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Summer Reading Program

Maine State Library Outreach, in conjunction with the Maine Library Association, is pleased to offer Maine libraries the opportunity to take advantage of the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP). CSLP has been in operation since 1987. Participating states have input into the selection of themes and materials to be developed for each year's program. The materials are professionally produced just for use by libraries in participating states.

Summer reading programs are proven to help prevent summer loss--a documented phenomenon where children lose ground in critical skills over summer months due to lack of use.

2009 Summer Reading Forms Available

Forms in MS Word format:

2009 Summer Reading Book Order form

2009 Summer Reading "Books I Read" form

2009 Themes

The 2009 themes are "Be Creative @ Your Library " for children and "Express Yourself @ Your Library" for teens. A copy of the 2009 manual was sent to public libraries who requested one in November 2008.

If you plan to order incentives, Upstart recommends ordering early for greatest product availability. By placing your order by March 1, 2009, you should receive your order by May 1, 2009. For more information about incentives and ordering online, visit the Collaborative Summer Library Program 2009 Program.

For more information or if you have questions about the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), please contact Jim Roy at 1-800-762-7106 or email him.