Summer Reading Program 2020 starts Monday, June 15th! Read stories for prizes until Monday, August 31st.
We're excited to introduce you to our new Summer Reading partner: Beanstack!
The Beanstack website and app (available through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store) will let you register time spent reading wherever you are. (If you need help getting set up using Beanstack, please call us at 541-882-8894 or visit your local library. If you don't have internet access, we do have a few paper reading passports available.)
You can register the whole family through one account as well, so it's easy to keep up with everyone's reading and the prizes they've earned in one place.
Prizes for babies, children and teens
Let's talk prizes! Babies, children and teens in high school will win prizes as they accomplish three different tiers of reading achievement:
- Tier 1: an age-appropriate book
- Tier 2: a gift certificate for a family-friendly local business
- Tier 3: a Summer Reading 2020 t-shirt
Like previous Summer Reading events, babies and toddlers ages 0-5 will work their way through a variety of early-literacy activities, with the help of their favorite grownups; children in kindergarten through 6th grade will climb through the tiers in 30-minute increments of reading; teens in 7th through 12th grades will mark progress in increments of 1 hour spent reading.
Adult Prize Raffle
Adults are working toward prizes, too! There are 10 activity badges to earn in Beanstack that will award you virtual tickets to spend in our big end-of-summer virtual raffle drawings for a variety of gift certificates to local businesses. (You'll also earn bonus tickets for registering a Beanstack account, as well as some for earning every activity badge.) You can spend all your tickets on one raffle to maximize your chances of winning a prize you really want, or spread your tickets around as many drawings as you wish.
The adult activity badges are:
- Escape the Everyday: A book set somewhere you want to visit, either fiction or nonfiction.
- Current Events: Any nonfiction title that was published in 2019 or 2020.
- Time Travel: An historical fiction title.
- Translate It: A book that has been translated into English from its language of origin.
- Big Books: A book that is over 400 pages. (For audiobook listeners, that’s usually around 11 and a half hours or so.)
- Classics: A book that's considered a “classic” that you’ve never read before.
- When were you born? A book that was first published the decade you were born.
- True Story: Any book based on a true story, fiction or nonfiction.
- Reread it: Reread a childhood favorite!
- Under 200: A book under 200 pages. (Audiobook fans: that’s under 6 hours.)
Can’t decide what to read to earn a badge? Ask a librarian! We’re happy to help.
Weekly Crafts
Each week, head to your local library for a free take-home craft kit celebrating fairy tales! (Available while supplies last.)
We're also posting assembly instructions on our YouTube page! See below:
- Week 1: June 15 - 21: Paper Plate Dragon
- Week 2: June 22 - 28: Jack and the Beanstalk
- Week 3: June 29 - July 5: "Once Upon a Time" Castle
- Week 4: July 6 - 12: Jester Hats
- Week 5: July 13 - 19: Magic Wands
- Week 6: July 20 - 26: Unicorn and Dragon Masks
- Week 7: July 27 - August 2: “Frog Prince" Fly Catcher
- Week 8: August 3 - 9: Royal Crowns
- Week 9: August 10 - 16: Mermaid Tails and Dragon Feet
- Week 10: August 17 - 23: Gnome Masks
- Week 11: August 24 - 31: Pipe Cleaner Fairies
Summer Meals
The downtown Klamath County Library, the South Suburban Branch Library, and our branches in Bly, Bonanza, Chiloquin, Keno, and Sprague River are offering summer meals at least once a week through our partnership with Integral Youth Services. Call the library or Integral Youth Services at 541-882-2053 for more details.