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.
 
2010 Winners:   2011 Nominees:
Junior Level (Grades 4 - 6)   Junior Level (Grades 4 - 6)

J KIN
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
  Amulet: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
Dog Lost by Ingrid Lee
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! by Paul Feig
The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Swindle by Gordon Korman
 
Intermediate Level (Grades 7 - 9)   Intermediate Level (Grades 7 - 9)

KORM
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Capricorn Anderson is forced to live with his guidance counsellor after his hippie grandmother falls out of a tree. At his new school, his strange hippie ways attract attention and Cap gets elected to the position of class president as per the tradition of bringing the biggest nerd to office.
 

Airhead by Meg Cabot

Airman by Eoin Colfer

Chains: Seeds of America by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Juvie Three by Gordon Korman

Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston


       
  How Can I Vote?
  Students in Grades 4 - 12 in the Pacific Northwest who have read or who have heard at least two titles from the list may participate.
Vote for your favorite title at the Strathcona County Library Spring 2011!

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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