Summer Reading

Children may register any time for the Island libraries’ Summer Reading Program, a prize incentive program that began July 1. The Oak Bluffs library is adding a charity element.

Children will read through eight levels to complete the space-themed program, flying to eight planets, each one further from Earth. For each planet they land on, they will receive a Polar Point toward our charity and a raffle ticket for weekly drawings. Plus, each planet level (one hour of reading or four picture books read or read to the child) carries a token prize, culminating with a T-shirt.

Oak Bluffs Public Library is introducing a charity element. This year we have a challenge: if the Oak Bluffs children/teens collectively earn 800 Polar Points (800 hours), our charity benefactor, the Black Dog Kids, will donate the money for the library to adopt a polar bear through the species adoption program of the World Wildlife Fund.