May June Newsletter 2017
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Reading is Gigantic!<br />
Summer Reading<br />
Challenge<br />
<strong>May</strong> 15 – August 7<br />
Get your reading log in person at the<br />
Main Library, Rakow Branch or South Elgin<br />
Branch or by printing one at home at<br />
www.gailborden.info/read<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Summer Reading is<br />
for Everyone!<br />
Birth – Kindergarten<br />
Listen to stories, complete dino dig<br />
activities and color in the dinosaurs as<br />
you go along to earn prizes!<br />
Read all Summer<br />
and Earn Prizes!<br />
Bring your reading log to the Main,<br />
Rakow or South Elgin Library from<br />
July 1 – August 7 to claim your prizes:<br />
· Choice of a paperback book or a<br />
mini-bundle of comic books (while<br />
supplies last).<br />
· Pass to swim free one time at<br />
Wing Park Pool or Lords Park Pool<br />
August 1 – 13.<br />
· Ticket to attend A Night at the<br />
Library Event.<br />
• Spin the prize wheel to get a<br />
coupon from a local business or a<br />
dinosaur–themed prize.<br />
Reading is Gigantic Studio<br />
270 Summer Reading<br />
Challenge<br />
Grades 9 – 12<br />
Read 20 hours for 1 entry into the<br />
Grand Prize Drawing for a $100 Amazon<br />
Gift Card and other gift cards. Enter as<br />
many times as you’d like!<br />
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Grades 1 – 5<br />
Complete 5 reading activities to get your<br />
dinosaur paw stamped and earn prizes. Do<br />
5 more activities to take another spin of<br />
the prize wheel!<br />
Zone (Grades 6 – 8)<br />
Complete 5 reading activities to earn<br />
prizes and a chance to win a $100 gift<br />
card. Complete more activities to earn<br />
another spin of the prize wheel.<br />
Be a Part of the<br />
Little Dino Hunt!<br />
Local restaurants and stores can<br />
promote the summer reading<br />
challenge by displaying a decorated<br />
Little Dino in their business. The Little<br />
Dino Hunt will invite the community<br />
to participate in a scavenger hunt by<br />
visiting your business. To participate,<br />
call Liz Clemmons at 847-429-4698 by<br />
<strong>May</strong> 15. Visit gailborden.info/dinohunt<br />
for more information.<br />
Watch for Little Dinos around town!<br />
New prize this year!<br />
See the Dinosaur Giants after dark at<br />
this special event! Find fossils, do some<br />
dino art, grab refreshments and more!<br />
Family Adventure<br />
Grand Prize!<br />
Families that finish get a chance to<br />
win a one-year membership to The<br />
Field Museum of Natural History in<br />
Chicago, free rail pass and tickets<br />
to see Jurassic World: The Exhibition.<br />
(Families = at least one adult and one<br />
child high school age or younger.)<br />
Reading is Gigantic Adult<br />
Summer Reading Challenge!<br />
Discover your own reading adventure<br />
this summer. When you are done, bring<br />
your log into the Library to be entered<br />
into a prize drawing for a chance to win a<br />
Samsung Galaxy tablet!<br />
Help Children Read<br />
this Summer—Be a<br />
Gold Star Partner!<br />
Any company, daycare or<br />
organization in the library<br />
district can bring the Summer Reading<br />
Challenge to children at their location.<br />
Reading logs in English and Spanish and<br />
prizes will be provided. Contact Julia<br />
Langlois at jlanglois@gailborden.info or<br />
at 847-608-5011.<br />
Be a Summer Reading<br />
Volunteer!<br />
Adults and Teens Grade 9 & Up<br />
Help children at the summer reading<br />
booth at the Main Library, Rakow Branch<br />
and South Elgin Branch. Applications will<br />
be available <strong>June</strong> 1 at all three locations<br />
or by emailing bmoffett@gailborden.info.<br />
Para una descripción en español, vea la<br />
página 17.<br />
2 R =Registration required • Three ways to register: Online at gailborden.info/register • Call 847-429-4597 • In person
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