Burbank Library :: California Summer Reading Challenge : :

California Summer Reading Challenge

Public library summer reading programs build communities of readers and library users and help prevent summer learning loss. In 2014, over 700,000 Californians signed up for summer reading and over 1.3 million took part in summer reading activities.The California Summer Reading Challenge provides libraries with resources to create innovative summer reading programs that keep California children, teens, and adults reading all summer long.

Help us meet our goal of #onemillionreaders in 2015!

Summer Reading Club : : Burbank Library

All sorts of activities, for everyone from toddlers to seniors! The first thing to do is SIGN UP. Go here and click on the appropriate age group, fill out a short form, and you're part of the program! Then log back in when you want to find out what's coming up, or write online book reviews!

Sign-ups are open now.

CHILDREN'S - Summer Reading Club - for children entering grades 1-6.  Parent's Guide

Schedule for Central Library

Schedule for Northwest Branch Library

Schedule for Buena Vista Branch Library

CHILDREN'S - Read-To-Me Program - for toddlers to kindergarten

Schedule for Central Library 

Schedule for Northwest Branch Library

Schedule for Buena Vista Branch Library

TEENS - Meetup in the Burb!   Brochure 

SUMMER READING CLUB FOR GROWN-UPS   Brochure

Azusa Library :: California Summer Reading Challenge

California Summer Reading Challenge

Public library summer reading programs build communities of readers and library users and help prevent summer learning loss. In 2014, over 700,000 Californians signed up for summer reading and over 1.3 million took part in summer reading activities.

The California Summer Reading Challenge provides libraries with resources to create innovative summer reading programs that keep California children, teens, and adults reading all summer long.

Help us meet our goal of #onemillionreaders in 2015!

Every Hero Has A Story

The annual Azusa Library Summer Reading Program is held in June & July. Get weekly prizes just for reading and attend free entertainment shows at Memorial Park.

The Summer Reading Program is at 11:00 am and is free to the public. All shows will be held at the Memorial Park Gymnasium located at 320 N. Orange Place, Azusa, CA 91702.

For more information please call the library at (626) 812-5279

June 9   Reptacular Animals

June 16 Magician Joel Ward

June 23 Fantastick Patrick

June 30 Noteworthy Puppets

July 14  Buster Balloon

Lunch At The Library : : Summer Meals Program

Lunch at the Library

Lunch at the Library Sites

Lunch at the Library is keeping kids healthy and engaged during the summer months to ensure all kids return to school in the fall ready to learn.

For many children and teens, the stability, nutrition, and education provided by the lunches they receive in the school cafeteria, and the learning opportunities they receive in the classroom, ends when school lets out for summer vacation.

Summer meal programs in public libraries help combat childhood hunger, obesity, and learning loss during the summer months by providing youth with:

•regularly-scheduled, free & healthy meals through USDA Summer Food Service Program

•learning and enrichment programs

•introductions to library services and resources

•teen volunteer opportunities

Through the Lunch at the Library program, the California Library Association and California Summer Meal Coalition provide libraries with the resources and support they need to establish themselves as quality summer meal program sites for their communities.

Library summer meal sites @ SCLLN Member Libraries

•       Camarena Library

•       Chula Vista Public Library

•       Contra Costa County Library

•       Glendale Library

•       Hemet Library

•       Los Angeles Public Library

•       Riverside County Library

•       Riverside Public Library

•       San Bernardino County Library

•       San Bernardino Library

•       San Diego County Library

•       San Diego Public Library

Lunch at the Library Sites

California Summer Meal Coalition Sites

by County

Anaheim Library :: California Summer Reading Challenge

California Summer Reading Challenge

Public library summer reading programs build communities of readers and library users and help prevent summer learning loss. In 2014, over 700,000 Californians signed up for summer reading and over 1.3 million took part in summer reading activities

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The California Summer Reading Challenge provides libraries with resources to create innovative summer reading programs that keep California children, teens, and adults reading all summer long.

Help us meet our goal of #onemillionreaders in 2015!

It’s Time for Summer Reading Fun!

Get your groove on this summer and “Read to the Rhythm!”

Anaheim Libraries will be offering reading programs for all ages this summer, with something for everyone to enjoy - stories, music, movies, crafts, books and prizes! As always, Summer Reading Fun for the kids will include themed storytimes and crafts, reading incentives, and energetic programming for all ages.

The benefits of summer reading are clear. National research confirms that students who participate in reading programs over their summer break, scored higher on reading achievement tests at the beginning of the school year than those who did not participate.

There will also be reading incentives and special programming for Teens and Adults; including crafts, classic movies, and music events. Check the links in the left column to find out what’s planned at your local branch this month. Sign up at your favorite branch beginning June 15, and don’t miss our “Read to the Rhythm” float in the Anaheim Hills 4th of July Parade!

Altadena Library :: California Summer Reading Challenge : :

California Summer Reading Challenge

Public library summer reading programs build communities of readers and library users and help prevent summer learning loss. In 2014, over 700,000 Californians signed up for summer reading and over 1.3 million took part in summer reading activities.

The California Summer Reading Challenge provides libraries with resources to create innovative summer reading programs that keep California children, teens, and adults reading all summer long.

Help us meet our goal of #onemillionreaders in 2015!

Altadena Libraries

kicks off its annual 2015 Summer Reading Program!

Read To The Rhythm !

Adults, teens, and children. There's something for everyone this summer!  Click here for a printable version of our 2015 Summer Reading Program Booklet.

CHILDRENS

 Children age 12 and

 Read books or have books read to you.

 Come to the library, attend a special event for a chance to win additional prizes.

