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The idea of reading for pleasure during the summer doesn't have to apply to adults only. NPR's Michele Norris talks with three booksellers about their summer reading recommendations for children.
Summer Reading for Kids
The Best Pet of All, by David LaRochelle, Hanako Wakiyama
When the Sky is Like Lace, by Elinor Horwitz Lander, Barbara Cooney
Mister Seahorse, by Eric Carle
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The long and hot days of summer are the perfect time for children to enjoy, or for the youngest, to discover the joys of reading. NPR's Michele Norris asks three booksellers for their recommendations for summer reading for kids:
SHEILAH EGAN, A Likely Story Children's Bookstore, Alexandria, Va.
PICTURE BOOKS
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
That's Not My... Series by Fiona Watt
Journey Around Washington D.C by Martha Day Zschock
When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Horwitz Lander, Barbara Cooney
YOUNG ADULT
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Eagle Strike, An Alex Rider Adventure by Anthony Horowitz
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
JOHANN HAUSER-ULRICH, Wild Rumpus Bookstore, Minneapolis, Minn.
PICTURE BOOKS
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle, Hanako Wakiyama
Halibut Jackson by David Lucas
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND UP
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
HIGH SCHOOL
Quimby the Mouse by Chris Ware
JUDY BURLOW, Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver Colo.
PICTURE BOOKS
Larabee by Kevin Luthardt
Tales from the Waterhold by Bob Graham
Saving Samantha by Robbyn Smith Van Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND UP
Chet Gecko Mystery Series by Bruce Hale
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
YOUNG ADULT
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
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