Summer Learning 2023

Library patrons Clayton, Clymer and Bridger

Your Guide

June 1 through August 31, Kitsap Regional Library invites you to dig into summer with live events, activities, challenges and more. Everything you need to participate is right here!

Summer Challenges

Take on any (or all) of our exciting all-ages challenges this summer. Use the enclosed trackers to record your progress or participate online through the Beanstack app. Turn in your completed trackers to any branch through August 31 for celebratory prizes and entries into the end-of-summer prize drawing.

Dig Into Reading Dig Into Learning Bingo to Grow

Read 10 to 100 hours throughout the summer for fun prizes. Track your reading. Earn a book or journal of your choice at 10 hours, a drawstring bag at 50 hours and a celebratory T-shirt at 100 hours.

Take on the Bingo Bonus Challenge and grow as you go! Connect five spaces to complete a bingo. Receive an entry into our end-of-summer prize drawing.

Try hands-on learning! Pick a goal, plot out how you’ll achieve it, and share your experience with us. Earn an entry into our end-of-summer prize drawing.

Connect Digitally

Dig into the challenges online with fellow readers! Use Beanstack, a mobile app that allows you to track your reading and challenge progress. Unlock celebratory badges and digital rewards, share what you’re reading and add book reviews for other participants to enjoy. Complete your challenges online then visit a branch to collect your prizes!

End-of-Summer Prize Drawings

Complete the bingo or learning challenges to enter a drawing for one of these great prizes:

Read Local

Enjoy a $150 certificate to your favorite local bookstore.

Shop Fresh

Try local produce with a $150 gift card to Kitsap Fresh or your favorite farmers market.

Switch It Up

Score a Nintendo Switch Lite and a $70 download card or a new game.

Photo courtesy of Anzanga Marimba Ensamble

Summer Live Performances

Get your groove on in the summer sunshine with live music, dance and magic performances for all ages!

Anzanga Marimba Ensemble

Vibrant marimba music from Africa.

Wednesday, June 28, 6:30 p.m.

Kingston

Taiko Drumming

Experience the art of taiko drumming with drummers from the Seattle School of Taiko.

Thursday, June 29, 11 a.m.

Silverdale

Wednesday, July 19, 6:30 p.m.

Kingston

Wednesday, August 2, 1 p.m.

Admiral Theatre, 515 Pacific Ave., Bremerton

Show Brazil!

Enlighten and entertain the whole family with a Brazilian musical experience.

Saturday, July 8, 11 a.m.

Sylvan Way

Micah and Me, Aaron’s Solo Dance Party

Aaron Canwell, the lead singer of Micah and Me, combines clever originals and upbeat covers with updated takes on classic kids’ songs to create an irresistible dance party.

Wednesday, July 12, 11 a.m.

Port Orchard

Thursday, July 13, 11 a.m.

Silverdale

Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m.

Poulsbo

Sunshine From Polynesia

Polynesian dance, drumming, music and more.

Saturday, July 22, noon

Bainbridge Island

Reptile Lady

Snakes, alligators and lizards! Come and interact with reptiles from around the globe in this educational and fun event with the Reptile Lady, April Jackson.

Monday, July 24, 2 p.m.

Little Boston

Monday, July 24, 11 a.m.

Manchester

Thursday, July 27, 2 p.m.

Poulsbo, Waterfront

Park Gazebo

Photo courtesy of Sunshine from Polynesia

Photo courtesy of Micah and Me

Magician Jeff Evans

An educational and fun magic show by the amazing Jeff Evans.

Wednesday, August 2, 11 a.m.

Port Orchard

Thursday, August 3, 10:15 a.m.

Sylvan Way

Thistle Theatre

Thistle Theatre performs “Brother Coyote, Sister Fox,” a Mexican tale, in Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theatre.

Wednesday, August 9, 1 p.m.

Admiral Theatre, 515 Pacific Ave., Bremerton

Explore More Events

Can’t get enough entertainment? Grab a copy of summer Inspire for a full list of upcoming classes, events and community performances, or visit us online at KRL.org/summer. You never know what you might experience!

Summer 2022, magician Jeff Evans and participants, Sylvan Way branch

Dig Into Reading Challenge

Start With 10 Hours

Color a leaf for every 20 minutes of reading until you’ve reached ten hours. Turn in your completed tracker to any branch and receive a well-earned book or journal prize of your choice. Ready? Dig in! Now

Dig Deeper, Read 100 Hours

Check each box or create your own image by coloring in a box for every 20 minutes of reading. Visit a branch at 50 hours to pick up a prize, then read to 100 hours to claim your celebratory 100-Hour Reader T-shirt. 20 hours

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Dig Into Learning Challenge

Think of things you’d like to try this summer and choose a learning goal. Like planting an idea, your goal will need a plan and time to grow, but we’re here to help. We’ll guide you toward your goal by digging deeper into the work that allows your idea to blossom.

