I can recommend books all day long, but sometimes (often?) kids' opinions and tastes differ greatly from mine. Therefore, on checkout days, I have students in grades 3-5 recommend books to each other via book talks - short little "ads" for titles they love.
Here are their recommended books from last year - most popular at the top. Series and graphic novel favorites endure, so I've indicated NEW titles in those categories from last year.
Already in collection
Series
- Babysitters Club (#1 again)
- Dog Man (#2 again)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (up from #4 last year)
- I Survived (up from #11 last year ... probably because we have graphic novel versions now)
- Wings of Fire (down from #3 last year)
- Dork Diaries
- Harry Potter
- Cat Kid Comic Club
- Percy Jackson
- Lost in ...
- The Last Kids on Earth
- NEW: First Cat in Space
- Super Potato
- Bad Kitty
- Captain Underpants
- Hooky (I purchased this thanks to a book talk the previous year)
- Magic Tree House
- Babymouse
- Big Nate
- NEW: My Weird School
- NEW: Hilo
- NEW: Junie B. Jones
- Ivy & Bean
- Elephant & Piggie
- InvestiGators (I purchased this thanks to a book talk the previous year)
- NEW: Max and the Midnights
- NEW: Warriors
- NEW: My Life as a ...
- NEW: Judy Moody
- NEW: Sparks
- NEW: Spy School
- NEW: Meesh the Bad Demon (RICBA nominee)
- FGeeTV (I purchased this thanks to a book talk the previous year)
- Bad Guys
- Total Mayhem (I purchased this thanks to a book talk the previous year)
- NEW: Max Crumbly
- NEW: Notebook of Doom
- NEW: Chunky
- Whatever After
- NEW: Nat
- NEW: Goosebumps
- Owl Diaries
- NEW: Katie the Catsitter
- NEW: Nnewts
- Amulet
- The Cardboard Kingdom
- NEW: Diary of a Pug
Picture books
- Pete the Cat books
- Where's Waldo
- Mel Fell
- Where is My Butt?
- It's Only Stanley
- Spring is Here
- Puppy Cam
- David Goes to School
- Grumpy Cat
Standalone Graphic novels
- Allergic (#1 again)
- Smile 6 (up from #3 last year)
- Guts (up from #5 last year)
- Sisters
- No Such Thing as Perfect
- Art Club (RICBA nominee)
- Ghosts
- Frizzy (I purchased this thanks to a book talk the previous year)
- Dream Jumper
- Explorer: Boxes
- Swim Team
- Expedition Backyard
- Miss Quinces
- Growing Pains (RICBA nominee)
- Forget Me Not
- Roller Girl
- Click
- Short & Skinny
- Awkward
- Copper
- Bad Sister
MG Novels
- The One and Only Ivan
- The Wild Robot
- Hatchet
- Wonder
- Travel Team
- Flying Solo
- Million Dollar Shot
- Lulu and the Brontosaurus
- Holes
- Ollie's Odyssey
- The Lost Library (KRARI read)
- If This Were a Story
- The One and Only Bob
- Framed
- I'm Trapped in a Video Game
- Fever 1793
- Coraline
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- The Tale of Desperaux
Nonfiction
- Gator Bites
- Gone Again Ptarmigan
- Patrick Mahomes
- Beluga Whales
- Who Would Win?
- Taylor Swift
- My Little Book of Football
- Sand Tiger Sharks
- I Spy
- Lebron James
- Secrets of the Zodiac
- All About Lions
Books I will add to the collection
Series
- Campground Kids - added in the fall!
- Search and Rescue
Graphic novels
- Inspector Fly Trap
MG Novels
- Pax
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