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Summer reading challenges issued

State Education Commissioner Diana Wentzell has kicked off this year's version of the Governor's Summer Reading Challenge for kids.  The challenge awards schools with the highest participation rate and highest number of books read per student.  She says it's vital to encourage kids to read when they are not in school because of a loss of reading skills over the summer known as the Summer Slide. 

 

Since the challenge began in 1996, it's estimated that millions of books have been read. 

 

The challenge this summer has a theme of "Every hero has a story".  Governor Dannel Malloy urged students to read biographies and autobiographies to learn more about real life heros.  He says fostering a love of reading at an early age helps kids succeed in grade school and college.

 

Students are able to chose books they find interesting, which Malloy says makes participation increase.

 

For over 20 years, Danbury Library has offered a summer program, along with the Mayor's reading challenge.  Mayor Mark Boughton encourages students in grade 1 through 8 to read a certain amount of hours each week to receive an invitation to a ceremony at City Hall in August.

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