5 Ways to Make Time for Reading
1. Read over breakfast for just 10 minutes!
2. Match books to activities-sports, camp, summer trips & hobbies.
3. Always carry a book so that waiting at summer appointments can be filled with good reads!
4. Have a family reading time by setting aside 20 minutes so the whole family can read. Parents can set a good example by reading a variety of books, magazines or newspaper.
5. Set reading goals for each child-they will be amazed at how fast they reach them by the middle of the summer. Join the OPL summer reading club to win prizes when goals are met!
Suggested Reading Lists
K-4th Grade
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron
Otis by Loren Long
Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles by Patrick J. Lewis
Willoughby and the Lion by Greg Foley
Creaky Old House: A Topsy-Turvy Tale of a Real Fixer-Upper by Linda Ashman
I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens
The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw by Kaethe Zemach
The Jellybeans and the Big Camp Kickoff by Laura Numeroff
Postcards from Camp by Simms Tabak
First Garden by Robbin Gourley
We Are America by Walter Dean Myers
Grades 4th- 6th
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Kelly Jacqueline
Dying to Meet You (Book One of 43 Old Cemetery Road) by Kate Klise
Storm Chaser by Chris Platt
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins
Nerd Camp by Elissa Brent Weissman
Amelia's Summer Survival Guide by Marissa Moss
The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies (sequel to Lemonade War)
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Stolen Children by Peg Kehret
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell ( the OPL has a full-cast audio of this book).
Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Grades 6th-8th
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The Compound by Stephanie A. Bodeen
Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor
Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Jill Wolfson
Good Enough by Paula Yoo
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Home of the Brave by Katherine Appplegate
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt (sequel to Wednesday Wars).
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
