Summer Reading Clubs: Complete Plans for 50 Theme-Based Library Programs

by Martha Seif Simpson

Collected here are 50 highly successful summer reading programs for grades K-7. Each highly flexible plan is developed around a specific theme (art, baseball, geography, zoos, and so on), providing fifteen related activities (bulletin boards, reading incentive games, etc.) and a materials list. A theme-related reading list--with fiction for younger readers (K-3) and older readers (4-7) and nonfiction titles--is included. A film and video list completes the program.

216 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 1992

About the author

Martha Seif Simpson is a retired Children’s Librarian and author. Her picture books are What NOT to Give Your Mom on Mother’s Day, The Dreidel That Wouldn’t Spin: A Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah, Esther’s Gragger: A Toyshop Tale of Purim and A Ring for a King: A Tale of King Solomon. A new Hanukkah book, I Will NOT Eat Latkes!, will be published in October 2026.

She enjoys talking about her books at libraries, schools and community centers. See her website, www.Martha-Seif-Simpson.com, to arrange a visit. She posts interviews with fellow children's book writers at https://marthakidlitauthor.substack.com. You can also find her on Bluesky at @marthakidlitauthor.bsky.social and on Facebook as Martha Kidlit Author.

Reviews

[Jenna (Falling Letters)]

This book is from 1992. Though it has some fun ideas, it is notably outdated with one cringeworthy theme being “Chief Big Reader and the Indians of North America”.