Assembly Member O’Donnell & The New York Public Library present Dignity for All The Tenth Annual Community Reading Challenge
Spring 2013 Dear Families, Welcome to my Tenth Annual Com- munity Reading Challenge! This year’s Challenge theme, Diversity Let’s Get Started! for All, is very close to my heart. Inspired by anti-bullying legislation I authored, which was passed in Queridas familias: 2010 and went into effect statewide Bienvenidas a mi Décimo Reto Anual de Lecturas de la Comunidad. in 2012, we are celebrating the El tema del reto de este año, Diversidad para todos, está muy cerca de diversity and culture of the families and children in our mi corazón. Inspirado por legislación en contra del acoso escolar, que neighborhood. I hope these books will stimulate conversa- fue escrita por mí y aprobada en el 2010, y adoptada en todo el estado tions about our identities, abilities, differences, and com- de Nueva York en el 2012, celebraremos la diversidad y la cultura de monalities. Through these conversations, we will create a nuestras familias y niños. Espero que los libros sugeridos estimulen stronger and more loving community. la conversación sobre nuestras identidades, habilidades, diferencias In this booklet, you will find a book list, a reading log, sug- y todo lo que tenemos en común. A través de estas conversaciones, gested activities and events, and tips for parents and guard- crearemos una comunidad más fuerte y más amorosa. ians to encourage reading at home. The book list includes En este folleto encontrarán una lista de libros, una página para anotar recommendations for Pre-K through eighth grade levels, and los libros leídos, actividades y eventos sugeridos, y consejos para padres a list of suggested authors for advanced readers. Participants y guardianes para estimular la lectura en el hogar. La lista de libros are always encouraged to check out any books that look incluye recomendaciones para grados desde pre-k hasta octavo grado, intriguing, regardless of reading level! Book Festivals will y una lista de autores sugeridos para los lectores más avanzados. A los mark the end of the Community Reading Challenge, and participantes se les recomienda ojear cualquier libro que les parezca give you and your children an opportunity to celebrate your interesante, independientemente del nivel de lectura. Los Festivales involvement—information about the parties can be found at de Libros marcarán el final del Reto de Lecturas de la Comunidad, the bottom of this page. The Book Festivals will feature au- y les dará a ustedes y sus hijos la oportunidad para celebrar su thor Artie Bennett, poet John Grandits, former NFL football participación— pueden encontrar información sobre las fiestas al pie de player and author Trevor Pryce, and Manhattan School of esta página. Los Festivales de Libros contarán con la presencia del autor Music cellist Robert Karpay, among other guests. Artie Bennett, el poeta John Grandits, el ex-jugador de fútbol de la NFL I am kicking off my Community Reading Challenge just y autor Trevor Pryce, y el violonchelista de la Escuela de Música de after Drop Everything and Read Day on April 12th, and the Manhattan Robert Karpay, entre otros invitados. Book Festivals will coincide with Children’s Book Week, Iniciaré mi Reto de Lecturas de la Comunidad justo después del Día para May 13th through 19th. If you have any questions about Dejar Todo de Mano y Leer (Drop Everything and Read Day), el 12 de this year’s Challenge, please don’t hesitate to visit any of abril, y los Festivales de Libros coincidirán con la Semana de Libros the participating libraries or call my Community Office at Infantiles, del 13 al 19 de mayo. Si tienen preguntas sobre el Reto de 212-866-3970. este año, no dejen de visitar cualquiera de las bibliotecas participantes o Very truly yours, comuníquense con mi Oficina de la Comunidad al 212-866-3970. Su seguro servidor,
Daniel O’Donnell Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell Miembro de la Asamblea
Book Festivals
May 9th May 16th May 17th 4:00‑5:00 p.m. 4:00‑5:00 p.m. 3:30‑4:30 p.m. George Bruce Library Morningside Heights Library Bloomingdale Library 518 W. 125th Street 2900 Broadway @ W. 113th St. 150 W. 100th Street 212-662-9727 212-864-2530 212-222-8030 Pre-K - Kindergarten New York State Assembly
*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists **También disponible en Español
J PIC A The library has many books available written in both English and Spanish, as well as Back to Front and Upside Down books written in both at once. Bilingual books are indicated by one star, and books by Claire Alexander also available in Spanish are indicated by two stars. While the rest of the class makes birth- La biblioteca tiene disponible muchos libros escritos en inglés y en español, y tam- day cards for the principal, Stanley bién tiene libros escritos en ambos idiomas. Los libros bilingües se demuestran con struggles with his words and letters. una estrella, y los libros disponibles en español se demuestran con dos estrellas. J PIC K Keats’s Neighborhood J PIC M ** by Ezra Jack Keats The Paper Bag Princess (contains the book Apt. 3) by Robert Munsch All New Book Ideas A collection of ten of the author’s best- Princess Elizabeth decides to rescue her loved stories. Introduction outlines his fiancé Prince Ronald from a dragon who career and contributions to the land- has burned up all her possessions. Wear- J PIC C scape of children’s literature. ing a paper