Let's Color Our World with reading this summer!
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Welcome to the 2025 Adult Summer Reading Program. If you participated last year, the format is mostly the same. If this is your first time - welcome and we hope you enjoy the program!
"How can I participate in summer reading for fun prizes?"
1. Track books you read between June 30th and August 17th.
2. For every 100 points, you gain a ticket entry into our grand prize raffle. This year we will be having the options of either a Rosamond Gifford Zoo Membership, an Everson Art Museum Membership, OR a Friends of Beaver Lake Membership for the winner!
3. Other ways you can earn ticket entries can be participating in adult summer reading programs, in which case you will receive 1 paper ticket entry to submit at the adult reference desk. Also, every week for the duration of the summer I will also be hiding colorful paper flowers that once found and turned in - you will receive 1 paper ticket entry! You can also write book reviews for extra ticket entries with 1 ticket per review!
"What counts as 100 points?"
Reading any book over 100 pages equals a novel and gives you 100 points. You can read books in any format, print, e-book or audio. Magazines and newspapers are counted by how many pages you've read. There is no longer a time option! Just log each book as long as you read the majority of it. Also, picture books count at 1/4 so if you read 4 picture books to your kids, you get 100 points. There is a selection for picture books for logging. With each badge, you earn points for more entries into the raffle. The more badges you have, the more chances you have to winning a prize!
"Are there any other smaller prizes?"
Yes! In person at the library we have art themed stickers and bookmarks as smaller incentives while you read and log for the summer!
If you have any questions, you can contact Julia P (me!) at juliap@bville.lib.ny.us OR you can give the library a call at (315)635-5631.
Happy reading and stay cool this summer!
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Julia P
Adult Services Librarian
Baldwinsville Public Library
33 East Genesee Street
Baldwinsville, NY 13027