Assembly Member O’Donnell & The New York Public Library present Reading Saves the Day The 11th Annual Community Reading Challenge

Spring 2014! Dear Families, Welcome to my Eleventh Annual Community Reading Challenge. For this year’s Challenge, the Let’s Get Started! theme is “Reading Saves the Day.” Young readers love nothing more than a good story about heroes Queridas familias: and heroines. These characters Bienvenidas a mi Undécimo Reto Anual de Lecturas de la Comunidad. (mythical or real, contemporary or El tema del reto de este año es “Leer salva el día”. Para los lectores historical) stay with a child well into adulthood. My own jóvenes no hay nada que les guste más que una buena historia sobre childhood hero, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, displayed an héroes y heroínas. Estos personajes (míticos o reales, contemporáneos incredible passion for national and global issues, inspiring o históricos) se quedan con un niño hasta la edad adulta. Mi propio me to become a politician. I hope that in these books, héroe de la infancia, el senador Robert F. Kennedy, demostró una young readers can find their own heroes and realize their pasión increíble por los temas nacionales y globales, inspirándome a individual potential to effect positive change in their ser un político. Espero que en estos libros, los jóvenes lectores puedan communities and the world. encontrar sus propios héroes y darse cuenta de su potencial individual In this booklet, you will find a book list, a reading log, para lograr un cambio positivo en sus comunidades y el mundo. suggested activities and events, and tips for parents and En este folleto encontrarán una lista de libros, una página para anotar guardians to encourage reading at home. The book list los libros leídos, actividades y eventos sugeridos, y consejos para padres includes recommendations for Pre-K through eighth y guardianes para estimular la lectura en el hogar. La lista de libros grade levels, and a list of suggested authors for advanced incluye recomendaciones para grados desde pre-k hasta octavo grado, readers. Participants are always encouraged to check y una lista de autores sugeridos para los lectores más avanzados. A los out any book that looks intriguing, regardless of reading participantes se les recomienda ojear cualquier libro que les parezca level. Book festivals will mark the end of the Community interesante, independientemente del nivel de lectura. Los Festivales Reading Challenge, and give you and your children an de Libros marcarán el final del Reto de Lecturas de la Comunidad, opportunity to celebrate their involvement—information y les darán a ustedes y sus hijos la oportunidad para celebrar su about the parties can be found at the bottom of this page. participación—pueden encontrar información sobre las fiestas al pie The Festivals will feature guest author readings, activities, de esta página. Los Festivales de Libros contarán con cuentacuentos, free books, prizes, and certificates for readers from the actividades, premios y los estudiantes recibirán un certificado de la New York State Assembly. Asamblea del Estado de Nueva York. I am kicking off my Community Reading Challenge on Iniciaré mi Reto de Lecturas de la Comunidad el 14 de abril y los April 14th and the Book Festivals will run from May Festivales de Libros se realizarán del 8 al 14 de mayo. Si tienen 8th through 14th. If you have any questions about this preguntas sobre el Reto de este año, no dejen de visitar cualquiera year’s Challenge, please don’t hesitate to visit any of the de las bibliotecas participantes o comuníquense con mi Oficina de la participating libraries or call my Community Office at Comunidad llamando al (212) 866-3970. (212) 866-3970. Su seguro servidor, Very truly yours,

Daniel O’Donnell Daniel O’Donnell Assembly Member Miembro de la Asamblea

Book Festivals

May 8th May 10th May 14th 4:00‑5:00 p.m. 2:00‑4:00 p.m. 4:00‑5:00 p.m. Morningside Heights Library Bloomingdale Library Columbia Secondary School 2900 Broadway 150 West 100th Street 425 West 123rd Street 212-864-2530 212-222-8030 212-666-1278 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

The library has many books available written in both English and Spanish, as well as books written in both at once. Bilingual books are indicated by one star, and books also available in Spanish are indicated by two stars.

