Dig Into Reading This Summer!
“Sharing the Joy of a New Discovery,” Sculpture and casting by Wes and Alice Thompson, at the Tony Hillerman Library in Albuquerque, NM
Hello, everyone! Are you winding down a great school year? Here in New Mexico, there are only a few days left before the last school bell rings and summer break officially begins. Then it will be flip flops, swim suits, road trips, summer programs, outdoor music and lots of sunshine fun.
One great opportunity during summer will be to join the fabulous summer reading programs in public libraries all across the country. This year’s theme from coast to coast is, “Dig Into Reading!” (Check out the PSA video!) Our kids always love to find out the theme each year and have taken seriously the task of picking up their reading log at summer’s beginning. They write down all the books they’ve read each week (or we write what we’ve read to the little ones – even babies are encouraged to participate!) and then they take great joy in taking their log back to any branch of the library to be stamped and to get a little weekly prize for being such good readers.
Libraries are such wonderful, magical places for children. Each book really is its own adventure. Sometimes we go in with purpose and find just the one we’re looking for. Other times we wander in and happen upon delightful surprises. It’s fun to think that children across generations have shared the older books as a community and it’s exciting when we find a brand new book and wonder if maybe we are the first to take it home. Read more »
