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2009 Summer Challenge Booklist Ages 3-5 ɶɶ 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo, Eric Carle ɶɶ The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle ɶɶ Beach, Elisha Cooper ɶɶ Dooby Dooby Moo, Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin ɶɶ The Night Pirates, Peter Harris & Deborah Allwright ɶɶ On Top of Spaghetti, Paul Brett Johnson Can’t Miss! Can’t ɶɶ The Hello, Goodbye Window, Norton Juster & Chris Raschka ɶɶ Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie, Norton Juster & Chris Raschka ɶɶ Purplicious, Victoria & Elizabeth Kann ɶɶ If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond ɶɶ Good Night, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann ɶɶ Alice the Fairy, David Shannon ɶɶ Too Many Toys, David Shannon ɶɶ Grumpy Bird, Jeremy Tankard ɶɶ Funny Farm, Mark Teague ɶɶ I Lost My Kisses, Trudie Trewin & Nick Bland ɶɶ The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, Mo Willems
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ɶɶ Peanut, Linas Alsenas ɶɶ Hello My Name Is Bob, Linas Alsenas ɶɶ What Pet to Get?, Emma Dodd ɶɶ Maybe a Bear Ate It!, Robie Harris & Micheal Emberly ɶɶ Fun Dog, Sun Dog, Deborah Heiligman & Tim Bowers Do Like a Duck Does!, Judy Hindley & Ivan Bates Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ ɶɶ Lily Brown’s Paintings, Angela Johnson & E.B. Lewis ɶɶ Pinkilicious, Victoria & Elizabeth Kann ɶɶ Pezzettino, Leo Lionni ɶɶ If You Were a Penguin, Florence Minor & Wendell Minor ɶɶ Hello Ocean, Hola Mar, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Yanitzia Canetti & Mark Astrella ɶɶ 1001 Animals to Spot, Ruth Brocklehurst & Susannah Owen ɶɶ Jellybeans and the Big Dance, Laura Numeroff & Nate Evans ɶɶ Are You a Horse?, Andy Rash ɶɶ Let’s Talk Swimming, Amanda Miller ɶɶ Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories, Laura Vaccaro Seeger ɶɶ Ladybug Girl, David Soman & Jacky Davis ɶɶ The Great Fuzz Frenzy, Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel ɶɶ Boo Hoo Bird, Jeremy Tankard
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ɶɶ Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans ɶɶ Clifford, Norman Bridwell ɶɶ Five Little Monkeys, Eileen Christelow ɶɶ Dr. Seuss Books, Dr. Seuss ɶɶ Corduroy, Don Freeman ɶɶ How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods, Saxton Freymann & Joost Elffers ɶɶ Owen & Mzee board books, Isabella & Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumber & Super Series Peter Greste ɶɶ Little Miss Spider, David Kirk ɶɶ Froggy, Johathan London & Frank Remkiewicz ɶɶ I SPY, Jean Marzollo & Walter Wick ɶɶ Little Critter, Mercer Mayer ɶɶ If You Give…, Laura Numeroff ɶɶ Curious George, H.A. Rey ɶɶ Busytown, Richard Scarry ɶɶ No, David! and more, David Shannon ɶɶ Can You See What I See?, Walter Wick ɶɶ How Do Dinosaurs…, Jane Yolen
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2009 Summer Challenge Booklist Ages 5-7
ɶɶ Red-eyed Tree Frog, Joy Cowley & Nic Bishop ɶɶ Tillie Lays an Egg, Terry Golson & Ben Fink ɶɶ Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship, Isabella & Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu & Peter Greste ɶɶ Looking for Miza, Isabella, Juliana & Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu & Peter Greste Can’t Miss! Can’t ɶɶ Purplicious, Victoria & Elizabeth Kann ɶɶ What to Do About Alice, Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham ɶɶ Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen ɶɶ Mice and Beans, Pam Muñoz Ryan & Joe Cepeda ɶɶ Zen Shorts, Jon J Muth ɶɶ Zen Ties, Jon J Muth ɶɶ Wings, Christopher Myers ɶɶ If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond ɶɶ Yes We Can!, Barack Obama ɶɶ Too Many Toys, David Shannon ɶɶ LaRue for Mayor, Mark Teague ɶɶ Black Lagoon Adventures #10: The Little League from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler ɶɶ Leonardo, the Terrible Monster, Mo Willems ɶɶ Dizzy, Jonah Winter & Sean Qualls ɶɶ How Do Dinosaurs Go to School, Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
