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Summer Reading 2024: Adventure Begins at Your Library

Ends in:

June 1 - July 31

Summer Reading 2024 has ended! Grand Prize winners will be contacted August 5. Thanks for reading with us - we'll see you next year!

Read to Earn Prizes

Kids dressed as pirates exploring the pages of a book Earn a raffle ticket for each hour you read! You can log your reading and submit tickets online, or visit your favorite branch for an old-fashioned paper tracker.

Each ticket can be submitted for a chance to win one of our fabulous Grand Prizes!

But that's not all - everyone can also earn the following prizes:

Kids and Teens Prizes:

1st hour of reading: A Railcats ticket + a discounted ticket to Deep River Waterpark*

2nd hour of reading: Beach ball

3rd hour of reading: Free book

4th hour of reading: Bear or bumblebee backpack (while supplies last)

*discounted waterpark tickets are for ages 6-18 only

Adult Prize:

At 4 hours of reading: 3 free books

la aventura comenza en tu biblioteca. Person in a tent shaped like a book reading

FAQs:

Q: What if I read to someone else?

A: Both of you get credit for that reading time!

Q: Do audiobooks count?

A: Yes! Time spent listening to a book is time spent reading.

Q: I can't read for a whole hour at a time. Can I log smaller units?

A: Yes! You can log as little as 1 minute at a time (and no more than 900 minutes in a day).

Q: When do I find out if I won a Grand Prize?

A: Grand Prize winners will be contacted August 5.

Special Events

Earth Week Tree Giveaway - CoSponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Soriority, Inc

Tue, Apr 22, 10:30am - 2:30pm

Dyer-Schererville - Meeting Room Whole (A & B)

Stop in and pick up a free tree sapling courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc/Alpha Gamma Rho Omega Chapter & Rep Carolyn B. Jackson. Available while supplies last.

Livestream Author Talk with Gregg Hurwitz - Bestselling Author of Nemesis

Thu, Apr 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

LCPL Virtual Branch - Public Virtual Mtg Rm 1

Join other readers for a livestream conversation with Gregg Hurwitz about his novel, Nemesis, and his life as a writer of suspenseful storytelling.

Early Literacy Fair

Sat, Apr 26, 10:00am - 2:00pm

Merrillville - Meeting Room A

Get ready to read! Kids 5 and under will enjoy activities designed to foster pre-reading skills, while parents will learn new ways to prepare kids to read. Toys, therapy dogs, info booths, and more!

A Sing-along & Play-along Concert with Jim Gill! - Musical Games & Musical Books for Everyone to Enjoy Together

Sat, Apr 26, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Merrillville Library - Room A

Get ready to sing, clap, and dance! Jim Gill’s music play creates the spirit of a family room in the concert hall and invites children, parents, and grandparents to sing, dance, and play together!

School Age Career Fair (Grades K-12)

Sat, May 03, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room,Large Meeting Room

Join us at the Lake Station-New Chicago Library to learn about the different careers in our community. Children can ask questions to the various vendors from bank tellers to policemen.

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Grand Prize Raffle

Thank you to the Friends of LCPL for providing this year's awesome prizes! For each hour you read, you earn one raffle ticket to put toward one of these prizes. You can also earn smaller prizes for your first 4 hours of reading!