St. Joseph Grade School Media Center

Summer Reading Ideas

Keep Reading

Running out of ideas of what to read? Try some of these suggestions.

Internet Links

Carol Hurst's Books : Look for books by grade level, author, title and 
Featured Books.
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/allreviewed.html

Children's Book Awards - Award winning books from around the world.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

BookHive : Hundreds of recommended book reviews by the staff of the 
Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC.)
http://www.bookhive.org/

Get your hooks on the right book!
http://www.kid-lit.com/

Education World - Summer reading
http://www.educationworld.com/summer_reading/

American Library Association - Links to award-winning and notable 
books for all ages.
http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html

New York Public Library - Reading and Books page
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/reading/index.cfm

YALSA Best of the Best - 100 best books for teens
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/2004bestbooks.htm

ALA list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong 
Learners
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/index.html

Indiana Dept. of Education Reading Lists - these documents are in PDF 
format. If you have difficulty downloading and printing, please e-mail me 
your request with the grade level you are interested in and I will see that 
you get  a copy. (gehring@stjoe.mvillage.com)
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/standards/readinglist.html

NSTA - Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students
http://www.nsta.org/ostbs04

Children's Literature Choice List - 2003
http://www.childrenslit.com/clc04.html

BOOKWINK - video booktalks on books for kids grades 3 - 8
http://www.bookwink.com/

Young Adult (& Kids) Books Central - For readers of all ages!
http://www.yabookscentral.com/cfusion/index.cfm

Al's Book Club for Kids: Al Roker highlights book  picks for kids
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18179145/

Other Resources

Don't forget to check the Book Lists page on the SJCPL Children's room 
site:  http://www.sjcpl.lib.in.us/homepage/ChildSrv/biblist.html - you will 
have to copy and paste this URL.