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Summer Reading 2025

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Summer Reading Challenges and Activities for Children, Teens, and Adults! 

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Treasure Chest Reading Program

Ages: 3-5

June 2-August 30

 

Children will read to earn prizes! Reading logs are available at any JRVLS location including the Bookmobile! New reading logs will be available each month June - August. Turn the completed reading logs in to the library by the end of each month to claim the monthly PRIZE, and to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! If you turn in all three reading logs you will get three entries in the grand prize drawing! 

 

Younger children may have someone read to them to earn their prizes. 

 

Grand Prize: Deluxe LEGO Duplo Set

The grand prize drawing will be held on Tuesday, September 2nd. We will contact the winners of the drawings by phone. 

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Children's Reading Challenge

Ages: 6-9

June 2-August 30

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Children will read and do fun activities to earn prizes! Activity logs are available at any JRVLS location including the Bookmobile! New activity logs will be available each month June - August. Turn the completed activity logs in to the library by the end of each month to claim the monthly PRIZE, and to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! If you turn in all three activity logs you will get three entries in the grand prize drawing! 

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Grand Prize: Deluxe LEGO Set

 

The grand prize drawing will be held on Tuesday, September 2nd. We will contact the winners of the drawings by phone. 

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June 2-August 30

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You will read and do fun activities to earn prizes! Activity logs are available at any JRVLS location including the Bookmobile! New activity logs will be available each month June - August. Turn the completed activity logs in to the library by the end of each month to claim the monthly PRIZE, and to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! If you turn in all three activity logs you will get three entries in the grand prize drawing! 

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Grand Prize: Kindle Fire

 

The grand prize drawing will be held on Tuesday, September 2nd. We will contact the winners of the drawings by phone. 

Youth Summer Reading Challenge

Ages: 10-13

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Level Up! is the Teen Summer Reading Program at James River Valley Library.

 

June 2 - August 30

 

Every participant will win a prize for each level they complete, with a final prize for reaching Level Five. Those who reach Level Five will also be entered into a drawing for a Grand Prize!

 

Please register in person at Alfred Dickey Library at the main desk in the adult library.

Teen Summer Reading

Ages: 13-18

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Why should kids have all the fun? It’s summer reading time for the adults too! 

The James River Library System invites all adults (18+) to participate in the Adult Summer reading program.

 

The adult summer reading program begins June 2nd.

 

How to participate:

Add a little mystery and fun to your reading list! Grab a mystery scratch off card in June, July, and August to get five secret book reading suggestions. After reading your five books for the month, hand in your card to pick a fun prize from our basket and be entered to win one of three grand prizes. Final date to turn in your mystery scratch off cards is August 30, 2025 and grand prize drawings will be held September 2nd, 2025.

 

Pick up your mystery scratch off cards at either library location and on the bookmobile. 

Adult Summer Reading Challenge

Ages: 18 & up

Library Events 

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  • Mon, Jun 09
    Alfred Dickey Library-Virtual Event
    Jun 09, 2025, 12:00 AM – Aug 03, 2025, 12:00 AM
    Alfred Dickey Library-Virtual Event, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Patrons of all ages are invited to participate in a Virtual Art Show. The library will post a weekly art challenge on Facebook @James River Valley Library and on Instagram @ JRVLS. Drop a photo of your art project in the comments section for a chance to be featured in our Virtual Art Show in August.
  • Mon, Jun 16
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 16, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Drop into Alfred Dickey Library to learn how to create comic strips! This event is for children ages 9-13. No registration required.
  • Mon, Jun 16
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library , 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us at Alfred Dickey Library to learn how to make stop motion films! All equipment needed to create the films will be provided. This event is for kids ages 9-13. Registration is required, please register online.
  • Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jun 17
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Stories, Music, Action Rhymes, Puppets, & More!
  • Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jun 17
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 17, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Have you always wanted to learn how to play chess? We would love to teach you! Join us at Alfred Dickey Library for Chess Lessons on Tuesdays & Thursdays through the month of June. Registration for a class time is required. Register by calling the library at 701-252-2990.
  • Multiple Dates
    Fri, Jun 20
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Movie starts at 2pm @ Alfred Dickey Library. Kids can come to watch a movie on our big screen. No registration required. Movie title will be announced each week in the library. No registration needed.
  • Sat, Jun 21
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Learn to play the Pokemon Trading Card Game! Bring your own deck, or borrow ours!
  • Mon, Jun 23
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library , 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us at Alfred Dickey Library for an evening of family fun and games! Please register for this event on our website at www.jrvls.org. Bring the whole family and play board games, puzzles, video games, and more! Children under age 9 must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jun 24
    North American Bison Discovery Center
    Jun 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    North American Bison Discovery Center , 500 17th St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us for Storytime at the North American Bison Discovery Center once a month June-August. There will be no Storytime at Alfred Dickey Library on the dates we have Storytime at the Museum.
  • Wed, Jun 25
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library , 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Kids will be walked through the process of making this bright and cheery mobile from paper, beads, and pipe cleaners. This event is for kids ages 5-8. Registration is required.
  • Wed, Jun 25
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library , 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Pajaki (Polish meaning “spiders of straw”) are a folk art from Poland, traditionally made of rye straw. We will create our own lovely pajaki with paper straws and flowers.
  • Thu, Jun 26
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jun 26, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library , 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us for a fun children’s event featuring a Bald Eagle puppet, story, song, facts, and a craft! Children’s curiosity will soar to new heights as the National Audubon Society provides engaging eagle-themed programming about our national bird.
  • Thu, Jul 03
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jul 03, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Children ages 5-12 are invited to attend this one-of-a-kind event that empowers kids to co-create published children’s books. Listen to stories, ask questions, and share your creative ideas with children's book author Rebecca Young from Bug and Bear Press.
  • Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jul 09
    Stutsman County Library
    Jul 09, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Stutsman County Library , 910 5th St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
  • Thu, Jul 10
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jul 10, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us at Alfred Dickey Library to make Zentangles! Kids ages 9-13 can drop into this event to create beautiful zentangles together or anyone can take them and make them at home. No registration needed.
  • Wed, Jul 16
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jul 16, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    This is a drop-in event where we will teach you to the art of scrape painting. Children of all ages are welcome, there is no registration required.
  • Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jul 23
    Alfred Dickey Library
    Jul 23, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Drop in to one of our paper collage events where we will be using painted papers, book pages, newspapers, and magazines to create fun art projects. Children of all ages are welcome to attend and there is no registration required.
  • June-August
    Alfred Dickey Library
    June-August
    Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
    Join us this summer for the Adult Summer Reading Program! Stop by the library to get your scratch-off ticket, once completed bring it back and get a prize!
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