Readers Advisory and Reference Help
Summer Reading List
Book Lists
Books for Tweens


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If you are looking for a certain type of book in the Children's Room, please ask us at the Children's Circulation Desk.


Summer Reading List

The Summer Reading List is created by the school and public children's librarians. A copy of the list can be found by clicking here There will be copies available in the Children's Room.

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Book Lists

Beverly Public Schools' Summer Reading List 2007
NOBLE Children's Library Books and Reading
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Multnomah County Library
John Newbury Medal Winners
KidsPlace Booklists
Books for Children to give and share
Caldecott Books
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
Book Adventure


Books for Tweens

Check out a new series for in-betweens: The Beacon Street Girls.
The author, Annie Bryant, is from Lexington, Massachusetts. Read more about this exciting new series for girls ages 9-13 on their website: http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com

Current School/Contemporary Stories
Voigt, Cynthia, Bad Girl Series
Naylor, Phyllis, Alice Series
Koss, Amy, The Girls and The Ashwater Experience
Mills, Claudia, Lizzie at Last

Mysteries
Van Draanen, Wendelin, Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Hoobler, Thomas & Dorothy, The Ghost in the Taikado Inn and The Demon in the Teahouse
DeFelice, Cynthia, The Ghost of Fossil Glen and The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs

Adventure
Lawrence, Ian, The Smugglers
Hughes, Carol, Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves

Historical Fiction
Blackwood, Gary, The Shakespeare Stealer and Shakespeare's Scribe
Sturtevant, Elizabeth, At the Sign of the Star
Lynch, Chris, Gold Dust
Lisle, Janet Taylor, The Art of Keeping Cool

Humor
Mackle, Kathy, Eggs in One Basket
Honey, Elizabeth, Don't Pat the Wombat

Fantasy
Oppel, Kenneth, Sunwing and Silverwing