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READ TO RISE PROMOTES SUMMER 2018 Don’T BREAK THE READING CYCLE Take an International and Caribbean Children’s Book Journey TOP 10 Goodreads for YOUNG READERS BOOK TITLE AUTHOR 1. One Day I Went Rambling 2. Zomo The Rabbit Kelly Bennett 3. A Caribbean Journey from A to Y 4. Efa and the Mosquito 5. Rata- Pata-Scata- Fata 6. If you were a Parrot 7. Sea Slime 8. Bernie and the Captain’s Ghost 9. Cricket is my Game 10. Twins in a Spin Gerald McDermott Summer Edwards Dianne Brown Phillis Gershator Katherine Rawson Ellen Prager Hazel D Campbell Jason Cole (Bds) Diane Browne and Hazel D. Campbell Favorite Reads on Read to Rise (R2R) Reading Corner- Bookshelves Manatee has a Question by Stephanie Alfonso - Mills The Lighthouse that Wouldn’t Listen by Stella Blanc Did you know? Children who don't read during the summer can lose up to three months of reading progress. Read to Rise summer reading encourages parents to discover the best ways to keep kids engaged with books during the long summer break — and avoid the 'summer slump. OTHER ON-LINE READS https://www.getepic.com http://www.magickeys.com/books/ https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage The Adventures of Jim Craig by Tracy Craig Squirrel Coconuts authored by Andy Campbell A narrative account of the life of squirrel coconuts and growing up on a coconut estate on the south-east coast of Trinidad. A fantastic adventure story of his exploits to the Piarco International Airport which leads to the United Kingdom. There he settles in Hyde Park in London and meets a girl.