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Training and Library Consulting
Publications

Fiore's Summer Library Reading Program Handbook
1-55570-513-8. Neal-Schuman, 2005. 8½ x 11. 275 pp.
The long-awaited new guide to summer library reading programs for children, teens, and families is here.
Carole Fiore has created an expansive and up-to-date handbook for summer library reading programs. You
will learn how to set goals and objectives; establish themes and schedules; coordinate statewide and
regional efforts; market and promote events; and evaluate program success. Up-to-date coverage addresses
the No Child Left Behind Act, developmental assets, utilizing the Web, copyright concerns, bilingual
programming, online activities, outcome-based evaluation, and more. This volume provides an A-Z annotated
list of thematic programming ideas and a special section with twenty-five exemplary programs and numerous
best practices from libraries across the country. Special sections serve as a guide to themes and member
libraries of statewide and regional cooperative summer programs. Filled with forms, checklists, and sample
policies, this is a valuable and comprehensive tool - essential for anyone planning summer library reading
programs.
Order Fiore's Summer Library Reading Program Handbook directly from
Neal-Schuman
Other Publications
- The Dominican Study: Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close The Reading Gap. With
Susan Roman and Deborah T. Carran. Dominican University, 2010. Full Report:
http://www.dom.edu/academics/gslis/downloads/DOM_IMLS_book_2010_FINAL_web.pdf.
Executive summary: http://www.dom.edu/academics/gslis/downloads/DOM_IMLS_research_in_brief_FINALweb.pdf
- "Do Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Achievement Gap? The Dominican Study.
With Susan Roman. Children and Libraries. Winter 2010, Volume 8, Number 3.
- "Proof Positive," with Susan Roman. School Library Journal. November 2010.
- "A Place Where the Wind Is Not Howling," Perspectives, Children's Book Council, 2004
- "Born to Read: Florida Style," Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Winter 2002.
- "Entice Readers to Poetry," CBC Features. Spring 1999.
- Born to Read - Florida Style. (Video - Executive Producer) Florida Department
of State, Division of Library and Information Services, 1999.
- Running Summer Library Reading Programs: A How-to-do-it Manual. Neal-Schuman, 1998.
- "The Numbers Games: How to Fatten Your Budget by Using Statistics," School Library
Journal, March 1998.
- "A Sesquicentennial Celebration: In Search of the American Picture Book in England,"
Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Summer 1997.
- Programming for Young Children: Birth through Age Five. With assistance from
Sue McCleaf Nespeca. ALSC Program Support Publication. American Library Association, 1996.
"Life on the Caldecott Committee," Wilson Library Bulletin, December 1993.
- This article was reprinted in The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the
Medal and Honor Books, 1995 Edition. American Library Association, 1995.
- Programming for Introducing Adults to Children's Literature. ALSC Program
Support Publication. American Library Association, 1994.
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