Summer Reading for School Age Kids

Read your way to these prizes!

Play your way to another prize!

Complete 7 of the 11 activiy challenges to win a prize. Collect special stamps along the way! Download and print the School Age Activity Challenges (.pdf) or pick one up at any Library location.

1. Play by Giving
   Donate a new or used book at your local Library. Books will be donated to Listen to Our Future. What book did you donate? What do you hope someone enjoys about the book?
2. Play with Your Imagination
   Pretend you are swimming in the ocean. What do you see? Describe or draw the fish, the plants, the sand, the seashells, etc. What did you explore?
3. Play with Art
   Make art outside! Use chalk or a paintbrush with water on the sidewalk. Find objects in nature to create your own masterpiece. What did you make? Did you sign your artwork?
4. Play at the Library
   Quietly play a game of "I Spy" with book covers on display at the Library. What did you spy with your littl eye? Did you check out any new books?
5. Play with Reading
   Pick a favorite scene from a book and act it out with friends or family. Costumes encouraged! What story did you tell?
6. Play with Food
   Use fruits, veggies, and toothpicks to build a mini sculpture. Take a photo before you eat it! What foods did you use? What did you create?
7. Play with Music
   Make music with things you have in the hosue like pots, pans, spoons, boxes, and cups. What items did you use? What kind of music did you create?
8. Play with Writing
   Write a few sentences about your favorite book you're read this summer. Complete at your local Library with special stationery! What's your favoriate book you've read this summer?
9. Play in Your Neighborhood
   Work together with a grown-up to plan a walk around your neighborhood. Draw a map before you go and use it while you are walking. What sights did you see?
10. Play with Storytelling
    With a group, have someone start a story with one sentence. Each person takes turns adding a sentence until you have a complete story. How did your story start? How did your story end?
11. Play with Kindness
    With a friend, take turns saying somehting nice about each other. Who did you play with? What compliments did you share?

...and more prizes!

Play with the Survey
Have your grown-up fill out the Summer Reading feedback survey to be entered to win a $100 Kroger gift card!

Grand Prize Drawing
All readers who log reading time will be eligible for grand prizes at the end of the summer if all age groups in the Summer Reading Program together reach a total of 22 million minutes read. Every branch will have a winner. Winners are chosen at random and contacted in August.