Summer Reading 2015
The Classroom Bookshelf will be taking a summer vacation, returning on Monday, August 31st. As our final entry for the academic year, we offer you a collection of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the next several months. We wish you have a restful, peaceful, and productive summer. kegancunningham@gmail.com, genrique@lesley.edu,
ethulind@lesley.edu, mcappiel@lesley.edu
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/23428
Collaborative Summer Library Program
http://www.cslpreads.org
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
The Horn Book – 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
http://www.hbook.com/2015/05/choosing-books/recommended-books/2015-summer-reading-recommendations/
Lee and Low Books Diverse Summer Reading Book List, K-8
http://blog.leeandlow.com/2015/06/08/2015-diverse-summer-reading-book-lists-k-8/#more-10911
We Need Diverse Books Summer Reading Series
http://weneeddiversebooks.org/summer-reading-series/
Children’s Book Council: Building a Home Library
http://www.cbcbooks.org/building-a-home-library/?utm_source=Building+a+Home+Library&utm_campaign=Home+Library+Lists&utm_medium=email
Booklist Top 10 Biographies of 2015
http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7521555&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Note: Classroom Bookshelf selections listed-
Brown Girl Dreaming
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Trees
The Family Romanov
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Great Kid Books: Berkeley School Libraries K-5 Summer Reading Suggestions Based on Fountas and Pinnell Levels
http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/p/summer-reading-suggestions.html
Enhancing Summer Reading White Paper
http://summerreading.pla.org/paper/#focus
PBS Parents: Fun Summer Science Projects for Kids
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/tips/summer-science-projects/
Text Sets for Summer Reading: Cambridge, MA
http://www3.cpsd.us/Schools/summer_reading
Audio Books for Families
We love audio books for long car rides with the family. Many public libraries now have downloadable audio books that you can listen to on an MP3 player, iPad, or iPod. Check in with your local public library and share the details with parents and students before the year is over. You might want to search for some of the books included in these lists below.
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The Audies Awards 2015 (Audio Book Awards)
http://www.audiopub.org/audies-contest.asp
2015 Notable Children’s Recordings (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr
2015 Notable Young Adult Recordings (American Library Association)
Resources for Teachers/Parents
Literacy Tips for Parents (Reading Rockets)
http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents
Summer Reading Loss (Reading Rockets)
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/15218/#literacy
Summer Reading Loss: School Library Journal Interview with Dick Allington
http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/summer-reading-and-the-richpoor-achievement-gap-an-educator-responds-to-questions/
American Library Association Great Websites for Kids
http://gws.ala.org
The Cooperative Center for Books for Children Bibliographies
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/bibBio.asp
50 Bilingual Spanish/English Integrated Books (CCBC)
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
International Children’s Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org
Free digital PDFs of children’s picture books from around the globe in their original language. There is an iPad app that allows for easy viewing on your iPad.Start With a Book
School Library Journal article on Range, an app that locates free summer meals and libraries as safe havens
http://www.slj.com/2015/05/technology/applications/indiegogo-campaign-for-an-app-to-help-kids-find-safe-havens-during-summer/#_
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About Katie Cunningham
Katie is a Professor of Literacy and English Education at Manhattanville College. There she is also the Director of the Advanced Certificate Program in Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education. Her work focuses on children’s literature, joyful literacy methods, and literacy leadership. Katie is the author of Story: Still the Heart of Literacy Learning and co-author of Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools. Her book Start with Joy: Designing Literacy Learning for Student Happiness will be released September 2019. She is passionate about the power of stories to transform lives.
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