La biblioteca tiene disponible muchos libros escritos en inglés y en español, y también tiene libros escritos en ambos idiomas. Los libros bilingües se demuestran con una estrella, y los libros disponibles en español se demuestran con dos estrellas.

J PIC C J PIC W Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero The Little Old Lady Who Was Not All New Book Ideas by Anne Cottringer Afraid of Anything/La viejecita Eliot is a quiet boy by day, but that’s que no le tenía miedo a nada because when it’s midnight he becomes a by Linda Williams** superhero with a lot of work to do. A little old lady who is not afraid of J PIC P J-Spa PIC S anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects The Adventures of Sparrowboy Irene, la valiente that follow her through the dark woods by Brian Pinkney por William Steig trying to scare her. After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry Irene, la hija de una modista, desafía finds he is able to fly just like his favorite una tormenta de nieve para entregar un J PIC B comic book hero HawkMan. vestido nuevo a la duquesa justo a tiempo Little Polar Bear and the para su baile. J PIC G Brave Little Hare Awesome Dawson JB King M/J-S B King M by Hans de Beer When Lars rescues Hugo, the two become by Chris Gall Happy Birthday, Martin Luther fast friends. They have wonderful fun Dawson must rescue the world from his King/ Feliz cumpleaños, together. Before their adventures are over, robotic creation, the Vacu-Maniac! Martin Luther King Hugo gets to show his own courage by J 331.89 M by Jean Marzollo** getting Lars out of trouble. Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Brave Girl: Clara and the Jr. with this fact-filled account in an easy- J-Spa PIC P Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 to-read format. El lobo ha vuelto by Michelle Markel por Geoffroy de Pennart An illustrated account of immigrant Clara King & King El Sr. Conejo tiene miedo de ir a dormir. Ha Lemlich’s pivotal role in the influential by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland leído en el periódico una noticia horrible. ¡El 1909 women laborer’s strike. A nontraditional fairytale about a prince lobo ha vuelto a la ciudad! Ahora, cada vez in search of his one true love. The prince J PIC F que hay un golpe en la puerta, el Sr. Conejo does fall in love at first sight—not with tiene miedo…¿será que es el lobo? The Day Louis Got Eaten the princess, but with her brother, by John Fardell Prince Lee. J PIC O When a Gulper eats Sarah’s brother, Louis, New York’s Bravest she follows the trail as the Gulper is by Mary Pope Osborne eaten by a series of other creatures until Tells of the heroic deeds of the legendary finally she has her chance to rescue Louis New York firefighter, Mose Humphreys. from them all.

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*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists (continued) **También disponible en Español

J PIC F JPIC B The Princess Knight Superdog: The Heart of a Hero All New Book Ideas by Cornelia Funke by Caralyn Buehner Princess Violetta wants to be as big and Tired of being overlooked because he is strong as her brothers. She secretly so small, Dexter, a big-hearted dog with teaches herself to become the bravest big dreams transforms himself into a and cleverest knight in the land until she superhero. J PIC M must face the king’s best knights in a Niño Wrestles the World jousting tournament. Will she be ready? J PIC A by Yuyi Morales Super Duck Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble J 323.11 K by Jez Alborough fending off monstrous opponents, but his Rosa’s Bus A duck in a superhero costume wants so little sisters will truly test his skills. by Jo Kittinger much to be a hero and save the day for his Bus #2857 was an ordinary bus until a friends…will he succeed? J PIC J passenger named Rosa Parks refused to Pennies for Elephants give up her seat. J 398.2 S by Lita Judge Tasty baby belly buttons: a Children of Boston begin a city-wide J-Spa PIC M Japanese folktale campaign to raise $6,000 to buy the first El sastrecillo valiente by Judy Sierra elephants for the Franklin Park Zoo. por Pepe Maestro Urikohime, a girl born from a melon, Un sastrecillo mata siete moscas de un battles the monstrous oni, who steal J PIC P solo golpe, y después de tal hazaña sale babies to eat their tasty belly buttons. Pierre in Love a que todo el mundo lo sepa. Tendrá que by Sara Pennypacker enfrentarse a una serie de retos con J B Pitcher R Feeling “bloopy and love-swoggled” in the seres de todo tipo: gigantes, un jabalí, un They Called Her Molly Pitcher presence of Catherine, the elegant ballet unicornio. El protagonista superará esos by Anne Rockwell teacher, a humble fisherman tries to retos con su astucia, y no con su fuerza. The true story of Molly Hays, who joined muster the courage to reveal his affection her husband in General Washington’s for her. J PIC T army during the American Revolution. The Seven Chinese Sisters Molly risked her life bringing water to the by Kathy Tucker soldiers and even fighting alongside them. When a dragon snatches the youngest of seven talented Chinese sisters, the other six come to her rescue.

