Level Up
Did you know that 84% of kids agree that summer reading helps them with school?*
Keep your brain energized all summer long AND enter to win awesome prizes with Regina Public Library's summer challenge for kids!
Everyone aged 14 and under can play Level Up May 17 to August 31, 2025.
Every completed game card is one entry to Level Up prize draws. The more time you spend on Level Up activities, the more chances you have to win one of 30 grand prizes - as well as monthly bonus branch prizes!
GRAND PRIZES:
A winner can select a $100 gift certificate from one of the following Regina stores:
- Zippity Zoom Toys
- Comic Readers
- Chapters
- Black Dog Art Supplies
- Long & McQuade
Ten draw prize winners will be randomly chosen from each category:
- Grade 2 and under
- Grades 3 to 5
- Grades 6 to 8
BONUS BRANCH PRIZES:
Drop off your completed game cards to any branch all summer for your chance to win a $40 bookstore gift card in June, July or August.
Pick up a Level Up game card from any library branch, or print one from home.
- Kids aged 14 and under, mark one circle for every 15 minutes of Level Up activities you complete this summer!
- When your game card is full, drop it off at any RPL branch from May 17 – August 31. One completed game card gets you one entry ballot for the grand prize draws, plus a chance to win a monthly bonus branch prize draw.
- Grab another game card! More completed entries mean more chances to win. The final drop-off deadline is September 7, 2025.
LEVEL UP ACTIVITIES:
READ!
- Read whatever you like – books, comics, eBooks or audiobooks. Read aloud to someone else, or have someone read to you. All reading counts!
CREATE!
- Create your own artwork
- Tap into your inner artist and express yourself using your favourite art supplies and tools, from paint to pipe cleaners to things from your recycling bin.
- Make music of your own
- Sing, rap, yodel, create a song, play an instrument, or construct your own instruments out of household objects. Discover the many different ways you can make music!
EXPLORE!
- Attend a library program
- Discover new activities and ideas on a huge variety of topics. Search for programs online!
- Explore nature
- Get outside and have fun exploring nature this summer. Grow a garden, stargaze, birdwatch, dig for worms - the sky’s the limit!
- Visit a museum, art gallery or science centre
- Go in person or check out some great interactive websites. Look below for links to our favourites!
- Learn a word in an Indigenous language
- If you learn a new word each week, you’ll know 15 new words by the end of summer! Check out the great resources below.
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*This was a key finding in the Kids and Family Reading Report Canadian Edition that the Scholastic company undertook in 2017 to explore the attitudes and behaviours of Canadian children and families around reading books for fun. Other key findings:
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Read or listen to fantastic stories using these online resources.
Visit any library branch to pick up your favorite reading materials or use Books4Me to receive a personalized list of books to help you find your next great read.
Take part in fun library programs for children this summer. There's something happening at every branch!
Get inspired and create your own masterpieces using these resources:
- The Artful Parent
- Creative Bug: Log in with your library card to find thousands of award-winning videos for do-it-yourselfers, crafters and makers.
- Dunlop Art Gallery's education page with prompts for art and art appreciation
- Lunch Doodles 15 Drawing Videos with Mo Willems
- Kinder Art
Design a library bookmark for a chance to have yours printed and distributed by RPL! Download the template/rule page, or get a copy at any branch.
Get started making your own music with these resources:
- Drawing Sound: Compose Your Own Music
- Flamenco Rhythms: Make Music with Your Hands and Feet
- Body Percussion with Marbles Kid Museum
- Tap Dance Percussion
Did you know that RPL lends musical instruments, free with your library card?
Explore nature in your backyard and neighborhood. Here are some resources to help you.
- Nature Canada
- Nature Conservancy Canada
- Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre
- Saskatchewan Bird Checklist
Did you know RPL lends Birding Backpacks free with your library card?
Explore Indigenous languages with tools, lessons and tutorials, including our popular Word of the Week videos!
Did you know you can learn several Indigenous languages online with Transparent Languages, free with your library card?
Take a virtual tour of a museum, art gallery or science centre. Here are some recommended sites for you to visit.
- The Benaki Museum
- The Frick Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Museum of the World
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of Natural History
- RCMP Heritage Centre
- Royal Saskatchewan Museum
- Saskatchewan Science Centre
- Level Up at Regina Public Library is open to all residents of the City of Regina, 14 years and under.
- Each entrant will be required to provide Regina Public Library with their name, phone number and complete address.
- The prize will be forfeited and RPL will draw another winner if the selected entrant:
- Declines the prize.
- Fails to pick up the prize within 30 days.
- Each Level Up game card counts as one entry for prize draws.
- Limit of one grand prize and one bonus branch prize per person.
- Prizes must be accepted as awarded.
- Entering the challenge signifies your acceptance of these rules.
- Level Up at Regina Public Library runs May 17 – August 31, 2025.
- Game cards must be returned to the library by September 7, 2025.
- Prize draws will be held September 19, 2025.
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