Read-Aloud Roundup - Hoover Public Library

Book Report
Volume 3, Issue 10
May 2016
The Blog Log
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150 Years of Alice
Summer Reading, Writing,
Drawing and Running
Summer Reading is going to
be super active this year.
Flora and the Peacocks
That’s because the theme for
2016 is fitness and sports.
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish
We’ll hit the ground running
For Reading Runners
on Saturday, May 21 with
Hensel & Gretel: Ninja Chicks BOOK IT! 5K. This chipped
and timed fundraiser race at
Jars of Hope on Holocaust
Veterans Park is sponsored
Remembrance Day
by the Friends of the
Mac & Mack
Library. There will be
Matt Tavares Steps Up to
awards for top male and
the Summer Reading Plate female finishes per age
group plus overall top male
Train Your Brain
and female finisher. Take a
[8 post series]
look at the official webpage
We Will Not Be Silent
www.hooverlibrary.org/
Untangle the Web bookit to find out more and
http://www.sikids.com/ register to run. The race
begins at 8 a.m. and is
The online home of Sports
followed by our family fun
Illustrated Kids creates a fun,
Kickoff event at 10 a.m.
safe environment for young
There will be field day
sports enthusiasts.
games, crafts, snacks,
http://www.olympic.org/ inflatables and more . . .
including a BMX Trickstars
The official website of the
Olympic movement covers all exhibition at 10:30 and 11:30
events in every Olympics since a.m.!
1896. It even gives sneak
peeks of future games,
including Rio de Janiero 2016.
Bicycle Libraries in Africa
The remainder of the
summer will be packed with
amazing performances and
special events for all ages,
including Pixar Party, Nerf
Olympics and a Harry Potter
Birthday Bash. Take a look
at our official summer
calendars for children (On
Your Mark, Get Set, Read!),
teens (Get in the Game —
READ!) and adults (Exercise
Your Mind). We especially
want to highlight our author
conference on Saturday, July
9, 2016. Read.Write.Draw.
will feature multi-Caldecott
Medal-winning Chris
Raschka and Newbery
Honoree Ingrid Law!
Raschka is the recipient of
two Caldecott Medals for
The Hello, Goodbye Window
(2006) and A Ball for Daisy
(2012). Law received a 2009
Newbery Honor for Savvy.
Review the New
Been There, Done
That: Writing Stories
from Real Life
edited by Mike Winchell
Have you ever wondered
where authors get their ideas, or
how those ideas become stories?
Find the answers with
this collection of short stories,
as authors reveal the real-life
experiences that inspired them!
Features 20 authors including
Margarita Engle, Nathan Hale,
Linda Sue Park, Gary D. Schmidt
and Rita Williams-Garcia.
Read-Aloud Roundup
APProved
 MarcoPolo
Recall
 4 unique
games test your ability
to recall and repeat
sequences of colorful lights
and sounds.
 Ages 6-8 / FREE / iPhone,
iPad, iPod Touch & Android
A Whole New Ballgame
by Phil Bildner
Best friends Rip and Red know how to
help each other―and find ways to
make a difference―in the classroom
and on the court.
Wherever You Go
by Pat Zietlow Miller
Much like the Seuss classic Oh, the
Places You’ll Go, this is a great book to
end the school year.
More Than Common Core
Hoover Public Library
Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks
Welcome to this entertaining and informative graphic novel
nonfiction book written by a former science educator. Your
master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical
revue of each and every biological system of the human body!
Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her
costume (her body) with each "act."
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BONUS ROUND
May 18, 2016 is International Museum
Day. Don’t have time for one last field
trip? Check out this amazing new book!
Welcome to the Museum: Historium
curated by Richard Wilkinson &
Jo Nelson
Discover more than 160 archaeological
artifacts as you peruse the six
“galleries.”
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American
Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
by Daniel James Brown (adapted for young readers
by Gregory Mone)
Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the
astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American
West who showed the world what true grit really meant.
The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew was never
expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did,
going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat
rowing for Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Olympics.
Read This, Not That
Summer Reading 2016 is the perfect time for active kids
to take a breather and read a great book.
Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up by Herman Parish
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Change Up by Derek Jeter
Don’t Throw It to Mo! by David A. Adler
EllRay Jakes Stands Tall! by Sally Warner
The Extra Yard by Mike Lupica
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship
Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend by Sharon Robinson
I Am Yoga by Susan Verde
Izzy Bar, Running Star by Claudia Mills
Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends
by David Stabler
Kid Owner by Tim Green
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Dogsledding and Extreme Sports
by Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce
The Mean Girl Meltdown by Lindsay Eyre
My Weird School Fast Facts: Sports by Dan Gutman (June 21)
Never Girls: In the Game by Kiki Thorpe
On the Ball by Brian Pinkney
Soar by Joan Bauer
The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
What Are the Summer Olympics? by Gail Herman
Sat., May 21
10 a.m. - 12 noon
All ages
Sat., Jun. 18
at 10:30 a.m.
All ages
Sat., Jul. 23
at 10:30 a.m.
All ages
Sun., Jul. 31
4:00 p.m.
All ages