Summer Reading Programs – July 2012 Update
Feed Your Brain display at Half Price Books in Humble
I’m proud to say that my little kiddo sat through all of her 500 minutes of reading time and then some, earning herself a certificate signed by the State Librarian and a free book from the library. Harris County Public Libraries have a fun little system going, and it has been fun logging all our minutes read over the last few weeks for the Get a Clue program.
In addition to that, Half Price Books has a summer reading program as well called Feed Your Brain. Reading time is supposed to be done during the months of June and July, but its not too late to get started now and earn prizes for both programs.
To help your kids earn their minutes, bring them along to Wednesday story time at Half Price Books Humble at 10:30 am. Books are read until we get tired (usually around 11:00 am, but if we’ve got a good attention span out of the kids that day, we may stretch it to 11:15 or so). Every now and then we are privileged enough to have children’s authors read their own book aloud and stay for a book signing. Snacks are always provided.
Summer Reading Program… for Grown Ups!
If you’re in the Houston area, love to read, miss those summer reading programs you participated in as a kid, and have a Harris County Library Card, you’ll be happy to know about the Harris County Public Library Get A Clue Summer Reading Program. And yes, its for kids AND adults, and the prizes are awesome.
HCPL will be drawing from registered readers to win a Kindle Touch eReader on Monday, June 11th. Every two weeks of the program, we’ll randomly draw from current registrants for an eReader prize, either a Kindle Touch or a NOOK Simple Touch. At the end of the summer, we’ll have drawings from readers who complete the program for one $30 Amazon gift card at each branch library and two grand prize drawings — one for a Kindle Fire and one for a NOOK Color.
Thanks to the Harris County Friends of the Library for providing the prizes and their generous support of Summer Reading!
I’ve got my profile set up and my first three reading sessions entered. I’m really excited about this, and hope to get an e-reader out of it so that I will be more accessible to upcoming authors as a reviewer. I know its more cost efficient for authors to send an e-book rather than a hard copy, but I wont be getting myself an e-reader unless I win it or earn it via Amazon credit as an affiliate. If/when I do get one, I will only accept review copies on it, I wont be purchasing e-books if the book is available in a traditional format. I’m old school, what can I say.
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