bag, she pursues them. The Mixed-Up Chameleon J-Spa FIC L * J PIC G * by Eric Carle Lucía: Alto y claro/Lucy: Loud and Clear Elena’s Serenade by Campbell Geeslin A bored chameleon wishes it could be by Laila Laván In Mexico, a little girl disguised as a boy more like all the other animals it sees, It’s three days, four hours and sixteen sets out for Monterrey determined to but soon decides it would rather just be minutes since Lucy’s big brother Omar master the art of glassblowing, and ex- itself. Cutouts along the edges of the borrowed her color pencils. And now she’s periences self-discovery along the way. pages display various animals and colors. going to have to ask him to give them J PIC Z J PIC H back. But how can a little girl who’s deaf William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes get the attention of a hearing teenager More than anything, William wants a Chrysanthemum loves her name, until who isn’t interested in understanding doll. He enjoys the other toys his father she starts going to school and the other what she has to say? gives him, like a basketball and a train children make fun of it. J PIC S set, but he still wants a doll. William’s J-Spa 618.92 T/J 618.92 T * Babu’s Song by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen grandmother is the only one who really Mi amigo tiene autismo/ In Tanzania, Bernardi’s mute grandfather understands his wish. My Friend Has Autism makes him a wonderful music box and J PIC S by Amanda Doering Tourville then helps him realize his dream of owning The Sneetches, in The Sneetches and My friend Zack has a disability called au- a soccer ball and going to school. Other Stories tism. But that doesn’t matter to us. We J PIC N by Dr. Seuss talk about airplanes, build models, and Mommy, Mama, and Me (also Daddy, Includes four humorous verse fantasies: enjoy hanging out at each other’s house. Papa, and Me) by Leslea Newman The Sneetches, The Zax, Too Many Daves, I’m glad Zack is my friend! A baby enjoys a number of fun activities and What was I Scared of? J PIC P ** with her two mothers. J PIC P Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco J PIC R The Big Orange Splot At first, Trisha loves school, but her dif- And Tango Makes Three by Daniel Pinkwater ficulty learning to read makes her feel by Justin Richardson When a seagull drops a can of orange dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new At New York City’s Central Park Zoo, paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean teacher helps her understand and over- two male penguins fall in love and start gets an idea that affects his entire come her problem. a family by taking turns sitting on an neighborhood. abandoned egg until it hatches.
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*Bilingual – English and Spanish Suggested Reading Lists **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español (continued) **También disponible en Español
J PIC B J PIC B Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts How Many Days to America? Jeremy, who longs to have the black high All New Book Ideas by Eve Bunting tops that everyone at school seems to Refugees from a Caribbean island em- have but his grandmother cannot afford, bark on a dangerous boat trip to Amer- is excited when he sees them for sale in a ica where they have a special reason to thrift shop and decides to buy them even J PIC C celebrate Thanksgiving. though they are the wrong size. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi After Unhei moves from Korea to the J PIC M/ J-Spa PIC M ** J B Cruz B * Tomás and the Library Lady/ My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be. Tomás y la señora de la biblioteca Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz by Pat Mora by Monica Brown J PIC A While helping his family in their work as Tells the story of Celia Cruz, the Cuban- Black Is Brown Is Tan by Arnold Adoff migrant laborers far from their home, born salsa queen, from her early child- Describes in verse the life of brown- Tomás finds an entire world to explore hood in Havana to her musical achieve- skinned momma, white-skinned daddy, in the books at the local public library, ment and worldwide acclaim. their children, and assorted relatives. which has a significant impact on the J PIC R J 362.4 P boy when he grows up to be Chancellor Elephants Never Forget I Have a Sister—My Sister Is Deaf of the University of California, Riverside. by Anushka Ravishankar by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson J PIC L A lonely elephant meets a herd of buffalo A young girl describes how her deaf sis- Hooway for Wodney Wat and decides to stay with them, but when ter experiences everyday things. by Helen Lester they meet up with some elephants, he J PIC M All his classmates make fun of Rodney must make an important decision. Moses Goes to A Concert because he can’t pronounce his name, J PIC Z by Isaac Millman but it is Rodney’s speech impediment The Best Single Mom in the World Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, that drives away the class bully. by Mary Zisk attend a concert where the orchestra’s J PIC B A girl tells how her mother decided to percussionist is also deaf. Includes il- The Butt Book by Artie Bennett become a single parent and traveled lustrations in sign language and a page In illustrations and rhyming text, cel- overseas to adopt her and describes showing the manual alphabet. ebrates the uses and varieties of but- their