DON'T FORGET TO UNPLUG AND READ EVERYDAY!!!!

Access to reading materials has been consistently identified as a vital element in enhancing the reading development of children. Of all the activities in which children engage outside of school, time spent actually reading is the best predictor of reading achievement – the more students read, the better readers they become (Allington, 2006; Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 1988). The research indicates also that students, on average, spend pitifully little time reading outside of school – about 10 minutes (Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding). 


Recommended Lists:

http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/books/index.html

http://www.readingrockets.org/books

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booksmags.htm

By Grade Level:

http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/elemreading.html

Children’s Choice:

http://www.reading.org/resources/Booklists/ChildrensChoices.aspx

Teacher’s Choice:

http://www.reading.org/resources/Booklists/TeachersChoices.aspx

For the Boys:

http://www.townschool.com/library/summer_reading.php

http://www.guysread.com/

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/seriesyoungerboys.htm

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/booksyoungerboys.htm

http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=114&the_page=reading_list

http://www.webrary.org/kids/jbibboys.html

For the Girls:

http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000152901

http://www.genderequalbooks.com/Brave_Girls_book_list.html

http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/promos/greatbooks/booklist.html

http://www.webrary.org/kids/jbibgirls.html

http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/showarchive.html?sid=5518&nlid=4ae7622815a

Culture/Heritage:

http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0000035201

http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/multic2.htm

http://www.webrary.org/kids/jbibmulticulturalism.html

Differently-abled:

http://www.webrary.org/kids/jbibmenu.html

 
For Imaginative Readers:

http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0000035401

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GREAT TIPS FOR PARENTS:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c436/

http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/default.mspx

http://www.readingrockets.org/guides (free reading guides)

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/

Articles on Reading Motivation:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c55/

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