SUMMER READING PROGRAM
This year’s statewide Summer Reading theme is “Wild Reads at Your Library”.
Summer Reading packets, with instructions about how to participate, will be sent home in backpacks to Kindergarten - Grade 5 the last week of school. Kids who don’t attend public school may pick up their packets at the Library after June 16th. Readers this year will be able to count chapters or keep track of time spent reading.
HEY KIDS!-- Join the Summer Reading Program this summer and you can earn a wide variety of prizes from Ashland merchants. Stop by the Library and pick up your “Wild Reads” book bag with goodies inside and put your name up on display. For every 100 chapters or 17 hours of reading completed you can pick a FREE book from the Library’s prize collection. Each time you check out Library books you may choose a discount coupon for one of many Massachusetts attractions, such as the Southwick Zoo, Davis Farmland, the Ecotarium, or Old Sturbridge Village.
You can also help earn new books for the Children’s Department -- Ashland merchants have pledged donations for kids who reach level 100 and level 200. The more kids who read this summer - the more books the Children’s Room will be able to buy! We’ll put a special silver sticker on your nametag for reaching level 100 and a gold sticker for reaching level 200.
The Library also offers a “Read-To-Me” Summer Reading Program for younger kids.
The 2008 Ashland Summer Reading Program is
co-sponsored by the Ashland School Committee, the Ashland Public Library and the Ashland Business Association. Additional support is provided by the Massachusetts Regional Library System, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.