Many school aged children, especially struggling readers, forget some of what they’ve learned  or just don’t get to practice reading over the summer.   School libraries and public libraries can work together to help prevent the “Summer slide” by working together to promote Summer Reading Programs.

At the Summer Reading Planning Workshop, participants spent time discussing ways to communicate and reach out to  school librarians, school organizations and personnel to increase participation over the summer for the benefit of the children they both serve.

Here are a few ideas generated at the workshop:

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