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Cover Art by Chloe Brennan ‘27 Cover art by Chloe Brennan ‘27 Dear Lower School Families, The librarians are so happy to send you off to summer with a huge heap of reading ideas. Included in this booklet are recommendations from librarians, award committees and, most importantly, the students themselves! We are sending kids home with the paper copy to peruse and the PDF version will be available on the Berkeley Carroll website. Don't forget to save this PDF on your phone and have it whenever you visit the public library or bookstore. Please enjoy, and encourage your children to read whatever they love ​ ​ most this summer! Best wishes for a summer full of books! Briar Sauro and Kendra Barbary Ms. Barbary’s Summer Reading Recommendations Picture Stories: Holy Squawkamole!: Little Red Hen Makes Guacamole by ​ Susan Wood Otto and Pio by Marianne Dubuc ​ Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend! by Cori Doerrfeld ​ Good Boy by Sergio Ruzzier ​ A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo ​ My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero ​ One is a Pinata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Greenfield ​ Thong What is Given from the Heart by Pat McKissack ​ The Happy Book by Andy Rash ​ The Neighbors by Einat Tsarfati ​ How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander ​ Poetree by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds ​ High Five by Adam Rubin ​ Mixed: A Colorful Story by Aree Chung ​ Don’t Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller ​ Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry ​ I Am Human: A Book of Empathy by Susan Verde ​ Neither by Airlie Anderson ​ ​ Seamus' Short Story by Heather Hartt-Sussman ​ ​ ​ Graphic Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Johnny Boo and the Ice-Cream Computer by James Kochalka ​ Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths by Graham Annable ​ The Truth About Crocodiles by Maxwell Eaton ​ The Wolf in Underpants by Wilfrid Lupano ​ Narwhal’s Otter Friend by Ben Clanton ​ Hilo Then Everything Went Wrong by Judd Winick ​ Birds by Carmen Lemniscates ​ The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras ​ Power Up by Seth Fishman ​ The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford ​ Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur by Jose Luis Carballido ​ ​ Look I’m an Engineer by DK ​ Crafty Science: More than 20 Sensational STEAM Projects to Create from Home by Jane Bull ​ Unlock Your Imagination: More Than 250 Boredom Busters by DK ​ This Book is Cute! The Soft and Squishy Science of Aww by Sarah ​ Wassner Flynn You Can Be an Entomologist: Investigating Insects with Dr. Martins by Dino Martins Seed Move! by Robin Page ​ Skyscraper by Jorey Hurley ​ Yasmin series by Saadia Faruqi ​ Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride by Sergio Ruzzier (early chapter) ​ Mega Bat & the Fancy Cat by Anna Humphrey (early chapter) ​ Princess Pulverizer by Nancy Krulik (early chapter) ​ Picture Book Biographies The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona Robinson ​ A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade ​ I am Billie Jean King (Ordinary People Change The World) by ​ Brad Meltzer Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, The People's Champion by ​ Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport ​ A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan ​ Elvis is King by Jonah Winter ​ New Chapter Books ​ Recipe for Disaster (Didi Dodo, Future Spy, Book 1) by Tom ​ Angleberger The Becket List : a Blackberry Farm Story by Adele Griffin ​ Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Sharks by Katie Tsang ​ Magic on the Map #1: Let’s Mooove by Courtney Sheinmel and ​ Bianca Turetsky Jada Jones #3: Sleepover Scientist by Kelly Starling Lyons ​ Freya & Zoose by Emily Butler ​ Zoey and Sassafras (series) by Asia Citro ​ NEW Summer Themed Books ​ Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together Andrea Tsurumi ​ Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres ​ That Summer by Inger Hagerup ​ The Sun Shines Everywhere by Mary Ann Hoberman ​ Sandy Feet? Whose Feet?: Footprints at the Shore by Sandy Wood ​ Ms. Sauro’s Summer Reading Recommendations Fiction The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander ​ Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu ​ The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu ​ The Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras ​ Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt ​ Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos ​ Lion Down (Fun Jungle series) by Stuart Gibbs ​ ​ ​ Spy Runner by Eugene Yelchin ​ The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge ​ The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin ​ Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai ​ Spark by Sarah Beth Durst ​ Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series by Sayantani Gupta ​ Hamstersaurus Rex series by Tom O’Donnell ​ Aru Shah series by Roshani Chakshi ​ Graphic Novels Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale ​ Camp by Kayla Miller ​ Knights vs. Monsters by Matt Phelan ​ Mr. Wolf’s Class series by Aron Nels Steinke ​ New Kid by Jerry Craft ​ Nonfiction This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Ellen Boyce ​ We Are Displaced: My Story and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai ​ Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel by Carl Safina ​ A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick ​ 100 Ways to Be Thankful by Lisa Gerry ​ When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel by G. Neri ​ A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights by Kate Hannigan ​ The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner ​ Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone ​ Thirty Minutes over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot’s World War II Story by Mark Tyler Nobleman ​ AWARD WINNERS The 2019 Newbery Medal: awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Medal Honors The BCS 2019 Mock Newbery winners: Medal Honors The 2019 Caldecott Medal: awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Medal Honors Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: Medal (Young Adult title) Honors Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: Medal Honors Pura Belpré Award Honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: Author (Young Adult title) Illustrator ​ Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for the most distinguished informational book for children: Medal Honors Stonewall Book Award Given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. Medal Honors (both are Young Adult titles) Schneider Family Book Award Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Medal Honors The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers Award Honors The Wonder of Being Three! Being three is a time of new beginnings...Here is a selection of books we have particularly enjoyed in the classroom. We have included some newly published books that celebrate the joy and wonder of being three! Books We Loved and Read in the Classroom: The Greedy Python by Eric Carle ​ ​ The Napping House by Audrey Wood ​ ​ Dr. DeSoto by William Steig ​ Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins ​ ​ Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak ​ ​ The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn ​ The Invisible String by Patrice Karst ​ ​ We Share Everything by Robert Munsch ​ ​ No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold ​ ​ Newly Published Books for PreK3: Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman ​ ​ The Goose Egg by Liz Wong ​ Animalicious by Anna Dewdney and Reed Duncan ​ Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard ​ ​ PreK 4 - We Are Experts on How to Identify Fiction from Non-Fiction! PreK4 students learned to distinguish between fiction and non-fiction books in our library (ask us about the green star or circle on the book’s spine!). Students helped Ms. Barbary decide whether to put a fiction or a non-fiction on the spines of new books for the library! Two books have both a and a . Students thoughtfully engaged in a debate on books that had both elements of fiction and non-fiction in them. We decided to give these books both a circle and a star! Fiction: ● There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia ​ Sarcone-Roach ● Hip-Hop Lollipop by Susan McElroy Montanari ​ ● Yasmin The Superhero by Saadia Faruqi ​ ● I Love You More Than… by Taye Diggs ​ ● The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker ​ Non-Fiction: ★ Spectacular Spring: All Kinds of Spring Facts and Fun by Bruce ​ Goldstone ★ Welcome to the Construction Site: Excavator by Samantha Bell ​ ★ Prickly Hedgehogs! by Jane McGuinness ​ ★ Look I’m an Engineer by DK ​ ★ The Truth About Dolphins by Maxwell Eaton III ​ My Heart by Corinna Luyken ​ The Happy Book: And Other Feelings by Andy Rash ​ Kindergarten Kindness & Friendship Books Kindergarten spent the spring doing deliberate acts of kindness in our community. Kindness projects included collecting data from other grades about their favorite snacks, preparing popular treats, and delivering them to classes for everyone to enjoy! Another project was a Kindness Carnival to celebrate kindness and support an inclusive, caring community. Here are some books on kindness and friendship for the summer – spread the love! Dr. Seuss’s You Are Kind featuring Horton the Elephant by Dr. Seuss ​ A World of Kindness from the Editors & Illustrators of Pajama Press ​ How to be a Lion by Ed Vere ​ Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto and Olivier Tallec ​ Pass it On by Sophy Henn ​ Come with Me by Holly M.
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