Book Pick- Book on Funny Poems

Get your child interested in poems! If you haven't heard of Shel Silverstein, you're missing out on a good laugh. He makes reading poems fun. Children should learn that poems don't have to be boring. Or mushy. Or just for adults. Mr. Silverstein's book "Runny Rabbit" is a great example. The book is full of humorous poems about Runny Rabbit and his animal friends.

Book Pick- 4th to 6th grade

Chapter book for older kids.

For some summer fantasy I've picked "The Last Dragon," by Silvana De Mari. An orphaned elf, Yorsh, must go on a dangerous journey to find the world's last dragon. The elf must for-fill a prophecy, that he and the dragon will save the earth from the Dark Age. Though the main character is a boy-elf I think girls will like this book too. It's fast paced enough even for adults.