- Great Summer Reads for Great Summer Readers -
Happy summer, Teachers and Parents! I have read some awesome books this summer that you may have come across at your local library or bookstore. I am providing links to the HIP (FISD's online catalog), Frisco Public Library, and the McKinney Public Library so that you can check them out. Oh, I didn't forget the young readers out there! I found a nifty book just for you. Happy reading! :)
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Teachers and parents, are you needing a beach read? Check out this amazing read...
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Skeeter returns home to Mississippi from college in 1962 and begins to write stories about the African-American women that are found working in white households, which includes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for her seventeenth white child, and Minny, Aibileen's sassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive woman who is new to town.
Find it at the Frisco Public Library: Click here!
Find it at the McKinney Public Library: Click here!
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Teachers and parents, this book is a must-read this summer! This book will be the 'yellow brick road' for your students' journeys into life-long reading!
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
by Donalyn Miller
Sixth grade teacher Donalyn Miller describes the instructional approach she uses to turn children into readers, based on a combination of individual choice, a program of independent reading, a collection of high-interest books, and appropriate and authentic reading behavior modeling.
Find it at the Frisco Public Library: Click here!
Find it at the McKinney Public Library: Click here!
Find it at the Sonntag Library: Click here!
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Kids, do you like graphic novels? Check this awesome read!
Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
When Raina falls and injures her front teeth, she begins a difficult and embarrassing period having braces. In addition to this humiliation, she endures boy trouble and false friends but finally learns the importance of true friends and having a wonderful smile.
Find it at the Frisco Public Library: Click here!
Find it at the Sonntag Library: Click here!
