Summer Reading - be a Star Reader!

This summer, in order to be a Star Reader, students need to participate in a Summer Reading Program through their local public library. Each public library has its own program based on the theme "Be Creative @ Your Library". In addition to offering prizes for students who complete a reading log, libraries also offer many free programs for residents including story times, craft programs, theatre, music, science and lots of other fun activities. For the first time, many libraries will even let you track your reading online, so you can participate even if you are going to be away for the summer. Visit your local public library to find out more!

Allentown Public Library

Bethlehem Public Library

Easton Area Public Library

Emmaus Public Library

Lower Macungie Public Library

Parkland Library

Southern Lehigh Public Library

find your local public library

There are many public libraries in the Lehigh Valley, and you can join the Summer Reading Programs and borrow books from any of them. First, though, you have to get a card from your home branch. If you are unsure of where your home library is, check out this link from the Allentown Public Library:
http://www.allentownpl.org/service_areas_lehigh.htm

TumbleBooks

Oh my goodness, this website is so cool!  TumbleBooks and TumbleReadables are databases provided FOR FREE by the Parkland Community Library.  On TumbleBooks, students can listen to and read along with popular picture books.  On TumbleReadables, there are books for upper elementary students, middle schoolers and young adults.  There is also a section for the classics and Shakespeare.  Students can read or listen to the full text of novels right on the site.  Check it out and let me know what you think!

http://catalog.parklandlibrary.org/Parkland/contentpages.asp?loc=28

(You must access the sites through the Parkland Library website.)

Mr. Armstrong recommends The Book Thief

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is an amazing journey of survival and courage. A work of historical fiction uniquely told through the eyes of Death, it’s the story of a young German girl named Liesel Meminger who discovers the power of words by stealing books. Set in Nazi Germany during World War II, The Book Thief is filled with stories about goodness, friendship, destruction, and compassion. You won’t be able to put it down! Recommended for seventh graders and older.

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be without words (Zusak, 446).

Local Libraries

Here are links to several local public libraries. They will all have summer reading programs, and I encourage you to check in with your closest public library to find out what events they have coming up.

Lower Macungie Library
http://lowermaclib.org/index.cfm

Emmaus Public Library
http://www.emmauspl.org/

Allentown Public Library
http://www.allentownpl.org/

Bethlehem Public Library
http://bapl.org/