Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Friday, September 12, 2025

October: "Halloween, Magic, & Monsters"

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 Clifford's Halloween, by Norman Bridwell Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  This vintage hardcover reissue of Clifford's Halloween showcases Norman Bridwell's 1966 two-color artwork and brings the traditional ...   (read more)
	1st Grade The Book That Can Read Your Mind, by Marianna Coppo Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  This is not an ordinary book - it's a magical one! Lady Rabbit goes beyond pulling a rabbit out of a hat or making herself disappear. For her next ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself, by Matthew Gray Gubler Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right. He is ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Meet the Bigfeet (The Yeti Files #1), by Kevin Sherry Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Blizz Richards is a great guy, a caring boss, and a loyal friend. Oh, yeah... he's also a yeti! He's made it his life's mission to study cryptids ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her ...   (read more)
	5th Grade The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, by Adrianna Cuevas Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a ...   (read more)