Family Roundup: Summer Reading—Top Book Picks For Every Age
A 1996 study by Dr. Harris Cooper with the University of Missouri found that during summer break , students can lose up to three months of learning, primarily in math, but also in reading. One tip he suggests to help students retain learning is to keep lots of books around and schedule regular trips to the library.
Here are suggestions on what to read, great places to get books and information on the upcoming summer reading programs offered through the King Country Libraries.
Recommended Summer Reading Lists
A great way to start preparing for summer vacation is by going online to the King County Library system website this month and putting holds on the library books you and your kids want to read this summer. Using your library card and password, you can put holds on any books in the system and then have them ready for pick up at your favorite KCLS branch. And if your child is ready for the responsibility, celebrate the start of summer vacation by asking a librarian to help sign him or her up for his or her very own library card.
Beth Rosania, Children’s Section Supervisor for the three Bellevue King County Library System branches in downtown , Lake Hills and inside Crossroads Shopping Center , recommends the following books as great summer reads.
Infant/Toddlers
Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr. (series); Peek-a-Who? Nina Laden; Princess Baby , Karen Katz (series); Quiet Loud , Leslie Patricelli (she also has others in the series— Big Little , Binky , etc.); and Sporty Babies Wear Sweats , Michelle Sinclair Colman (series).
Preschoolers
Interrupting Chicken , David Ezra Stein; Knuffle Bunny Free , Mo Willems (series); The Loud Book , Deborah Underwood (sequel to The Quiet Book ); Silverlicious , Victoria Kahn (Latest in the Pinkilicious series); and Skippyjon Jones Prest-O-Change-O , Judy Schachner (series).
Beginning Readers/Early Chapter books (grades K-2)
DK Readers (series); Henry and Mudge , Mr. Putter and Tabby , Poppleton —several series by Cynthia Rylant; I Broke My Trunk (An Elephant and Piggie Book), Mo Willems (series); and Magic Tree House: Summer of the Sea Serpent , Mary Pope Osborne (series).
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