Tag: summer reading
Checking out our summer “stacks”
By Lauren on June 26th, 2012
As you know, we’re obsessed with summer reading. So far we’ve brought you a list of great books to bring to the beach and a look at how and what some Mt. Vernon elementary school students will be reading this season. We even have a new summermore… full post
Our Summer Challenge from you!
By Michael on June 22nd, 2012
Last week, we asked our Facebook and Twitter followers to send us your Summer Reading challenges. The response was AMAZING! I decided to get some help from my staff at The Scholastic Store and here is what they came up with: There were severalmore… full post
Beach reads wrap-up: What the Minds are reading the last weekend of summer
By Lauren on September 2nd, 2011
Over the past few months the bloggers at OOM (and all of our readers) have been celebrating one of our favorite summer pastimes—reading. From setting a new world record for reading minutes to checking out the best new beach reads or vacationmore… full post
A new world record for summer reading!
By Ivy on August 24th, 2011
We’re thrilled to announce that more than 100,000 kids participating in the Scholastic Summer Challenge broke the 2010 Read for the World Record of 52,710,368 reading minutes! But it’s not over yet…kids are still reading and loggingmore… full post
Sneaking in some reading this summer
By Michael on July 27th, 2011
You may have noticed we are really into Summer Reading around here… But in the dog days of summer, with camp, swimming pools and family vacations, keeping kids reading can be tough! So how can you make sure reading stays top of mind? Themore… full post
Is your local library a summer sanctuary?
By Amanda on July 18th, 2011
We’ve talked about summer reading a lot these past few months – why it’s important, why we love it, what we’re reading, and how to keep kids engaged. But one thing we haven’t discussed is how important libraries are in building a summer readingmore… full post
What’s the definition of a great “summer read”?
By Amanda on July 13th, 2011
Summer is a great time to catch up on your reading, but with so many books to choose from and so few weeks to read them all, how to do choose which ones make it to your summer reading list? Do you use summer as a time to catch up on those “beachmore… full post
What gets you through the dog days of summer?
By Morgan on July 12th, 2011
Some traditions are full of meaning, history, and importance. My summer reading tradition, however, is not. It’s really just about survival.* Each summer, I reread two books: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Summer Sisters by Judymore… full post
All 59,000 four-year-old Pre-K students in NYC public schools to receive books this summer
By Tyler on June 30th, 2011
I visited the Abyssinian Head Start center on 138th Street in Harlem on Tuesday, one of the last days of school before the summer break. About 40 four-year-old students will be graduating from the Pre-K program there this year and moving intomore… full post
