The Northeast News & Tribune
Hey Kids! Grab A Book
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Published: June 14, 2008
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Education has announced the 2008 Just Read, Florida Recommended Summer Reading List.
The list encourages students to continue their reading efforts during the summer vacation months. Research indicates that children who don't continue to read while on holiday breaks and vacations risk losing progress made during the school year.
"The Just Read, Florida Recommended Summer Reading List is a wonderful opportunity for students to practice their reading skills during the summer while cultivating a love of reading independent of the classroom," Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith said in a release. "Children who continue to read during the summer months are more successful in maintaining learning gains made during the previous school year and enter the new school year more prepared."
The Justreadflorida.com Web site offers parents the tools they need to offer a reading-friendly environment at home during the break. Resources include links to county and municipal public libraries, tips for parents on reading with children and a list of recommended books for each grade level.
Book recommendations are based on the latest reading research, which emphasizes phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
A staff report
JUST READ
Here are some of the book titles suggested by Just Read, Florida. For a complete list, visit www.justreadflorida.com/docs/summer2008readinglist....
Elementary School (K-2)
"Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter" by Mary Alice Monroe
"Hilda Must Be Dancing" by Karma Wilson
"Hot City" by Barbara Joosse
"The Rainforest Grew All Around" by Susan Mitchell
"Ocean Seasons" by Ron Hirschi
Elementary School (3-5)
"Gooney Bird Greene" by Lois Lowry
"Riddle-iculous Math" by Joan Holub
"The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgliesh
"Crossing Jordan" by Adrian Fogelin
"Life Under Ice" by Mary M. Cerullo
"Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
"Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
"Shiloh" by Phyllis Naylor
"James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Middle School
"Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
"Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
"Esperanza Rising" Pam Munoz Ryan
"Hattie, Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
"The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
High School
"The Real Question" by Adrian Fogelin
"The Fire and the Light" by Tracy A. Akers
"The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise" by Michael Grunwald
"Solomon" by Marilyn B. Shaw
"Losing It All to Sprawl" by Bill Belleville
"The Yearling" by Marjorie K. Rawlings
"Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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