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Summer 2020
#LVReads is a summer reading program for all students from preschool
through high school. The program’s main goal is to create confident and
capable readers who find JOY in reading. #LVReads has no reports. No tests.
No vocabulary lists. Just read!

The Research
JUST 10-15 BOOKS! SUMMER SLIDE
Elementary students who read only  10-15 books Students who do not read over Summer
at home over the summer gain as much in reading Break lose 2-3 months of reading
achievement as students who attend summer achievement. 
school.

HEALTHY AND HAPPY SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

Students who read books report feeling Reading promotes relaxation and sleep, helps
healthier and happier! with depression and increases social
connections.

#LVReads is a summer reading program that

promotes autonomy, independence, mindfulness,
thoughtfulness, and empathy in alignment with
our Student 360 initiative. Parents are encouraged
to join in and model reading through participation
in our Parent 360 Summer Series.

Sources: eric.ed.gov, scholar.harvard.edu, journals.sagepub.com, geediting.com

 Beginning Readers
This category, which includes picture books, is for children who are non-readers or just beginning to read.

Maybe Say H
Hello
ello
by Kobi Yamada by Jack Foreman
Discusses the unbound potential Joining in a game of ball with the
everyone has and argues that local kids, a little dog notices a
everyone might be able to exceed lonely boy on the sidelines looking
their wildest dreams sad and so begins to wonder who
will invite the boy to play with them.

Read the Book,

Lemmings!
Waiting is N
Noot E
Easy!
asy! by Ame Dyckman
by Mo Willems This book features an exasperated
Required to wait for a special Arctic fox who tries to get his
surprise from Piggie, an excited lemming charges to stop leaping
Gerald discovers that he has trouble off cliffs long enough to realize that
being patient. cliff diving may not be as natural to
them as they believe.

How tto
o Cat
Catch
ch a M
Mermaid
ermaid
by Adam Wallace
I Lik
Like
e Myself! Four children set out to capture a
mermaid, but she manages to
by Karen Beaumont
escape all of their traps
Although all people are made up
of both good and bad qualities,
this picture book emphasizes the
importance of loving one's self for
all the things that make them the
unique being they are. Did Y
You
ou T
Tak
ake
e the B F
Frrom My -
ook?
by Beck Stanton
How I M
Meet m
myy M
Monst
onster
er A first entry in a giggle-inducing,
by Amanda Noll interactive series designed for reading
Five quirky little creatures vie to aloud reveals what happens to a story
become Ethan's monster, charged when a powerful sneeze blows away
with getting him into bed and the letter B, rendering the remaining
keeping him there so that he falls text completely silly.
asleep
The Bo
Boxx T
Turtle
urtle
by Vanessa Roeder
Rude Cak
Cakes
es Using a cardboard box as his
by Rowboat Watkins home when he is born without a
A less-than-sweet cake that never shell, Terrance the turtle enjoys the
says please or thank you gets its uniqueness of his home until
just desserts in a storybook about another turtle’s insensitive remarks
manners and bullying. make him question his differences.

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 Transitional Readers
This category is for students who are moving from primary books to early chapter books.

Satur
Saturday
day My P
Papi
api has a M
Mootor
orcy
cycle
cle
by Oge Mora by Isabel Quintero
A specially planned mother-and- When Daisy Ramona zooms
daughter Saturday is upended around her neighborhood with
by a series of disappointments her Papi on his motorcycle, she
that end in the daughter sees places she's always known.
comforting her mother by saying She also sees a community that is
that being together was the changing.
most important thing.
Plan
Planting
ting st
stories
ories : The Lif
Lifee
If I B
Built
uilt a School of Libr
Librarian
arian and
by Chris Van Dusen St
Storyt
oryteller
eller Pur
Puraa Belpr
Belpréé
Imaginative Jack describes the by Anika Denise
kind of school he would build--one A portrait of New York City's first
full of animals, with tubes to Puerto Rican librarian describes
transport students directly to their how Pura Belpré moved to
classrooms, and library books that America in 1921 and became an
come alive influential writer and puppeteer
who is celebrated for
Just R
Righ
ightt : Sear
Searching
ching ffor
or the championing bilingual literature.
Goldilock
Goldilockss Plane
Planett
by Curtis Manley Going Do
Down
wn H
Home
ome with
Discusses the concept of extrasolar, Daddy
habitable planets and how those by Kelly Starling Lyons
planets might be found. Alan looks forward to the annual
family reunion at the farm where
Daddy grew up, but everyone is
My Gr
Grandma
andma and M
Mee supposed to share something
by Mina Javaherbin special and Alan worries about
The true story of a young girl in Iran arriving with empty hands.
and her grandmother, in a
heartwarming ode to families that A St
Stone
one Sat Still
celebrates small moments of love by Brendan Wenzel
that become lifelong memories. This book shares environmental
perspectives into concepts ranging
from color and size to sensory
experience and the passage of time.
Dear Bo
Boyy
by Paris Rosenthal
A follow-up to the best-selling Ano
Another
ther
Dear Girl, this book shares by Christian Robinson
loving, inspirational messages This book invites children on a playful,
for young boys on how to follow imaginative journey into another world.
their dreams while practicing
kindness, courage and honesty.

