Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Friday, November 7, 2025

December: "Family & The Spirit of Giving"

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 Thankful, by Eileen Spinelli Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From School Library Journal: "Two siblings look at people around them and imagine the things they are grateful for. "The waitress is ...   (read more)
	1st Grade A Bike Like Sergio's, by Maribeth Boelts Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday is coming, but Ruben knows that the kinds of ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade The Lump of Coal, by Lemony Snicket Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From Booklist: "It's December again, and our hero, a lump of coal with an identity crisis (inexplicably wearing a tuxedo) is off in search of a ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade The Grumpus: And His Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan, by Alex Smith Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Do you know about The Grumpus? And his Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan? And about the Awful Thing that happened at the North Pole on ...   (read more)
	4th Grade The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The fledgling town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit hard by the brutal winter of 1880-1881. Laura, Pa, Ma, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Stick Dog Comes to Town: A Christmas Holiday, by Tom Watson Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Weird things are happening in Stick Dog's snow-covered neighborhood. Strangely shaped pinecones hang from trees. Humans sing merry songs all over ...   (read more)