Read Your Way to Tropicana Field!

The rules of the Reading with the Rays are simple:

• Look out for the Reading with the Rays insert in the Tampa Bay Times on Sunday, June 10.
• Choose your favorite books from your local library or select your favorite section of the Tampa Bay Times to read over the summer.
• Go to your local library to get your game card.
• As you read, track your hours by rounding the bases on your game card and collect Rays rewards along the way.
• When you read enough hours to get to first base, ask your parent or guardian to initial your card; then bring it to your local library.
• The librarian will initial your card and give you a reading reward.
• Round the bases by reading a total of 24 hours this summer and receive a ticket to a Rays game!

Keeping score

On the back of the card, keep track of your favorite books and articles you read this summer. Read around the bases - 24 hours total!

Read 3 hours to get from Home Plate to First Base
Reward: Rays bookmark

Read 5 more hours to get from First to Second Base
Reward: Rays poster

Read 7 more hours to get from Second to Third Base
Reward: Rays slap bracelet

Read 9 more hours to get from Third Base to Home Plate
Reward: Official Reading with the Rays certificate. One (1) ticket to a Rays home game. See your game card for details (based upon availability).

Reading with the Rays is supported by the Rays Baseball Foundation, Advantica and the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education.