My children love summer reading programs. Besides signing up at our local library, here are a few we plan to participate in this year:

Barnes and Noble has a Summer Reading Program for children in the first through sixth grade. Children are required to read eight books and fill out a form telling their favorite part of each story to earn a free book.

I read on Dana's blog that Cay Gibson just started a blog called  Author Fiesta,  which features a different  childrens' author each month.  I thought it would be fun to follow along with her and  find some new books to read. She also has free printables and other neat stuff to go along with the study. This month the featured author is Patricia Polacco. We just checked out a stack of Polacco books today.  If you are interested, you might also want to check out the new family reunions unit   at Homeschool Share which uses the book  When Lightning Comes In a Jar by Patricia Polacco. There are also studies on An Orange For Frankie, John Phillip Duck, Mrs. Mack, The Butterfly, The Trees of the Dancing Goats, Thunder Cake, and Rechenka's Eggs. (Thanks Dana.)

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine just announced their Summer Reading Splash, a reading program for homeschoolers. Every child who participates will receive a free E-book. Other prizes and incentives will be offered throughout the program, including some free bookmarks which you can download right now.

If you know of any others, please let me know.