There will be three new animal questions every Saturday. Each question is worth 20 points. You must type in the correct answer in order to receive points. If you answer incorrectly, you can try again. Answers are not case sensitive. The number of words required for an answer are included with each question.
The last day to answer these questions and earn points is Sunday, August 15.
Need help? Email Miss Elise at ebarlow@trumbull-ct.gov.
Earn 30 points for each book review you write. You may earn points for writing a maximum of eight reviews. Every Saturday, a new book review mission will appear. You may go back and write reviews for the weeks you missed. You can review any book you want!
Questions? Email Miss Elise at ebarlow@trumbull-ct.gov.
Earn 30 points (equivalent to one raffle ticket) for each book review you write. You may earn points for writing a maximum of eight reviews. Every Saturday, a new book review mission will appear. You may go back and write reviews for the weeks you missed. You can review any book you want!
Read through the list of Raffle Prize Packs available for Independent Readers and Prereaders. Each prize pack has a letter next to it. After you've earned at least one raffle ticket, email summerreading@trumbull-ct.gov with
One raffle ticket equals one entry into one prize pack. Please limit your raffle ticket emails to one per week. Thank you!
Complete this mission to acknowledge that you understand how to redeem your raffle tickets.
Questions? Email summerreading@trumbull-ct.gov.
Read through the three parts of this mission:
Complete this mission to receive 60 points.
Questions about this mission or the program? Email Miss Elise at ebarlow@trumbull-ct.gov.
Embrace the Summer Reading Theme and read outside of your comfort zone! Earn Library Dollars for reading books that fit the following genres/categories:
Many books fit into more than one category, but choose a different book for each category. Don't forget to log your reading though! Reading earns you Library Dollars and raffle tickets.
Visit the library every week to complete a different scavenger hunt in the Children's Department. There will be a total of eight, each with a different animal theme:
Pick up a sheet with the list of animals you need to find. Cross off each animal as you find the pictures hidden around the Children's Department. Once you find them all, visit the Children's Desk for the bookmark or sticker of your choice and the secret phrase to complete this mission! After you click on "Complete this Mission," you'll be prompted to enter the secret phrase. You will earn 60 points for every completed scavenger hunt.
All eight themes are currently displayed, but you can only complete one each week. The new scavenger hunts go up every Saturday.
If you have trouble finding the animals, be sure to ask for hints at the Children's Desk!
Pick up a sheet with the list of animals you need to find. Cross off each animal as you find the pictures hidden around the Children's Department. Once you find them all, visit the Children's Desk for the bookmark or sticker of your choice and the secret phrase to complete this mission! After you click on "Complete this Mission," you'll be prompted to enter the secret phrase. You will earn 30 points for every completed scavenger hunt.
Visit the library every week to complete a different scavenger hunt in the Children's Department. There will be a total of eight, each with a different summer camp theme:
Pick up a sheet with the list of pictures you need to find. Cross off each item as you find the pictures hidden around the Children's Department. Once you find them all, visit the Children's Desk for the bookmark or sticker of your choice. You will also receive a Summer Camp Badge that includes the secret phrase needed to complete this mission. After you click on "Complete this Mission," you'll be prompted to enter the secret phrase. You will earn 10 Library Dollars for every completed scavenger hunt.
If you have trouble finding the pictures, be sure to ask for hints at the Children's Desk!
This summer, the Trumbull Library wants you to read beyond the beaten path by exploring new books, topics, and activities you might not have considered before! This year there are 25 reading challenges: read five different books in five different categories outlined in our program. Teens may read any book they like that fits in the genre of the challenge, so long as it is a teen or adult book. This is to encourage teens to read books that might otherwise be outside their comfort zone! Each book read equals 1 point. In addition there are 10 activity based challenges, where each completed activity equals 2 points.
This year everything including purchasing of raffle tickets will be done online. Under the 'raffles' tab you can use the points you earn from reading and activity missions to purchase tickets for each prize basket. 1 point = 1 ticket.
For every 5 programs you attend over the summer, you will receive 1 free book.
Raffle prizes will be drawn at the end of the program.
Before completing this program please be sure to review the "Detailed rules here"
You will receive four new activities every Saturday. There are four types: Write, Sing, Play, and Talk. These are four of the five early literacy activities adults can do with their children to help them get ready to read. (Read is the other early literacy activity. You'll log your reading separately. Every 20 minutes earns you 20 Library Dollars!)
