Summer Reading for Kids 2010
If it’s January… it’s time to plan the Summer Reading for Kids list again! VSLA is looking for volunteer contributors to compose this year’s tips for terrific tantalizing summer reads. Traditionally, we divide the list into Picture Books and Easy Readers for K-4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12, with a contributor or team providing 10-15 suggested titles with short annotations for each age grouping. As the list also includes each year’s award winners and links to our state award lists (Red Clover, DCF, GMBA), we try to promote other titles that readers might not find on their own.
The list, printed as a full-color brochure by VSLA-affiliate VT-NEA, has a print run of 30,000+ each year, and has often “sold out.” (Hint: order your copies early!). VT-NEA provides the printing and covers all shipping and handling costs to deliver copies to classrooms or your school library and to local bookstores and public libraries around the state. Originally conceived and created by Leda Schubert, former VT Department of Education Library Media Consultant, and Laurie Huse, Communications Director for VT-NEA, Summer Reading for Kids has been featured on WCAX News, Across the Fence, and received an honorable mention from The Wall Street Journal. Past lists may be accessed at: http://www.vtnea.org/vermont_education_center/summer_reading_lists.aspx.
Barb Marvin of Colchester High School has already stepped up to the plate to cover the high school titles for 2010. Contributors for both younger age groups are still needed. (Note: as VT-NEA covers all the production costs, they do ask that list contributors be VT-NEA members as well as VSLA members). If you are interested, please contact Shannon Walters at swalters@bsdvt.org at your earliest convenience.
Shannon Walters, Library Media Specialist, C.P. Smith School, Burlington, Vermont 05408
swalters@bsdvt.org
(802) 864-2228
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