Our community members have shared many incredible learning goals with us over the years. Some learners tried swimming for the first time, while others started learning their ABCs. Some participants have done tremendous feats in scaling mountains and traveling; some found great success in their learning challenge, while others learned from their blunders.

However the challenge goes, what matters most is that you have a good time doing it. Remember, what you do is up to you. What’s important is learning something new.

Library patrons Terry and Clayton with their chickens

Dig Into Your Ideas

Think about something you’d like to try, learn or do. Write down your ideas, then pick one goal to try over the summer.

Plant a Seed

Outline the steps to complete your goal, check them off as you go and tell us how it went!

Steps How was it?

Grow From Your Experience

What did you learn? What would you try differently next time?

Sweet Success

Enter the end-of-summer prize drawing. Winners will be notified by September 15. We can’t wait to hear about your Dig Into Learning Challenge! Share your experience with us at #KRLsummer.

Select Your Preferred Prize Drawing

Three prizes will be awarded at each location.

Read Local Shop Fresh Switch It Up

Enjoy a $150 certificate to your favorite local bookstore. Try local produce with a $150 gift card to Kitsap Fresh or your favorite farmer’s market.

Score a Nintendo Switch Lite and a $70 download card or a new game.

Name:___________________________________________________________________________________________________Age: ________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________________________Email: ________________________________________________________________________

School or City:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I give Kitsap Regional Library permission to share my experience.

Some prizes may require adult supervision. No purchase necessary to win. Promotion running June 1-Aug. 31, 2023 is presented by Kitsap Regional Library (KRL) and sponsored by the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, WA 98310. KRL is not a sponsor. To enter, complete challenges through KRL.beanstack.org or complete forms and call or present completed forms at any KRL location. Forms must be received by 5 p.m., Aug. 31, 2023. Three prizes per branch worth approximately $150-$300 (retail value) will be awarded. No cash will be awarded. Valid for Washington residents only. Entries outside WA are ineligible. Prizes must be picked up at a Library location. Winners, selected at random, will be notified by Sept. 15, 2023; you do not have to be present to win. Names only used with permission. Request a list of winners by mail: Kitsap Regional Library, Attn: Communications, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton WA, 98310.

Bingo Bonus Challenge

Complete five boxes in a row to make a bingo and earn an entry into the end-of-summer prize drawing.

Read a book set in a place you want to visit

Find a book recommendation on Novelist krl.org/readers Plant something

Eat the colors of the rainbow

Read a book with a cat in it

Recommend a book to a friend

Read a new genre

Watch something on Curiosity Stream krl.org/download

Visit a farmers market

Create art based on your favorite book Visit a garden

Ask someone what they are reading

Explore a language with Mango krl.org/research

Get a book recommendation at the library krl.org/bookmatch

Free Space

Complete ten hours of reading

Attend a library or community event

Visit a local small farm or nursery

Read or write outside Visit a library new to you

Read a local author or a book that takes place locally

Check out a digital or print magazine krl.org/download

Check out a cooking or gardening book Do something kind for someone Have fun!

Select Your Preferred Prize Drawing:

It’s time to dig into summer! Enjoy live events, activities, challenges and more. Use this guide or connect digitally to earn great prizes while reading 10, 50 and even 100 hours! Challenge yourself to learn something new, or complete a bingo for entries to win one of our awesome end-of-summer prizes.

Use #KRLsummer to share your experience with your community and us, and don’t forget to join us for our upcoming summer events.

There’s so much to do. What are you waiting for? Dig in!

A Huge Thank You to Our Partners

Bainbridge (206) 451-5050

1270 Madison Ave. N, 98110

Downtown Bremerton (360) 447-5420

612 5th St., 98337

Downtown Bremerton may be closed for building maintenance. Check KRL.org for updates.

Kingston (360) 860-5070

26159 Dulay Rd. NE, 98346

Little Boston (360) 860-5080

31980 Little Boston Rd. NE, 98346

Manchester (360) 447-5430

8067 E Main St., Port Orchard, 98366

Port Orchard (360) 447-5440

87 Sidney Ave., 98366

Poulsbo (360) 447-5450

700 NE Lincoln Rd., 98370

Silverdale (360) 447-5470

3650 NW Anderson Hill Rd., Suite 101, 98383

Sylvan Way (360) 447-5480

1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, 98310

Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library

Kingston Friends of the Library

Friends of Manchester Library

Port Orchard Friends of the Library

Poulsbo Friends of the Library

Friends of the Silverdale Library

East Bremerton Friends of the Library

School District Disclaimer

Bainbridge Island School District, North Kitsap School District, Bremerton School District, Central Kitsap School District and South Kitsap School District (Districts): These Districts do not sponsor or endorse this activity and assume no responsibility for it. Further, the Districts assume no responsibility for the content of this communication or the conduct or safety of the activity advertised. In consideration of the privilege to distribute materials, the District shall be held harmless from any cause of action filed in any court or administrative tribunal arising out of the distribution of these materials, including costs, attorney’s fees and judgments or awards.