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*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists **También disponible en Español

J PIC B J B Aaron T Little devils Henry Aaron’s Dream by Robert J. Blake All New Book Ideas by Matt Tavares When their mother fails to return one Tale of a kid from the segregated South night, three Tasmanian Devil cubs venture who would become baseball’s home-run king. out of their den in search of food and manage to save their mother from a trap. J B Franklin S How Ben Franklin Stole the J B Lincoln R decades later by the Mighty Avengers, who revive and invite him to join their effort to Lightning Abe’s Honest Words: defend the planet. by Rosalyn Schanzer The life of Abraham Lincoln Focuses on Benjamin Franklin’s role as by Doreen Rappaport J 201.3 an inventor of whimsical gadgets and An introduction to the life and career of Encyclopedia Mythologica: practical contraptions, with an emphasis America’s 16th president. Gods and Heroes Pop-Up on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm. J B Keller H by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda Showcases gods and heroes from around J E R Annie and Helen the world, including the gods of ancient by Deborah Hopkinson Egypt, Greek gods and mortal heroes, Justice League: The story of Helen Keller and the Norse gods and goddesses, Asian and Meet the Justice League relationship between Helen and her Polynesian gods, and the “Great Spirits of by Lucy Rosen teacher, Annie Sullivan. the New World.” The alien conqueror Starro has returned to enslave planet Earth. Can the Justice J B Reeves N J B Cousteau Y League stop the evil starfish before it’s Bad News for Outlaws: The Fantastic Undersea Life of too late? The Remarkable Life of Bass Jacques Cousteau J E C Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall by Dan Yaccarino by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson This exciting picture book biography Minnie and Moo and the Formerly enslaved in the 19th century, introduces young readers to Jacques Musk of Zorro Bass Reeves escaped Texas and lived with Cousteau, the world’s ambassador to the by Denys Cazet Indians. It was in Indian Territory that he oceans. Cows Minnie and Moo masquerade as gained the skills he most needed when he the hero Zorro in order to protect the became a lawman, known for his talent J 201.3 R barnyard, but the results are not quite and integrity. Harley what they intended. by Star Livingstone J PIC T Harley is a loner who just can’t seem J 323.09 P Captain America Joins the to get along with the other llamas. But Let It Shine: Stories of Mighty Avengers a shepherd who needs to protect his Black Women Freedom Fighters by Rich Thomas flock from coyotes sees something else by Andrea Davis Pinkney When a particularly dangerous Great War in Harley. Harley not only befriends the Brief sketches of the lives of both well (e.g. mission goes wrong, proud fighter Captain sheep, he becomes a lovable animal hero in Harriet Tubman) and lesser known African America is frozen in ice and rediscovered this captivating book. American women (e.g. Biddy Mason) and their impact on civil rights.

