By Erin Wood
If you have a kiddo, you won’t want to miss sign-ups for summer reading at the Garland County Library, June 10 – July 31!
The Summer Reading program is open to children ages 1-18. There is no deadline to sign up, but it’s best to sign up before June 10 so you don’t miss out on logging your reading hours to win amazing prizes. Participants can visit the library every 10 days to select a prize and to earn a raffle ticket for a larger giveaway at the end of the program. To sign up, simply visit the library at 1427 Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs.
Guided by this year’s theme, “Color Your World,” groups are divided into kids ages 12 and under, teens ages 13-18, and adults 19 and up. Depending on age group, being read to, reading (defined very loosely), and listening to audiobooks count toward total reading hours that can be redeemed for prizes.
While you visit the library, you can check out books, of course, but don’t forget that you can also get music CDs and age-appropriate movies, or do research on internet-connected computers. Also, be sure you don’t miss any library news by signing up for the “kids & teens” or “adult” email newsletters.
Want to access resources from home? You’ll find links to kids’ media like the TumbleBook Library (which includes hundreds of books to read online), Coolmath, and PBS Kids programming, just to name a few.
For more details on all of the above, visit gclibrary.com/services/kids.
Hot Springs native Erin Wood is a writer, editor, and publisher in Little Rock. She owns and runs etaliapress.com. Wood is the author of “Women Make Arkansas: Conversations With 50 Creatives” (2019) and editor of and a contributor to “Scars: An Anthology” (2015).
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