Newton, Mass., Mayor Setti Warren launched a summer reading challenge to start June 21st and end September 1, 2017, called Build a Better World.
Warren’s goal is for the city to log one million minutes read before the next school year begins.
Kids in preschool through 5th grade are encouraged to use the city’s online reading log to keep track of the time spent reading alone, with family or friends. The contest counts eBooks as well as audio books.
If Newton children can accomplish the goal, a donor will offer the city’s public library a community prize selected by vote. The prize will either be a new puppet theater, new seats in the graphics section or an education kit.
