Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Friday, July 30, 2010

August: "Movies and Books"

Click on each book title for synopsis, discussion topics, and activity ideas.
Please note: We will provide you with hardcover copies of these titles to read to the children.
After the reading clubs, these books will be donated immediately to each school's library.

	Kindergarten There's a Nightmare in My Closet, by Mercer Mayer Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  "Childhood fear of the dark and the resulting exercise in imaginative exaggeration are given that special Mercer Mayer treatment in this dryly ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl's trip to the hospital is as appealing today as it was in 1940. The combination of ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi and Ron Barrett Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Shrek, by William Steig Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  No doubt about it, Shrek is the ugliest guy in town. Everywhere he goes, people and animals flee. If his hideous appearance does not immediately fell ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a ...   (read more)
	5th Grade How to Train Your Dragon (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), by Cressida Crowell Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Grade 3-5–Young Hiccup may be the son of Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligans, but he isn't exactly heroic Viking material. When he and the ...   (read more)