ANNOUNCEMENTS
READ TOGETHER!
Summer Reading Program for Kids 2024
Ages 2 - 12
Dear Readers and Parents:
The Berry Memorial Library will be offering a summer reading incentive program for kids, to run from July 15th – August 24th!
We are hoping to offer prize incentives for kids who spend time reading either by themselves or with adults. Here's how our program will work:
Beginning on Monday, July 15th, kids wanting to be a part of our program can come to the Library to sign up during any of the Library's open hours of Mondays: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; Tuesdays: 3 – 6 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
The theme of this summer's program for kids will be “READ TOGETHER!” Younger kids will enjoy the theme of “LITTLE BLUE TRUCK”! The incentive reading program will be offered for all kids, ages 2 – 12. When kids sign up, they will receive a theme-related book bag, reading log, stickers and a few other fun items. The reading log will be used to log in minutes or hours spent reading, either by oneself or with an adult. Incentive prizes will be awarded in the following manner:
Kids ages 2 – 5: Log in 2 hours of reading time, earn a prize!
Kids ages 6 – 12: Log in 3 hours of reading time, earn a prize!
Kids can either stop by the Library once they have enough reading hours for one prize, or if more convenient for them and their families’ schedules, can wait until they have enough for several prizes, and present their reading logs at that time! Also available will be Take & Make craft packets for kids to complete at home.
One more thing: Thanks to the generosity of a grant from the Narragansett One Foundation,we will also be offering discount passes to Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in and Southworth Planetarium, both located in Portland. These passes can be used by any community member of any age. They are not limited to Library patrons.
FMI: Contact the Library at berrylibrary93@gmail.com or via Facebook Messenger.
HAPPY READING!
Along with our year-round discount Community Pass to Children's Museum & Theatre of Portland, we are now offering community discount passes to Southworth Planetarium in Portland. Contact the Library to reserve a day of your choice to visit these great and educational attractions!
To learn some interesting facts about our Library, check out this video, made in 2020, by Patrick Bonsant of SRCTV. It offers a nice introduction!
Attention: All e-book readers! If you haven't tried our FREE e-book service, CloudLibrary, please check it out! This is a wonderful addition to our Library's resources! Through this program, you can download e-books onto your device of preference. They are free and borrowed, just as you would borrow a regular library book. The book will be available for you to read from your device for a period of time and then, unless you renew it, will simply disappear from your device at the end of the borrowing period. *To use the program, all you need to do is this: Click on the "E-books" tab here on the Library's website. To log in, you will need your library card number from our Library. (If you don't know your number, contact us and we will give you your number.) You will then need to select your state, and also your library. Our library is listed as "Buxton: Berry Library". You should then be ready to select books and sign them out to your device. Happy Reading!