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How to Create a Collaborative Community Trading Card Using a “Community Doodle”
Looking for a low-cost, passive library program that brings your community together? This simple collaborative art activity encourages your library kids and adults to create unique trading cards together. Once finished, you can use these custom, community-made cards as prizes for your reading program milestones or rewards for participating in special library events.

Mallory Thompson
Jun 24


Cards Created by Carey Pietsch and the iREAD Summer Reading Program have been released into the wild!
Now that the iREAD Summer Reading Program for 2025 has reached its end, the cards created by Carey Pietsch can now be shared through the Reading Dragons website. Carey created 8 unique families of dragons for a total of 32 cards.

Mallory Thompson
Sep 9, 2025


Collaboration with iRead Summer Reading Program and Artist Carey Pietsch
We are heading into summer and summer reading. The Reading Dragons is collaborating with the iRead Summer Reading Program and the magical artist Carey Pietsch to bring a special bite size edition of the Reading Dragons to you!

Mallory Thompson
May 8, 2025
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