Jasper Municipal Library staff
Last month, we featured summer reading and learning opportunities for kids, but let鈥檚 face it 鈥� summer reading is for everyone! If you鈥檙e looking for motivation, look no further鈥� the library has your back. Next time you鈥檙e in, stop by the circulation desk and pick up a Summer Reading Bingo sheet.
Complete a row of reading prompts to get a bingo and return your sheet to the library by Sept. 8. For every row completed, your name will be entered in a prize draw (maximum five entries per person). The draw will take place on Sept. 9.
Don鈥檛 worry if you have a busy summer lined up. Some of the prompts are as quick and easy as reading a magazine or poem, making a recipe from a cookbook or having someone read to you aloud. Also, keep in mind some books will hit multiple bingo squares.
For some of the prompts, library staff have compiled a few favorites you might want to check out:
Read a Young Adult novel: 鈥�We Set the Dark on Fire鈥� by Tehlor Kay Mejia, 鈥淎ll the Boys Aren鈥檛 Blue鈥� by , 鈥淢ortal Engines鈥� by Philip Reeve, 鈥淐harming as a Verb鈥� by Ben Philippe
Read something by a Canadian author: Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese, Yann Martel, L.M. Montgomery, Thomas King, Malcolm Gladwell
Listen to an Audiobook: 鈥�The Hobbit,鈥� 鈥淎ll the Light We Cannot See,鈥� 鈥淭alking to Strangers鈥�
A book that鈥檚 been adapted into a movie: 鈥�The Great Gatsby,鈥� 鈥淎 Series of Unfortunate Events,鈥� 鈥淟ion鈥�
Read something from the juvenile section: 鈥�Princess Princess Ever After鈥� by Kay O鈥檔eil, 鈥淓stranged鈥� by Ethan M. Aldridge, 鈥淔antastic Mr. Fox鈥� by Roald Dahl, 鈥淏ridge to Terabithia鈥� by Katherine Paterson
Read something by an Indigenous author: 鈥�Trail of Lightning鈥� by Rebecca Roanhorse, 鈥淢e Funny鈥� by Drew Hayden Taylor, 鈥淔rom the Ashes鈥� by Jesse Thistle, 鈥淭his Place: 150 Years Retold鈥� by Multiple Authors
Read a fantasy book: 鈥淪hadow and Bone鈥� by Leigh Bardugo, 鈥淭he Night Circus鈥� by Erin Morgenstern, 鈥淭hrone of Glass鈥� by Sarah J. Mass
Read something by a LGBTQIA2S+ Author: George M. Johnson, Tj Klune, Tehlor Kay Mejia
Read a short story: 鈥淏odies from the Library鈥� by Multiple Authors, 鈥淗ow to Pronounce Knife鈥� by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Read a book by a person of colour: 鈥淕ods of Jade and Shadow鈥� by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 鈥淭he Hate You Give鈥� by Angie Thomas, 鈥淧ersepolis鈥� by , 鈥淐razy Rich Asians鈥� by Kevin Kwan
Read something non-fiction: 鈥�Fatty Legs鈥� by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, 鈥�I am Malala鈥� by Malala Yousafzai
Read something written before 1950: 鈥�Little Women鈥� by Louisa May Alcott, 鈥淲uthering Heights鈥� by Emily Bront毛
Read historical fiction: 鈥�Desert God鈥� by Wilbur Smith, 鈥淭he Burning Land鈥� by Bernard Cornwell
Read something about or set in another country: 鈥�Blue Flag鈥� by Kaito, 鈥淭he Boy in the Striped Pajamas鈥� by John Boyne, 鈥淭he Pillars of the Earth鈥� by Ken Follet
These are just a few recommendations; don鈥檛 be afraid to approach library staff for more ideas. Happy reading!
