A manual for the 1996 Louisiana Summer Reading Program is presented in five sections with an Olympic and sports-related theme and illustrations. An evaluation form, a 1996 monthly calendar, and clip art images are provided. The first section covers promotion and publicity, and contains facts about the Olympics, promotion ideas, and sample news releases. The next section contains program suggestions and recipes. Suggestions for decorating the library, including clip art designs, bookmarks, doorknob and bulletin board decorations, and resources for additional clip art designs are provided in the third section. The fourth section contains storytime planners divided into the following age categories: toddlers, preschool-kindergarten, first-third grades, fourth-fifth grades, and sixth grade. The fifth section comprises the majority of the document and provides activities; coloring pages and handouts; costumes; crafts; fingerplays; flannel boards; games, riddles, and puzzles; poems; puppets and puppet plays; songs; and stories. (Contains 463 references.) (SWC)