Library Media Summer Newsletter
Support Your Children with Daily Reading This Summer!
Waterville Valley Elementary School Published Authors!
Students in grades 3-5 and 5-8 wrote their stories and illustrated them in March and April. We celebrated our new authors on May 18 and June 1.
Parents and guardians received a letter and information on how to buy a copy of their book.
Email me at: egaides@pemibaker.org if you did not get the letter.
2024-2025 WVES StoryJumper Projects:
https://www.storyjumper.com/program/successStory/ethelgaides
Start with a Book: Read. Explore. Learn!
Free BOOK IT! Program (Grades PreK-6)
Click on: https://www.bookitprogram.com/
Use the BOOK IT!® Mobile App to set goals, track progress, and redeem rewards. During the summer months of June, July, and August, any child that meets their parent-set reading goals can earn a free Pizza Hut® single topping Personal Pan Pizza®* from participating locations.
Camp Khan Kids (Grades PreK-3)
Camp Khan Kids is totally free. Each week brings a new adventure, packed with stories, hands-on crafts, and activities kids can do on the app or screen-free. No schedule to follow. No supplies to buy. Just learning and play, all summer long. Sign up today at: www.khanacademy.org/kids/camp
Imagination Soup! (Grades K-8)
Click on: https://imaginationsoup.net/free-summer-reading-printable-kids/
Support your children with intentional, daily reading and reflecting over the summer.
Summer Reading Lists of Best Books for Kids:
Click on: https://imaginationsoup.net/free-printable-summer-reading-bingo/
Every Kid Outdoors
Hey fourth graders! See America’s natural wonders and historic sites for free. Let's Go! You and your family get FREE access to hundreds of parks, lands, and waters for an entire year! Here is the link: https://everykidoutdoors.gov/how.htm
SORA Reads! (Grades K-12)
Choose your own reading adventure this summer with SORA Reads! Choices include ebooks, audiobooks, read along online books! The link will take you to "sign into Pemi Baker School District". Use your child's school email address. Link for SORA: https://soraapp.com/library/sau48
Summer of Adventure with PBS Kids! (Grades PreK-3)
Click on: https://www.pbs.org/parents/summer
Explore and play all summer long with a variety of free resources from PBS KIDS. Spark curiosity and creativity with hands-on activities and games supporting literacy, math, science, and fun. Get started here with summer fun for the whole family!
Happy Summertime Reading!
Summer reading is the best type of reading because you get to choose what you want to read, listen to, and relax with. Read what you want, how you want, where you want, and when you want. Enjoy your reading freedom and read what you love.
Summer Book Bingo: Fill out the form and return it to me on August 31, the first day of school!
Have a safe and wonderful summer of 2026 filled with great adventures in reading.
See you in August! --Mrs. Gaides