“Time Twistin’” is the theme for this summer’s Young Adult Reading Club for Teens at all Fort Bend County Libraries.
The reading club begins June 1.
Activities that range from games days and movie nights to cookie decorating and scrapbooking classes are being planned for teens while they take part in the reading club.
Teens are encouraged to read as many books as they can, and they will earn rewards based on the total number of hours they spend reading or the number of reading-related activities they complete. The reading activities may include watching a movie based on a book, attending a teen library program or making a bookmark or poster based on a book.
Listening to audio books and reading magazines and newspapers may also be counted.
Participants may register at any Fort Bend County library, or they may register online by going to the library systems website at www.fortbend.lib.tx.us and clicking on the “SRC Sign-Up” icon. Select the tab for the Teen Summer Reading Club, and complete the online registration form. The teens will then have their own online page on which to record their hours and activities.
For the first five activities completed, each teen will receive a bookmark.
The rewards continue with a word magnet for 10 activities, a keychain coil for 15 activities, and a reading trophy for the first 20 books read. Reading rewards can be redeemed beginning Monday, June 8. The last day to pick up awards is August 29.
Weekly drawings for gift cards from area stores, donated by the library Friends organizations, will also take place at each branch library.
In addition, the names of participants will be entered into a drawing for a $25-gift certificate from area book stores that will be awarded to several lucky readers completing 20 activities or more. That drawing will take place in August at each library location.
There is no charge to join the Summer Reading Club, and it is open to all teens, regardless of the county of residence.
The program is sponsored by the Texas State Library, Fort Bend County Libraries and the Friends organizations that support the county library system.
