Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Public Library Summer Reading Clubs for all ages!

http://www.summerreading.org/

This is for the New York Public Library, the Queens Public Library and the Brookyn Public Library! It has sections for babies all the way to adults!

Check it out!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Summer Reading Suggestions

Picture Books (Chapter Books below)

Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport. Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

The Doghouse by Jan Thomas. Harcourt, 2008.

Katie Loves Kittens by John Himmelman. Henry Holt Books for Young Children, 2008.

The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins. Hyperion Books for Children, 2009.

Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006.

Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006.

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2008.

Traction Man Meets Turbodog by Mini Grey. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Larson. Walker and Company, 2008.

A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker. Candlewick Press, 2008.

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007.

Wind-Wild Dog by Barbara Joosse. Henry Holt & Co., 2006.

Woolbur by LeslieHelakoski. HarperCollins Children’s Books. 2008.


Chapter Books

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadahota. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007.

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost Farrar. Straus, & Giroux, 2008.

Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan. Atheneum Books, 2007.

Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies. Candlewick Press, 2006.

Found by Margaret Haddix Peterson. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.

Frogs by Nic Bishop. Scholastic Non-Fiction, 2008.

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech. Joanna Cotler Books, 2008.

The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music by Bret Bertholf Little. Brown and Company, 2007.

Moving Day by Meg Cabot. Scholastic Press, 2008.

Savvy by Ingrid Law. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008.

This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2007.

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 2008.