Summer Reading Suggestions: Satire, History and Marc Brown

If you have children participating in the 2017 Kids Summer Reading Program and need reading suggestions, look no further. We will have reading suggestions during the summer to help narrow down selections for your children. This list is made for children between the ages of 4 to 8 and for younger children.

Children’s Authors: Marc Brown

For Ages 4 – 8

• Arthur’s Family Vacation DBC04038
• Arthur’s Nose DBC04036
• D.W.’s Library Card DBC05126
• Arthur’s Eyes DB041678
• Buster Catches a Wave BRX01915
• Arthur’s Chicken Pox DBC05127
• Arthur’s TV Trouble BRX01692
• Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off-Club LT035956
• Arthur’s First Kiss BRX02232
• Arthur’s Computer Disaster BRX02233
• Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy BRX02236
• Arthur Babysits DB037836
• Arthur’s Pet Business DB041178
• Arthur’s New Puppy DB041874
• Perfect Pigs BRX01549

Summer Reading has begun!!!

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If you are participating in the 2017 Kids Summer Reading Program, here are some
reading suggestions to consider. We will have reading suggestions during the summer to help narrow down selections. This list is for children around ages 10 through 15.

History

Ages 10 – 15

1. Cajun Home LT022078
2. Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad DB083662
3. A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball
   League BR009473
4. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group DB072109
5. Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 BR015277
6. The War of Independence: The Story of the American Revolution DB029093
7. Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Hours DB075003
8. A Chronicle of North Carolina During the American Revolution, 1763-1789 BRX00829
9. The Port Chicago Fifty: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights DB078386
10. Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition BR019482
11. I Lift My Lamp: Emma Lazarus and the Statue of Liberty BR006684
12. America Under Attack: Primary Sources BR014570

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If you are participating in the 2017 Adults Summer Reading Program and you don’t know what to read next, here are some reading suggestions. The list is broken in to Downloadable books, Large Print books, and Braille books.

Satire

Download

1. I Never Dance at the Whitehouse DB007750
2. You Can Fool All the People All the Time DB023679
3. Photo Hero: A Satire of Photography DB054383
4. Arrowsmith DB012622
5. The Dearly Departed DB054389
6. Less than Hero DB081623
7. Bluebeard DB026972

Large Print

1. Fahrenheit 451 LT032309
2. Animal Farm LT022739
3. We LT024629
4. Ten Days in the Hills LT031436
5. Talk LT035841
6. Once a Spy LT033993
7. Goldberg Variations LT035081

Braille

1. Scoop: A Novel about Journalist BR019151
2. Letters from the Earth BR013826
3. My Little Blue Dress BR014233
4. The Master and Margarita BR019148
5. Cards of Identity BR000211
6. Famous after Death BR012575
7. Lucinderella BR000454

These lists are available for download on the NCLBPH website in a PDF format here.

It’s that time of year again. If you are a patron of NCLBPH and you haven’t registered for the 2017 Kids Summer Reading Program, you may register in the link provided below. Be sure to register before the closing date! Time to Build a Better World!!!

http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/lbph/read/summer-reading