Ericson Public Library 2021 Online Summer Reading Program
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Our program runs from Monday, June 7 through Friday, July 23. Our community goal this summer is 500,000 minutes of reading! We can do it!
CHILDREN:
Babies-children going into 5th grade. You can earn badges by logging reading minutes. For each 2 hours of reading you log, you will earn tickets which you will enter in the end of program prize drawings. The more tickets you earn, the greater your chances of winning! You get to choose which drawings to place your tickets into.
The program also includes activity badges, as well as badges for submitting book reviews for books you have read. All of these badges earn you additional tickets. Activity badges to earn include storytime programs, go outdoors to explore, read something different, do a grab and go activity kit and a book challenge.
TEENS:
Teens-Grades 6th - 12th, based on the grade you will be entering in Fall 2021.
You can earn badges by logging reading minutes. For each 3 hours of reading you log, you will earn tickets which you will enter in the end of program prize drawings. The more tickets you earn, the greater your chances of winning! You get to choose which drawings to place your tickets into.
The program also includes activity badges, as well as badges for submitting book reviews for books you have read. All of these badges earn you additional tickets.
Read ANYTHING, i.e. books, Ebooks, magazines, newspapers, comics, manga, the internet (or listen to audiobooks) and log those minutes! In addition there is a "passport" that allows teens to be rewarded with additional prize drawings for attending programs, this is in paper format and are located at the front table of the main floor.
ADULTS:
Adults are encouraged to be creative, try new things, explore art, and find beauty in diversity by joining the Ericson Public Library Adult Summer Reading Program! Log 20 minutes of reading per day for 6 days each week (total of 120 minutes or 2 hours per week) to earn tickets and badges and qualify for prize drawings! Read ANYTHING, i.e. books, Ebooks, magazines, newspapers, the internet (or listen to audiobooks) and log those minutes! Each week completed will earn incrementally more tickets! (example: 1 week completed = 5 tickets, 2 weeks completed = 10 tickets, etc.) Earn tickets for the prize drawings by writing reviews, keeping a book list of your "summer" books, and completing activities! Do all of the activities, or pick and choose activities to earn tickets for the drawings! Use all of the tickets in one drawing or choose how you want to distribute them for the prizes you want to be considered for! Remember that each ticket entered earns one chance to win a prize. The more tickets entered, the more chances to win! A completion badge will be rewarded if you choose to complete all 7 weeks of logging badges AND 7 REQUIRED activity badges!
