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R.D. Seymour School
185 Hartford Ave
East Granby CT 06026
(860) 653-7214
Robert McGrath
Principal
*Summer Reading Challenge 2020*
Dear Families,
To encourage summer reading, we are offering the children an
opportunity to participate in our summer reading challenge. You can
help promote a lifetime of reading enjoyment and success for your
child by making reading a habit early in his or her life. Students
entering 3rd, 4th and 5th grade at Seymour School are receiving a log
to keep track of their reading during the summer. You are welcome to
add additional pages to the log if needed. Seymour School and the East
Granby Public Library support this combined summer reading program
that encourages families to share the joy of good books and children’s
literature. We hope that reading will become a regular family activity
during the summer and all year long! If you have any questions, please
email Mr. Lowman at blowman@eastgranby.k12.ct.us
All the children who participate will be recognized for their
participation at a school-wide assembly in the beginning of the
2020-2021 school year. Reading should be fun and children are
encouraged to read books of their interest. We are proud of our
community connection to the East Granby Public Library and this is a
great place to visit over the summer and check out their wonderful
selection of books!
Happy Reading!
The Seymour School Staff
The East Granby Public Library
2021 Nutmeg Book Award
Elementary Nominees
Grades 2-3
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
Back Up Again) by Dan Santat by Debbi Michiko Florence
Everyone knows the story of Humpty Dumpty’s great fall off the wall. But what if It’s hard to shine in the shadow of an older sister. So Jasmine wants to do some-
that was only the beginning of the story? Will Humpty be able to overcome his fear thing her sister, and no other girl in her family, has done before.
and climb back up that wall?
Magic Ramen:
Because by Mo Willems The Story of Momofuku Ando
A young girl is given the opportunity to listen to an orchestra for the first time and is
inspired to create her own music and perform it for others.. by Andrea Wang
Do you like magic? Read Magic Ramen, the true story of noodles that become
Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True chicken soup!
Tale of Fostering Rabbits by Cynthia Lord Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing
Calling all animal lovers! This true story follows the cottontails of a special foster
family. Discover what it takes to foster animals and the ways rabbits communicate Friendship by Jessica Kensky & Patrick Downes
with each other and with humans. Service dogs have important jobs and when Rescue gets an unexpected assign-
ment, he’s worried he isn’t ready. Together, Rescue and Jessica learn to believe in
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell each other and move forward into the future as a team.
Summer vacation can't last long enough for the kids in the cardboard kingdom.
Armed only with craft supplies and their imaginations, these neighborhood kids Seashells: More Than a Home
become extraordinary characters and embark on thrilling adventures, filling their
summer with fun and learning more about themselves and each other in the pro-
by Melissa Stewart
cess. A shell is more than just a covering for the mollusk inside! What are the many jobs
a shell can do? The various types of shells help the animal to glide, stick, dig
Carter Reads the Newspaper deep, pop things open, and curl up in a ball. Wonderfully written and illustrated so
young scientists can learn how seashells work in different ways.
by Deborah Hopkinson
Carter G. Woodson, the child of former slaves, grew up reading the newspaper to We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
his family and later his fellow miners. His love of knowledge inspired him to further
his education, explore his people’s history, and become the founder of Black
by Ryan T. Higgins
History Month. Starting school and making friends can be tough, especially when you are a T-Rex
in a classroom full of tasty children. Will Penelope learn how to make friends, not
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and eat them?
Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors
Venus and Serena Williams sisters, best friends and two of the greatest tennis When two families become one, Wedgie the dog who thinks he is a superhero, and
players of all time. Before they were world famous they were two young girls with Gizmo the guinea pig who thinks he is an evil genius, need to share their humans.
big tennis dreams. The story unfolds through the point of view of the pets in alternating chapters. This
fun book is the first in a series.
Ida, Always by Caron Levis The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of
Gus and Ida are polar bears and best friends at the zoo. Together they toss a ball,
splash water, chase, and race. They sit quietly and listen to the sounds of the city.
Until one day when Gus finds out that Ida is ill. How will the friendship change?
Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter
When young Zaha Hadid looked at the world around her, she didn't see rigid
The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau squares and rectangles, but flowing curves. Overcoming the odds as a female
Muslim architect, she took this vision and created architecture that swooped and
Louie and Ralph Ratso want to be tough just like their dad, Big Lou. They try their flowed and changed the world.
best to be tough, but somehow end up helping others. What will happen when
their dad finds out that Louie and Ralph have been doing good deeds for others?
Copyright 2020-2021Nutmeg Book Award Materials may not be altered without written permission.
2021 Nutmeg Book Award
Intermediate Nominees
Grades 4-6
Framed! by James Ponti The Nameless City
Florian Bates has a Theory of All Small Things by Faith Erin Hicks
(T.O.A.S.T.) which helps him navigate through Kaidu and Rat both live in the Nameless City,
a new school and life. When he explains his but they come from different cultures. Kaidu is
theory to Margaret and then shows her how it the privileged son of the current conquerors and
works in an art museum, they uncover a BIG Rat is a street-wise native of the city. Their
mystery. Things get really exciting! unlikely friendship might be just what the frag-
ile peace of the Nameless City needs to survive.
