Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Wednesday, April 16, 2025

May: "Fantasy, Folklore, & Fairytales"

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 La Princesa and the Pea, by Susan Middleton Elya Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  The Princess and the Pea gets a fresh twist in this retelling with Spanish sprinkled throughout. El principe knows this girl is ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Ocean Meets Sky, by Terry and Eric Fan Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Finn lives by the sea and the sea lives by him. Every time he looks out his window it's a constant reminder of the stories his grandfather told him ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale, by Duncan Tonatiuh Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Papa Rabbit left two years ago to travel far away north to find work in the great carrot and lettuce fields to earn money for his family. When Papa ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Three Tales of My Father's Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannett Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  My Father's Dragon When Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and underappreciated baby flying dragon, he ...   (read more)
	4th Grade The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales (Folktales of the World), by James and Joseph Bruchac Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  These legends come from Native American peoples across the U.S., and capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee, Cheyenne, ...   (read more)
	5th Grade The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle, by Rick Riordan Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and ...   (read more)