Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Monday, February 8, 2010

February: "Friendship"

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 The Knight and The Dragon, by Tomie dePaola Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it's no ordinary battle since the knight has to ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mo Willems Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Knuffle Bunny returns, but this time he has a doppelganger. Trixie is off to school, and things are going well enough—until she notices that Sonja is ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade The Boy who Grew Flowers, by Jennifer Wojtowicz Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Everyone in Rink Bowagons family is a little different. His uncle trains rattlesnakes and his siblings and cousins are all shape-shifters. The boy ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship, by Isabella Hatkoff Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  When the six-year-old contributor to this book saw the photograph documenting the extraordinary friendship between a baby hippo (Owen) and a ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Henry and Beezus, by Beverly Cleary Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  All Henry Huggins wants is his very own bicycle, a shiny red one to ride up and down Klickitat Street. But no matter how Henry tries to raise money ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Flawed Dogs: The Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster, by Berkeley Breathed Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Sam the Lion is actually a priceless dachshund, bred to be a show dog. More important, he is Heidy's best friend—and she needs one like never before. ...   (read more)