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ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED BOOK TITLES FOR SUMMER 2009:
Here are some of the new book titles which have recently been published (many have won awards). Previous lists also have some wonderful suggestions for your summer reading.
PICTURE BOOKS:
Are You Ready to Play Outside by Mo Williams
Big Bad Bunny by Franny Billingsley
Blacker The Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
Chicken Said, Cluck! By Judyann Grant
Diego by Jonah Winter
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington by Don Brown
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tombert
The House in the Night by Susan Swanson
I’m Dirty by Kate McMullan
Katie’s Trunk by Ann Turner
Leola and the Honeybears by Melodye Rosales
Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney
The Moon Over Star by Dianna Aston
One Boy by Laura Seeger
Papa and Me by Rudy Gutierrez
Piano Starts Here by Robert Parker
Pie-Biter by Ruthann McCunn
Skunkdog Jenkins, Emily
Stinky by Eleanor Davis
Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
What Can You Do with a Rebozo by Amy Cordova
The Wishing Tree by Roseanne Thong
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah Campbell
Yoko Writes Her Name by Rosemany Wells
SERIES BOOKS:
Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin
Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Carl Books by Alexandra Day
Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin
Minnie and Moo & The Haunted Sweater by Denys Cazet
Olivia Helps With Christmas by Ian Falconer
DINOSAUR BOOKS:
Curious George’s Dinosaur Discovery by Cathy Hapka
Dino-Dinners by Mick Manning
Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
Dinosaurs Big and Small by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Dinosaur Discoveries by Gail Gibbons
Gorgonzola: A Very Stinkysaurus
I’m Bad by Kate McMullan
T Rex by Vivian French
ELEMENTARY:
Bird by Zetta Elliott
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week by Marla Frazee
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Hot Hand by Mike Lupica
The House in the Night by Susan Swanson
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Smith
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilo
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
SERIES:
Among the Hidden by Marageret Haddix (Shadow Children series)
Comeback Kids by Mike Lupica
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Gooney Bird by Lois Lowry
I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroomby Nancy Krulik
Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Rubie and the Booker Boys by Derrick Barnes
Secrets of Droon by Terry Abbott
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs Series by Sharon Draper
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Amiri And Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gailman
Hurricane Song by Paul Valponi
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson 660L
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Savvy by Ingid Law
Shooting The Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Waiting For Normal by Leslie Connor
Blizzard by Murphy
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Choi
Viva La Paris by Esme Raji Codell
SERIES:
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Crispin by Avi
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Five Ancestors by Jeff Stone
Pendragon by D. J. MacHale
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Small Steps by Louis Sachar (sequel to Holes)
Warriers by Erin Hunter
YOUNG ADULT:
*(may contain strong language and controversial situations)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
American Board Chinese by Gene Lang
Becoming Billie Holliday by Carole Weatherford
*Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde
*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Buried Onions by Gary Soto
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Circle Opens by Tamora Pierce
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Dateline: Troy by Sid Fleischman
Deadville by Ron Koertge
*Endgame by Nancy Garden
*Fat Kid Rules the World by K L Going
Finding Fish, a Memoir by Antwone Quenton Fisher
*The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Having Our Say by Sarah L Delany
*How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Jerk, California by Jonathan Frieson
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Me, The Missing, And the Dead by Jenny Valentine
Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi
Petey by Brian Mickaelsen
Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby
The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
Sweet Hereafter by Angela Johnson
Teen Ink, Our Voices, Our Visions by Walter Dean Meyers
*White Teeth by Zodie Smith
*Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
SERIES:
Band by Sharon Flake
Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski
Ender’s Cycle by Orson Scott Card
Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Stargirl and Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
URBAN LITERATURE:
(may contain controversial topics):
Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree
Hood Rat by K’Wan
Hot Lanta by Demi Miller
Iceberg by Slim Pimp
Other Authors:
Zane (Skyscraper)
Nikki Turner
Shannon Holms
URBAN SERIES:
Bluford High – Blood is Thicker
Kimoni Tru – Lesson I Learned
Peyton Skkye – Sober Faith
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