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Where Can Parents Find NLB Book Bugs Participation and Card Redemption Rules?

Start with NLB’s Book Bugs: The Secret of the Shards page and its FAQs and More Information. The campaign runs from 3 August 2026 to 30 June 2027; its point-earning period ends earlier, on 28 June 2027. Check the current edition before using an old redemption guide.

The campaign is designed for children aged 7–12, while the FAQ permits NLB members with individual membership types to participate. Read the account requirements, point-crediting rules and participating-library list before planning a card-collection visit.

Did you know? NLB’s How to Play page explicitly says its featured instructional video comes from an earlier campaign. Use it to understand the game, but use the current FAQ for this edition’s participation and redemption instructions.

Find your next step

Find the correct campaign pages · Check accounts and collection · Plan a reading visit

Which official source should I use?

Your questionOfficial sourceWhat to check
Which edition is current?The Secret of the Shards overviewCampaign identity and links to its sections.
How do participation and collection work?Current FAQs and More InformationMembership, earning period, redemption and library list.
How is the card game played?How to PlayInstructional video and game mat; note the earlier-video label.
Are there school reading activities?Printable ActivitiesSeparate lower-primary and upper-primary School Edition links.
Campaign participation, card collection and playing the game are related but separate tasks.

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What should I check before promising a card-collection trip?

A little checking before leaving home can keep the visit about reading and discovery.

Match the account to the current rules

The FAQ routes participation through an individual library membership and a myLibrary account. Check which account is being used before borrowing or opening the rewards screen. Do not assume that every organisational or institutional membership qualifies.

If access is the problem, follow the account-help route linked by NLB rather than repeatedly creating new accounts. A parent helping a child should keep passwords and redemption codes private. There is no need to post an account screen publicly to ask a general campaign question.

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Separate earning, crediting and redeeming

Borrowing an item and seeing a reward ready for collection are not the same step. The FAQ explains different crediting times for borrowing and quizzes, then the process for converting points into a collection code. Check the relevant stage before assuming something failed.

For a missing credit, note when the activity happened and which account was used, then compare that with NLB’s stated timing. Keep the question narrow: missing points, account access and machine collection are different issues. Avoid repeating a redemption action without first checking its result.

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Check the library list before travelling

NLB publishes participating and non-participating library lists in the FAQ. Do not assume that a library where you borrow materials necessarily has a card machine. Confirm the destination and current visiting information before making a special trip.

Cards are subject to availability, so keep the child’s expectations flexible. Choose books worth taking home even if collecting a particular card does not work out. A successful visit can still mean finding a new author or a topic the child wants to explore.

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Use the reading activities as an invitation

The printables page separates lower-primary and upper-primary School Edition materials. Open the relevant option and see whether it suits the child’s reading confidence and interests. It is a resource to explore, not evidence that their school has assigned it.

Let the child explain an interesting clue or picture in their own words. If an activity feels too demanding, read part together or choose a simpler book. Keep the invitation cheerful: a campaign can prompt reading without requiring a family to collect every card or complete every activity.

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What should I do next?

Open the current FAQ, check the account and intended library, then choose a manageable reading visit. Recheck the campaign terms near its closing dates rather than relying on a saved screenshot.

For reading recommendations beyond this campaign, continue to the existing NLB reading resources source guide. That broader guide covers age-based reading and information-literacy routes, not Book Bugs redemption.

For the wider education journey, continue through the Singapore School Pathways & Calendar collection.

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SP-CCA information · Pre-University Seminar participation · NAC school arts programmes

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Official sources reviewed: 20 October 2026. Recheck current programme instructions and any school-specific arrangements before acting.

Explore the connected learning guides

Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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