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J PIC W J PIC R The Librarian of Basra: Superhero School A True Story from Iraq All New Book Ideas by Aaron Reynolds by Jeannette Winter When Leonard starts attending Superhero An incredibly brave and determined School he is disappointed to find that librarian worked quickly and creatively all they learn is math. But when the to protect the books in Basra’s Central ice zombies strike, Leonard and his Library from the destruction caused by J-Spa B Maathai N classmates put their newly acquired the bombing. Plantando los árboles de Kenia: la knowledge to good use. historia de Wangari Maathai J 179 O J FIC M por Claire Nivola The Truth of Me Of Thee I Sing: Cuando Wangari Maathai regresó a su by Patricia MacLachlan A Letter to My Daughters casa en Kenia después de terminar la Robbie spends the summer at his by Barack Obama universidad, encontró los arroyos secos, grandmother Maddy’s house, where he In this tender, beautiful letter to his las personas desnutridas y los árboles learns the true story of his emotionally daughters, President Barack Obama muertos. ¿Cómo podría ella sóla traer distant parents. With this knowledge, has written a moving tribute to thirteen de vuelta a los árboles, y restaurar los Robbie finds the courage to try to make ground-breaking Americans and the jardines y las personas? ideals that have shaped our nation. From things right. the artistry of Georgia O’Keeffe, to the J-Spa PIC F J B Douglass C courage of Jackie Robinson, the President ¿Te da miedo la oscuridad? Words Set Me Free: The Story of sees the traits of these heroes within his por Jonathan Farr own children, and within all of America’s Plip y Charly tienen miedo de los ruidos Young Frederick Douglass children. que se oyen en la noche. Los monstruos by Lesa Cline-Ransome debajo de la cama, y dentro del armario The inspiring story of young Frederick J PIC S y el fantasma en las escaleras también Douglass’ path to freedom through The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map tienen miedo. Se unen y juntos investigan reading. to Freedom el origen de los ruidos. by Bettye Stroud Now that Hannah’s papa has decided to J B Parks make the run for freedom, her patchwork Rosa quilt is not just a precious memento of by Nikki Giovanni Mama — it’s a series of hidden clues that A biography in picture book of the will guide them along the Underground Alabama Black woman whose refusal to Railroad to Canada. give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

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J YR FIC L J YR FIC R Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, Iva Honeysuckle and Other Scary Things All New Book Ideas Discovers the World by Lenore Look by Candice Ransom A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, Eight-year-old Iva is determined to make who loves superheroes and comes from a her first great discovery this summer— long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, the treasure buried in her small town legends from Native American peoples wants to make friends, but first he must of Uncertain, Virginia, which her great- across the U.S. Stories range from overcome his fear of everything. grandfather sought for years—if only she creation myths to animal fables to can keep her pesky cousin Heaven from stirring accounts of bravery and sacrifice. J B Montezuma C interfering. A Boy Named Beckoning: J YR FIC M The True Story of Dr. Carlos J YR FIC C How Oliver Olson Changed the World Julian, Secret Agent Montezuma, Native American Hero by Claudia Mills by Ann Cameron by Gina Capaldi Afraid he will always be an outsider like When Julian, his little brother Huey, and The life of a Native American boy named ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver their friend Gloria decide to be “crime Wassaja, who was kidnapped from his tribe finally shows his extremely overprotective busters,” they find themselves in one and sold as a slave. Adopted and renamed parents that he is capable of doing great adventure after another. Carlos Montezuma, the young boy things without their help while his class is traveled throughout the Old West, bearing studying the solar system. witness to the poor treatment of Native J GRAPHIC GN FIC K Americans. Carlos eventually became a J 636.73 M Lunch Lady and the doctor and leader for his people. The Incredible Life of Balto Mutant Mathletes by Meghan McCarthy by Jarrett J. Krosoczka J FIC B A dog saves the people of Nome, Alaska in For having skipped the school field trip, Caddie Woodlawn 1925 when a sled team was the only way Dee, Hector, and Terrence must join the by Carol Ryrie Brink to fetch essential diphtheria serum during mathletes team but as they are poised Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year- a blizzard. to beat the undefeated champions, old Caddie growing up with her six brothers secret crime fighter Lunch Lady discovers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in J YR FIC S something strange about the opposing the mid-nineteenth century. It’s All Greek to Me team. by Jon Scieszka J GRAPHIC GN FIC M J-Spa FIC S In this installment of friends known as the Érase una vez Don Quijote Time Warp Trio, Joe, Fred, and Sam meet Magic Pickle (series) por Agustín Sánchez Aguilar key figures from ancient Greek mythology by Scott Morse Don Quijote y Sancho Panza salen en when they’re transported back to Mount Read about the adventures of a cryogenic busca de aventuras. Olympus. It all started during a school pickle that emerges with superhero skills play about ancient Greece... through the bedroom floor of 398.0899 B Jo Jo Wigman. The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac Engaging, inspirational, and entertaining