happy life as a family. J PIC S tocks of all kinds and shapes. J PIC C Kami and the Yaks J PIC B * Just Us Women by Andrea Stenn Stryer Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ by Jeanette Franklin Caines In the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, Marisol McDonald no combina A trip to North Carolina in her Aunt Kami, a deaf Sherpa boy, braves a fierce by Monica Brown Martha’s new car gives a young girl and storm to lead his father and brother to Marisol McDonald, a biracial, noncon- her aunt a chance to spend some time their family’s lost yak herd. formist, soccer-playing pirate-princess together. J PIC W with brown skin and red hair, celebrates J PIC S Angelina’s Island her uniqueness. My Dadima Wears A Sari by Jeanette Winter Marisol McDonald no combina. Es peli- by Kashmira Sheth Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in rroja y morena; su ropa es de varios co- Two young sisters raised in America learn Jamaica and imagines she is there, until lores; juega a los piratas futbolistas; y about the beauty and art of wearing a her mother finds a wonderful way to con- le gusta ser única. sari from their wise Indian grandmother. vince her that New York is now their home.
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J PIC D play Peter Pan in the school play because she Oliver Button Is a Sissy is black, Grace discovers that she can do by Tomie dePaola All New Book Ideas anything she sets her mind to do. His classmates’ taunts don’t stop Oliver Button from doing what he likes best. J E L ** Frog and Toad are Friends J YR FIC S J PIC W by Arnold Lobel Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sachar Miss Little’s Gift by Douglas Wood The best of friends, from writing letters A small incident during recess threatens In a compelling and beautifully illustrat- to going swimming, telling stories to find- to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the out- ed story, the bestselling author of “Old ing lost buttons, Frog and Toad are al- cast of his third-grade class. Turtle” tells of the teacher who led him to ways there for each other—just as best J FIC E ** love reading, in spite of his ADHD. friends should be. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes J PIC V/ J-Spa PIC V ** J B Chavez K/J-Spa B Chávez K ** In winning a medal she is no longer there Grandma’s Records/Los discos de mi Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl abuela by Eric Velasquez Chavez/Cosechando esperanza: la his- teaches her classmates a lesson. The author describes his boyhood sum- toria de César Chávez J YR FIC L mers spent at his grandmother’s apart- by Kathleen Krull Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything ment in Spanish Harlem where she in- A biography of César Chávez, from age by Lenore Look troduced him to the sounds and steps ten when he and his family lived happily on After Ruby Lu’s deaf cousin, Flying Duck, of the merengue and the conga and told their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight and her parents come from China to live him stories of Puerto Rico. when he led a peaceful protest against with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she J PIC R California migrant workers’ miserable adjusts to her new family, tries to mend My Best Friend by Mary Ann Rodman working conditions. her rocky relationship with her friend Six-year-old Lily has a best friend all picked J PIC S Emma, and faces various adventures in out for play group day, but unfortunately Allison by Allen Say summer school. the differences between first-graders and When Allison realizes that she looks more J-Spa PIC K ** second-graders are sometimes very large. like her favorite doll than like her parents, Max aprende la lengua de señas J PIC E she comes to terms with this unwelcomed by Adria Klein Looking after Louis by Lesley Ely discovery through the help of a stray cat. Max takes a class in sign language so When a new boy with autism joins their J PIC G that he can talk with his friend, Susan, classroom, the children try to understand Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break who cannot hear. his world and to include him in theirs. If You Want to Survive the School Bus J PIC P J FIC M by John Grandits In Our Mothers’ House Oddfellow’s Orphanage Before Kyle rides a school bus for the first by Patricia Polacco by Emily Winfield Martin time, his older brother gives him a list of Three young children experience the joys Although mute, Delia quickly becomes part rules he must follow, but after breaking ev- and challenges of being raised by two of the “family” at a most unusual orphan- ery single one on the first day, Kyle discov- mothers. age, where classes include Fairy Tale Stud- ers the rule his brother left out. J PIC L ies, a field trip may result in a monster J-Spa PIC H ** Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee sighting, and classmates include a hedge- Dan and Diesel by Charlotte Hudson In her determination to prove that an hog and a boy whose head is an onion. Dan and his dog Diesel are always to- American can win the contest for the J PIC H gether, and can do anything together— war effort, Nim does something which Amazing Grace even perform in the jazz band Bugalú. leaves her Chinese grandfather both be- by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch One day, Diesel is taken away and sud- wildered and proud. Although a classmate says that she cannot denly everything changes.
