Glendora Summer Reading Challenge Begins June 1

Press release from the City of Glendora:

May 27, 2020

Glendora Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge is finally here!

June 1 - July 25, 2020

Are you looking for ways to keep your children engaged in reading over the summer or learn the love of reading? Some fun programs to participate in? How about ways to connect with other readers like yourself? The Library has the answer. The Annual Summer Reading Challenge is finally here. This summer, the Library challenges each and every Glendoran to read at least 30 minutes per day (but feel free to read as much as you like). If we all work together, we can smash our community-wide reading goal of 44,000 hours this summer.

Here’s how:

• Register yourself and your entire family to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge.The link can also be found on the Library’s website, www.GlendoraLibrary.org.
• Start reading-any reading counts…books, magazines, online news or blogs, articles, audiobooks, even cereal boxes.The more reading you complete, the more incentives you will earn.
• Log your reading on the website.You can also download the Beanstack app from your app store to log your reading.The app includes a reading timer, ISBN scanner to log your books and submit reviews.
• Visit incentive pickup times to pick up the incentives you have earned.
• Earn activity badges for additional activities and chances to win prizes as the end of the summer.For every badge you complete, you will earn 1 ticket for the final drawing.
• Visit the eLibrary to download books, stream music and movies, research your favorite topic and get live tutoring.
• Utilize Library to Go to pick up materials to keep you reading through the summer.
• Visit the Library’s website, www.GlendoraLibrary.org for information about upcoming programs and events.

Please contact the Library at (626) 852-4891 or Library@GlendoraLibrary.org with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Happy Reading and Learning!

The Summer Reading Challenge is presented by the Glendora Public Library, GPL Friends Foundation and supporters like you!

Online Events for the Summer, please check the Library’s Online Calendar for event links and full descriptions.

• Special Events
  • Buster Balloon June 4 @ 2pm
  • Dynamic Dinos June 11 @ 2pm
  • Novel Idea Book Discussion*June 24 @ 2pm Cannery Row by Steinbeck
  • Magic Wayne June 25 @ 2pm
  • Chat with a Paleontologist* July 8 @ 5:30pm
  • Wild Wonders July 16@ 2pm
• Weekly Events
  • Teen/Young Adult Meetup Mondays and Wednesdays @ 4pm
  • Lit Book Group*Mondays at 5:30 pm
    • Have you been reading some great books lately? Need new ideas for reading material? Join us on Zoom with your favorite alcoholic or non alcoholic beverage as we talk about the last book we read and get ideas for new books to read.
  • Family Trivia Nights Tuesdays at 7pm
    • June 3rd Pixar Trivia
    • June 10th TBA
    • June 16th All about games
    • June 23rd“Parks and Recreation”
    • June 30th Baseball
    • July 7th TBA
    • July 14th TBA
    • July 21st TBA
• Daily Events
  • Harry Potter meetup Daily @ 3pm
    • Start reading Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling on June 1st.
  • LEGO Challenge Challenge issued on the Library’s website every Monday, post

    your picture reviews on the SRC logging site

  • BINGO Tuesdays @ 2pm
  • Science Wednesdays - pickup a bag with materials and watch the video on

    Wednesday for instructions

  • Games and More Thursdays @ 2pm (when there is no special program)

    Begins June 17th.

*programs intended for an adult audience

This press release was produced by the City of Glendora. The views expressed here are the author’s own.