Summer Reading

Our Summer Reading Program, “Adventure Begins at Your Library” begins on June 27th at 10:30 am with a free family concert on the library side lawn, and ends on August 8th with our Ice Cream and Tie-Dye party at 3pm.

Our goal during the 6 weeks of summer reading is to get as many people as possible to read all summer long. Children who read regularly during the summer are much less likely to suffer from Summer Learning Loss, and go into the next school year ready to learn! We want to show Newport kids how many people are reading with them this summer, so we’re using animal stickers!

We’ll see how many animal friends we can get to join our quest on the big bulletin board in the Children’s Room. For every day that someone spends time reading, they’ll add a critter sticker to this week’s Quest Board section. At the end of each week, we’ll add the section to the Quest Board, and see how much closer our big group of animal buddies has gotten to the end of the Quest! By the end of the summer, we should have a TON of animal friends along for the ride. How many can you add?

We want kids to be extra motivated to read, so kids get a brag-tag necklace when they register for summer reading, and every day they read earns a bead to add to the necklace! 5 days of reading will earn the chance to pick out a special fancy bead as well as a prize book from our cart, and 10 days of reading earn a fancy bead and a McDonald’s Icecream coupon. People who read every day during the 6 weeks of our summer program will earn our wild admiration, as well as an individual little s’mores kit to make a summer adventure a little bit sweeter!

Come to the library often to show us your reading progress and earn your prizes! You’ll love our busy calendar of events for youth of all ages, as well as some for adults!