Summer Reading Prizes
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Earning Books & Prizes
For kids entering Kindergarten & older: Earn $1 in book bucks for every 30 minutes read and a book or prize for every 150 minutes read. Plus, read 450 minutes (100 books) by June 30 to be eligible for our middle-of-summer prize drawing and complete summer reading (900 minutes/200 books) by July 31 to be eligible for the end-of-summer prize drawing.
Note: Come early and often to get the best books and prizes. Items are only available while supplies last. No prizes will be given out after August 14.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
For kids from birth to preschool: Participate in our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program! Earn a book or prize for every 100 books read up to 1,000 books. The best part? You can participate in 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten all year long until your child reaches 1,000 books or starts Kindergarten. Check our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten page for more information.
BINGO
Everyone: Complete the Unearth A Story BINGO card in your registration packet to earn a free book!
Note: Come early and often to get the best books and prizes. Items are only available while supplies last. No prizes will be given out after August 14.
Prize Catalog
Check out our prize catalog for kids entering Kindergarten and older.
Earn As You Read
As you turn in your reading log, get a prize from our awesome community sponsors. Prizes include a kids meal at Arby's, a ticket to a Crawdads baseball game, a sweet treat from Dairy Queen, a free ice cream from McDonald's, a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut, a swim pass at Quest4Life, a junior frosty from Wendy's, and more!
Prize Drawings
Our middle-of-summer and end-of-summer prize drawings include the following prizes and many more! Kids who qualify will get 1 entry for every 100 minutes and 9 entries for every 200 books read.
Tickets to Tweetsie Railroad
Tickets to Grandfather Mountain
A gift card to Kilwin's
Ice cream from McDonald's
Tickets to Mystery Hill
Food from Papa John's
A gift card from Walmart
Food from Zaxby's
and more!
Sponsors
Summer Reading is made possible by the generous support of The Friends of the Library.
Become a Friend or learn more at www.ccpl.us.
Special Thanks to our Community Sponsors: Arby's, Bricks & Minifigs of Hickory, Burger King of Lenoir, Caldwell County Smart Start, Chick-fil-A of Lenoir, Dairy Queen, Domino’s of Lenoir, Golden Ticket Cinemas, Grammy‘s Good Stuff, Grandfather Mountain, Hickory Crawdads, Hudson Parks & Rec, Icey Freeze, Kilwin’s of Blowing Rock, McDonald's, Mystery Hill, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut of Lenoir, Quest4Life, Shake ’n’ Dog (Boone), Stick Boy Bakery, TCBY of Lenoir, Texas Roadhouse, Tweetsie Railroad, Walmart, Wendy's, We Rock the Spectrum, Wendy’s, Zaxby's
If you are interested in supporting the summer reading program, please contact Ashlin Edmisten at aedmisten@caldwellcountync.org or 828.757.1124.
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