Children's Summer Reading: Back-To-School Countdown (Day 18)

The Brandon Patch Back-To-School Countdown proceeds with this Day 18 report, offering news of interset as the first day of classes approaches.

Teachers in the Hillsborough County School District go back to school Aug. 15 to prepare for the first day of classes, Aug. 23.

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The Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative offers series of reading lists for children over the dogs days of summer.

The HCPLC offers, as well, lists for middle school, high school and adult readers.

Care to suggest any titles yourself? Do so in the “Call for Comments” box below.

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING FOR CHILDREN: 

STORIES WE TELL:

• “The Cajun Cornbread Boy” / By Dianne de Las Casas / Illustrated by Marita Gentry

• “Dancing Turtle” / By David DeSpain / Retold by Pleasant DeSpain

• “Five LIttle Gefiltes” / By Dave Horowitz

• “Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale Moderne” / By Steven Guamaccia

• “Johan Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale” / By Rayyan Omar / Adapted by Eric A. Kimmel

• “The Story Tree: Tales To Read Aloud” / By Hugh Lupton / Illustrated by Sophie Fatus

• “What the Rat Told Me” / By Catherine Louis / Author Marie Sellier / Illustrated by Catherine Louis

• “Chinese Dragons” / By R.A. Montgomery / Illustrated by Vladimir Semionov

• “The Dream Stealer” / By Sid Fleischman / Illustrated by Peter Sis

• “Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella” / By Paul Fleischman / Illustrated by Julie Paschkis

• “The Flying Bed” / By Nancy Willard / Illustrated by John Thompson

• “Noodlehead Stories” / By Martha Hamilton / Joint Author Mitch Weiss / Illustrated by Ariane Elsammak

• “The Storyteller’s Secrets” / By Tony Mitton / Illustrated by Peter Bailey

ADDITIONAL READING LISTS:

• Animals Travel, Too

• Playin’ Around

• Where in the World

• A Many Festive World

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ABOUT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL COUNTDOWN:

This is the 18th posting in a 41-day effort that counts down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year for the Hillsborough County School District.

Previously posted:

• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 15) — Education Quotes To Consider
• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 16) — Sizer on Adolescence
• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 17) — Bully Prevention and Reporting