This week kick’s off our usual weekly round-up of book and reading news, articles and links, just with a new name! As always, please comment on any of the included links — we’d love to hear your thoughts!

The Book Maven’s Summer Must-Reads Part One — June Titles
Check out the great list of summer must-reads posted by our friend, The Book Maven. At least one of her picks is in my beach bag for reading over the holiday weekend!

Five fun ways to learn in summer
The Baltimore Sun shares five fun ways to help kids keep learning throughout the summer.

A Very Scarry Summer Celebration of Richard Scarry
Sterling Publishing is offering a free downloadable activity kit to celebrate what would have been beloved children’s author Richard Scarry’s 90th birthday.

Cartoonist – Sharing Stories with Cartoons
The Book Chook shares info on Cartoonist, a great web tool that allows kids to create their own cartoon stories and share them with others.