Press ReleaseICPL’S Summer Reading Program Begins May 31


Bike rides, movies, special presentations and, of course, books are part of this year’s Summer Reading Program lineup. Be part of a winning team. Join us for On Your Mark, Get Set … Read!

The 2016 Summer Reading Program will be held May 31 through July 31, with registration beginning May 31. Registration can be completed in-person at the Library, online at srp.icpl.org or during Children’s Day on Saturday, June 4. Children’s Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the Summer of the Arts Festival.

Participation is free and available for all ages, babies through adults. All registrants will receive a game card to track their progress in meeting summer reading goals. The game cards also include the information for all Summer Reading Program activities, programs and events.

The game card for babies and toddlers promotes early childhood literacy skills, with prizes awarded at two levels: a mini beach ball at the first level, and a free book and entry into the grand prize drawing – either a $50 gift card to Prairie Lights or subscription to National Geographic Little Kids magazine -- at the second level.

The pre-school through sixth-grade game card also has two levels of prizes. The first is an ICPL book bag filled with food and activity coupons from McDonald’s, Aspen Leaf Free Frozen Yogurt, the Iowa Children’s Museum, Blank Park Zoo, and Westdale Bowling Center. The second is a free book and an entry into the grand prize drawing. This year’s grand prizes include two new bikes from World of Bikes, two annual City Pool swim passes, two subscriptions to National Geographic Little Kids magazine, and a family pack of four tickets to the to the Union Cycliste Internationale Cyclo-Cross World Cup Sept. 24 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds

Teen Summer Reading Program participants who complete the first level of the program will receive a free book, and a food coupon from either Aspen Leaf Free Frozen Yogurt or Z’mariks Noodle Café. Teens who complete the second level are entered into the grand prize drawing of either a $50 Prairie Lights gift certificate; a Gamer’s Pack which includes a $30 GameStop gift card; a $50 iTunes gift card; a $50 Marcus Theaters gift card; or a $50 Pancheros gift card.

Adults can get in on the action, too. Anyone who completes three activities on the adult game card will receive a free book. Complete five activities to be entered into a drawing for one of five grand prizes:

  • A individual membership to FilmScene
  • A $50 Downtown Iowa City gift certificate
  • A Fit Bit Charge HR
  • A pair of Paddle Passes at the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area
  • A family pack of four tickets to the to the Union Cycliste Internationale Cyclo-Cross World Cup Sept. 24 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds

Anyone who completes their game card early and wants to keep going can pick up a second game card, which can be turned in for a second entry into the grand prize drawing at their program level once it’s completed.

For more information about On Your Mark, Get Set … Read!, visit srp.icpl.org or call the Library at 319-356-5200.

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