Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Tuesday, September 7, 2010

September: "Fantasy, Folklore, and Fairytales"

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 Little Red Hen, by Jerry Pinkney Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The familiar story of the hen unable to get help receives the full Pinkney visual treatment here: meticulously crafted watercolors depicting a cast ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk, by Gerald McDermott Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  In this version of the old European tale, "The Table, the Ass, and the Stick," Tim O'Toole is so poor that his neighbors avoid him, fearing his bad ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Strega Nona: An Old Tale, by Tomie de Paola Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  trega Nona -- "Grandma Witch" -- is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical ever full pasta pot is ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal, by Paul Fleishman Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Capitalizing on the frequently made assertion that Cinderella is the most widely told folktale on earth, Fleischman and Paschkis have created a ...   (read more)
	4th Grade The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate Di Camillo Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  As she did in her Newbery Medal Book, The Tale of Despereaux (2004), DiCamillo tucks important messages into this story and once more plumbs the ...   (read more)
	5th Grade How to Be a Pirate (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), by Cressida Cowell Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon (Little, Brown, 2004) continues the adventures of the son of Stoick the Vast and future leader of the Hairy ...   (read more)