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Summer reading programs began in the 1890s as a way to encourage school children, particularly those in urban areas and not needed for farm work, to read during their summer vacation, use the library and develop the habit of reading.
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Summer Reading Programs for Adults
Description of 2015 California Library Association webinar, with link to archive.
How America Learned to Love Summer Reading
Article in the August 12, 2012 Boston Globe, by Craig Fehrman reveiwing this history of "summer reading."
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