Show 32: Summer Reads!

IN-STUDIO GUESTS: Youth services librarians, Jane Henriksen Baird and Susan Sommers, both from the Anchorage Public Library join host Shana Sheehy in the studio to talk about how to keep your families and kids of all ages reading all summer long. They fill us in on the Anchorage public library's many summer programs, provide a sneak peek at the new Teen Underground launching in June. Plus, they extend the invitation to the summer's biggest family literary event that you will not want to miss: The 11th Annual Reading Rendezvous on Saturday, May 14!

FEATURED STORIES:It turns out too much lazing around during the warm summer months can add up to some big losses in learning - or to be specific: as much as two months of lost literacy skills that were gained during the school year. KTD! contributor Jessica Cochran reports on the causes and the numbers behind the “summer slide.”

Do you remember your favorite reads as a child? Perhaps there was one title that you read over and over, and now you've passed on those well-worn pages to your child so they too can solve the mysteries, go on pirate adventures and live on the prairie? What was your favorite book as a kid and why? KTD! producer Sarah Gonzales asked in a new installment of When I Was Young.

Susannah Morgan, executive director of Food Bank of Alaska is back to tell us about the lunch programs they'll be offering to low-income kids this summer when school is out.

And - It wasn't easy, but we chose 5 local day camps that we'd totally go to if we were still kids!