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Thanks to everyone who sent responses. They were extremely helpful!!!
Luanne Arnold, Media Specialist
North Lakeland Elementary School of Choice
LRARNOLD@TAMPABAY.RR.COM
HIT: Booklists for Parents
The elementary school librarians have set up a list of books that are
popular at their schools by grade level. Of course, there is some
overlapping :-) Hope this helps.
http://members.home.net/sdinak/library/kidbook.htm
Susan Inak sdinak@home.com
Media Specialist
Southampton Middle School
Bel Air, MD 21014
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You can try this, but I know there are more out there too:
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/cgi-bin/develop.html
http://www.cityoftakomapark.org/library/children/trickste.html
http://www.cityoftakomapark.org/library/ya/yabooks.html
(I am currently the librarian at Takoma Park, but am also a first-time
SLMS
in August for the school below...good luck to you too!)
Tina Hudak, Librarian
St. Bernard's School
tinahudak@worldnet.att.net
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I have found that making a reading list for parents is something that
I like
to do myself. I think it benefits you and your library program to
publish
your own because by coming from your school, and with your name in
tiny
print at the end, it demonstrates to parents, teachers, and
administration
that you can and do have valuable knowledge and opinions about
children and
their reading. It makes you the local expert, which you no doubt are!
I do summer lists, and after making one the first year, I only have to
change a few titles each year. I always put a brief message at the
top of
mine mentioning how important reading to young children is (for grades
K-4)
, and that the public library has many resources and folks to advise.
I use
a few graphics on each page to create visual interest. I try to do a
mix of
well loved classics and newer titles that not everyone has heard of
yet.
Anyway, it is something to consider.
Mary Flanagan, Librarian
Chandler School
193 Chandler Street
Duxbury, MA 02332
mcflanagan@adelphia.net
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Great Books for Boys and Great Books for Girls by Kathleen Odean gives
age
levels for books.
Valerie & Walter's Best Books for Children breaks down the recommended
books into reading levels - early elementary, etc.
All of the above books are affordable and can be purchased in
paperback.
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Libraries Unlimited has a book in their catalog titled The Librarian's
Complete Guide to
Involving Parents Through Children's Literature. It is full of
reproducible activity sheets
with activites for well known children's books. In the back of the
book there are lists of
recommended books by grade level. I have used this books and it has
lots of great ideas.
If you don't have the catalog here's their info: 1-800-237-6124,
website: www.lu.com,
e-mail: lu-books@lu.com
If you are not familiar with Libraries Unlimited they are wonderful to
work with.
Jan Croft, LIS
Peiffer Elementary
Littleton, CO
devjan@concentric.net
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You might want to check out the collection of state awards. Someone
in
the spring was seeking information from all the states about their
award
programs. I'm sure if you go to the archives and do a search on
"state
awards" and hit you should come up with it. Most are divided into
grade
groupings. In Maryland we have a Picture Book list which anyone can
vote
on, and then 4-6, 6-9, and high school.
Good luck.
Margaret Shaffer Easton High School
Library Media Specialist 723 Mecklenburg Ave
410-822-4180x118 Easton MD 21601
410-819-5814 (fax)
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Luanne,
You are welcome to use mine.
See the URLs in my signature below.
Joan Kimball
Librarian, Storyteller, Book Reviewer. Living in Ayer,
Massachusetts.
Retired June 1998 from Hart's Hill Elementary School, Whitesboro NY.
My Summer Fun Reading K-5 Ideas are on the net at a public library
site:
http://homepages.together.net/~windsorl/summer.htm
and a school library site: http://rms.concord.k12.nh.us/rl/summer.htm
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I tend to raid the various libraries in my area, and find they have
wonderful bookmark lists. However, many of them do not refer to books
we
own. The previous librarian started having kids, at the end of each
school year, recommend books for students that will be coming into
their
grade (i.e. graduating 4th graders make recommendations for graduating
3rd
graders). This way the books listed can often be found in house.
Leya Booth
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Each year our school system creates a list by grade level for students
and
parents. You can view it on our homepage: www.groton.k12.ct.us
and then just click on Media technology services and you will see
summer reading list.
Hope this is helpful.
Terry P.
Charles Barnum Elem.
GrotonCT 06340
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Our local library puts out a pamphlet just as you've described. They
credit
the compilation of the list to the Jacksonville Public Library's
Children's
Services Staff. They also list several websites:
http://www.yahooligans.com/are-soup/books-and-reading/
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessell/writers.html
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
Cyndi Ashley
K-5
Jacksonville, FL
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Luanne Arnold, Media Specialist
North Lakeland Elementary School of Choice
LRARNOLD@TAMPABAY.RR.COM
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