May 2008 ~ The Caldwell Public Library is pleased to present ~ Art by students from Mount Saint Dominic Academy! And, be certain to check out the beautiful work created by the students during, and as part of their participation in, "The Big Read" last fall. Their renditions of "The Age of Innocence" shouldn't be missed.

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - WEE TIME - @ 10:00 a.m. For children 6 months to 24 months of age, with their special adult. No registration required.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - PRE SCHOOL STORY TIME - 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m./ 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - For children 3 1/2 to 5. Longer stories, crafts and sharing all meant to develop a love of reading. Registration required.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - TODDLER TIME - 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m./10:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. - For children 2 to 3 1/2 accompanied by an adult. Together we'll share picture books, finger plays, rhymes and songs. Registration required.

Monday, May 26, 2008 - LIBRARY CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - PRE SCHOOL STORY TIME - 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m./ 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - For children 3 1/2 to 5. Longer stories, crafts and sharing all meant to develop a love of reading. Registration required.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - TODDLER TIME - 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m./10:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. - For children 2 to 3 1/2 accompanied by an adult. Together we'll share picture books, finger plays, rhymes and songs. Registration required.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - WEE TIME - @ 10:00 a.m. For children 6 months to 24 months of age, with their special adult. No registration required.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - PRE SCHOOL STORY TIME - 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m./ 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - For children 3 1/2 to 5. Longer stories, crafts and sharing all meant to develop a love of reading. Registration required.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - TODDLER TIME - 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m./10:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. - For children 2 to 3 1/2 accompanied by an adult. Together we'll share picture books, finger plays, rhymes and songs. Registration required.

Thursday, June 5, 2008 - WEE TIME - @ 10:00 a.m. For children 6 months to 24 months of age, with their special adult. No registration required.

Friday, June 13, 2008 - JUSTICE HELEN E. HOENS - Join us at 7 p.m. as we welcome Helen E. Hoens, mother, wife and an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Her now-adult son, Charles, was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. We are most grateful to Justice Hoens for sharing her stories and lessons learned from her son. Feel free to bring your children, as child care will be provided.

This program, which will take place in the Caldwell Community Center's gym, is free and open to the public. It is being offered as one of the many programs of the "Welcoming Library Spaces for the Autism Community and Their Families"project. The Caldwell Public Library and The Children's Institute, Verona, are one of the six communities collaborating on this pilot project which was created by INFOLINK. INFOLINK, The Eastern New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, and its services are funded by the New Jersey State Library, which is responsible for the coordination, promotion and funding of the New Jersey Library Network.

The Honorable Helen E. Hoens received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary with high honors in 1976 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, in 1979. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable John J. Gibbons and spent fourteen years litigating complex civil matters in New York and New Jersey prior to being appointed to the bench in 1994. Following her appointment, she was assigned to the Civil Division in Vicinage 13, comprising Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties. She was subsequently designated to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Civil Division for the vicinage, in addition to serving as Somerset County's Chancery Division, Probate Part Judge. She was assigned to the Appellate Division in August 2002, where she remained until her appointment, in October 2006, to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Justice Hoens maintains her chambers in Somerville.

Throughout her years as a practicing attorney, Justice Hoens was active in a wide variety of civic and charitable activities. She was co-editor and contributor to the Legal Primer on Disability Law, which was prepared by the Essex County Bar Association's Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a Committee on which she searched and chaired. Significantly, she was appointed to serve as a member of SPACH, the State Parents' Advisory Commission on the Handicapped, which was an advisory body established by the Department of Education, Division on Special Education. At various times she served, pro bono, as general counsel to the Autism Society of America, as a member of the board of trustees of COSAC (Center for Outreach and Services to the Autism Community), as a member of the board of directors of Eden Institute and as president of the parent/teacher organization of the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center.

