{"id":6527,"date":"2013-05-27T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2013-05-23T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T18:04:51","slug":"read-build-play-2013-summer-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/read-build-play-2013-summer-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Read! Build! Play! 2013 Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/readbuildplay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/readbuildplay.jpg\" alt=\"ALSC and LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae  present Read! Build! Play!\" width=\"205\" height=\"53\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6528\" \/><\/a>ALSC has teamed up with LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae to expand the Read! Build! Play initiative by creating the <a href=\"http:\/\/readbuildplay.com\/\" title=\"Read! Build! Play!\">LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae Read! Build! Play! 2013 Summer Reading List<\/a>.  This reading list features recommended titles that inspire play for children age 5 and under and is free to download.<\/p>\n<p>To accompany the Read! Build! Play! 2013 Summer Reading List, LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae has created a free downloadable parent activity guide.  This guide includes inspirational building instructions matched with each book for children and their caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 ALSC released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/importance_of_play\" title=\"Importance of Play\">The Importance of Play, Particularly Constructive Play, in Public Library Programming<\/a> white paper.  This white paper discusses the role of play in encouraging healthy brain development while fostering exploration skills, language skills, social skills, physical skills and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The summer reading list titles were selected, compiled and annotated by members of the ALSC Early Childhood Programs and Services Committee. The full list and activity guide can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/readbuildplay.com\">http:\/\/readbuildplay.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALSC has teamed up with LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae to expand the Read! Build! Play initiative by creating the LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae Read! Build! Play! 2013 Summer Reading List. This reading list features recommended titles that inspire play for children age 5 and under and is free to download. To accompany the Read! Build! Play! 2013 Summer Reading List, LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae has created a free downloadable parent activity guide. This guide includes inspirational building instructions matched with each book for children and their caregivers. In 2012 ALSC released The Importance of Play, Particularly Constructive Play, in Public Library Programming white paper. This white paper discusses the role of play in encouraging healthy brain development while fostering exploration skills, language skills, social skills, physical skills and creativity. The summer reading list titles were selected, compiled and annotated by members of the ALSC Early Childhood Programs and Services Committee. The full list and activity guide&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[186,38,209,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-dan-rude","category-programming-ideas","category-research","category-summer-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}