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The Great Reading Adventure



  • Sign-up, read, and log minutes to earn an awesome prize pack! This is for all ages!!!
    Read between June 1st and August 1st!
    Enter the minutes you have read onto your reading log.

    There are four categories:
    Rainbow Rascals- Birth- 2 years old
    Creative Kids- 3-5 years old
    Kids Zone- 6-11 years old
    Teen Readers- 12-18

    Prizes for the top two readers in each category are chosen on August 4th and you will be able to come into the library and pick them up during the times the library is open.

    Read and win! And...have fun!

    **Click on the picture or the label to get to registration**

Read Across America during the entire month of March! Read and win prizes!

Hey Indiana Community!!! Read Across America!! 

Your hometown library will be having a Great Reading Adventure Reading Challenge during the months of June and July!  Read as much as you can for two months to have a chance at prizes at the end of summer reading. Count your reading minutes and enter them on the website reading log to win gift cards, new books, and new summer and library swag! There are no minimum reading requirements and we will pick two winners from each category who read the most during summer reading. The categories will be:

Rainbow Rascals--Kids ages birth-2 years old (Reading to your kids counts! So do storytimes!).
Creative Kids--Children 3-5 years old (Reading to your kids counts! So do storytimes!).
Kid Zone--Kids 6-11 years old.
and Teen Readers--12-18 years old.

**Please look for The Great Reading Challenge tab on the website under the "Programs & Events" section. You will have to register in order to add your minutes onto the reading log. If you don't have access to the internet or have trouble logging in your minutes, please check with one of the children's department librarians and they can help you keep track of your reading time.

We will choose and notify the winners of the challenge on Tuesday, August 5 by 4 PM. Please wait until we notify you to come in and pick up your prize. Remember: Only the top two readers out of each category will win prizes.

Let's experience new things together through reading, discover famous people, travel to exciting places, work on a spaceship, and fight dragons...Anything is possible when you crack open a book!

PLEASE NOTE** Registration for this event will be available starting Sunday, June 1st. The reading log will be active the day before at midnight. Please save reading log questions until the log is active and we will help you if there are any problems.  A link to Registration and the Reading Log will be posted on the Event Calendar under the Great Reading Adventure Challenge Headline and also in the Programs and Events page. Please call 724-465-8841 x 6 or email at iflkidsfun@gmail.com at any time or stop in and talk to one of the children's librarians if you have problems with Registration or the Reading Log.
 

 

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