Summer Reading Program
Kid Services
Storytime
Each storytime features books, songs, and activities based on a unique theme. Come join the fun!
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
Fridays at 10:30 am
StoryWalk® at the Park
May 2nd – 31st
Take a stroll with the family and read along the way!
Two Stories:
- Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari (Magee Park – 671 Dexter St S)
- Sara Goes Fishing by Carin Thoms (Freedom Park – 200 Monroe St)
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Monteplier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Summer Kickoff Celebration
June 2nd | 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Start the summer with us at our family-friendly kickoff! There will be food, friends and lots of fun!
Check out who’s coming and what you can look forward to on our programs page.
Take & Make Crafts for Kids
Pick up your on-the-go craft at the library and get crafty at home!
Starting a Family Book Club
- Find the right title for each family member
- Read! Watch! Listen!
- Talk about what you read/watched/listened to using the discussion ideas and fun facts guides below.
Guides: Dinosaurs Dogs Fairy Tales Mystery
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
This program is designed to encourage families to make reading aloud a habit. Reading aloud is the single most effective thing parents and caregivers can do to help their children get ready to read when they start school.
Who can participate?
Children ranging from birth until they enter kindergarten. Children in the 4K program are eligible to participate.
You can also participate virtually through Beanstack.
How to register
Online:
- Fill out the online registration form
- After form is filled out, you will receive a follow up email about picking up program matierials
In-Person:
- When you arrive at the library, ask to sign up for 1,000 books
Beanstack (virtual option):
- Download the Beanstack app OR go to our Beanstack page
- Log in or create an account
- Register for the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge
*When you reach a prize benchmark, you’ll get a message saying to pickup your prize at the library.
How to collect prizes
The more you read, the more prizes your child will earn.
Prize benchmarks:
-Registration: Free book
-200 books: Item from mystery prize box
-500 books: Reading buddy (stuffed animal)
-700 books: Item from mystery prize box
-1,000 books: Free book, tote bag, and completion certificate
*To collect prizes, come in to the library with your log sheet/s.
Find Something More
OverDrive Kids
E-Books and e-audiobooks for kids. Read or listen using the user-friendly Libby app.
Launchpads
Launchpad learning tablets are loaded with a world of learning with apps, videos, storybooks, and games just for kids. 100% secure. No interent needed.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Your guide to reading for elementary and middle school students. Find award-winners, recommended books, author biographies, and more.
Teaching Books
Bring reading to life
Joyfully enriching everyone’s experience reading children’s and young adult books.
* Choose: IFLS Library System/Prescott Public Library
E is for Early Literacy
The 5 most important things parents and caregivers can do to support their child’s early literacy learning.
Talk Talking with children helps them learn to express themselves with language.
Sing Singing, which often includes rhymes, helps children become aware of sounds in language. This will help them decode words when they learn to read.
Read Do you know the best way to help your children become successful readers? Read to and with them from birth!
Write Through writing, children realize that sounds are represented by letters and words and that text means something.
Play Children learn about the world through play. The knowledge they gain from playing helps children comprehend what they read.
The above information is from Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library, 2nd Edition; ALSC/PLA, 2011. Print. More information can be found at www.everychildreadytoread.org.
Family Resource Center of St. Croix Valley
Find the Family Resource Center’s classes, programs, and info for kids and families:
- Play & Learn: Families with children prenatal-Kindergarten entry. Parent-child play, snack time, parent discussion, circle time with story and songs, and a child craft activity.
- Baby and me: play & discussion for parents/caregivers with infants.
- Triple P: Prenatal-kindergarten entry. Workshops and discussions about various family topics such as balancing work and family.
- Parent Cafe: Families with children, prenatal-kindergarten entry. A safe space to share stories, experiences, worries, fears, wisdom, and challenges/victories of raising a family.
- Find more for parents & families!
Imagination Library
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services announces the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Pierce & Pepin counties!
Children 0-5 years old are eligible for this FREE program that provides a book every month to registered children.
Digital Media Award
Take a look at the ALA’s 2021 Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media award winner, The Imagine Neighborhood, and honor recipient, Sesame Street Family Play: Caring for Each Other.
To find out about more digital media for children, visit ALSC’s Notable Children’s Digital Media List.
Monday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Prescott Public Library
800 Borner Street North
Prescott, WI 54021
715-262-5555 (Phone)
715-262-4229 (Fax)
prescottlib@prescottpubliclibrary.org
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