Summer Reading Club

 

Since 1990 the British Columbia Library Association and local public libraries have sponsored a provincial Summer Reading Club which encourages summer reading and public library use by school-age children and families in BC, encouraging them to do their very best and to set their own reading goals.

Children ages six to twelve are invited to join the Savour Each Word Summer Reading Club this summer. Vancouver Public Library also invites school age children to join the Multilingual Summer Reading Club - read books in any language!

This year's Summer Reading Club illustrator is Rose Cowles, a Governor General Award nominated artist. Some of Rose's most notable books are: Gilbert de la Frogponde by Jennifer Rae, Dog Tales by Jennifer Rae, I Know An Old Laddie by Jean Little, The F Team by Anne Laurel Carter, The Mysterious You Series with Kids Can Press, and Puppies On Board with Orca Books Publishing. Summer Reading Club members will receive a reading record, bookmark, and stickers to collect. Children can record the titles and authors of the books they read on the reading record. It's lots of fun and absolutely free!

Check out Vancouver Public Library's Summer Reading Club events at: http://www.vpl.ca. For more information on the Summer Reading Club program, the BCLA website http://www.kidssrc.ca will be available in June. Contact your local branch library for details.

The Summer Reading Club is sponsored by the British Columbia Library Association and the Vancouver Public Library, with the assistance of the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, The Honourable Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister.