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Book Title Suggestions by Months of the School Year
| Month | Title |
|---|---|
| Sep | 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy |
| Sep | On that Day a book of hope for children by Andrea Patel 158.1 PAT |
| Sep | Teach Encyclopedia Britannica online |
| Sep | The Boy, the bear, the barron, the bard E ROGers wordless picture book-use for inferring |
| Sep | Butterflies in my stomach and other school Hazards E BLOch figures of speech, also a great first day of school story |
| Sep | Sipping Spiders through a staw campfire songs for monsters 782.4 DIPucchio |
| Sep | Frankenstein Takes the Cake 811 REX |
| Sep | Spuds by Karen Hesse |
| Sep | The Boy Who Loved Words E SCHotter |
| Sep | Daniel Boone's Great Escape 976.9 SPRadlin |
| Sep | Max's words E BANks |
| Sep | Flotsam E WIEsner |
| Sep | Say Hello E FOReman |
| Sep | Raining Cats & Dogs A Collectiion of Irresistible Idioms and Illustrations to Tickle the Funny Bones of Young People 428.1 MOSes |
| Sep | Someone for Mr. Sussman by Patricia Polacco |
| Sep | Pale Male Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman |
| Oct | The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg |
| Oct | Secrets of the Sphinx 932 GIB discuss research needed for the book |
| Oct | Train to somewhere E BUNting |
| Oct | Stella, unleashed : notes from the doghouse by Linda Ashman |
| Oct | Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald & The Secret by Lindsay Barrett George |
| Oct | A Very Improbable Story E EINhorn; probability |
| Oct | Sneaky, Spinning Baby Spiders 595.44 MARkle |
| Oct | Uncle Bigfoot E OCOnnor; characterization |
| Oct | A.D.D. or XYZ E CANnon: organization |
| Oct | That Summer E JOHnston: death |
| Nov | Dancing With the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis |
| Nov | Big George how a Shy Boy Became President Washington by Anne Rockwell B Washington |
| Nov | George VS. George 973.3 SCHanzer Point of view: Encourage readers to tell about a situation they experienced, telling what happened from their point of view. They then present the same situation from a different point of view. Discuss importance of knowing both sides or POVs |
| Nov | Otto Runs for Persident E WELls class election |
| Nov | What to do about Alice? : how Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy! by Barbara Kerley B LONGWORTH |
| Nov | Winter lights 811 HIN |
| Nov | Superhero Christmas E LEE |
| Nov | The Journey stories of migration 591.56 RYL |
| Nov | President Pennybaker E FEIffer, election campaigning, UT orange white house |
| Nov | Duel! Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin |
| Nov | Owney the Mail-pouch pooch E KERby |
| Nov | A small dog's big life: around the world with Owney E KELly |
| Nov | Jasper's Day E PARker, dog has cancer and is put to sleep: death |
| Dec | What Dogs Want for Christmas by Kandy Radzinski |
| Dec | The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: an Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston |
| Dec | The Christmas Day Kitten by E HERriot |
| Dec | I have a dream by King E 305.896 KIN |
| Dec | My Librarian is a Camel How books are brought to children around the world 027.4 RUU/ PS |
| Dec | The Adventures of the dish and the spoon E GREy |
| Dec | We"re off to Look for Aliens E MCNaughton nonfiction and fiction |
| Dec | The Aliens are Coming! E MCN |
| Dec | That book woman E HENson connects with Year of the perfect Christmas tree by Houston |
| Jan. | Sneeze! by Alexandra Siy |
| Jan | Creature Carnival-draw group animal on folded paper -one draws head, one body, one legs-unfold and see the creature |
| Jan | SOS File FIC Byars: text to self -list things that have happened to you |
| Jan | Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes |
| Jan | Show Way E WOOds |
| Jan | Chris VanAllsburg books |
| Jan | The Loathsome Dragon 398.2 WIEsner |
| Jan | Can You Feel the Force? Putting the fizz back into physics 530 HAMmond; section on energy that students are learning in curriculum |
