Your Community: Stay Home and Read a Book Ball
Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast and continuing blasts of cold air and snow are making us anxious for the arrival of blue skies and warmer days. Yet, there’s one mid-Winter activity that’s the perfect match for the current weather. One that’s the perfect excuse to stay home and catch up on your favorite book.
No Fancy Attire Required
Sunday, March 4, is the annual Stay Home and Read a Book Ball, a virtual fundraiser for Johnson County Library. Funds raised from the event support a number of Library initiatives, including 6 by 6: Ready to Read, which is an early literacy program that emphasizes the six critical skills children should experience by the age of six.
6 by 6 Early Literacy Skills
- Have fun with books (print motivation)
- Notice print everywhere (print motivation)
- Talk, talk, talk (vocabulary)
- Tell stories about everything (narrative skills)
- Look for letters everywhere (alphabet knowledge)
- Take time to rhyme, sing and play word games (phonological awareness)
Extensive studies have proven the strength of a child’s early literacy skills are a major predictor of the future ability to build vocabulary, understand story structure and build reading comprehension skills.
Please join us in support of this important cause from the comfort of your favorite reading nook. Your donation directly supports critical library services for individuals throughout Johnson County.
Donations from the Stay Home and Read a Book Ball Support
- 6 by 6: Ready to Read
- 6 by 6 en Español
- Civic Engagement programming
- elementia, the teen literary magazine
- Homework Help
- Incarcerated Services
- Joan Berkey Writers Fund
- Tutor.com
- Summer Reading programming
- Black & Veatch MakerSpace
Share your Book Ball reading choices on social media: #StayHomeandRead, #jocobookball, @jclfoundation, @jocolibrary and donate to support these important programs.
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