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Alex Awards Suggested Summer Reading - entering Grades 1 & 2

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California Young Reader Medal: Young Adult Suggested Summer Reading - entering Grades 3 & 4

History/Biography

Jefferson Cup Awards Suggested Summer Reading - entering Grades 5 & 6

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last update June 2008

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E- Books NoveList-available through
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Book TV (C-Span) Books Seen on TV Weekly
New York Times Bestseller Lists Oprah's Book Club
Stop You're Killing Me - for Mystery Lovers About.com - Contemporary Literature
The Book Spot - a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web Overbooked-specializes in literary and genre fiction information
Down-loadable audiobooks

audiobooks in public domain

Sisters in Crime - 3600 members in 48 chapters world-wide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors. We are authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and librarians bound by our affection for the mystery genre and our support of women who write mysteries. Sisters in Crime was founded by Sara Paretsky and a group of women at the 1986 Bouchercon in Baltimore.
All about Romance - The romance readers home for romance novels, romance reviews, romance authors, and more Adult Reading Round Table - The Adult Reading Round Table of Illinois was founded in 1984 to promote Readers Advisory service and fiction collections in public and school libraries. 
BookReporter.com - where readers & writers click Book Hive.com
Nancy Pearl's Website - Nancy Pearl is a librarian with a love of books so strong it has been officially classified as lust.  Check the on-line catalog for  Book Lust. Fiction_L-is an electronic mailing list devoted to reader's advisory topics such as book discussions, booktalks, collection development issues, booklists and bibliographies, and a wide variety of other topics of interest to librarians, book discussion leaders, and others with an interest in reader's advisory.
Random House Readers Resources
Random House Teachers Guide
Ballantine Readers Circle
Bibliomysteries - mysteries related to books Mass Murder - Mysteries & crime novels set in Massachusetts
Book Muse Project Gutenberg-free e-books
Reading Group Choices Harper Collins
Reading Group Guides Hachette Books
The Literary Web Writers' Space
Amazon.com   Powell's

Links to Bookish Websites-Young Adult 

Links to Bookish Websites-Children 

BookSpot  KidsRead
Novelist-for all ages   
TumbleBooks - Click Here
Digital Librarian  
BookWire for Young Readers

Suggested Summer Reading – Entering grades 1 & 2

Some of these books will be great to read as a family read-aloud, others will be fun to read together, some you may be able to read on your own.

Have fun and discover some great authors and books this summer.

Beginning Reader Series (JJ red dot section) 

David Adler (mysteries) 
Arnold Lobel (animals)
Alyssa Capucilli (animals) 
James Marshall (animals)
Matt Christopher (sports) 
Peggy  Parish (humor)
Bill Cosby  (family) 
Cynthia Rylant (family, animals, mysteries)
Russell Hoban (animals) 
Dr. Seuss (humor)
Syd Hoff (animal)
Marjorie Sharmat (humor, mysteries)
James Howe (friends) 
Jean van Leeuwen (animals)

 Also, look for our  phonics series, our Bob sets, The Ant series and Golly Sisters by Betsy Byars,, Claudia Mill’s Gus and Grandpa series, Susan Hills’ Stuart Little series, and the Pirate Pete series and lots more.

From the staff of Reading Central and the
Children’s Room of the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library 2008
 

 

Suggested Summer Reading –Entering grades 3 & 4

This year, we really hope you will read the books you find interesting . Use this list when you can’t think of a book to read, or want a new book or author to try. Some of these authors write more than one type of book, so look them over and discover some great books!

 

Funny Authors: 

Beverly Cleary

Bruce Coville

Roald Dahl

Eleanor Estes

Jules Feiffer

Louise Fitzhugh

Kathleen Klise

Gregory Maguire

Mary Rodgers

Jon Sciezka

Eileen Spinelli

Louise Fitzhugh

Mystery & Historical Adventure  

John Bellairs

Michael Buckley

Cynthia DeFelice

Elizabeth Enright

Bruce Hale

Carol Lawrence

Katherine Paterson

Linda Sue Park

Lemony Snicket

Wendelin Van Draanen

 

Animal Stories 

Kate DiCamillio

Walter Farley

Kevin Henkes

Marguerite Henry

Erin Hunter

Brian Jacques

Dick King-Smith

Kathryn Lasky

Ken Oppel

Tor Seidler

George Selden

E.B. White

 

 

Fantasy  Authors 

Patrick Carmen

Tony DiTerlizzi

Edward Eager

Cornelia Funke

Eva Ibbotsen

Edith Nesbit

Jenny Nimmo

Mary Norton

Charles Ogden

Ian Ogilvie

P.T. Travers

Ursula Moray Williams

 

 

From the staff of Reading Central and the
Children’s Room of the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library 2008

 

Suggested Summer Reading –Entering grades 5 & 6

This year, we really hope you will read the books you find interesting . Use this list when you can’t think of a book to read, or want a new book or author to try. Some of these authors write more than one type of book, so look them over and discover some great books!

 

Funny Authors 

Joan Bauer

Gennifer Choldenko

Bruce Coville

Jules Feiffer

Jean Ferris

Carl Hiaasen

Kathleen Klise

Ron Koertge

Gordon Korman

Gregory Maguire

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Mary Rodgers

Louis Sachar

Jerry Spinelli

Animal Stories 

Kate DiCamillio

Walter Farley

Kevin Henkes

Marguerite Henry

Erin Hunter

Brian Jacques

Kathryn Lasky

Ken Oppel

 

 

 

 

 

Mystery & Historical Adventure  

John Bellairs

Margaret Haddix

Will Hobbs

Dorothy Hoobler

Anthony Horowitz

Carol Lawrence

Ian Lawrence

Katherine Paterson

Linda Sue Park

Wendelin Van Draanen

Laurence Yep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantasy Authors 

Lloyd Alexander

T.A. Barron

Eion Colfer

Suzanne Collins

Cornelia Funke

Eva Ibbotsen

Edith Nesbit

Jenny Nimmo

Garth Nix

Christopher Paolini

Rick Riorden

Angie Sage

Jonathan Stroud

J.R.R. Tolkien

Patricia Wrede

Jonathan Stroud

 

 

 

 

 

From the staff of Reading Central and the
Children’s Room of the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library 2008

 

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