Monday, June 15, 2020  Summer Reading Kick Off
Book Buzz highlights library materials and resources for elementary age children and is published twice a month.  To subscribe click here.
 
Summer Reading is finally here!
 
Welcome to Summer Reading 2020: Dig Deeper: Read, Investigate, Discover! First step in participating is to download the Beanstack Tracker app for Apple or Android devices, or sign up using our Beanstack site. Second step: start reading! Use the app to track your family’s reading activity in one place all summer long (June 15th-August 31st).  
 
More complete information is available at our Summer Reading website. 
 
This summer each issue of Book Buzz will tie into an activity featured on our Beanstack site. This issue we’re reading about KINDNESS – something we all need a whole bunch of these days. So join your library community and dig into reading some wonderful books this summer!
 
In this Issue
I Walk With Vanessa : A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
Just ask! : be different, be brave, be you
Solo pregunta / Just Ask : Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú
What is given from the heart
Fry bread : A Native American family story
Ways to Make Sunshine
The Space Between Lost and Found
Garvey's choice
Scat
The shape family babies
Perimeter, area, and volume : a monster book of dimensions
What Does It Mean to Be Kind?
We planted a tree
I am love : A Book of Compassion
Boy + Bot
Dictionary for a Better World : Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from a to Z
Picture Books
I Walk With Vanessa : A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
by Kerascot

A wordless story inspired by real events follows the actions of a little girl who inspires her community to stand up to bullying when a classmate is treated badly and she chooses to stand by her side, an act of kindness that leads to greater acceptance, understanding and the discovery of strength in numbers.
 
Recommended for grades 1-3.
Just Ask! : Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
by Sonia Sotomayor
 
The same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more wondrous, different types of people make our world more vibrant. United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities and challenges people have. Inspired by her own experience growing up with diabetes.
 
Recommended for grades K-2.
Solo pregunta / Just Ask : Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú
by Sonia Sotomayor

En esta tierna historia que refleja la diversidad, escrita por Sonia Sotomayor, juez del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, e inspirada en su propia experiencia tras diagnosticarle diabetes durante su infancia, los lectores descubrirán cómo los niños de esta historia utilizan sus habilidades y fortalezas para trabajar juntos y aprender los unos de los otros. 
 
Recomendado para grados K-2.
 
What Is Given From The Heart
by Pat McKissack

Despite their own poverty since Daddy died, Mama tells nine-year-old James Otis they need to help Sarah, whose family lost everything in a fire. James thinks hard about what he can offer, but what does he have worth giving?
 
Recommended for grades K-3.
Fry Bread : A Native American Family Story
by Noble Maillard

A celebration of the long-cherished Seminole Nation tradition of sharing fry bread during family meals combines evocative verses with vibrant artwork by the award-winning illustrator of La Princesa and the Pea.
 
Recommended for grades K-4.
Chapter Books
Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson

The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
 
Recommended for grades 3-5.
The Space Between Lost and Found
by Sandy Stark-McGinn
 
The things Cassie has lost are her art, her best friend, and her mother’s memory to early onset Alzheimers.  All Cassie wants is for her mom, Kim, to remember her name.  She and her Dad struggle with caring for Kim at home.  As it becomes clear they will soon need to put her in a care facility, Cassie wants to help her mom achieve one of her bucket list goals.  A moving story about memory and friendship.  
 
Recommended for grades 4-6.
 
Garvey's Choice
by Nikki Grimes

Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to pursue, insecure Garvey comforts himself with food and endures teasing by bullies before joining the school chorus, where his musical talents help him accept himself and bond with his father. By the award-winning author of Bronx Masquerade.
 
Recommended for grades 3-6.
Scat
by Carl Hiaasen

Set in Florida's Everglades in which an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off panther can't stop two kids on a mission to find their missing teacher!  
 
Recommended for grades 5 and up.
Math Literacy
Titles for younger and upper elementary age learners.   All titles are available on TumbleMath
 
The Shape Family Babies
by Kristin Haas
 
Recommended for grades K-3.
Perimeter, Area, and Volume : A Monster Book of Dimensions
by David A. Adler
 
Recommended for grades 4-6.
 
Kindness Challenge
What Does It Mean to Be Kind?
by Rana Diorio

 
We Planted a Tree
by Diane Muldrow

 
I Am Love : A Book of Compassion
by Susan Verde
 
Boy + Bot
by Ame Dyckman
 
Dictionary For A Better World : Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes From A to Z
by Irene Latham

 
These titles are a sample!
Check out many more new titles for young people at the Pierce County Library nearest you!
Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E • Tacoma, WA 98446
253-548-3300

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