get ready for screen-free week with these great …...get ready for screen-free week with these...
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GetReadyforScreen-FreeWeekwiththesegreatbooks!
Thisyear,Children’sBookWeek,theannualcelebrationofbooksandreading,isthesameweekasScreen-FreeWeek!Readingisoneofthebestwaystogoscreen-free.CheckoutthesebooksbeforeScreen-FreeWeektogetinspired—andthenreadthemagainduring(andafter!)asareminderthatkidsofallagesbenefitfromtimetoplay,unwind,bebored,andconnectwithfamily,friends,andnature.
BadKittyDoesNotLikeVideoGamesbyNickBruel(RoaringBrookPress/MacmillanChildren’sPublishingGroup)
KittyhasbeenplayinghervideogameforFIVEhours.Nowit'stimeforKittyto:gooutside,drawapicture,readabook,doanythingotherthanplayvideogames.Shediscoversthereare
manymorewaystohavefun!(Ages2-5)
hello!hello! ByMatthewCordell(Disney-Hyperion) Lydiasayshellotoeveryone,butherfamilymembersareabsorbedintheirgadgets.Feelingrestless,sheventuresoutsidewheretherearesomanythingstosayhelloto—rocks,leaves,
flowersandmore.(Ages2-6)
LastStoponMarketStreet ByMattDeLaPena(PenguinYoungReaders)
EverySundayCJandhisgrandmaridethebusacrosstown.CJwonderswhytheydon'townacarlikehisfriendColby.Whydoesn’thehaveaniPodliketheboysonthebus?Grandmahelpshimseethebeauty—andfun—intheirownroutineandtheworldaroundthem.
NewberyandCaldecottwinner.(Ages3-5)
BlackoutbyJohnRocco(Disney-Hyperion)
Ayoungboyinthisbookalsodiscoversthesimplejoysofspendingtimewithlovedoneswhenthecitygoesdarkandthere’snoTV.(Ages4-8)
Chloe byPeterMcCarty(HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks) Whenalargetelevisiontakesoverfamilyfuntime,Chloemustconvinceherparentsand10brothersandsisterswhateverytoddlerknows:thepackaging--bubblewrapandcardboard
box--ismuchmorefunthatthegift--theTV!(Ages4-8)
AuntChipandtheGreatTripleCreekDamAffair byPatriciaPolacco(PenguinYoungReaders)
ThisisastoryofhowanentiretownforgothowtoreadbecausetheybecamesoaddictedtoTV.Leaveitthetownlibrarian(whoisconsideredarealnutcase)tosavetheday.Sheinspiresoneperson,hernephew,andthroughhisactionstheentiretownisonceagainremindedoftheimportanceofreading.(Ages5-8)
Unplugged:EllaGetsHerFamilyBack ByLauraPederson(TilburyHouse) Ellaisreallyfrustrated.Latelyitseemslikethewholefamilyhasforgottenhowtobetogether.InsteadofplayingHangmanandmakingwaffles,everyoneistalkingoncellphones,playingvideogames,andusingthecomputer.What’sagirltodo?(Ages5-8)
DougUnplugged byDanYaccarino(DragonflyBooks/RandomHouseChildren’sBooks) Dougisarobot.Hisparentswanthimtobesmart,soeachmorningtheyplughiminandstarttheinformationdownload.Afteramorninglearningfactsaboutthecity,Dougsuspectshecouldlearnmorebygoingoutsideandexploringit.AndsoDoug...unplugs!SeealsoDoug
UnpluggedontheFarm.(Ages5-9)
IfYouGiveaMouseaniPhone:ACautionaryTail ByAnnDroyd(BlueRiderPress/PenguinGroupUSA)
IfyougiveintotemptationandgiveaboredlittlemouseyouriPhone,evenfortenminutes,he’sprobablygoingtobeamtosomefarawayplacebeyondtime,space,andthe
soundofyourpleadingvoice.Andifhe’sthatfargone,hewon’thaveanyideawhat’sgoingonaroundhim,andhemightendupmissingoutonalltherealfun.(Allages!)
KatieFriedmanGivesUpTexting! byTommyGreenwald(RoaringBrookPress/MacmillanChildren’sPublishingGroup)
Whenatextgoeswrong,KatieFriedmanlearnsthehardwaythatsometimesyouneedtodisconnecttoconnect.(Ages9-12)
QueenofLikes byHillaryHomzie(Aladdin/Simon&SchusterChildren’sPublishing)
KarmaCooperisaseventhgraderwiththousandsoffollowersonSnappyPic.BeforeKarmabecameasocialmediacelebrity,shewasn’tpartofthein-crowdatMertonMiddleSchool.Butthankstooneserendipitousphoto,KarmahasbecomeaverypopularposteronSnappyPic.ReadwhathappenswhenthesocialmediaqueenisforcedtogiveupheriPhone.
(Ages9-13)
Unplugged byDonnaFreitas(HarperTeen/HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks)
Humanityissplitintoadyingphysicalworldforthepoorandanextravagantvirtualworldforthewealthy.Yearsago,SkylarCruzcrossedovertotheAppWorldforachanceatabetterlife,andherfamilystaedbehindintheRealWorld.NowSkyeisavirtualteenager,surroundedbyglamorousappsandexpensivedownloads—yetshe’sneverfeltlikeshefitsin,
andallshewantsistoseehermotherandsisteragain.(Teens)