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)