Justice Hoens resides in Basking Ridge with her husband of twenty-eight years, Robert Schwaneberg, a Star Ledger statehouse reporter. Their son, Charles, who is autistic, recently moved from their house to a group home in Hamilton, where he is thriving.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 - EARLY MORNING BOOK GROUP - 8:00 a.m. - Remember to enter through the children's room - and join us for a discussion of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. As noted on the Barnes & Noble website: "Ten years after his acclaimed short story collection Drowned, Junot Diaz returns with a lollapalooza of a debut novel centered on a grotesquely overweight Dominican-American teenager named Oscar. Lonely, loveless, and living almost completely inside his own head, Oscar is a "ghetto nerd" whose multiple obsessions include comic books, fantasy fiction, and supremely unobtainable women. In a story that moves back and forth between the Dominican Republic and Paterson, New Jersey, Diaz illuminates the tragic arc of Dominican history (especially under the brutal Trujillo regime) in the lives of Oscar's sister, mother, grandmother, and aunt. Shot through with witty cultural footnotes, scabrous slang, and touches of magic realism, this heartbreaking family saga is a work of brave originality."

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - DENISE RUE - Manage Stress Through Hypnosis - @ 6:30 p.m. Denise Rue, MA, ACH, will share with us an informational, fun and relaxing presentation on how one can achieve goals and manage stress through hypnosis. Free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 - WEE TIME - @ 10:00 a.m. For children 6 months to 24 months of age, with their special adult. No registration required.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICK OFF @ 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Last Saturday Library is open until Saturday, September 6, 2008.

Looking for a good book for a birthday gift for a child? Consider the following 2007 Summer Reading Suggestions

CALDWELL/WEST CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Visit a library soon and check out the selection!
The following lists were compiled by the Youth Services Librarians of the Caldwell and West Caldwell Public Libraries
in conjunction with the Caldwell/West Caldwell Elementary School Media Specialists.

Picture Books to Share with Your Children

Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch
Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner
The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle
Strega Nona by Tomi dePaola
Miss Malarkey Won't Be In Today by Judy Finchler
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candace Fleming
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Froggie Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
George and Martha by James Marshall
Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner by Amy Schwartz
And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night by Jane Yolen
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

...and any book your child wants to read!

Books for Emerging Readers

Young Cam Jansen Series
Bears on Wheels (or any book) by Jan and Stan Berenstain
The Case of the Dumb Bells by Crosby Bonsall (Series)
Postcards from Buster Series by Marc Brown
Arthur Series by Marc Brown
The Golly Sister Series by Betsy Byars
Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli
Minnie and Moo Series by Denys Cazet
Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman
Iris and Walter Series by Elissa Guest
A Bargain for Frances or any book by Russell Hoban
Danny and the Dinosaur or any book by Syd Hoff
Pinky and Rex Series by James Howe
Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel
Gus and Grandpa Series by Claudia Mills
Little Bear Series by Else Holmelund Minarik
Harry and Emily Series by Karen Gray Ruelle
Poppleton Series by Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby Series by Cynthia Rylant
The High-Rise Private Eyes Series by Cynthia Rylant
Hop on Pop, Great Day for UP, Green Eggs and Ham and anything else by Dr. Seuss
Nate the Great Series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
We Can Read Series by Jacqueline Sweeney
Hopscotch Hill School Series by Valerie Tripp
Oliver the Pig Series by Jean Van Leeuwan
Morris the Moose Series by B. Wiseman

...and any book your child wants to read!

Short Chapter Books

Cam Jansen Series by David Adler
Ivy and Bean by Anne Barrows
Flat Stanley Series by Jeff Brown
Arthur Chapter Books Series by Marc Brown
Magic School Bus Series (non-fiction) by Joanna Cole
Soccer Cats Series by Matt Christopher
Amber Brown Series by Paula Danziger
The Adventure of the Bailey School Kids Series by Debbie Dadey
Scooby-Doo! Series by James Gelsey
Polk Street Series by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Zack Files Series by Dan Greenburg
My Weird School Series by Dan Gutman
Jennifer, Too by Juanita Havill
Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig by Dick King-Smith
Horrible Harry series and Herbie Jones Series by Suzy Kline
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo Series by Nancy Krulik
Ever-Clever Elisa by Johanna Hurwitz
Gooney Bird Green by Lois Lowry
Patti’s Pet Gorilla by Pat Rhoads Mauser
Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
Stink Series by Megan McDonald
Rats on the Roof and Other Stories by James Marshall
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
Jigsaw Jones Series by James Preller
Leftover Lily, Sweet & Sour Lily, Private Lily, Accidental Lily by Sally Warner
A to Z Mysteries Series by Ron Roy
Oh Ho, It’s Robert Series by Barbara Seuling
Geronimo Stilton series by Geronimo Stilton
Blast Off Boy and Blorp Series by Dan Yaccarino

