Teen Summer Reading Program—
"Find What's Out There @ Your Library
Registration: Monday, June 29 through Wednesday, August 19 — Open to youth in grades 6-12
You can make your summer reading count towards earning prizes. Do you have required reading this summer? Or maybe you just love to relax on the beach with a good book? Here's your chance to possibly win a 4G Video MP3 Player—just by reading!
Teen time cards, instructions, and teen event fliers will be available in the Teen Area on the Main Floor of the Library starting June 29. A laptop linked to the Teen Summer Reading Online Site will be conveniently placed in the Teen Area for those who need to log hours but do not have Internet access at home or the Library Card in hand.
How to Sign Up:
Please Note: Youth in grades 6-8 can only participate in one of the Library's summer reading programs: children's or teen.
- Log in—To register for the program, go to the Library's home page: www.midlib.org.
Click on the link for Teen Summer Reading. - Sign up—Click on the "Sign me Up" button. Create a username and password. Fill in the form and hit the "Save" button. If you enter an e-mail address, you will receive a registration confirmation with your login information.
- Log Time—Click on the "Add/View Log" button to add the number of hours you have read and the title of the book. Please enter your reading time using whole hours, not minutes or decimal numbers (i.e. 1.5 hrs.).
- Rate & Review Books (Optional)— Write a review of a book, give it a rating (5 being best), and submit it to share with other participants. You can submit reviews anytime, even if you have no hours to add to your log.
- Log out— when you are finished.
Adding Additional Hours:
Whenever you read for another hour or more, just log into your account using your username and password and enter the additional reading time. You can submit reviews at any time even if you have not read any additonal hours; to successfully submit a review without adding more time, enter "0" in the hours field.
Prizes
For every hour that you read, you earn a "chance" in our prize drawing. The more you read, the better your chances are of winning one of the 2 raffle prizes:
- 1G Sansa Clip MP3 Player
- 4G Sansa Fuze Video MP3 Player
For 1st 6 hours of reading time = discount museum/park pass
For 1st 12 hours of reading time = paperback book from a limited selection
Award Certificate: Once you have completed 12 hours of reading time, you will be eligible to print out an Award Certificate. You will see a scrolling message and a “Print Certificate” button on your Summer Reading home page.
Teen prizes can be picked up at the Library in the Children's Room. The winners of the raffle prizes will be announced on August 20 at the Candy Bar Bingo event. Winners do not have to be present to win.
'Spaced Out' Matinees
Chill out this summer with some cool sci-fi flicks! Candy and water will be on sale for a nominal price. All proceeds go towards funding teen events and services.
Teen movies being shown in the Library's meeting room:
Monday, July 13 @ 2:00 PM
Showing: Men in Black (PG-13, 98 min.)
Monday, July 27 @ 2:00 PM
Showing: Iron Giant (G, 87 min.)
Movie titles were selected by the Library's Teen Advisory Group.
Candy Bar Bingo
Thursday, August 20 1:00 to 2:00 PM Teen Scene
Wrap up your summer with a bingo bash! All youth in grades 6-12 are welcome to join us for this end-of-summer event. Bring a candy bar to play. Winners of each bingo round will pick a candy bar from the pile. No registration is required.
*Winners of the Teen Summer Reading Raffles will be announced during the program.
What is My Own Cafe?
My Own Cafe is a place where teens in Southeastern Massachusetts, aged 13-18, can find out what other teens in their own and nearby communities are talking about, reading, listening to, watching, playing, and doing within a safe environment.
You can connect with other teens to:
- discuss your favorite topics
- find out about events in the area
- download local music
- share great books
- get the latest local & world news
- access library catalogs & databases
Teens must be at least 13 years old and have a library card to register for My Own Cafe. Go to the "Register Now" link in the upper left corner of the site.
My Own Cafe was started by the Southeast MA Regional Library System with funding from federal grant funds authorized by the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Chess Set Gallery
Take a look at chess instructor Bill Petrillo's wonderful chess sets that were created from around the world!
