Library Trustees

Encourage children and teens to join the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program at their public library

The Statewide Summer Reading Program will help youth maintain and improve reading levels over the summer while they have fun with books, enjoy reading-related activities, use computers and access the Internet, create craft projects, and interact with their peers.

Studies show significant learning losses occur over the summer if children don't read, especially among those from lower income families.

Help the kids in your community sign-up at their
local public library, branch, or reading center.

For more information contact Karen Balsen, New York State Library 2009 Statewide Summer
Reading Program Coordinator, 518-486-2194 or go to www.summerreadingnys.org.

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The Statewide Summer Reading Program is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The New York Statewide Summer Reading Program is a program of the Office of Cultural Education in the New York State Education Department.