Amazing Read Summer Adventure
We are excited to announce a continuation of the Amazing Read into the summer of 2015! The Amazing Read
is a reading incentive program for student to read their way around the world equating each minute read to
miles earned. Traditionally this is done as a class team, however, for the summer we invite students
participating to invite their families to participate. Students are issued a passport to record fun information
about each destination they reach. They also get a stamp in their passport at each destination reached.
Summer passports will include the 21 destinations we have traveled to during the past four years of The
Amazing Read. We will have monthly celebrations, with a final celebration on August 17th with a rock wall and
hot dog roast.
Summer passports will be distributed on Friday, May 22nd (please watch for these to come home on the last
day of school!!) If your child would like to participate, please let your child’s teacher know by Friday, May 15th.
Students will be responsible for keeping track of their passports.
How the Summer Program works:
Qualifying reading begins Monday, May 25th and ends Friday, August 14th.
Students will earn 2 miles for each minute read. They will earn a ticket to climb the rock wall for every 2,000
miles they read. A reading calendar will be provided with the summer passport. Parents’ signatures will be
required for summer minutes to count.
Students can also earn a ticket to climb the rock wall for every 2 destinations visited.
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To visit a destination you must read a book with the setting in that area, include animals/geography in
that area, or read a book by an author from that area (it doesn’t have to be the exact city to count – if
the setting or author or animal is from that country it will count)
A reading list of books available from the American Heritage School library correlating with each
destination will be distributed with the passports.
We will hold monthly Destination Celebrations on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 23 from 11:00-11:45 a.m.
Tuesday, July 14 from 11:00-11:45 a.m.
Tuesday, August 4 from 11:00-11:45 a.m.
The final celebration will take place on Monday, August 17th at 11:00 a.m.
We will have some fun-filled celebrations planned on the dates mentioned above, however, students are not
required to come to the monthly celebrations to earn miles. Students may come to the library from 9 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. most days throughout the summer to have their passports stamped and to check out books. They
will need to attend the August 17th celebration to have their minutes counted and climb the rock wall.
If you are interested in helping with any of the celebrations, please contact Ms. Larsen ([email protected])
or Mrs. McConkie ([email protected]).
We look forward to continuing the reading adventure with your children!!
Sincerely,
Shirley Larsen & Melanie McConkie
2015 Summer Amazing Read Book List
Author
Title
ALASKA
Claire Murphy
Dennis B. Fraddin
Cindy Chang
Natalie Standiford
Carolyn Keene
Walt Morey
Walt Morey
Time Life Books
Jeff Rennicke
CHINA
Patrick Ryan
Time Life Books
Julianna Y. Yuan
Alaska 50 : Celebrating Alaskas 50th
A Child's Alaska
Here is Alaska
Alaska
Balto: The Junior Novelization
The Bravest Dog Ever -The True story of Balto
Curse of the Artic Star
Gentle Ben
Kavik The Wolf Dog
The Alaskans
Treasures of Alaska: Last Great American Wilderness
Rosemary Hankin
Christine Webster
Ian Morrison
Jane Yolen
Bernard Wolf
Laurence Yep
Nathan Zimelman
Marjorie Flack
Arlene Mosel
Jean Fritz
Meindert De Jong
Louise Rankin
Carolyn Treffinger
China
Library of Nations: China
China: A Cultural Resource Guide
China: Empire and Civilization
A Chinese Cookbook for Kids
Great Wall of China
Great Civilizations China
The Emporer and the Kite.