*30 pages or 15 minutes = 1 children’s picture book or easy reader

100 pages or 1 hour = 1 children’s chapter book

200 pages or 2 hours = 1 teen book

TEENS

 Open to teens entering grades 7-12

 Read books of your choice! Yes, manga and comics count!

 Join 5 book challenge earn a free book and be automatically entered into grand prize raffle!

 Win prizes by completing different weekly challenges and attending programs

 The last day to complete the 5 book challenge is July 29^th

ADULT

 All adults aged 18 and over are invited to participate

 Complete reading logs by July 31, 2015 - be entered  for a chance to win this year’s grand prize: a NOOK eReader!

 Sleeveface/ #Bookface

photo contest: Take a picture of yourself with a record sleeve or book cover obscuring or augmenting any part of your body, creating an illusion. There will be a special prize awarded at the finale to each of the participants with the best bookface and sleeveface photographs submitted. Submissions will be accepted at the main Reference Desk in person or by email to sim@altadenalibrary.org until 5 p.m., July 31, 2015.

Lunch @ The Library - California Library Association

Lunch @ the Library: Program Information

The California Summer Meal Coalition (CSMC) and California Library Association (CLA) are working with libraries and meal providers across California to offer summer lunch programs that are designed to provide nourishment and summer enrichment for children and teens. All library meal sites provide free summer lunches and engage families with library programs and services. Some libraries are extending the impact of their lunch programs by providing arts, literacy, and STEM programming for participating children and teens.

Library summer meal sites in California

• Alameda County Library/REACH Ashland Youth Center and Hayward Unified School District
• Chula Vista Public Library and the Chula Vista Elementary School District
• Contra Costa County Library and the Pittsburg Unified School District and the West Contra Costa Unified School District
• Fresno County Public Library and the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
• Kern County Library and the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
• Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• Oakland Public Library, the City of Oakland and the Alameda County Food Bank
• Riverside Public Library and the Riverside Unified School District
• Sacramento Public Library and the Elk Grove Unified School District
• San Bruno Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• San Diego County Library and Feeding America San Diego
• San Diego Public Library and the San Diego Unified School District
• San Francisco Public Library and the City and County of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and their Families
• San Luis Obispo County Library and the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
• San Mateo County Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• South San Francisco Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• Tulare County Library and FoodLink for Tulare County, Inc

The need for free summer meals

Summer vacation presents a different reality for many impoverished children in California. In addition to limited access to summer learning and enrichment programs, many low-income children struggle to have basic needs met, with reduced access to healthy food and safe places to congregate. The intersections between summer health and summer learning and enrichment are great, suggesting that a holistic view of the summer landscape is crucial to understanding existing challenges and opportunities to creating a summer experience in which all children are healthy, active, and engaged.

A 2012 report from the National Summer Learning Association highlights the links between food insecurity, childhood obesity, and the achievement gap:⁴

•Food insecurity increases during the summer break without access to the nutrition provided by the National School Lunch Program.

•Children may gain weight two to three times faster during the summer than during the school year.

•Low-income youth may fall further behind in academic skills—particularly reading—during the summer break, experiencing greater “summer learning loss” than their higher-income peers and widening the achievement gap.

•Nutrition education interventions that exclusively target the school environment may be less impactful because weight gain happens primarily outside of school.

•Adequate nutrition promotes brain development and improves cognitive functioning, whereas inadequate nutrition is associated with physical and mental health issues, emotional and behavioral problems, learning deficiencies, lower grades, and repeating a grade.

Children who are well-nourished are likely to have cognitive advantages over children with deficits in this area, and reducing health disparities among lower and higher socioeconomic children can help close the achievement gap.⁵

READ MORE !

Visit the California Department of Education’s searchable online map here for more sites. Summer meal sites will offer free lunch and snacks to youth under age 18 from June 2 through August 8.

Lunch at the Library: Impact & Results - 2013

Santa Maria Library - Literacy project golden for scout, council and families

Literacy project golden for scout, council and families
Santa Maria Times: May 13, 2010 by Brian Bullock

Tatianna Kufferath loves reading and working with children.

So when she had to develop a project to earn her Girl Scouts Golden Award, combining the two passions was perfect.

The result is the Santa Maria Family Literacy Program, which helps parents with limited English skills learn the language so they can better help their children with their school work.

“It’s vital for a kid’s success in education to have that parental support,” Tatianna explained, sounding a lot like a passionate elementary school teacher. “A lot of parents really, really want to help their kids, but they don’t know how. I wanted to have a project that would help with that.”

Tatianna, a junior at Righetti High School in Orcutt, joined with Isa Ponce-Jimenez, director of the Central Coast Literacy Project, to develop the program. Ponce-Jimenez had wanted to develop a similar project ever since moving into the Santa Maria Public Library. Their collaboration has been golden for both women.

Tatianna, a Girl Scout since the third grade, will receive her Golden Award tonight at the Pacific Christian Center, where she attends church, and the program has blended beautifully into the Central Coast Literacy Project.

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The program, which started last summer, has approximately 20 mentors from Righetti High, where Tatianna is a junior, Pioneer Valley High and St. Joseph High. Tatianna said she is always looking for more. READ MORE !

Tween Tribune News For Kids & News By Kids

Tween Tribune
News For Kids & News By Kids

A daily news site for tweens. Each day links to the day's most compelling news from a tweens perspective are posted. Stories chosen for TweenTribune are selected by tweens working closely with professional journalists. Tweens can submit links to stories they'd like to share, submit their own stories and photos, and comment on the stories they read.

It encourages tweens to seek out news on a daily basis. Fosters a daily news-reading habit at an early age.

There are also pages for Teachers that can be customized for the classroom as well as Lesson plans.

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