GREAT READS
 
 
Great Reading Ideas

Booklists
Take a look at these terrific books, read and recommended by Children's Services Staff.

Webliographies
Find out more about your favorite books, plus read-alikes and fun websites.

Young Reader's Choice Awards
Find out this year's nominees & winners, as well as how you can place your vote here at the Library!


 

Picks of the Month

Look for these favorite titles selected with great enthusiasm by Children's Services staff!
We know you'll like them as much as we did
!

See Great Reads for Teens for more reading ideas for older readers!


Scholastic BookFlix
Watch, Read, and Learn!
A new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related non-fiction eBooks to build a love of reading and learning.
 
  Reading Websites
Book Awards
Authors and Illustrators
Favorite Characters and Series
Online Stories
Other Book Sites
TumbleBooks
Click here for TumbleBooksTumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books that you can read, or have read to you. Tumblebooks are ideal for beginning readers and include titles in French and Spanish.
 
  Webliographies
  Find out more about your favorite books, plus read-alikes and fun websites.

Bone

Chasing Vermeer

Chronicles of Narnia

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Geronimo Stilton

Gregor the Overlander

Harry Potter

Lemony Snicket & The Series of Unfortunate Events

Lord of the Rings

Pendragon

The Spiderwick Chronicles

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  Young Reader's Choice Awards

A youth literature award that is unique because only students can vote for their favorite nominees!
Look for these books in the Teen Young Reader's Choice Display.
 
2009 Winners:   2010 Nominees:
Junior Level (Grades 4 - 6)   Junior Level (Grades 4 - 6)

J DIC

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate Dicamillo
Candlewick Press, 2006.

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
 
  The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
No Talking by Andrew Clements
 
Intermediate Level (Grades 7 - 9)   Intermediate Level (Grades 7 - 9)

BOYN
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
David Fickling Books , 2006.

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
  Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Peak by Roland Smith
Plain Janes by Cecil Castelucci
Schooled by Gordon Korman
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landry
       
  How Can I Vote?
  Students in Grades 4 - 12 in the Pacific Northwest who have read or who have heard at least three titles from the list may participate.
Vote for your favorite title at the Strathcona County Library Spring 2010!

Visit the PNLA website to find out more about the current winners and nominees!

Grade Five Teachers: Find out about our YRC presentations!

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