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Manual Summer Reading Club 2011 : Savour Each Word Manual Summer Reading Club 2011 : Savour Each Word Summer Reading Club websites: SRC 2011 Librarians' website: kidssrc.bclibrary.ca (available now) SRC 2011 Kids website: www.kidssrc.ca (available in June) BCLA SRC Programs: http://src.bclibraries.ca/ (past years of SRC) Welcome to SRC: For 2011, BC's unique Summer Reading Club promotes the deliciousness of reading! The public library is a place for kids and families to find the stories and information that will tickle their tastebuds, bring va-voom to their vocabularies and delight to their dreams as they savour each word all summer long. Summer Reading Club is very likely your library’s biggest family literacy program each year so have a “literacy jam” this summer and spread the word. Yum! SRC 2011 Artwork: The BC SRC is honoured to have this year’s artwork contributed by BC illustrator, Rose Cowles. She is a Governor General Award nominated artist and has been designing and illustrating books since 1990. She has won many awards for both book illustration and graphic design and her picture books are printed and sold both nationally and internationally. Some of Rose's books are: “Gilbert de la Frogponde” by Jennifer Rae; “The Mysterious You Series” with Kids Can Press and “Puppies On Board” with Orca Books Publishing. Find her online at http://rosecowles.com/ Materials: Materials for this year’s SRC include the reading record, posters, bookmarks, stickers, and the ever-popular rubber stamp! Other promotional items will be for sale – see the Librarians’ SRC website at kidssrc.bclibrary.ca Grants from the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education through BCLA allows BC SRC to give a number of free materials to libraries each year and offer more materials at a low cost. How do the materials work? Summer reading clubs have been shown to encourage kids to read regularly and thus maintain or improve their reading skills while school is out. The primary goals of SRC are to help kids develop the habit of regular reading and also to promote public libraries as a community resource for life-long learning. Each public library creates their own individual summer reading club using the BC SRC materials as the starting point. Reading Record: The “reading record” is a fun way for kids to keep track during the summer. It has been designed with the idea that participants will read every day for 49 days or seven weeks (or almost every day over… 10 weeks) but it could also be used to record numbers of books or pages. The library can suggest a reading goal such as 15 minutes a day or a book a day or a chapter a day etc. You could also let the children determine their own reading goal. Check out the page entitled “I’ve Joined the Summer Reading Club Now What Do I Do?” for an example of how it works in one library. Stickers: The reading record is designed to be completed by seven stickers. These could be awarded for each seven days of reading or for each seven books or pages or simply on a weekly basis. Bookmarks: Often given out when kids sign up, bookmarks can be given out as libraries wish. Posters: Put up in the library, send to schools in your area, put up in Malls or other places, buy extras for prizes and giveaways to the kids. Medals: Designed to be awarded when participants “complete” the reading record or summer reading program. Each library decides for their own community what exactly completion may entail or when the medals will be given out. Many libraries have big parties at the end of the summer where medals are “awarded” to participants who have completed their reading records. Often local politicians and/or RBC representatives are invited as thanks for their support and to show the community how important literacy is. Promotional items: Extra fun things like t-shirts or prize items are available through the Librarians’ website. SRC 2011 Manual: The manual has been designed to assist you plan, promote and carry out SRC in your community. We include programs, booklists and activity sheets for each of the seven themes or “weeks”. There are sample letters and press releases to assist in promotion. Feel free to modify materials and text as needed for your library. This manual and other useful resources are also available online – see the list of websites. Seven Themes: The themes correspond with the seven weeks or 49 days of reading in the reading record. Subthemes are suggested as a way to create more scope. Libraries use the themes as a starting point for creating displays, contests and programs. SRC 2011: Savour Each Word 1. Go Bananas! Suggested subthemes: humour, jokes 2. Local Flavour Suggested subthemes: BC books and authors 3. Goblet of Goodies Suggested subthemes: science fiction, fantasy 4. Munchy Crunchy Books Suggested subthemes: