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Maricopa County Reads
2021 Summer Reading Program
Summary & Report
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Table of Contents
List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 3-4
Goals and Outcomes ....................................................................................................................... 4-5
Overall Statistics ............................................................................................................................. 5-7
Marketing ....................................................................................................................................... 8-9
Software ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Game Content ................................................................................................................................. 10
Challenges ........................................................................................................................... 11
Community Experiences ....................................................................................................... 12
Events ................................................................................................................................. 13
Sponsors and Incentives ................................................................................................................... 14
Free Book Incentive ............................................................................................................. 15
Public Surveys .................................................................................................................................. 16
Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 17
Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................... 18
Maricopa County Library District .......................................................................................... 18
Participating Libraries .......................................................................................................... 19
Maricopa County Partners .................................................................................................... 20
Partner Organizations .......................................................................................................... 20
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List of Figures
Figure 1: System Wide Participants and Achievers 2018-2021 .................................................................... 6
Figure 2: 2021 Participant and Achievers by Library System ........................................................................ 6
Figure 3: 2021 Participants and Achievers by Age and Library System ....................................................... 7
Figure 4: Social media graphics ..................................................................................................................... 8
Figure 5: New avatar hairstyles in 2021 ...................................................................................................... 10
Figure 6: Top 10 Challenges ........................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 7: Top 10 Community Experiences .................................................................................................. 12
Figure 8: Most viewed streaming events .................................................................................................... 13
Figure 9: Summer Reading Sponsor logos .................................................................................................. 13
Figure 10: Logos for drawing prize organizations ....................................................................................... 13
Figure 11: Top ordered prize books ............................................................................................................ 13
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Overview
Maricopa County Library District (MCLD) is proud to share the success of its annual online,
countywide Summer Reading Program. From June 1st to August 1st all public libraries and two tribal
libraries (65 locations, representing 171 library systems), the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office Library
and, new this year, the Maricopa County Durango Juvenile Facility encouraged over 53,000 county
residents to participate in our Summer Reading Program. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic still
effecting our approach to library services offered, the opening of our doors and a proactive marketing
campaign led to a significant jump in participation numbers from last year while maintaining
engagement by those participants.
Our primary goals for the 2021 Summer Reading Program were to interrupt the summer slide
and promote literacy among children and families. To meet those goals our objectives focused on
encouraging parents and caregivers to model positive reading behaviors to their children, promote
reading at least twenty minutes a day, and building home libraries. We incorporated multiple strategies
to achieve these objectives into the Great Reading Adventure software and offline in our marketing
strategy and building relationships in communities.
Each year we build the Summer Reading Program around a theme provided by the
Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), this year we celebrated animal stories with “Tails and
Tales”. The Arizona State Library supplies supporting materials created by CSLP to each of the
participating libraries. MCLD staff and representatives from many of the 17 library systems planned a
comprehensive program that included an interactive online platform to record program activity, digital
badges, challenges, prizes and sponsored coupons, community experiences, a series of free and
engaging virtual events, and a marketing campaign to spread awareness.
We continued our partnership with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to provide a Summer
Reading Program to adults experiencing incarceration with the goal of reducing recidivism. This
program positively affects this community by encouraging them to read for learning and enjoyment
and incentivizes them with the ability to select their next books to read with each completed log. The
dates for this program were extended to better fit their library structure. Participants completed 1,243
reading logs from June 1st to September 15th.
We established a new partnership to bring the Summer Reading Program to kids in the
1 This year the Morristown volunteer library was closed and did not participate.
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Maricopa County Durango Juvenile Detention Center. In conjunction with the Phoenix Public Library,
we helped the detention center run the program at their school so that kids can engage with the
online program to track their own reading to earn coupons and a free book.
Goals and Outcomes
The two primary goals of the Summer Reading Program are:
1. Interrupt the summer slide, the common term given to the learning loss experienced by
children while transitioning between school years.
2. Promote literacy among children and their families.
As children and families recover from the unpredictability of the 2020-2021 school year and move into
another irregular school year, accomplishing these goals became even more important.
The objectives (in bold) and the strategies employed to accomplish our larger goals included:
1. Challenging all participants to read at least 20 minutes every day
•
Provide milestone incentives at 500, 750, and 1,000 points and weekly drawing prizes
•
Encouraging teens and adults to model reading to the children in their lives
2. Building a home library
•
Provide a free book or option to donate book to a Head Start classroom to all
participants who reach 1,000 points during the program.
