Reading Challenge, in Coordination with Highbridge Library, to Inspire Kids to Read on a Regular Basis Throughout Parent/Guardian Name the Summer Break

Reading Challenge, in Coordination with Highbridge Library, to Inspire Kids to Read on a Regular Basis Throughout Parent/Guardian Name the Summer Break

77th Assembly District's Thank and you, happy reading! calendar. on a calendar. the At end, send us marked-off your andJuly August, then mark read off the you days read minutesSimply 15 40 during days for a day the how challenge works: Here’s can head to local your library online or go more. for listed some book started, suggestions to get and you program around the improve to help world us. I’ve bridges between cultures or to in volunteer a and they be might inspired even to build new adventures, to dream interests new to discover big, Books can lead students summer to new Empowerment.” themeThis is “Women's year’s the summer break. to inspire kids to read on a regular basis throughout Challenge, in coordination with Highbridge Library, sponsoring that end, a Summer I’m To Reading characters new off worlds, and thrilling narratives. Reading is fun! Books can immerse children in far- a bookup or downloading an e-book tablet. on your encourage our kids to continue learning picking by When the school lets for out summer, can we Dear Friend, 910 Grand Concourse,910 Suite 1JK [email protected] Reading Challenge Bronx, NY 10451 Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner 718-538-2000 “I pledge to read for at least 15 minutes each day for Joyner Latoya Assemblywoman 40 days during the months of July and August. I will mark the calendar below with a check mark (✔) each day that I read by myself or with my reading buddy.” When you have marked at least 40 days on this calendar, you will earn an Excellence in Reading certificate. Just send the marked-off calendar and the completed form to my office and your certificate will arrive in the mail. School School July 2017 Summer Reading Challenge Number years of participated in the Favorite book read this summer Number days of completed Phone Address 2 Address 1 Parent/Guardian name nameChild’s Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Certificate Reading in Excellence 910 Grand Concourse, Suite 1JK Suite Concourse, Grand 910 Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner complete the above form and form send the above complete To receive your certificate, please your receive To Email it with the with attachedit calendar to: New York State Assembly Assembly State York New 1 Information form 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NYBronx, 10451 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Challenge Reading Highbridge Public Library 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 77th Assembly District District Assembly 77th 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 with partnership in 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Joyner Latoya Assemblywoman 27 28 29 30 31 Updated 4/17 77th Assembly District Women who broke the rules: Sonia Sotomayor by Kathleen Krull. Middle School Readers/Tweens Sonia Sotomayor's path, from growing up in the projects to success in Ivy League universities to her rise in the legal profession is a true Be a change maker by Laurie Ann Thompson. Empower yourself in testament to the American dream. She broke the rules women were today’s highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how supposed to follow in her life and career, ultimately becoming the to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social first Latino justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the third entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, Reading and beyond. At age eleven, Jessica Markowitz learned that girls woman to serve the Court. Her determined spirit and achievements make her a role model and an inspiration. Grades 2-3 in Rwanda are often not allowed to attend school, and Richards Rwanda took shape. Middle school. A Nearer Moon by Melani Crowder. In a small river village where the The Education of Ivy Blake by Ellen Airgood. This is a story about Challenge water is cursed, a girl’s bravery could mean the difference between finding the family you need and taking charge of your own future in life and death in this magical story of “perseverance and hope”. order to be your best self. Fiction. Grades 4-6. Grades 4-5. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” Walking Two Worlds by Joseph Bruchac. This book is a true story Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac. This is an exciting about the early education of a Native American who became famous – Michelle Obama story which also portrays Native American life during the 1400s and achieved great success within both the white world and the where tribal boys’ conflicts can be settled by a lacrosse game. world of his Seneca people. Fiction. Grades 5 and up. Fiction. Grades 3-6. Under the Same Sky by Cynthia DeFelice. When Joe wants a Suggested Reading List The Secret Subway by Shana Corey. This is the true story of New motorbike, his father makes him work on the family farm in upstate York City’s first subway. In the 1860s, Alfred Aly Beach built a New York picking berries and working alongside migrant workers. fan-powered train that traveled underground, 40 years before the Joe learns about their struggle. Fiction. Grades 5-9. Poetry modern subway system was built. Non-fiction. Grades pre-K-3. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela A Celebration of the Seasons: Goodnight Songs by Margaret Wise The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore We Came to America by Faith Ringgold. America is a country rich in and Elaine DePrince. This is the memoir of a girl’s journey from Brown. This is a collection of the author’s poems illustrated by 12 by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. This is the story of the founding of diversity. This book is a tribute to every American that came before an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone to becoming the principal award-winning artists. The book includes a CD in which the poems the National Memorial African Bookstore in 1939 as told by the us and reminds us that equality is a group endeavor. Non-fiction. dancer of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Non-fiction. Grades 6 and are set to music. Fiction. Grades pre-K-1. founder’s son. Famous customers of the store included Muhammad Grades K-3. up. Ali and Malcom X. Non-fiction. Grades 1-4. A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney. This is a book of prose Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser. This is a book in a series about So You Want to Be A Wizard? by Diane Duane. This is the first in a which tells the story of Ezra Jack Keats, children’s author and Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore outstanding women. It follows Maya Angelou from her childhood series of 10 books about two lonely kids caught up in a never-ending illustrator of The Snowy Day. Non-fiction. Grades 2-4. Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough. When it was through her experiences as an actress/singer, civil rights activist and battle between good and evil. Fiction. Grades 5-8. considered unimportant for children to read, one woman pushed beloved writer. Non-fiction. Grades K-3. Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill. The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg. Nine-year-old Shelby ahead and established a children’s room at the New York Public The story behind a famous photograph of jazz musicians in 1950s Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine by Heather is the best detective in her Harlem neighborhood. Fiction. Grades Library. Non-fiction. Grades 1-4. Harlem is told in prose. Non-fiction. Grades 3-7. Lang. In 1916, Ruth Law flew through fierce winds and numbing 3-6. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by cold and broke the existing cross-country distance record for flying. Harlem Hellfighters by J. Patrick Lewis. This is a collection of You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by Jean Fritz. This Javaka Steptoe. This book offers a biographical introduction to an Non-fiction. Grades K-3. free-verse poems which tell the story of a group of black American biography of a 19th-century feminist gives a picture of the world artist who rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon. soldiers who fought in World War I and impressed the French with The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin. Change is the meaning of the that women lived in and why it was so hard to change society. For Non-fiction. Grades 1-5. their courage and inspired Europeans with their music. Non-fiction. Chinese year of the rat. Pacey’s best friend moves away and she example, her father thought girls weren’t as important as boys and Grades 4-7. faces her own doubts to decide if she can become the writer and her husband was embarrassed by her public speaking. Non-fiction. Early Readers illustrator she hopes to be. Fiction. Grades 3-7. Grades 3-6. Picture Books Drop it, Rocket! by Tad Hills. A dog named Rocket is ready to find The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story of the World’s Most Famous The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes. This is a book about friendship, Bridge and the Remarkable Family that Built It by Elizabeth family and faith told through the character, Paris, in search of a Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah new words for his word tree with his teacher, the little yellow bird.

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