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or visit your local library for these books!

These books are suggested with our families in mind for optional summer reading or ALL YEAR LONG!

 

Reading Age Recommendation Below
 

From Ms. Antonelli:

PreK-Grade 3

Flora's Tree House by Gabriel Alborozo
The Sour Grape by Jory John & Pete Oswald
Waiting is Not Easy or any Elephant & Piggie series books by Mo Willems
Grades 4-8
The Front Desk, Three Keys, New from Here are all written by Kelly Yang
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

From Ms. Ingersoll:
PreK/K:  The Color Monsters by Anna Llenas or All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold 
K-3: The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson or Oliver's Lollipop by Allison Wortche 
3-5: The BFG by Roald Dahl or The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
6-8: When you Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller or The Island of Dr. Libris by by Chris Grabenstein

From Mrs. Kearns:
One by Kathryn Otoshi - PreK3-Grade 2
Our Friend Hedgehog, A Place to Call Home by Lauren Castillo - PreK-Grade 3
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown - Grades 2-7
The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes - Grades 3-6
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly - Grades 4-8

Teen Summer Reading – Recommended Books by Jeff Katz

 

FICTION

What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

If You’re Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser

Hands by Torrey Maldonado

Funny Girl: Funniest Stories Ever edited by Betsy Bird

A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon by Karen Romano Young

You Are Here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh

All of This is True by Lygia Day Penaflor

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

 

NONFICTION

The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga

The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained 

Is It Okay to Pee in the Ocean? The Fascinating Science of Our Waste and Our World by Ella Schwartz


Other resources include...
Brainchild - Series on Netflix with short episodes exploring kid-safe themes and science experiments for age appropriate development. Grades 3-8, https://www.netflix.com/title/80215086?source=35 

Reading Eggs - an online reading program that helps children learn to read. Hundreds of online reading lessons, phonics games and books for ages 2–13.  It also comes with Mathseeds for Grades K-3. https://readingeggs.com/about/

Molly of Denali is a PBS show that includes nonfiction information for kids ages 4-8.  https://pbskids.org/molly/

Bookelicious feeds kids’ passion for reading. Their professionally curated collection of great books, plus our AI-driven, behavior-based recommendation engine, make it easy for kids to find books they love. It’s like a personal librarian in your pocket!  (This is a kid friendlier version that is similar to goodreads).  https://www.bookelicious.com/

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