Summer Reading Program starts Monday, June 10

Get your bookshelves ready because we’ll be Digging Into Reading this summer at the Library!

Kids (ages birth to 6th grade) can Dig Into Reading and Science with the Summer Reading Program and with Science Adventure. Kids who read (or are read to) for 20 minutes a day for 20 days become 20/20 readers and get a certificate, a free book, and qualify for fun prize drawings. Kids who engage in 10 science explorations over the summer can qualify for a chance to win an annual pass to Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.

Teens (grades 6th through 12th) will go Beneath the Surface with their reads in the Teen Summer Reading Program. Teens who read for 20 minutes a day for 20 days win a free book and qualify for fun prize drawings.

Adults (ages 18 and older) have a summer of Groundbreaking Reads for the Adult Summer Reading Program. What does “groundbreaking” mean? Just about anything – from banned and challenged books, to books that changed your life, to novels about zombies and vampires, and even books about digging in the dirt (gardening, geology, or archaeology, anyone?). Choose to do the book Tic-Tac-Toe or a Book Review  for entry into the Grand Prize Drawing at the end of summer. Prizes include gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, as well as movie tickets.

And that’s just the reading part. We have some amazing programs this summer as well. Take a look at our calendar to see what’s coming up.

For more information, contact the Library at 503-682-2744 or visit our website at www.wilsonvillelibrary.org.

Ballot box at the Library

Drop off your ballots at the Library

The ballot box is here and ready for your ballot!

Make sure to put the completed ballot in the SECRECY envelope, and then in the mailing envelope, and then sign the mailing envelope.

If you have problems with your ballot (marked the wrong circle, or put the ballot in the wrong envelope, or your dog ate the ballot), call Clackamas County Elections for a replacement ballot at 503-655-8510.

For more information, visit the Clackamas County Elections website.

Have you checked out a magazine?

All these could be yours – for two weeks (for free)!

I mean really checked out a magazine. As in picked up a magazine at the library, and checked it out on your library card.

You haven’t? Well, what are you waiting for?

Choose from a variety of magazines, from popular People, Reader’s Digest, and Sports Illustrated, to more narrow subjects like Cooks Illustrated, Macworld, Northwest Travel, Organic Gardening, Paper Crafts, and a whole lot more.

Maybe more scientific titles interest you? Then try Discover, Scientific American, and Popular Science.

Or how about titles for kids, like Calliope, Ranger Rick, and Highlights.

Did you know you can check out copies of Consumer Reports, The New York Times Book Review, and This Old House?

Just stop by the library and take a look at our magazine collection (it’s right by the large picture windows behind the Reference Desk). Magazines check out for 14 days – which is a lot more time than you have standing in the check-out line at the grocery store. And they’re free!

For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 503-682-2744 or reference@wilsonvillelibrary.org.