{"id":36254,"date":"2019-06-12T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36254"},"modified":"2019-06-12T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:46:33","slug":"summer-reading-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36254","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that time of year — when the children’s library staff go out to the local schools and talk about the summer reading — and some books the kids might enjoy reading.<\/p>\n

I need to make a list of the books I’m booktalking, with covers, so that when the kids come to the library and can’t remember the title, they can browse the list. A fun place to put that is my blog. I will provide links to my reviews — though since this was my Newbery year, not all the reviews are posted yet.<\/p>\n

[Just a note: Last year I couldn’t publish a list because of being on the Newbery committee. Many of my favorites and 2018 Sonderbooks Stand-outs got booktalked last year.]<\/p>\n

My list is more ambitious than I actually end up having time to talk about. But here are the books I booktalked this year, very loosely organized by grade:<\/p>\n

Kindergarten to 1st grade:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates<\/a><\/em>, by Ryan T. Higgins
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Crash, Splash, or Moo!<\/em>, by Bob Shea
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank You, Omu!<\/em>, by Oge Mora
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Dreamers<\/a><\/em>, by Yuyi Morales
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We Are Brothers<\/em>, by Yves Nadon
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Kindergarten to 2nd grade:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two nonfiction books about chickens:<\/p>\n

The Hen Who Sailed Around the World<\/em>, by Guirec Soudee
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawk Mother<\/em>, by Kara Hagedorn
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Two nonfiction books about geography:<\/p>\n

Water Land<\/em>, by Christy Hale
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Animal Antipodes<\/em>, by Carly Allen-Fletcher
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1st to 2nd grade:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits<\/a><\/em>, by Jason Gough
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\n(Reading about why rabbits eat their own poo is a sure-fire hit!)<\/p>\n

A Is For Elizabeth<\/em>, by Rachel Vail
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2nd to 3rd grade:<\/p>\n

Three picture books about inventions:<\/p>\n

The Boo-Boos That Changed the World<\/a><\/em>, by Barry Wittenstein
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Magic Ramen<\/em>, by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Kana Urbanowicz
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Pass Go and Collect $200<\/em>, by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Steven Salerno
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Like dragons? Both of these begin new series:<\/p>\n

Dragons in a Bag<\/em>, by Zetta Elliott
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Knights vs. Dinosaurs<\/em>, by Matt Phelan
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Two chapter books for animal lovers:<\/p>\n

Saving Winslow<\/em>, by Sharon Creech
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My Father’s Words<\/em>, by Sarah MacLachlan
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4th to 6th grade:<\/p>\n

For these grades this year, I start with “my” Newbery winners!<\/p>\n

Merci Suarez Changes Gears<\/a><\/em>, by Meg Medina
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The Night Diary<\/a><\/em>, by Veera Hiranandani
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Book of Boy<\/a><\/em>, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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The winner for our own library’s Newbery Book Club:<\/p>\n

The Flight of Swans<\/a><\/em>, by Sarah McGuire
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Two about Escalator Trades:<\/p>\n

The Eleventh Trade<\/em>, by Alyssa Hollingsworth
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The Season of Styx Malone<\/em>, by Kekla Magoon
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Two partly told in pictures:<\/p>\n

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge<\/em>, by M. T. Anderson
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The Faithful Spy<\/em>, by John Hendrix
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two about space for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing:<\/p>\n

To the Moon<\/em>, by Jeffrey Kluger
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We’re Not From Here<\/em>, by Geoff Rodkey
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two for Inventors:<\/p>\n

Calling All Minds<\/em>, by Temple Grandin
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Doughnut Fix<\/em>, by Jessie Janowitz
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two great graphic novels:<\/p>\n

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy<\/em>, by Rey Terciero
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Prepared<\/em>, by Vera Brosgol
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two more wonderful novels:<\/p>\n

Sweep<\/em>, by Jonathan Auxier
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nowhere Boy<\/em>, by Katherine Marsh
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, I had far too many favorites to get to talk about them all at each school. But it was fun to share those I could, and maybe they’ll check a few more from this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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