The 2008 summer reading theme is "Catch the Reading Bug" and features multiple bugs reading books.

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is a grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries.

By combining resources and working with a commercial vendor to produce materials designed exclusively for CSLP members, public libraries in participating states or systems can purchase posters, reading logs, bookmarks, certificates and a variety of reading incentives at significant savings.   (From the CSLP website.)

This year's artist, Harry Bliss, is well known to adults as a regular cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine.  Mr. Bliss has illustrated numerous children's books, among them Doreen Cronin's Diary of a Worm, Marc Gellman's And God Cried, Too: A Kid's Book of Healing and Hope, Alison McGhee's Countdown to Kindergarten, and Which Would You Rather Be?, by award-winning children's author William Steig.

Resources - In the resources section you will find a number of ideas and tips for use with this year’s themes.

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