Summer is just around the corner, and you might want to catch up on some summer reading. Here's a list of five great kids' books that you might enjoy.
Peter and the Starcatchers Series By Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Includes:
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Theif
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
This book has everything from magic carpets to fairies so it won't keep you bored for long. Plus, you can learn a lot more about Peter Pan in these books.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Roy Eberhardt has been moving place to place all his life and now, it's Coconut Cove, Florida. Dana Matherson is just like any other bully that Roy has seen but if it hadn't been for Dana mashing his face against the school bus window, then Roy would have never seen the strange running boy. First of all, he was ignoring the school bus completely. He was also wearing no shoes. No backpack, no shoes, nothing. Trying to figure out who the boy really is, Roy's chase turns into an adventure as he realizes that the small town is quite interesting after all.
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Comfort Snowberger has attended exactly 247 funerals. Her family owns the town funeral home and everyone in her household does their part when death comes. But when great-great-aunt Florentine drops dead, her world is turned upside down. Her best friend, Declaration Johnson, turns downright mean, and she has to babysit her horrible, horrible cousin, Peach, at Aunt Florentine's funeral. All Comfort wants to do now is hide in her closet, but when a huge disaster occurs, Comfort must learn the make the best out of the worst.
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Includes:
The Bad Beginning
The Reptile Room
The Wide Window
The Miserable Mill
The Austere Acedemy
The Ersatz Elevator
The Vile Village
The Hostile Hospital
The Carnivorous Carnival
The Slippery Slope
The Grim Grotto
The Penultimate Peril
THE END
This tragic series begins with the three Baudelaire children. After their parents mysteriously die in a fire, they become orphans and go to home to home, each time ending with a tragedy, mainly caused by Count Olaf, their first caretaker, in several attempts to get the Baudelaire fortune (their parents were quite rich). As the Baudelaires continue on their journey, they are framed for murder and many other horrible deeds, and they discover more and more secrets about their parents and a secret organization called the V.F.D.
Double Identity By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Twelve-year-old Bethany is still trying to figure why her mother has been crying for months and now, she's crammed in the car, with all of her belongings and her crying mother and tired father, driving in the middle of the night to an 'Aunt Mrylie' who she's never even heard about before. Her parents don't tell her why they've dumped her here but they do reassuringly tell their daughter that she will be safer staying will this stranger 'Aunt Mylie'. When Bethany overhears her father talking to Mrylie about an 'Elizabeth'. Bethany tries in several failed attempts to call her parents and tries to solve the mystery of who Elizabeth is and why everyone in this small town look like they've seen a ghost when they see her. When Bethany gets far into the mystery when even Aunt Mrylie can't tell her anymore, things take a turn for the worse.
