Health & Fitness
Burrow into a Good Book This Summer
Visit your local library, live or online to learn more about reading this summer.
Member libraries of the Delaware County Library System will be participating in summer reading this June. This year’s theme, “Dig Into Reading,” is all about the wonders under our feet - root vegetables, buried treasure, dinosaur bones, evidence of ancient civilizations and, of course, the critters.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every child participated in summer reading, and as a result, we raised literacy rates throughout the county? When children read only 16.9 minutes a day, they are exposed to 1,168,000 words a year and test in the 70th percentile. If we dig into reading just a little deeper and average 33.4 minutes a day, they devour a staggering 2,357,000 words a year. Together with the family, libraries can build a stronger future for our children by opening a book for minutes a day.
Nurturing a more literate society is one of five literacies in PA Forward, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Library Association. When leveraged properly, our libraries can help solve some of Pennsylvania’s biggest economic and social problems. More than 75% of jobs in Pennsylvania demand education beyond high school. And yet, nearly 120,000 Pennsylvania youths have dropped out of high school. For more information on how PA Forward impacts Pennsylvania visit: www.paforward.org.
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Reading is the root of every child’s success. We hope you dig into our summer reading fun. Visit www.www.delcolibraries.org (library events tab) to see a complete list of activities and events. Help us plant the seeds to learning with our summer reading program.
The Delaware County Library System is the department of county government responsible for providing support services for 26 independent member libraries. For information about the wide range of library services available to all county residents, visit: www.delcolibraries.org or follow delcolibraries on Twitter and delawarecountylibraries on Facebook. Tax deductible donations may be made to the Library Foundation of Delaware County, www.supportdelcolibraries.org