3. Communicate literacy messages in simple easy to understand ways
•
Include early literacy tips and information to parents within the software
4. Emphasize the fun of reading
•
Links to online read-aloud stories for children who may not have access to books
•
Streaming virtual events provided by diverse performers to build background
knowledge and comprehension skills
5. Reconnect participants with community experiences through prizes, virtual programming
and challenges.
•
Create community connections through program prizes and programs
•
Community experiences build background knowledge and comprehension skills.
•
Provide short engaging videos on the participant dashboard featuring a partner
organization; Liberty Wildlife featured a different animal in their care each week.
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Using the Great Reading Adventure software or optional paper game board, participants work
towards a total reading goal of 1,000 minutes in 9 weeks by building a habit of reading twenty minutes
a day. Participants achieve incentives at point milestones along the way including a free food coupon at
500 points, an Arizona State Park Pass at 750 points, and a free book at 1,000 points. Additionally, the
program promotes lifelong learning to our teen and adult participants. We encourage their
participation by asking them to model positive reading behaviors to the children or non-readers in their
lives as they work towards their own reading goal. Each milestone incentive serves as a motivator for
all ages to reach their reading goal and ultimately helps build home libraries, an important aspect of
increasing children’s literacy success, whether they chose a book for themselves or donate it to a Head
start classroom.
Consistent and robust staff training is important to meeting our goals and the program’s overall
success. MCLD provided interactive training modules and toolkits with goals, talking points, and
functionality of the online program to all participating library systems and the Durango Juvenile
Detention center. We created and distributed three online trainings: one for administrators, one for
customer service staff and a general program overview.
Overall Statistics
The Summer Reading Program encourages readers of all ages to participate and is broken out into
four age groups: Pre-readers (Birth to 4), Kids (5 to 11), Teens (12 to 17) and adults (18+). 53,330
participants registered online from May 1st to August 1st when the program closed. Of those, 24,534
became achievers earning at least 1,000 points, an achiever rate of 46%.
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49,269,632 minutes read
•
785, 834 digital badges earned
•
21,927 challenges completed
•
18,588 free books awarded and redeemed by achievers
•
1,247 free books donated to local Head Start classrooms
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1,243 Reading Logs completed in the Maricopa County Jails
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The following graph illustrates Summer Reading participation and achievement over the past 4
years. 2018 & 2019 show our program statistics in normal years, 2020 shows the impact of the
pandemic and 2021 shows our road to recovery when the numbers increased and maintained a high
achiever rate.
2021 Participants and Achievers by Library System
81,936
82,982
33,298
53,330
32,924
36,119
18,762
24,534
40%
44%
56%
46%
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2018
2019
2020
2021
Library System Participation & Achievers
Participants
Achievers
Achiever Rate
Library System
Total Participants
Total Achievers
Rate of Achievement
Avondale
712
245
34%
Buckeye
2,466
759
31%
Chandler
7,320
3924
54%
Desert Foothills
234
67
21%
Fort McDowell
34
5
14%
Glendale
1,924
958
50%
Luke Air Force Base
121
99
82%
MCLD
14,486
7,026
48%
Mesa
5,457
2,510
32%
Peoria
2,551
965
38%
Phoenix
11,739
4,865
41%
Salt River Tribal Library
87
9
10%
Scottsdale
3,927
1,981
50%
Tempe
2,001
1,000
50%
Tolleson
143
76
53%
Wickenburg
72
21
29%
Youngtown
56
24
43%
TOTAL
53,330
24,534
46%
Figure 2: 2021 Participant and Achievers by Library System
Figure 1: System Wide Participants and Achievers 2018-2021
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Breaking our statistics down by age group, we can see which groups reach 1000 points at the
highest rates, this year our adults had the highest achiever rate at 55% followed by our teens at 51%.
Independent readers reach the 1,000 goal at a higher rate illustrating a need to find creative ways to
encourage consistent tracking for the 5-11 age group.
