Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Friday, May 24, 2013

June: "Super Heroes and Super People"

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 Amazing Adventures of Bumblebee Boy, by Jacky Davis Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  When Sam turns into Bumblebee Boy to defeat pirates, fight dragons, and tame saber-tooth lions, he doesn't need his little brother, Owen, butting in ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Superhero Joe, by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From Publisher's Weekly: Joe "used to be scared of everything." At night, his bedroom closet seems to overflow with menacing items, including ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery, by Kevin O'Malley Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From School Library Journal An action-packed science-fiction romp starring a cast of dinosaur characters. When a mysterious object lands on one ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition, by William Kamkwamba Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let ...   (read more)
	4th Grade The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, by Louise Borden Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Super, by Matthew Cody Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Daniel Corrigan, introduced in Powerless (Knopf, 2009), continues in his struggle to be an ordinary 13-year-old kid surrounded by superpowered ...   (read more)