Summer Reading Isn't Killing Me!

Summer Reading! What even is it and who does it?
Everybody, including my cat Petunia, should read every summer, because: it's too sweaty to jump rope or lift weights, TV is boring after a while, and also it gives kids a huge giant edge when they go back to school. Studies consistently show that kids who read over the summer are more ready for school and are likely to perform better in school in the coming year.
Parents should know that Providence Schools have a summer reading list for all grades. Your public librarian can show you what your child needs to read over the summer to be ready for school in the fall. High school kids should be doing summer reading too.
But will summer reading be boring??? No, the book lists have a lot of choices, including some really popular fun books, and anyone can find a great story on their summer reading list. Also- at WPK Library- you get a prize at the end of the year- at our party August 19th!!!
So come in to our library and get started! Sign-up has already started, and we've got book clubs and story hours coming up too!
For parents: click on this link to get more information about how parents can help kids become great readers.

Meet the WPK Library workers

There is a cool library called WPK Library. There are 3 librarians, Sara, Lyndsy and Lanham. They are the best 3 librarians I’ve ever known. They have the best activities ever and cool ideas and they rock. Do you think this is the best library? Come and see and explore the coolest library ever. Come and ask for books. I think that books are good for kids and education because that helps them read better and know their vocabulary and makes kids smarter. Kids should spend more time on reading and doing their homework because that makes them smarter and more educated to learn outside of school and inside of school.
Sara works and she is one of the employees of Washington Park Library, she stays in front of the desk and takes care of the customers. Sara has a dog named Tobey. She wears glasses. She loves dogs because she thinks that dogs are cool and adorable. She drinks water from a pickle jar because she respects recycling and likes to reuse things. She plays the accordion.
Lyndsy is funny she is also one of the employees. She helps on social studies and Lyndsy is the sauté station. She likes to help at many things because she is interested in them and she thinks they’re cool. She likes to read and watch movies and hang out with her cat. She also likes to garden a lot and she likes to decorate her house.

Lanham is a cool librarian and the head chef of the library. Lanham has a cool personality she is nice and cool and she is good at math and loves math. She rocks. She also wears glasses too. She also likes to read a lot and loves her job. She has 1 bird in her house plus her cat and she likes animals too. She thinks they’re awesome and cool. She has been working for WPK library for 3 years.
Julio is our security guard here. Before he worked for security, he worked for a company named American Power. He has a dog named Bianca and he has two kids named Michael and Joanne. He loves working at the Washington Park library as a security guard.
WPK Library has been here for 50 years. In 2006 the library closed and re-opened on March 22, 2009.I can’t believe this library is still here today. Before it was a library it was a fire station. My whole family is famous at the library because we come here every day to go on the computers, read books and chill with the librarians.

reported by Jesus N