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2 | Teacher | John Fremont | Charlotte's Web | E.B. White | 3-5 Upper Elementary | Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him. | ||||||||
3 | Student | CMS | The Devils Arithmetic | Jane Yolen | 6-8 Middle | This book is amazing. I read it in class and everyone loved it. | ||||||||
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6 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | The Giver | Lois Lowry | 6-8 Middle | This is a good dystopian novel for those who enjoyed The Hunger Games. | ||||||||
7 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | The Outsiders | S.E. Hinton | 6-8 Middle | This book is great for both boy and girl readers, and highlights teenage friendships. | ||||||||
8 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | Wonder | R.J. Palacio | 6-8 Middle | This book does a great job at teaching empathy for those who are different. | ||||||||
9 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | The Book Thief | Mark Zusak | 6-8 Middle | This novel is narrated by Death and takes a unique look at humanity during the Holocaust. | ||||||||
10 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | The Diary of Anne Frank | Anne Frank and Otto Frank | 6-8 Middle | This gives a personal connection to what life was like during the Holocaust for Jews. | ||||||||
11 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai | 6-8 Middle | This is an empowering story about a girl fighting for equal education for all. | ||||||||
12 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson | 9-12 High | This has some mature content, but is good for students struggling with losing friends and not fitting in with their peers. | ||||||||
13 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | Refugee | Alan Gratz | 6-8 Middle | This novel follows the lives of three refugees in different eras of history. It is a compelling story showing the interconnections between all people. | ||||||||
14 | Teacher/Staff | EVMS | The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros | 6-8 Middle | This book is a good representation of a Hispanic girl growing up in poverty. | ||||||||
15 | Teacher/Staff | John C. Fremont | Stand Tall Molly Melon | Patty Lovell | K-2 Primary | |||||||||
16 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | Piggie and Elephant Series | Mo Willems | K-2 Primary | These are some of the students favorite books! I can't keep them on the shelves (and there are plenty of them)!! The books are about a friendship between a pig and an elephant. Great read-a-loud and great books for beginning readers, although many upper elementary grade students love them as well! | ||||||||
17 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | Diary of a Wimpy Kid series | Jeff Kinney | 3-5 Upper Elementary | Popular series with upper elementary. Humorous storyline, VERY popular with the boys!! | ||||||||
18 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | Land of Stories series | Chris Colfer | 3-5 Upper Elementary | This series is about a set of twins who visit a foreign land full of wonder and magic where fairy tale characters from their books live. Very popular with girls especially! | ||||||||
19 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | I Survived series | Lauren Tarshis | 3-5 Upper Elementary | Real events in history with fictional character(s) experiencing the event. One of the most popular series in our library! Popular with boys and girls from 2nd grade through 5th grade! | ||||||||
20 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | Dog Man series | Dav Pilkey | 3-5 Upper Elementary | Fictional graphic series. Dog Man is a super hero. Popular with students from 2nd grade through 5th grade, girls and boys enjoy this one! | ||||||||
21 | Teacher/Staff | Albert Seeliger | Junie B. Jones series | Barbara Park | K-2 Primary | My very favorite chapter book series in the library! Great read-a-loud and great chapter books! Junie B. Jones is a favorite with 1st grade on up!!! | ||||||||
22 | Student | CHS | Girl in pieces | Kathleen Glasgow | 9-12 High | |||||||||
23 | Student | CHS | Black butler Vol. 1 | Yana Toboso | 9-12 High | Mark | ||||||||
24 | Teacher/Staff | CMS | Free Lunch | Rex Ogle | 6-8 Middle | A touching book about a middle school student's experiences being homeless and dealing with a parent with mental health issues. Based on the author's life. A great book to build empathy and drive conversations re: homelessness. | ||||||||
25 | Teacher/Staff | CMS | The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill | 4-8 / Upper Grades / Middle | A fable - like story that is told through various perspectives. Could drive discussions about stereotyping, perception vs reality, and the meaning of family and belonging. Could be somewhat challenging for 4-5th grade. | ||||||||
26 | teacher/Staff | CMS | The Arrival | Shaun Tan | 4 - 12 / Upper Grades/MS/HS | A beautiful and captivating wordless picture book that follows an immigrant in an alien city and how he adjusts to his new life. Although the setting is a fantastical world, the story can be used to discuss the experiences of immigrants and build empathy. Parallels could be made to historical events that caused people to seek refuge in foreign countries. | ||||||||
27 | teacher/Staff | CMS | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Stephen King | 6-12 / MS - HS | The only Stephen King book you can safely carry in a middle school library. A girl gets lost in the mountains while on a family hiking trip. She soon realizes that something is stalking her. Scary without being gory or violent. This book keeps you on your toes until the end! | ||||||||
28 | teacher/Staff | CMS | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | 6 - 12 / MS - HS | A baby is left in a graveyard after his parents are murdered, and raised by the resident ghosts. As he grows older, he must solve the mystery of his parent's death and prevent his own. For fans of Coraline and Stardust. | ||||||||
29 | Teacher/Staff | CMS | Bull | David Ellliott | ages 14 and up /8 - 12 grade | The story of the minotaur retold in verse. Traditionally the minotaur is portrayed as the monster, but in this retelling, the story is told from the perspective of the minotaur. You have such understanding and empathy for him. For each character speaking, the style and format of the verse represents the personality of the character speaking. Told in modern language in a format that almost resembles a script, Bull is a fast read that immediatly pulls you into the story, making you not want to set it down! See Elliott's website for more information on Greek and Roman myth: https://www.davidelliottbooks.com/bull *For upper grade advanced high school readers who like this book and mythology, I'd also recommend John Gardner's "Grendel". | ||||||||
30 | Teacher/Staff | CMS | The Jolly Postman and Other People's Letters | Allen Ahlberg | preschool - grade 3 | A wonderfully illustrated book where the Jolly Postman goes on his rounds delivering letters to all the fairy tale characters. The letters are folded into envelopes within the book, and you can take them out and read them. You can see who is writing to Cinderella, and who is inviting the three bears from Goldilocks to a party. There is also another in this series called, The Jolly Christmas Postman. | ||||||||
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