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Council RocksSummer ReadingBookshelf
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Kindergarten-1st Grade

• Hills, Tad. Rocket Writes A Story
• Little yellow bird taught Rocket how to read and
  now Rocket wants to write his own story. Little
  yellow bird helps and so does the shy baby owl.

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• Raschka, Chris. A Ball For Daisy
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• This 2012 Caldecott medal winner is for any child
  who has ever had a beloved toy break. Daisy is
  full of anguish when her favorite ball is
  destroyed by a bigger dog.

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• Klassen, Jon. I Want My Hat Back
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• The 2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for the most
  distinguished beginning reader book. The bears
  hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and
  politely, he asks the animals he comes across,
  one by one, whether they have seen it. Book
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• Meisel, Paul. See Me Run
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• Happiness is a day in the park for a pack of
  joyful dogs. Their doggy day becomes even more
  wonderful when they discover bones! But, the
  bones magically arrange themselves as a T. Rex!

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• Scillian, Devin. Memoirs Of A Goldfish
• Day One, I swam around my bowl. Day Two, I swam
  around my bowl. Twice. Find out how the goldfish
  bowl gets filled with so many different things.
  Nominated for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young
  Readers Choice Award.
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• Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Balancing Act
• Two mice make a teeter-totter. They're balancing
  just fine, but then along comes a frog. Can they
  make room for one more friend on their
  teeter-totter? What about two? What about more?

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• Willems, Mo. I Broke My Trunk!
• A new elephant and piggy book. In I Broke My
  Trunk! Gerald tells Piggie the long, crazy story
  about breaking his trunk. Will Piggie end up with
  a long, crazy story of her own?

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• Willems, Mo. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
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• Gerald has a decision to make. Will he make his
  decision in time, will he do the right thing?

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Grades 2-3

• Cronin, Doreen. The Trouble With Chickens
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• J.J. Tully is a former search-and rescue dog who
  is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of
  performing daring missions saving lives. So hes
  not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt
  and Sugar (who look like popcorn on legs) and
  their chicken mom show up demanding his help to
  track down their missing siblings. Driven by the
  promise of a cheeseburger, J.J. begins to track
  down clues. Nominated for the 2012-13
  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.
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• Czekaj, Jef. Cat Secrets
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• I'm sorrythis book is not for you. This book is
  for CATS ONLY. What's that you say? You are a
  cat? Okay . . . get ready to prove it!
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• Evans, Shane W. Underground
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• Underground is an introduction to the Underground
  Railroad. With just two or three words on each
  double-page spread, the minimalist text is
  intense in this stirring picture book about a
  familys escape from slavery.

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• Hopkinson, Deborah. A Boy Called Dickens
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• A great way to get to know the famous author
  Charles Dickens, this is the story of his
  boyhood.

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• Novak, Matt. The Everything Machine
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• Thats right, a machine that makes everything you
  need, and you dont even have
• to get out of bed. But one day, the machine
  breaks. Nominated for the 2012-13
• Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.

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• Sternberg, Julie. Like Pickle Juice On A Cookie
• I had a bad August. A very bad August. As bad as
  pickle juice on a cookie. As bad as a spider web
  on your leg. As bad as the black parts on a
  banana. I hope your August was better. I really
  do.
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Grades 4-6

• Buyea, R. Because of Mr. Terupt
• Fifth graders take turns writing chapters in this
  book that follows the months
• of the school year. If youve ever had a
  favorite teacher, this book is for you! Nominated
  for the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice
  Award.
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• Cody, Matthew. Powerless Grade 4-6
• Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon
  learns the truth about his nice but oddnew
  friends one can fly another can turn invisible,
  yet another controls electricity. Incredible! The
  super kids use their powers to secretly do good
  in the town, but theyre haunted by the fact that
  the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities
  will disappearalong with any memory that they
  ever had them. Nominated for the 2012-13
  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award.
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• DiCamillo, Kate. Magicians Elephant
• A new title for the 2013 Reading Olympics, when a
  fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square
  of the city Peter knows the questions that he
  needs to ask Does his sister still live? The
  fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant!
  An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a
  chain of events so remarkable, so impossible,
  that you will hardly dare to believe its true.
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• Tuxbury, Larry David. Benjamin Frankenstein Lives
  
• A new title for the 2013 Reading Olympics, Victor
  Godwin is a serious-minded boy genius living in
  Philadelphia. He discovers that Ben Franklin
  never died but was was put into suspended
  animation and was hidden away for more than 200
  years in Victor's basement! An accident
  re-awakens Ben centuries before he was supposed
  to be, and there's a problem. When Ben runs low
  on energy, he turns into a rampaging monster
  desperately hungry for electricity!

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• Schanzer, Rosalyn. Witches.
• Witches received a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor
  Award as one of the year's 5 most distinguished
  informational books for children. This is the
  true tale of disaster in Salem, Massachusetts,
  1692.
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• Phelan, Matt. The Storm In The Barn
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• A new title for the 2013 Reading Olympics is a
  graphic novel set in Kansas during the dustbowl
  of the 1930s. Jack finds that the Storm King is
  hiding out in an old barn and could make it rain
  if he wanted. You will root for Jack and feel
  like you share his success with him.
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• Van Allsburg, Chris. 14 Amazing Authors Tell The
  Tales of The Chronicle of
• Harris Burdick
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• Master storytellers join forces to weave fourteen
  mesmerizing tales around the intriguing
  illustrations of the legendary Mysteries of
  Harris Burdick.
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