Summer Reading 2024
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MORRISON & MARY WILEY LIBRARY SUMMER READING 2024
READ, RENEW, REPEAT
Welcome to Summer Reading 2024! We are excited to share special prizes and activities with you.
Reading logs are available for every reader – no matter what age. Logs run Monday through Sunday on color-coded sheets and are turned in weekly. The log for each week is due before noon on the next Monday: bring them back in person or put them in our drop box. All the logs are in a packet you can pick up any time after May 20th. Start to record your hours on June 3rd and turn in the first log by noon on June 10th. (If you are out of town, just send us an email at elmwoodlib@gmail.com.)
Poster Contest
Create a poster using our supplies and based on the theme, “Read, Renew, Repeat”
Reading Log -- Turn in any time before noon of the following Monday
Week 1 (June 3-9/blue) Week 4 (June 24-30/yellow) Week 7 (July 15-21/purple)
Week 2 (June 10-17/orange) Week 5 (July 1-7/red) Week 8 (July 22-28/dark blue)
Week 3 (June 17-23/green) Week 6 (July 8-14/pink)
On your reading log, please mark or color a square every time you read 15 minutes. Branch out and try something new! Consider reading fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, magazines, blogs, or newspapers. Read a physical book or on a phone or tablet. Listen to books in the car or read to a baby. Every time you engage with the written word you can add time to your log. We are asking that you read a minimum of three hours a week (12 squares), but there is no maximum!
You will get weekly prizes just for turning in a log. Also, we have weekly drawings for books, gift certificates, and prize baskets. Plus, we have grand prizes for each age group which will be drawn on July 31st. Readers who turned in five completed logs will be eligible to win a grand prize!
Reading Buddies – Every Wednesday in June and July starting at 10:00 AM
Younger children get to read to older mentors and older youth can read to non-readers in a fun environment at the library! Kids going into the 5th grade and older are encouraged to work with less advanced readers in an informal setting. We have the books and the space. Keep those reading skills sharp over the summer!
Programs – Every Friday in June from 10:00-10:45 AM
6/07/24 Boy Scouts of America: Fun in the Sun!
6/14/24 Forest Park Nature Center: Conserving Illinois Habitats
6/21/24 Elmwood High School Drama Club
6/28/24 Foam Party! Come prepared to get wet!
Anyone in the community is invited to attend the programs and participate. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair for seating out on the lawn. No registration is needed. Children younger than eight years of age must have teenage or adult supervision. The library will be open for 45 minutes following the program for patrons to turn in reading logs and to check out materials.
We would love to have volunteers assisting us with any of our programs. If you are willing to help with Reading Buddies or our Friday programs or wish to volunteer at our library any time, please contact Eulail Huffcutt at 742-2431 or email her at elmwoodlib@gmail.com.
READ, RENEW, REPEAT
Welcome to Summer Reading 2024! We are excited to share special prizes and activities with you.
Reading logs are available for every reader – no matter what age. Logs run Monday through Sunday on color-coded sheets and are turned in weekly. The log for each week is due before noon on the next Monday: bring them back in person or put them in our drop box. All the logs are in a packet you can pick up any time after May 20th. Start to record your hours on June 3rd and turn in the first log by noon on June 10th. (If you are out of town, just send us an email at elmwoodlib@gmail.com.)
Poster Contest
Create a poster using our supplies and based on the theme, “Read, Renew, Repeat”
Reading Log -- Turn in any time before noon of the following Monday
Week 1 (June 3-9/blue) Week 4 (June 24-30/yellow) Week 7 (July 15-21/purple)
Week 2 (June 10-17/orange) Week 5 (July 1-7/red) Week 8 (July 22-28/dark blue)
Week 3 (June 17-23/green) Week 6 (July 8-14/pink)
On your reading log, please mark or color a square every time you read 15 minutes. Branch out and try something new! Consider reading fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, magazines, blogs, or newspapers. Read a physical book or on a phone or tablet. Listen to books in the car or read to a baby. Every time you engage with the written word you can add time to your log. We are asking that you read a minimum of three hours a week (12 squares), but there is no maximum!
You will get weekly prizes just for turning in a log. Also, we have weekly drawings for books, gift certificates, and prize baskets. Plus, we have grand prizes for each age group which will be drawn on July 31st. Readers who turned in five completed logs will be eligible to win a grand prize!
Reading Buddies – Every Wednesday in June and July starting at 10:00 AM
Younger children get to read to older mentors and older youth can read to non-readers in a fun environment at the library! Kids going into the 5th grade and older are encouraged to work with less advanced readers in an informal setting. We have the books and the space. Keep those reading skills sharp over the summer!
Programs – Every Friday in June from 10:00-10:45 AM
6/07/24 Boy Scouts of America: Fun in the Sun!
6/14/24 Forest Park Nature Center: Conserving Illinois Habitats
6/21/24 Elmwood High School Drama Club
6/28/24 Foam Party! Come prepared to get wet!
Anyone in the community is invited to attend the programs and participate. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair for seating out on the lawn. No registration is needed. Children younger than eight years of age must have teenage or adult supervision. The library will be open for 45 minutes following the program for patrons to turn in reading logs and to check out materials.
We would love to have volunteers assisting us with any of our programs. If you are willing to help with Reading Buddies or our Friday programs or wish to volunteer at our library any time, please contact Eulail Huffcutt at 742-2431 or email her at elmwoodlib@gmail.com.