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Summer 2009 Reading

Lorraine Bentley, St. Andrew Librarian Media Specialist.

(BES) = Maryland Black-Eyed Susan nominee

Author Title
Adoff LOVE LETTERS
Alexander THE BOOK OF THREE (The Prydain series)
Amato DROOLING AND DANGEROUS: THE RIOT BROTHERS RETURN
Armstrong WHITTINGTON
Avi THE BOOK WITHOUT WORDS: A FABLE OF MEDIEVAL MAGIC
Balliett CHASING VERMEER
Becker SCIENCE ON THE LOOSE
Birdsall THE PENDERWICKS
Bishop TWENTY AND TEN
Blumberg SHIPWRECKED: THE STORY OF A JAPANESE BOY
Bowen TOUCHDOWN TROUBLE (coming out 8/1/09)
Brandenburg FACE TO FACE WITH WOLVES
Bridges THROUGH MY EYES
Broach MASTERPIECE
Bruchac SKELETON MAN
Burch IDA EARLY COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN
Byars ME, TARZAN
Carbone STORM WARRIORS
Cassedy BEHIND THE ATTIC WALL
Cerullo THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GREAT WHITE SHARKS
Cherry HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE
Choldenko NOTES FROM A LIAR AND HER DOG
Cleary RALPH S. MOUSE
Clements NO TALKING, A WEEK IN THE WOODS, and others
Cole A NEW TREASURY OF CHILDREN'S POETRY
Conley TROUT SUMMER
Cooper THE BOGGART
Coville THE SKULL OF TRUTH
Creech LOVE THAT DOG and HATE THAT CAT (BES)
Crespo THE SECRET LIFE OF FOOD
Crew NEKOMAH CREEK
Cummings SAVING GRACE
Cushman RODZINA
Deem BODIES FROM THE ICE
Delano HELEN’S EYES: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANNIE SULLIVAN, HELEN’S TEACHER
DiCamillo BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Erdrich THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE
Feiffer A ROOM WITH A ZOO
Flake THE BROKEN BIKE BOY AND THE QUEEN OF 33RD STREET
Fleishman JIM UGLY
Frazier BRENDAN BUCKLEY’S UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT (BES)
Freedman THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Fritz BULLY FOR YOU, TEDDY ROOSEVELT
Frost DIAMOND WILLOW (BES)
Funke IGRAINE THE BRAVE (BES)
Gantos JACK ON THE TRACKS: FOUR SEASONS OF FIFTH GRADE
George MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
Gherman NORMAN ROCKWELL: STORYTELLER WITH A BRUSH
Giovanni LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS, AN AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
Goodall THE CHIMPANZEES I LOVE: SAVING THEIR WORLD AND OURS
Gutman THE MILLION DOLLAR STRIKE
Hahn TIME FOR ANDREW
Haig SAMUEL BLINK AND THE FORBIDDEN FOREST (BES)
Hamilton COUSINS
Henkes SUN AND SPOON
Hill THE YEAR OF MISS AGNES
Holm BOSTON JANE (Sequels)
Hopkins OPENING DAYS: SPORTS POEMS
Horath EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE
Hurwitz THE HOT AND COLD SUMMER
Ibbotson THE ISLAND OF THE AUNTS, JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA
Jackson THE BONE DETECTIVES
Janeczko A KICK IN THE HEAD: AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO POETIC FORMS
Jenkins SISTERS AND BROTHERS
Kelly LUCY ROSE : BUSY LIKE YOU CAN’T BELIEVE, MELONHEAD
Kennedy A FAMILY OF POEMS: MY FAVORITE POETRY FOR CHILDREN
King‑Smith HARRY'S MAD, PIGS MIGHT FLY
Konigsburg FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
Korman NO MORE DEAD DOGS, SWINDLE (BES)
Kurzweil LEON AND THE SPITTING IMAGE
Lawrence ASSASSINS OF ROME (mystery series)
Levine KITCHEN SCIENCE
Lindbergh THE HUNKY‑DORY DAIRY, THE PEOPLE OF PINEAPPLE PLACE
Locricchio THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK FOR KIDS
Lowry SWITCHAROUND, ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (series)
Marrin OH RATS! THE STORY OF RATS AND PEOPLE
Matthews TRICK OF THE TALE
McGraw THE MOORCHILD
McKay SAFFY’S ANGEL (sequels)
Mills ALEX RYAN, STOP THAT!
Montgomery THE GOLDEN MOON BEAR: SCIENCE AND ADVENTURE IN THE ASIAN TROPICS
Morpurgo KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
Murphy THE GREAT FIRE
Myers, L. SURVIVING BRICK JOHNSON
Napoli THE KING OF MULBERRY STREET
NCBLA OUR WHITE HOUSE: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT
Naylor THE FEAR PLACE
Nelson AIN’T NOTHING BUT A MAN
Nicklin FACE TO FACE WITH DOLPHINS
Odell ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
Ormondroyd TIME AT THE TOP
Paterson GREAT GILLY HOPKINS
Paulsen HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS NAME AND OTHER OUTRAGEOUS TALES ABOUT EXTREME SPORTS
Pearce TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN
Pearsall TROUBLE DON’T LAST
Philbrick THE YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA
Pratchett WEE FREE MEN
Prelutsky SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE
Roberts SCARED STIFF
Robinson PROMISES TO KEEP: HOW JACKIE ROBINSON CHANGED AMERICA
Ryan PAINT THE WIND (BES)
Sacher SIDEWAYS ARITHMETIC FROM THE WAYSIDE SCHOOL
Sauer FOG MAGIC
Scieszka KNUCKLEHEAD
Scieszka SUMMER READING IS REALLY KILLING ME
Seldon THE GENIE OF SUTTON PLACE
Selznick THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET (2008 Caldecott winner)
Simon EARTH
Simpson, Ed. THE BILL MARTIN JR. BIG BOOK OF POETRY
Singer VENOM
Skurzynski WOLF STALKER (National park mystery series)
Slote FINDING BUCK McHENRY, THE TRADING GAME
Speare THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER
Stanley MICHELANGELO
Stewart THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
Tack HELLO, CUPCAKE!
Thomson DRAGON’S EGG (BES)
Uchida A JAR OF DREAMS
Urban A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT (BES)
VanLeeuwen GREAT SUMMER CAMP CATASTROPHE
Walker SECRETS OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE: SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF THE H. L. HUNTLEY
Wallace PEPPERMINTS IN THE PARLOUR
Warren ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER
Waugh THE MENNYMS
Wick WALTER WICK’S OPTICAL TRICKS
Wiles EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS
Woodruff FEARLESS (BES)
Yep COCKROACH COOTIES

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