Visiting Public Librarian
The teen librarian from the Mt. Vernon Library visited our school last week encouraging (some may say bribing) kids to read this summer by participating in their summer reading program. Younger children receive a book, upon completion of their reading goal, and a chance to win a jar of candy and older kids receive a free book and a chance to win an MP3 player. They are pretty liberal about what constitutes reading. Listening to a book on tape counts as does reading picture books if you are in sixth grade. Reading the subtitles on the television set, however, does not count.
I learned two interesting things from this visit. One: Walmart usually donates three bicycles to their reading program and this year only gave a cash donation of $50. CHEAPSKATES!...and Two: Skagit County is one of the few counties in the state without a county library system-meaning that people just outside of Mt Vernon city limits have to pay for a library card:(