...and any book your child wants to read!

Books for 3rd and 4th Graders

The Secrets of Droon Series by Tony Abbott
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
The Indian in the Cupboard Series by Lynn Reid Banks
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Series by Judy Blume
The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown Series by Betsy Byars
Clarice Bean Series by Lauren Child
Ramona Series by Beverly Cleary
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Mallory Series by Laurie Friedman and Tamara Schmitz
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Rosy Cole’s Memoir Explosion by Sheila Greenwald
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Chet Gecko Series by Bruce Hale
Babymouse Series by Jennifer Holm
Bunnicula Series by Deborah Howe
Fourth Grade Fuss by Johanna Hurwitz
Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene
Ruby Lu Empress of Everything by Lenore Look
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Punished by David Lubar
Sarah, Plain and Tall Series by Patricia MacLachlan
The Doll People by Ann Martin
The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann Martin
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes Series by Ann Mazer
Judy Moody Series by Meghan McDonald
Stink Series by Meghan McDonald
Dragon Slayers’ Academy Series by Kate McMullan
The Boys Start the War Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Borowers Series by Mary Norton
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Clementine Series by Sara Pennypacker
The Littles Series by John Lawrence Peterson
Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater
Freddy Series by Dietlof Reiche
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Fairy Realm Series by Emily Rodda
Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar
Wayside School Series by Louis Sachar
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka
Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Scieszka
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
The Show-and-Tell War and Other Stories About Adam Joshua by Janice Lee Smith
Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J. Sobol
Help! I’m Trapped...Series by Todd Strasser
Abel’s Island by William Steig
Geronimo Stilton Series by Geronimo Stilton
Shredderman Series by Wendelin Van Draanan
Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Warner
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Little House in the Big Woods Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hank Zipzer Series by Henry Winkler

...and any book you want to read!

Suggested Books for 5th Graders

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
George Washington Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas B. Allen
Whittington by Alan W. Armstrong
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Byars
Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
P.S., Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
The Giant Rat of Sumatra, or, Pirate Galore by Sid Fleischman
Satch and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (Series) by Dan Gutman
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsberg
The Man Who Made Time Travel by Kathryn Lasky
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter

...and any book your child wants to read!

Suggested summer reading list for 6th grade

(Compiled by Wayne Rush, Media Specialist at GCMS)

BARRY, DAVE - PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
COLFER, EION - ARTEMIS FOWL
COONEY, CAROLINE - THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON
COVILLE, BRUCE - THE SKULL OF TRUTH
CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER - BUD, NOT BUDDY
DICAMILLO, KATE - THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
FOX, PAULA - SLAVE DANCER
FRANK, ANNE - DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
FREEDMAN, RUSSELL - LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY
FREEDMAN, RUSSELL - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
FREEDMAN, RUSSELL - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
GIFF, PATRICIA - NORY RYAN'S SONG
GUTMAN, DAN - MICKEY & ME
HAHN, MARY DOWNING - STEPPING ON THE CRACKS
HIAASEN, CARL - HOOT
KADOHATA, CYNTHIA - KIRA-KIRA
LISLE, JANET - THE ART OF KEEPING COOL
LOWRY, LOIS - NUMBER THE STARS
MAZER, HARRY - A BOY AT WAR: A NOVEL OF PEARL HARBOR
MURPHY, JIM - BLIZZARD! THE STORM THAT CHANGED AMERICA
NIMMO, JENNY - MIDNIGHT FOR CHARLIE BONE
NORTH, STERLING - RASCAL
O'DELL, SCOTT - ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER - ERAGON
PAULSEN, GARY - HATCHET
PECK, RICHARD - THE TEACHER'S FUNERAL: A COMEDY IN THREE PARTS
RINALDI, ANN - AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH DARKNESS
SPEARE, ELIZABETH - THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
SPERRY, ARMSTRONG - CALL IT COURAGE
TAYLOR, THEODORE - THE CAY
WYSS, JOHANN - THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