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Mia Tang’s family has moved from China to
California in hopes of a better life. When they New Kid by Jerry Craft
start to manage the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to Jordan Banks’ parents send him to an elite
run the front desk but soon gets into trouble school far from his neighborhood in the city.
with the cruel owner. It will take Mia’s plucky Now he feels like he is living two lives and not
perseverance to help the hotel guests and her fitting in with either. What will it take for Jor-
family while trying to reach her dreams. dan to feel welcome with old friends and new
classmates?
The Great Treehouse
War by Lisa Graff The Peculiar Incident on
After Winnie’s life falls apart due to her par- Shady Street
ents’ divorce, she decides the only solution is to by Lindsay Currie
move into a treehouse between her parents’
It is bad enough Tessa Woodward had to say
houses and stay there until they will listen to
goodbye to the beach and her best friend and
her. When her friends move in, there are de-
move to cold, chilly Chicago with her family,
mands from ten different children and ten sets
but then unexplained things start happening in
parents all determined to bring this arrangement
her new house. Lights flicker on and off, doors
to an end!
slam and her little brother’s creepy ventriloquist
I Love You, Michael Col- doll starts crying real tears. With the help of her
new friends, Tessa soon starts to unravel the
lins mystery of what happened in the house on
by Lauren Baratz-Logsted Shady Street.
It’s 1969 and the world is awaiting the launch
of Apollo 11. Mamie’s class is writing letters to Restart by Gordon Korman
the three astronauts aboard Apollo 11. She Chase can’t remember anything! ANYTHING!
alone chooses to write to Michael Collins who Not his name, not his mother, not his friends.
will orbit the moon while Neil Armstrong and When he goes back to school, some people treat
Buzz Aldrin walk on it. What should she say? him like a king and some run the other way.
What should she do? Who was Chase before the accident? Is this a
chance to restart his life and be a better person?
Macy McMillan and the
Rainbow Goddess We're Not From Here
by Shari Green by Geoff Rodkey
Macy’s life is turning upside-down! Her mother Earth is destroyed, Mars is running out of food
is getting married and her home is up for sale. and Planet Choom has invited humans to live
Macy is sent next door to help an elderly neigh- on their planet. After travelling for 20 years to
bor who is also moving. Despite Macy’s deaf- reach Choom, humans are no longer welcome.
ness, she and the “Rainbow Goddess” learn to One family is chosen to represent the human
communicate and even discover a shared love race. Can they convince the species of Choom
of stories and cookies. that humans are peaceful so they can stay?
Copyright 2020-2021 Nutmeg Book Award materials may not be altered without written permission.
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Children who participate
in public library summer reading
programs make achievement leaps
during the summer and score higher
on fall reading achievement tests.
The books on this list come highly
recommended by kid readers from www.ala.org/alsc
all over the country and may also be
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The 2020 Summer Reading Book List was created
by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC),
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available in ebook, audio book, braille,
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a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee.
with your local library to find out
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For more booklists, please visit www.ala.org/alsc/booklists.
what’s happening this summer.
© 2020 American Library Association.
SUMMER READING LIST GRADES 3—5
Aquicorn Cove to a new life in America after The Lost Girl Rocket to the Moon! The Simple Art of Flying To Night Owl
emigrating from China. Big Ideas That Changed from Dogfish
by Katie O’Neill, illustrated by by Anne Ursu by Cory Leonardo
the author WALDEN POND, 2019 the World ALADDIN, 2019 by Holly Goldberg Sloan and
ONI, 2018 Granted ISBN: 9780062275097
by Don Brown, illustrated by the
ISBN: 9781534420991 Meg Wolitzer
ISBN: 9781620105290
by John David Anderson Twins Iris and Lark are author A pair of brother-and-sister DIAL, 2019
Lana discovers the Aquicorns, WALDEN POND, 2018 challenged by their first school HARRY N. ABRAMS, 2019, parrots navigate the perils ISBN: 9780525553236
magical sea-dwelling creatures ISBN: 9780062643865 year in separate classrooms, 9781419734045 of living in a pet shop, Twelve-year-olds Avery and
who need her help to stop the What happens when you make as well as a mystery involving Taking readers through the which means trying to stay Bett discover their dads are
overfishing that is destroying a wish? In this story, it may get crows, missing belongings, history of rocket building, this together while also spreading dating and plan to send the
their home. assigned to a fairy whose job is and a strange new shop in title explores the people and their wings. Told from the girls to summer camp to
to make it come true, even if it their town. technology that made the perspective of the brother meet, while they vacation
The Book of Boy almost kills her. moon landing possible. First in parrot, this book offers in China. The girls develop
Mañanaland a series. a unique perspective on a long-distance friendship
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
relationships and coming of via email and letters, first to
GREENWILLOW, 2018 Indian No More by Pam Muñoz Ryan
age. thwart their fathers’ plans and
ISBN: 9780062686206
by Charlene Willing McManis SCHOLASTIC, 2020 Ruby in the Sky then to reunite them when
In 1350, Boy, an orphaned and Traci Sorell ISBN: 9781338157864
by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo the men break up.