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J FIC P J FIC C Meet the Marvel Super Heroes Sylvia & Aki by Scott Peterson All New Book Ideas by Winifred Conkling Background on the famous male and At the start of World War II, Japanese- female superheroes of Marvel Comics. American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, J YR FIC T Arizona, while Mexican-American third- Melvin Beederman Superhero grader Sylvia’s family leases their Orange J 398.22 Y (series) County, California, farm and begins a fight Not One Damsel in Distress: by Greg Trine to stop school segregation. Meet Melvin Beederman. He’s a pretty World Folktales for Strong Girls good superhero, even though it always by Jane Yolen J 973.44 K takes him five or six tries to get launched A collection of thirteen traditional tales Those Rebels, John and Tom and flying. His weakness (every superhero from various parts of the world, with the by Barbara Kerley has one) is bologna, which makes it hard main character of each being a fearless, A dual portrait of two American founding to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to strong, heroic, and resourceful woman. fathers shares introductions to the many keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty ways they helped a young United States in villains—once he’s airborne. J FIC C spite of their disparate views, tracing how Powerless they overcame interpersonal differences J 398.2 S by Matthew Cody at key points in the nation’s early history. The Mighty 12: Soon after moving to Noble’s Green, Superheroes of Greek Myth Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns J-Spa FIC D that his new friends have super powers by Charles R. Smith El coraje de Sarah Noble that they will lose when they turn thirteen, The stories of a dozen ancient Greek por Alice Dalgliesh unless he can use his brain power to gods and goddesses that are the stuff of Una niña de ocho años encuentra el coraje protect them. contemporary superheroes. para ir con su padre a construir una ✪ Come to the Bloomingdale Library Book nueva casa en los campos de Connecticut J PIC S Festival (05/10/14) to see Matthew Cody y quedarse con los nativos americanos Minty: A Story of and receive a free copy of his book!! mientras su padre va en busca del resto de la familia. Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder J FIC C Super J B Disney H Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood Walt Disney, Young Movie Maker name was Minty, dreams of escaping by Matthew Cody slavery on the Brodas plantation in the In the sequel to Powerless, Daniel is (Childhood of famous late 1820s. suddenly starting to display powers, while Americans series) at the same time his friends are losing by Marie Hammontree theirs. Is Daniel just a late-bloomer? A biography concentrating on the boyhood Or is there something more sinister at of the cartoonist and film maker who work, since his power-stealing ability is created Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. uncomfortably like the Shroud’s?

