Tuesday, June 16, 2020

At home resources #59

Book suggestions
Younger readers
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Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg
It's the last week of school, and Mrs. Hartwell's class is excited to leave for summer vacation. The only problem is that the kids don't want their teacher to miss them while they're gone. Read this book as your final days of school arrive! Available as an ebook on Hoopla. 

Middle grade readers
New Kid - Audiobook
New Kid by Jerry Craft 
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Available on OverDrive as an audiobook. 

Upper grade readers
Title details for Travel Team by Mike Lupica - Available
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court, but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with a bigger love of the game. Or a better sense of how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Which is why his world shatters when he is cut from the local travel team for being too small. Not just any travel team, either–the very same one his father had led to the national championship on ESPN when he was a kid. Available as an sudiobook on OverDrive. 


Scott Magoon's story time
Linus — Scott Magoon
Author and illustrator Scott Magoon has been offering a weekly storytime online. Catch up on all the episodes here. His final episode includes his most recent book, Linus the Little Yellow Pencil. 

Funny chapter books 
From School Library Journal, a list of titles to make you laugh! 

And here's SLJ's list of funny books for middle grade students.

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