Summer Reading: Prizes and Sponsors

These prizes make Summer Reading dino-mite! Prizes vary by age group.

Prize Information

How to Earn

  • Registration prize: Earning this prize is easy. Simply register, then visit any full-service JCPL location starting June 1 to claim your prize!
  • Finisher prize: Log 8 hours and get your finisher prize and 1 grand prize entry.
  • Grand Prize Drawing: You could be the lucky winner of a brand-new iPad! Each 8 hours you read after the first 8 hours (up to 128 hours or 16 entries total) earns you another entry into our Grand Prize Drawing.

Prizes

Prizes will be available while supplies last and cannot be exchanged after they have been claimed.

Registration Prizes

Babies (0 - 2)

Baby socks

Graphic of a sock with a dinosaur on it and jeffcolibrary.org.

Kids (3 - 11)

Wingstop coupon and labeled rocks* (ages 6+)Graphic of a Wing Stop voucher coupon.

Teens (12 - 18)

Wingstop coupon and labeled rocks*Graphics of specialty rocks in bags.

Adults (19+)

Wingstop coupon, labeled rocks* and a Library Foundation couponA graphic of a three dollar off coupon to the Jefferson County Library Foundation sale.

*Bags of labeled rocks have been provided by Colorado School of Mines' Museum of Earth Science, opens a new window to help raise community awareness of the importance of minerology.

Play Ball! JCPL has partnered with the Colorado Rapids and the Colorado Rockies to give Summer Reading registrants a chance to catch a game in person. Simply register for Summer Reading, then claim your BOGO tickets for a Rapids match, opens a new window or discounted Rockies tickets, opens a new window. Offer applies to select dates.

Finisher Prizes

Babies (0 - 2)

Book

Graphic of a JCPL Summer Reading journal with the 2026 Summer Reading logo on the front.

Kids (3 - 11)

Choice of book, journal or coloring book; Downtown Aquarium ticket; food coupon

Graphic of a book, a coloring book and a journal.A graphic of a ticket to Denver's Downtown Aquarium.A graphic of a coupon for free food.

Teens (12 - 18)

Choice of book, journal or coloring book; choice of a ticket to Skate City, Urban Air or Downtown Aquarium; food coupon

Graphic of a book, a coloring book and a journal.A graphic of a ticket to Denver's Downtown Aquarium.A graphic of a coupon for free food.

Adults (19+)

Canvas tote bagGraphic of a canvas tote with JCPL's Summer Reading 2026 logo: DinoSOAR into Stories.

Go for the Grand Prize!

Graphic of an Apple iPad with the JCPL Summer Reading colors displayed.Keep reading and soaring into stories and you could be the lucky winner of a brand-new iPad! Each 8 hours you read after the first 8 hours (up to 128 hours or 16 entries total) earns you another entry into our Grand Prize Drawing.

How to Claim Your Prize

Graphic of a book, a coloring book and a journal.Most prizes are available at full-service JCPL locations. When you visit, simply ask for your Summer Reading prize. If you win a prize drawing, you will be contacted with further information.

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

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