As we are finishing up the summer and summer reading programs, support for next year's Summer Reading program will be coming up soon. To assist with making a case for summer reading programming with officials and funders, the Collaborative Summer Library Program has a new white paper on the impact of summer reading as show in the research literature. You can find the white paper at www.clspreads.org<http://www.clspreads.org> or directly at http://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CSLP-Summer-Reading-Whit.... Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 517-373-5700 f reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices<http://www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices> www.michigan.gov/michiganreads<http://www.michigan.gov/michiganreads> www.michigan.gov/sl21<http://www.michigan.gov/sl21> Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up - and Read Up! Find the Summer Food Service Program site nearest you at: www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp> [image004]