A lot of people spend a lot of time worrying about our children’s reading and writing skills. These worries usually begin with elementary school test scores and end with college freshmen who are unprepared for the demands of their coursework.
I don’t believe in oversimplifying problems that dedicated educators are devoting considerable time and effort to solve, but I do believe this: Good readers are successful students. Good readers are better test takers. Good readers are good writers. I also believe that the Tunkhannock Public Library can help more children to become good readers.
The Tunkhannock Public Library is pleased to announce the Readers Guild, a new program for young readers designed to encourage the habit of independent lifelong reading. The Readers Guild is based on the Royal Order of Castle Van Tassel, a long-standing and successful reading program at the Bloomsburg Public Library. Membership in the Readers Guild is open to readers between the ages of 6 and 15 (members must be able to read on their own and must have a library card). Members will record the books that they read and a point value will be assigned to each book. As members accumulate points, they will move up through a series of levels, beginning as Seekers and ending as Master Readers. To keep our Readers Guild members motivated, we plan to host a special reception in the spring to publicly recognize them for the books that they have read and to acknowledge readers who have moved up a level. The names of Master Readers and the year that they achieved Master status will be listed permanently on the library webpage in honor of this accomplishment.
To become a Master Reader, a member will have to have read enough books to have received at least 750 points. It will take a long time to become a Master Reader, and it won’t be easy. By the time a Readers Guild member becomes a Master Reader, however, he or she will have become something else: a lifelong reader.
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