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What is Summer Reading?
The Summer Reading Program encourages reading for fun!
MPL has programs for a range of ages:
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Infants-preschoolers: Get prizes once you've read 120 minutes & again at 240 minutes. Pick a book & enter the grand prize drawing once you've read 360 minutes.
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Children (Incoming kindergarten-6th-graders): Get prizes once you've read 240 minutes & again at 480 minutes. Pick a book & enter the grand prize drawing once you've read 720 minutes.
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Teens (Incoming 7th-graders to just-graduated seniors): Get prizes once you've read 6 hours & again at 12 hours. Pick a book & enter the grand prize drawing once you complete 18 hours.
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Adults: Get prizes once you've read 10 & again at 20 hours. Pick a book & enter the grand prize drawing once you complete 30 hours of reading.
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Reading includes books and audio books. Reading to someone else counts for both the reader and the one hearing the story. Put on an audiobook in the car or while you're working - everyone who's there counts the time.
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Community goal
This year's Summer Reading comes with a hairy, audacious goal - 2 million minutes! Relax, it won't all be on you.
We're adding up all of your reading minutes with minutes from your family, friends, & neighbors - then we're combining all those minutes from everyone who signs up to reach that goal.
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Once we hit the goal - because we're going to hit it! - we'll choose a prize, plus we'll celebrate.
Extra Summer Programs
Check out our Calendar for programs. We always add special events, and some of our regular programs will take on a Summer Reading theme.