• Have a Poetry Festival
  Read poetry with your children. Our library has the works of some wonderful and funny poets, including such favorites as Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.
  
  
• Make up Stories Together
  One family member starts the story. At a 'cliffhanger' moment, let the next person continue. Write it down, talk into a tape recorder, or just make them up out loud. Warning: this can get very silly!
  
  
• Do Arts and Crafts Together
  Draw scenes from your favorite stories. Make puppets of your favorite characters, and act the stories out together.
  
  
• Book Sharing
  Do you have a favorite story? Share it with your children, moms, and dads! Share a book with your best friend or neighbor.
  
  
• Have a Week of No TV!
  Sign a pledge, wear a button, carry a sign: 'Reading only, please.' Don't forget: reading out loud, staging dramatic or silly readings, can be just as exciting and, you do it together!
  
  
• Put on a Magic Show
  Kids love magic, and the props can be things mentioned in a favorite book.
  
  
• Organize Games
  Play book trivia question-and-answer, create book crossword puzzles, play "Name That Book."
  
  
• Take Field Trips
  Visit local literary landmarks, the library, a bookstore. How about the Dr. Seuss exhibit at the Springfield Quadrangle Museums? Have you been to Emily Dickinson's House in Amherst?
  
  
• Hold a Cooking Fest
  Have fun making food from stories, like Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs & Ham. We also have a book of recipes from Roald Dahl's stories, guaranteed to elicit a few giggles!
  
  
• Have a Book Character Costume Party
  Dress up as any book character you like: The cat in the Hat, Harriet the Spy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the choice is yours! Invite some friends to do the same, mix in some of the activities from above & you'll have a fun and silly literary party.
  

• Above all, have fun and keep reading!