Studies have shown that student choice is a powerful motivator in reading. The PSB Summer Reading Lists are a perfect place to start - hundreds of great books to choose from. Let them listen to audiobooks.
Preserve a time for your child to read daily.
Keep reading together.
Listen to audiobooks when traveling or just at home.
Keep reading picture books. It is easy to think of picture books as “simple”, but a good picture book is anything but that. Check out this piece from the New York Times.
Your child’s school library includes access to ebooks and audiobooks using their brooklinek12.org account. Sora has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks.
Local bookstores, such as The Brookline Booksmith, Hummingbird Books, and The Frugal Bookstore.
The Public Library of Brookline has a special shelves of Summer Reading books and offer great e and audiobook options, including Tumblebooks for younger readers.
Be part of a reading community: sign up for the Summer Reading Programs at the Public Library of Brookline, the Boston Public Library, or whatever public library you are near this summer. Most libraries have programs for kids and teens.
The Best Books List, hundreds of books chosen by Brookline public and school librarians, sortable by grade and genre.
New York Public Library's 125 Kids Books We Love
NPR's Welcome To Story Hour: 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers
Single Page Summer Goals
Bookmark: June
Bookmark: July
Bookmark: August
Read for 24 hours
10 Book Summer Challenge
20 Book Summer Challenge
Color the Bookworm
Squishmallow Challenge
Taylor Swift Summer Reading
Reading bingo (K-2)
Reading bingo (3+)
Walk a Mile Challenge
Genre Challenge
Level Up Your Summer
Read the Book Watch the Movie