The biggest event to hit Hollis is coming. The 2012 Library Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is Dream Big … Read!

The Hollis Social Library will host a bunch of free events around this theme involving nighttime, dreaming, space and things that go bump in the night. Beginning June 27, children and adults can sign up for the Hollis Social Library’s Summer Reading Programs. Register online at home, or come to our Pancake Lunch Summer Reading Kick-Off from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the Lawrence Barn.

The library has group reading programs for ages 1, grade 1, grades 2-5, and grades 6-12, and an adult program for anyone 18 and older. Just read books and log them onto your Online Summer Reading Account, then come to the library for your prizes. Go to our library website hollislibrary.org and click on the Summer Reading Icon (It’s the bat in the top right corner of the website) for more information, and descriptions of all our reading programs.

There will be prizes awarded to the top four readers in the grades 2-5 program and the Grades 6-12 program. The top reader in the grades 6-12 program will win a Nook Simple Touch. The adult program will also give away a Nook Simple Touch with glow light to its top reader, too. Sign up to win prizes all summer simply by reading.

The fun doesn’t stop there. The library will be hosting free programs and performers all summer. Just a few of the noteworthy performers are Tracy Kane the Fairy House Lady, Go for the Stars Robots, Critters N’ Creatures Animals Shows, and many more. Informational, craft and story time programs will also be offered for children, tweens and teens. Stop into the library to get a brochure filled with information on all of our wonderful reading programs and events.

Registration begins June 27. Here is how to sign up for Summer Reading:

1. Go to our website, www.hollislibrary.org.

2. Click on the Summer Reading icon. (It’s the bat in the top right corner of our website).

3. Click on the program you want to sign up for.

4. Click on “Register or Log Books Online.”

5. Click on the sign-up button. You will need a library card. Enter all required information and save.

6. Come to the library to activate your account, or call us at 465-7721.

Children have from June 27-Aug. 16 to log all books, hours and pages read. Participants in grades 2-5 or the grades 6-12 Teen Program will need their own library cards.

For more information, please contact Miss Amanda. If Miss Amanda is unavailable, please contact Library Director Lucinda Mazza at 465-7721 or director@hollislibrary.org.

Amanda Hogue-Lavallee is the youth librarian at Hollis Social Library, and can be reached at 465-7721 or childrenlib@hollis
library.org.