Summer Readers
Our storytelling presentations and book giveaways at various summer programs across Vermont and New Hampshire help keep reading a part of children’s lives during school vacation.
We work closely with organizations such as Hunger Free Vermont, New Hampshire Department of Education, and the New Hampshire Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services to identify lunch programs and low-income summer camps to visit.
Then we send authors and storytellers such as Simon Brooks, Marty Kelly, and Marv Klassen-Landis to visit eager campers, summer lunch program participants, and library storytime groups all over New Hampshire and Vermont.
Our presenters tell stories, read aloud from books, and share their love of words, reading, and writing. Then each child who participates can choose two books to keep from a wide selection of brand-new children’s books.
We Let Children Choose Their Books
CLiF has always found that when children choose their own books, they’re more excited about reading and more likely to read. A study by the International Reading Association agrees: its authors found that 80% of students say the books they enjoy the most are the ones they choose themselves.
To Apply
An organization, program or facility must meet these requirements to apply for CLiF’s Summer Readers program:
- Be based in Vermont or New Hampshire and run during the summer months
- Serve children from birth to age 12 (or within that range)
- At least 35% of the children served must qualify for free and reduced lunch, reduced program tuition or a scholarship
- Must be able to gather at least 25 children for a storytelling event
We accept applications for Summer Readers anytime after March 15, 2013.