My New Favorite Book

 Yes, it's a picture book, but the main character's name is Thelma, so why not.  It's a story in rhyme, perfect to read with pre-k. kids to second graders.  And it's great because it has a lesson and it should lead to discussion afterward.  Enjoy (even if your name isn't Thelma).

Recommendations for Summer Reads

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 Some of these are recent reads; some I've enjoyed in the past. ]

A Marriage Portrait by Maggie O' Farrell, inspired by the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning.

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Two families; one night.  A constellation of lives changed forever.

i'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid   A weird story that begins with a strange phone call.

The Thursday Murder Club  by Richard Osman  A group of senior citizens solves murders

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf  A widow knocks on a widowed neighbor's door with an unusual request.  Or you can watch the movie with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

The Choice by Edith Eger  An inspiring memoir by an Auschwitz survivor

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou  The story of Elizabeth Holmes and her infamous company, Theranos

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe  The story of the Sackler family's pharmaceutical company and how their greed started the opioid epidemic

To read to little ones:

Big Dog Little Dog by P.D. Eastman

For elementary schoolers

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume  A second grader wants freckles.  Will this recipe work?

CDB by William Steig Can your kids translate these letters into real words?  This one becomes See the Bee

For older elementary schoolers

Bridge to Terabithia by Kathleen Paterson  An award winning story of a friendship between young neighbors

Are You There, God?  It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume  The Iconic Story of a Girl on the Cusp of Adolescence

                                                Happy Reading!

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