ReadSquared Reading Program

Act as an Advisor

Imagine you are able to give advice to any character. What would you say to them and why?

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Adult Create Your Own Adventure

Make your own adventures by checking things off your bucket list! Does your bucket list include visiting a museum, restaurant, or park? Or maybe visiting someplace new? Share the top five things on your bucket list that you hope to accomplish this summer below. Go forward and adventure!

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Attend a Virtual Program

It doesn't matter if it's a drawing lesson, book discussion, genealogy chat, board game night, or something else. Tell us what you attended and you'll be entered in our special end-of-summer drawings.

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20 Pts

Build a Fort

Build a fort using pillows, blankets, and whatever else you can find in your house!

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10 Pts

Build a Fort!

Using items around your house, build yourself a fun and cozy fort! You can use things like blankets, pillows, chairs, or anything else you think should go in your fort!

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20 Pts

Build an Obstacle Course

Build an obstacle course inside your home or outside!

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10 Pts

Can You Make a Foodie Face?

Try creating a face using different food items you have at home! Inspired by the book Foodie Faces by Bill Wurtzel.

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20 Pts

Can You Make a Foodie Face?

Try creating a face using different food items you have at home! Inspired by the book Foodie Faces by Bill Wurtzel.

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30 Pts

Civic Duty

Write a letter to a local, state, or federal elected official about an issue that you care about. Send it in the mail!

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20 Pts

Cloud Watching

Goout into your backyard, and lie down in the grass. Look up at the sky and watchthe clouds. What do the clouds look like to you?

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Culinary Inspiration

Books can inspire you in the kitchen. Cook a dish or make a dessert that is inspired by a book you read. Share a photo of that dish and be entered in our special end-of-summer drawings.

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20 Pts

Drawing Lesson

Follow one of Miss Rachel's virtual drawing lessons, posted every Wednesday and Sunday on the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library's Facebook page!

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20 Pts

Easy as ABC!

Go on an alphabet hunt in your house! See if you can find every letter of the alphabet just on items in your home!

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20 Pts

Eat Your Veggies!

Tell us what your favorite vegetable is, and why you like it!

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10 Pts

Fairy Garden

Build your very own fairy garden!

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20 Pts

Fairy Garden

Try building your own fairy garden!

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20 Pts

Family Game Night!

Play cards or a board game with your friends or family.

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10 Pts

Family Game Night!

Play cards or a board game with your friends or family.

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20 Pts

Get Out Your Chalk!

Draw or write outside using chalk!

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20 Pts

Get to the Park!

Visit a town or state park!

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10 Pts

Get to the park!

Visit a town or state park!

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20 Pts

Global Citizen

Start learning a new language. Try a few lessons on Mango Languages at www.coventrypl.org/mango

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10 Pts

Going on a Leaf Hunt!

See how many different kinds of leaves you can find in your front or backyard!

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20 Pts

Green Thumbs!

Help out in the garden!

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25 Pts

Hallmark Moment

Send a card to a hospitalized kid. Learn how at www.cardsforhospitalizedkids.com

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10 Pts

How High Can You Count?

Try counting as high as you can!

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20 Pts

It's (Virtual) Storytime!

Watch a virtual story time posted on the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library Facebook page!

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20 Pts

It's Science Time!

Participate in on of Miss Rachel's Science Thursday, posted on the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library's Facebook page!

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10 Pts

It's Science Time!

Participate on one of Booth and Dimock's Science Thursday's, posted every Thursday on the Booth and Dimock Library's Facebook page!

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15 Pts

Learn something

Watch a documentary

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20 Pts

Let's be Authors!

Make up your own fairytale. Write it down and illustrate it or, tell it to someone!

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20 Pts

Let's Be Puppeteers!

Make a puppet of your own and act out a scene from your favorite fairytale! Some great puppets can be made using anything, like socks, paper backs, popsicle sticks, and much more!

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20 Pts

Let's Dress Up!

It's time to play dress up! Dress up and act out a scene from your favorite fairy tale. You can do this alone or with a group!

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10 Pts

Let's Dress Up!

Use costumes or clothes in your house to dress up as your favorite book character!

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20 Pts

Let's Get Walking!

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20 Pts

Literary Critic

Submit a review of a book you just read. You can do this from your Readsquared Home Page.

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Loved that movie!

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Musical Storytime!

Watch the musical storytime with Song-a-Day music center on 6/26 on Facebook Live!

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Musical Storytime!

Watch the musical storytime with Song-a-Day music center on 6/26 on Facebook Live!

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15 Pts

Panels and pictures

Read a graphic novel that's NOT about a superhero.

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Put your Detective Hat On

Calling all amateur sleuths and mystery enthusiasts! We have a brand new club starting called "Stab in the Dark" where we follow clues in hopes of solving a murder. Each month we will have a facebook live event to unbox the latest clues. Throughout the month we will work individually and as a group to close the case.

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Read Books in 6 Different Genres

One of the joys of reading is discovering different methods of storytelling. Read books in 6 different genres and we will reward you by granting you access to our special end-of-summer drawing.

If you need examples of books that fall into any of these genres, feel free to ask or fill out a new Book Match form.

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10 Pts

Take a walk!

Take a walk and talk about what you see!

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10 Pts

Toytastic Storytime

Read a story with one of your favorite toys or stuffed animals!

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20 Pts

Toytastic Storytime!

Try reading a story to your favorite toy or stuffed animal!

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Travel the World

Go on a virtual visit to a museum anywhere in the world! Tell us where you decided to visit and what you liked about it

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Try Reading to an Adult!

Try reading one of your favorite stories to an adult!

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15 Pts

Up, up, and away

Read a graphic novel that IS about a superhero.

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20 Pts

Virtual Museum Trip

Go on a virtual visit to a museum or an aquarium anywhere in the world! Tell us where you decided to visit and what you liked about it.

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10 Pts

Virtual Museum Visit

Go on a virtual visit to a museum or an aquarium anywhere in the world!

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10 Pts

Virtual Storytime!

Watch one of Booth and Dimock's virtual storytimes, posted every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday on the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library Facebook page!

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20 Pts

Walk and Listen

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Watching the Book

Watch one of the many t.v. and movie versions of books and unlock a chance to win one of our special end-of-the summer drawings. Tell us what you watched and what you thought of it.

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Words to Inspire

There will be random words posted on our sign, at our book drop, or at the main door. Sometimes there might be a bonus word on Facebook or Instagram. Use these words as inspiration to create a story, poem, or even a photo essay. Attach it here or email bdlibrary@coventryct.org

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20 Pts

World Reader

Read a fairy tale or folktale from each continent!

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