MA Children's Book Awards

Open Books! Open Minds!

To Parents and Guardians of 4th and 5th Grade Students

It is our hope to encourage our students to reach for, and continue to develop a purpose and excitement for reading.  Your child's reading skills are important to their success in school.  In addition, reading can be a fun and imaginative activity for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them.

We are excited to start a new reading enrichment program this year that will allow access to rigorous and exciting literature. Twenty five books chosen from the 2013 Massachusetts Children's Book List will be available at both the Cove School Library and the Beverly Public Library. The authors and titles are listed below.  Criteria for the list include literary quality, genre variety, representation of diverse cultural groups, and reader appeal.

We will be encouraging students to read as many books from the list as possible, while keeping a reading log that parents can sign. Every child that reads at least 5 books from the list will be invited to a celebration in the spring. Parents are also invited! Teachers will also take part by choosing books for read aloud in their classrooms.

We encourage you to enjoy these books with your child/children!

Happy Reading! : )

Bauer, M.D.     The Golden Ghost

Buyea, R.       Because of Mr. Terupt

Dowell, F. O.   Falling In

Erskine, K.     Mockingbird

French, V.      The Robe of Skulls: The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms

Gifford, P.     Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano

Grimes, N.      Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Gutman, D.      Roberto & Me

Holm, J.        Turtle in Paradise

Jennings, P.    Guinea Dog

Law, I.         Scumble

Lord, C.        Touch Blue

Lupica, M.      Shoot-Out

Malone, M.      The Sixty-Eight Rooms

Martin, A. M.   Everything for a Dog

Mass, W.        The Candymakers

Preus, M.       Heart of a Samurai

Prineas, S.     The Magic Thief

Scaletta, K.    Mamba Point

Schlitz, L.A.   The Night Fairy

Senzai, N.H.    Shooting Kabul

Stephens, J.    The Emerald Atlas

Tashjian, J.    My Life as a Book

Vanderpool, C.  Moon Over Manifest

Williams-Garcia, R.     One Crazy Summer                

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