Idaho Commission for Libraries

Idaho Is Wild about Reading - November 15-21, 2009

This year the Read to Me program is partnering with Idaho's Be Outside project to promote the wonders of nature we Idahoans enjoy right in our backyard along with the joy of family reading.

We’re also straying from our usual folder of information with a new format and hopefully saved a few trees and postage at the same time. In September, every Idaho public library and elementary school library received a CD loaded with great nature-based program ideas you can use year-round plus handouts that support family reading, early literacy skills, booklists and much more.

Register Your Event - Get Free Books

We invite publicly-funded Idaho public libraries and elementary schools libraries planning a Family Reading Week event to register online . The first 150 Idaho libraries that register will receive two free hardback books -- Bear Snores On, by Karma Wilson and Wild Tracks, by Jim Arnosky -- you can use in your program. Every library that registers will be entered in a drawing to receive a dozen hardback books that will be great to use with this year's theme "Idaho Is Wild about Reading." Books will be mailed to libraries by November 16th.

So far, 115 libraries have registered. To see a small sampling of things Idaho library staff have planned for the 2010 Idaho Family Reading Week, click here.

Resources for your events

Idaho Family Reading Week graphic
Sample News Release
Tips on Motivating Parents to Attend Your Event
Sample Proclamation
Be Outside Programming Ideas for Libraries
Nature Program Ideas from other Libraries
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