Participants and Achievers by Program & Library System
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Figure 3: 2021 Participants and Achievers by Age and Library System
Library System
Prereaders
Kids
Teens
Adults
Signups
Achievers
Signups
Achievers
Signups
Achievers
Signups
Achievers
Avondale Public Library
133
38
288
78
93
39
198
90
Buckeye Public Library
390
125
1203
327
290
101
583
206
Chandler Public Library
817
445
3446
1654
988
569
2069
1256
Desert Foothills Library
37
14
137
27
19
8
41
18
Fort McDowell Yavapai
Tribal Library
8
0
17
1
3
1
6
3
Glendale Public Library
257
122
872 872
358
252
142
543 543
336
Luke Air Force
Base
14
10
45
34
8
7
54
48
Maricopa County Library
District
1712
798
6860
2746
2053
1126
3861
2356
Mesa Public Library
852
360
2285
918
699
376
1621
856
Peoria Public Library
284
98
1332
385
372
177
563
305
Phoenix Public Library
1614
633
5069
1781
1354
628
3702
1823
Salt River Tribal Library
7
0
40
3
19
1
21
5
Scottsdale Public Library
556
278
1744
774
498
271
1129
658
Tempe Public Library
211
82
1128
580
165
91
497
247
Tolleson Public Library
16
6
90
48
10
6
27
16
Wickenburg Public
Library
9
1
50
13
7
2
6
5
Youngtown Public
Library
7
0
16
1
5
1
28
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TOTALS
6924
3010
24,622
9728
6835
3546
14,949
8250
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Marketing
Prior to the launch of this year’s program, many participating library systems identified a need
for additional social media graphics and overall marketing support. Because of this, the MCLD
Communications Team focused on providing more promotional materials and opportunities to
participating systems.
MCLD significantly increased the amount of social media graphics provided to partner systems
this year. The branded graphics helped to highlight various elements of the program, including prizes
and challenges. The MCLD Team also created a variety of Open Graph images that would change
throughout the summer. This automatically provided a fresh Summer Reading graphic on social media
platforms, easily accessible to participating systems just by typing MaricopaCountyReads.org into a post.
Figure 4: Social media graphics
In order to provide participating systems with additional marketing support, MCLD also launched a
new opportunity called the Summer Reading Advertising Pool. This optional support allowed systems to
buy into in a large-scale advertising campaign that was managed by the MCLD Communications Team.
This gave systems access to a dedicated marketing staff who researched, implemented, and analyzed
digital and social campaigns on their behalf. There were varying levels of investment for participation,
and three library systems participated in 2021: Buckeye, Mesa and Tempe Public Libraries.
Separate from the Advertising Pool, MCLD also launched an independent advertising campaign
featuring a mix of digital, print and radio advertising. The results of the campaign were successful with
highlights being:
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The digital elements of the campaign brought 20,000 people to MaricopaCountyReads.org, with
82% being new visitors to the site
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Nearly 1,000 Secret Codes were redeemed from advertisements, including 555 from codes
placed in print newspaper advertisements
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PeachJar flyers were sent to 106 schools in 7 school districts, resulting in nearly 1,600 visits to
MaricopaCountyReads.org
Software
The summer reading software has continued to evolve and improve to address the changing needs
of Maricopa County Reads. Many of the improvements for the 2021 reading program happened in
offstage areas that staff use to manage the program.
•
Administration and management improvements span many areas: systems and branches,
schools and districts, daily images, social cards, vendor codes, packing slips, streaming programs,
and roles.
•
We improved functionality and accessibility for the public side of the site to improve
interactions with JavaScript, continue to keep the site as functional as possible for users without
JavaScript, and improve accessibility to keep the application usable by as many people as
possible.
The latest revision of the summer reading software along with documentation and access to the
development team are available at the Great Reading Adventure project page.
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Game Content
The dashboard is the first thing our participants see when they log into our program. This is
where their digital badges, personalized avatars and, for our youngest participants, early literacy tips
live. Bilingual early literacy tips from Expect More Arizona and Smart Talk graphics from Read On
Arizona populate on the game dashboard each day for anyone registered as a prereader (ages 0-4).
To engage participants as soon as they log in to their account we continued our inclusion of web links
to online literacy games, activities and storytelling. This year a new partner, Liberty Wildlife, provided
short informational videos for the dashboard. Each week a new video was uploaded and featured an
animal in their care; participants could enter the name of the animal as a secret code to earn a digital
badge with the animal’s picture on it.
Digital badges continued to be an integral part of the 2021 to mark program achievements
(program registration, 500-point achievement, etc.) and to indicate the completion of in-game
challenges many of which promote our community partners and community experiences. Badges
provide added motivation and incentive for participants to continue logging reading points
throughout the 9 weeks of the Summer Reading Program.
Avatars allow for personalized engagement in the online program. Avatar accessory bundles,
such as animals (tails, ears, paws) and swimwear were unlocked throughout the program creating 3.6
septillion possible avatar combinations keeping participants engaged with new choices all summer. We
strive for inclusivity in every aspect of our program so this year included the addition of 11 new
hairstyles. The goal is that participants can see themselves reflected in their avatar.
