Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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 We Don't Eat our Classmates! : A Penelope Rex Book, by Ryan T. Higgins Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn ...   (read more)
	1st Grade How Do you Do?, by Larissa Theule Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Water Buffalo and Crane's field is dry, empty, and hot - so hot that they can barely think of anything else. Every day is the same . . ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners, by Laurie Keller Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Mr. Rabbit's new neighbors are Otters. OTTERS! But he doesn't know anything about Otters. Will they get along? Will they be friends? "Just treat ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record (Book 3), by Annie Barrows Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  World record fever grips the second grade, and soon Ivy and Bean are trying to set their own record by becoming the youngest people to have ever ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Ralph S. Mouse, by Beverly Cleary Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom, by Booki Vivat Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisis - and not just because she's starting middle school or because she's stuck in a family that doesn't quite get her ...   (read more)