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www.lvusd.org/
 Developing Readers
These selections are for growing readers who are building reading stamina.

St
Steef So
Sotto, T
Taco
aco Queen Bink & Gollie : The Comple
Complettely
by Jennifer Torres Marv
arvelous
elous Collection ((Series
Series))
Mexican-American middle schooler by Kate DiCamillo
Stef Soto is always embarrassed about This is a set of books about the
her family's taco truck business, but she humorous adventures of Bink and Gollie,
soon learns that family, friendship, and best friends who are complete
the taco truck are important parts of opposites.
her life.

Appleblossom the P
Possum
ossum My W
Weir
eirdd School Goes tto
o the
by Holly Goldberg Sloan Museum ((Series
Series))
A young possum strikes out on her own by Dan Gutman
and winds up trapped in a human A.J. and Andrea go on a class trip to the
house before her brothers can rescue museum, where their guide has been
her. warned about their possible misbehavior.

Inside Out & Back A

Again
gain Who w
was
as Anne F
Frrank? ((Series
Series))
by Thanhha Lai by Ann Abramson
Through a series of poems, a young girl Looks closely at Anne Frank's life before
chronicles the life-changing year of the secret annex, what life was like in
1975, when she, her mother, and her hiding from the Nazis, and the legacy of
brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in her diary.
Alabama.

A tto
o Z Myst
Mysteries
eries : The In
Invisible
visible
The One and Only Bob Island ((Series
Series))
by Katherine Applegate by Ron Roy
A sequel to the Newbery Medal-winning Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose set out to
The One and Only Ivan finds Bob, have a picnic on Squaw Island and find a
helped by friends Ivan and Ruby, hundred-dollar bill in the sand, but when
searching for his lost sister on a journey they return the next day, the entire island
that is dangerously complicated by an has vanished.
approaching hurricane.
Ballpark Myst
Mysteries
eries Super
Wish Special. The WWorld
orld Series
by Barbara O'Connor
Charlie Reese is sent to live with a family
curse ((Series
Series))
she barely knows, but with the help of a by David A. Kelly
skinny stray dog who captures her heart Rooting for the Cubs during an exciting
and a neighbor boy named Howard, she game against the Red Sox, young fans
learns what the real meaning of family Mike and Kate investigate the work of a
may be. saboteur who is damaging the sports
equipment and stirring up rumors.

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Calabasas, California 91302 | 818-880-4000
www.lvusd.org/
 Independent Readers
These selections are for stronger readers who can easily tackle a 150+ page book and successfully digest the content.

Aru Shah and the T

Trree o
off The L
Lonely
onely H
Heart
eart o
off M
Maybelle
aybelle
Wishes Lane
by Roshani Chokshi by Kate O'Shaughnessy
Sent on a mission to rescue the twin Experiencing her world through the
Pandava sisters, 14-year-old Aru Shah evocative sounds she collects, 11-year-
and her friends struggle to determine old Maybelle becomes convinced that a
which of the twins is false and which is new radio DJ is her absent father before
destined to utter a prophecy that could entering a singing contest that the DJ
prevent war. will be judging in Nashville.

