Library summer reading program is underway

MARYVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Maryville Public Library has had readers complete some of the goals in the Summer Reading Program. Elley and Hudsen Cline are two of the first readers who completed their goals and have now collected their 10-day prizes.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — The first Summer Reading Program prizes are now being claimed at the Maryville Public Library as readers celebrate reaching their first 10-day reading milestone.

The program continues through Friday, July 31. Community members of all ages still have time to sign up. Participants can earn prizes for reading, attend special events and make reading part of their summer memories through this free annual program.

Signups are open in person at the library or on the library’s website, maryvillepubliclibrary.lib.mo.us. A current Maryville Public Library card is required to participate.

School-age youth who are entering grades one through 12 this fall are encouraged to read 20 minutes per day and track their progress using a log sheet available at the library. Readers earn a prize for every 10 days of reading for a total of five prizes.

The program is broken down into three groups: birth through kindergarten, grades one through 12 and adults age 18 and older.

All reading for the program must be logged by July 31. Prizes must be claimed by Aug. 15.

For the newborns to kindergarten age, parents or guardians are asked to track how many books are either read to the child or by the child between June 1 and July 31. Prizes will be awarded for reading 25 and 50 books. Log sheets are available at the front desk with logging beginning June 1. Adults, including parents, can earn a prize entry for every book read, plus a guaranteed prize for completing four books or reading to a child for 20 minutes a day over 20 days.