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Keeping Up With Summer Reading

Schools, library and blogs can help you choose books.

Today’s the last day of July. Are you keeping up with your summer reading plans?

It's not too late to squeeze in a few books before Labor Day rolls around. Here are some ideas:

The Plainview-Bethpage Public Library offers a summer reading list by email.

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Students are required to read at least one book from lists provided by the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district.

If you want to start from a wider perspective, check out HuffPost Books. See The New York Times Learning Blog, which surveyed students and teachers to discover what they're reading this summer. And the Times will announce its summer reading contest winner on Monday.

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Or check out Plainview Patch literacy blogger Kim Yaris.


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