| Jan | Tadpole's promise E WILlis |
| Jan | Froggy Fable E LEChner |
| Jan | Frankenstein makes a sandwich and other stories your"re sure to like, because they"re all about monsters, and some of them are also about food. 811 REX |
| Jan | Probuditi! E VANallsburg |
| Jan | Madam President E SMIth covers duties of president |
| Jan | Winning Words Sports Stories and Photographs FIC SMIth, Jr. |
| Jan | Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis |
| Jan | Where in the World? Around the Globe in 13 Works of Art 709 RACzka |
| Jan | Here a Face, There a Face 612 ALDa |
| Feb | Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Feb | Our Gracie Aunt by Jacqueline Woodson |
| Feb | Through my Eyes: Ruby Bridges B BRIDGES |
| Feb | Odd boy out B EINSTEIN |
| Feb | Juan Verdades: the man who couldn't tell a lie by Joe Hayes |
| Feb | Book of Bad Ideas E HUL |
| Feb | Phillis's Big Test By Catherine Clinton |
| Feb | Goha the Wise Fool 398.2 JOHnson |
| Feb | Zen Shorts E MUTh |
| Feb | Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes |
| Feb | Night Running E CARbone with the help of a dog a boy escapes to the other side of the Ohio river to freedom |
| Feb | One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway |
| Mar | A Kick in the head an everyday guide to poetic forms 811.008 KIC / P.S. Apr. 2005 |
| Mar | A Family of poems: my favorite poetry for children 808.81 FAM |
| Mar | Train of states by 973 SIS |
| Mar | The Animal rescue store 811 SWAdos |
| Mar | Riding the tiger by E BUNting: relate to peer pressure |
| Mar | Alia"s mission saving the books of Iraq B BAKER |
| Mar | Boy of the Three Year Nap 398.2 SNYder |
| Mar | Humpty dumpty climbs again E HORowitz not giving up; wearing proper equipment; fractured nursery rhymes |
| Mar | Help me, Mr. Mutt! : expert answers for dogs with people problems by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel |
| Mar | The Perfect Sword by Scott Goto |
| Mar | Such A Prince by Dan Bar-el |
| Apr | Submitting student poetry to be published in a book |
| Apr | Now & Ben the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin 609 BARretta |
| Apr | When I Grow Up: A Young Person"s Guide to interesting & unusual occupations 331.7 LOY |
| Apr | What a Trip! E YORinks other dimensions |
| Apr | The Librarian of Basra a true story from Iraq B BAKER |
| Apr | Gorgonzola a Very Stinkysaurus E PALatine audio recording online www.harpercollinschildrens.com, odors, brushing teeth |
| Apr | If Dogs Were Dinosaurs by David M. Schwartz |
| Apr | Seal Surfer E FOReman |
| Apr | Sector 7 E WIEsner wordless picture book idea: write graphic novel style to go with the pictures |
| Apr | Shoeless Joe and black Betsy E BILdner |
| Apr | Thank you Mr. Faulkner E POLacco |
| Apr | Handsprings 811 FLOrian |
| Apr | There was a man who loved a rad and other vile little poems 811.6 ROVetch |
| Apr | Tin Lizzie E DRUmmond cars pollution solution |
| Apr | Tracking Trash Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion 551.46 BURns |
| May | Tadpole's Promise by Tony Ross and A Froggy Fable by John Lechner |
| May | A Chair for Always by Vera B. Williams |
| May | Adele & Simon in America E MCClintock |
| May | Seen Art? E SCIeskzka |
| May | Dirty Joe the Pirate E HARley sisters and brothers |
| May | The Brook Book exploring the smallest streams 577.6 ARNosky covers rocks, insects, fish, birds |
| May | The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater |
| May | The Searcher and the Old Tree by David McPhail |
| May | I Can make a difference a treasury to inspire our children 808.8 I -Marian Wright Edelman: coping |
| Book Talk | Tango: the Tale of an Island Dog by Eileen Beha |
| Book Talks | Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen |
| Book Talks | Guan Yu : blood brothers to the end : a Chinese legend by Dan Jolley |
| Book Talks | Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen |
