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by Patrick Jones
(Note: Carver County Library branch managers are providing updates on exciting programs, new services, and book reviews for Carver County Local News. This month, Patrick Jones (Chanhassen and Victoria locations manager) shares updates about summer programs.)
The Carver County Library annually hosts a summer reading program.
While each year the theme changes, the desired outcomes of the program remain the same for youths:
- Maintain their reading skills over the summer
- Increase their reading comprehension skills
- Increase their learning
- Are involved in experiences that enrich their lives
The library achieves these outcomes through the “Read, Write, Draw” program, workshops and performers. But one of the most basic things that libraries do during the summer is provide kids with access to great books.
They do this not just by buying popular books to be on the library shelves and by leasing digital books to access through the Libby app, but also promoting these books through creative displays and curated booklists.
This summer, youth services librarians at Chanhassen, Chaska and Victoria, along with other librarians, created six lists:
- Beginning Readers
- Decodables
- Juvenile Fiction for Ages 8-12
- Juvenile Graphic Novels
- Juvenile Non-Fiction
- Picture Books for ages 3 – 8
In addition, the teen librarians at Chanhassen and Chaska created a dozen lists of great young adult books:
- Another Time: Teen Historical Fiction
- Cold Case: Teen Detectives
- Dystopian Worlds: Teen Fantasy
- Get a Clue: Teen Mysteries
- Got Game? Teen Sports
- Graphic Novels: Teen Fiction
- Novels in Verse: Teen Poetry
- One Summer: Teen Fiction
- Podcast Drama: Teen Fiction
- Puzzles & Games: Teen Fiction
- Thrills and Chills: Teen Suspense
- What If: Teen Science Fiction
Patrons can also find print copies of these lists in the library. If books are checked out or unavailable at a preferred branch, librarians can request them or readers can do that themselves using the online catalog or via mobile app.
More information about library services and programs can be found online or by calling the Chanhassen Library at 952-303-0401, Chaska Library at 952-33-0402, or Victoria Library at 952-303-1404.
