Summer Reading Newsletter
Summer Reading Edition CPES Library
Reading Programs to engage your young reader
(click on the links below)
Fairfax County Public Libraries Summer Reading Program
Here’s a video to explain how it works.
Suggested Reading Lists:
The American Library Association suggests books by grade level:
Rising 7th graders
Click here.
eBooks from Cunningham Park for summertime reading adventure
Students and families have access to a myriad of digital resources all summer long, including full-text books. Parents are encouraged to facilitate their child’s book selection on all platforms as the collections serve all age ranges.
To access these resources, just click on the
Cunningham Park Library Destiny Catalog
Use your student id and personal password to log into Destiny!
MyON: Books for all levels of reader. Use your child’s student id and personal password to access MyON’s extensive collection. MyON books feature a readaloud feature as needed
Tumblebooks has a wonderful collection of both picture books and chapter books (TumbleCloudJr.)
MackinVia: currently a 1500 ebook collection of non-fiction and popular fiction, including graphic novels. We will be adding to the collection over the summer.
Public Libraries are doing Curbside delivery!
To get a public library card just follow these simple directions (it’s all online)
To learn how to find a library book and put it on hold for pick up just watch this video
Battle of the Books for 2020-21
(Rising grades 4-6)
We are still building our list. The definite titles are highlighted below, but read them all! There are so many good books!
- Sweeping Up the Heart/ Henkes
- Other Words for Home / Warga
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe / Hernandez
- Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes / Heidicker
- Look Both Ways / Reynolds
- Hero / Lupica
- Last Kids on Earth
- White Bird / Palacio (GN)
- One and only Bob / Applegate
- Because of the Rabbit / Lord
- Things Seen from Above / Pearsall
George Washington’s Secret Six / Kilmeade (NF)
Summer Reading Bingo
If the days begin to blur over the summer, here is a reading bingo card that might help you with some fun reading activities.
You can even hop on FlipGrid and share your reading experience with other Cardinals.
Cross out at many boxes on this Bingo Card as you can!
Read everything, everywhere!
Print is all around you: street signs, menus, historical markers, package ingredients, the newspaper, game directions … read it all!
Try books that are “too hard” and “too easy;” they are worth the struggle and the comfort of familiar things. But, when you are in search of a “just right” book that your teacher might recommend, here’s a list of recommended titles (by DRA level).
Try some of these Just Right Books this summer!
CPES Summer Library
We are waiting to hear if Cunningham Park Library can be open for curbside book pick up, too! We’d really like to get books to you!! Stay tuned for updates as we get them!