If you’re at least 18 or have graduated from high school, you can join the adult summer reading program. The county-wide prizes include a one-night stay at the Renaissance ClubSport Hotel Walnut Creek for one winner and a dinner for two at Stanford’s Restaurant and Bar Walnut Creek for another winner. Each library and the website will give another winner “a book lover’s bag filled with goodies.”

If you’re in 6th-12th grade, you can sign up for the Teens Read summer program. It sounds like some prizes are available starting at just 20 hours, and you can use just 6 words to tell them about the books you’ve read. Prizes include pizza coupons, paperbacks, and a grand prize drawing for a Wii.

By the way, audio books count too!

If you have kids or younger brothers and sisters, check out the programs for kids ages two-5th grade and even birth-24 months.

If you live or work in another county, there are lots of other programs–for example, the Alameda County system has several programs this summer, including a weekly drawing for adults who read books related to the Bay Area or by Bay Area authors. You might as well try to win a prize!