ebooks, magazines, fanfic, audiobooks, graphic novels, etc.

This program is for residents of North Tonawanda, Wheatfield, and Pendleton.

Thank you to all our sponsors, who graciously provided prizes, funds, and their time to make Summer Reading 2025 a success:

Friends of the North Tonawanda Public Library, North Tonawanda Charity Crocheters, Anderson’s Frozen Custard, Aquarium of Niagara, Buffalo Sabres, Craft Coffee House, Delta Sonic, District 37 Kitchen, Fort Niagara, Franco’s Pizza, Galassi’s Sub Shop, Gust of Sun Winery, Herschell Carrousel Museum, Maid of the Mist, Mighty Taco, Mississippi Mudds, Paula’s Donuts, Riviera Theatre, Russell’s Steaks, Chops, & More, Sam’s Club, Target, Uncle G’s Ice Cream, & Woodhouse Spa!