Charlesbridge Monthly Recommended Reading List

Charlesbridge Recommendations for August 2008

Get ready to go back to school with these books!

First Day Jitters
First Year Letters
Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School, Ms. Johnson?
Back to School
Children of the U.S.A
Come Out and Play
Going to School in India
Kirby Kelvin and the Not-Laughing Lessons
Peanut’s Emergency
Running Shoes
The Storm

August is American Artists Appreciation Month.

Learn more about American artists with these books:

American Indian Art
Discovering African American Art
Art in Early America
Native American Rock Art
Metal Man

August 26th is Women’s Equality Day on which we celebrate the Anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote.

Celebrate with these books:

Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World
Discovering Women Artists
Extraordinary Girls
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President
Vinnie and Abraham
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World
Rickshaw Girl