Children’s 2025 Summer Reading Challenge (Ages 5 and Under)

Children’s Summer Reading is coming to a close!

PLEASE NOTE:

RAFFLE ENTRIES

The LAST DAY for children to earn raffle tickets is FRIDAY, AUGUST 8^th. If you submitted an early literacy sheet every week for 8 weeks, let us know by Friday, August 8th, and we’ll give you an extra grand prize raffle ticket!

FREE BOOKS and WALL MOSAIC STICKERS

You can earn and redeem free book coupons and stickers for the wall mosaic through 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29^th

• Even though you won’t get any raffle tickets after August 8th, you can continue to bring your early literacy activity sheets to the Library to receive stickers to add to our mosaic wall
• Even though you won’t get any raffle tickets after August 8th, you can continue to receive and redeem free book coupons for:
  • Submitting early literacy sheets
  • Submitting book reviews
  • Attending Library programs

IF YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT YOU ARE A PRIZE WINNER

• Now through through Saturday, August 16^th, prizes will remain on display and you may come select and take home your prize. The only exceptions are the Chatter Splatter and LEGO Discovery Land gift certificates, which if selected, will be provided on Monday, August 25^th.
• From Monday, August 18^th through Saturday, August 23^rd, prizes will no longer be on display, but you can view the Weekly Raffle Prize choices here or the Grand Prize Raffle choices here, or by using a QR code available at the Library. You can tell a staff member which prize you have selected, and they will retrieve it for you. The only exceptions are the Chatter Splatter and LEGO Discovery Land gift certificates, which if selected, will be provided on Monday, August 25^th.
• After Monday, August 25^th, prizes will no longer be available. If you are a winner, and are unable to come claim your prize before August 25th, email Rachel at rfecho@mclinc.org to let her know which prize you would like, and she will set it aside for you until you are able to come pick it up. You can view the Weekly Raffle Prize choices here or the Grand Prize Raffle choices here.

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Engage in early literacy activities with your child, attend programs, submit book reviews, and your child will win free books and chances to win prizes now through August 8th! Here’s how:

• Stop by the Children’s Library to pick up an Early Literacy Sheet, or print the current week’s activities from home by clicking here. These activities that are easy things that you and your child can do together as you go about your daily life, such as naming things you see in the supermarket, singing songs together, and checking out and reading books from the Library. All of the activities support the development of your child’s early or pre-literacy skills.
• For each completed Early Literacy Sheet you bring back to the Library, we’ll give your child a raffle ticket for the weekly prize drawing as well as a coupon for a free book. Your child will also get a sticker to add to our giant wall mosaic!
• Participate in William Jeanes Library programs! Now through August 8th, for every week you bring your child to one or more of our programs, we’ll give your child a coupon for a free book. Can’t make it to the Library at the times we offer programs for little ones? Click here for more than 100 virtual William Jeanes storytimes to enjoy at home! Engaging with your child while watching a virtual storytime with them will count as program attendance!
• Submit book reviews! Pick up blank book review slips from the Children’s Library or print your own by clicking here. Book reviews can be completed by you or your child. Your child can write a review (inventive spelling welcome!) or draw a picture, or your child can dictate their review and you can write it for them. Return completed book reviews to the Children’s Library and we’ll give your child a coupon for a free book. Though we encourage children to complete as many reviews as they like, your child will receive only one free book coupon per week.
• There will be a raffle drawing every Saturday morning between June 21st and August 9th before 10:00 a.m. The weekly winner will be notified by phone and posted in the Children’s Library. Prizes to choose from will be displayed on top of our bookshelves. After the weekly drawing, all raffle tickets will be moved to the grand prize drawing bucket.
• To “complete” the summer-long challenge, submit an Early Literacy Sheet each week for 8 weeks, and your child will earn an extra grand prize raffle entry.
• Prizes, free books, and stickers for our giant wall mosaic will be available only at the Children’s Library (no shipping)!
  • Winners of weekly raffle drawings and grand prize raffle drawing will be notified by phone.
  • Winners of raffle drawings will be given the opportunity to select a prize. Prizes will be on display at the Library throughout the summer.
  • Readers who earn free books will be able to select the books of their choice from hundreds of prize books available at the Library.
• The 8th weekly raffle drawing and the grand prize drawing will both be on Saturday, August 9th before 10:00 a.m. Winners will be notified by phone and posted in the Children’s Library. The grand prize winner will have their choice between a 24″ Squishmallows® plush green frog, a DUPLO® Peppa Pig Supermarket set, a Chatter Splatter gift certificate, or a Yoto Player.

Still have questions? Click here for FAQ!

Our Summer Reading Challenge is sponsored by the Friends of the William Jeanes Library!