Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Tuesday, June 16, 2026

July: "Amazing Animals"

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 This book just ate my dog!, by Richard Byrne Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear, too, Bella realizes it will take more than ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Penguins (National Geographic Kids Readers), by Anne Schreiber and National Geographic Kids Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  They waddled into stardom in National Geographic’s March of the Penguins film. These guys are now nature's ROCK STARS! If you're age 5, ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Dogtown, by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Belly Up (FunJungle), by Stuart Gibbs Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  12 year old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new ...   (read more)
	5th Grade The Eyes and the Impossible, by Dave Eggers Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes - to see everything that happens within the park and report back ...   (read more)