Register for this FREE summer reading program starting June 1st at 1:00 p.m.
How does it work?
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
- Join the reading group appropriate to your age.
- Read what you love!
- Keep track of the time you spend reading on your book log.
- Turn in your book log to receive your prizes.
- Repeat numbers 2-5!
That’s all there is to the summer reading program!
Reading Groups
Read-To-Me Group 1: For children ages 12 months—35 months. Choose any “E” level book, including “Toddler” books. Your goal is to listen to at least 10 hours.
Read-To-Me Group 2 : For children aged 3 years through kindergarten and
not yet reading independently. Choose any “E” level books or higher. Your goal is to read/listen to at least 10 hours.
Beginning Independent Readers:
For independent readers, kindergartners through 3rd graders. Choose books from “E” level, “ER” (Easy Reader) level, and easy chapter books. (Look for green stars above the labels.) Your goal is to read at least 10 Hours.
Independent Readers: For independent readers Grade 4 & up. Choose fiction chapter books or non-fiction books from the J/Y level. Your goal is to read at least 20 hours.
Teen Readers: For Jr. High & High School readers. Choose “Y” and “YA” level fiction and non-fiction. Older readers may read from the adult shelves. Your goal is to read at least 20 hours.
*If you read for just 30 minutes a day
that equals 3 1/2 hours a week x 9 weeks = 31 1/2 hours!
Reading Logs
You earn prizes by reading. You keep track of the amount of time you spend reading with our reading log. Here is how the reading log works:
Click here to download a printable Reading Log!
- On your first visit, take a Reading Log and write your name/phone number on it.
- Reading Logs have small boxes printed on them.
- For each fifteen minutes that you read, color in one of the boxes on your Reading Log. Color them in rows, left to right. Each row of four boxes equals one hour.
- When you have one of the four five-hour sections colored in, write the title and author of the book you read below those squares. If you read more than one book, choose your favorite title to write down.
- Visit the library to receive one of your four “take-out bags” full of prizes for each of the five hour blocks.
- If you fill out more than one reading log, you will receive a ticket for each additional log. Write your name and phone number on the ticket and enter it in one of the drawings.
- Remember you can only earn one paperback, either by meeting your reading group’s goals, or by visiting the library six times throughout the summer. Be sure to have your reading log stamped at the check-out desk each time you visit.
Additional Activities
Patches
Pick up a Reading Patch Form and choose a patch to earn. Read five books on the patch’s topic and record the required information on the form. Turn in the form in the children’s department to pick up your patch.
Post Card Treasure
Mail us a post card from any place you visit this summer. When you visit the library, if the post card has been received, you can choose a treasure box prize. Each post card earns ONE CHILD a prize. Have more than one child in your family? Send a post card from each child.
Peek-A-Book
Read six of the Peek-A-Book titles throughout the summer. Record the titles you read on the Peek-A-Book form. Take the quiz on the Peek-A-Book machine and write down your score on the same form. The first fifty children who complete this activity will receive an Elk Grove Theatre ticket.
Extra Material
Reading magazines is reading. All of the time you spend reading library magazines is eligible. Reading aloud counts for both the reader and the listener(s). Reading the books in the Discovery Back Packs counts as reading. Reading the “Leap Pads” counts as reading. “Reading” or “listening” to recorded books (on CD or Playaways) counts as reading. You may count one half hour listening to music CDs or playing learning games. Finally, most of all …
HAVE FUN—Enjoy reading!
