Register

Register at the library or online here on Readsquared.
What is Readsquared? Readsquared is an app (and website) that keeps track of your progress every time you log books you've read or minutes you've spent reading. You can also win points and badges by playing word games and completing missions.

Kick-off Puppet Show

Come Tuesday, June 29th from 6:00-7:00 pm to the Rindge Commons for a special puppet show by Lindsay and her Puppet Pals.  There will also be a registration table for anyone to sign up for summer reading and a raffle of a Reading Log Journal for everyone who attends.

Rain date: TBD

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Read 1000 Minutes

Using Readsquared or one of our physical reading logs, you will log your time reading (or being read to) to win points and raffle tickets. Audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels, library books, your own books, rereading books...it all counts! The goal is to reach 1000 minutes throughout the summer to complete the challenge. That's over 16 hours!!

Prizes

Each day you read for 20 minutes win you a raffle ticket! At 250 minutes or points, you get to pick out a small prize. And once you reach half way (500 points), you will win a small prize and 5 extra raffle tickets. When you've completed the 1000 minutes, you receive a completion certificate, 10 raffle tickets and a book of your choice!
Raffle prizes will be drawn at the Finale party, August 17th!

Events

You can win raffle tickets by attending library events, including ongoing events like Family Storytime and Tatum Tales.

Tech Tuesdays at 2:00 PM. Come to the library on Tuesdays for a fun STEM-related activity. Join us as we build R2-D2, learn how to create sculptures with the 3D printer, and learn coding and more with our Makey-Makey invention kits.
Wednesdays: LEGO Club all day. LEGOs everywhere! Drop in anytime to build with us and try your hand at the weekly challenge to win a raffle ticket and Readsquared points.
Craft Fridays: Craft Day all day. Drop in anytime (10am-5pm) to create a fun craft or recipe.


 

Page Turner Adventures

Join Storyologists, Page Turner and Kenny (the Emmy-Award winning team) as they jump into the Once Upon a Time Machine in search of stories and adventure. Along the way, you’ll participate in awesome comedy shows, create fun crafts, make delicious recipes, and meet some amazing guests. It’s going to be a WILD SUMMER filled with lots of laughs, wonder, imagination, creativity, and, of course, BOOKS. Because... WHEN YOU READ, EVERY DAY IS AN ADVENTURE! This program is geared toward children in grades K-3.

Each week includes...
Show Day: An original, interactive show that’s sure to engage kids.
Author/ Illustrator Day: Short interviews with some of the best creators working in kid lit.
Mashup Day: Recipes, games, bonus crafts, and other fun stuff.
Special Guest/Field Trip Day:  visit virtually some amazing places and people including mini-shows from other fantastic performers.
Craft Day: Simple, fun crafts that inspire creativity. Come to the library to  make the craft of the week on Fridays (materials available all day in the children's room) or bring it home.

To access videos, please use the following username and password.
username: IngallsLib
password: summer2021

WEEK 1
This is Farmyard Friends week! Join Storyologists Page Turner and Kenny when they head into the Once Upon a Time Machine for Myrtle Over the Moon, a moooosical show about cows with big dreams. You’ll also meet author Tammi Sauer who will tell you about her books. And, we have two fun crafts, Paper Plate Cow Spinners and Clucking Chicken Cups. Our special guest, Farmer Kamal Bell, joins us with the buzz on some unexpected farm animals. We hope you enjoy this week’s videos from Page Turner Adventures and Ingalls Memorial Library.

To Access All of the programming for WEEK ONE, click here: https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-week1landing/

WEEK 2
This week it’s all about H2 OH! We’ll dive deep and meet some fantastic finned friends with our wet and wild show, crafts, and special guests.
 
This is Fish Tales Week! We’ll jump into the Once Upon a Time Machine for a Wonderfully Watery show called The Ocean’s Got Talent with Storyologists, Page Turner and Kenny. We’ll also make a fun ocean scene craft and coffee filter sea creatures. Our author is the amazing Kate Messner with her books Over and Under the Pond and Over and Under the Rainforest. And our guest performer is Storyteller Extraordinaire, Yasu Ishida who will share some amazing tales and teach us how to make an origami whale. We hope you enjoy this week’s videos from Page Turner Adventures and Ingalls Memorial Library. And remember, when You Read Every Day is an Adventure!
 
To Access All of the programming for WEEK TWO, click here: https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-week2landing/​ 

WEEK 3
Pet Pals Week! rate our Pet Pals with a show called Such a Library that starts with Kenny’s Furry, Feathered, and finned friends and winds up in a magical library. Then we’ll make our own pet pal popup books, as well as a delicious open “face” sandwich recipe. We have author, Donna Gephart with her books Abby Tried and True and Go Be Wonderful. And, as a special bonus, we’ll have the illustrator of Go Be Wonderful, Francesca Chessa who will show us how to draw our own pets. Our special guest this week is Jamie Katz, Pet Detective. We hope you enjoy this week’s videos from Page Turner Adventures and Ingalls Memorial Library. And remember, when You Read Every Day is an Adventure!

To Access All of the programming for WEEK THREE, click here:  https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-week3landing/

WEEK 4
This is Celebrity Critters Week! Lights, Camera, Action! This week, we’ll celebrate famous animals with an awards show, a Hollywood-style craft, a super-star author and illustrator, and special guests who’ve been seen around the world. Plus, we’ll have a celebrity Read-Aloud! This week it’s lights, camera, action when we celebrate celebrity critters with the Paw-cademy Awards show. Then it’s time for the walk of fame with our celebrity paw prints craft project. You’ll also meet super star author and illustrator Pat Cummings who will also read us her book Harvey Moon, Museum Boy, followed by another bonus animal drawing lesson from the amazing Francesca Chessa. Then from America’s Got Talent, it’s Wesley Williams’ Puppy Pals Show filled with comic canine chaos. We hope you enjoy this week’s videos from Page Turner Adventures and Ingalls Memorial Library. And remember, when You Read Every Day is an Adventure!

To Access All of the programming for WEEK FOUR, click here: https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-week4landing/


WEEK 5
It’s time to heed the call of the wild with this week’s Safari-themed game show and craft. Plus, you’ll find out all about animal superpowers and explore your own artistic superpowers of puppetry and drawing with this week’s special guests. This is Safari Stories week! And you can join in the fun with our Sofa Safari game show. We’ll also go on a flashlight safari with an awesome project that’s part craft and part optical illusion. Then we’ll meet David DePasquale illustrator of A Wisdom of Wombats, and lead animator for the Netflix movie Arlo the Alligator Boy. Grab a pencil because David will teach us how to draw Arlo! We’ll also visit Jim Hammond, puppet master from the Lion King and make our own hand puppets. Finally, we’ll discover what animals have superpowers when we meet Cindi Cavalini from Teachers of Nature and some of her scaly, spiny, sticky, feathered friends.

To Access All of the programming for WEEK FIVE, click here:
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-week5landing/

WEEK 6
Available August 2nd