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SUMMER READING CLUB
OPENING DAY: Monday, June 9th @ 6:30 PM
Meet Author & Illustrator Tom Lichtenheld
Come on out to the library! You can register for summer reading,
and meet one of our favorite authors. Tom Lichtenheld is the author
of “Everything I Know About Cars,” “Everything I Know About Monsters,”
“Everything I Know About Pirates,” “What Are You So Grumpy About?”
and “What’s With This Room?” He’ll tell us how he gets inspired to do
such hilarious books and we’ll get to watch him in action as he creates
the drawings that make his work so popular.
New copies of selected books will be available for
purchase and autographing.
JOIN A TEAM OF READERS:
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Training Camp All-Stars — (Preschool — 1st Graders) For children not yet reading. Parents are encouraged to read to children for a minimum of 30 minutes per day or 150 minutes per week.* |
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Rookie Readers — (2nd & 3rd Graders) For children learning to read. Parents may still read aloud part of the time, or Rookie Readers may read independently. |
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Dugout Discoverers — (4th & 5th Graders) For children reading on their own. Dugout Discoverers may also read aloud to parents or friends. |
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Extreme Page Turners — (6th Grade & Up) For older readers. Summer reading gives Extreme Page Turners a chance to read for pleasure and share with friends. |
GAME RULES
Rookie Readers, Dugout Discoverers, & Extreme Page Turners are required to read 60 minutes a day, five days a week, for 6 of the 8 weeks to complete a Home Run.* That’s a total of 300 minutes a week and 1800 minutes for the summer.
*Parent verification required for all teams.
HOW TO RUN THE BASES
Get on 1st Base*: Just sign up for summer reading and you can
hang your pennant.
Move to 2nd Base: Read 10 hours in 2 weeks.
Win a chance to participate in live Clue or Library Survivor.
Steal 3rd Base: Read 10 more hours, bringing your total to 20 hours.
Pick up your prizes that include bowling coupons, dinner passes, and
a ticket to the Seventh Inning Stretch at the Park Forest Public Library
on July 9. We’ll have bad singing, ice cream treats, and drawings for
summer fun prizes.
Advance to Home Plate: Read 10 more hours (total is now up to 30).
Get free dinner passes, pizza
certificates, Thunderbolts baseball passes
& more. Win a ticket to the FUN FAIR FINALE on August 1.
You will also be eligible for the ULTIMATE & GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS!
*Training Camp All-Stars & Special Needs requirements are 1/2 of totals
Out of the Ballpark Award: Read more than the
required hours by
July 28 and get in a special prize drawing for MVP team members.
Ultimate Prize: Overnight stay at the CoCo Key
Water Resort.
Includes 4 passes to the water park and overnight stay at
Sheraton Chicago Northwest.
Grand Prizes: Each team gets a chance to win a
personal party or
workshop — check your flyers for details!
SPONSORS
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