Catch the Reading Bug!

Summer Reading 2008

Summer Reading Program
Programs are on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Exception:
Tues., 6/17, 2:00 p.m.
For more information call (541) 935-7512

The Summer Reading Program is open to any child between the ages of 0 and 12 years.

Library cards are free for anyone living within the Fern Ridge Library District. Youth living outside the district can get a summer library card for $1.

There will be weekly guessing jars for those 12 and under. Guess how much is in the jar and earn a cool prize, like a pass to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. You must turn in a reading record to make a guess.
If you turn in at least one reading record you will earn a FREE book and certificate. But if you turn in three reading records you will earn a cool T-shirt.
The reading records include a Read to Me program for those still learning how to read or who are too young to read. Older siblings who read to younger ones can count that time.

Programs

June 17th at 2 p.m. Rhys Thomas - He will amaze you with his juggling, balancing, and comedy.
June 24th at 1:30 p.m. Beekeeping - Ken Ograin, a beekeeper, will teach us some fun facts about bees.
July 1st at 1:30 p.m. The Bug People - Wendy & Brian Stoner will bring some bugs to the library. Come and see live insects such as walking sticks, millipedes, hissing cockroaches, scorpion, & tarantula
July 8th at 1:30 p.m. Craft Day - Get buggy about crafts. There will be 5 different crafts you can do.
July 15th at 1:30 p.m. Dazzle Dragonfly - Nearby Nature will dazzle you with information, a story, and a dragonfly dance.
July 22nd at 1:30 p.m. Jeff Defty - Come and hear some funny buggy stories!
July 29th at 1:30 p.m. Worm Wonders - See some wiggly creatures-worms! Find out about composting and how to make your own worm wonder with Bring Recycling!
August 5th at 1:30 p.m. Wildlife Safari - Come and see some reptiles and amphibians, and pick up the prized you earned this summer!

So start reading on June 17th, and all records must be turned in by August 31st to count. T-shirts, books, and certificates will be awarded on August 5th after Wildlife Safari. Gift certificates for Borders will be given out to the top three readers. There will be a drawing at the end of the program for passes to Enchanted Forest and Wildlife Safari (you must be present to win).

The library is also doing a separate Teen Summer Reading Program - Teen Scene Thursdays at 3 p.m. - Just for 6th grade and up! Join us for Metamorphosis at your library!

Attention Parents!

Read aloud every day.
Help your children choose books.
Read with expression. Ham it up!
Ask questions throughout the story.
Invite children to describe pictures.
Take turns reading aloud.
Read favorite books again and again!
Get a library card for every member of the family.
Bring your child into the Fern Ridge Library to a summer reading program.
Bring your child back to the Fern Ridge Library to turn in reading records. (This is how they earn prizes.)

CHECK THIS OUT!

Find the frog in the community. The library will be placing a traveling frog at local businesses. When you spot the frog in town be the first one to come into the library and tell a staff member where you saw it and you will get a FREE book and a pass to the Oregon Coast Aquarium! The frog will be at different places starting June 17th - August 2nd. So hop to it and keep your eyes open.

Fern Ridge Library thanks the following sponsors for the Summer Reading Program:

Friends of the Fern Ridge Library
Walmart
Subway
Figaro's Italian Kitchen
Taco Time
Dairy Queen
Movie Gallery
Ray's Food Place
Ad Pro
Wildlife Safari
Enchanted Forest
Oregon Coast Aquarium

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