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As part of the Kid and Tween Summer Reading Program at our local Livonia Public Library, we decided to invite kids and tweens to share their favorite books outdoors, while we teachers shared ours.

With sweltering heat on the chosen day, we wondered how many kids would choose to dive into a pool rather than dive into books for this first-time event.

SUCCESS: We drew more than 75 eager readers, a thrilling turnout that tells us we should do it again, though maybe combine the pool party concept with our read-a-thon.

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Thank goodness for oaks and other large shade trees.

Our intrepid readers ranged from 3 years old to a newly graduated eighth grade girl, who took turns reading aloud with me (pictured). To kick off the event, a couple of us teachers met with kids and parents in the library to help them pick out books and get a library card if they didn't have one.

Then, we gathered groups outside under the shade trees to talk books.

One student was ve