2025 Summer Reading Rewards
Our summer reading rewards program runs from June 1 ─ August 31, 2025, and *ALL AGES* are encouraged to join!
Registration opens Thursday, May 29 and continues all summer!
Why do we promote summer reading?
- Reading with infants and toddlers promotes bonding and associates books with positive feelings
- Reading with 3-5 year olds teaches them pre-reading skills (book orientation, letter familiarity, word sounds) which will aid learning to read later on
- For school-age children and teens, summer reading means reading for pleasure, increases vocabulary, and keeps skills fresh for returning to school
- For adults, continued reading reduces stress, maintains memory and brain function, and supports continued learning
- For everyone, reading promotes empathy, creativity, self-esteem, and an understanding of the points of view of other people. It also reduces feelings of loneliness and depression.
Why should you join the Scandinavia Public Library’s summer reading program?
- Being part of a reading program encourages you to set and reach a desired personal reading goal
- You can challenge your friends and family members to see who can read the most!
- You’ll meet other readers and get recommendations for more great books to read!
- You can earn Book Bucks to treat yourself to something fun from one of our community businesses!
- In joining the reading program, you’ll demonstrate how much reading is valued in our community!
How do I join the library’s summer reading program?
Sign up yourself or your family:
- Visit the Scandinavia Public Library to pick up reading logs for yourself and your family members.
- Begin logging your reading on June 1, 2025.
- Program registration will remain open throughout the summer, so even late starters can still enjoy the fun!
How do I track my reading?
Record each day you read* for at least 20 minutes. (We’re recording the days, not the minutes!) If you read to someone else, or if someone reads to you, count that time for both of you! Record your days using our paper log sheets. You can pick up log sheets at the Scandinavia Public Library .
*Reading includes books (fiction and non-fiction), ebooks, magazines, newspapers, online fiction, audiobooks, and e-audiobooks. Time can be consecutive or broken into smaller segments throughout the day.
Reward yourself for your reading!
We know readers love a nice treat, and we have something fun just for you!
- Each month you log at least 22 days of reading you’ll receive a $3 Book Bucks gift certificate─ that’s up to $9 in Book Bucks that you can earn with your reading over the summer!
- Use Book Bucks on your next purchase at: The Back Forty, Blooming Envy, Country Chic Boutique, Happy Daaze, Odin & Freja’s Place, The Runestick, Salt Hair & Beauty Lounge, ScandiHus, Silver Lake Lanes, Sliced Pizza Co., or Trout Bum Bakery!
- Book Bucks can be used singly or together, and friends and family members can also combine their Book Bucks in a single transaction!
- Book Bucks can not be redeemed for cash.
- All reading must be logged on your official paper reading log. Turn in each month’s reading log with at least 22 days of reading logged on it by the deadline listed below to receive a Book Bucks certificate:
- June reading log by Saturday, July 12
- July reading log by Saturday, August 9
- August reading log by Saturday, September 6
- Participating merchants will redeem Book Bucks through Sunday, October 12, 2025. All remaining Book Bucks will be void after October 12, 2025.
- If you don’t want Book Bucks, please let us know (it will save our librarians some time), but keep logging your reading!
Create your own reader’s rainbow!
Each of our summer readers will be represented by a sunny cloud with their name on it. Every 10 days you read will add one rainbow stripe to your cloud. Once your rainbow is complete, your reading will add bonus raindrop crystals!
- Watch your rainbow grow each time you turn in a reading log. Set a summer reading goal─will you finish your rainbow? How many bonus crystals can you earn?
- Challenge a friend or family member to a reading race! Whose rainbow will grow the fastest?
- The more readers we have, the more rainbows you’ll see, so encourage your friends and family members to participate too!!
How many days can we read together this summer?
Librarian Meredith isn’t quite sure how she’s going to represent our combined reading this summer, but the the more we each read, the bigger it’s going to get!
It’s a fun way to work together and show how much our community values reading!