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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:25:23 -0700
From: Kathy Clark <KathyC@HARKER.ORG>
e that "they" are "asleep" at night?
Or are "they" busy doing things we would rather not know about?  Sounds
like a good plot for a Sci-Fi story to me.


John Meckler, Librarian
Plains Public School Library
Plains, MT 59859
jmeckler@montana.com
I carve, therefore I am!
Some people carve their careers, others just chisel.

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Subject: HIT: Summer Reading List

Netters-

Thanks so much for all your suggestions as to new books for the summer
reading list. All books are listed below. Wouldn't you know, I got to the
meeting with many of your ideas and some of the books, and the statement was
made that "we'll be adding several books to the list; we're working on it
right now"! The upper division librarian shared "Holes" and that was about
it!!! So there wasn't a huge rush on it after all (I have a whole week to
come up with more now).

In addition to your book suggestions, one person responded with "...suggest
that you talk with the children's librarian at the public library..", which
is an excellent idea.

Another had a very interesting idea:

 "...What do you think of including author websites on a summer reading
list?  (Ideas: Brett, Carle, Pilkey, Polacco, Janet Stevens and Audrey Wood)
Students without home computers might be able to use the Internet at the
public library.  : )..."

If anyone has implemented something like this, I (and probably others) would
be interested in how you did it. Our requirement is the student has to read
the book and a parent signature is requested.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
-Kathy
--------------------------
Kathy Clark
Librarian/Teacher
The Harker School
Lower Division
San Jose, California
kathyc@harker.org


The following list is edited alphabetically by last name:

Avi - Poppy (a good read-aloud for gr. 4 or an independent read)
Avi - Windcatcher
Bailey, Linda - Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears
Beard, Darleen Bailey - The Flimflam Man
Brown, Anthony - Voices in the Park (...DK Ink) appears to be such a simple
picture book but lends itself to so     much discussion that I have used it
from grade 1-5
Bunting - Secret Place
Bunting - Train to Somewhere
Cannon - The Bat in the Boot
Cannon, Janell - Verdi
Clement, Rod - Grandpa's Teeth
Clements - Frindle (..a fun read!!!..)
Clements, Andrew - Temple Cat
Dear America series (also My Name is America series for boys)
DeGroat - Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink
Demi (illus.) - Grass Sandals (..the story/haiku poetry of Basho from
1650's)
Edwards, Pamela - Dinorella & Some Smug Slug
Feiffer, Jules - I Lost My Bear
Franklin, Kristine - The Wolfhound
Friedrich, Elizabeth - Leah's Pony
Gershator, Phillis - Greetings, Sun
Gibbons, Faye - Mountain Wedding
Haddix, Margaret - Running Out of Time
Haskins, James - Africa Beginnings (..for nonfiction..)
Henkes - Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
Kasza, Keiko -  Don't Laugh Joe
Jacques, Brian - Marlfox
Joyce, William - Buddy
Lasky - The Lunch Bunnies
Levine, Gail - Ella Enchanted (..novel about Cinderella..compulsive
obedience gift..)
Martin, Jacqueline -    Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott)
Meddaugh - Martha (the dog) books
Meddaugh - Martha Walks the Dog
Paulsen, Gary - Mr. Tucket (..superb for 4-6  esp. for reluctant readers)
Paulsen ,Gary - Tuckets Ride
Paulsen ,Gary - Call Me Francis Tucket
Peck, Richard - Long way to Chicago (Newbery Honor)
all of Dav Pilkey's books are always a hit
Pryor, Bonnie - Dream Jar
Ransom, Candice F. - One Christmas Dawn
Richardson, Judith - Old Winter
Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rylant, Cynthia - Poppleton books (..for end of first grade -- lots of them
to choose from, styled like chapters, and       well liked by kids.
Sachar, Louis - Holes (Newbery)
Seidler, Tor - Mean Margaret (..for fantasy animal stories..)
Sis, Peter - Tibet (Caldecott Honor)
Spinelli, Jerry - Knots in my yo-yo string (autobiography)
Spurr. Elizabeth - Long Long Letter
Stoeke, Janet - Minerva Louise (any of them)
Tamar, Erika - Garden of Happiness
White, Linda - Too Many Pumpkins

Livingston Mouse - ? (cannot find an author)

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