So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.-- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Interested in clicking rather than turning pages? Read "The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of the book business" by Ken Auletta from the New Yorker, April 26, 20102.
Nonfiction reading rules at the NY Times The Learning Network: Teaching With the New York Times and their innovative Summer Reading Challenge. The site has a lot of offer educators when planning lessons about current events.
The Paly Library READ page has links to many reading lists as does the Palo Alto City Library Teen Page , Santa Clara County Library and San Mateo County. Don't forget the Paly Library reading blog Read@paly for book reviews and blurbs.
Other good lists include recommendations from:
- Horn Book (An esteemed children's book review magazine)
- IndiBound Bookstores List (Books Inc. and Kepler's) Mention Paly at Kepler's and they will give the library a percentage of your purchase and Books Inc. gives student/educator discounts!
- UC Berkeley
- National Public Radio
- NY Times
Personally I'll be digging into a variety of young adult books starting with Looks by Madeleine George (trying to stay away from vampires this summer) and "adult" books starting with Innocent by Scott Turow. If you have any great suggestions please post them there.
