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Summer
Reading Club: Catch the Reading Bug!
This year’s
Catch the Reading Bug! theme is aimed at encouraging
youth to “swat away” those summertime blues and read about any
subject, real or imaginary. The Summer Reading Club is
presented by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.
The 2008
Summer Reading Club: Catch the Reading Bug! features the
following divisions:
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Juvenile
Club – Catch the Reading Bug!:
Children are encouraged to read at least 15 minutes a day,
and they are awarded prizes after reading 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12
hours. Children get to place a bookplate (one color) in a
new library book after reading 20 hours. As children reach
the 30, 40, 50, or 60 hour and higher levels, they can enter
to win system prizes provided by the Library Legacy
Foundation such as gift cards for the Toledo Mud
Hens, Barnes and Noble, and the Toledo Zoo. (Preschoolers
may become SRC members by having someone read to them.)
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Teen
Club – What’s the Buzz?:
Junior high and high school-aged youth fill out an entry
form for each book read and place it in a marked box at any
branch location or at Main Library for drawings, which will
be held throughout the summer. Grand prizes such as Xbox
360, an air hockey table and an acoustic guitar will
be awarded at the end of SRC.
Last year’s
SRC saw more than 20,000 youth and adult participants! For the
eighth straight year, TARTA has offered free transportation to
Preschool through 12th grade SRC participants.
Members of 2008 Summer Reading Club Catch the Reading
Bug! need only show their SRC reading record or hang tag
for free transportation to and from their favorite library in
Lucas County.
A
specialized Web page for SRC will be available for youth the
week of June 9th by logging on to toledolibrary.org.
The Web site’s SRC section will link to games, coloring pages,
question of the week, mazes, reading suggestions and fun links.
The library
and sponsors encourages the public to become a Summer Reading
Club by joining the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library as it
kicks off its 2008 Summer Reading Club: Catch the Reading
Bug! beginning June 9 through August 2, 2008.
Visit any
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library location for an SRC folder or
entry blank and sign-up today!
For details,
call 419.259.5207, visit any Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
branch location or log on to toledolibrary.org
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