Public libraries across Colorado are gearing up to offer summer reading programs for students of all ages. Along with reading programs, libraries will offer events, crafts, prizes and other fun activities to promote the enjoyment of a good book.
See entire press release (PDF)
Summer Reading Program website
Colorado’s youth and adult correctional facility libraries are the information centers for their residents. The State Library’s Institutional Library Development team works hard to ensure residents have quality materials to:
support efforts toward self-improvement and successful reintegration into society increase literacy levels promote reading as a constructive use of leisure time teach effective use of librariesAssistance in helping us meet these goals is greatly appreciated. To help the public donate useful materials, there are new guidelines for Department of Corrections libraries.
For more information about how you can donate to any state institutional library, contact Teresa Allen, acquisitions and youth institutions consultant at the State Library.
Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL), has expanded the Every Child Ready to Read program to 10 more public libraries in Colorado. The program provides training and materials in early literacy skills to library staff at medium and small public libraries in Colorado. The 10 libraries selected for the program will receive materials, training and mentoring to provide brain-research based story time programs and activities to their communities.
Below, CSL staff is having fun with with some of the Storytimes Grant materials. From left to right: Lisa Boyd, Michelle Gebhart, Melissa Carlson.
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Looking for a gift for a young child? Check out Hennipin County Public Library’s “Birth Through Age Six” newsletter for “Choosing Books for Gifts.” http://www.hclib.org/BirthTo6/Newsletter/Newsletter.cfm#choosing
Even better, read through and offer advice to parents and grandparents on selecting books for young children. The greatest gifts we can give to young children is the joy of stories, reading and learning. For more on the importance of books, reading and early literacy, see the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy website at http://clel.org
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