| Book Talks | Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff |
| Book Talks | Tall Tales by Karen Day |
| Book Talks | The Teacher's Funeral: a comedy in three parts by Richard Peck |
| Book Talks | Way Down Deep by Ruth White |
| Book Talk | The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret |
| Book Talks | The Tail of Emily Windsnap FIC KESsler |
| Book Talks | Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep FIC KESsler |
| Book Talks | Crossing the Wire FIC HOBbs |
| Book Talks | Amelia's 6th-Grade Notebook FIC MOSs |
| Book Talks | I've Already forgotten your name, Philip Hall! FIC GREene |
| Book Talks | Sammy Keyes FIC VAN Draanen |
| Book Talks | Rowen Hood Returns FIC SPRinger |
| Book Talks | The Runaway Princess FIC COOmbs |
| Book Talks | The Million Dollar Putt FIC GUTman + his other books |
| Book Talks | Truth and Salsa FIC LOWery |
| Book Talks | Heat FIC LUPica |
| Book Talks | Redwall FIC JACques |
| Book Talks | Castaways of the Flying Dutchman FIC JACques |
| Book Talks | The Mysterious Mummer FIC FALcone Christmas setting |
| Book Talks | Magyk and Flyte FIC SAGe |
| Book Talks | The Squampkin Patch A Nasselrogt Adventure FIC PETty Halloween setting |
| Book Talks | Horns & Wrinkles FIC HELgerson |
| Book Talks | Ribbajack FIC JACques |
| Book Talks | Gilda Joyce series FIC ALLison |
| Book Talks | Hero of the High Seas B Jones American Revolution |
| Book Talks | Crispin At the Edge of the World FIC AVI |
| Book Talks | Pure Dead series 1-5 (title means extreme in England slang) |
| Book Talks | Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City FIC MILler |
| Book Talks | Dog Sense FIC COLlard |
| Book Talks | Listen! FIC TOLan |
| Book Talks | Blood on the River James Town 1607 FIC CARbone historical fiction |
| Book Talks | Sixth-grade glommers, norks, and me FIC PAP |
| Book Talks | The Blackout Gang FIC MCCall |
| Book Talks | Wabi A Hero"s Tale FIC BRUchac |
| Book Talks | Magic Nation Thing FIC SNYder |
| Book Talks | Project Mulberry FIC PARk |
| Book Talks | The Last Apprentice FIC DELaney |
| Book Talks | The Misadventures of Maude March FIC COUloumbis |
| Book Talks | The Year my parents ruined my life FIC FREeman |
| Book Talks | Three of Diamonds FIC HORowitz |
| Book Talks | The Time Hackers FIC PAUlsen short enough for a read aloud - great first page |
| Book Talks | The Wright 3 FIC BALliett |
| Book Talks | The Fire-Eaters FIC ALMond |
| Book Talks | Gnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen FIC KEEhn / P.S. Aug. 2005 |
| Book Talks | Replay FIC CREech |
| Book Talks | TheTime Hackers FIC PAUlsen science fiction |
| Book Talks | Gentle's Holler FIC MADden |
| Book Talks | Whittington FIC ARMstrong |
| Book Talks | Conrad's Fate FIC JONes |
| Book Talks | Inkheart and Inkspell FIC FUNke |
| Book Talks | Magyk FIC SAGe |
| Book Talks | Peter Raven Under Fire FIC MOLloy |
| Book Talks | Raven's Gate FIC HORowitz |
| Book Talks | Wolf Brother FIC PAVer |
| Book Talks | Lara series FIC DUEy |
| Book Talks | Xanadu Adventure FIC ALExander |
| Book Talks | Regarding the trees FIC KLIse |
| Book Talks | The Lightning Thief FIC RIOrdan Bluebonnet 2006 |
| Book Talks | From Charlie"s point of view FIC SCRimger |
| Book Talks | Bound FIC NAPoli Chinese Cinderella |
| Book Talks | Ghost Fever FIC HAYes |
| Book Talks | Flush FIC HIAasen |
| Book Talks | My Louisiana Sky FIC HOLt |
| Book Talks | All of the above FIC PEArsall |
| Book Talks | The Truth about sparrows FIC HALe |
| Book Talks | My life of Crime FIC JENnings |
| Book Talks | Weird Wolf FIC CUYler |
| Book Talks | Chasing Vermeer FIC BAlliett |
| Book Talks | Gilda Joyce: psychic investigator FIC ALLison |
| Book Talks | Witch Catcher FIC HAHn |
| Book Talks | Dogboy FIC RUSsell |
| Book Talks | Mary Margaret series FIC MACLean |
| Book Talks | The Clue of the Linloeum Lederhosem FIC ANDerson |
| Book Talks | Whales on Stilts FIC ANDerson |
| Book Talks | Emil and Karl FIC GLAtshteyn Holocaust story |
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