SUPPORTING A YOUNG READER � Let kids choose their own books, even if they may seem too easy or too hard. � When kids read for fun in their spare time, it supports their success in school. � It is important for kids to see adults in their lives reading, too. Talk with young readers about your favourite books or what you’re reading now. � Reading graphic novels helps kids develop important skills: visual literacy (getting information from an image), understanding a sequence of events, making inferences and more! � “Expand the definition of ‘reading’ to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts.” – Jon Scieszka
Need help supporting a young reader? Library staff are always here to help kids connect with books they will love.
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great books for middle grades Canadian Author
Series
Unbound: A Novel In Verse Ann E. Burg Some Kind Of Courage Dan Gemeinhart FAST-PACED + ACTION-PACKED Refugee Alan Gratz These page-turners will keep you on the edge The Nameless City Faith Erin Hicks of your seat and get your heart pumping! Masterminds Gordon Korman The Skeleton Tree Iain Lawrence Monstrous Devices Damien Love Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Steve Sheinkin I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Lauren Tarshis
Need help choosing from this list? Ask a librarian!
It’s important to read what you like, and like what you read EVERYDAY KIDS
Be Prepared Vera Brosgol Olga and the Smelly Thing From Nowhere Elise Gravel The Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm Ugly Robert Hoge The Great Greene Heist Varian Johnson Restart Gordon Korman Word Nerd Susin Nielsen Big Nate: In A Class By Himself Lincoln Peirce Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible Ursula Vernon
FUNNY
Laugh, giggle, chuckle, guffaw and howl your way through these hilarious books.
Did you know that you can download ebooks and e-audiobooks with your library card? The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley I Am Not a Number Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer The Night Diary Veera Hiranandani Fatty Legs: A True Story Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Big Blue Forever: The Story of Canada’s Largest Blue Whale Skeleton Anita Miettunen A Night Divided Jennifer A. Nielsen Pandas on the Eastside Gabrielle Prendergast HISTORICAL Echo Pam Muñoz Ryan What was life like for kids 30 years Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson ago? 50 years ago? Even longer?!
Real-life books that will introduce you to someone new, or someone just like you!
The Crossover Kwame Alexander El Deafo Cece Bell The Lotterys Plus One Emma Donoghue George Alex Gino Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation Monique Gray Smith Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina No Fixed Address Susin Nielsen Front Desk Kelly Yang
Graphic novels and comics can help improve your reading MONSTERS, MAGIC
AND OTHER WORLDS Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Jonathan Auxier Stretch your imagination with The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill these awesome fantasy titles. The Wild Robot Peter Brown Aru Shah and the End of Time Roshani Chokshi Mighty Jack Ben Hatke What Makes a Monster? Discovering the World’s Scariest Creatures Jess Keating Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! Mariko Tamaki Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Jessica Townsend Listening to someone read to you (out loud or on an audiobook) counts as “real” reading
MYSTERY
The Metro Dogs Of Moscow Rachelle Delaney Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Chris Grabenstein Winterhouse Ben Guterson The Case Of Windy Lake Michael Hutchinson The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson Eyes & Spies: How You’re Tracked and Why You Should Know Tanya Lloyd Kyi The Nest Kenneth Oppel York: The Shadow Cipher Laura Ruby The Blackthorn Key Kevin Sands
Do you like solving puzzles? Would you make a good detective? These are the books for you!
Not into stories or novels? Non-fiction books with facts are a great choice!
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Amulet: The Stonekeeper Kazu Kibuishi The Way Things Work Now David Macaulay ALL TIME FAVOURITES The Sky Is Falling Kit Pearson These books are modern classics Holes Louis Sachar you’ll love to read again and again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Smile Raina Telgemeier