Council Rock’s

Summer Reading

Bookshelf

Kindergarten-1st Grade

• Hills, Tad. Rocket Writes A Story

• Little yellow bird taught Rocket how to read and now Rocket wants to write his own story. Little yellow bird helps and so does the shy baby owl.

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• Raschka, Chris. A Ball For Daisy

• This 2012 Caldecott

medal winner is for any child who has ever had a beloved toy break. Daisy is full of anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog.

• Klassen, Jon. I Want My Hat Back

• The 2012 Theodor Seuss

Geisel Honor for the most distinguished beginning reader book. The bear‘s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Book Trailer

• Meisel, Paul. See Me Run • Happiness is a day in the

park for a pack of joyful dogs. Their doggy day becomes even more wonderful when they discover bones! But, the bones magically arrange themselves as a T. Rex!

• Scillian, Devin. Memoirs Of A Goldfish

• Day One, I swam around my bowl. Day Two, I swam around my bowl. Twice. Find out how the goldfish bowl gets filled with so many different things. Nominated for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

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• Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Balancing Act

• Two mice make a teeter-totter. They're balancing just fine, but then along comes a frog. Can they make room for one more friend on their teeter-totter? What about two? What about more?

• Willems, Mo. I Broke My Trunk!

• A new elephant and piggy book. In I Broke My Trunk! Gerald tells Piggie the long, crazy story about breaking his trunk. Will Piggie end up with a long, crazy story of her own?

• Willems, Mo. Should I Share My Ice Cream?

• Gerald has a decision to

make. Will he make his decision in time, will he do the right thing?

Grades 2-3• Cronin, Doreen. The Trouble

With Chickens • J.J. Tully is a former search-and

rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. So he’s not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt and Sugar (who look like popcorn on legs) and their chicken mom show up demanding his help to track down their missing siblings. Driven by the promise of a cheeseburger, J.J. begins to track down clues. Nominated for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

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• Czekaj, Jef. Cat Secrets • I'm sorry—this book is

not for you. This book is for CATS ONLY. What's that you say? You are a cat? Okay . . . get ready to prove it!

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• Evans, Shane W. Underground

• Underground is an

introduction to the Underground Railroad. With just two or three words on each double-page spread, the minimalist text is intense in this stirring picture book about a family’s escape from slavery.

• Hopkinson, Deborah. A Boy Called Dickens

• A great way to get to

know the famous author Charles Dickens, this is the story of his boyhood.

• Novak, Matt. The Everything Machine

• That’s right, a machine that

makes everything you need, and you don’t even have

to get out of bed. But one day, the machine breaks. Nominated for the 2012-13

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

• Sternberg, Julie. Like Pickle Juice On A Cookie

• I had a bad August. A very bad August. As bad as pickle juice on a cookie. As bad as a spider web on your leg. As bad as the black parts on a banana. I hope your August was better. I really do.

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Grades 4-6• Buyea, R. Because of Mr.

Terupt

• Fifth graders take turns writing chapters in this book that follows the months

of the school year. If you’ve ever had a favorite teacher, this book is for you! Nominated for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

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• Cody, Matthew. Powerless Grade 4-6

• Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice— but odd—new friends: one can fly; another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible! The super kids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they’re haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Nominated for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

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• DiCamillo, Kate. Magicians Elephant

• A new title for the 2013 Reading Olympics, when a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city Peter knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.

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• Tuxbury, Larry David. Benjamin Frankenstein Lives

• A new title for the 2013 Reading Olympics, Victor Godwin is a serious-minded boy genius living in Philadelphia. He discovers that Ben Franklin never died but was was put into suspended animation and was hidden away for more than 200 years in Victor's basement! An accident re-awakens Ben centuries before he was supposed to be, and there's a problem. When Ben runs low on energy, he turns into a rampaging monster desperately hungry for electricity!

• Schanzer, Rosalyn. Witches.

• Witches received a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor Award as one of the year's 5 most distinguished informational books for children. This is the true tale of disaster in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.

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• Phelan, Matt. The Storm In The Barn

• A new title for the 2013

Reading Olympics is a graphic novel set in Kansas during the dustbowl of the 1930’s. Jack finds that the Storm King is hiding out in an old barn and could make it rain if he wanted. You will root for Jack and feel like you share his success with him.

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• Van Allsburg, Chris. 14 Amazing Authors Tell The Tales of The Chronicle of

Harris Burdick • Master storytellers join

forces to weave fourteen mesmerizing tales around the intriguing illustrations of the legendary Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

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