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Reading during the summer is so important. You don't want to lose everything you learned during the school year. It is important to read for 20-30 minutes every day. 10-15 should be spent reading aloud to someone. The other 10-15 minutes can be reading aloud or listening to someone read to you.

It doesn't matter what you read, so long as you read. It can be a book, a newspaper, a magazine, an online article or online book. Just so long as you exercise your brain and read, read, read.

Kindergartners and 1st graders should try reading Henry and Mudge books or Mr. Putter and Tabby books.

1st and 2nd graders should try reading Magic Treehouse books or Geronimo Stilton books.

2nd and 3rd graders should try reading books by The BFG by Ronald Dahl before they see it in the theaters. Then they can see how well the movie followed the book.

3rd and 4th graders should try reading books by E. B. White. He wrote some classic books. Gail Carson Levine writes some really fun books to read, too.

4th and 5th graders should try reading books by Louis Sachar. He is a fun author.

5th and 6th graders should try reading books by Lois Lowry. She writes very thought provoking novels.

6th and 7th graders should try reading a classic novel like, "To Kill a Mockingbird."

7th and 8th graders should try reading a book by Mark Twain.

High schoolers should try reading a book by one of my favorite authors, Jane Austin (specifically, "Pride and Prejudice") or something by Charles Dickens - he has a lot of good books like "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Great Expectations."


Have fun reading!