Now through Jan. 31, the Naperville Public Library will
offer its Winter Family Read Aloud Program.
Children ages infant through fifth grade, with the
accompaniment of at least one adult, currently are eligible to sign up. This
year's theme is Reading is our Thing!, with Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss'
"The Cat in the Hat" guiding the way toward prizes and activities,
which include story and letter writing, reading to a pet or stuffed animal and
attending a library program. The library will provide 15 activities listed on
each "Thing Tracker," and finishing eight of the 15 projects
completes a tracker.
Trackers are available at the children's reference desk at
any of the three Naperville Public Library facilities--Nichols Library, 200 W.
Jefferson Ave.; Naper Boulevard Library, 2035 S. Naper Blvd. and 95th Street
Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive. To register, Naperville cardholders must have
one current library card per family. All others may participate for $5 per
child.
Upon turning in each tracker, children can select prizes,
which include snowmen footballs, puzzle balls, Dr. Seuss erasers and movie
tickets. Tickets to a Chicago Wolves hockey game also will be raffled off
during each week of the program.
Families can turn in their trackers beginning Dec. 16, the
second turn-in date is Dec. 31 and the third starting Jan. 13. Participants can
turn in up to three completed trackers through Jan. 31. Completed logs must be
returned by Jan. 31 to be eligible for the grand prize raffle.
