Each summer, the Washington Post KidsPost sponsors a summer book club, and suggests a number of wonderful titles to read. This club is open to kids ages 5 to 14, and those who are registered receive a bookmark designed by a local child. Children may read some or all of the books on the list - on the honor system. (So you could mix in a few of these titles with the ones on your HTS Summer Reading Lists) The Post reports: "We just want kids to enjoy summer reading, and we hope this helps."
If you would like to register for the program, click on the link here to learn more:
Join the Washington Post Summer Book Club (Kids, you will need your parents help to register)
The eight books suggested this year include:
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
Anyway* by Arthur Salm
The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
Stars in the Shadows by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Summer of May by Cecelia Galante
Crunch by Leslie Conor
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Have a favorite on the list? Leave a comment below!
Thank you for this information! I think this would be perfect for Maddie. She has already read 2 of the books on her summer reading list and is now reading a 3rd :-). She's read: When You Reach Me and Flush and loved them both. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite is Anyway*, which is featured in the Washington Post tomorrow. The subtitle is: "A story about me with 138 footnotes, 27 exaggerations and 1 plate of spaghetti" – The footnotes are hilarious. There are no zombies, vampires or wizards, just a kid's bumpy path to figuring out who he is.
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