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Here is the latest from the Texas State Library regarding summer reading programs. Amanda Now that the 2005 Texas Reading Club is winding down, many of you are beginning to plan your 2006 Reading Clubs. The 2006 theme is "Reading: The Sport of Champions!" and the artist is Frank Remkiewicz, illustrator of the Froggy series by Jonathan London. I am very happy to announce that the clip art is now available on the Texas State Library web site at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/2006/index.html. It is delightful! As you begin preparing for your 2006 Reading Clubs, please review the Acceptable Use of Artwork, also on the web page. Next week, Order Forms for the 2006 Texas Reading Club materials (posters, bookmarks, certificates, reading logs, and manuals on CD-Rom) will be mailed to you. The Order Form will also be available online. Along with the 2006 Order Form, the Evaluation Form for the 2005 Texas Reading Club will also be mailed next week. The Evaluation Form is currently online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/forms/eval.html. Please have a look at Steve Brown's article in this summer's Texas Library Journal entitled, "What Is a Summer Worth?" Many of you are familiar with research that shows that children may lose 3 months of reading skills when they do not read during the summer, and that the loss is cumulative each year. As you know, teachers must remediate this loss, and it may take several months for children to regain their reading skills. The article states that Texas spends $7,860 for each child in K-12, and that your summer reading club may be saving hundreds of dollars per child. In fact, the amount is estimated at $873 per child. Multiply that times the number of children in your reading club, and you will discover that you make a greater difference than you ever imagined. I hope you will share this with your library administration, your school library and other community partners, and with families in your community, so that they may recognize the value of your reading club. Thank you for all of your hard work in hosting your reading clubs. I hope that August is restful and rejuvenating. Kindest regards, Christine McNew Youth Services Consultant Library Development Division Texas State Library and Archives Commission PO Box 12927 Austin, TX 78711-2927 Phone: 1-800-252-9386 (Texas only) or 512-463-6623 Fax: 512-463-8800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx
