Library

Happy summer!

Here is your one-stop shop for summer reading ideas! Attached you will find:

• 100 ways to inspire kids to read

• A summer reading log

• Summer reading bookmarks to print and color

• Information about the summer reading program at the Fairfax County Public Library

• A list of Virginia Reader's Choice books for next school year. VRC are books chosen by state librarians that the entire state of Virginia reads. Kids can get a jump start this summer!

• For rising 5th and 6th graders, a list of our Battle of the Books for next school year with summaries of each of the 12 books. BOTB is a weekly book club with a competition at the end of the school year. Our first book will be All He Knew. 

Daily reading is a great way to prevent the summer slide. Read along with your child! Read TO your child. Have your child read to YOU. Read to a pet, a sibling, a stuffed animal! Grandparents LOVE to be read to. Your children are used to doing silent, sustained reading. Continue this over the summer. Use the 100 ways to make reading fun. Kids that complete and return the "Read S'more & S'more & S'more" sheet will get a prize. 

Join multiple summer reading programs and get more bang for your reading buck! Students can log their hours with the FCPL program, our program, and programs from book stores:  Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program.

Children model what they see. Here's to a book-filled summer for us all. Thank you for your partnership in your child's education. I am so proud of the readers they are becoming. 

Wishing you all the best this summer.

Mrs. Stolz
Librarian