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*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists **También disponible en Español
J FIC B All New Book Ideas J FIC K/ J-Spa FIC K ** Blubber Diary of a Wimpy Kid/ by Judy Blume Diario de Greg: un renacuajo Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth- by Jeff Kinney grade class in tormenting a classmate adapt to the harsh circumstances fac- Greg records his sixth grade experiences and then finds out what it is like when ing Mexican farm workers on the eve of in a middle school where he and his best she, too, becomes a target. the Great Depression. friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid J FIC G J FIC C/J-Spa FIC C ** boys who need to shave twice daily, hope The Thing about Georgie Bud, Not Buddy/Me llamo Bud, no Buddy just to survive. But when Rowley grows by Lisa Graff by Christopher Paul Curtis more popular, Greg must take drastic Georgie’s dwarfism causes problems, but Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy measures to save their friendship. he could always rely on his parents, his living in Flint, Michigan, during the J FIC D best friend, and classmate Jeanie the Great Depression, escapes a bad fos- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Meanie’s teasing, until a surprising an- ter home and sets out in search of the The Diary of Bess Brennan nouncement, a new boy in school, and a man he believes to be his father—the by Barry Denenberg class project shake things up. renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost J HOLIDAY PIC S Grand Rapids. her sight in an accident keeps a diary, Tree of Cranes J FIC C recorded by her twin sister, in which she by Allen Say Walk Two Moons describes life at Perkins School for the A Japanese boy learns of Christmas by Sharon Creech Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. when his mother decorates a pine tree After her mother leaves home suddenly, J FIC L/ J-Spa FIC L ** with paper cranes. thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandpar- A Dog Called Homeless/ J B Grandin M ents take a car trip retracing her moth- Un perro llamado Vagabundo Temple Grandin, How the Girl Who er’s route. Along the way, Sal recounts by Sarah Lean Loved Cows Embraced Autism and the story of her friend Phoebe, whose Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops Changed the World mother also left. talking, partly because her father and by Sy Montgomery and Temple Grandin J FIC D brother never speak of her mother who An authorized portrait about Grandin’s Dovey Coe died a year earlier, but visions of her life with autism and her groundbreak- by Frances O’Roark Dowell mother, friendships with a homeless man ing work as a scientist and designer When accused of murder in her North and a disabled boy, and a huge dog en- of cruelty-free livestock facilities de- Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey sure that she still communicates. scribes how she overcame key disabili- Coe, a strong-willed twelve-year-old girl, J FIC S/ J-Spa FIC S ** ties through education and the support comes to a new understanding of others, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom/ of her mother. including her deaf brother. Hay un chico en el baño de las chicas J FIC R/J-Spa FIC R ** J PIC M by Louis Sachar Esperanza Rising/Esperanza renace My Name is Bilal An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven- by Pam Muñoz Ryan by Asma Mobin-Uddin year-old misfit learns to believe in him- Esperanza and her mother are forced to When Bilal and his sister transfer to a self when he gets to know the new school leave their life of wealth and privilege in school where they are the only Muslims, counselor, who is a sort of misfit too. Mexico to go work in the labor camps they must learn how to fit in while stay- of Southern California, where they must ing true to their beliefs and heritage.
