Summer Reading Challenge
June 26 – August 23
Sign up at https://pawlinglibraryny10.readsquared.com/
or pick up a paper log at the front desk
It takes a community to make change happen and grow amazing readers! Will you join in on the fun and spend time logging your reading minutes to help your team achieve victory and earn our community summer reading prizes, an Ice Cream Party with Tacos and Cones, and a Nintendo Switch you can borrow?
The Adventure Begins at your Library Summer Reading Challenge will launch June 26th. You can join us and log your family’s reading time online here or with a paper tracking form. Teens and tweens ages 11-18, should use the online program log.
It’s the kids vs. the teens vs. the adults in a battle for the Best Reader crown. Will the kids be crowned reading rulers yet again? Or will the teens reclaim the crown? Could the adult team finally win the Summer Reading Challenge? Readers of all ages can show off their hard work by earning prizes. All ages earn raffle tickets for gift cards, baseball and soccer tickets, free books to keep, and more.
Kids also earn rare brag badges, temporary tattoos, squishies, and other small prizes to keep them going through the summer.
Use your summer break to help our library grow! Together, if we achieve our community goal of 50,000 minutes read, we’ll earn our community prizes. This year, we’ll receive a Nintendo Switch Gaming Console anyone can check out to use at home and a visit from Tacos and Cones, with ice cream to celebrate! The End of Summer Celebration with Tacos and Cones will be Friday, August 23, 4:30 – 6:30 PM.
Participating in the summer reading challenge helps students of all ages to fend off the summer slide, the academic backtracking kids often experience due to summer vacation.
PRE-K PROGRAM
This program is designed for kids ages 0 – 5 to encourage life-long reading habits. For each 150 minutes logged reading with a grown up or independently, kids will receive a brag badge showing off their hard work! As they go, kids will also earn prizes like free books, stickers, and toys.
Questions? Contact Reading Program Coordinator, Neena McBaer (children@pawlinglibrary.org; 845-855-3444)
CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
This program is designed for kids ages 5-10 to encourage life-long reading habits. For each 150 minutes logged reading independently, listening to audiobooks, or reading with a grown-up, kids will receive a brag badge showing off their hard work! Can you collect all of them?
Plus, if you keep reading, you never know what other awesome prizes you can earn, like stickers, free books, and toys.
Questions? Contact Reading Program Coordinator, Neena McBaer (children@pawlinglibrary.org; 845-855-3444)
TEEN PROGRAM
This program is designed for teens age 10 to 17 to encourage life-long reading habits. When you register, you’ll receive a lanyard with a special badge and a free book to get you started. You’ll earn one point for every minute you read. Once you’ve logged your first hour (60 minutes/points) you will be entered into a raffle for tickets to a Renegades Baseball game. There will be free books, raffle tickets and other prizes as you reach more levels. When you have earned 1,200 points you’ll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!
Questions? Contact Reading Program Coordinator, Maureen Meltzer-McGrath (teen@pawlinglibrary.org, 845-855-3444)
ADULT PROGRAM
This program is designed for adults age 18 & up to encourage life-long reading habits. Log your time spent reading and earn raffle tickets for a chance to win HV Renegades or NY Red Bull tickets, gift cards around town, or other prizes. Once you’ve earned enough points you’ll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!
Questions? Contact Reading Program Coordinator, Donald Partelow (adult@pawlinglibrary.org, 845-855-3444)