Summer Reading

I've been doing a lot of reading over the summer.  I'm reading books being considered for the 2012-2013 Iowa Children's Choice Award and the Iowa Goldfinch Award.  I'm finding some great books to recommend to students coming back this fall.
My favorites so far...

Younger Students
Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic by Robert Burleigh
Great historical fiction picture book about Amelia Earhart!

Ant and Grasshopper by Luli Gray
A new version of the old fable.  Great illustrations!

E-mergency by: Tom Lichtenheld
A really cute story about the letter E who breaks his leg and can't be included in words anymore.  Other letters try to fill in for him.  It's cute for an adult or older reader to read with a younger one.  So many great side comments! We have this in the Orchard Hill Library!

Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
Such a cute interactive book!  Fun for all ages!

Press Here by Herve Tullett
Another great interactive book and one we have in our Orchard Hill Library!

We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
A great Elephant and Piggie book!  It's laugh out loud funny and emerging readers would love this book!  We have a copy in the Orchard Hill Library too!

These are my picks for younger readers, check back tomorrow for some great books for older students!