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FIC F The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake All New Book Ideas grandson of a slave, can make a differ- Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable ence in America and for Shirley as well, because her skin is extremely dark, meets on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity. a new teacher with a birthmark on her J FIC P face and makes some discoveries about Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park J FIC S love, who she is and what she looks like. While working on a project for an after- Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai J FIC G school club, Julia, a Korean American Escaping from Taliban-controlled Af- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key girl, and her friend Patrick learn not ghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven- by Jack Gantos just about silkworms, but also about year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to To the constant disappointment of tolerance, prejudice, friendship, pa- the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi his mother and his teachers, Joey has tience, and more. schemes to return to the Pakistani refu- trouble paying attention or controlling gee camp where his little sister was ac- J FIC T cidentally left behind. his mood swings when his prescription Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree medicines wear off and he starts getting by Lauren Tarshis J FIC S ** worked up and acting wired. A quirky and utterly logical seventh- Holes by Louis Sachar J FIC C grade girl named Emma-Jean Lazarus As further evidence of his family’s bad for- Al Capone Does My Shirts discovers some interesting results when tune which they attribute to a curse on a by Gennifer Choldenko she gets involved in the messy everyday distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent A twelve-year-old boy named Moose problems of her peers. to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when desert where he finds his first real friend, a J FIC F treasure, and a new sense of himself. guards’ families were housed there, and Brendan Buckley’s Universe and has to contend with his extraordinary Everything in It FIC W new environment in addition to life with by Sundee Tucker Frazier Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson his autistic sister. Ten-year-old Tae Kwon Do blue belt and Twelve-year-old Lafayette’s close rela- J FIC A budding rock hound Brendan Buckley tionship with his older brother Charlie Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes keeps a “Confidential” notebook for his changes after Charlie is released from a by Jonathan Auxier top-secret scientific discoveries. And detention home and blames Lafayette for Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter he’s found something totally top secret. the death of their mother. Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysteri- The grandpa he’s never met, who his mom J FIC L ous stranger three pairs of magical eyes refuses to talk about or see, is an expert Rules by Cynthia Lord that lead him to a hidden island where he mineral collector and lives nearby! Frustrated at life with an autistic broth- must decide to become a hero or resume J FIC L er, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a his life of crime. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson normal existence, but her world is further FIC M by Bette Lord complicated by a friendship with a young Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller Shirley Temple Wong sails from China paraplegic. by Sarah Miller to America with a heart full of dreams. J FIC M At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely America is indeed a land full of wonders, Indigo’s Star by Hilary McKay but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from but Shirley doesn’t know any English, so Spurred on by his youngest sister, Rose, Massachusetts to Alabama to try and it’s hard to make friends. It is 1947, and twelve-year-old Indigo sticks up for him- teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn self and an American boy who has re- blind since age two, self-discipline and Dodgers, is everyone’s hero. Jackie Rob- placed him as the primary target of the communication skills. Includes historical inson is proving that a black man, the school bullies. notes and timeline.
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J FIC P bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for Wonder by R.J. Palacio the whole family. Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was All New Book Ideas J FIC F born with extreme facial abnormalities Aldo’s Fantastical Movie Palace and was not expected to survive, goes by Jonathan Friesen from being home-schooled to entering odds are great, and his friends around Chloe, who loves the darkness of her fifth grade at a private middle school him all got some problems ... Sometimes family’s broken-down movie theater be- in Manhattan, which entails enduring everything needs to fall apart before it cause it hides the scars that line her the taunting and fear of his class- can really fit together right. face, and Nick, who shares her love of mates as he struggles to be seen as J FIC E movies despite his blindness, are trans- just another student. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine ported into the fantasy world of the J FIC W Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger’s script they are writing, where they face The Boy in the Dress Syndrome, struggles to understand emo- adventure and tragedy that could trans- by David Walliams tions, show empathy, and make friends at form their real lives. Struggling with a host of dysfunctional school, while at home she seeks closure by J FIC R/J-Spa FIC R ** family challenges, soccer star Dennis working on a project with her father. The Dreamer/El soñador hides the truth about his enthusiasm FIC S by Pam Muñoz Ryan for fashion until his friend, Lisa, encour- Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind A fictionalized biography of Nobel Prize- ages him to dress in drag at school and by Suzanne Fisher Staples winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who embrace the persona of “Denise,” a gag When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daugh- grew up as a painfully shy child ridiculed that has unexpected consequences. ter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert by his overbearing