Hooked On Books

What is Hooked On Books?

The Hooked On Books Project is designed to promote literacy for pre-schoolers. Reasearch shows that reading to pre-schoolers helps prepare them for greater success in school. This is the basis for our Hooked On Books Project, a program that promotes school readiness and early literacy, helps children acquire the skills needed for reading success, and instills a love of reading in our children.

The project is made up of 1,000 books that are divided into 100 beautifully silk-screened canvas bags. Each bag will contain 10 different books.

Parents will be able to sign out a bag of ten books for a two week period and return it for another bag.

Our goal is to have 1,000 books read to a child by the age of 6.

How Can You Help?

*Contribute $100 (tax-deductible). This allows you to have the name of your business or service organization printed on a bag.

*The bag will be an advertisement to the community of your support of reading.

*A list of all donors will be placed in every bag so that no matter what bag a child has, they will know everyone who has contributed.

Your support of this wonderful project is crucial to its success. We want all of our children to succeed and we recognize that only by working together
we will be able to provide the means to transform dreams into reality.

Please help us to help Waterville's youngest children read 1,000 books.

Checks can be made payable to:
Center State Teacher Center
Attn: Janet Jury

And can be mailed to:
Janet Jury
4747 Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, NY 13413

How Can You Join Hooked On Books?

*Come to the Waterville Public Library and pick up a Hooked On Books registration packet.

Instructions:

*Fill out a registration form. Every child participating must be registered. You only need to register once.

*Participants parents must also have or apply for a library card.

*You must bring your drivers license with your cuurent address.

*Next, you'll need to fill out the Bag Log Sheet. This form will be kept alphabetically in the binder at the library.
Each time you pick up a new bag you will need to find your sheet.

*On the Bag Log sheet, find the square number that corresponds with the bag you are taking out. Inside that square write the date and your initials.

*Please check each bag before signing it out and make sure that there are 10 books in each. Inside each bag is a list of the 10 books tha are assigned to that bag.

*All bags must be checked out at the library circulation desk (main desk)

*You may borrow the bad for up to 2 weeks.

Why are we committed to the
Hooked On Books Project?

*A child's success requires life long learning skills.

*The best way to put children on the road to learning is to get them reading early and often.

*Research shows that by reading aloud to children, parents can help them acquire the pre-reading skills needed to learn to read at school.

*recent studies have shown that when pre-school children are read 1,000 books before recieving formal reading training, their success in learning increases dramatically.

*Parents do not always have the resources or time to select age-appropriate books.

**For more information on the Hooked On Books Project please contact Jeff Reynolds or Amanda Briggs at the library or at 841-4651.

in cooperation with the Waterville Public Library