Once again, by popular request, here's Ms. Patel's
Summer Reading List For Kids, courtesy of Liz Price Patel, Head Librarian at
Redwood Day School in Oakland:
Grades K-1
The Book with No Pictures by B.J.
Novak
Early elementary kids will roll on the floor
laughing when you read this book aloud with them for the first time. As they
develop their own reading skills, they will delight in following along.
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam
Rubin
Fun for dragon experts and novices alike, Dragons
Love Tacos is a whimsically and beautifully illustrated picture book about
the dangers of feeding dragons spicy salsa.
Grades 1-3
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of
Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock
Opening this picture book biography opens a
dialogue with your child about the wonders of abstract art and the day Vasily
Kandinsky “invited the world to see the paintings roaring from his noisy paint
box.”
The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure by
Doreen Cronin
If you have enjoyed Cronin’s picture books (like Click
Clack Moo: Cows that Type), you’ll love this next step in reading. In their
first early chapter book misadventure, Dirt, Sugar, Sweetie, and Poppy are on
the case to solve the mystery of what landed in the backyard.
Grades 3-5
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites
of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
This nonfiction work is a beautiful combination of
science and art. Roy captures the strength and beauty of Great Whites in her
illustrations and details shark facts in her clear and poetic text.
5,000 Awesome Facts about Everything by
National Geographic Kids
Pages full of fascinating snippets will keep trivia
lovers busy for hours.
Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis
Kid detective Timmy Failure is the founder of Total
Failure, Inc., (Total being Timmy’s polar bear sidekick, of course). Even the
most reluctant readers can’t help but laugh out loud while solving these cases.
Grades 4-6
El Deafo by Cece Bell
This autobiographical graphic novel captures
universal childhood truths through the eyes of Cece, a girl who loses her
hearing just before entering kindergarten.. In her daydreams, Cece’s superhero
name is El Deafo; and in real life, the power of her device allows her to hear
her teacher anywhere in school. This can come in handy for a girl who really
wants to fit in and make new friends.
Turtle in Paradise by
Jennifer Holm
The Key West backdrop makes this a sweet summer
read. Eleven-year-old Turtle finds herself transported from New Jersey to Key
West to live with relatives. Set in the midst of the Great Depression, this
book brings together the intricacies of family, making new friends, and buried
treasure.
Grades 5-8
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Follow the story of a fairytale harmonica that
brings courage and hope to its musicians: Friedrich in Nazi-era Germany, Mike
in Great Depression-era New York state, and Ivy in a California Central Valley
farming community during WWII. The stories of each child leave off at a
cliff-hanger and come together in the end to form a masterful novel.
CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
It has been hard to keep the CHERUB spy novels on
our library shelves. Summer reading should be riveting and fun, and for the
action-adventure lovers out there, Muchamore’s teen intelligence agents will do
the job.
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