Summer Reading 2022

Summer Reading is finally here!!! We have challenges for every age. Track your summer reading and earn prizes along the way! Each challenge has a paper version or you can track it all online at https://bowmanlibrary.beanstack.org.

Here is a little bit about each challenge being offered:

Pre-K: Complete the Activity Bingo card by choosing to read books to your child in ways that fit each of the 9 prompts. Once you have completed all 9, a blackout, turn it in, or contact the library to receive a prize! (Paper Version can be picked up at the front desk.)

Ages 5-12: Track 20 hours of summer reading and complete the included Activity Bingo card and earn prizes along the way! (Paper version can be picked up at the front desk.)

Ages 12-17 (Teens): Set your own reading goals and smash them! Once completed, contact the library for a prize! (Paper version can be picked up at the front desk.)

Ages 18+ (Adults): Read 6 books, each book having an option of 3 different keywords. You must pick a title that includes one of the keywords for each book. (Check out our new display for the paper version and some ideas to get you started!)

Print and color (or not)

Ok here’s your challenge: we’ve started this drawing now it’s up to you to finish it. How will you do that? Will you continue using a black marker and add more lines? A bevy of geometric motifs? Or will you add COLOR? Maybe just black, white and red? Or an explosion of the color wheel? It’s all up to you!

We want to see your finished work! Share on social media with the hashtag #BOCOmakeanddo

After school : LEGO club

After school fun at the library! We will use Lego blocks, Marble Run, KEVA planks and Plus Plus to challenge ourselves to build new and make. For children K through eight. Free event. No registration required. LEGO club is every 2nd Thursday of each month.

After School : Invisible Ink

Join us after school on Thursday, March 1st to learn how to make invisible ink! We will be experimenting with several ways to make and reveal our messages. For children ages K-8. This is a free event with no registration required.

After School : Stress Balls

Join us on Thursday, February 22, for After School fun! We will be making stress balls. This is a free event and no registration is required.