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Summer Reading |
Books
to the ceiling, books to the sky.
My pile of books are a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
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Summer Reading
There are so many reasons to read over the summer. Click here for our Top Ten Reasons.
Check here for the required and recommended reading letter for your new grade!
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For a list of the required reading for all grades, click here.
More Ideas for Avid Readers
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading
Packer Collegiate Institute Summer Reading 2010
Rockford Public Library Summer Reading
Scholastic - Book Lists
Scholastic - Parent Page
Scholastic - The Stacks for Kids
Summer Reading
Suggestions
by the Rockford Public Schools
Washington Academy Recommended Books by Reading Level
Young Adult Library Services Book Lists
Find a Book
Summer Reading Ideas - from Instructor Magazine
Best for Big Imaginations: Toys go Out
by Emily Jenkins
Best for Class Clowns: 17 Things I'm not Allowed to do Anymore by Jenny Offill
Best for Pet Owners: Mr. Pusskins: A Love Story by Sam Lloyd
Best for Small-Town Kids: Main Street, Welcome to Camden Falls by Ann M. Martin
Best for Beverly Cleary Buffs: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Best for Survivors: Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Best for Poets: Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman
Best for Beginning Readers: Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo
Best for Little Zoologists: Hippo, No Rhino! by Jeff Newman
Best for Budding Philosophers: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by "Wendy
Mass
Best for Kids Stuck on Space: Team Moon by Catherine Thimmesh
Best for Beachcombers: Flotsam by David Wiesner (wordless picture book)