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ɶɶ Deep in the Swamp, Donna M. Bateman & Brian Lies ɶɶ Move Over, Rover!, Karen Beaumont & Jane Dyer ɶɶ Butterflies and Moths, Nic Bishop ɶɶ Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Nick Bruel ɶɶ A Busy Day at the Farm, Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin Ella Sets Sail, Carmela & Steve D’Amico Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ ɶɶ Adiós Oscar, Peter Elwell ɶɶ The Perfect Nest, Catherine Friend & John Manders ɶɶ Celestine, Drama Queen, Penny Ives ɶɶ Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler ɶɶ Pinkilicious, Victoria & Elizabeth Kann ɶɶ The End, David LaRochelle & Richard Egielski ɶɶ Bats at the Beach, Brian Lies ɶɶ Pirates Don’t Change Diapers, Melinda Long & David Shannon ɶɶ Pets at the White House, Marge Kennedy ɶɶ What Does the President Do?, Amanda Miller ɶɶ Good Boy, Fergus!, David Shannon ɶɶ John, Paul, George & Ben, Lane Smith ɶɶ Amazing Snakes!, Sarah L. Thompson ɶɶ Go, Go America, Dan Yaccarino
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ɶɶ Cam Jansen, David A. Adler & Sussanna Natti ɶɶ Fly Guy, Tedd Arnold ɶɶ True or False, Melvin & Gilda Berger ɶɶ The Magic School Bus, Joanna Cole ɶɶ Ready, Freddy!, Abby Klein & John McKinley ɶɶ Horrible Harry, Suzy Kline & Frank Remkiewicz ɶɶ Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel Super Series ɶɶ Adventures of Riley, Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz & Sarah McIntyre ɶɶ I SPY, Jean Marzollo & Walter Wick ɶɶ Judy Moody, Megan McDonald & Peter Reynolds ɶɶ Winnie the Pooh, A. A.Milne & Ernest H. Shepard ɶɶ Fancy Nancy, Jane O’Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser ɶɶ Amelia Bedelia, Herman Parish & Lynn Sweat ɶɶ Junie B. Jones, Barbara Park & Denise Brunkus ɶɶ Magic Tree House, Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca ɶɶ Jigsaw Jones, James Preller ɶɶ A to Z Mysteries, Ron Roy & John Steven Gurney ɶɶ Henry and Mudge, Cynthia Rylant & Susie Stevenson ɶɶ Our Earth, Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers - (Peggy Hock) ɶɶ The Adventures of The Baily School Kids Jr. Chapter Book, Marcia Thornton Jones & Debbie Dadey ɶɶ Maya and Miguel, various authors ɶɶ Rainbow Magic, Daisy Meadows & Georgie Ripper ɶɶ WordGirl, various authors ɶɶ Can You See What I See?, Walter Wick
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2009 Summer Challenge Booklist Ages 8-10
ɶɶ Allie Finkle Rules for Girls: Best Friends and Drama Queens, Meg Cabot ɶɶ Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis ɶɶ Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo ɶɶ The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo ɶɶ The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali, Leslie Garrett ɶɶ Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Can’t Miss! Can’t ɶɶ Swindle, Gordon Korman ɶɶ The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief, Peter Lerangis ɶɶ The 39 Clues: Beyond The Grave (June 09), Jude Watson ɶɶ 11 Birthdays, Wendy Maas ɶɶ A Dog’s Life: Autobiography of a Stray, Ann M. Martin ɶɶ Main Street: Welcome to Camden Falls, Ann M. Martin ɶɶ A Friendship for Today, Patricia C. McKissack ɶɶ Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan ɶɶ Holes, Louis Sachar ɶɶ Julian Rodriguez: Trash Crisis on Earth, Alexander Stadler ɶɶ Math Curse, Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith ɶɶ The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick ɶɶ Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White & Garth Williams ɶɶ Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee
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ɶɶ The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, Jeanne Birdsall ɶɶ Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume ɶɶ Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, Lesley M. M. Blume ɶɶ Room One: A Mystery or Two, Andrew Clements & Mark Elliot ɶɶ Lost and Found, Andrew Clements & Mark Elliot Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ Medusa Jones, Ross Collins ɶɶ Spelling B And The Missing Magic, Lexi Connor ɶɶ Sassy: Little Sister Is Not My Name, Sharon Draper ɶɶ Hotel for Dogs, Lois Duncan ɶɶ News for Dogs, Lois Duncan ɶɶ Ibby’s Magic Weekend, Heather Dyer ɶɶ Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning, Danette Haworth ɶɶ Hottest, Coldest, Highest Deepest, Steve Jenkins ɶɶ Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi ɶɶ Beyond Pluto (The Final Frontier in Space), Elaine Landau ɶɶ Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Patricia Lauber ɶɶ Cyberia, Chris Lynch ɶɶ The Jonas Brothers (Junk Food: Tasty Celebrity Bios), Maggie Marron ɶɶ How to Steal a Dog, Barbara O’Connor ɶɶ Safe at Home, Sharon Robinson ɶɶ Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson ɶɶ Gully’s Travels, Tor Seidler & Brock Cole ɶɶ Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case, Donald J. Sobol ɶɶ Dolphin Song, Lauren St. John ɶɶ You Wouldn’t Want to be an Egyptian Mummy!, David Stewart, David Salariya & David Antram ɶɶ Mr. President: A Book of U.S. Presidents, George Sullivan ɶɶ Crooked Kind of Perfect, Linda Urban
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ɶɶ Animal Ark, Ben M. Baglio ɶɶ A to Z Mysteries, Ron Roy ɶɶ Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, ɶɶ A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony and The Calder Game, Blue Balliett Snicket & Brett Helguist ɶɶ Ruby and the Booker Boys, Derrick Barnes ɶɶ Goosebumps HorrorLand, R.L. Stine ɶɶ Beast Quest, Adam Blade ɶɶ Dinosaur Cove, Rex Stone ɶɶ Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Meg Cabot ɶɶ Pet Trouble, Tui T. Sutherland ɶɶ Land of Elyon, Patrick Carman ɶɶ Dear America, various authors Super Series ɶɶ Matt Christopher Sports Stories, Matt ɶɶ Ologies (Pirateolgy, Wizardology, Dragonology, Christopher and more), various authors ɶɶ Fire Star Trilogy, Chris D’Lacey ɶɶ The 39 Clues, various authors ɶɶ Inkheart, Cornelia Funke ɶɶ Junk Food: Tasty Celebrity Bio, various ɶɶ Schooling Around, Andy Griffiths authors Pokeman/Bakugan, various ɶɶ Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, authors Brian Jacques ɶɶ Candy Apple, various authors ɶɶ Children of the Lamp, P.B. Kerr ɶɶ On the Run, Gordon Korman ɶɶ Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Kathryn Lasky ɶɶ The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis ɶɶ Comeback Kids, Mike Lupica ɶɶ Baby-Sitters Club, Ann M. Martin ɶɶ Main Street, Ann M. Martin ɶɶ Rainbow Magic, Daisy Meadows ɶɶ The Magician Trilogy, Jenny Nimmo ɶɶ Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey ɶɶ Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling
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2009 Summer Challenge Booklist Ages 10-12
ɶɶ The Haunting of Derek Stone: The Bayou Dogs, Tony Abbott ɶɶ Skeleton Creek, Patrick Carman ɶɶ Colibrí, Ann Cameron ɶɶ The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming, Laurie David & Cambria Gordon ɶɶ Flush, Carl Hiaasen ɶɶ Aquamarine, Alice Hoffman Can’t Miss! Can’t ɶɶ Necropolis (GateKeepers), Anthony Horowitz ɶɶ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney ɶɶ The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief, Peter Lerangis ɶɶ The 39 Clues: Beyond The Grave (JUNE), Jude Watson ɶɶ Rules, Cynthia Lord ɶɶ Heat, Mike Lupica ɶɶ Becoming Naomi León, Pam Muñoz Ryan ɶɶ Charlie Bone and the Shadow (Children of the Red King Series #7), Jenny Nimmo
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ɶɶ Did It Take Creativity to Find Relativity, Albert ɶɶ True Tales of Courageous Dogs, Joanne Einstein?, Melvin & Gilda Berger Mattern ɶɶ Fairest, Gail Carson Levine ɶɶ Double Identity, Margaret Peterson Haddix ɶɶ Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Ally Carter ɶɶ Palace of Mirrors, Margaret Peterson Haddix ɶɶ The Roar, Emma Clayton ɶɶ Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Janette Rallison ɶɶ Egyptian Echo, Paul Dowswell ɶɶ Small Steps, Louis Sachar Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ The Skin I’m In, Sharon G. Flake ɶɶ Kiss Me Tomorrow, Susan Shreve ɶɶ Tunnels, Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams ɶɶ Elephant Run, Roland Smith ɶɶ Deeper, Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams ɶɶ I,Q: Independence Hall, Roland Smith ɶɶ Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul: Real-Life ɶɶ Cryptid Hunters, Roland Smith Stories by Real Teens, Jack Canfield, Mark ɶɶ The White Giraffe, Lauren St. John Victor Hansen, John Myer & Stephanie H. ɶɶ You Can Save the Planet, Jacquie Wines Meyer ɶɶ Into the Volcano, Dan Wood ɶɶ Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning, ɶɶ Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee Danette Haworth ɶɶ Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time, Lisa Yee ɶɶ Scat, Carl Hiaasen ɶɶ Go Big or Go Home, Will Hobbs ɶɶ The Misfits, James Howe ɶɶ Seekers: Great Bear Lake, Erin Hunter ɶɶ The Killing Sea, Richard Lewis ɶɶ Messenger, Lois Lowry ɶɶ Summer Ball, Mike Lupica ɶɶ Birdwing, Rafe Martin ɶɶ Every Soul a Star, Wendy Mass
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ɶɶ May Bird, Jodi Lynn Anderson ɶɶ The Underland Chronicles, Suzanne Collins ɶɶ Oliver Nocturne, Kevin Emerson ɶɶ Alex Rider, Anthony Horowitz ɶɶ The Gatekeepers , Anthony Horowitz ɶɶ Children of the Lamp, P. B. Kerr
SuperSeries ɶɶ How I Survived Middle School, Nancy Krulik ɶɶ Nightmare Academy, Dean Lorey ɶɶ Charlie Bone, Jenny Nimmo ɶɶ The Keys to the Kingdom, Garth Nix ɶɶ Inheritance Trilogy, Christopher Paolini ɶɶ Maximum Ride, James Patterson ɶɶ His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman ɶɶ Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan ɶɶ Deltora, Emily Rodda ɶɶ Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling ɶɶ Septimus Heap, Angie Sage ɶɶ Bone, Jeff Smith ɶɶ The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien ɶɶ The 39 Clues, various authors ɶɶ Wicked History, various authors ɶɶ 24/7: Behind the Headlines, various authors
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2009 Summer Challenge Booklist Young Adults
ɶɶ Does My Head Look Big in This?, Randa Abdel-Fattah ɶɶ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie ɶɶ What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell ɶɶ Tyrell, Coe Booth ɶɶ The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros ɶɶ The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Can’t Miss! Can’t ɶɶ Sunrise Over Fallujah, Walter Dean Myers ɶɶ How I Saved My Father’s Life (and Ruined Everything Else), Ann Hood ɶɶ To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee ɶɶ The Season, Sarah MacLean ɶɶ Love, Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli ɶɶ Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, James L. Swanson
ɶɶ Ten Things I Hate About Me, Randa Abdel-Fattah ɶɶ Kendra, Coe Booth ɶɶ Curse as Dark as Gold, Elizabeth C. Bunce ɶɶ Airhead, Meg Cabot ɶɶ Being Nikki, Meg Cabot
Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen ɶɶ The Year My Sister Got Lucky, Aimee Friedman
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ɶɶ Suite Scarlett, Maureen Johnson ɶɶ Woodsong, Gary Paulsen ɶɶ Dead Is the New Black, Marlene Perez ɶɶ Song of the Sparrow, Lisa Ann Sandell Fun Reads Fun ɶɶ Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, Jordan Sonnenblick ɶɶ Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco X. Stork ɶɶ Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan ɶɶ Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Nahoko Uehashi ɶɶ A Little Friendly Advice, Siobhan Vivian ɶɶ American Born Chinese, Gene Lee Yang ɶɶ Absolutely Maybe, Lisa Yee ɶɶ Crime Scene Investigators: Ten True Tales, Allan Zullo
ɶɶ The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Heather Brewer ɶɶ Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer ɶɶ Shadow Children, Margaret Peterson Haddix ɶɶ Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling ɶɶ Bluford High, Anne E. Schraff ɶɶ Cirque Du Freak, Darren Shan
SuperSeries ɶɶ Bone, Jeff Smith ɶɶ A Wicked History, various authors ɶɶ 24/7: Behind the Headlines, various authors ɶɶ Uglies Trilogy, Scott Westerfeld
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