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The annual BC Summer Reading Club, for kids aged five to 14, is being offered online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BC Summer Reading Club goes online
Published 12:23 PDT, Mon June 15, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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The BC Summer Reading Club is being offered virtually this summer thanks to a $65,000 provincial investment.
“Fun and engaging programs like the BC Summer Reading Club that help our kids strengthen their literacy skills and stay motivated to keep reading over the summer are even more important this year,” said Education Minister Rob Fleming. “I’m so pleased this incredibly popular program will continue this summer with expanded online features thanks to the great work done by library staff and the BC Library Association.”
Usually, the program is offered in person at 71 public libraries across the province. This year, young readers aged five to 14 can register and track their progress online.
Online registration opened today and can be accessed on the new website through the end of September. Some of the new online features that have been added to the program include:
- digital badges for reaching reading goals, as well as a certificate of completion for finishing the program;
- live events and video demonstrations, including hands-on crafts and experiments;
- weekly stay-at-home activity packages; and
- a dashboard for parents/guardians to track their kids’ reading progress and the digital badges they have earned.
Kids can read whatever they want, including story books, information books, graphic novels and comic books, in whatever language they feel most comfortable reading in. They can also listen to someone else read or tell stories.
This year’s theme is Explore Our Universe, featuring illustrations by BC artist Bambi Edlund. Families are asked to contact their local library for more information about programs, as branches throughout BC have been impacted differently by COVID-19.
- This year, for the first time, the BC Summer Reading Club has created a What is the BC Summer Reading Club? brochure. The brochure aims to welcome and support newcomer families, and has been translated into multiple languages.
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