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J FIC F Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess A Girl Named Disaster wants from the enchanted woods. by Nancy Farmer All New Book Ideas While fleeing from Mozambique to J 609.22 T Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted Girls Think of Everything: Stories marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning of Ingenious Inventions by Women and starvation and in so doing comes J FIC G by Catherine Thimmesh close to the luminous world of the African Escape from The story of female inventors and how spirits. Mr. Lemoncello’s Library the challenges of daily life inspired their by Chris Grabenstein creations. J FIC K Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay J FIC C A Million Shades of Gray overnight in the new town library, designed by Cynthia Kadohata by his hero (the famous game-maker Luigi Gregor The Overlander/ In 1975 after American troops pull out of Lemoncello), with other students but finds Gregor: las tierras bajas (series) Vietnam, a thirteen-year-old boy and his that come morning he must work with by Suzanne Collins** beloved elephant escape into the jungle friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. When eleven-year-old Gregor and his when the Viet Cong attack his village. two-year-old sister are pulled into a J FIC T strange underground world, they trigger J 910.92 The Expeditioners an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, A Shipwreck at the Bottom of by S.S. Taylor cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest the World: The Extraordinary True Computers have failed, electricity is foretold by ancient prophecy. Story of Shackleton and the extinct, and the race to discover new lands is underway! After brilliant explorer J-Spa FIC R Endurance Alexander West mysteriously dies, it is Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by Jennifer Armstrong up to his kids—Kit, M. K., and Zander, to por J.K. Rowling Describes the events of the 1914 decipher a map he has left behind. Harry Potter piensa que él es un chico Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, normal hasta que es rescatado por un after being trapped in a frozen sea for J FIC M búho. Al ingresar a la Escuela Hogwarts nine months, their ship, Endurance, was Fablehaven de Magia y Hechicería, aprende a jugar el finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and by Brandon Mull Quidditch y lo hace en un duelo mortal. La his men to make a very long and perilous When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their razón: Harry Potter es un mago. journey across ice and stormy seas to grandparents’ estate, they discover that reach inhabited land. it is a sanctuary for magical creatures J FIC L Hero J-S FIC S and that a battle between good and evil is looming. by Mike Lupica Call It Courage/Esto es coraje Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has by Armstrong Sperry** J FIC V the same special abilities as his father, Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the The Girl Who Circumnavigated who was the President’s globe-trotting story of a youth who overcomes his fear of Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own troubleshooter until “the Bads” killed him, the sea and proves his courage to himself and now Zach must decide whether to use and his tribe. Making his powers in the same way at the risk of by Catherynne M. Valente his own life. Twelve-year-old September’s ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green

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J FIC H J FIC F The Hero’s Guide to Shadow Spinner Saving Your Kingdom All New Book Ideas by Susan Fletcher by Christopher Healy When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled The four princes erroneously dubbed Prince girl, joins the Sultan’s harem in ancient Charming and rudely marginalized in their Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the respective fairy tales form an unlikely stories which will save the queen’s life. team when a witch threatens the whole J FIC G JB Coleman G kingdom. My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of J-Spa B Juana Inés L Twelve-year old June Farrell, who has two Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Juana Inés moms, stands up for her family when an by Nikki Grimes por Georgina Lázaro León anti-gay movement threatens her family’s A biography of the first licensed female Un poema biográfico sobre la infancia de la security and their business. African American pilot. poeta y monja, Juana Inés de la Cruz. J FIC S J FIC G J FIC S The Mysterious Benedict Society Unstoppable Lizzie Bright and the by Trenton Lee Stewart by Tim Green Buckminster Boy After passing a series of mind-bending Harrison, a foster kid, dreams of being by Gary D. Schmidt tests, four children are selected for a in the NFL. On the field, he’s practically In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new secret mission that requires them to go unstoppable. But when a routine sports home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things undercover at the Learning Institute for injury leads to a devastating diagnosis, improve when he meets Lizzie Bright the Very Enlightened. it will take every ounce of Harrison’s Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island determination not to give up for good. community founded by former slaves that J-Spa B Neruda L the town fathers—and Turner’s—want to Pablo J FIC S change into a tourist spot. por Georgina Lázaro León Wringer Explora la vida del famoso poeta chileno by Jerry Spinelli J B Tubman W Pablo Neruda, incluyendo su infancia en As Palmer comes of age, he must either Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Chile, su poesía, y las causas políticas por accept the violence of being a wringer at Her People to Freedom las que luchó. his town’s annual Pigeon Day or find the by Carole Boston Weatherford courage to oppose it. Depicts the bravery of Harriet Tubman, J-Spa B Brindis de R who escaped slavery on a Maryland El rey de las octavas plantation only to return again and again por Emma Romeu to help other slaves escape. Relata las experiencias de Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, un prodigio del violín cubano que superó los prejuicios raciales y se convirtió en un músico reconocido mundialmente.

