I love the beginning of the year - meeting my new best buddies for the year, buying new school supplies, butterflies of nervousness and of course new books! Today I sent home our first set of Scholastic Reading Club order forms. I love the excitement of book orders. To this day I still grab a marker and circle all of the books I want as I pour over the forms. I wanted to start a monthly blog post where I can share some of my favorites. All of the books below are available from Scholastic Reading Clubs. You can find them in the Kindergarten, First & Second Grade flyers as well as on their website.
Of course there are lots of great books in the book orders - these just happen to be my VERY favorites and ones I HIGHLY suggest to parents and teacher friends!
I have to start with two of my favorite characters! Elephant & Piggie are back for their latest adventure in I Will Take a Nap. You can also find many other titles on the Scholastic website including My New Friend Is So Fun and paperback packs of multiple Elephant & Piggie adventures!
I think I own six of seven copies of this year's Caldecott Winner. You don't need that many, but be sure your classroom or home library has at least one copy of Beekle!
I laughed all the way through The Boulder Brothers: Meet Mo and Jo! A graphic novel with easy text, readers will be hooked instantly. (I haven't found A Jump-into-Chapters Book that I haven't liked yet - check them all out!)
This Book Just Ate My Dog! was a favorite in my classroom all last year. Students never stopped giggling as the book consumed the dog, the girl and more.
Be sure your favorite kid artist gets to meet Louise in Louise Loves Art. Louise loves art more than anything. It's her imagination on the outside.
The Princess in Black was a favorite chapter book in my classroom last year. It was loved equally by both princesses and princes! Princess Magnolia transforms into her alter ego The Princess in Black to stop monsters! Be sure to get this first book in the series because the second one will be out in October! (Utah Friends - Shannon Hale will be having a book release party at The King's English, join The Book Catchers there! More info HERE!)
Everyone loves The Day the Crayons Quit and now we get to enjoy the sequel The Day the Crayons Came Home!
I could add many, many more but I'll leave you with those. Wondering what kind of books to get a specific reader? Tell me about them in the comments and I'm sure I have a book recommendation, or two, or three!