non-fiction, cookbooks, history 5. Mystery Meals Suggested subthemes: mystery, adventure 6. Peanuts and popcorn! Suggested subthemes: sports, heroes, movies 7. Tantalizing Tidbits Suggested subthemes: riddles, brain teasers, poetry, folk and fairytales Websites: Besides this print manual, there are two Summer Reading Club 2011 websites and one site with past SRCs. SRC 2011 Librarians' website: kidssrc.bclibrary.ca (available now) SRC 2011 Kids website: www.kidssrc.ca (available in June) BCLA SRC Programs: src.bclibraries.ca (past years of SRC) Sponsors: SRC is created in cooperation with the British Columbia Library Association with funding assistance from the Public Library Services Branch, BC Ministry of Education, Minister George Abbott. The Royal Bank Financial Group (RBC) has generously provided funding toward the completion medals. Your local public library. Public libraries, large and small, buy extra SRC materials and local staff both create and support the BC SRC program. Please consider sending a thank you to your local RBC branch, the Minister of Education or your own library board. A note or postcard at the end of the program to let them know how much we appreciate their support would be wonderful. Have participants create drawings or letters to send. Recognize the sponsors in your SRC promotional materials and advertisements. It is with the support of such institutions that public libraries throughout the Province are able to provide this unique literacy program, the BC Summer Reading Club, to about 85,000 children. The 2011 Summer Reading Club Committee Els Kushner - BC SRC 2011 Coordinator Librarian, North Vancouver District Public Library Hilary Russell - BC SRC 2011 Committee Chair Manager – Abbotsford Libraries Fraser Valley Regional Library Kevin Coates - SRC 2011 Coordinator Tween Programs Customer Services Librarian – Children and Youth Services Vancouver Island Regional Anne Martin - SRC 2011 Coordinator Primary Programs Assistant Manager – Children’s Services Vancouver Public Library Ginny Aho - SRC 2011 Coordinator Preschool Programs Youth Services Librarian Surrey Public Library Jacqueline van Dyk - SRC 2011 PLSB Contact Director Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education Rose Cowles - SRC 2011 Artist Roger Handling – SRC 2011 Graphic Artist Neil Firkins and also Jentekk Web Solutions – SRC 2011 Websites The 2011 Summer Reading Club Contributors We would like to extend our thanks to the following libraries for graciously contributing ideas or content (ie. staff time) for this year’s manual: Fraser Valley Regional Library Vancouver Island Regional Library Vancouver Public Library Surrey Public Library I’d also like to specially thank the North Vancouver District Library as I left them off last year’s list – sorry guys! As well, thank you to all other contributors who have helped to get this year’s Summer Reading Club off the ground! Summer Reading Club is made possible with the cooperation and coordination of staff from public libraries all across BC who sit on the BC SRC Committee (and some who don’t) and bring new and sometimes crazy ideas to the table each year. Please consider getting involved, either by sharing ideas or being available to write programs or other content. Ideas, comments, questions… available? Please feel free to contact BC SRC Committee Chair, Hilary Russell at the Clearbrook Library at 604-859-7814 or [email protected] or Els Kushner, BC SRC Coordinator at [email protected] May your picnic baskets always be full of books - happy summer reading everyone! Yours with all due regard, Hilary and Els. SRC 2011: Savour Each Word Booklist Week 1: Go Bananas! Submitted by: Katie Myers-Fraser Valley Regional Library Picture Books for Preschool – Kindergarten Armstrong, Jennifer. Once Upon a Banana The fun starts after a man tosses a banana peel into the garbage can and misses! Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad. Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping Things go a little bananas when the five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes! Kasza, Keiko. The Wolf's Chicken Stew A hungry wolf tries to fatten a chicken for his stewpot but it doesn’t quite work the way he expects. Munsch, Robert N. More pies! Samuel, a very hungry boy, joins a pie-eating contest at the park. Pinto, Sara. Apples and Oranges: Going Bananas with Pairs Some things are alike and not alike at the same time. A great conversation starter for young readers. Books for Primary School: Ages 6-9 Blume, Judy. Freckle juice Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents. Jeffers, Oliver. The Incredible Book Eating Boy Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy - the smartest boy in the world, but a book-eating diet isn't the healthiest, as Henry soon finds out.
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