The 2013 summer reading season is only a month away.  Please remember to check out the great resources on the www.summerreadingnys.org website. The librarian and educators section is filled with resources and over the next few weeks additional resources for parents, teens, and children are being added. Full details about the Teen Video Challenge winners has just been posted.

For the latest information all summer long please check out the Summer Reading News blog

A recent post includes an update from the CSLP Annual meeting with information about ordering, slogans, themes, etc.

Please send DLD  any news about your summer programs and they will be happy to share on our their blogs.

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated almost $5.5 million worth of new children’s books to more than 3,000 libraries in all 50 states.

In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to

$1,050 worth of new children’s books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds.

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