servant, is hired to accompany TU, 2019, ISBN: 9781620148396 In this magical story, FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX,
Stanley Will
a shadowy pilgrim on an Maximiliano Córdoba goes 2019 Probably Be Fine
Ten-year-old Regina Petit is ISBN: 9780374309053 Twinchantment
action-filled quest across Umpqua and lives on the Grand on a dangerous journey by Sally J. Pla, illustrated by
medieval Europe for the seven armed only with a compass, a Ruby knows that she and Steve Wolfhard by Elise Allen
Ronde reservation. When the
relics of St. Peter. federal government signs a bill mysterious stone rubbing, and her mom will not be living HARPERCOLLINS, 2018 DISNEY-HYPERION, 2019
the legends Buelo told about in Vermont for long, so she ISBN: 9780062445797 ISBN: 9781368008624
saying Regina’s tribe no longer
The Cardboard Kingdom exists, Regina struggles to traveling mythical gatekeepers. is determined to not get Stanley struggles to fit in, Twin princesses must save
understand what it means to be attached. When her mom is so he creates an imaginary their mother after magic
by Chad Sell, illustrated by the
“Indian no more.” Other Words for Home arrested, she realizes they will superhero named John resurfaces in their kingdom;
author
be there a bit longer than she Lockdown who helps him they do so with the help of
KNOPF, 2018 by Jasmine Warga
originally planned. compete in Trivia Quest, a some newfound friends, a
ISBN: 9781524719371
Knights vs. Dinosaurs BALZER + BRAY, 2019
comics-trivia scavenger hunt. brave servant and his black
A diverse group of kids create by Matt Phelan, illustrated by
ISBN: 9780062747808
Sanity & Tallulah kitten.
their own world of play and the author In this novel in verse, 12-year-
safe self-expression using a GREENWILLOW, 2018 old Jude does her best to by Molly Brooks, illustrated by Sweeping Up the Heart
little cardboard and a lot of ISBN: 9780062686237 adjust to American life after the author by Kevin Henkes We’re Not from Here
imagination. Action and comedy rule when she and her mother travel DISNEY-HYPERION, 2018 GREENWILLOW, 2019 by Geoff Rodkey
ISBN: 9781368008440 ISBN: 9780062852540
boasting sends four of King alone to live with relatives as CROWN, 2019
Two best friends decide to ISBN: 9781524773045
Clayton Byrd Goes Arthur’s knights back in time violence approaches their Amelia is disappointed to
Underground to battle a legion of “terrible home city in Syria. engineer a three-headed be stuck at home for spring Follow the story of a family
lizards.” kitten named Princess Sparkle, break, but when she meets a from Earth who moves to
by Rita Williams-Garcia, Destroyer of Worlds. If only her
The Parker Inheritance new friend at a local art studio a new planet in this sci-fi
illustrated by Frank Morrison
name didn’t turn out to be a who claims to see the spirit adventure that explores
AMISTAD, 2017 The Last Last-Day- by Varian Johnson little too appropriate. of her dead mother, the week concepts such as immigration,
ISBN: 9780062215918
of-Summer ARTHUR A. LEVINE, 2018
takes an exciting turn. culture shock, and a galaxy of
When his beloved grandfather, ISBN: 9780545946179
by Lamar Giles, illustrations by Sarai and the Meaning of differences.
the blues man Cool Papa Byrd, Dapo Adeola Candice would rather be home
dies suddenly, Clayton’s anger VERSIFY, 2019 in Atlanta with her friends Awesome Sweep: The Story of a
and misplaced alliances get ISBN: 9781328460837 this summer, instead of where by Monica Brown and Sarai Girl and Her Monster What a Waste: Trash,
him into trouble. This story of she is, in her grandmother’s Gonzalez, illustrated by by Jonathan Auxier Recycling, and
On the last day of summer,
family grief, reconciliation, and local crime-solving celebrities small town of Lambert, South Christine Almeda HARRY N. ABRAMS, 2018 Protecting Our Planet
the power of music is set in and cousins Sheed and Otto Carolina. But the discovery SCHOLASTIC, 2018 ISBN: 9781419731402 by Jess French
ISBN: 9781338236682
New York City. encounter members of an of clues to an intricate puzzle Nan is an orphan living alone DK CHILDREN, 2019
interdimensional community entwined in the town’s For Sarai, awesome means and working in a dangerous, ISBN: 9781465481412
Front Desk battling between good and evil. complicated history could lead amazing, love, family, and fun… cruel world. She discovers a What can we do to keep our
The boys join the fight when to a hidden fortune. and it’s going to take all that friendly monster, and together
by Kelly Yang home, planet Earth, healthy?
they accidentally freeze time. and more to help save the day. they try to start a new life.
ARTHUR A. LEVINE, 2018
ISBN: 9781338157796
A young girl and her family
manage a motel and adjust
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