Summer Reading at Whitman County Rural Library District is just around the corner, and we have some exciting details to share with you! This year’s theme, Color our World, has inspired us to map out plenty of all-ages fun. Learn more below:

READING PUNCH CARDS
Back by popular demand, this year’s punch cards are your ticket to Summer Reading fun. Available starting on Thursday, June 5 (and due back by August 15) they’ll help track and inspire reading for kids, teens, and adults throughout the summer. Each completer will receive a prize once their card is submitted but shouldn’t stop there! Each successfully completed punch card will also be entered into our county-wide prize drawing.

An added bonus? Multiple entries are permitted! So… the more you read, the better your odds.

COMMUNITY LEGO BUILDS
Readers at all 14 library locations will be contributing to LEGO builds this summer, every time they earn a punch on their card! It’s simple really: one punch equals one LEGO. In fact, patrons who complete their first Summer Reading punch card can simply get another one to keep earning pieces. So, again, the more you read, the more you build!

COUNTY-WIDE PRIZES
Thanks to the Friends of Whitman County Library, we’re offering an amazing assortment of prize packs this year! Patrons who return their completed punch cards by Friday, August 15 will be entered for a chance to win the following prizes in the following categories:

• Kids (ages 0-6): Adjustable Art Easel, Paint Supplies
• Kids (ages 7-11): Waterproof Underwater Camera, Snorkeling Set
• Teens (ages 12-17): 3Doodler Flow Essentials 3D Printing Pen Set
• Adults (ages 18+): Reading-Themed Gift Basket

Winners will be drawn and announced on August 22.

ALL-AGES PROGRAMMING
For many people, summertime can mean many things: sunshine and swim lessons, long workdays and hot houses, picnics and playdates. At our libraries across the county, all of these things are true. In fact, these are the reasons that we strive to provide free programming for all-ages in our communities! To increase literacy and inspire a love of reading? Always. To get people together and build connections? Of course. To provide safe, air-conditioned oases? You better believe it!

More details about our Summer Reading festivities will continue to emerge. Please consider attending a launch party near you, signing up for our email newsletter here, or checking our events calendar here for more information.

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