Summer Reading

Summer reading begins May 24 at the Morton Library. Visit us between 12-6 to pick up your participation packet and start reading!

All ages can participate and all kinds of reading count: books, magazines, audiobooks, reading to kids or reading to each other. Children ages 0 to 5 are encouraged to hear 100 books this summer with the “Read to Me Program.” They will earn a prize for every 25 books.  Elementary school students who are primarily reading on their own will receive bookmarks to complete. Once they’ve read 3 hours they’ll earn a ticket to the library’s pool party on July 24. The second bookmark is completed after 4 hours of reading and they earn their choice of a book. The third bookmark earns a coupon packet after 5 hours of reading and bookmark four earns entries into the prize basket drawing and can be completed multiple times.

Teens will complete their own activity sheet that encourages them to explore different genres, library resources and read for at least one hour.

Adults can pick up their own bookmark and receive an entry into weekly gift card drawings for every five hours read. All completed bookmarks will roll over into the grand prize basket.

The Library also offers a family summer reading challenge with a list of literacy activities. Once they complete five activities the family receives an entry into the grand prize drawing for a set of tickets to the St. Louis Aquarium.

Learn more about summer reading here and sign up for our weekly newsletter about summer reading here.