father. J FIC S ** of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in FIC W/Spa FIC W ** Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli marriage to an older man whose money The Rules of Survival/ In this story about the perils of popular- will bring prestige to the family, she must Las reglas de supervivencia de Matt ity, the courage of nonconformity, and either accept the decision, as is the cus- by Nancy Werlin the thrill of first love, an eccentric stu- tom, or risk the consequences of defying Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts dent named Stargirl changes Mica High her father’s wishes. his attempts, starting at a young age, School forever. FIC E to free himself and his sisters from the FIC A The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis grip of their emotionally and physically The Absolutely True Diary of a Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Af- abusive mother. Part-Time Indian ghanistan, impose strict limitations on J FIC M * by Sherman Alexie women’s freedom and behavior, eleven- The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his year-old Parvana must disguise herself by Sonia Manzano troubled school on the Spokane Indian as a boy so that her family can survive It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and four- Reservation to attend an all-white farm after her father’s arrest. teen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying town school where the only other Indian FIC B hard to break free from her conserva- is the school mascot. Ask Me No Questions tive Puerto Rican surroundings, but FIC L by Marina Budhos when her activist grandmother comes Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and to stay and the neighborhood protests Paul, a sophomore at a high school, meets their parents leave Bangladesh for New start, things get a lot more complicat- Noah. He thinks he’s found the one his York City, but the expiration of their visas ed—and dangerous. heart is made for, but he blows it. The and the events of September 11, 2001,
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*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists **También disponible en Español
In keeping with our theme, some suggested books for older readers feature challenging plans to beat up Trina and must decide and intense emotional content. I hope these books will prompt discussion, but if you are whether or not to get involved. concerned, please discuss book choices with your family. CLASSICS FIC L ** De acuerdo con nuestro tema, algunos de los libros sugeridos para lectores mayores To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee presentan contenido desafiante y emotivo. Espero que estos libros promuevan conver- The conscience of a town steeped in prej- saciones, pero si te preocupa, por favor habla de tus elecciones con tu familia. udice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one J FIC S man’s struggle for justice, in this Pulit- Crash by Jerry Spinelli zer Prize-winning classic that has been Seventh-grader John “Crash” Coogan All New Book Ideas translated into more than 40 languages. has always been comfortable with his FIC P tough, aggressive behavior, until his re- Bullyville by Francine Prose lationship with an unusual Quaker boy B Ali A After the death of his estranged father and his grandfather’s stroke make him I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced in the World Trade Center on 9/11, thir- consider the meaning of friendship and by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui teen-year-old Bart, still struggling with the importance of family. The true story of Yemen’s heroic first his feelings of guilt, sorrow, and loss, FIC A child bride to win a divorce describes her wins a scholarship to the local prepa- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson forced marriage to an abusive husband ratory school and there encounters a A traumatic event near the end of the three times her age, her daring pursuit vicious bully whose cruelty compounds summer has a devastating effect on Me- of the marriage’s dissolution and the the aftermath of the tragedy. linda’s freshman year in high school. cultural factors that place girls at risk FIC H FIC A in Yemeni society. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher FIC J Night-Time by Mark Haddon When Clay Jenkins receives a box con- Heaven by Angela Johnson Despite his overwhelming fear of in- taining thirteen cassette tapes re- Fourteen-year-old Marley’s seemingly per- teracting with people, Christopher, a corded by his classmate Hannah, who fect life in the small town of Heaven is dis- mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen- committed suicide, he spends the night rupted when she discovers that her father year-old boy, decides to investigate the crisscrossing their town, listening to and mother are not her real parents. murder of a neighbor’s dog and uncovers Hannah’s voice recounting the events J FIC M secret information about his mother. leading up to her death. Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass FIC G J FIC C Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at the one place The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements the Great Eclipse can be seen in totality, Despite the medical miracle that has When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up each carrying the burden of different per- bought her a few more years, Hazel has and finds himself invisible, he and his sonal problems, which become dim when never been anything but terminal, but parents and his new blind friend Alicia compared to the task they embark upon when Augustus Waters suddenly appears try to find out what caused his condition and the friendship they find. at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s and how to reverse it. FIC W story is about to be rewritten. FIC W Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia 812 Kaufman Make Lemonade The lives of Leticia, Dominique, and Trina The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman by Virginia Euwer Wolff are irrevocably intertwined through the A chorus of voices brings to life the In order to earn money for college, four- course of one day in an urban high school thoughts and feelings of the people of teen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a after Leticia overhears Dominique’s Laramie, Wyoming, in the wake of the mur- teenage mother. der of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man.
