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FREE Summer Reading Programs

July 17, 2014

The Young Readers' Room at the AK Smiley Public Library

Performances

For kids age 4-12. Enjoy performances Tuesdays from 1-145pm at the Contemporary Club 173 S Eureka Street (located across the street behind the library and The Lincoln Memorial Shrine).  Seating is first come, first serve.

June 24 - Mark Wenzel, Mime Performance

July 1 - Abbit The Average ~Comedy and Magic

July 8 - The Wildlife Company ~ Wild Animals

July 15 - Cowboy Ken ~ Comedy and singing

July 22 - David Cousin ~ Juggling

July 29 - Rebecca Martin ~ Bubble Chef

August 5 - Grand Finale ~ One World Rhythm

Followed by an end of the Summer Reading Program 2014 Celebration with IN-N-OUT Food Truck serving lunch @ 2:00pm to the first 400 participants.

 

Summer Reading Game

Beginning Tuesday, June 24, children, ages 3-18 are invited to join the Summer Reading Game.

This year the kids can sign up to play B-I-N-G-O.

Sign up on the 24th, or anytime there after.  Each day there is a new task to complete.

Once the children/teens have earned a BINGO, they will earn a prize from the library!

 

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: WiiU Gaming System, Nook HD+ tablet, and much more.