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Summer Countdown….
Now, for most people summertime means vacation, sun, surf, relaxation, being outside, and spending time with family and friends. For public librarians, summer is its own monster filled with busy programs, families coming into the library endlessly asking for their summer reading books for school assignments, and more work hours…
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Which Books Should You Read This Summer?
I must really be in to infographics this week. I found this great infographic with 101 book choices for this summer. It was created by teach.com for high school teens as a way to encourage reading for fun this summer. It’s a great big flowchart with both fiction and nonfiction options. Now…
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Middle School Book Discussion
Part of my library’s summer reading program involves 2 different middle school (grades 5 – 8) book discussions. The first is called “Literary Lunch” and is an hour long book discussion once a week for five weeks during lunch time. The students bring their lunch and the library provides some…
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Summer Reading is just around the corner…
I don’t believe the general public knows just how much time and effort is put into planning and executing the summer reading program each year. At my library, we begin planning in November, which means by May, I’m very tired of thinking about summer! Our library provides entertainers and shows…
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Summer Reading Programs
For years children’s librarians have known that summer reading programs are beneficial to students. Plenty of anecdotal information supports the same idea. Unfortunately there was no long-term study to back this viewpoint. Until the Dominican Study entitled “Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap” was published in June…