G’day mates! Are you and your readers ready to go down under to the Lucky Country this summer? If not, no worries: we’ve got you covered! G’day for Reading, the 2008 New Hampshire Summer Reading Program is a goer of a theme, so don’t get up a gumtree; take a squiz through this manual for all you’ll need to have an ace summer reading program!

The Summer Reading Program Committee has put together a manual that has something in it for everyone; from the librarian who is planning their first Summer Reading Program to the librarian who’s done so many they can’t remember their first Summer Reading Program! You will find ideas for activities and programs, crafts and puzzles, sample parent letters and press releases, to name just a few. You can use these ideas as is, or use them as inspiration for your own, unique program.

This year’s artwork has been created by cartoonist Stephanie Piro, a resident of Farmington. (Read more about her in this manual!) Your readers will be stoked when they see the bonza artwork on the Summer Reading Program poster and T-shirt, as well as on the reading logs, certificates, and bookmarks. Stephanie has also provided heaps of clip art for you to use in your own publicity!

At the end of the summer, please be sure to fill out the evaluation form found in this manual and return it to the SRP committee. This information helps us in future funding, and lets us know what does or doesn’t work. We need your valuable input in planning future summer reading programs.

And if you’d like to share your ideas while having a corker of time, please consider joining the Summer Reading Program Committee. We meet the first Friday morning of each month at the Local Government Center in Concord. Contact Ann Hoey at the State Library (271-2865) for more information.
‘Ooroo!
Marie Lejeune CHILIS President