Recommended Reading

RECOMMENDED READING

December 19, 2011
Mrs. Toomajian recommends: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. This is a wonderful combination of test and illustrations. Read more about the book and author/illustrator here.

Guys Read

ReadKiddoRead

New York Public Library Recommended Reading Lists

Multnomah Public Library (Oregon) Cool Reading Lists

Reading Zone

Charlotte Award

Help for Parents: Choosing Good Books and Resources for Your Children

All Together Now (ATN) Reading Lists: Read Alikes
http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.con/Read+Alikes

Book Hive: Your Guide to Children’s Literature and Books from the Charlotte Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Library
http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/

Champaign (Illinois) Public Library Children’s Read-a-Like Lists
http://www.champaign.org/justkids/good_books/read_a_likes.html

Charles County (Maryland) Public Library Readalikes
http://www.ccplonline.org/kids/readalikes.html

James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead
http://www.readkiddoread.com/home

Multnomah County (Oregon) Library Book Center
http://www.multcolib.org/kids/books.html

New York Public Library Recommended Reading
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended.cfm

Reading Rockets: Teaching Kids to Read and Helping Those Who Struggle
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Summer Reading at New York Libraries
http://www.summerreadingnys.org/

SELECTED BOOKS ONLINE: Even if you don’t own a Kindle or iPad!
Try these sites where you can read books on your computer:

Children’s Storybooks Online (free) http://www.magickeys.com/books/ International Children’s Digital Library (free) http://en.childrenslibrary.org/	NYPL eBooks Online (index to assorted sites) http://kids.nypl.org/reading/Childrensebooks.cfm Online Children’s Books (list and reviews of online book sites) http://onlinechildrensbooks.org/
We Give Books (free) http://www.wegivebooks.org/

Check with your school or public librarian for user names and passwords to these subscription sites. Your library may have subscriptions: BookFlix and Tumblebooks.