Figure 5: New avatar hairstyles in 2021
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Challenges
Challenges are a way for participants to earn bonus points by completing themed reading lists or
a mix of reading books and completing activities. This year library staff and partners, such as the Board
of Supervisors and Maricopa County’s Environmental Services created 211 diverse engagement activities
with a total of 21,927 participant completions.
Challenges
Created by
Description
Participants
#FirstChapterFridays
MCLD’s
Goodyear
Looking for your next read? We're
reading the first chapters of our favorite
books EVERY Friday
1,070
Read about animals
Scottsdale Civic
Center
Our theme this year is Tails and Tales so
let's read about animals!
823
#BookLover Classics
Edition
MCLD’s Fountain
Hills
Read or listen to 2 of the popular classic
titles from this collection of top authors
and books!
644
Animals of Arizona!
/Animales de Arizona!
MCLD’s Fountain
Hills
Discover some of the amazing creatures
that call Arizona home!
632
Dinosaur Challenge
Tempe
Complete 3 of these dino-themed tasks!
577
Arizona Pets
Mesa- Red
Mountain
Complete 3 pet themed tasks to earn
bonus points
523
Maricopa County Parks
and Recreation Kids'
Challenge
Maricopa
County Parks
and Rec
Complete Maricopa County Parks and
Recreation Department’s Summer
Reading Challenge.
518
Chalk Your Walk
MCLD’s
Administration
Get outside and create chalk art in your
driveway or sidewalk!
499
Comical Creatures
MCLD’s Sun City
Do you like funny books? You'll be all set
with this list of funny graphic novels with
animals in them
493
Harkins Summer Movie
Fun Challenge
Harkins Theatres
Escape the heat with these fun summer
movies at Harkins! Find a sneak peak of
the movies in your challenge tasks
432
Figure 6: Top 10 Challenges
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Community Experiences
A community experience is a special summer reading event that takes place outside the library
at an external space or organization. Community Experiences build community and provide participants
with the experiential knowledge, a key component of literacy. Staff from all participating libraries
collaborated with community partners to create secret codes that participants found and redeemed for
a digital badge and bonus points. With most organizations reopening their doors to customers this
summer, staff reestablished community relationships and created 109 community experiences, visited
5,343 times for the 2021 Summer Reading Program.
Experience
Location
Description
Participants
1970’s Heart
Goodyear
There are 10 hearts located in Goodyear painted by
Valley artists, and each heart represents a decade of
the city’s history and its future.
612
Friends of Gilbert
Libraries Book
Store
Gilbert
Visit the Southeast Regional Library and check out the
Friends of the Gilbert Libraries Book Store. The non-
profit bookstore is located in the lobby of the building
and sells used books, videos, puzzles and more. All
proceeds benefit the Gilbert libraries and other
community literacy efforts.
255
Phoenix Zoo
Phoenix
Visit the Phoenix Zoo and cross the turtle bridge!
214
Taste of Italy
Goodyear
Visit Taste of Italy and find their secret code.
193
Irish Cultural
Center
Phoenix
Escape the heat this summer by visiting the Irish
Cultural Center & McClelland Library. During their
visit guests will learn about the famous Book of Kells
in the library, take a turn around our beautiful Clos,
step back in time at our Irish cottage, and learn all
about Irish Culture and History
193
Horseshoe Park
and Equestrian
Center
Queen
Creek
Did you know there is a Community Arena that is
available for public use at Horseshoe Park &
Equestrian Centre? Learn more by visiting the
Community Arena page.
172
Perry Pool
Gilbert
Visit the Town of Gilbert Perry pool.
126
Greenfield Pool
Gilbert
Visit the Town of Gilbert Greenfield Pool.
125
Elevate
Trampoline Park
Goodyear
Find the secret code hidden inside Goodyear's
Elevate Trampoline Park.
112
Southeast
Regional Library
Rotating Art
Exhibit
Gilbert
Visit the Southeast Regional Library and check out the
rotating art exhibit showcasing artists, promoting
awareness and fostering education regarding art in
the surrounding community.
110
Figure 7: Top 10 Community Experiences
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Figure 8: Most viewed streaming events
Events
With the success of the virtual streaming events available in the Summer Reading Software last
year and the uncertainty of the ongoing pandemic, MCLD decided to repeat a virtual only format this
summer for all performers. Each week 4 new programs, 3 English and 1 Spanish or bilingual, became
available to all summer reading participants. We also worked with an American Sign Language (ASL)
interpreter who provided ASL interpretations for programming provided by Liberty Wildlife, a nonprofit
rescue, rehabilitation, and education center and Phoenix Herpetological Society, the largest reptile
sanctuary in the US; each ran for one month. These 34 programs received 12,325 views over the nine
weeks of the program and included secret codes to earn point and digital badges for watching.
