Summer Reading Brings Great Rewards with Universe of Stories!
Join us for a Summer Reading Program, filled with reading challenges and boredom-busting activities for kids from birth to age 18. Attend fun activities, enhance reading skills and earn a free book. Star Readers earn entries into the end of summer drawings for Amazon and Barnes & Noble gift cards and more.
There’s a program for every age!
Tiny Tots – for children birth through age 2
Preschoolers – for children age 3 through 5
Kids’ Program – for children ages 6 through 11
Teen Program – for youth in grades 6 through 12
Beginning May 17, pick up a game board at the Library or log on to thelibrary.org/universe and follow the links to register for the reading program that fits you, and start logging reading minutes and complete activities to earn great prizes. Game boards help motivate kids to keep reading!
Tiny Tots, Preschoolers, Kids and Teens! Parents and young participants can pick up a game board at any library branch or the Mobile Library, or register online to record your reading minutes and activities. Tiny Tots and Preschoolers benefit from being read to even if they can’t read – it builds pre-reading skills. And listening to others read to them counts toward their reading time. Teens can post reviews online, too, at thelibrary.org/universe.
Prizes! Tots, Preschoolers, Kids and Teens can earn a free book, a Summer Youth Passport offering treats from the Mudhouse, Firehouse Pottery, Chick-fil-A, Andy’s Frozen Custard, Andy B’s, Fazzoli’s, Little Caesar’s Pizza and Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. Upon completing the program, they also get a Fresh Start Fine Waiver Card. Prizes can be picked up at any library branch or the Mobile Library from May 25 through August 3.
Keep reading! Prizes for Star Readers include reading totes, coupons for free books and gift cards from Itty Bitty City, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, 1984, Willard Aquatics, Dark Stone Coffee, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and more!
Adults! Register at thelibrary.org/universe, log books and complete activities. Or log your registration, books, and activities on forms available at the checkout desk of any library branch and the Mobile Library. As you log books and complete activities, you earn entries into our August 10 drawings for gift sets themed for book lovers, coffee lovers, movie fans and more! Keep reading and earning entries all summer long for the August drawings.
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