2011-12 Amazing Read

Welcome to the wiki for the 2011-12 The Amazing Read! Summer Reading Club. Click on the following links for more information on each area. You are invited to contribute your ideas as well.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Resources and Templates

Access to support material for your Summer Reading Club program, official and unofficial reading logs and graphics

Purchasing Summer Reading Club Merchandise

Information about how to purchase promotional items for your Program

Interpreting the Theme

Suggestions for exploring "The Amazing Read" in your library

The Summer Reading Club Website

Information about the Summer Reading Club website

Promoting the Idea

Ways to promote the Summer Reading Club at your library

Display Ideas

Ideas for theme displays at your library

Recording Reading and Incentives

Ways of keeping young people motivated during the Summer Reading Club

Games and Activities including craft ideas

Fun in your library, including ideas for launches and wrap up parties

Authors, Illustrators and Entertainers

Suggestions for events in your library

Readers' Theatre and Storytelling Ideas

The Amazing Read! at your library

Songs and Rhymes

Storytime songs and rhymes for preschoolers

Reading Lists

Suggested reading for different ages and abilities

Activity Sheets

Contribute your activity sheets here

Teens

Activites and ideas for teenagers in your library

Adults

Ideas for encouraging the adults in your community to participate in "The Amazing Read!"

Professional Resources

A background reading list