Ask the Librarian – Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Challenge

By Tammy Hinkle, Librarian The beginning of the school year is quickly approaching, but there is still time to enjoy summer reading. Here are 25 fun ideas to get your child to read:

Now none of this will work if they don’t have any books. They can’t read what they don’t have access to. So … take them to the bookstore and let them select a new book. Make a trip to a used bookstore and enjoy going through the stacks and stacks of books. Go to the library and walk out with an armful of books. Download a reading app. Buy the eReader. Get the audiobook. Make sure that your house is print rich… books, books and more books. But remember that reading should never be a chore, it should always be presented as a gift.

1. Read a book about your favorite

TV/movie show/character 2. Have the same food that the character does in a book 3. Read to a stuffed animal or pet 4. Read about animals/sea creatures then visit a zoo or aquarium (in person or virtually) 5. Read to someone on the phone/

Zoom/Facetime 6. Swap a book with a friend- then host a book club 7. Make a blanket fort and read an adventure story 8. Read in a funny voice 9. Tell someone about the story you read by acting out a scene 10. Read outside under the stars 11. Write an email to the author of the book you just read 12. Read a kid’s magazine 13. Read by the pool 14. Read outside under a tree 15. Read a fairy tale while dressed as a prince or princess 16. Read under the covers with a flashlight 17. Read a graphic novel, then draw your own version of the book 18. Listen to an audiobook in the car 19. Read a book with a friend- take turns reading a page 20. Read in your PJs 21. Pile blankets and pillows into an empty bathtub and read 22. Make a hideout in a closet and read with a flashlight 23. Draw a scene from your book on the driveway using chalk 24. Read a cookbook and make something 25. Read whatever makes you happy!

Happy Reading!

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