Two hundred and thirty children from schools and child care centres across the Parkes Shire joined the Heroes and Villains Summer Reading Club.
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The summer holiday club was open to all children and youth from birth to 17 years of age.
Members of the club were invited to read anything - books, magazines, newspapers, comics and listen to stories on CD or online.
The club mission, the goal for the members, was to read over 888 books.
Not only did the members read 888, they smashed the mission reading 1,787 books, more than double the asked total!
The reward for the members for being awesome readers was a heroes and villains "graduation" party held on Thursday February 16 at Parkes Library.
According to Library Officer Debbie Gould when a member completed a reading record and brought it back to the library they were asked to vote for a wacky challenge that the library team will perform at the party.
"The Library team anxiously watched the voting, wondering what the kids wanted us to do.
Out of all the crazy challenges spraying our hair different colours, being wrapped as a mummy and catching balls with a bucket on our heads were the winners," Debbie said.
The graduation party was a huge success.
The Library team with colourful hair become mummies and successfully caught some balls in the bucket on their head.
Each member who returned a reading record received a certificate and lucky draw prizes were given.
Super awards were also given to members who significantly contributed to the reading total.
From Parkes Brendan Bates, Harrison and, Matilda Smede, Annabelle Border, Chloe Mudiman and Hareem Akmal.
From Trundle Freya Berry, from Tullamore Kayliah and Shanae Alvey and Peak Hill John and Peter Thomas.
Storytime
Storytime is back at the library on Wednesday’s from 10.30am - 11.30am. During school term.
Storytime is a a fun way to boost pre-school children's confidence & reading-readiness skills. Make friends, enjoy stories, learn rhymes, do some craft. FREE!