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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 and intense emotional content. I hope these books will prompt discussion, but if you are concerned, please discuss book choices with your family. De acuerdo con nuestro tema, algunos de los libros sugeridos para lectores mayores presentan contenido desafiante y emotivo. Espero que estos libros promuevan conversaciones, pero si te preocupa, por favor habla de tus elecciones con tu familia.

FIC H J FIC B J-Spa FIC M A Thousand Splendid Suns The Boy Who Dared: A Novel Based on El domador de monstruos by Khaled Hosseini the True Story of a Hitler Youth por Ana María Machado Two women born a generation apart witness by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sergio es un niño que a veces tiene miedo y the destruction of their home and family In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old otras veces es valiente. Una noche, antes in war-torn Kabul, losses incurred over the Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing de dormirse, se quedó mirando las figuras course of thirty years that test the limits anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and que formaban las sombras de los árboles en of their strength and courage. how he came to dedicate himself to bring la pared de su cuarto. Se asustó mucho y, the truth about Hitler and the war to the después de bastantes peripecias, encontró a un FIC E German people. monstruo que en vez de miedo le causó gracia. Angelfall by Susan Ee After the angels of the apocalypse FIC B J FIC C/J-Spa FIC C demolished the modern world and abducted The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Elijah of Buxton/Elias de Buxton a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old by Holly Black by Christopher Paul Curtis** sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. When seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up When a former slave steals money from Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, following a party in the aftermath of a Elijah’s friend, free-Black Elijah embarks on an injured enemy angel and journeying toward violent vampire attack, she travels to a dangerous journey to America in pursuit the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco. Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts of the thief, and discovers firsthand the city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend horrors of the life his parents fled—a life FIC M and a mysterious vampire boy in tow. from which he’ll always be free, if he can find Ashfall by Mike Mullin the courage to get back home. After a super volcano erupts, blackening the FIC G sky, disabling the power and water lines and The Difference Between You and Me J FIC S covering the continent in ash, Alex goes on a by Madeleine George Enola Holmes Mysteries harrowing journey to find his family. School outsider Jesse, a lesbian, is having by Nancy Springer secret trysts with Emily, the popular Enola Holmes is the fourteen-year-old sister J FIC A/Spa FIC A student council vice president. When they of Sherlock Holmes. Follow her as she solves Before We Were Free/Antes de ser find themselves on opposite sides of a some mysteries of her own. libres by Julia Alvarez** major issue, they are forced to make a In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, difficult decision. FIC H twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman involved in the underground movement to end FIC R A coming-of-age story that pierces the soul the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo. Divergent by Veronica Roth and heals the spirit, this is the tale of the In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old future leader of the Amazon women warriors. J B Leyson L Beatrice Prior must choose among five Rain must hold fast to her inner warrior, but The Boy on the Wooden Box: predetermined factions to define her she is startled and mystified by the first How the Impossible Became identity for the rest of her life, a decision stirrings of mercy towards the enemy. made more difficult when she discovers that Possible…on Schindler’s List FIC H by Leon Leyson she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in Girl, Stolen by April Henry The story of Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) is not perfect after all. When an impulsive carjacking turns into a who was able to survive the sadism of the kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, Nazis, through the generosity and cunning of finds himself more in sympathy with his one man, Oskar Schindler.

