Little Red Wagon Reading Club

FLORIDA — The Little Red Wagon Reading Club at the Florida Public Library closed a successful first year with Kindergarten student James Walsh winning the club raffle and a wagon full of books.

Parents who brought their children to the Library’s Ready for Kindergarten program in August were invited to see and learn about a large display of early reader books.

Librarian Terry Numa showed them how to find books at various levels to suit the emerging reader and encourage a love of reading.

The parents had an opportunity to register their children for the Library’s new Little Red Wagon Reading Club.

Each week the child and parent read a book together and returned to the library to have their club card stamped and receive a small prize.

All participants were entered in a drawing for the grand prize, a little red wagon filled with books and small toys.

“The Florida Public Library is committed to early literacy and helping parents to raise readers,” Numa said in the library’s press release announcing the program’s success. “We enjoy the children when they come in for a variety of programs at the library, but the Little Red Wagon Reading Club afforded an opportunity to join with parents to promote the magical time when letters and words come alive on the page for our little ones.”

Plans are in the works to start another Little Red Wagon Reading Club again when a new group of children attend the Ready for Kindergarten in August 2013.

Many early reader books are available at the library.

Essential information

The Florida Public Library is located at 4 Cohen Circle behind Village Hall in Florida and is open seven days a week.

For more information, visit the website at www.floridapubliclibrary.org.