The Library’s Summer Learning Challenge is Back, Read Some Books, Win Some Prizes

Everybody knows summer is a great time to catch up on some reading.

And it's even better when you can earn prizes by doing it!

Well, the County Library Summer Learning Challenge is ready to help you do both. This summer's "Read, Learn, Create" reading challenge started June 1 and runs through Aug 31.

Register online or at any of the County's 33 branch libraries, read some books, have some fun, engage in some new activities and you can earn a prize-a free book or a Library tote bag.

The summer challenge is open to people of all ages. But its main goal is to encourage kids and teens to read during their summer vacations. That can help prevent what some educators call the "summer slide," a time where students can lose some of what they achieved during the school year.

Taking part is easy. First, register, either by coming to your local County library or by going online at the Library's "Summer at Your Library" webpage.

Next, pick up a printed "learning log" in any of 13 languages at a County library branch, or by printing one out at home, to track your progress.

Then, over the course of the three-month challenge, track what you read, and mark the activities you complete in the learning log to win stuff.

Activities, which can be marked off on your learning log, include reading to a pet; trying a new recipe; reading a book from a series; reading a graphic novel; learning to say "hello" in another language; drawing a picture; reading a magazine or newspaper; or attending a library program at any of the County's 33 branch libraries.

Complete 10 hours of reading, 10 books or 10 learning activities and you win your choice of a free book or a Library tote bag.

And you don't even have to come into the library to check out books or read. That's because the County's e-book collection is available to everyone using your library card through the library's online Libby platform or by downloading the Libby app and connecting to the library. And if you don't already have a County library card, you can do that online or at a branch.

So, summer's here! Read, Learn, Create. And win something too!

To sign up for the Summer Learning challenge drop into any County branch library or go to sdcl.org/summer.

For more information about the County Library, to find programs, activities and more, go to the Library's webpage.