Title: Despereaux
Author: Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 8427932588
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
We love love love Despereaux. My 3rd grader had a slow start but once he got into the story, it was a race to the finish. This is the first real novel he's read and his enthusiasm to tell me what just happened in each chapter was tremendous.
Of course my son was motivated to read the book because of the movie trailer:
We've recently discovered the wonderful world of Geronimo Stilton
The Spanish is accessible and the vocabulary is rich but not obscure so kids will be able to easily figure out the words within the context of the sentence. There's a little bit of of the vosotros (-ais/-eis) but not enough to be inpenetrable.
Who is Geronimo Stilton?
Geronimo Stilton is the international bestselling author of the
Geronimo Stilton chapter book series --- and he's a mouse! His United
States publishing company, Scholastic, calls him a VIR (Very Important
Rodent) and hails him as a big cheese.
Continue reading "Need a new series for your 3rd-5th Grader? Geronimo Stilton to the Rescue" »
Easy Spanish Crossword Puzzles
ISBN 0486274527
Publisher: Dover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
As children fill in the correct Spanish word in this mini-treasury of 25 six-word crossword puzzles, they'll enjoy all the fun of puzzle-solving as they build their basic Spanish vocabularies. With fun-to-color pictures of each word, an alphabetical list of Spanish words with their articles, English translations and solutions.
Ultimate Spiderman: Doble Problema
ISBN: 9871215010
The story focuses a lot on how Peter Parker became Spiderman. the story is also told in how someone, like Peter Parker would act in our century. Instead of working as a photographer at the Daily Bugle, he works as a web designer. Usually, in the older comics, the story on how Spiderman got his powers would be explained in one or two 20 page comics. Now, as a graphic novel, they can do more. Definitely a read for Spiderman fans.
Available through: Amazon
Look for the Summer Reading List for Exiting 3rd Graders (Incoming 4th Graders) on the SIPAPA bookstore.
Here's the full list and where to get them - Amazon, Palo Alto & Mountain View libraries.
Geronimo Stilton
series
Geronimo Stilton is a best-selling children's book series written by Geronimo Stilton. In the series, the title character is a talking mouse who lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island. A best-selling author, he works as a journalist for the fictional newspaper The Rodent's Gazette. He has a younger sister named Thea Stilton, a cousin named Trap Stilton, and a favorite nephew, nine-year-old Benjamin Stilton. Geronimo is a nervous, mild-mannered mouse who would like nothing better than to live a quiet life, but he keeps getting involved in far-away adventures with Thea, Trap, and Benjamin. The books are written as though they are autobiographical adventure stories. The original publisher is Edizioni Piemme in Milan, Italy. Scholastic, Inc. publishes the English language version.
The series originated in Italy and has become the most popular children's book series in that country. The books have been translated into 35 languages. Source: Wikipedia
Available through: Amazon