2021 Most Viewed Programs
Liberty Wildlife with ASL interpretation
Great Arizona Puppet Theater
Phoenix Art Museum: Art Speaks!
As You Wish Painting
Blues Music History
Jungle Jill’s Animal Encounters
Juggling with James Reid
Marshall Shore’s AZ Trivia
Desert Botanical Garden: Desert Defenders
Radical Reptile Fun
Top Spanish/bilingual program: Ballet Folklórico Quetzalli
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Figure 10: Logos for drawing prize organizations
Figure 9: Summer Reading Sponsor logos
Sponsors and Incentives
Outside organizations support the reading program by donating incentives participants earn as
they reach point milestones or win in drawings. Peter Piper Pizza, Raising Cane’s and Rubio’s Coastal
Grill donated free food coupons for 500 point achievers. Coordinated through the Arizona State Library,
Arizona State Parks & Trails donated one-day park passes for 750-point achievers while the Phoenix
Mercury provided up to four (4) free tickets to one game June-September. Grand prize drawings
conducted at the end of the program for all 1,000-point achievers included:
o Harkins Theatres prize packs, which include loyalty cups, admission passes and
free popcorn – one for a winner at each participating library. In addition to the
prize packs they donated an additional 6,000 loyalty cups, libraries determined
how these would be distributed.
o Legoland Discover Center admission passes
o Sea Life Aquarium admission passes
MCLD provided kids Phoenix Zoo bundle drawing prizes, with a variety of animal themed books
and educational toys, for each library system to create drawings as they saw fit. MCLD participants who
logged at least 140 points a week were entered into weekly prize drawings. Pre-readers and kids could
win a Phoenix Zoo bundle. Teens could choose from curated themed bundles from Samurai Comics such
as Marvel, Magic the Gathering or Star Wars. Adults could choose a curated themed bundle such as
Arizona Love or the Book Lover from Changing Hands bookstore.2
2 Each library system offer drawing prizes and additional incentives for their participants only
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Figure 11: Top ordered prize books
Free Book Incentive
One of our objectives every year is to build home libraries so the Summer Reading Program
offers participants who achieve 1,000 points their choice of book from over 120 titles. These choices
include options for all ages ranging from board books to teen and adult fiction and nonfiction and
several activity books. Over 18,500 participants, or 80% of achievers, chose a title from this year’s
selection. We continued our partnership with Maricopa County Human Services Department so
achievers could donate their book to a child enrolled in a Head Start classroom instead; 5% of achievers
donated totaling 1247 books, enough for every child enrolled to take a book home.
Maricopa County also supported the Durango Juvenile Detention Center’s program by
purchasing a bulk order of titles for kids 10 and up. These books went directly to the facility so that kids
who reached 1,000 points could choose a book right away; 67 kids completed the program and chose a
free book.
2021 Top Ordered Prize Book Titles
Fix it and Forget It- cookbook
Weird but True
Scholastic Book of World Records
Draw Kawaii Cute Mythical Creatures
One Colorful World Color and Activity Book
The Winglets Quartet
Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map
Pokémon Awesome Evolutions
Disney Frozen 2 Magical Sticker Book
Snuggle Up, Pups –board book
Top Spanish Title- We Love You, Mr. Panda/
Te amamos, Sr. Panda-board book
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Public Surveys
Each year we invite participants to complete a survey about their experience with the Summer
Reading Program to help us identify the strengths and weaknesses of the program and if met our goals
and objectives. This year 2,707 participants filled out our survey upon their completion of the program.
This breaks down to 618 kids, 439 teens, 1,026 adults and 624 adults answering on behalf of their child
or teen. Many of the questions remained the same; we kept the questions posed by the Arizona State
Library including how the library continues to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic, feedback
on virtual programming and added one about prize pick up since it has changed since 2019.
Survey results include the following:
•
87% of respondents learned something new from what they read or experienced.
•
84% of respondents enjoy reading more (a 5% jump from last year).
•
84% of respondents read more often.
•
82% of respondents want to use the library resources more often.
•
83% of respondents maintained or increased their reading.
•
95% of respondents felt prize pick up was simple.
•
93% of respondents have a library card.
