Click links below for suggestions!
Remember to visit our wonderful local libraries! Both are featuring summer programs for children and teens. Librarians from both sites visited our elementary students during school assemblies in May.
Corte Madera branch of the Marin Free Library
Larkspur Library
Association for Library Services for Children Summer Reading Lists - 2023
These lists are filled with book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Four Summer Reading book lists are available for Birth-Preschool and grades K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. The links are below:
Birth - Pre-K PDF Kindergarten - Grade 2 PDF
Grades 3 - 5 PDF Grades 6 - 8 PDF
A list of their previous lists!
The Horn Book Summer Reading Lists
2023 Summer Reading Lists
2022 Summer Reading Lists
2021 Summer Reading List - Picture Books
2021 Summer Reading List - Easy Readers and Primary Grades
2021 Summer Reading List - Intermediate - Grades 4 -6
2021 Summer Reading List - Middle School
We are Kid Lit
We Are Kid Lit 2022 Summer Reading List: -- by and about BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), with attention to their intersecting identities.
School Library Journal Best Books 2022
School Library Journal Summer Reading Lists (from 2021) I will update if new lists are published
SLJ presents our top picks for summer reading, from read-alouds to share with young listeners to engrossing titles for tweens and teens. The majority of the titles have been published over the last two years, almost all of them are available as ebooks, and many of them have received starred reviews or been selected as past Best Books. New lists will publish over the next six weeks, guaranteeing you a full season of Hot Reads!
Sora - our E-book Connection
Students in grades 3 - 5 can continue to access Sora, LCMSD's elementary schools' elibrary by going to their school’s library website listed below.
Cove
Neil Cummins
Hall Middle school students can access Sora here.
Your username is your 5-digit student ID. Your password is your last name with no capital letter, spaces, or punctuation.
Appropriate Books for Advanced Readers
Another resource that some parents may find helpful is The Children’s Book Council’s Reading Beyond: Advanced Reader List. These lists can help parents find an appropriate book for an advanced reader.
Reading Logs
Booksource has provided these book logs.
English
Spanish
and these activity sheets:
Sheet 1, English Sheet 1, Spanish
Sheet 2, English Sheet 2, Spanish
More Ways to Inspire Summer Reading
Find tips to inspire summer reading at home here. (English)
Find tips to inspire summer reading at home here. (Spanish)
Book Passage
When shopping at Book Passage, our local independent bookseller this summer, please mention your school when making a purchase. Book Passage gives a portion of the sale back to our schools!