Summer Reading Lists and Online Reading Activities

These lists are compiled by teachers and experts in children's literature. They are to be taken as guides to interesting titles, not as a school endorsed 'must read' list.

Every child has different abilities and interests so please use these lists as starting points in helping your child find a book within which he or she can escape!

The Bookbag UK

The Guardian UK

The American Library Association 2012 Notable Children's Books

The Horn Book- US

The Children's Book Council of Australia

Reading Rockets- US

Red Dot 2012-13 Long List

Below are links to some online reading activities.

If you have an email address you can sign up to play free reading games.

Create a Wimpy Kid style avatar, play the Cheese Touch game, find out more about the author.

Actors reading children’s books

The New York City public library resources- links, booklists, activies, holidays

Write to your favorite fantasy characters and wonderfully, those characters write back!

A children’s digital library

Dr. Seuss games and activities

Games, info, activities, videos

Ranger Rick and Your Big Backyard magazines

BBC news for kids

Time magazine for kids

100s of poems to read and rate.

Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks

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