All Salem children can sign up beginning June 3. 
Once signed up, children track the time that they spend reading, or even being read to, with a goal of earning "Book Bucks" that can be spent in a prize store at the end of the summer. Local businesses and organizations have donated various prizes that will be used in the store and in drawings. Each participant receives a "Catch the Reading Bug" book-bag after clocking in 10 hours.

Additional drawing tickets are also awarded to children who read from various genres that correspond with a Summer Reading Club game board. 

In addition to the prizes, Salem Public Library offers several activities and performances over the summer months. A complete list of the programs is available at salemlibrary.org or by phone at (503) 588-6088.