WARREN — Warren Free Public Library hosts it’s Summer 2015 Reading Program. All ages are welcome, and encouraged, to attend. The Warren Library summer reading program is a five week program which follows the National Collaborative Summer Library Program theme: "Every Hero Has a Story.” Children may read any books they want, and are encouraged to think about positive character traits related to summer the reading theme. 

Over the summer, the library will have weekly planned activities including a weekly children’s story hour, local firefighter talk and fire truck tour, and a presentation by the Chewonki Foundation.

Top Ten Reasons to Join the Warren Library Summer Reading Program:

1. You might meet a superhero.
Or just a regular hero. The theme of this year’s summer reading program is “Every Hero Has a Story,” so keep an eye out for daring missions, lifesaving adventures, and opportunities to thwart evil.

2. You might BECOME a superhero.
When you are reading about all kinds of heroes vanquishing villains and doing good deeds, it’s difficult not to get inspired. You could be the next caped crusader in your community!

3. You could win a prize.
Reading is its own gift. You learn new words, wonderful words and experience new things through different characters. But libraries also want you to read as much as you can, and there just might be special tokens to reward you for your hard work.

4. A library is a good place to hide.
Maybe you are trying to get out of helping with the dishes. Maybe you are hoping someone else will walk the dog. Every library I have ever been to has these amazing nooks to curl up in with a book and . . . Just. Get. Lost.

5. Librarians like the company of readers.
Librarians are like heroes to me. They are the gatekeepers to stories, and they always seem to know how to pick just the right book for just the right person. I’ll bet they would know what you would like. I’ll bet they would love the chance to help you figure it out.

6. Air-conditioning.
Let’s face it: it can be HOT in the summer. Tree house reading is great, but what could be better than pulling open a door to a rush of cool air and knowing that you can browse the stacks of fiction, nonfiction, comics, and magazines and linger as long as you like?

7. You could make some real friends.
Some of my best friends are huge readers. We recommend books to one another constantly and talk about what we liked and what we didn’t like and what we plan to read next. They are true readers, super readers, and kindred spirits. Stories connect us all.

8. You could make some virtual friends.
I have thought many times that I could be friends with Fern and Wilbur and Charlotte. You may have thought the same about Harry, Hermione, and Ron. We meet people in books. Not real people, but sometimes the kind of people we’d like to be or would like to know.

9. It’s good to have a library card.
A library card is like a membership card that says “You are welcome here.” You are welcome to pick a book, many books, and read to your heart’s content. It says: You belong here.

10. If you want to go everywhere, experience everything, climb mountains,
trek deserts, ride in a rocket, go to the moon, open a library book. Not many of us can say we have done these things: traveled widely or had epic adventures, faced down danger or fought bravely against injustice. But you can have those experiences through books. Reading those stories will change you.
Care of Kate DiCamillo, the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) National Summer Reading Champion and a two-time Newbery Award winner.