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*Bilingual – English and Spanish Suggested Reading Lists **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español (continued) **También disponible en Español FIC W FIC G her girlhood in Kabul, where the sound Cracked by K. M. Walton A Lesson Before Dying of gunfire and the sight of falling bombs When Bull Mastrick and Victor Konig wind by Ernest J. Gaines shaped her life and stole her family. up in the same psychiatric ward at age Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwit- sixteen, each recalls and relates in group ting party to a liquor store shoot out in GRAPHIC GN FIC Y therapy the bullying relationship they which three men are killed; the only sur- American Born Chinese have had since kindergarten, but also vivor, he is convicted of murder and sen- by Gene Luen Yang facts about themselves and their families tenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left Alternates three interrelated stories that reveal they have much in common. his hometown for the university, has re- about the problems of young Chinese B Satrapi ** turned to the plantation school to teach. Americans trying to participate in the Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi As he struggles with his decision whether popular culture. Presented in comic An intelligent and outspoken only child, to stay or escape to another state, his book format. Satrapi—the daughter of radical Marx- aunt and Jefferson’s godmother per- FIC L ists and the great-granddaughter of suade him to visit Jefferson in his cell Butter by Erin Jade Lange Iran’s last emperor—bears witness to and impart his learning and his pride to Unable to control his binge eating, a a childhood uniquely entwined with the Jefferson before his death. morbidly obese teenager nicknamed But- history of her country. FIC M ter decides to make a live webcast of his FIC H Cinder by Marissa Meyer last meal as he attempts to eat himself Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, to death. Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cin- FIC A/Spa FIC A** Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that der, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, be- Wintergirls/Frío turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on comes involved with handsome Prince Kai by Laurie Halse Anderson boy with the nickname of “Squirrel Nut” to and must uncover secrets about her past Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, in order to protect the world in this futur- with her best friend’s death from anorexia his first love, and the courage to confront istic take on the Cinderella story. as she struggles with the same disorder. his family’s past and current problems. B Ahmedi Spa FIC P ** GRAPHIC 305.896 N The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the El puente roto by Philip Pullman Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Other Side of the Sky Durante un verano largo en Gales, Ginny, Shorty by Greg Neri by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary una artista de 16 años, hija de un padre A graphic novel based on the true story of Farah Ahmedi’s poignant tale of survival inglés y una madre haitiana, aprende que Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, an eleven-year chronicles her journey from war to peace. tiene un medio hermano del primer ma- old African American gang member from Equal parts tragedy and hope, deter- trimonio de su padre, y que su madre, Chicago who shot a young girl and was mination and daring, Ahmedi’s memoir posiblemente, todavía está viva. then shot by his own gang members. delivers a remarkably vivid portrait of
Suggested Authors for… Advanced Readers Julia Alvarez ** F. Scott Fitzgerald ** Nick Hornby George Orwell ** Maya Angelou ** Athol Fugard Sue Monk Kidd ** J. D. Salinger ** Stephen Chbosky Lev Grossman ** Gabriel García Márquez ** Ntozake Shange Sandra Cisneros ** Ernest Hemingway ** Lauren Myracle Zadie Smith** Pearl Cleage Carl Hiaasen Vaunda Michaeux Nelson Richard Wright ** Robert Cormier S. E. Hinton ** Lynn Nottage
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10 Community Reading Challenge 2013 Book List • Dignity for All Beyond Reading Más allá de la lectura New York State Assembly Draw a picture, take a photo, Haz un dibujo, toma una foto, escribe write about your life… sobre tu vida… Draw an idea, event, character, or action from a Dibuja una idea, evento, personaje o acción de uno de los book you read. libros que hayas leído. Take a photo or draw a picture of yourself in Toma una foto o haz un dibujo de ti mismo(a) en un a setting from your favorite book or depicting escenario de tu libro favorito, o crea una representación experiences you had similar to those of your de experiencias que hayas tenido similares a las de tu favorite character. personaje favorito. Write about your favorite book, scene, or Escribe sobre tu libro, escena o personaje favorito, character, or tell us about an experience you o cuéntanos de alguna experiencia que hayas tenido had that relates to the Challenge theme of relacionada al tema del Reto de este año “Diversidad para “Diversity for All.” todos”. Talk to your Habla con tus amigos y familiares… friends and family… Conversen sobre un personaje, idea o escenario de alguno Have a conversation about a character, idea, or de los libros que hayas leído. setting from a book you read. Muchos de los libros sugeridos discuten algún problema Many of the suggested books discuss a problem o dificultad enfrentada por los personajes. ¿Cómo te or hardship the characters faced. How would you hubieses comportado si estuvieses en su lugar? behave in their place? Escribe ideas que tengas o decisiones que tomas basado Write down ideas you have or decisions you make en tus conversaciones. based on your conversations. Después de completar tu proyecto, After completing your project, entrégalo en tu biblioteca local o turn it in at your local library llévalo personalmente a la oficina de la or at Assembly Member comunidad del asambleísta O’Donnell O’Donnell’s Community Office (localizada en el 245 W. 104th Street). (245 W. 104th Street). With ¡Con tu autorización, publicaremos tu your permission, we’ll post it proyecto en nuestra página Web! on the web! ¿Cuál será tu próximo libro? What book will you read next?
