I recommend..... by Barbara Reid https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018 Recommend a book for 4-11 year olds for summer reading. en-us 2018-05-11 04:08:07 UTC 2026-02-28 22:45:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png Room on our Rock by Kate & Jol Temple bre4 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259847769 suitable for K-5. Read it forwards, read it backwards]]> 2018-05-11 04:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259847769 The Whisper eastrow https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259854165 suitable for G2-5. Beautiful story about the power of a book and an imagination.]]> 2018-05-11 05:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259854165 The Little Captive by Lise Kristensen jeneane1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259857137 A story about a Dutch family's struggle and survival during Japanese take over of Java Indonesia. ]]> 2018-05-11 06:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259857137 Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms by Lissa Evans jeneane1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259857327 This is a story about a very short boy named Stuart, who's parents have decided to move right before summer break. They move back to his father's childhood hometown, and he discover's the significance his family has in the history of this town. However, his Uncle Horton was a magician who just disappeared off of the face of the Earth. Stuart sets out to find his uncle's magic lab. ]]> 2018-05-11 06:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/259857327 Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir by Jacques Papier lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111215 Jacques Papier thinks that everyone hates him. After all, teachers ignore him when he raises his hand in class, nobody ever picks him for sports teams, and his sister, Fleur, keeps having to remind their parents to set a place for him at the dinner table. But then Jacques discovers an uncomfortable truth: He is NOT Fleur's brother; he's her imaginary friend! And so begins Jacques' quest for identity … what do you do when you realise that the only reason you exist is because of someone else's imagination?]]> 2018-05-12 05:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111215 The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111310 Despereaux the mouse loves reading and music. Maybe as a result of his poetic nature, Despereaux breaks the great mouse taboo by falling in love with a human princess. Banished to a cellar full of rats, Despereaux discovers the rats' plan to capture the princess and bring her down into the darkness and decides to foil it. Full of charm, this is a heroic story of how goodness and courage can outsmart evil. ]]> 2018-05-12 05:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111310 Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111407 It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry - and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart.]]> 2018-05-12 05:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111407 Gangsta Granny by David Walliams lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111522 When the young Ben finds out his boring old granny (who smells of cabbage) is actually an international jewel thief things start to change in his life. He begins to hatch a plan as to how they would be able to steal the crown jewels, which are the only jewels the Black Cat (his granny) hasn't stolen yet.]]> 2018-05-12 05:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111522 A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111593 For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter.

But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet. ]]> 2018-05-12 05:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111593 The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111630 Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.

Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better.]]> 2018-05-12 05:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111630 The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey lpn1 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111748 They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change all of that

Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Piranha?!]]> 2018-05-12 05:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260111748 Dory Fantasmagory by Abbey Hanlon https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260228226 2018-05-13 14:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260228226 Hot Dog! A series of 3 books by Anh Do ndo8_3 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260716480 These funny books follow the adventures of Hot Dog and his friends. Be prepared to laugh out loud. The books are a quick read and suitable for readers of all ages.  ]]> 2018-05-15 04:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/260716480 Stuck by Oliver Jeffers bro4 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261180455 Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets 
stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with... a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? 
A favourite in K1!]]> 2018-05-16 12:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261180455 The Bear Who Went Boo! By David Walliams bro4 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261181490 At the top of the world, surrounded by snow and ice, lives a very cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go…

BOO!

But this little bear cub doesn’t always know when to stop…
A favourite in K1!
]]> 2018-05-16 12:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261181490 Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes by James Dean and Eric Litman bro4 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261181992 Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes!
A favourite in K1!]]> 2018-05-16 12:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261181992 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom By Bill Martin Jnr and John Archambault bro4 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261182967 The 26 characters in this rhythmic  book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A told b, and b told c, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree'"--which probably seemed like a good idea until the other 23 members of the gang decided to follow suit. The palm tree standing straight and tall on the first page begins to groan and bend under its alphabetical burden. First the coconuts fall off, then ("Chicka chicka... BOOM! BOOM!") all the letters also end up in a big heap underneath.
A favourite in K1!]]> 2018-05-16 12:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/261182967 Spy School by Stuart Gibbs- Ages 8-12 jsm2 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/262256034 Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it! 

Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Could the C.I.A. really want him? 

]]> 2018-05-21 03:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/262256034 The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson Ages 9-14 jsm2 https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/262256362 Even in the darkest of times—especially in the darkest of times—there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler’s list.]]> 2018-05-21 03:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bre4/eastlibpri_summerreading2018/wish/262256362