Keep your mind nourished with Pima's summer reading challenge and earn a patch!
To earn the summer reading patch, earn points by reading from June 1 to July 31:
Daisies: 20 points
Brownies: 35 points
Juniors: 50 points
Cadettes/Seniors/Ambassadors: 75 points
*starred items are timed for junior level and above at 20 minutes per activity to receive points. If you are a superstar Daisy or Brownie reader and you are already reading chapter books, please apply the time rule when calculating your points.
1 point each
- Visit your library's website
- Join the library's summer reading program https://maricopacountyreads.org/
- Read a book to a family member*
- Read a book to a pet*
- Listen to an audiobook*
- Tell a friend about the summer program
- Read outside*
- Read a nonfiction book*
- Recommend one of your favorite books to a friend
- Read a couple of poems
- Read about about an inspirational woman*
- Find out was a Little Free Library is
- Read a book that has won an award*
- Read a book to a sister Girl Scout*
- Read a book to a family members virtually*
- Read a book about another culture*
- Read a book with a historical setting*
5 points each
- Make a list of books you want to read this summer
- Search for those books in the online library catalog
- Find out where a Little Free Library is near you
- Make a bookmark and put it inside the next book you want to read
- Read a magazine or newspaper
- Sign up for a library card
- Read a children's book in another language
10 points each
- Find a cookbook and make one of the recipes
- Illustrate a story you read
- Read a story and then retell it by acting it out
- Write a story and read it to someone
- Check out 10 books at the library (curbside pick up is available for social distancing)
- Complete the Barnes and Noble reading journal and take it to the store for a free book.
To earn your patch, keep track of the books you read (and time if you are junior level and above). Turn in your activity log to pima.neighborhood@gmail.com by July 31st (please send in titles of books listed in the 1-point category and please share any illustrations or stories that you create!)