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Program runs from June 1 – July 28
Read all summer long with the St. Charles Public Library!   

 

Summer Reading Kick-off Party!
Join us for a kick off celebration in the Library parking lot on Saturday, June 1 from 1-3pm.

 

ALL AGES are invited to sign up at the library, online or print a log (link coming soon) to track your reading and listening—it all counts!  

 

Registration opens on Saturday, June 1. The last day to log reading and redeem prizes is Sunday, July 28.  

 

You will earn a prize at the halfway point of 500 minutes and another prize once you’ve read 1,000 minutes! Visit the Library to pick up your prizes. 

 

Prizes for reading 500 minutes: 

  • Kids: Spin the prize wheel 
  • Young Adults: Keychain Lanyard 
  • Adults: Notepad 

 

Prizes for reading 1,000 minutes: 

  • Kids: Prize book of your choice 
  • Young Adults: Prize book of your choice 
  • Adults: Tire Gauge Keychain 

 

Every 500 minutes of reading earns you an entry into one of our Grand Prize Drawings. Keep reading for more chances to win! 

 

[Link coming soon: Download a Bonus Lap sheet to keep logging your minutes] 

 

 

Kids Grand Prizes

 

  • 3D Printing Pen 
  • KODAK Printomatic Digital Instant Print Camera 
  • Customizable Remote Control Car 
  • LEGO Technic NEOM McLaren Formula E Race Car 
  • Target Gift Card 
  • Storytime Favorites Bundle 
  • Bluey Playset 
  • Telescope 
  • Special Supplies Stepping Stones 

 

Young Adult Grand Prizes

 

  • Local Gift Card Package 
  • Reading Package 
  • F1 Package

 

Adult Grand Prizes

 

  • Tune Up Gift Card Package 
  • Fuel Stop Gift Card Package 
  • Drive Around Town Gift Card Package 

 

Get the whole family involved for a chance to win the Family Prize Gift Card Bundle! If you have both a child or teen and an adult participating from the same family, you are automatically eligible to win! 

 

Grand Prize and Family Prize winners will be drawn on Monday, July 29. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

 

Learning to read begins long before kindergarten.  Reading to your child is one of the best ways to boost their brainpower.  Any child from birth to entering kindergarten can participate in this self-paced early literacy program.

 

Come into the Library to sign up and get a paper log.  Check in at the Library when you finish a log and move your canoe up our pretend river.  When you finish 1,000 books, you’ll receive a fun, musical prize!

 

If you read just one book per day, you will reach 1,000 before the child is three years old.  Join us on this journey to help create a brighter future for your child.