How the Summer Reading Program Works

The Wild Reads Summer Reading Program (SRP) is free and open to children from preschool to those entering 5^th grade in September. (Older students may like to investigate Teen Survivor for Young Adults entering 6^th grade and up.) The SRP offers weekly prizes for reaching reading goals as well as fun, weekly events like music, puppet shows, crafts, and science shows.

CHILDREN WHO READ set weekly individual reading goals with their parents. Reading goals will vary from child to child and perhaps from week to week. (A week does not have to be Sunday through Saturday, but can be any seven day span.) Once a week, when the family comes to the library, children bring their logbooks to show what they have been reading and to collect a special prize.

CHILDREN WHO ARE READ TO also may come to the Library on a weekly basis to receive a prize for their week of listening. They are encouraged to draw a picture of the stories they heard. (Even a scribble has been known to “illustrate” the whole story line of a picture book.)

LOG BOOKS: Remember to have your child bring his/her log book to collect the reading prize and get a special stamp. If the log book gets filled up, you may add a piece of paper to continue recording. There are no extra log books this summer.

TICKETS: Some of the events require tickets for admission. Tickets cost $2.00 (two dollars) per person, including adults, and go on sale on Monday two weeks before the scheduled performance. You may call the Library to reserve tickets.

See all that’s happening at www.westfordlibrary.org.

The Children’s Summer Reading Program is funded by the Friends of the J. V. Fletcher Library, Inc, Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Summer Reading Program events and prizes are offered to Westford residents and non-resident Friends of the J.V. Fletcher Library. Your membership in the Friends makes these programs possible. Have you joined the Friends yet?