Summer Reading
NEW LISTS
NEW LISTS
- Town Reads - Faculty Favorites List (all ages)
- Ms. Kilian's Book Recommendations (Upper School)
2020 - 2021 UPPER SCHOOL SUMMER READING
2020 - 2021 UPPER SCHOOL SUMMER READING
We believe that summer reading instills lifelong reading habits, prevents academic atrophy, improves cognitive capacity, promotes empathy, and cultivates a love of reading. All summer reading should be tracked on the 40 Book Challenge Tracker for 2020 - 2021.
SUGGESTED READING LISTS K - 4
SUGGESTED READING LISTS K - 4
SUMMER READING CHALLENGES
SUMMER READING CHALLENGES
- Town's 40 Book Challenge for grades 3 - 8 (starts the day after school!)
- San Francisco Public Library Summer Stride (all ages)
- Scholastic Summer Read-a-Palooza (Lower School)
- The 11th Annual New York Times Summer Reading Contest (Upper School)
Other Lists:
- 2020 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades K-2
- 2020 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 3-5
- 2020 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 6-8
- 22 YA Novels to Help Students Process the Pandemic (or Forget It for a Bit)
- 30 Multicultural Books Every Teen Should Know
- 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
- Bayview Read Alikes
- A Book and A Hug
- Children's Book Council - CBC Diversity
- Epic Reads
- HAISLN K-12 Recommended Reading
- Reading Rockets Themed Booklists
- Social Justice Booklists
- TeachingBooks.net
- YALSA's Teens' Top Ten
- Young Adult Book Finder
- We Need Diverse Books
Online Books:
- 550 Free Audiobooks
- American Literature Young Readers
- Epic! (requires subscription)
- Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBooks
- International Children's Digital Library
- Overdrive (use Town School portal credentials)
- Project Gutenberg-- Free Children's Classics
- Reading Rainbow (requires subscription)
- StoryNory
- TumbleBooks (Town Library subscription enabled with this link)
- Stories from Audible