Summer Reading Resources - Get Creative @ Your Library!
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For Librarians
- Summer Reading Planning and Promotional Tools
- The New York State Summer Reading Website
- Performers' Database
- Summer Reading Program Tips (in PDF form)
- Quadricentennial Reading List
- Resources for Visually Impaired Children
For Parents
Help your child obtain a “certificate of merit” signed by Senator Elizabeth Little!
All you have to do is help your child sign up for the summer reading program at a participating library near you. Your local public library and school library are collaborating to reward your child for reading this summer. Click here for a list of libraries providing this opportunity.
In past years, Senator Little worked with principals of schools in her legislative district to reward each child who participated the State Senate’s Summer Reading program.
This year, she is collaborating with school and public libraries to reward each child in the district who participates in the public library summer reading program.
Each participant will receive a signed “Certificate of Merit from the Senate” at his/her school in the fall. Ask your local public librarian for complete details on this new collaborative program that encourages children and teens to “Be Creative” and “Express Yourself” at the library this summer. And, be sure to take a look at the summer reading events that are taking place throughout our region in a library near you!
- Summer reading: How parents can keep kids on track for successful learning
- Events in our area - papermaking, cartooning, drawing, singing - we have lots going on!
For Kids
- Summer Reading Activities and Games
- What's going on at my library
- Take a Bite Out of Books - a competition for readers
For Teens