Please excuse cross postings

 

FYI,

 

The Essex County Children’s Public Librarians (ECPCL) group collected these resources that might be useful for summer reading. I’ve shared the StoryWalk® information already but there’s a lot of other great resources here.

Thanks for allowing me to share them, ECPCL!

~Sharon

 

NEA's  summer reading resources: https://www.nea.org/resource-library/get-serious-about-summer-reading

PBS Kids summer activity guides: https://www.pbs.org/parents/summer

Start With a Book activities: https://www.startwithabook.org/

Reading Rockets summer resources: https://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer

NoveList's summer reading guide: https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/novelist/summer-reading-your-2021-guide

ALSC's summer reading lists http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2021-summer-reading-list

 

. Babble Dabble Doo: https://babbledabbledo.com/

. Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu

. Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/craft

. Little Bins for Little Hands:  https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com 

. Pop Goes the Page (Princeton University’s Cotsen Children’s Library book-related craft blog): https://popgoesthepage.princeton.edu 

. Steam Powered Family: https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/category/activities

. Steve Spangler Science Experiments: https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiment-library/

. Free storywalk signage download https://www.curiouscitydpw.com/free-storywalk/

. Jane Folger from Maplewood Public Library says that Maplewood author Pamela Erens has a middle grade fiction book coming out on June 1st called Matasha.  It is excellent and beautifully written!  Has starred reviews.  A bit like Wonder.  Good for kids ages 9 - 13.  You can contact her at: ...@gmail.com" style="color: #2199e8; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">eren...@gmail.com 

 

I’m also attaching a link to a list of POC authors/illustrators with their contact information that I saw on Twitter today: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1grQErYZfVmXEroVfuhZMbbFymP06w7lyXbBK5fhv5Dg/edit?usp=sharing

 

All the best,

 

Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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609-278-2640 ext. 116

609-278-2650 – fax