Summer Reading

Keep your student learning this summer! Scroll down this page to find:

Community Summer Reading Incentive Programs
Summer F.AVE eBook Checkout Links
Free online eBook websites
How to get a public library card
News for Kids Resources
Recommended Summer Reading Lists
Summer Reading Goal Information
Parent Resources & Community Summer Opportunities

Did you know?...

Students who do not read over the summer lose about three months of reading growth! That means that if you do not read during all of your summer breaks, you could lose two years of reading growth by the end of elementary school! Kids who read at least six books over the summer will maintain or improve their reading progress!

Want to know more about the summer reading slide? Click here!

Here’s the good news… It doesn’t matter what you read over the summer, as long as you are reading something!

Do you love comics? Read them!
Do you love magazines? Read them!
Do you love gaming manuals? Read them!
Fiction? Non-fiction? Graphic Novels? Just keep reading!

Listening to stories counts as reading! Get some audiobooks from the public library or ask your parents to read to you. Reading aloud to a little brother, sister, cousin, or pet counts!

So...how do you get books to read over the summer?

Participate in a Summer Reading Challenge listed below. Some of them offer ways to get new books.
Scroll down to find out all about the many ebook resources you have including SORA, Destiny, eRead Kids, and more!
Check out books from the public library! Scroll down for directions to get a library card, if you don't have one.
Read online news for kids! Scroll down for links to many different news sites.
Use recommended reading lists from librarians all over the country! Scroll down.

Summer Reading Programs & Challenges!

Participate in some of the community summer reading programs. It's a great way to keep reading and earn fun prizes!

Rising 4th Graders & Rising 5th Graders - GA Book Award Books - Rising 5th Graders will have a chance to try out for the reading bowl team next year! Get a head start on those books!
Rising 6th Graders -try reading some of the GA Book Award Nominees for 6-8 grades!

Click on the pictures below for summer reading programs that reward you with prizes like free icees, ice cream, pizza, and maybe even electronics!

Dekalb County Public Library Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Program

Carlos Museum - Wrapped Up in Reading Summer Program

Win a free Pizza Hut pizza!

read Ebooks over the summer!

Engage with digital reading over the summer! Scroll below for many ways to access digital books using the F.AVE library, the public libraries, news sites for kids, the entire internet!

F.AVE ebooks
Our own F.AVE library collection has many ebooks available for student use.
F.AVE ebooks are not available yet for rising 3rd graders unfortunately, unless you used it in 2nd grade.

For Sora:
U: school email address
P: google passwords

Scroll down on the Destiny Discover page and find the EBOOK row to browse ebooks.

Free EBOOKS on the internet

Click the red links below for more free online books!

DCPL eBooks - Dekalb County Public Library has many free ebooks available, just use your library card and check them out! If you are a rising 4th-6th grader, use your SORA account to check out books. Watch this for directions!

Books Should Be Free! - free audio books of fantastic titles!

Kid's Classics - a limited collection of classics for younger and older kids.

Open Culture - 500 free ebooks, mostly classics!

Planet eBook - Free ebooks, classics and audio books

Storyline Online - Famous people reading children's books out loud, a lot of fun!

Amazon's Top 100 Free eBooks

Get a Public library card!

The public library has several ways to read online using your public library card!

How to Get a Library Card with the DeKalb County Public Library

Instructions for how to register for a library card are here.
Fill out this online registration form with your family!

How do I check out books?

Log in with your DeKalb library account
Search for books you want to read
When you find something you want to read, click on "Place Request" > choose the library you want to pick up your books from (probably "Decatur") > click "Submit"
You may have to click "Continue" on the next page
Once your books are ready for pickup, they will text or email you
Go get them with a parent/guardian who will need their ID!

OR just go to the library and browse!

Your library card also gives you access to the Georgia Public Library Service & the 15,000 free ebooks and audiobook available there. Click the pictures above to learn more.