By Renee Larr
The Carmel Clay Public Library’s Summer Reading Program kicked off May 22 and will run through Aug. 14. The program is open to readers of all ages.
“This will be our third year of doing the program this way,” CCPL Communications Director Beth Jenneman said. “It’s one program for all ages rather than having a separate children, young adult and adult challenge.”
Individuals can sign up to read books or participate in other activities to receive points.
“The basic premise is not just reading but other learning activities, too. We hope it encourages families to do things together, whether that be reading a book, coming to a library program, attending a live theatre performance or doing a science experiment. We have a list of 26 activities participants can choose from. Some of them can be repeated,” Jenneman said.
Each activity is assigned a point value, and participants will log their activities online.
“You start accumulating points, and then you can buy prizes with those points. If you choose to just read the whole summer and accumulate points for doing that you can do so. We do still have people who want to do that, and that’s totally fine,” Jenneman said.
“We have everything from tattoos to baby bibs to things that are more adult like a glasses repair kit and miniature tool kit,” Jenneman said. “We also have coupons from different places. When you register, for example, you’ll get a food coupon to a local restaurant.”
CCPL learns each year from the program and adjusts it to better serve participants.
“We’ve tweaked it a little each year, but the premise including families and doing more than just reading has been the same for the last three years. The Summer Reading Program usually attracts a few thousand people,” said Jenneman.
To sign up, visit carmel.lib.in.us.
