2020 Teen Summer Library Program

To register or for more information, email library@newtonplks.org!

Icarus spreads his wings while perched on the spine of a splayed book.

Reading Goals

• Read or listen to books, and record your minutes to earn prizes!

• Complete the weekly goal (100 minutes) to earn a free book!

• Complete the summer goal (900 minutes) to earn a gift card and an invitation to a virtual escape room event!

• Record your reading/listening on Reader Zone (click here for instructions), or send updates on your progress to library@newtonplks.org.

Online Clubhouse

Communicate with other book-loving teens in NPL’s teen Discord chat room! Email library@newtonplks.org and register as a Summer Library Program participant to get more information.

Programs & Challenges

Completion of a challenge earns you one chance in a drawing that will be held at the end of summer. The grand prize will be a $20 gift card! There will also be raffles for other prizes.

June 1-15

Creative Challenge: Design and make a wand. Watch the video introducing the activity, then email a photo of your wand to NPL by June 15!

Book Challenge: Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, available on-demand on the Sunflower eLibrary thanks to #HarryPotterAtHome. (Book discussion June 6 via Zoom!)

Girl reclines against a rock and reads a book titled "Legend of King Arthur."

June 16-30

Creative Challenge: Write a fairy tale or tall tale, or complete a mad-lib. Watch for the video and email introducing the activity, then email your writing to NPL by June 30!

Book Challenge: Read Mirror Mirror: A Twisted Tale by Jen Calonita, available on the Hoopla app. (Book discussion June 20 via Zoom!)

July 1-15

Creative Challenge: Artwork! Watch for the video by local artist Susan Bartel, then complete the challenge by emailing a picture of your artwork to NPL by July 15!

Book Challenge: Read The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, available on the Hoopla app. (Book discussion July 11 via Zoom!)

July 16-31

Creative Challenge: Photography/baking with a fantasy theme. Watch for the video and email introducing the activity, then email a picture of your creation to NPL by July 31!

Book Challenge: Read The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan, available on the Hoopla app. (Book discussion July 18 via Zoom!)

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