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School may be out, but the learning doesn't have to stop. These sites will make summer reading a time for enrichment and enjoyment.

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ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY: WORLD OF READING

www.worldreading.org

Send your readers off with a challenge: to submit as many reviews as they can to this site, which features hundreds of searchable book reviews written by kids. However, remember to tell parents that students' first names, ages, and hometowns are collected here.

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FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

www.co.fairfax.va.us/library

Click on "Good Reading" to access an impressive archive of recommended reading lists. The booklists for children include "Harry Potter Alternatives," "Library Heroes and Heroines," and "Multicultural Fiction." Each entry is annotated, which makes finding the reviewed titles a breeze.

BOOK ADVENTURE

www.bookadventure.com

While corporate motivational reading programs abound, what makes Sylvan Learning's Book Adventure noteworthy is its emphasis on reading as its own reward. Most of the prizes students can register to win are reading-related, such as books, bookmarks, and educational CD-ROMs. This is a great program to recommend to your reluctant readers--it's easy, free, and all online.

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PARENTING WEB RESOURCES

www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/parenting.html

You might want to include this URL in an end-of-the-year newsletter--parents can click on "Reading" to access a large collection of links to support their children's reading skills. This site is great for parents who want to introduce kids to the library, but aren't necessarily active library users themselves.

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HOUSTON SCHOOL LIBRARY NETWORK: SUMMER READING LISTS

www.pshouston.org/haisln

This site is a good choice for students looking for summer reads. Although the lists here include only brief annotations, they contain well-chosen, high-interest suggestions for grades K--12. A PreK list is helpful for even the youngest summer readers.

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INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION: CHOICES

www.reading.org/choices

Parents will surely want copies of the informative PDF book-lists available through the International Reading Association. In addition to recommendations based on a national poll of teachers and students, the handouts feature advice for reading aloud, activities for readers at every level, and tips for sparking a lifelong love of books.

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL: ADVICE & TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

www.rif.org/educators/advicetips

We know it's fundamental to keep students reading over the summer--but how can teachers help when kids are out of the classroom? Go to this site and click on "Preventing Summer Reading Loss" for a wealth of helpful tips and suggestions, such as combining reading with another favorite summer activity: baseball.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS ONLINE: THE ROSETTA PROJECT

www.childrensbooksonline.org

To combine summer reading with a fun history lesson, send your students to this fascinating Web site, which features a large collection of digitized antique children's books. While the format of the site makes it difficult to read some of the text, the beautiful illustrations would be a great basis for a book-themed CyberHunt.

RELATED ARTICLE: INTERACTIVE CYBERHUNT

WWW.SCHOLASTIC.COM/CYBERHUNTKIDS

Name

ANNE FRANK

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, a chronicle of a teenager's life in hiding during the Holocaust, is known the world over for its extraordinary courage and optimism in the face of unthinkable cruelty. Learn more at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids.

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1. Anne Frank was born in 1929 in ______________________________, Germany. When the Nazis came into power there, her family fled to ____________________________________________________________. WWW.ANNEFRANK.NL/ENG/AF/TEXTAF/TEXTAF1.HTML

2. After the Nazis invaded the country, they began issuing decrees to restrict Jews. They imposed a curfew, and made all Jews wear ____________________________________________________________________________________. WWW.ANNEFRANK.COM/AF_LIFE/STORY06.HTML

3. In 1942, the Nazis began the deportation of Dutch Jews to concentration camps. Fortunately, some families, including the Franks, were able to find __________________________________________________. WWW.ANNEFRANK.NL/ENG/AF/TEXTAF/TEXTAF1_1_4.HTML

4. During this time of fear and uncertainty, Anne began writing in a diary that she named ________________, which was a gift for ________________________________. In it, she wrote that she hoped to become a famous author someday. WWW.ANNEFRANK.COM/AF_LIFE/STORY10.HTML

5. Soon, another family, the ____________________________ joined the Franks, followed by ____________________. Although, the eight thought they would be in hiding a few weeks or months, they spent more than two years in the Secret Annex. WWW.ANNEFRANK.COM/AF_LIFE/STORY11.HTML

6. An important helper to the residents in hiding was ___________________, Otto Frank's former secretary. She brought __________________________________________________________ from the outside every day. HTTP://TEACHER.SCHOLASTIC.COM/FRANK/HIDEFF.HTM

7. Sadly, Anne made her last diary entry on __________________________, three days before the residents were found and ________________________. All eight were sent to concentration camps. Only her father survived. WWW.ANNEFRANK.NL/ENG/AF/TEXTAF/TEXTAF1_3_1.HTML

8. After the war, Otto Frank published Anne's diary under the original title ______________________________________. Anne's legacy of hope and inspiration is now one of the most widely read books in the world. WWW.ANNEFRANK.NL/ENG/DIARY/TEXTDAGBOEK/TEXTDB3_3.HTML

Kathy Schrock (www.kathyschrock.net) is the administrator for technology at Nauset Public Schools, in Orleans, Massachusetts.