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  Summer Reading Clubs have been delighting children for many years. Pack your bags, grab your binoculars - we are going on Safari. Discover exciting stories, riddles and word games. Take home your own spectacular poster and jungle explorer passport. Registration starts June 29 at the Children's Information Desk at the Central Library and at the Circulation Desks of the Oak Ridges Moraine Library, Richmond Green Library and Richvale Library. (Read More) Reference, book, database, and Web resources that can be used for elementary school projects in Social Sciences, Science, History, and Geography.
 
The ElseWhere Chronicles. Book one by Bannister
Not your average haunted house, Grandpa Gabe's place harbors a passageway to a dimension of shadows and secrets. When Max and Rebecca become trapped in the world behind the Shadow Door, they must search for a safe way home while Noah and Theo work on a rescue. (grades 4 – 8)
Crunch by Leslie Connor
Dewey never guesses that the gas pumps would run dry the same week he promised to manage the family bicycle-repair business. Suddenly everyone needs a bike repaired, and Dewey is in a crunch. (grades 5+)
Artemis Fowl. The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
This is the second graphic novel installment of the Artemis Fowl series. The world’s youngest criminal mastermind rushes to save a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya: his own father. (grades 5+)
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common. (grades 5+)
Walking Backward by Catherine Austen
After twelve-year-old Josh's mother dies in a car crash he is prescribed to start writing in a journal, but he reaches a better understanding about loss when he chooses death as his research topic for school and begins to research and experiments with the mourning practices of various religions. (grade 6+)
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Addie has a difficult life with her erratic mother. Now she has been separated from her beloved step-father, Dwight, because of the divorce and is practically looking after herself. Will she ever have a normal life? (grade 5+)
The Gargoyle in My Yard by Philippa Dowding
After a gargoyle follows Katherine’s mother home, he causes all kinds of trouble – and blames it all on Katherine! (grades 4+)
Falling In by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Isabelle Bean has no friends no friends in the real world, then she falls into another universe where there are lots of other kids. The problem is, they think Isabelle is a witch – the one they have been expecting to come and eat them. (grades 5+)
A wealth of resources for those needing information or looking for something to read. Find a variety of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, as well as an encyclopedia. Also available are discussions of world issues and fiction help. Great help for projects right here!
Love to read? Would you like to read a variety of books and discuss them with friends at the Library? If so, one of our book clubs is just right for you!
A selection of organizations and resources covering a variety of parenting topics.
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