For Girls Entering

Grade 3

LAKE LIBRARY

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Summer Reading

Visit the Lake Library Home Page at

www.LaurelSchool.org

and find links to recommended websites

for Summer Reading Fun:

The Mysterious Benedict Society series

Books by Trenton Lee Stewart

Website: http://www.mysteriousbenedictsociety.com

The Sisters Eight series

Books by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Website: http://www.sisterseight.com

The Warrior Cats series

Books by Erin Hunter

Website: http://www.warriorcats.com/

The Mallory series

Books by Megan McDonals

Website: http://www.mallorymcdonald.com/

The Just Grace series

Books by Charise Mericle Harper

Website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/books/justgrace/

Summer Reading For Girls Entering Grade 3

REQUiRED: Read one of the following books:

Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young SheltonThe author, the daughter of Andrew Young, describes the participation of Martin LutherKing, Jr., along with her father and others, in the civil rights movement and in the historicmarch from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. A short (unpaged) memoir, writtenfrom a child’s point of view.

Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis PinkneyA celebration of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in when four college studentsstaged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equalityand the growing Civil Rights Movement. A short (unpaged), powerful, and beautifully illus-trated book.

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins by Carole Boston WeatherfordThe 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina,are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl. A picture story book with 32 pages.

Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissackGee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when at theage of ten she passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants andlunch counters to protest segregation. A chapter book with 104 pages.

Recommended But Not Required:These titles are recommended for independent reading or family read-aloud, whichever seems comfortable:

Just Grace by Charise Mericle HarperPoor Grace. There are 4 Graces in her third grade classroom. She ends up being called “Just” Grace… and it’sdownhill from there. Funny, thoughtful, and easy to read. JUST right for summer. This is the first in theseries of 5 Grace books.

Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamilloShe longed for adventure. So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world. There she met pleas-ures and perils: pirates on the majestic seas, lions under the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic bazaar!A picture book in four chapters.

Free To Be…You and Me by Marlo Thomas & Friends, the 35th Anniversary EditionThis delightful anthology of poetry, stories and songs has now charmed and inspired two generations ofgirls. Challenging stereotypes and celebrating individuality is as relevant today as ever. Includes a CD.

ANiMALS are what i care about.

• Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle by Brian Dennis• Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz• Bella and Tara: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends by Carol Buckley• My Dog, My Hero a short chapter book by Betsy Byars• Dewey: There’s A Cat in the Library! By Vicki Myron

Want to meet a spunky new friend ?

• Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer by Megan McDonald• The Nikki and Deja series by Karen English• Red, White and Blue Mallory and others in the Mallory series by Laurie Friedman• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters and others in

the series by Lenore Look• Cinderella Smith by Stephanie Barden

How about NONFiCTiON for a change?

• National Geographic Kids World Almanac 2012• Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire Nivola. • The Daring Book For Girls by Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz

AND SOME MORE SUGGESTiONS:

Curl up with a great CHAPTER BOOK—

• Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith• The Gold-Threaded Dress by Carolyn Marsden• Summer Pony and Winter Pony by Jean Slaughter Doty• Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures and others in the Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown• Lincoln At Last! by Mary Pope Osborne, and all 47 Magic Tree House books

And something for the GROWN-UPS…

The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Sharedby Alice Ozma

When Alice was in fourth grade, she and her father promised to readaloud together for 100 nights, without missing one. By the time theyreached 100, they had come to love their nightly ritual so much thatthey decided to go for 1000. After that, they called it “The Streak,”and kept it up until the day Alice left for college. This touching bookis a memoir of those years. Rave reviews call the book a coming of agestory, a daughter’s love letter to her father, and an ode to books andthe joys of reading — deeply affecting, deftly written, smart and clearand funny. Their 100 favorite titles are listed. Aren’t you tempted tostart a streak of your own?