County Librarian and Cultural Services Director, Beth Rumble, says this year's TD Summer Reading Club has been a huge success, in large part because it was an in-person event this year.
Rumble says the program is for children. “It is for those aged four to twelve. It didn't run in 2020 and then in 2021 it was held virtually, so we were really excited to be able to run it in person for the first time in a couple of summers this year. There are two weeks left in the summer reading program.”
Rumble says the goal is to encourage young people to read, but she says it also includes lots of fun. “There is always some kind of movement, activity. They are going to read a book and then they're going to track how much children have been reading, how much time they spend reading and then there's always some fun prizes and stickers and books to celebrate those who have been really committing to reading over the summer.”
The TD Summer Reading Club is a Canadian summer reading program for kids with all kinds of interests and abilities. It's free and is offered at more than 2,000 public libraries across Canada, as well as online, celebrating Canadian authors, illustrators and stories, and inspiring kids to explore the fun of reading.
