Summer Reading 2011 - Staff Favorites
If a younger reader is slowing down on their reading challenge or you're just looking for an enthusiastic suggestion, check out these picks.
Picture Books
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Koala
Lou by Mem Fox
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon
Scieszka
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Tuesday
by David Wiesner
Chapter Books
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Anna Mei, Cartoon Girl by Carol Grund
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Teen Books
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Looking for Alaska by John Green
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
The Golden Compass
trilogy by Phillip Pullman
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Homecoming
by Cynthia Voigt
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
