Over the past year Norah and Silas have been working on a program with the Fond du Lac Public Library. The goal is to read 1,000 books before they enter kindergarten. For each 100 books read they got to turn in their paper and they got a prize. And they were pretty cool prizes, like books with CDs, and $5 gift cards to places like Target, Shopko and Pick n' Save. Earlier this summer they both completed the program and this past weekend they got to go to a party at the library to celebrate.
After they read a book, each kid got to do a craft.
They also got to meet Browser the dog which was the programs mascot. Norah was excited about it.
Silas was not. He was pretty spooked by the big dog, even after he knew it was just a person in a costume. He was in tears thinking the dog might come over by him. After some comfort from me telling him that he didn't have to go by the dog and it wasn't going to come by him, he calmed down and enjoyed the special cake.
After cake, each kid got to pick out a book from the library and have their picture inside.
Their book was dedicated to them for finishing the program.
Norah and Silas both had fun reading and earning all the prizes as they went along. Seth and I also loved it because we got to spend time with our kids and can see how much they love reading.
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