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Don't let the dreaded Summer Slide get you! Keep your reading skills sharp and your brain active by checking out one of these suggested books.
Many of the suggested books are available at Walker Library.
Also check out the Chickadee award books and the Maine Student Book award books!
Check out the Summer Reading Challenge at the Canal Library website at
http://referencesforyou.weebly.com/
Happy Reading! Mrs. Brown

Picture Books
Buckley, Carol. Tarra and Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends. Putnam, 2009. This book shares the story of an elephant named Tarra who befriends a dog, Bella, at an elephant sanctuary.
George, Jean Craighead The Last Polar Bear Illus. by Wendell Minor unp. HarperCollins 2009 A cautionary tale of global warming, Tigluk and his grandmother prepare and then go in search of the polar bear that visited their village. They find a young polar bear cub and know his mother has died. They take him back to show him how to live in a warmer world.
Helman, Andrea. Hide and Seek: Nature's Best Vanishing Acts. Walker, 2008. This beautifully photographed book takes the reader to ecosystems around the world to show how animals camouflage themselves for protection in each unique habitat.
Janeczko, Paul B. (selected by) A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout. Candlewick, 2009. This collection contains more than three dozen illustrated rhyming poems, with tongue twisters and bilingual pieces, drawn from contemporary and classic literary sources and anonymous authors.
Robinson, Sharon Testing The Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson Illus. by Kadir Nelson unp. Scholastic 2009 Jackie Robinson bought a home with a pond in Connecticut, a great place for the kids to run and play. They often swam in the pond, but he never did. One winter they asked him to check if the ice was frozen enough for them to skate. He couldn't swim but he walked carefully onto the ice to check it for his children and their friends.
Scieszka, Jon. Robot Zot!. Simon & Schuster, 2009. Big and bright robots advance and defeat their way through a wonderful yet familiar place.
Tavares, Matt. Henry Aaron’s Dream Candlewick, 2009. In this picture book biography, Tavares describes Aaron’s rise from a boy who “didn’t have a bat” to a baseball star.

Don't let the dreaded Summer Slide get you! Keep your reading skills sharp and your brain active by checking out one of these suggested books.
Many of the suggested books are available at Walker Library.
Also check out the Chickadee award books and the Maine Student Book award books!
Check out the Summer Reading Challenge at the Canal Library website at
http://referencesforyou.weebly.com/
Happy Reading! Mrs. Brown

Chapter Books
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Shines My Shoes. Dial, 2009. Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant. Candlewick, 2009. Orphan Peter Augustus Duchene sees a fortune teller that leads him on an adventurous journey involving an elephant and a magician in order to find his long lost younger sister Adele.
Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays. Scholastic, 2009. Best friends since their mothers met at the hospital when they were born, Amanda and Leo always celebrate their birthdays together. However, now that they are turning 11, they are no longer speaking to each other and everything is not as normal as it may appear. This is one birthday that does not seem to end!
Yee, Lisa. Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally). Arthur A. Levine, 2009. Two long-time best friends' disagreement escalates into a war between the girls and boys of their fourth grade classroom.
Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. Blue Sky, 2009. Homer P. Figg escapes from his wretched foster home in Pine Swamp, Maine, and sets out to find his beloved older brother, Harold, who has been illegally sold into the Union Army. Newbery Honor, 2010.
Smith, Roland. Tentacles. Scholastic, 2009. After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle and accompany him on what soon becomes an increasingly dangerous expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid.
Riordan, Rick. Maze of Bones. Scholastic, 2008. When Amy and Dan's grandmother passes away, they are offered two choices: take one million dollars or get the first clue to what could be "the most important treasure in the world."
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody And Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt. Candlewick, 2009. This island vacation is all about action as Judy Moody and Stink race other teams of vacationing "pirates" to collect gold doubloons in the hunt for Blackbeard's pirate treasure.