SHAZAM! Those teens really stepped it up this summer and met the teen summer reading challenge for ‘Make Waves!’ and then some! The challenge was that if at least 60 teens registered for teen summer reading and if at least 600 tickets made it into the jar by July 30th, the teen librarian would dye her hair blue. Tickets were obtained by reading or listening to books or magazines or by registering and attending teen summer reading programs. The teens doubled the amount of registrations necessary, i.e. 120 teens registered to read. Also, 660 tickets made it into the jar by July 30th. The teen librarian temporarily ‘blued’ her hair on August 3 and will have a more permanent blue color near the end of August. Congratulations to all involved.
Not to be outdone, the ‘Make a Splash’ readers nearly 48,000 minutes. They had 119 registrations and decorated the Children’s Room with glittery mermaids and tooth-baring sharks! Many children read and participated in the non-stop programs offered for their age group and had fun picking out weekly prizes.
Summer reading is now officially closed, but what a time we had! Over 200 kids and teens registered for the respective programs for their age groups. Nearly every day programs were offered and taken advantage of. Youth participated in various activities such as making popsicle stick boats, playing candy bar BINGO, participating in backyard water games, discussing water themed books, staying after hours with ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie nights, viewing kid flicks, Wii open play, root beer floats and sidewalk chalk, ‘Super Cold’ science, fish for fortune, hair and much more. We are hibernating from the excitement, but continue to check our online calendar for our upcoming fall schedule.
Both the teen librarian and children’s librarian are extremely grateful for our amazing sponsors who donated either gift cards or cash for prizes. Without them, we wouldn’t have the great prizes we had this year to offer. Many many thanks go to: The ever faithful ‘Friends of Kimball Library’, Canobie Lake Park (Salem), Victorian Park (Salem), Online Hair Salon (Atkinson), Story Land (Glen), Hannaford’s (Hampstead), NH Fisher Cats, (Manchester), Cedardale (Haverhill, MA), Charmingfare Farm (Candia), and Rye Airfield. Please join us in offering thanks for their contributions so the kids could win such fun items. Additional prizes were gifted to us by several individuals. It takes a village to raise a successful summer reading program.
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