Librarians know that some children love to read so much that we can hardly get them to pay attention to us or the rest of the world around them when they're deep into a book. They devour books and actually ask to go to the library or to be assigned a particular book to read.

Some other children don't like to read at all. Librarians and all grown-ups in the child's life have to work harder to engage these reluctant readers. We try all kinds of tactics just to get them to read anything.

Fortunately, all children have interests, activities or hobbies. We can use these interests as springboards into reading. Newspapers, books and magazines naturally come to mind when we discuss reading material. But, as you well know, many children like to read recipes, instructions, handbooks, websites and other materials that are all "good" reading.

On this site you'll find a few ideas and resources to help you in your quest to cultivate good reading habits among your young library patrons.

• Read these 10 Tips for Encouraging Reading to supplement approaches you already use

• Generate excitement by linking Books and New Movies

• Supply this one-page list of Award-Winning Books to children looking for great reads

• Print these Reading Logs for children so they can track their reading progress

• Award these Reading Certificates to children who have reached reading milestones

• Establish Rewards to encourage young patrons to achieve reading goals

Share your sign-in information with a child to allow access to Member-Only sections of the site such as:

• Quizzes and Polls – for fun polls where they can share their opinions and test their thinking.

• Puzzles – for brain-teasers, including free printable Newspaper Fun puzzle pages

• Forest's Diary and Yoshi's Scrapbook – for a look at life through the eyes of a bear and a dog

• Recipes, Magazines and Cool Sites – for more ideas on where to find engaging reading and fun activities.

We hope you and your young patrons enjoy the resources on Reading Club Fun!