Summer Reading is Here for Everyone

I remember when I was a little kid I would get so excited about summer reading. My library was of the sort where for every single book you read you could put up a little construction paper shape on the wall. It gave me such a thrill to pick out my name and book from all the others, and to gradually see the library walls covered by the love of readers.

Here at Sno-Isle Libraries, we want to not just keep kids reading over the summer (it is proven to help them retain more of what they learned during the school year), but to celebrate EVERYONE's love of books.

For kids the theme this year is One World, Many Stories. We encourage young readers to pick up a passport at any Sno-Isle library to earn a free book and the chance to have the bookmobile come to their own door. Then, they can travel the globe with our summer lineup of fun, fabulous and free activities.
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At Mountlake Terrace be sure to check out "The Fisherman and His Wife" Puppet Show, Open Up & Say Ha! With Kids Comedian Rick Huddle, and Are You Smarter Than a Villain? to start out the summer.

As always, we are also offering an exciting option for teens, too. Their theme is the slightly more zen, You Are Here, and teens can enter our Book Review Contest from any computer for a chance to win an iPad, an iPod, Sno-Isle Teens earbuds and pouch, or here at Mountlake Terrace a $100 gift card for Amazon! Simply by writing book reviews. Free teen events include a Bollywood dance class, Tick Tock Beat the Clock mini-challenges, a super fun Improv Games for Teens workshop, and the Ultimate Teen Challenge where they must photograph each other all over Mountlake Terrace in a scavenger hunt, plus build and play a mini-golf course!

And don't worry...we haven't forgotten about adults. Your reading will take you to Novel Destinations this summer, where you can just kick back and relax and read. For each book you finish, write a review for a chance to win your own Nook, or a chance to be our Reader of the Week!

Want to share the reading experience? Mountlake Terrace has not one, but two bookgroups. Our Foodie Book Group meets the 2nd Monday of each month, and if you don't like cooking...try our Second Tuesday Book Group.

How do we do it all? With a lot of help from our friends! If you get a chance, please tell The Friends of the Mountlake Terrace Library and the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation how much we appreciate their support. It wouldn't be Summer Reading without them!