{"id":121,"date":"2019-05-20T23:44:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T05:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/grant\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:34:34","slug":"hastings-memorial-library-summer-reading-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/grant\/programs-events\/for-kids-teens\/summer-reading-program\/hastings-memorial-library-summer-reading-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Hastings Memorial Library Summer Reading Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"121\" class=\"elementor elementor-121\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d36ca7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d36ca7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0ee370\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3cd0c1\" data-id=\"f3cd0c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57bb9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d57bb9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Summer is here and that means it&#8217;s time for our annual Summer Reading Challenge where you get cool prizes just for reading!\u00a0 We have two challenges you can choose 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Reading Dragons<\/h3><h4 style=\"text-align: left\">K &#8211; 6th graders (recommended)<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Start your new favorite collection: <\/span><b style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Reading Dragon Cards<\/b><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">. <\/span><\/h4><ul><li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Receive 3 starter cards when you sign up and then earn a new dragon family set each week you read this summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Read for all 8 weeks to collect all the dragon families.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">You can also get other goodies, free books, AND 3d printed dragons, all just for reading!<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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