Teacher-Selected Books for This Month's Reading Clubs

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012

February: "Friendship and Family"

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 Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, by Melanie Watt Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From School Library Journal: Scaredy Squirrel is lonely, but he thinks that the pleasure of making a friend would be outweighed by the greater ...   (read more)
	1st Grade Abuela, by Arthur Dorros Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  Publishers Weekly: In this tasty trip, Rosalba is "always going places" with her grandmother--abuela . During one of their bird-feeding outings ...   (read more)
	2nd Grade Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship, by Patricia Marx Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From School Library Journal: A quirky tale of an unlikely friendship between beyond-ridiculously small Dot and extra-large Larry. Though the ...   (read more)
	3rd Grade Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From Publishers Weekly: This warmhearted tale examines the effect that love and tender regard can have on a lackluster existence. Mr. Hatch is a ...   (read more)
	4th Grade Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From the Publisher: No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First, there are a ...   (read more)
	5th Grade Savvy, by Ingrid Law Click here for craft ideas, discussion topics, and activities. Summary:  From School Library Journal: Mississippi Beaumont ("Mibs" for short) simply cannot wait for her 13th birthday. There's the allure of finally ...   (read more)