Each activity you complete earns you 10 Library Dollars that can be used at the Library Prize Store. You have until the end of the summer reading program, Sunday, August 14, to complete as many activities as you can.
This program is for ages 0-5, which covers a lot of different milestones. Some activities may be too challenging for your child. Please alter the activities as needed to better fit your child's age or abilities.
Good luck!
This summer, the Trumbull Library wants you to shake those tail feathers and dive into some new books, topics, and activities you might not have considered before! This year there are 25 reading challenges: read five different books in five different categories outlined in our program. Teens may read any book they like that fits in the genre of the challenge, so long as it is a teen or adult book. This is to encourage teens to read books that might otherwise be outside their comfort zone! Each book read equals 1 raffle ticket. In addition there are 10 activity based challenges, where each completed activity equals 2 raffle tickets. Attending teen programs also equals 2 raffle tickets.
The tickets you earn through reading challenges, activity challenges, and attending our virtual teen programs will be entered into the prize basket raffle of your choice. Anything above the 45 tickets you can earn from the reading and activity challenges will go towards our grand prize drawing - you may earn additional tickets by reading beyond what is outlined in our program only once you finish the activity and reading challenges. Tickets earned by attending programs can only be entered into the basket drawings.
The prize baskets and grand prize winner will be drawn at the end of the summer.
***As you complete missions in READSquared, you may email summerreading@trumbull-ct.gov to inform Ms. Chelsie which raffle basket(s) you would like to enter your tickets into. Please include your name and grade in the subject line of your email – both Ms. Chelsie and Ms. Elise will be using the same email to track tickets this year. As you complete missions, your account will keep track of your number of tickets for you – when you email us to enter them into drawings, we are able to view your account and mark the number of tickets you have ‘used,’ as such, we ask you email this account only ~once a week: we can enter multiple tickets into drawings at once. Just let us know in the email how many tickets you would like to use, and which raffle(s) you wish to enter.
Detailed rules here
This Mission is just to provide a list of the prizes for teens to preview!
This year, all reading missions will be located under this one tab. You may read books and complete tasks at your pace. The more books you read the more tickets you earn, but you may complete missions at any time in any order. Once you finish a book, just complete the short review required to earn your ticket.
Once you complete the activity missions and reading missions, additional reading will earn you tickets towards our Grand Prize Raffle. Attending programs will only grant you Prize Basket tickets
Each completed activity will award 2 Prize Basket Raffle Tickets - these activities will count towards your total completion of the summer program. Once you complete the activity missions and reading missions, additional reading will earn you tickets towards our Grand Prize Raffle. Attending programs will only grant you Prize Basket tickets
This summer, attending library programs will not count towards the programs competition or raffles. Instead, for every five programs you participate in, you will earn a free book!
When you attend a program, you will earn a badge. After you earn 5 badges, you can come into the library to claim your free book. You can earn more than just one book though, if you keep attending programs as well!
To make scrolling easier, the 40 reading challenges will be broken up so that each mission will have two genres listed. In this mission category, you will keep track of the fantasy and graphic novel/manga books you read.
To make scrolling easier, the 40 reading challenges will be broken up so that each mission will have two genres listed. In this mission category, you will keep track of the non-fiction and historical books you read.
1.) Music Mania - Bluetooth Earbuds, Bluetooth Speaker, $30 Spotify premium giftcard
2.) Tabletop Gaming - All purpose GM Screen with dry erase back for customization, Built your own Dungeon/Map kit, Dice Sets, Game organizer
3.) Adventure Time! - Survivor's Kit (2 people for 3 days) with medical supplies, Compass, Multi-tool, Collapsible lantern
4.) Inst-Print Camera - Instaprint camera kit with cases, frames, and clothesline hanger display
5.) Art Supplies - Acrylic markers, 10 de-stress coloring books, Lightbox (for tracing), Glass pen and colored inkwells
To make scrolling easier, the 40 reading challenges will be broken up so that each mission will have two genres listed. In this mission category, you will keep track of the realistic fiction and mystery books you read.
To make scrolling easier, the 40 reading challenges will be broken up so that each mission will have two genres listed. In this mission category, you will keep track of the science fiction and horror/thriller books you read.