• *A Balloon for Isabel –
•  D. Underwood
• *A Beach Tail – K. Williams
• *Cat the Cat Who is That? – M. Willems
• *Chalk – B. Thomson
• *Chicken Big – K. Graves
• *Dancing Feet – L. Craig
• *Disappearing Desmond –
• A. Alter
• *In the Wild – D. Elliott
• *Let’s Save the Animals: A Flip-the - Flap Book – F. Barry
• *Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! – G. Lin
• *LMNO Peas – K. Baker
• *1+1=5: and Other Unlikely Additions – D. LaRochelle
• *One Pup’s Up – M. Chall
• *Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes – S. Mayor
• *Rubia and the Three Osos – S. Elya
• *Say Hello – R. Isadora
• *Shark vs. Train – C. Barton
• *Swim! Swim! - Lerch
• *Tuck Me In! – D. Hacohen
• *Who Said Coo? – D. Ruddell

• *Amazing Faces – L. Hopkins
• *Balarama: A Royal Elephant – T. and B. Lewin
• *Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story – S. Nelson
• *The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy – D. Butler
• *The Case of the Case of the Mistaken Identity – M. Barnett
• *The Duchess of Whimsy: An Absolutely Delicious Fairy Tale – R. de Seve
• *The Extraordinary Mark Twain  (According to Susy) – B. Kerley
• *Goal – M. Javaherbin
• *Hallelujah Flight – P. Bildner
• *Happenstance Found – P. Catanese
• *Imogene’s Last Stand – C. Fleming
• *Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott – Y. McDonough
• *Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse – M. Singer
• *The Shadows – J. West
• *The Storm in the Barn – M. Phelan
• *The Stranger Case of the Origami Yoda – T. Angleberger
• *Turtle in Paradise – J. Holm
• *Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit –
•  J. Carris
• *The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children – K. McGowan

• *After Ever After – Sonnenblick
• *Brain Jack - Falkner
• *Bruiser - Shusterman
• *Countdown - Wiles
• *Dragonfly - Golding
• *Fat Cat - Brande
• *Forgive My Fins - Childs
• *The Grimm Legacy - Shulman
• *Heist Society - Carter
• *How to Survive Middle School - Gephardt
• *Incarceron - Fisher
• *The Last Summer of the Death Warriors - Stork
• *Little Blog on the Prarie - Bell
• *Matched - Condie
• *The Monstrumologist - Yancey
• *Payback Time - Deuker
• *Ship Breaker - Bacigalupi
• *Stuck on Earth - Klass
• *The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet - Dionne
• *Vampire Rising - Henderson

BookPeople's Summer Reading Series 2011

Between beach vacations, road trips, and long, lazy afternoons with your family, summer is simply the best season for sinking into a stack of great books. With that in mind, I'm going to featuring some of my top summer reading picks in this newsletter all summer long.
Kicking off the series with ten brand-new tales of adventure, friendship, and bravery, I've put together a list of timeless stories that will appeal to anyone who appreciates great characters and classic storytelling -- these are some of my absolute favorite books published so far this year.

--Meghan Dietsche Goel, BookPeople's Children's Book Buyer

    * Pig Kahuna – J. Sattler (ages 3 – 6)
    * Hopper and Wilson – M. Van Lieshout (ages 3 – 6)
    * Me…Jane – P. McDonnell (ages 4 – 7)
    * Young Fredle – C. Voight (ages 8 – 12)
    * The Grand Plan to Fix Everything – U. Krishnaswami (ages 8 – 12)
    * Noah Barleywater Runs Away – J. Boyne (ages 8 – 12)
    * The Penderwicks at Point Mouette – J. Birdsall (ages 8 – 12)
    * The Romeo and Juliet Code – P. Stone (ages 9 – 13)
    * Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen – G.  McCaughrean (ages 10 and up)
    * Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – C. Valente (ages 10 and up)

Book People, 603 North Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703, 512-472-4288

TUMBLEBOOKS:

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.

Visit TumbleBooksto listen and read online

Username: austinisd  password: books

OTHER SITES FOR RECOMMENDED READING LISTS:

• Austin Public Library Youth Services Reading Lists
• McCarty-Towne Leveled Book List
• Portland Public Schools
• James Patterson's ReadkiddoRead

CONTESTS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER:

Sign up your child for the award-winning "Hit a Home Run for Reading" program!  Students receive:

·         4 Round Rock Express baseball tickets

·         Stickers, bookmarks, pencils and other fun prizes just for reading during the summer break.

·         The school with the highest number of students in the program will receive $500 from the A- Federal Credit Union to purchase library books plus a visit from the Round Rock Express mascot. **

·         Let the reading journey begin!  Call (512) 445-3591 or visit statesman/NIE for more information."

**Oak Hill has won 3 times over the past 7 years!!!!!


AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS: DIG UP A GOOD BOOK

Join the 2011 Summer Reading Program at the Austin Public Library. The instructions are simple! Here’s what you do:

1.      Sign up at the Library or online

2.      Read, read, read.

3.      Record the books you read and your opinions in your reading log.

Return your completed log to any Austin Public Library location between July 1 and August 31, 2011, and choose a book to keep!

For Austin Public Library summer reading program forms, literature live locations, dates and times, storytimes for all libraries, and access to TumbleBook Library visit Austin Public Library

**Literature Live presents Chicken Big!, one of the 2011 2X2 books, throughout the summer at all APL branches. The Hampton Branch at Oak Hill’s presentation is Friday, July 29 at 2:00. This show is recommended for ages 5 and up. For more information for this event and all other activities contact Hampton Branch at Oak Hill
5125 Convict Hill Rd., 78749; (512) 974-9900

H.E.B. : HEBUDDY SUMMER READING PROGRAM:

Grab a pen and fill out the form at HEB. Ready? Set. Read! Just pick out 10 books and get started. After you finish reading each one, log it in the form. Be sure to have a grownup put their initials by each book you’ve read. (Parents, you can read to your children if they are too young.) When you’re done, pat yourself on the back! You’ve read 10 books.
BORDERS’ DOUBLE – DOG DARE SUMMER READING PROGRAM:

Dates:  June 1-September 5, 2011         Ages:  Must be 12 and under.

Requirements:  Go to Double Dog Dare for more form and details.  Print out the form to write down the ten books that your child reads.  You must also check the box and sign to confirm that your child read the books.  Take your completed form to any Borders, Borders Express or Waldenbooks between June 1-September 5, 2011.

Prize:  Your child can choose a book in store from a group of selected titles.

BARNES & NOBLE SUMMER READING IMAGINATION’S DESTINATION:

Read any 8 books this summer and record them the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Imagination’s Destination Journal along with whom you would recommend each book and why. Take your completed journal to any B&N store by September and choose your FREE reading adventure from the book list featured on back of journal. Visit Barnes & Noble to download the reading journal along with suggested reading lists and other activities

HALF PRICE BOOKS’ FEED YOUR BRAIN SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Record the number of minutes each day you read during June and July. After the child reads at least 600 minutes, turn in the form to any Half Price Book location to get your free $5 in Half Price Books Back to School Bucks to use July 25 - Aug. 31. Download the form for the Half Price Books summer reading program