Summer reading lists for children that celebrate New York State

June 21, 11:41 AMNY Education ExaminerLorri Giovinco-Harte

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Looking for suggestions for some summer reading for your child?  Many schools provide summer reading lists for children as do most local libraries.

If you're looking for something more specific, however, The New York State Library Association has provided a series of recommended reading for children concerning the history and diversity that is New York. The lists are arranged by category  - picture books, elementary, tween, teen and up and include various genre such as fiction and nonfiction.

They also provide geographic information about where you can obtain the books, including formats for those with special needs.

Here is a sample:

Picture Books

Avi. Silent Movie. Illus. C.B. Mordan. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
ISBN: 9780689841453
In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie.
Fiction

Elementary

Armstrong, Jennifer. Patrick Doyle is Full of Blarney. New York: Random House, 1996.
ISBN: 9780679877875 0679877878
In the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City in 1915, Patrick Doyle secures access to a baseball diamond through his skill and the help of the Giants hitter, Larry Doyle.
Best Books for Children, 6th ed.
Fiction

Tween

Conrad, Pam. Our House: The Stories of Levittown. New York: Scholastic Press, 2005.
ISBN: 9780439745086 043974508X
Six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York.
Fiction
Recorded format: RC 44202

Teen and Up

Bat-Ami, Miriam. Two Suns in the Sky. New York: Puffin Books, 2001.
ISBN: 9780142300367
In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager (setting is Oswego and the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter) named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong together.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction & ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Fiction

For more information, including the complete lists, visit The New York State Library website.