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Summer vacation is fast approaching and so is summer reading.  Make sure your child embraces both.  Numerous studies indicate that students who don't read over the school break experience what is known as the "summer slide" -- a stagnation or regression in reading ability.  This is easily avoidable if you follow these helpful hints.

Confession!  I haven't yet been pulled into one of James Riley's fairytale adventures.  But it is at the top of my to-do list.  How could it not be?  The kids in my This Just In! book club love him.  The kids I talk to after my speed booktalking sessions in the schools love him.  And the kids looking for his books right here at Hoover Public Library -- guess what?  They love him!  Which reminds me, I better wrap this blog up so I can grab his first book before someone beats me to it.
1. Half Upon a Time
2. Twice Upon a Time

Not sure what to read next?  The Fiction Department staff has plenty of great recommendations featured on this month’s new displays.   The second round of individual staff picks has begun, and their selections are on display next to the main fiction desk.   In the spotlight this time are Hannah and Justin.   Their suggestions range from literary classics to horror and science fiction, with just about everything in between.  A sample of their discerning reading taste is listed below:

Among Hannah’s favorites are:
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy  F  MCC

Move over, Gail Carson Levine!  The new reigning fairytale monarch is Jessica Day George.  She's the master of both the re-worked traditional tale and the wholly original story.  And her newest offering, Wednesdays in the Tower, comes out today, May 7, 2013.  All hail!

TEENS
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
1. Princess of the Midnight Ball
2. Princess of Glass
3. Princess of the Silver Woods

KIDS
1. Dragon Slippers
2. Dragon Flight
3. Dragon Spear
1. Tuesdays at the Castle
2. Wednesdays in the Tower
 

Mayday, mayday!  Desperately in need of book recommendations!  Can anybody help us?  Mayday, mayday!
HPL staff to the rescue!  Here's what we've been reading lately.
MAY 2013
Kids
Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Dead City by James Ponti
The Dogs of Winter by Bobbie Pyron
Freakling by Lana Krumwiede

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