Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Thursday, August 7, 2025

August: "Back to School Fun"

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 Mr. S: A First Day of School Book, by Monica Arnaldo Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Prepare for plenty of giggles as a Kindergarten class arrives for their first day of school but can't find their teacher - only a delicious-looking ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Waiting for the Biblioburro, by Monica Brown Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Mamie Takes a Stand: The True Story of Mamie Tape, a Chinese American Girl's Fight for School Rights , by Marie Chan Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  In the fall of 1884 in San Francisco, California, Mamie excitedly arrived for her first day at an American public school, only to find the principal ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Ramona Quimby is excited to start Kindergarten. No longer does she have to watch her older sister, Beezus, ride the bus to school with all the big ...   (read more)
	4th Grade InvestiGators: Class Action (InvestiGators, 8), by John Patrick Green Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The InvestiGators are back…to school?! Mango and Brash have always been a class act but can these alligator detectives convincingly go undercover ...   (read more)
	5th Grade The Superteacher Project, by Gordon Korman Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Oliver Zahn, spitball champion and self-declared rule-wrecker of Brightling Middle School, is not a fan of his new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact. The ...   (read more)