Summer Reading Club is in full swing at all four Richmond Public Library (RPL) locations. It's free to join, and the club is open to kids of all ages. More than 2,500 kids have signed up so far, but it's not too late to join - registration is still open. This year's theme is "Funny Business." Kids receive a special reading record to keep track of their reading.
Summer Reading Club is a great way to motivate kids to read, or be read to regularly, so it helps maintain or improve reading skills while school's out for the summer. For more information, visit the library's website at www.yourlibrary.ca, or call us at 604-231-6412.
As part of Summer Reading Club each year, children are encouraged to tell people what they think of the books they are reading by writing book reviews, and each week several
reviews are chosen to be published in the Richmond News. Here are this week's reviews:
Title: The Absent Author Reviewed by: Suri Zheng Age: 9
This book is about when three kids (Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose) invite the famous writer Wallis Wallace to Green Lawn.
But when the big day came, he suddenly disappeared. The kids think Wallace has been kidnapped.
I like this book because there is a mysterious part and you can hardly wait to see the ending. The ending was very funny.
Title: The Mouse and the Motorcycle Reviewed by: Emily Wong Age: 9 This book is about a mouse named Ralph who becomes friends with a boy named Keith because they both loved the same new thing: a sleek shiny red motorcycle.
I like this book because the book has lots of ups and downs, like when Keith first met Ralph, and when the dog saw Ralph.
Also, I liked how the author was half teaching you how human and animal can be friends, no matter how different they are.