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*Bilingual – English and Spanish **Also available in Spanish *Bilingüe – Inglés y Español Suggested Reading Lists (continued) **También disponible en Español wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old From one hardship to another, Li persevered, J FIC A Cheyenne, than with his greedy father. never forgetting the family he left behind. One-Handed Catch by MJ Auch After losing his hand in an accident in his J FIC L FIC D father’s butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader The Giver by Lois Lowry Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis Norman uses hard work and humor to learn Given his lifetime assignment at the Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, to live with his disability and to succeed at Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the independence, and courage when they baseball, art, and other activities. receiver of memories shared by only one other are forced to take a car trip with their in his community and discovers the terrible grandmother, who tells about growing up J FIC B truth about the society in which he lives. Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Tangerine by Edward Bloor Europe during World War II as a member of Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow FIC M the Women’s Army Corps. of his football hero brother Erik, fights for Hero by Perry Moore the right to play soccer despite his near Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned FIC M blindness. superhero, finds that he, too, has special Never Fall Down: A Novel powers and is asked to join the very League by Patricia McCormick FIC L that rejected his father, and it is there Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan that Thom finds other misfits whom he can defied the odds and used all of his courage Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds are finally trust. and wits to survive the murderous regime of attempting to set a new Guinness World the Khmer Rouge. Record for kissing. While the two are locking B Yousafza Y lips, they become a focal point in the lives of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up J FIC R other teen boys dealing with relationships, for Education and Was Shot by the Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes coming out, navigating gender identity, and Taliban by Malala Yousafzai In New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, twelve-year- falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of When the Taliban took control of the Swat old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her gay hookup sites. Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. This adopted grandmother have no choice but to is the story of Malala Yousafzai who, at stay and weather the storm as Hurricane FIC M sixteen, has become a global symbol of Katrina bears down upon them. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your A-- peaceful protest and the youngest nominee by Meg Medina ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. 973.382 S One morning before school, some girl tells The Notorious Benedict Arnold: Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her J B Li A True Story of Adventure, Heroism and wants to kick her a--. Piddy doesn’t even Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin know who Yaqui is, but Yaqui thinks Piddy is Chosen from millions of children to serve in Most people know that Benedict Arnold was stuck-up, and isn’t Latin enough with her Mao’s Cultural Revolution by studying at the America’s first, most notorious traitor. Few white skin, good grades, and no accent. Is Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would know that he was also one of its greatest there any way for Piddy to survive without be his family’s best opportunity to escape war heroes. Come read about the real Arnold: closing herself off or running away? the bitter poverty in his rural Chinese home. reckless, heroic, and driven.

Suggested Authors for… Advanced Readers José María Arguedas** Lev Grossman** Haruki Murakami Zadie Smith** Coe Booth Ernest Hemingway** Iris Murdoch Amy Tan Alfredo Bryce Echenique** Gabriel Garcia Marquez** George Orwell** Ned Vizzini Ralph Ellison** Frank McCourt James Rollins David Foster Wallace** F. Scott Fitzgerald** Toni Morrison** J.D. Salinger**

10 Reading Saves the Day: Community Reading Challenge 2014 Book List Reading Log New York State Assembly

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Reading Saves the Day: Community Reading Challenge 2014 Book List 11 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 had o cuéntanos de alguna experiencia que hayas tenido that relates to the Challenge theme of “Reading relacionada al tema del Reto de este año “Leer salva el Saves the Day.” día”. 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. Toma acción... Take action… Inscríbete para realizar trabajo voluntario con tu familia en www.newyorkcares.org. Sign up to do volunteer projects with your family at www.newyorkcares.org. Encuentra recursos en los que te puedas involucrar/ lidera tu propio programa de servicio local, nacional o global en Find resources to be involved in/lead your own http://www.generationon.org/kids. local, national or global service program at http://www.generationon.org/kids. Después de completar tu proyecto, entrégalo After completing your project, turn it en tu biblioteca local o llévalo personalmente in at your local library or at Assembly a la oficina de la comunidad del asambleísta Member O’Donnell’s Community Office O’Donnell (localizada en el 245 W. 104th Street). (245 W. 104th Street). With your ¡Con tu autorización, publicaremos tu proyecto permission, we’ll post it on the web! en nuestra página Web! What book will you read next? ¿Cuál será tu próximo libro?

12 Reading Saves the Day: Community Reading Challenge 2014 Book List 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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