Community Reading Challenge 2013 Book List • Dignity for All 11 Places to Visit! New York State Assembly
Assembly Member O’Donnell’s Office El Museo del Barrio 245 W. 104th St. 1230 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10025 New York, NY 10029 212-866-3970 212-831-7272 Visit us to tell us about your www.elmuseo.org adventures, submit artwork, or get more materials to participate in the Admission free for children Reading Challenge! under 12, suggested donation for adults, admission free the We are open 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. third Saturday of every month Monday-Friday On the 2, 3 and 6 lines On the 1 line
Studio Museum in Harlem Asia Society 144 W. 125th St. New York, NY 10027 725 Park Avenue 212-864-4500 New York, NY 10021 www.studiomuseum.org 212-288-6400 Admission free for children www.asiasociety.org/new-york under 12, suggested donation Admission free for children for adults, admission free under 16 and on Friday evenings, Sundays 12:00-6:00 p.m. 6:00-9:00 p.m. On the A, B, C, D and 2, 3 lines On the 4, 6 lines
Museum of Chinese in America Museum of 215 Centre St. American Illustration New York, NY 10013 128 E. 63rd St. 212-619-4785 New York, NY 10065 www.mocanyc.org 212-838-2560 Admission free for children www.societyillustrators.org under 12 and on Thursdays Admission always free! On the J, N, Q, R, Z and 6 lines On the F, N, Q, R and 4, 5, 6 lines
National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green For many more New York, NY 10004 suggestions, 212-514-3700 visit my website: www.americanindian.si.edu http://assembly.state.ny.us/ Admission always free! mem/Daniel-J-O’Donnell On the N, R and 4, 5 lines
12 Tips for helping children develop Consejos para ayudar a los niños a a life-long love of reading: desarrollar amor por la lectura:
Excerpted from various lists on the Reading Is Extractos literarios sacados de varias listas Fundamental website. encontradas en el sitio Web Reading is Fundamental. 1) Begin reading to your children as soon as they can 1) Empiecen a leerles a sus hijos tan pronto se puedan sit up in your lap and continue reading to and with sentar en sus faldas y continúen leyendo con ellos después them even after they enter school; de que empiecen la escuela; 2) Books with bright, attractive pictures with only a 2) Los libros con dibujos llamativos con pocas palabras y few words as well as nursery rhyme and song books los libros de canciones infantiles son los más apropiados are most appropriate for babies and toddlers; para los bebés y los niños más pequeños; 3) Los libros para niños, construidos de material de 3) Board books, which are made for little hands to cartón, que están hechos para manos pequeñas, son hold and are almost indestructible, are suitable for prácticamente indestructibles, y son apropiados para babies and toddlers. The New York Public Library has bebés y niños pequeños. La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva a collection of board books to read with your child; York cuenta con una colección de estos libros infantiles que ustedes pueden leer con sus hijos; 4) Attend toddler and preschool programs at your local branch library that include reading and singing; 4) Asistan a programas para niños pequeños y de edad preescolar en su biblioteca local que incluyan actividades 5) Set aside a regular time for reading with your para leer y cantar; children every day. Twenty minutes before bed time is a good practice but the important thing is that 5) Destinen una hora del día para leer con sus hijos. Veinte reading becomes a daily, joyful experience; minutos antes de dormir es una buena práctica pero lo más importante es que la lectura se convierta en una 6) Give your children books as gifts; experiencia diaria y divertida; 7) Have your children choose their own books as soon 6) Obséquienles libros a sus hijos como regalos; as they start to show an interest in one type of 7) Permitan que sus hijos escojan sus propios libros tan book or author; pronto empiecen a demostrar un interés en algún tipo de 8) Encourage your children to get their own library libro o autor; cards; 8) Animen a sus hijos a que obtengan sus propias tarjetas de la biblioteca; 9) Try a book swap. Ask friends, family, and teachers what books their children have enjoyed; 9) Traten de hacer un intercambio de libros. Pregúntenles a sus amigos, familiares y maestros cuáles libros han 10) Encourage your child to create bookmarks to disfrutado; include with a gift book or to mark the place in your own book where you leave off during read-aloud time; 10) Estimulen a sus hijos a crear marcadores de páginas para obsequiarlos junto con algún libro o para marcar el 11) Incorporate reading with your children into daily lugar por donde van leyendo en sus propios libros; activities such as reading recipes while you cook/ bake or reading instructions together; 11) Incorporen la lectura en actividades diarias con sus hijos, como leer las recetas de cocina mientras preparan 12) See a play, a movie or visit a location based on la cena u hornean, o al leer instrucciones juntos; a book that your child has read; 12) Vean una obra de teatro, una película o visiten algún lugar 13) Model good reading behavior and let your child mencionado en uno de los libros que sus hijos hayan leído; see you reading for pleasure; 13) Sean un buen ejemplo para sus hijos demostrándoles que ustedes leen porque disfrutan de la lectura; 14) Have fun! Show your children the joy of reading and how it can open up a brand new world! 14) ¡Diviértanse! Demuéstrenles a sus hijos lo entretenido que es la lectura y cómo puede abrirles las puertas a un mundo nuevo. Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell
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