Help avoid the potential loss of skills and knowledge over summer break by encouraging your kids to read. Go by the library and pick up something from Newton County Schools’ summer reading lists. Here are a couple of our picks for grades K-5:
by Meredith Tredeau

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead

Elephant and Piggie (series)
by Mo Willems

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry

Wonder
by R.J. Palacio