Treutlen County Library Hosts Reading Through Music Event and Awards Ceremony

The Treutlen County Library hosted a reading through music event as well as an awards ceremony for young readers on Thursday, June 26, in Soperton.

The reading through music event was led by Dillion and Shanell Price. Dillion played a guitar and encouraged the attending children to dance and clap along, while Shanell read the children two stories: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” by Michael Wayne Rosen and “Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach” by James Dean.

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Dillion encouraged the children to read and engage with the books in order to learn life lessons, such as Pete the Cat learning to enter the water in “Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach.”

“When you read, try to ask yourself questions,” said Dillion during the event. “It’s important.”

After the reading event, Treutlen County School Librarian Tina White presented awards to the attending children for completing summer reading logs. According to White, 78 children signed up for the logs while 25 children completed them.

Attending children who turned in a reading log were each given a certificate, a goodie bag and two extra gifts of their choice. Extra gifts were given to the top readers of each age group, including pre-K and younger, kindergarten through second grade and third grade through eighth grade.

In each group, Abigail Dykes was the top reader for pre-K and younger with 19 books, Brie Clubb was the top reader for kindergarten through second grade with 113 books and Zacharay Burleson was the top reader for third grade through eighth grade with 150 books. Burleson also received extra prizes and the title of Super Reader for reading the most books out of all the participants.