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Corky

The Prudential Foundation
2007 Summer Reading Challenge

Get a Clue @ Your Library
June 25 – August 4, 2007

Rules for the Challenge
Learn everything you need to know to participate.

Incentives
Fun rewards for your reading accomplishments.

Summer Fun Activities
View a list of upcoming activities and programs
at the Main Library or your local branch
going on through August 31.

Photos
See photos from the June 26 Kickoff Celebration.

Click here for a poster you can color.

Teens -- click here for the Teen Summer Reading Challenge.

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  Incentives:

Number of
books
Incentive*
5 Get a Clue mood pencil and police shield eraser
10 Get a Clue READ tattoo and glow necklace
15 Get a Clue door hanger
20 Get a Clue whistle and 20 book button
25 Police shield clip-on bookmark and Get a Clue book cover
30 Get a Clue key ring magnifier
40 Get a Clue magnetic picture frame
50 Wooden Labyrinth maze
60 Magic rings
75 Tricky triangle
90 Flashing molecule ball
100 Magic cube and star reader patch (may be replaced by a gold cup reading patch)
125 Four color Magnetic Sketcher
150 Sherlock Holmes hat and Mystery patch
175 Sports bottle
200 Corky paw pin and bungee digital watch

  *In the event that there is high demand at any incentive prize level, an alternate prize may be awarded.

Rules for the Challenge:
1. The Summer Reading Challenge will run from June 25 to August 4, 2007.
2. Children need to check out the books they read and report on according to their grade and/or reading level. Parents, caregivers and preschool teachers may read to preschool children. The children should then report (oral or written) to the librarian.
3. Each child may report on a maximum of six (6) books (any combination of hard cover and/or paperback) per day.
4. Reports can either be oral or written with a maximum of three (3) oral reports per day. The number of oral reports may vary based on the availability of staff and time. Written reports may be accepted in the form of picture, poem, one page report, an art and craft, or artifact. 
5. Only titles reported on and accepted by the librarian or designated staff will be entered in the child’s reading log.
6. Every child who reads and reports on at least five (5) books will receive a Summer Reading Challenge certificate at the Awards Ceremony.
7. There will be a scale of reading levels and incentives.
8. A maximum of two hundred (200) books per child will be accepted.
9. When a child reads and reports on an award-winning book such as Caldecott, Newbery or Coretta Scott King, that book will count as two (2) titles in the child’s reading log.

For more information call 973-733-5642.

 

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