Summer should be a time of heading to the beach with friends and playing capture the flag in the yard until the streetlight come on however, research suggest that it should also be a time for learning summer learning loss sometimes referred to summer slide is a loss of academic achievement. Students experience during the summer school should be implemented summer reading programs to help combat this Sommerset back, engaging summer, reading programs help foster the lifelong reader, is reading over the summer, helps children keep the literacy skills up with a broader selection of books the program can peak, the interest of reluctant readers. What is the authors purpose

The author's purpose is to argue that summer reading programs should be implemented to combat summer learning loss and promote lifelong reading habits.