Children need to keep their minds active during school vacation to
avoid the dreaded "summer slide" - forgetting what they learned during
the school year. Librarians and teachers know that the best way to do
that is by providing a fun-filled summer reading program to get kids
into the public library.
Collected here are 50 highly successful summer reading programs for
grades K-7. Each highly flexible plan is developed around a specific
theme (art, baseball, geography, zoos, and so on), providing fifteen
related activities (bulletin boards, reading incentive games, crafts,
etc.) and a materials list.
Published in 1992, this was the first book ever published with detailed instructions on how to plan a summer reading program.
"a wealth of material...the greatest value may be in supplying starting points for year ’round programs"--Library Journal; "will be a boon to those who plan the perennially popular summer reading programs"--Booklist; "useful...highly recommended"--ARBA; "a valuable guide"--Emergency Librarian; "excellent...great ideas...a treasure"--Australian Library Review; "a wonderful tool...invaluable...highly recommended"--Library Mosaics.