 

Suggested summer reading list for 7th grade

(Compiled by Wayne Rush, Media Specialist at GCMS)

ANDERSON, LAURIE - FEVER, 1793
ARMSTRONG, JENNIFER - SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
AVI - CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD
BARRON, T. A. - THE LOST YEARS OF MERLIN
BLACKWOOD, GARY - THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER
BLOOR, EDWARD - TANGERINE
BUNTING, EVE - BLACKWATER
CREECH, SHARON - THE WANDERER
CREECH, SHARON - CHASING REDBIRD
CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER - THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM-1963
CUSHMAN, KAREN - THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE
DEFOE, DANIEL - ROBINSON CRUSOE
FARMER, NANCY - THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM
FREEDMAN, RUSSELL - BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS
FUNKE, CORNELIA - DRAGON RIDER
HOBBS, WILL - JASON'S GOLD
HOBBS, WILL - FAR NORTH
JONES, DIANA - DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM
LEE, HARPER - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
LONDON, JACK - WHITE FANG
LOWRY, LOIS - MESSENGER
LUPICA, MIKE - TRAVEL TEAM
MARTIN, ANN - A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE
NIX, GARTH - SABRIEL
PAULSEN, GARY - THE TRANSALL SAGA
PECK, RICHARD - A YEAR DOWN YONDER
PULLMAN, PHILLIP - THE GOLDEN COMPASS
RINALDI, ANN - THE FIFTH OF MARCH
SLEATOR, WILLIAM - INTERSTELLAR PIG
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. - THE HOBBIT
TURNER, MEGAN - THE THIEF

Suggested summer reading list for 8th grade

(Compiled by Wayne Rush, Media Specialist at GCMS)

ABRAHAMS, PETER - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
BAUER, JOAN - HOPE WAS HERE
BAUER, JOAN - RULES OF THE ROAD
BRADBURY, RAY - FAHRENHEIT 451
BROOKS, BRUCE - THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN
CARTER, ALDEN - BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
CHRISTIE, AGATHA - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
CORMIER, ROBERT - I AM THE CHEESE
DANZIGER, PAULA - THE CAT ATE MY GYMSUIT
DEUKER, CARL - NIGHT HOOPS
DEUKER, CARL - PAINTING THE BLACK
DUNCAN, LOIS - KILLING MR. GRIFFIN
FARMER, NANCY - THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
FARMER, NANCY - THE SEA OF TROLLS
HINTON, S. E. - RUMBLE FISH
HOBBS, WILL - THE MAZE
HOLT, KIMBERLY - WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN
LAWRENCE, IAIN - THE WRECKERS
LUBAR, DAVID - DUNK
LUPICA, MIKE - HEAT
MIKAELSEN, BEN - PETEY
MYERS, WALTER DEAN - MONSTER
NAYLOR, PHYLLIS - BLIZZARD'S WAKE
PECK, RICHARD - STRAYS LIKE US
PECK, RICHARD - THE LAST SAFE PLACE ON EARTH
PULLMAN, PHILIP - THE AMBER SPYGLASS
RINALDI, ANN - WOLF BY THE EARS
TRUEMAN, TERRY - STUCK IN NEUTRAL
TWAIN, MARK - THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
VERNE, JULES - 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
VOIGHT, CYNTHIA - DICEY'S SONG

 

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