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Programming Ideas for Summer 2009

Incorporate movies into your children's 2009 summer reading program "Be Creative @ Your Library." Below are the chapters outlined by the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) and some suggestions from Movie Licensing USA to make your movie program a huge success!

1) HAM IT UP! Drama and Storytelling

Partner with area performing arts groups and teachers to help you “ham it up.”

Movie Suggestions

• Bedtime Stories
• The Tale of Despereaux
• The Neverending Story (1 & 2)
• Nanny McPhee
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Legend
• Alice in Wonderland
• Secondhand Lions
• Snow White
• Annie
• Oliver Twist
• The Secret of Nimh

2) I’VE GOT RHYTHM: Music and Rhythm

Music enriches our lives. Invite a local musician to help with your program.

Movie Suggestions

• High School Musical 1,2,3
• The Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Tour
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Mary Poppins
• Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
• The Wizard of Oz
• The Sound of Music
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Facotry (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

3) NOW YOU SEE IT: Visual Arts

Scout your community for visual artists and art teachers or take a field trip to a local gallery or art museum.

Movie Suggestions

• Howl’s Moving Castle
• WALL-E
• Madagascar 1 and 2
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Shrek 1, 2 and 3
• Finding Nemo
• Mulan
• Fantasia 2000
• Shark Tale
• Monsters, Inc.

4) MOVING AROUND: Dance, Marching Band, Martial Arts

Get your young patron’s moving around and on their feet!

Movie Suggestions

• Kung Fu Panda
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Beauty and the Beast
• Happy Feet
• Enchanted
• Swing Kids
• High School Musical 1, 2 and 3
• The Karate Kid
• Hook (or Peter Pan)

5) FREE PLAY: Open-ended Programs

Encourage high level creativity with programs that let kid’s imaginations run free.

Movie Suggestions

• Ratatouille
• The Last Mimzy
• Zathura
• Jumanji
• Toy Story 1 and 2
• Monster House
• Treasure Planet
• Transformers