• Summer Reading List 2006
  These lists of titles have been compiled by librarians at member schools of the Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network (HAISLN). The lists include both fiction and nonfiction books by some of the best authors for children and young adults. Lists presented for PreK-12.
• Summer Reading Lists
  Charlottesville (Virginia) Catholic School presents these lists or required and suggested reading. Separate lists for each grade K to 8.
• Summer Reading for Kids
  These books have been selected by Vermont public school librarians and are recommended for summer reading for children and young adults. Published on the Vermont Education Association's Web page, Summer Reading offers separate lists for students in grades K through 4, 5 through 8, and 9 through 12.
• Summer Reading Lists
  These lists, from the Mountain Brook City Schools in Birmingham, Alabama, recommend books for students in grades 1 through 3, 4, 5, 6, junior high school (grades 7 through 9), and high school.
• Summer Reading Lists
  Middlesex Middle School in Darien, Connecticut, provides reading lists for social studies and science, as well as English.
• Summer Fun Reading List
  These lists include books for students in K through 5. Book lists are divided by grade levels of students entering grades K and 1, 2 and 3, and 4 and 5, as well as into such categories as poetry, picture books, and classic fiction to read aloud to the whole family.
• Elementary Summer Reading List
  This list from the Wayland (Massachusetts) Public Schools includes fiction titles for beginning readers, students in grades 2 and 3, and students in grades 4 and 5, as well as lists of books of poetry, books of fairy tales, biographies, books for families to read aloud, and more.
• Boulder (Colorado) Public Library Booklists for Kids
  This list of lists from the BPL includes summer reading chapter books and summer reading picture books.
• Fairfax County Public Library Books for School-Age Children
  Though not specifically created as summer reading lists, these lengthy lists include great summer reading ideas. Individual lists are offered for students in grades 1 to 6.
• Summer Reading Lists
  This resource from Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools includes four separate lists -- for students going into grades 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, and 11 and 12.
• Sensational Summer Reading
  Westlake City (Ohio) Schools offers this summer reading list for grades PreK-4.
• Boston Public Schools Summer Reading Lists
  Four lengthy book lists -- for students in grades K through 3, 4 and 5, 6 through 8, and 9 through 12 -- offer titles sorted by genre. These lists, created in association with the Boston Public Library, include titles in Spanish for students in grade K through 8.

ADDITIONAL SUMMER READING RESOURCES

• Summer Reading Tips for Parents
  According to the LD Online Web site, "Studies show that most students experience a loss of reading skills over the summer months, but children who continue to read actually gain skills." This site offers tips that encourage parents to help children sustain reading skills during the summer. Although directed to parents of children with learning disabilities, any teacher might include these tips in an end-of-year newsletter as a reminder to parents.
• Choices Booklist
  Each year the International Reading Association (IRA) invites 10,000 schoolchildren to read and vote for the best newly published books. This site provides the children's list as well as a list of teachers' picks for the best books.
• Publish Your Book Reviews
  Have children publish their book reviews on Web sites that offer readers the opportunity to share their opinions about books. This issue of Barbara Feldman's Surfing the Net with Kids newsletter offers links to a handful of such opportunities!
• Mrs. Lewis' Student Page:                                                          I have a page that was created at the request of Pleasant View and Temperance for students.  This page contains many links to online games in the areas of reading and math.  You are welcome to give this page to students.  They may also want the Game Portal page that Gail and I created this year.  We will continue to up grade this during the summer.