In the year of the Tiger
Lady of Ch*iao Kuo: Warrior of the South
The Great Adventure of Wo Ti
The Story About Ping
Tiki Tki Tembo
Homesick My Own Story
The House of Sixty Fathers
Daughter of the Mountains
LI Lun Lad of Courage
TURKEY
Rosemary Hankin
Sean Sheehan
Piero Ventura
Mediterranean Cookbook for Kids
Turkey
In Search of Troy
ENGLAND
Time Life Books
Nancy Lyon
Great Britain
Erin Banting
Erin Banting
Erin Banting
Howard Pyle
What life was like in the realm of Elizabeth England 1533-1603
The Mystery of Stonehenge
York: Official Guide to the City
The Tower of London
England the People
England the Land
England the Culture
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Kristiana Gregory
Kathryn Lasky
Don Hinkle
Laurance Anholt
Michael Rosen
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Elizabeth 1, Red Rose of the House of Tudor
King Arthur
Stone Girl Bone Girl: The story of Mary Anning
Shakespeare His works and His World
CANADA
Rex Lambert
Barbara Rogers
May McNeer
Canada
Canada
The Canadian Story
BRAZIL
Marion Morrison
Elma Schemenauer
Marcia Gresko
Elizabeth Bishop
Robert Quackenbush
Brazil
Brazil
Letters Home from Brazil
Brazil
Lost in the Amazon: A Miss Mallard Mystery
GREECE
Patrick Ryan
Ann Heinrichs
Jane Chisholm
Virginia Haviland
Jeanne Bendick
Padriac Colum
Mary Osborne
Dyan Blacklock
Greece
Greece
The Usbourne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece
Archemedes and the Door of Science
The Children's Homer
Hour of the Olympics
Pankration: The Ultimate Game
SOUTH KOREA
Patricia Kummer
Yoko Watkins
Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park
William Matthews
South Korea
So Far From the Bamboo Grove
The Kite Fighters
A Single Shard
Korea in Pictures
NEW ZEALAND
Patrick Ryan
New Zealand
An Adventure in New Zealand
Donna Shephard Walsh New Zealand
Michael Robson
New Zealand in Pictures
Margaret Mahy
The Queen's Goat
Lisa Magloff
Volcano
HAWAII
Ann Rayson
Barbara Trasher
Chris Cook
Mary Osbourne
Hawaii the Pacific State
Hawaii Americas Paradise
From the Skies of Paradise-Hawaii
High Tide in Hawaii
Graham Salisbury
Eva Betz
Mamoru Funai
Lisa Yee
Jonathan London
Bethany Hamilton
Fay Stanley
Stephanie Feeney
Conrad Stein
Richard Wisniewski
Under the Blood Red Sun
Yankee at Molokai
Moke and Poki in the Rain Forest
Aloha Kanani
Froggy Goes to Hawaii
Soul Surfer: a true story of faith,family and fighting to get back on the board
The Last Princess: the story of the princess Kaiulani of Hawaii
Sand to Sea: Marine Life of Hawii
Hawaii is a Rainbow
The Story of the U.S.S. Arizona
The Rise and Fall of the Hawaiian Kingdom
ICELAND
Barabara Somervill
Jules Verne
Bruce McMillan
Iceland
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Problem with Chickens
CONGO
Celia Lottridge
Mary Osborne
H. Rider Haggard
Dina Anastasio
Robert Bateman
Verna Aardema
Ten Small Tales
Lions at Lunchtime
King Solomon's Mine
Snakes in Asia and Africa
Safari
Why Mosquitoes buzz in People's ears
RUSSIA
Mariamna Davydoff
Elma Schemenauer
Gloria Whelan
Josef Holub
Eleanor Chroman
Maggie Blackwell
Mike Ramsdell
Esther Hautzig
AUSTRALIA
Toni Eugene
Betsey Chessen
Laura Dolce
Jacqueline Meisel
Mary Osborne
Pauline Reilly
Rebecca Carmi
Time Life Books
Ann Heinrichs
Brian Kend
Russia: A History
Memoirs of a Russian Lady: drawings and tales of life before the Revolution
Russia
Angel On the Square
An Innocent Soldier
It Could Be Worse
Anastasia
A Train to Potevka
The Endless Steppe
Favorite Fairy Tales told in Russia
Strange Animals of Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia the land Down Under
Dingoes at Dinnertime
Kangaroo
Expedition Down Under
Australia
Australia
Pythons of Australia
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
Ruth Heller
Galapagos means Tortoise
Gean Stuart
Safari
Don Nardo
Charles Darwin
PERU
MaryCate O'Sullivan
Elizabeth Mann
Ann Nolan Clark
Peru
Machu Picchu
Secrets of the Andes
SAMOA
Marie Fraser
Ann Bessey
Tamara Montgomery
In Stevenson's Samoa
Uprising in Samoa
Tasi's Gift:A Tale of Samoa
PHILIPPINES
Walter Oleksy
Alfred Yuson
The Philippines
The Philippines: Islands of Enrichment
ITALY
Jean Blashfield
Virginia Haviland
Guido Visconti
Roberta Edwards
Italy
Italy
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Italy
The Genius of Leonardo
Who was Leanardo Da Vinci
MEXICO
Barbara Thomas Bulmer Journey Through Mexico
Mary Berendes
Mexico
Marcia Gresko
Letters Home from Mexico
Kathleen Zoehfeld
Manatee Winter
Robin King
Burrito