The Goldfish Bo
Boyy AN
Nigh
ightt Divided
by Lisa Thompson by Jennifer A Nielsen
Obsessive-compulsive teenager When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her
Matthew Corbin passes the day mother, and her brother Fritz were trapped
observing and writing down his on the eastern side, while her father, and
neighbors' doings from his window--but her other brother Dominic were in the
when a toddler staying next door West. Four years later, Gerta sees her
disappears Matt is the key to solving it. father and realizes he wants her to risk her
life trying to tunnel to freedom
Sno
SnowwL
Lane
ane
by Josephine Angelini Philippa F
Fisher
isher and the F
Fairy
airy
In 1985 Massachusetts, fifth-grader Annie Godsist
Godsister
er
wants to shape her own future but as the by Liz Kessler
youngest of nine, she is held back by her When Philippa learns that the new girl at
hand-me-down clothing, a crippling case school, Daisy, is her reluctant fairy
of dyslexia, and a dark family secret. godsister, Philippa tries to use her
customary three wishes constructively.

Shouting at the R
Rain
ain
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt The Bo
Boys
ys who Challenged
Delsie loves tracking the weather, living Hitler
with her grandmother, and the support by Phillip M. Hoose
of friends and neighbors, but misses Presents the story of a group of Danish
having a "regular family," especially after boys who formed a resistance
her best friend outgrows her. organization against the Nazi
occupation of their country.

Be
Bevverly
erly,, R
Righ
ightt H
Her
ere
e Free L
Lunch
unch
by Kate DiCamillo
by Rex Ogle
Resolved to leave her home for good,
A sixth grader from an economically
young runaway Beverly is determined
disadvantaged family struggles in a new
not to depend on anyone else, but as
school where he is forced to endure
she settles in her new home and job,
humiliation over his secondhand clothing
she forms connections with the people
and public requests for free lunch.
around her that alter her perspectives.

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Calabasas, California 91302 | 818-880-4000
www.lvusd.org/
 Young Adults
This category of books is for experienced high school readers who possess the maturity to tackle young adult and politically sensitive
issues. Parents are encouraged to review these titles. Consideration should be given to difficulty, subject matter and content.

Four Dead Queens What If IIt's

t's U
Uss
by Astrid Scholte by Becky Albertalli
Keralie is the best pickpocket in all of the This story is about two very different boys
kingdoms of Quadara, but when she who cannot decide if the universe is
steals a "comm disk" and realizes a royal pushing them together or pulling them
murder plot is afoot, she must learn who to apart.
trust and fast.

The F
Foun
ounttains o
off Silence Frankly in L
Loove
by Ruta Sepetys by David Yoon
Torn between his love for his white
Drawn back to his mother’s
girlfriend and his sense of duty to the
homeland, the photographer son
matchmaking parents who made hard
of an oil tycoon bonds with a girl
sacrifices to move to the United States,
who raises his awareness about
a Korean American teen looks for
the lingering shadows of the
solutions along with a friend who has a
Spanish Civil War.
similar problem.

The Ast
Astonishing
onishing Color o
off A
Aft
fter
er
by Emily X. R. Pan
172 H
Hours
ours on the M
Moon
oon : A
After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Novel
Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay by Johan Harstad
with grandparents she never met, In 2019, Mia, Antoine, and Midori are
determined to find her mother who she selected by lottery to join astronauts on a
believes turned into a bird. NASA mission to the moon base,
DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing
home, a former astronaut struggles to
I Am N
Noot yyour
our P
Perf
erfect
ect M
Meexican warn someone of the danger there
Daugh
Daughtter
by Erika L. Sánchez The Ballad o
off Songbir
Songbirds
ds and
After the sister who delighted their Snak
Snakes
es
parents by her faithful embrace of by Suzanne Collins
Mexican culture dies in a tragic A prequel set in the world of Panem 64
accident, Julia discovers from mutual years before the events of The Hunger
friends that her sister may not have Games begins on the morning of the
been as perfect as believed. reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.

Crying L
Laughing
aughing The Disast
Disasters
ers
by Lance Rubin by M. K. England
Fearing her comedic ambitions are Nax and a handful of other space
over after a disastrous stand-up set at Academy washouts are the only
her own bat mitzvah, Winnie is invited surviving pilots after the school is
to join her school’s improv troupe hijacked, but in order to spread the truth
before her efforts are shaped by about the attack, Nax and his fellow
epically bad dates, frustrating failures must execute a dangerous heist.
performances and a parent’s failing
health.
Las Virgenes Unified School District
4111 Las Virgenes Road
Calabasas, California 91302 | 818-880-4000
www.lvusd.org/