2009 Summer Reading Program
For kids ages 5-10 years old
Look for the Be Creative! Reading Map in your child's fourth quarter report card packets at the Christian Heritage School, North Routt Community Charter School, Soda Creek and Strawberry Park, K - 4th students only. Reading Maps will also be available at the library and on our website after June 2.
Prizes for Reading
Imagine, Create, Participate! Read and earn cool prizes like stickers, bookmarks, kazoos, and best of all—a brand new book! Here's how: No earlier than June 8, keep track of your reading. Read (or be read to) for 30 minutes, and circle the first handprint for every 30 minutes you read until you reach the FINISH.
Only one per summer, please.
Each time you color in an artsy graphic along the way, come to the library to collect a prize. No prizes after Friday, August 21st!
Trivia Raffle
Come to the library this summer and test your knowledge of the Arts in our daily trivia contest. If you get the answer correct, we’ll enter your name in a raffle for incredible prizes—like milkshakes, rodeo tickets, and
more! Five winners drawn every Thursday. All prizes are donated by
our generous sponsors listed below.
Story & Hands-on Fun Thursdays
Thursdays, 10:30 – 11:30 am
Library Storytime Room
Free!
Get Creative with us as we dive into the wonderful, lively world of the Arts! Appropriate for kids ages 5-10. All events are free. No registration required.
June 11 Writing/ Storytelling
June 18 Drawing/ Painting
June 25 Music
July 2 Edible Art
July 9 Dance
July 16 Wearable Art
July 23 Theater/ Drama
July 30 Photography/ Film
Special Event
July 15th, 1-2 pm, Library LawnHawkquest, featuring live raptors like hawks, owls and eagles. Free presentation for all ages.
Evening Family Entertainment
FREE entertainment for all ages, 6-7 pm.June 11 Author, T.A. Barron
June 24 Monique Mead
July 8 International Dance
July 22 Great American Laughing Stock Co.
July 29 Movie Night - Bolt
Book Pals
Beginning readers ages 5-8 are paired with trained volunteers ages 11-18 to read together at the library during the summer. A free paperback is awarded to children who read with their Book Pal for 4 forty minute sessions during the summer. Register at the Children's desk.
Fill out a Book Pals Registration Form (pdf) or learn more about Book Pals by downloading
the FAQ flyer (pdf).
Thanks to Our Generous Sponsors:
All Aboat Beads
Bagel Works
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
City Market
Epilogue Book Company
First String Music
Howelsen Ice Arena
Lyon's Soda Fountain
McDonald's
Old Town Hot Springs
Potter’s Wheel
Ski Haus
Steamboat Pro Rodeo Series
Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Strings in the Mountains
Usborne Books
Wal-Mart