•
99% of respondents plan to participate next year.
The optional free response results were helpful and will inform next year’s goals and objectives as
well as help adjust the functionality of the program. Even though customers are anxious to get back to
in-person programming, most also expressed thanks for meeting their needs in other ways. Our curbside
pick-up, though not exclusively a summer reading feature, was a way we connected to customers last
year and continues to be a vital service in reaching summer reading participants. Parents and caregivers
shared that the Summer Reading Program created a way for them to connect to their children, forming
a bond and creating a reading routine in their home with the shared goal of reading 20 minutes a day.
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Summary
The 2021 Summer Reading Program was another year of uncertainty as we made early decisions
about programming, prize distribution, and reestablished relationships with our community partners.
With our doors open an additional 20,000 participants registered for our program and our achiever rate,
a focus in capturing statistics, was 46% showing continued engagement. We will look to maintain the
rate of achievement while gaining more participants overall in 2022 by implementing some new
objectives and strategies to interrupt the summer slide even after participants reach their 1,000 point
milestone.
The majority of programming created by staff and community organizations were still virtual
this year and though customers are eager to get back to in person programming participants engaged
online viewing our programs, completing challenges and entering secret codes. When we return to in
person programming we will continue to offer online programs and performances which address
accessibility issues by providing closed captioning, Spanish/bilingual options and American Sign
Language options.
Plans for the 2022 Summer Reading Program include tweaks to the user interface and better
communication with participants to improve the user experience, additional training options for the
different types of learners on staff and continued efforts to increase diversity of content in every aspect
of the online format and software. We strive to get back to our pre pandemic participant numbers and
achiever rate by reaching not only our regular library users but also non-readers or non-library users
who we hope will form a library habit after participating in the summer reading program.
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Acknowledgments
The Summer Reading Program is made possible through the collaborative efforts of
Maricopa County Library District staff, participating libraries, and community partners. We
would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for making the 2021 program a
success.
Maricopa County Library District
Director
Jeremy Reeder
Deputy Director
Erin MacFarlane
Branch Operations
Danette Barton
Library Region Managers
Collection Management
Laura Jamison
Amy Cimino
Tracey Hoyos
Tara Summus
Michael Porter
Facilities
Brigitte Demmel
Justin Franks
Finance
John Werbach
Mary Carson
Bob Mungovan
Emily LaFragola
Information Technology Team
Library District Branch Staff
Marketing and Public Relations
Samantha Mears
Lucas Gonzalez
Rob Scott
Services Team
Lindsey Powers
Jolene Bradley
Jacqueline Jeffrey
Jennifer Brown
Virtual Branch
Lena Sherman
Marissa Beckett
Corban Ford
Yvonne Trotta
Web Team
Matt Miller
Harald Nagel
Daniel Wilcox
Madi Boman
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Participating Libraries
Avondale Public Library
Marisela Munoz
Brenda Soto
Buckeye Public Library
Peter Grant
Janene Van Leeuwen
Jana White
Chandler Public Library
Jill Baker
Jean Reynolds
Jennifer Whitt
Desert Foothills
Caitlin Decker
Ashley Ware
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tribal Library
Jacquelyn McCalvin
Glendale Public Library
Erin Garred
Elizabeth Garcia
Luke Air Force Base
Jennifer Crowell
Kathryn Puckett
Maricopa County Durango Juvenile Detention
Center
Cipriana Rosales
Linda Christian
Kevin Malakowsky
Maricopa County Sherriff’s Department
Lisa Poulin
Mesa Public Library
Brenna Klassen
Michele Sheppard
Anna Chenoweth
Peoria Public Library
Kathie Jackson
Sarah Dudley
Phoenix Public Library
Gretchen Pierce
Wendy Resnik
Salt River Tribal Library
Melissa Rave Karria
Silver Latiesha Guy
Sophenia Begaye
Scottsdale Public Library
Heather Sollom-Smith
Michelle Vorves-Cabrales
Alisha Hasson
Tempe Public Library
Samantha Seeman
Tolleson Public Library
Lila Garza
Youngtown Public Library
Heidi Speed
Tris Steward
Cathy Grow
Wickenburg Public Library
Jane Baumbach
Suzie Wolfe
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Maricopa County Partners
Maricopa County Supervisors
Jack Sellers, District 1
Steve Chucri, District 2
Bill Gates, District 3
Clint Hickman, District 4
Steve Gallardo, Chairman, District 5
Maricopa County Human Services
Department
Nancy Kessay
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