Welcome to Reading Dragons & Friends
Do you like trading cards? Do you hoard books like dragons hoard gold? Then you need to join our new Reading Dragons & Friends program!
This is a collaborative national reading program created by the Dover Public Library in Ohio that encourages children in grades K-5 to read for fun. Participants can track their reading, collect dragon trading cards, and play card games, all while learning good reading habits and gaining a lifelong love of reading!
Program Highlights:
For children in Grades K-5
Reading Dragons & Friends will run from October 1st, 2024 – April 30th, 2025
For every 20 minutes read, you will earn a trading card (up to 16 cards a month)
Collect different Reading Dragons & Friends card families
Use these cards to play fun card games with your friends
Registration Information:
Participants (children in grades K-5) can register in-person at any of our locations. After you register, you can pick up your registration kit at your home library starting on October 1st. The registration kit includes:
3 Starter Cards
Reading Tracker
Checklist
Collect the Cards:
You will receive 3 starter cards at registration: a red fire type, a green plant type, and a blue water type.
There are many dragon, unicorn and griffin card families for you to choose from after logging your 20 minute reading sessions. Each of the card families include 4 members — an egg, a child, a teenager, and an adult. Each month, you can earn up to four different families.
If you join the program late, don’t stress! You can work backwards by filling in squares from previous months on your reading tracker – cards (besides the special edition cards) are not exclusive.
We can’t replace lost cards — just keep reading to earn more cards.
There are special edition cards that you can earn by coming the library on specific days! Make sure to visit during the following dates to collect these rare cards:
* October 27-November 1 (Halloween)
* November 25-30 (Thanksgiving)
* December 16-21 (First day of Winter)
* January 13-18 (National Pizza Week)
* February 10-15 (Valentine’s Day)
* March 24-29 (MLB Opening Day)
* April 6-12 (National Lirbary Week)
Card Games:
Once you’ve collected some cards, you’re ready to start playing with them!
Rock, Paper, Scissors
You and a friend each choose one card secretly, keeping it hidden so your friend can’t see what you chose. Then count to 3 and both of you flip over your cards to see who wins.
Fire beats Plant
Plant beats Water
Water beats Fire
Rock Paper Scissors, War!
Play this game when you have several dragons cards (be sure to write your name on the cards so you don’t get them mixed up with your opponent’s).
Mix up both player’s cards and divide them evenly between both players.
Place your stack of cards face down on the table. Do not look at your cards.
Both players draw the top card on their deck and flip it over at the same time.
Fire beats Plant
Plant beats Water
Water beats Fire
If you have the same symbol, the oldest creature wins. (The three starter cards count as an “adult” card for scoring during dragon duel.)
If your creatures are the same age then it’s time to duel:
To go to war, add two face down cards to the pile, then play one more card face up (Fire beats Plant, Plant beats Water, Water beats Fire).
If you have the same symbol, the oldest creature wins.
If you tie again, go to war until there is a winner.
The winner adds both cards to their win pile.
Play until you run out of cards.
The player with the most cards in their win pile wins.