Summer is a wonderful time to lose yourself in a book!

Listed below you will find some suggested reading lists and fun websites. 

Have fun and be sure to let me know what you read this summer!

Take the Best Bear Summer Reading Challenge!

Help Us Reach our Summer Reading Goal of 500,000 Minutes!

 Make a Splash with Best Bear this summer and join him in reading lots of books.  Just keep track of the minutes you read on your calendar, have a parent or guardian initial your calendar weekly and turn your calendar in at the beginning  of school to your teacher or the office!  You can also take your calendar to the Bloomfield  Public Library each week this summer and get free prizes just for reading!

Lost your reading calendar??  Don't worry!  You can print another located at the bottom of this page!

• Choose a book according to your grade level: http://www.teachersfirst.com/read-sel.cfm
• Great summer reading picks from Education World and Barnes and Noble:  http://www.education-world.com/summer_reading/ 
• Looking for something similiar to a great book you just read?  Try Scholastic Book Wizard: http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do
• Know your book level?  Try looking in the Leveled Books Database to find more titles at your level: http://books.atozteacherstuff.com/leveled-books/index.php?p=getdb&db_id=1
• Be Creative @ Your Library This Summer - check out the NY Statewide Summer Reading Program.  Find your local public library as well as lots of fun games!: http://www.summerreadingnys.org/
• "Super Books For All Ages" - Highland Park, IL Public Libraries Lists of books for all ages: http://www.hplibrary.org/kids/booklists/gradelevel/gradelevellists.html
• "The Book Hive" - The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's wonderful, annotated lists by topic which can be broken down by age level if desired: http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/books/

Summer Reading Calendar (pdf file)

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