NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Recent research from The Kids & Family Reading Report indicates that 91% of kids say that their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves 1 - and summer is the perfect time for those fun books kids choose themselves. To encourage kids to "Power Up and Read" throughout the summer, 13 favorite children's authors have written original short stories that kids can unlock as rewards in this year's Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. This free summer reading program, created by Scholastic and powered by Energizer,encourages kids around the world to log the minutes they spend reading in order tounlock more stories, earnrewards, and help set a new world record for minutes read seeking to top the 304,749,681 minutes read in summer 2014. Children and families can sign up for the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge starting today at www.scholastic.com/summer.
The top children's authors participating include: Blue Balliett, Patrik Henry Bass, Varian Johnson, Gordon Korman, Michael Northtrop, Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pierce, Roland Smith, R.L. Stine, Tui T. Sutherland, Lauren Tarshis, Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Jude Watson. Each of the authors has written a unique short story using the same opening sentence which is,"I glanced over my shoulder to make sure that no one had followed me into the shadowy library, then took a deep breath and opened the glowing book"
"We know that summer is the ideal time for kids to discover the power and joy of reading," said Maggie McGuire, VP Scholastic Kids & Parents Online. "The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge creates an environment where kids are encouraged to choose their own books and read all summer, setting kids up to succeed when returning to school in the fall."
"I am a big believer in the power of choice when it comes to reading. In some cases, this freedom takes the pressure off reading, allowing a book to 'just be a book.' Other times, it allows readers to choose a book that serves as a mirror of their world or a window to a different perspectiveor both! Whatever the reason, the power to choose gets us all reading, and the more we read, the more we grow," said acclaimed author Varian Johnson, one of the featured authors in this year's Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge.
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For more information about the Scholastic Summer Challenge, please visit http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/SummerReadingChallenge.
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