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City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
May 27, 2020
City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial
Library Offering Fairy Tales, Myths
and Fantasy “Virtual” Summer
Reading Club
In light of the COVID-19 situation, the City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial Library will offer
Fairy Tales, Myths and Fantasy “Virtual” Summer Reading Club.
Each June, the Library sponsors the Summer Reading Club for children who completed
kindergarten through fifth grade. Last year the program was expanded to include
programming for teens and adults. This year, the emphasis will be mostly on reading
and any programming will be virtual.
“We were going to change things up this summer anyway, mainly in the area of
programming,” says Chief Librarian, Cynthia Peterson. “Now we will be making even
more drastic changes – but the emphasis on reading will not change. In fact, it should
be an even more important part of the program.”
One of the changes will be the Reading Challenge. The reading challenge will begin on
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Monday, June 1 through Thursday, July 31 and will be based on the time spent
reading, not the number of books read.
“Our emphasis is to encourage reading of any type – books, e-books, magazines,
newspapers as well as audio books,” says Peterson. “We would like to see every
participant read at least the minimum amount of time for their specific age group.”
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Minimum amount of time for each category is Kindergarten through 3 grade - 15
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minutes daily, grades 3 – 6 – 30 minutes daily, grades 6 – 8 - 45 minutes daily and
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grades 9 -12 – 60 minutes daily. Third (3) and Sixth (6) graders are welcome to
participate in one of two different groups depending on their individual reading skills and
interests. Adults should read a minimum of 90 minutes per day.
Participants are encouraged to sign up for the program by calling 296.1148 or visiting
the Library page at www.plainviewtx.org/library. Once the submission form is
completed, an email invitation for the ReaderZone app will be sent to track reading
minutes and statistics. Those not wanting to download the app may obtain paper logs
from the library.
Also, the library will have programming events online when possible. This includes two
programs by the Science Spectrum in Lubbock.
“We just found out that they will be able to do programming for us virtually,” said
Peterson. “We will develop some of the other programming in-house.”
In addition to the virtual programming and the reading challenge, participants may enter
one of two contests; an art contest for the best representation of fairy tales, myths, and
fantasy and a writing contest based on the same categories.
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Deadline to submit artwork and stories is Thursday, July 31 by end of day and
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submissions are welcome any time up to the 31. Prizes will be awarded in early
August for the artwork, stories, and the reading challenge. Participants who have met
the minimum requirements for their challenge group will also receive certificates.
Registration for the Summer Reading Club is available at www.plainviewtx.org/library or
by calling 806-296-1149. All residents of Plainview and greater Hale County are
welcome.
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