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Summer Reading

June 21, 2021 by Grace Enriquez

2021 Spring Awards & Summer Reading Lists

As you and your students celebrate the end of a school year like no other, we share a collection of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the summer vacation. First, though, we begin with links to the books that we blogged about over the last year that have won recent awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature.

June 22, 2020 by Erika Thulin Dawes

Summer Reading 2020: A Collection of Links

As we have done in past years, we offer a collection of links for summer reading suggestions. Teachers, librarians and families may find these curated lists helpful as you facilitate book experiences for the young readers in your lives. Be sure to investigate the summer reading offerings at your local public library.

June 4, 2019 by Grace Enriquez

Staying Strong: Summer Reading 2019

As you and your students celebrate the end of the school 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.

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Summer Reading 2018: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

June 13, 2018 by Katie Cunningham

As we head into summer, we wanted to take the time to look back and look ahead to share trends we’ve noticed in our writing about children’s and young adult literature this year. We’ve loved each of the books we’ve written about this year. We’ve found that these great stories and works of nonfiction have […]

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We are thrilled to announce that The Classroom Bookshelf is joining the School Library Journal Blog Network. SLJ is the world’s largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens. The SLJ blogs have long been some of our favorite sources of information on children’s and young adult literature, apps, technology, and informational […]

Summer Reading 2015

June 15, 2015 by Katie Cunningham

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, […]

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Happy Summer Reading!

June 18, 2014 by Erika Thulin Dawes

Photo M.A. Cappiello The Classroom Bookshelf will be taking a summer vacation, returning on Monday, August 25th. 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 […]

Summer Reading 2013

June 10, 2013 by Mary Ann Cappiello

The Classroom Bookshelf will be taking a summer vacation, returning on Monday, August 26th.  During this time, we would really love to hear from you. If you have used teaching ideas from our blog in your classroom, how did it go? What worked? What didn’t? How did your students respond? Please email one or all […]

Summer Reading 2012

June 11, 2012 by Mary Ann Cappiello

Wilson Pond, Maine, © Mary Ann Cappiello As you scramble to finish up the school year, complete grading, pack-up your classroom and say goodbye to your students, we thought you might want to share the following resources with your students and their parents. The Classroom Bookshelf will be taking a summer vacation, returning on Monday, […]

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