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Summer Reading Club

2012 Events & Activities


An independent annual 6 week reading
program for children ages 3 - 12 held at
the library each summer.

Summer Reading Club 2012:
“Reading Is So Delicious!”
June 4 - July 21, 2012


Fill your summer with nummy activities, crafts,
fabulous shows, family entertainment, fun
educational programs, rewards, and prize
drawings - and feed your need to read!

Summer Reading Club t-shirts in kid and
adult sizes are available for purchase for
only $5.00 each!

Make-It-Take-It Crafts begin June 4!


REACH THESE MINIMUM READING
GOALS TO EARN ALL AWARDS!
(all grade levels denote the grade just completed)

Grades K & 1: 25 books (books may be read
to kindergartners)


Grades 2 & 3: 20 books

Grades 4, 5 & 6: 15 books

Preschoolers: (ages 3-5) 30 books read TO them

- Books over 70 pages count as 2 books read

- Up to 5 TumbleBooks or eBooks via our website can
count toward goal



EARN PRIZES!
(preschoolers are not eligible to enter drawings)

- Choose a treasure box prize for each 5 books
read (2 prizes per day)

- Enter weekly drawings by answering a weekly
question (check the bulletin board each week to see
if you're a winner)


- Final drawing prizes for kids who reach their
goal (July 20 is the final day to enter.)



Registration Options:
NOTE: If a program / event registration is full when
we receive your submission, we will contact you.

  1. Online Registration - Click here
  2. Sign-up at either library location


   

MAIN LIBRARY

Tuesday Entertainment at 2:00pm:

  • June 12:  Mad Science: Science is
    Delicious!
  • June 19:  Ronald McDonald Magic
    Show
  • June 26:  Reader's Theater Foodie
    Fairy Tales*
  • July 3: Forest Park: Guess Who's Been
    to Dinner?
  • July 10:  Serengeti Steve's Reptile
    Experience
  • July 17:  Reading is Delicious! -
    Puppets & Magic
  • July 31: Musician/Storyteller Mike
    Anderson (for ages 6+)

Family Fun: (for all ages)

  • June 7: 6:30pm - Family Movie Night
  • June 14: 6:30pm -Bingo Night! Play
    Food JINGO!
  • June 21: 6:30pm - Reader's Theater:
    Foodie Fairy Tales*
  • June 28: 6:30pm - Bingo Night! Play
    Food JINGO!
  • July 5: 6:30pm - Family Movie Night
  • July 12: 6:30pm - "The Normal
    Storyteller" Mike Lockett

More Yummy Activities...PRE-REGISTER
(details at the library)


4-H Stories & Dairy Food Fun: for ages 6-12
Thursday, June 14, 1:00-2:30pm

Beginning Kitchen Fun: for ages 6-12
Thursday, July 12,11:am-12:30pm
Learn to measure, mix, etc. and then taste your
yummy no-cook creations!


Reader’s Theater: Sign up NOW!
For Grades 5-8
Love Acting? Good at Reading?
Be part of our 9th season of fun as part of
the library's free Reader's Theater troupe!
This summer our hilarious foodie fractured
fairy tales are filled with characters eating
and being eaten! Rehearsals are mandatory
on
Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 5 - 21,
10:00am -11:15am. We'll go on stage with two
performances: June 21 at 6:30pm and June 26
at 2:00pm. Sign up now! Space is limited.


Brown-Bag-It Lunch on Wednesdays:
11:30am – bring your lunch – drinks provided

  • June 13: Storyteller Linda Lowery
  • June 20: Forest Park: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
  • June 27: Edible Craft & a Story
  • July 11: Sing-Along with Tracy


BRANCH LIBRARY at Sunnyland Plaza

  • June 14, 3:00pm: Wildlife Prairie Park:
    Who's Eating You?
  • June 18, 11:00am - 12pm: Kitchen Fun
    for ages 6-12; registration required
  • June 26, 6:30pm: Family Bingo Night!
  • July 12, 3:00pm: Sign & Sing w/ Abbey
    Cook

SUMMER READING FINAL CELEBRATION:
Tuesday, July 24, 6:00-7:30pm

Deliciously Fun Carnival! Bounce house, slide,
face painting, games, sno cones!
(location TBA)