SUMMER READING

REFRESHED!Beth Crist

Colorado State Library

Lisa Gonzalez

Santa Barbara Public Library

Foreign book cover fun!

These 3 foreign book covers are all from the same

children’s book series. What’s the series? Type your guess

in the chat box!

Why change?

Summer reading trends

• Outreach & partnering

• Family engagement

• Outcomes-based programs

• Early literacy component

Denver Public Library’s Read with Me! Program

More trends: Summer learning

• Community-wide programs

• Volunteer & service learning projects

• STEAM & maker programming

Summer learning in action

• 21st Century skills • Experiential & self-directed learning

Montrose Regional Library District’s Badge

Quest Program

More trends

Incentives:

• Intrinsic motivation

• Books only

• Social event

• Donating to cause

• Intangible

• None!

These book covers are for the same YA title,

published in different countries. What’s the book?

Juntos Leemos Project

City of Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Public Library System

Why incorporate a sibling reading element in your summer reading program?

Our Pilot Year: the Siblings Project

March 2013-Feb 2014

City of Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Public Library System

Small Change, Big Results

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City of Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Public Library System

More Publicity = More Participation

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Summer Campers:

Bring them to the Library!

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Lesson Learned:

SRP Incentives that

promote sibling or

buddy reading

change children’s

reading habits.

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Changes: Go BIG or go small

Evaluation

How do you evaluate program changes for

effectiveness, engagement, and interest?

2 more foreign book covers!

Want to learn more?

Bibliography with lots of great out-of-the-box summer

reading examples:

http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org/

On the web: http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org

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