Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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 Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho, by William Boniface Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The rollicking alphabet chant gets a holiday twist. A told B, and B told C, “I’ll meet you in the branches of the ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Pick a Pine Tree, by Patricia Toht Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  A family visits a pine tree lot to pick out the perfect tree. Part of the magic of the Christmas season stems from the traditions that ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Auntie Claus, Home for the Holidays, by Elise Primavera Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Sophie Kringle had always dreamed of being the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school play. After all, Sophie is a Kringle. Her family lives at the Bing ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Christmas at Hogwarts, by J.K. Rowling Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  "Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow." So begins Chapter ...   (read more)
	4th Grade The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, by Karina Yan Glaser Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Something Like Home, by Andrea Beatriz Arango Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It’s tough to make ...   (read more)