DBE Library Summer Reading – Keeping Kids in Books
Summer reading should be as simple as keeping kids in books. Recently Common Sense Media’s blog posted an article, “How to Raise a Reader: 10 Tips for Getting Your Kids Hooked on Books – ebook or the paper kind.” While the article is intended to guide families as they build lives as readers, the tips are also great guideposts for summer reading.
Senior Editor, Books, Regan McMahon offers the following:
- Read aloud
- Savor the series
- Grab onto a genre
- Feed the favorite-author addiction
- Count the classics
- Find books about the things your kid loves
- Funny is fine
- Comics are OK
- Engage with eBooks
- Make reading a family value
On Wednesday June 18th, Erin Moehring from the Greenwood Branch of the Seattle Public Library will be talking with our readers during our final community meeting of the year. Ms. Moehring will be introducing SPL’s new summer reading program – Zone in! – a program that will look considerably different in comparison to years past.
In addition to the SPL Summer Reading Program, many local book stores offer summer reading programs and incentives:
- University Bookstore’s Summer Reading Rocks!
- Barnes & Nobel’s Imagination’s Destination
- Secret Garden Books Young Reader’s Society (ages 8-12)
- Whitman Middle School Library’s Wildcats Read List (for all Whitman Middle School Students)
- Scholastic Summer: Reading Under the Stars
Here’s to a great summer filled with adventure. Thanks for helping to keep our DBE Readers in Books all summer long!