Some should be a time of heading to the beach with friends and playing capture the flag in the yard until the street lights come on however, research suggest that it should also be a time for learning summer learning loss. Sometimes we referred to as the summer slide is a loss of academic achievement students experience during the summer school should implement some reading programs to help combat this summer setback, engaging summer reading programs helped to foster lifelong readers reading over the summer helps children keep their literacy skills up and with a broader selection of books. The program can pick the interest of reluctant readers what is the authors purpose?

The author's purpose is to inform and persuade schools to implement summer reading programs to combat summer learning loss and foster a love for reading in children.