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Summer Reading Programs

July 24, 2015

In the Contemporary Club at the AK Smiley Public Library

Sign up beginning on Tuesday, June 16 for the reading portion of the program.  Help us read 1,000, 000 pages this summer!  Children ages 2-19 are eligible to participate and READ and earn a prize each week

EACH TUESDAY MORNING

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

In the Contemporary Club

Sign-up today to join the Summer Reading Club and help us read 1,000,000 pages this summer!!

June 16:Summer Reading Kick-off!!One World Rhythm ~ Rhythm and drums

June 23:Karen Rae Kraut ~ Storytelling and song

June 30:Chazz ~ Drums

July 7:John McLean Allan ~ Bagpipe playing & information

July 14:Michael D. McCarty ~ Storytelling

July 21:Arty Loon ~ Magic and comedy

July 28:Ray McNamara ~ Drums and music

August 4:GRAND FINALE!!Swazzle ~ Puppet Show

FREE Chick-fil-A lunch & Sno-Cones for participants after the Grand Finale Puppet show

 

San Bernardino County Library Branches include Highland, Loma Linda, Mentone, and Yucaipa

How does it work? Sign up for our Summer Reading Program: Excavate Something Big, check-out books from the Library and read! Log your progress in your reading log and take a trip to the Library to pick up your reward. Don’t forget to visit us weekly to receive your rewards and enjoy our special programs throughout the summer.

Participating in this year’s summer program is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1. Once you register, children and teens will choose how they will track their reading; whether by number of books, pages or minutes. Don’t forget to really challenge yourself this summer and set a strong goal!
2. Check out books from the library and READ! Log your progress in your reading log by writing the title of the book, pages or number of minutes read depending on what you chose.
3. Bring your reading log to the library each week. As long as you’ve met or exceeded the minimum weekly requirements you will receive a reward!

Don’t Stop There! Take the County Library Challenge and earn tickets for a grand prize opportunity drawing. How do you do this? It’s easy!
• For Children and Teens, earn a ticket for reaching our countywide goal:
o Children’s Challenge: Log 45 books, 450 pages or 6 hours of reading
o Teen Challenge: Log 8 Books, 800 pages or 8 hours of reading
• ALL AGES: Receive a ticket for every 25 books you check out during the summer to be entered into an opportunity drawing to win one of many rewards like: Gaming System, Nook HD+ tablet, and much more.

 

Children’s Program:

Once you make a selection, you will stick with it throughout the summer program. The options are:

• Books- Read at least 5 books per week to earn a reward. Write each title on the line in your reading log. 

• Pages- Read at least 50 pages per week to earn a reward. Write each title on the lines in your reading log and put the number of pages read next to it.

• Minutes- Read for at least 30 minutes per week to earn a reward. Write each title on the lines of your reading log with the number of minutes you read next to it.


Wear your SRP children’s shirt to any of our programs and receive a special raffle ticket for a chance to win the library’s inflatable space shuttle. Order your shirt today! Winning tickets will be pulled at the end of the last program. Must be present to win.

Highland Branch

June 6, 1pm ~ Summer Reading Program Kick-off Event

June 10, 6pm ~ Arty Loon Variety Show

June 17, 6pm ~ Ken Frawley Variety Show

June 24, 6pm ~ One World Rhythm - Music and Percussion Show

July 1, 6pm ~ David Cousin - Juggling Show

 

Mentone Branch

June 15, 11:30am ~ Summer Reading Program Kick-off Event

June 30, 4:30pm ~ David Cousin - Juggling Show

 

Yucaipa Branch

June 11, 3pm ~ Fantastic Patrick - Juggling Show

June 18, 3pm ~ The Wacho Show - Magic Show

June 25, 3pm ~ One World Rhythm - Music and Percussion Show

July 2, 3pm ~ Annie Banannie - Balloon Storytelling
July 9, 1 and 3pm ~ Pacific Animal Productions
July 16, 3pm ~ Mr Twister
July 23, 3pm ~ Wild Wonders

 

Loma Linda Branch

June 8, 3pm ~ Summer Reading Kick-off Event - Star Wars 501 st Legion

June 11, 3pm ~ Prismatic Magic - Teen Performer

June 16, 3pm ~ Justin Rivera - Magic Show

June 18, 3pm ~ Fantastick Patrick

June 23, 3pm ~ Buster Balloon - Balloon Show