GET OUT AND READ!!!
Books open a child's mind and help them build many valuable skills
ABOUT
A Bit of Background
This website was created to help get kids excited about reading! It is part of Alexandra Bock's Girl Scout Gold Award project. This site promotes reading and literacy for kids! Books are essential in expanding the minds of children. Books develop critical thinking skills, help expand imaginations, expand vocabularies, and help to gain knowledge. Books also provide entertainment, take us on adventures, and inspire us to dream!
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Visit the lending libraries in Monroe County, PA!
ACTIVITIES
BINGO!
Print this out and try to get bingo! You can compete with family and friends to see who can get it first.
READING WORD SEARCH
Try to find the words: Book, Read, Inspire, Dream, Adventure, Nonfiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Narrative, Novel, Fable, Drama, Fun, and Learn!
ACTIVITIES
Crossword puzzle
Fill in the spaces by using the clues!
Breaking News!
Hint: Some of the words are the same as the word search
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS
The Paper Bag Princess -Robert Munsch
The Cat in the Hat -Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go -Dr. Seuss
Fox in Socks -Dr. Seuss
Pinkalicious -Victoria Kann
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie -Laura Numeroff
The Very Hungry Caterpillar -Eric Carle
Where the Wild things are -Maurice Sendak
CHILD CHAPTER BOOKS
Magic Tree house Series -Mary Pope
Diary of a Wimpy Kid -Jeff Kinney
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -Roald Dahl
Matilda -Roald Dahl
The BFG -Roald Dahl
Mr. Popper's Penguins -Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
James and the Giant Peach -Roald Dahl
A-Z mysteries -Ron Roy
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YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Harry Potter -J.K. Rowling
Divergent -Veronica Roth
Hunger Games -Suzanne Collins
Percy Jackson -Rick Riordan
Twilight -Stephanie Meyer
The Fault in Our Stars -John Green
The Giver -Lois Lowry
Lord of the Flies -William Golding
The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton
Narnia -C.S. Lewis
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QUOTES
"THE MORE THAT YOUÂ READ, THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW. THE MORE THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES YOU'LL GO"
Dr. Seuss
"A READER LIVES 1000 LIVES BEFORE HE DIES... THE MAN WHO NEVER READS LIVES ONLY ONE"
George R.R. Martin
"UNTIL I FEARED I WOULD LOSE IT, I NEVER LOVED TO READ. ONE DOES NOT LOVE BREATHING"
Harper Lee
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body"
Richard Steele
