Summer Reading 2017
by Mrs. Carole Stubeck, School Librarian
Read for fun this summer!
Included in this flyer are:
- A very short video by children's author Dav Pilkey (author of Captain Underpants and the new series Dog Man) on the importance of summer reading. I shared this with all classes and many wanted to view it again.
- A video message to kids from renowned children's author Kate DiCamillo (love her!) about the importance of summer reading and joining your public library's summer reading program.
- A link to the summer reading program offered at the Summit Free Public Library
- Links to suggested summer reading titles from the American Library Association, Scholastic, and Bookopolis
- A link to Scholastic's online summer reading challenge - this year's theme is "take a reading roadtrip"
- A terrific Pinterest board curated by a school librarian focusing on summer reading and related activities
- The book lists for next year's 4th and 5th grade Battle of the Books
I wish you and your families a restful, relaxing, and fun summer filled with lots of time to enjoy being outdoors, reading, and spending time together doing whatever makes you happiest. Happy reading!!!
Notable Children's Books from the ALA
Suggested summer reading lists from the ALSC
Suggested summer reading by grade level from Bookopolis
Be a Happy Camper and take a reading roadtrip with Scholastic this summer!
Suggested summer reading lists from Scholastic
Summer reading ideas from Pinterest
Congratulations to our LH 4th and 5th grade Battle of the Books teams!
5th grade winning team
4th grade winning team
All our winning readers!
Battle of the Books
2017-18 Battle of the Books
Grade 4
Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Bobby the Brave (Sometimes) by Lisa Yee
Potterwookie by Obert Skye
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
A-Z Mysteries: The Talking T-Rex by Ron Roy
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg by Lauren Tarshis
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Grade 5
Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? By Janet B. Pascal
Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
It Only Looks Easy by Pamela Curtis Swallow
Frindle by Andre
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