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2022 Summer Reading Challenge
UPDATE – AUGUST 1, 2022
The Summer Reading Challenge has ended. We hope you had a “sand-sational” time reading about our oceans and sea life. We encourage all participants to claim reading prizes at any public library by August 31, 2022. Prizes will be provided while supplies last. The grand prize, regional, and branch prize winners were selected and are being notified.
For more information, contact your local library.
GET REWARDS
For every 100 minutes logged online you will receive a virtual badge and an entry to the lucky grand prize drawing for Four Round Trip Tickets to anywhere Alaska Airlines® flies!
When you reach reading milestones of 300, 600, and 1,000 minutes, you will receive free rewards, while supplies last. Visit a local library to claim your reward.
For teens, read and get entered into the drawing to win a large specialty pizza or a bookstore gift card. Prizes are provided by Pizza Hut Hawaii.
For adult readers, lucky drawings will be held for regional prizes. Prizes are provided by the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i.
DOWNLOAD SUMMER FUN FOR EVERYONE!
We’re excited to be partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to offer weekly fun ocean themed activity packets for children. Stop here each week to download the latest fun!
The weekly themes are:
| Dates | Themes |
|---|---|
| June 5 to 11 | One Big Ocean |
| June 12 to 18 | Exploring Coral Reefs and Tide Pools: The Sunlight Zone |
| June 19 to 25 | Exploring the Deep Ocean: The Twilight and Midnight Zones |
| June 26 to July 2 | Underwater Volcanoes |
| July 3 to July 9 | What would it be like to live in the Ocean? (Oceanography) |
| July 10 to 16 | Our Changing Ocean (Threats & Challenges) |
| July 17 to 23 | How Can You Protect the Ocean? (Ocean Stewardship) |
| July 24 to 31 | Become an Ocean Explorer |
Library staff have created additional fun “Take & Make” downloadable sheets for children based on NOAA’s ocean themes. Find a “menu” of literacy tips, songs & rhymes, recommended reading lists, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, & mathematics) family craft/activity ideas to do at home.
Download and try them today!
| Dates | Download "Menu" File(s) |
|---|---|
| June 5 to 11 | One Big Ocean |
| June 12 to 18 | Exploring Coral Reefs and Tide Pools Tide Pool Journal |
| June 19 to 25 | Exploring the Deep Ocean |
| June 26 to July 2 | Underwater Volcanoes |
| July 3 to July 9 | Oceanography |
| July 10 to 16 | Our Changing Oceans Polar Bear activity |
| July 17 to 23 | Ocean Stewardship |
| July 24 to 31 | Become an Ocean Explorer |
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
View virtual programs that were held throughout the Summer!
MAHALO TO OUR PARTNERS
