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Color Our World!
Just like exercise keeps your body healthy,
it is also important to read to keep your brain healthy!
Click on the links below for resources that will help you keep reading this summer.
West Hartford Public Libraries are OPEN and excited to see you this summer!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
This summer reading log for
Color Our World at Your Library
is for students entering
Pre-K through Grade 5.
Students entering 6th grade,
click here for your summer reading information.
Don’t know what to read next?
In a book rut?
Try BookMatch, West Hartford Public Library’s personalized recommendation service!
It’s easy- Simply fill out a form with the link below. You will receive an email with 3 to 5 personal reading recommendations from our librarians within 7 days. Also, check out the additional selections below for our great recommendations.
Suggested Summer Reading
Suggested Summer Reading
The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles.
Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations.
All books nominated for the Nutmeg
Elementary award must be:
works of fiction or narrative nonfiction, with appeal for readers in grades 2-3;
able to be read/enjoyed by readers in gr 2-3;
must be copyrighted in the United States within the five (5) years preceding and including the year of the award
currently in print; and available in paperback;
written with a well-constructed plot, strong characterization, striking language, vivid setting, diverse genres, characters, plots, & authors, and defined story structure where the main plot is resolved.
ALSC - Suggested Reading Lists
ALSC, the Association for Library Service to Children, is a division of the American Library Association.
Each year they create lists of suggested summer reading titles for children from birth to 8th grade.
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