Teacher Favorites

What books do grownups like?

 

Ms. Hinkle—Librarian

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

• Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

• Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

• A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

 

Mrs. Grames - Art

• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

• Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville

• The Song of the Wanderer by Bruce Coville

• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

 

Mrs. Sweet - Music

• The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

• The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

• From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E.L. Konigsburg

• The View From Saturday by EL Konigsburg

 

Miss Young - Kindergarten

• Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

• The Messenger by Lois Lowry

• Very Books by Eric Carle

 

Stephanie Cortinas - 1st Grade

• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

• True Love by Babette Cole

• Our Twitchy by Kes Gray & Mary McQuillian

• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

 

Jennifer Herring - 3rd Grade

• Charlotte's Web by EB White

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

• Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish Blubber & Judy Blume

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

 

Tracye Creamer - 4th Grade

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babitt

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

 

Amber Reinecke - 3rd Grade

• Wayside School series by Louis Sachar

• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

 

Marcheta Key - Kindergarten

• Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen

• Nice Try Tooth Fairy by Mary V. Olson

• Bark George by Jules Feiffer

• Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

• Daisy Head Maisy by Dr. Seuss

 

Courtney Wall - 3rd Grade

• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

• Miss Nelson is Missing y Harry Allard

• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

• The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

 

Debbie Gaston - Science Enrichment

• Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Woods

• Heckedy Peg by Audrey Woods

• Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

• Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

 

Robyn Fohlmeister - 4th Grade

• WANTED: A Girl for the Horses by Betty Cavanna

• Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

• A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

• Caught in the Act by Joan Lowery Nixon

• In the Face of Danger by Joan Lowery Nixon

• A Place to Belong by Joan Lowery Nixon

 

Lucy Barrow - 4th Grade

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

 

LaNaye Geiser - Kindergarten

• All books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Hitty's First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

Mrs. Coleman - 1st Grade

• The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg

• Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

• The Dot by Peter Reynolds

• Double Fudge by Judy Blume

• Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

 

Miss Crain - 2nd Grade

• Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

• Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini

• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

• The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

 

Miss Canby - 5th Grade

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madelein L'Engle

• Harry Potter by JK Rowling

• Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

 

Ms. Meredith - 2nd Grade

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

• Thundercake by Patricia Polacco

• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

• Oh, the places you'll go by Dr. Seuss

 

Amy Haikenwaelder - 4th Grade

• Because of Win Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

• The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

 

Christiane Dodillet - 1st Grade

• The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

• Mrs. Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

• Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

 

Mark Hanson - 1st Grade

• Donde Viven los Monstruos by Maurice Sendak

• Si le das una galletita a un raton by Laura Joffe Numeroff

• Querida Sra. LaRue by Mark Teague

 

Roxanne Cooksey - School Secretary

• Sam the Firefly by PD Eastman

• The Box Car Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

• My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara

• The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

 

Teri Douglas - 2nd Grade

• Stephanie's Pony Tail by Robert Munsch

• The Mitten by Jan Brett

• Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett

• Thundercake by Patricia Polacco

 

Maitri Shah - 2nd Grade

• Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

• I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

• Rainbow Fish sries by Marcus Pfister

• I Wish I had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss

 

Gina Nunez - 3rd Grade

• The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

 

Vickie Sanders - 1st Grade

• Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

• The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

• Bad Dog, Marley by John Grogan

• Curious George by H.A. Rey

 

Teri Shaw - Receptionist

• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

• Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

 

Glenell Bankhead - Principal

• Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney

• Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

 


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