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Friday- Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Monday-Thursday 12:00pm-8:00pm
Friday- Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Monday-Thursday 12:00pm-8:00pm
Friday- Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Monday-Thursday 11:00am-7:00pm
Friday 11:00am-5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Call: 618-476-1887
Fax: 618-467-3600
Visit: 115 W. Laurel St.
Millstadt, IL 62260
Summer Reading and Activity Program
"“If our lives are already written, it would take a courageous man to change the script.”"
- Alan Wake, Alan Wake Video Game
Read below to learn more about our Summer Reading and Activity Program!
A library card is not required to participate!
Be A Reading Superstar
June 12 to July 24
ALL Ages!
Are you ready to Mario PARTY? Lets-A-Go!
Join us for 6 weeks of reading and activity fun for everyone!
You'll receive weekly participation prizes no matter how much you've read, and each week will have a different fun theme with related crafts for you to take home and make!
For the minutes you read or qualifying activities you participate in, you earn a ticket to enter into our raffles for our BIG prizes. A raffle ticket is awarded for every 20 minutes you spend reading, for qualifying event you attend, or every activity accomplished. Leftover minutes will be rounded up into another raffle ticket.
What are qualifying events and activities? Attending any Millstadt Library District event or program like Knitting and Crochet Night, Wild Explorers Club, Story Times, STEAM, or Crafternoon, or participating in any Millstadt Community Event! Activities also include donating items to the Millstadt Food Pantry and to the Belleville Area Humane Society.
And, with our Community Scavenger Hunt and Weekly Field Trips, you can explore your town and learn about the stores and community buildings in Millstadt. Scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about both, and
to see our full activity calendar, themes, and field trips.
Our Mario Party will be held on Saturday, July 22 (more info to come soon!)
Raffle Winners will be announced Wednesday, July 26!
Remember!
There is no library card needed to participate in our program or any of our programs and there are no costs. (We do ask for RSVPs for the field trips.)
Reading Logs will be available at the library and below:
Children's, Teen, and Adult Reading Log Downloadable PDF
Children's Reading Log Google Form
Community Scavenger Hunt
When you stop by the Library to get your first reading log and welcome kit for the SRAP (that's short for Summer Read and Activity Program,) we'll also offer you the Community Scavenger Hunt passport.
This passport and accompanying map will keep you quite busy as you collect Mario Party characters from participating businesses around Millstadt! All participating businesses will be listed on the map, and will have a Mario character visible in their window.
There are no purchases required when you go to visit these locations. This is an opportunity to meet the great people who run the businesses and organizations in our wonderful little Village.
Those that complete the scavenger hunt get a special prize and entered into a special raffle. There are over 25 stops, so happy traveling!
Field Trips
Reading is an important skill and one that we need for daily life and for the future. However, it's important that we mix what we read on our own with practical education and that we learn how things are done to - not just read about them.
We are teaming up with six places to go on field trips, one every Thursday at 10 a.m. during SRAP.
You'll see the places listed in the calendar below, along with a link. Please use those links to learn more about the field trip and to RSVP. Please have your RSVP in by the Thursday of the week before the trip.
You can do so through the link or with the library by coming in or calling us at 618-476-1887.
Everyone will meet at the Field Trip location - NOT at the library. All ages are welcome to attend, but parents are expected to stay with their children during the trip. The Field Trip presentations will start promptly at 10 a.m. and will last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the Field Trip host.
If you have any questions, please contact us, we're more than happy to help!
Week 1:
Participation Prize
Get ready to explore new lands with a new Millstadt Library bag and a SRAP Welcome Kit.
Activity
Walk the plank, and get wet! Go swimming or do a water themed activity.
Craft
Visit the library to help create our group pirate map to help guide Mario and his friends!
Week 2:
Participation Prize
Learn about all the different ways people traveled in the old west (and other times too) with a free pass to the National Museum of Transportation!
Activity
Meet all the different creatures out on the range. Find one animal outside and draw it!
Craft
Every superstar need an appropriate outfit. Make a character hat to protect you from those strong frontier winds!
Week 3:
Participation Prize
Enjoy a free cookie with your Milky Way by getting a free cookie coupon from Casey's.
Activity
Grab a star wheel from the library and go outside. See how many constellations you can find. Who knows, you might find a goomba!
Craft
Help Mario and his pals blast off by making a straw rocket.
Week 4:
Participation Prize
Uncover mysterious adventures and practice your aim with a free entrance ticket for Paintball at XTREME Paintball!
Activity
Go on an adventure! It might be searching for lost treasure in your backyard, or going hiking with your family.
Craft
Create your own fossil with our recipe for salt dough and a dinosaur skeleton.
Week 5:
Participation Prize
Get in touch with your inner witch or wizard with a pass to the Magic House.
Activity
Dress up in a spooky costume. Maybe you put a sheet over your head and become a ghost, or make a witches hat.
Craft
Adopt a Boo! They make look a little scary but they make great friends.
Week 6:
Participation Prize
Fight off enemies just like Bowser with a laser tag pass from the Edge!
Activity
Get toasty! Barbeque, toast marshmallows, or try to cook something on the pavement.
Craft
Pick up one of our bowser, or bowser family, coloring sheets.
Upcoming Events
And a HUGE Thank You to everyone who has sponsored our Summer Reading and Activity Program!
Weekly Participation Prizes
CASEY'S GENERAL STORE
ARBY'S
THE MAGIC HOUSE
XTREME PAINTBALL PARK
THE EDGE
Grand Prizes
NINTENDO SWITCH LITE
FAMILY SCIENCE CENTER MEMBERSHIP
And others to be announced...
Publishers
MILLSTADT NEWS
MILLSTADT SENIOR TALK