LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Library’s 2022 Summer Reading program concluded on Aug. 6.

The library reported that 430 children, teens and adults signed up for Summer Reading with Your Library.

Participants logged their reading with the library and could choose to earn 1 point per page read or they could earn 40 points per book read.

Altogether participants earned 479,664 points. That's the equivalent of reading “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien over 1,500 times.

The most popular book read by kids was “Unicorns are the Worst!” by Alex Willan, which tells the tale of a goblin annoyed by his new unicorn neighbors.

Also popular were “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine” by Mark Twain and Philip C. Stead, “Hair Love” by Matthew A. Cherry and “Put Me in the Zoo” by Robert Lopshire.

Reading is fun all on its own but participants also won prizes. The library gave away over 700 prizes, including stickers, sticky hands and book totes. Also given away were coupons for free gifts donated by local businesses.

Adults and teens had a chance to win an Amazon Fire tablet, gift cards to local businesses or a gift basket filled with books.

To celebrate the end of Summer Reading, the Lake County Library hosted a Summer Carnival at the Redbud Library in Clearlake on Aug. 6. Over 80 people attended and kids had a great time playing games to win small prizes

Everyone who earned 1,000 points also had a book donated in their name to the Lake County Library, and got to be the first person to check that book out. All the prizes were donated by the Friends of the Lake County Library, a local nonprofit that supports the library system.

Summer Reading is held every year by the Lake County Library and challenges County residents to read more during the summer months.

Visit the Lake County Library Website at http://library.lakecountyca.gov.