Mar 24, 2010
Scholastic Launches Summer Reading Challenge
Scholastic, together with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and the National Summer Learning Association, is challenging kids to Read for the World Record, to help keep kids reading and learning all summer long.
Launching on April 30, the Scholastic Summer Challenge is a global summer reading program with a robust online community for kids—plus expert advice, engaging activities on Facebook, and summer book lists for parents, and resources for librarians and educators—all for free. The Scholastic Summer Challenge kicks off with a live webcast with bestselling authors Christopher Paul Curtis, Gordon Korman, R.L. Stine, and Lisa Yee as they go head-to-head in a book trivia game show on April 30 at 1 p.m. EST. Kids everywhere will test their book knowledge against these bestselling authors.
In conjunction with the Summer Challenge, Governors’ Spouses from across the nation are signing up to serve as “Reading Ambassadors” to help spread the important message about reading books over the summer in their respective states. This is the second year the Spouses are supporting this cause. Scholastic will donate 500 books to a school selected by each First Spouse, to ensure that children have books to take home to read over the summer vacation.
