2013

4th & 5th Grades

New Books for Spring and Summer
Kids Fiction
Doll Bones By Holly Black
Supernatural

Darien Library

Graphic Novels
Where Do Presidents Come From? By Michael Townsend
Non-Fiction

Hold Fast By Blue Balliet

Realistic

Non-Fiction
Chuck Close: Face Book By Chuck Close
Kids Bio Close

Joshua Dread* By Lee Bacon

Fantasy

The Sasquatch Escape By Suzanne Selfors

Fantasy

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, Americas First Black Paratroopers* By Tanya Lee Stone
Kids 940.5403 Stone

The Second Life of Abigail Walker By Frances ORoarke Dowell

Realistic

Lincolns Grave Robbers By Steve Sheinkin

Kids 973.7092

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made* By Stephan Pastis

Humor

Unusual Creatures By Michael Hearst

Kids 590 Hearst

The Water Castle* By Megan Frazer Blakemore

Science Fiction

Wild Boy* By Mary Losure

Kids 305.2308

Will Sparrows Road By Karen Cushman

Historical Fiction

Wild Horse Scientists By Kay Frydenborg

Kids 599.6655

Also check out this years Nutmeg Books at www.nutmegaward.org

Graphic Novels are a more sophisticated cousin of the comic book.

Books with a * are also available as eBooks. Ask a librarian how to download one! Darien Library 1441 Post Road Darien, CT 06820 (203) 669-5235 darienlibrary.org childrenslibrary@darienlibrary.org These are the books we shared when visiting your school.

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Summer Reading @ Darien Library

Darien Library

Monday, June 10 to Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Your mission, if you choose to accept it

Summer Reading Club for kids who read on their own

Sign up and receive a FREE BOOK and a Spy Log and Decoder. Use them to: Track books/audiobooks/eBooks you read this summer. Crack codes to answer Quests and win weekly prizes Weekly Quests will be posted online on Darien Librarys website at www.darienlibrary.org/youth. Every Monday, a new Quest will be revealed. Kids who complete the Quest that week will be entered into our weekly Summer Reading raffles! June: Summer Reading registration begins on Monday, June 10. June/July/August: Record the number of minutes you read in June, July, and August online or in your Spy Log. For every 2 hours you read, your name will be entered into the Grand Prize Raffle! August: Summer Reading Club members are invited to join us for our Finale Party with author Wendy Mass on Tuesday, August 20. Registration for this event will begin on Thursday, August 1.

Have you checked out an eBook yet? Some of our booktalking titles are available to download to the iPad, Kindle, Nook, and other eReaders and mobile devices. Ask a librarian to show you how! *Dont have an eReader? You can borrow Nooks and Kindles from Darien Library! Reserve one at the Help Desk in the Power Library downstairs.
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