Category: Summer Reading

If you would like a 2019 CSLP summer reading program manual, you must complete the order form at the link below by Friday, June 22, 2018.

To receive a free manual for the 2019 summer reading program (“A Universe of Stories”), please choose a manual in one of three formats:

• One DVD with the graphics and a .pdf format of the manual on the device
  •One USB with the graphics and a .pdf format of the manual on the device
  •On-line .pdf manual and graphics

Each manual format includes the materials you have been receiving in the current formats: one Children’s Manual, one Teen Manual, one Adult Manual, one Early Literacy Manual, with all reproducible activity sheets, and artwork and graphics.

Print manuals will still be available for purchase through the CSLP vendor, but libraries will have to order them through the vendor and pay for the cost of the manual and shipping. If you want the print manual, you do not have to complete this form.

Please place only one order per library and please note that summer reading manuals are only for public libraries.  These orders must be placed by Friday, June 22, 2018.

The order form can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeybLN7QuGzVgj4fZeIegbRHFWDP5XECidctPS-kkqFIvlLAg/viewform?usp=sf_link

From Start with a Book: http://www.startwithabook.org/booklists/music-and-musicians

Make a mouth bow: http://www.starnetlibraries.org/uncategorized/have-fun-with-an-ancient-instrument-a-mouth-bow/

CMNH 2018 Summer Program

We will be focusing on summer reading at the CHILIS Conference in March, but I wanted to share resources on the Fizz Boom Read summer reading program that you can access online. Other state libraries and children’s librarians have been hard at work developing the following SRP resources:

Fizz Boom Read! is a site created by two librarians in Iowa. They offer lots of ideas that are not included in the CSLP manual. Don’t miss this valuable resource.

There are many Pinterest sites devoted to the summer theme, but look at these created by state libraries in New York  and Indiana.

In addition, many sites offer creative science and STEM program ideas that libraries can offer during the summer program. Visit the KidSites, Love My Science, and the Show Me Librarian blog.  This last site features STEM ideas for the younger set.

The NH Summer Reading Program Committee will meet in early January to plan a program at the CHILIS Spring Conference on Thursday, March 7, 2013.  We would like to offer relevant, practical information that you can use to help improve your summer reading programs.  This is a challenging goal!

On the one hand, we have veteran librarians for whom running a summer reading program is “old hat,” but who are looking for new ideas.  We also recognize those who are hoping for guidance on how to do some of the basics: registration, tracking time vs. books read, programs that work, etc. And then there are those members who are asking more philosophical questions: what is the goal of summer reading programs; how do SRPs fit into the library’s mission; how can we make SRP relevant to our communities; and how do we effectively evaluate our SRPs ?

What would you like to see the NH SRP Committee address?  Is there a speaker you can recommend that may offer a fresh perspective?  Please send me your ideas by replying to this blog or by emailing me at the State Library.  I appreciate any and all input!

Now that New Hampshire belongs to the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), libraries around the state have resources to help them run an adult summer reading program.  This year’s manual for “Between the Covers” offers programming and promotional ideas as well as practical advice on how to conduct such a program.

In a Google search, I found a few NH libraries offering a “Between the Covers” adult summer reading program.  Check out these sites for some good ideas:

 Epsom Public Library encourages its adult participants to submit reviews, and the library offers three evening programs.  The Lizzie Borden program  should keep folks awake!

The Hooksett Public Library uses a bingo card and asks patrons to use Novelist in order to complete one of the bingo squares.  What a great marketing idea for the free databases for library card holders!

Hollis Social Library is rewarding the adult who reads the most books during the program with an  e-reader.

Nashua Public Library promises some interesting nighttime programs such as Haunted Hikes and a Sherlock Holmes movie.

Weeks Library in Greenland runs its adult program from Memorial Day through Labor Day and offers a raffle ticket toward a grand prize for every five books read.

If I missed your library’s “Between the Covers” program, please let me know.  Enjoy your summer reading programs and stay cool!