This manual is designed to support Iowa's library-based summer reading programs for children of all ages, though its primary focus is on elementary age children. Following a general information section, the manual is divided into eight parts, dealing respectively with: (1) publicity and programming, including sample print and radio announcements and display ideas; (2) clip art for bookmarks; (3) program ideas for children and youth, such as speakers, contests and tours; (4) activities and games, including songs, finger plays, chalkboard stories, artwork, jokes, and more; (5) craft suggestions, including patterns and directions for stuffed dinosaurs, finger puppets, sculpture, and dinosaur hats and gloves; (6) word games and puzzles, such as mazes and scrambled words; and (7) solutions for games and puzzles. The eighth section is a bibliography, beginning with a reading list of 175 items categorized by grade level and reading ease, and going on to list audiovisual materials, activity and coloring books, resource books and media, and over 100 sources for crafts and other projects. A one-page evaluation form completes the publication. (KRN)