Take a minute to watch this youtube video called 

Between the Lions: Song - "Read a Book Today".

Every summer the public libraries put on a Summer Reading Program. Check back in June for this year's theme. Call Mrs. Johnson at the public library, 826-3112, for more information.

Check out all the new puzzles, games, reading suggestions, resources and more at www.summerreadingnys.org .

Barnes and Noble, Imagination's Destination, you to read 8 books over the summer. After completing their form (more information here ) you can return it and use the coupon for a FREE book.

Scholastic wants you to join them online (after you get parent permission), for the Scholastic Summer Challenge.  Go to http://www.scholastic.com/summer/ and then click on the Scholastic Summer Challenge icon to learn more.

 The NYS Assembly is also partnering with NYS Public Libraries and you can receive a special certificate if you have 40 days marked off on their special calendar that you can get here .

• Bookadventure - Summer Reading Lists  
• The Bookhive  
• Education World: Summer Reading Lists  
• Hornbook: Children's Classics, a booklist for parents - a pdf file
• 88 Great Reads  
• Find a Book - Lexile - search the Lexile database by your reading level and make your own booklists!
• Reading is Fundamental: Book Search  
• Reading Rockets: 75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know  
• Summertime Favorites -classic children's literature for grades K-12 presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Librarians Recommend Books for Boys
• 101 Books That Hook Kids on Reading

Summer Reading Adventure! Tips for Parents of Young Readers
Several brochures intended for parents that give tips for finding books and magazines,
encouraging reading, and ways to use summer activities to foster reading during the summer months.
These can be downloaded free from the International Reading Association  

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
A companion web site for the PBS 5 part series on helping young children acquire the skills they need to learn to read.

Summer Learning
Johns Hopkins University School of Education Center for Summer learning site.

Stories/Books (with sound)

· Storyline Online (Celebrities reading stories)

· KIZCLUB-Learning Resources for Kids (See levels to the left)

· Stories from the Web Site

· Starfall (Several Stories) 

· _{Interactive Story Books online (Woodlands Schools: Scroll Down)}

· International Children's Digital Library

· _{BBC - CBeebies - Stories and Rhymes}

· _{Book Pop Virtual Literature}

· _{Kindersite educational games songs stories}

· _{StoryPlace: Pre-school Library}

· Speakaboos (Look to the left for categories)

· Stories and links

· RIF (Book Zone)

· Storybook Web  

· _{Interactive Myths and Legends}

· Storybird (Has stories made by children and you can create some as well)

·         Redenvelope: Curl Up with your favorite blanket... (suggested by a student in Ms. Jennings class (thank you! ;-)...) is a list of online sites that include nursery rhymes, Aesop's Fables, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Holiday Stories, etc)

•   Read to Me - entertainers read books aloud (includes Fancy Nancy, Duck Soup, Granny McFanny etc)
  
• Reading Teacher - 82 stories to teach beginning reading 

Stories/Books (no sound sound)

Children's Library

Children's Books Forever

We Give Books (includes non-fiction as well as fiction)

Audio Stories/Podcasts

· The Story Home™ Children's Audio Stories | FREE Podcast Stories for   Kids and Family, Original and Classic Fairy Tales

· BAB Books: On-Line Stories for Kids

· Podiobooks.com (Audio Books Online)

· MrsP.com Children's Storybooks Online Library - Own videos

· Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids

· Audiobook Podcasts

 · StoryBee - professional storytellers spin their wonderful tales