{"id":30508,"date":"2016-06-17T17:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T21:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=30508"},"modified":"2016-07-02T23:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T03:13:53","slug":"summer-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=30508","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m booktalking in six local elementary schools this week and next week. I need to make a list with pictures of the book covers, so kids can remember the titles. I’m posting them here, the better to spread the word to others.<\/p>\n

Here are some recently published books that are wonderful and that can get kids excited about reading!<\/p>\n

Besides the covers, I’ll put in links to my reviews, to give you an idea of what I said about these books. Stay tuned — if I haven’t posted the review yet, I will try to do so in the near future.<\/p>\n

I generally share books with multiple grades, though this year I have so many good books, sometimes I can get through a day’s booktalking without repeating books. I’ll list the books by grade — but there’s a lot of overlap in which grades would be interested. The grades listed are the ones I’d start with, but as time permits, some books will be shared with adjacent grades as well as or instead of the listed grade.<\/p>\n

This list also includes some books I brought along and displayed but didn’t necessarily get a chance to booktalk.<\/p>\n

Kindergarten<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"rules_of_the_house\"<\/a>
\nRules of the House<\/a><\/em>, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Matt Myers<\/p>\n

\"butterfly_counting\"<\/a>
\nButterfly Counting<\/a><\/em>, by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Shennen Bersani<\/p>\n

\"hungry_lion\"<\/a>
\nA Hungry Lion, or: A Dwindling Assortment of Animals<\/a><\/em>, by Lucy Ruth Cummins<\/p>\n

\"mango_abuela_and_me\"<\/a>
\nMango, Abuela, and Me<\/a><\/em>, by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez<\/p>\n

\"one_day_the_end\"<\/a>
\nOne Day, the End<\/a><\/em>, by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrated by Fred Koehler<\/p>\n

1st Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"meet_the_dullards\"<\/a>
\nMeet the Dullards<\/a><\/em>, by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri<\/p>\n

\"pink_is_for_blobfish\"<\/a>
\nPink Is for Blobfish<\/a><\/em>, by Jess Keating, with illustrations by David DeGrand<\/p>\n

\"whoosh\"<\/a>
\nWhoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions<\/a><\/em>, by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tate<\/p>\n

\"hungry_bunny_horde\"<\/a>
\nThe Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde<\/a><\/em>, by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham<\/p>\n

2nd Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"fearless_flyer\"
\nFearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine<\/a><\/em>, by Heather Lang, illustrated by Raul Colon<\/p>\n

\"how_to_swallow_a_pig\"<\/a>
\nHow to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-step Advice from the Animal Kingdom<\/a><\/em>, by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page<\/p>\n

\"my_pet_human\"<\/a>
\nMy Pet Human<\/a><\/em>, by Yasmine Surovec<\/p>\n

3rd Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"secret_coders\"<\/a>
\nSecret Coders<\/a><\/em>, by Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes<\/p>\n

\"great_monkey_rescue\"<\/a>
\nThe Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins<\/a><\/em>, by Sandra Markle<\/p>\n

\"this_bridge_will_not_be_gray\"<\/a>
\nThis Bridge Will Not Be Gray<\/a><\/em>, story by Dave Eggers, art by Tucker Nichols<\/p>\n

\"file_under_13_suspicious_incidents\"<\/a>
\nFile Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents<\/a><\/em>, by Lemony Snicket<\/p>\n

\"crenshaw\"<\/a>
\nCrenshaw<\/a><\/em>, by Katherine Applegate<\/p>\n

4th Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"unusual_chickens\"<\/a>
\nUnusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer<\/a><\/em>, by Kelly Jones<\/p>\n

\"wolf_wilder\"<\/a>
\nThe Wolf Wilder<\/a><\/em>, by Katherine Rundell<\/p>\n

\"roller_girl\"<\/a>
\nRoller Girl<\/a><\/em>, by Victoria Jamieson<\/p>\n

5th Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"pax\"<\/a>
\nPax<\/a><\/em>, by Sara Pennypacker<\/p>\n

\"war_that_saved_my_life\"<\/a>
\nThe War That Saved My Life<\/a><\/em>, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley<\/p>\n

\"baba_yagas_assistant\"<\/a>
\nBaba Yaga’s Assistant<\/a><\/em>, by Marika McCoola, illustrated by Emily Carroll<\/p>\n

\"hollow_boy\"<\/a>
\nThe Hollow Boy<\/a><\/em>, by Jonathan Stroud<\/p>\n

\"watch_out_for_flying_kids\"<\/a>
\nWatch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community<\/a><\/em>, by Cynthia Levinson<\/p>\n

6th Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"flying_cars\"<\/a>
\nFlying Cars: The True Story<\/em>, by Andrew Glass<\/p>\n

\"passion_of_dolssa\"<\/a>
\nThe Passion of Dolssa<\/a><\/em>, by Julie Berry<\/p>\n

\"black_dove_white_raven\"<\/a>
\nBlack Dove, White Raven<\/a><\/em>, by Elizabeth Wein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m booktalking in six local elementary schools this week and next week. I need to make a list with pictures of the book covers, so kids can remember the titles. I’m posting them here, the better to spread the word to others. Here are some recently published books that are wonderful and that can get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-fiction-review","category-childrens-nonfiction-review","category-stand-outs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}