The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry
Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
BFG by Roald Dahl
Into the Gauntlet (39 Clues) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
The Owls of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
Al Capone Does My Shirt by Jennifer Choldenko
Strombreaker by Anthony Horowitz
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket
Shoot Out by Mike Lupica
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Dear Pen Pal by Heather Vogel Frederick
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
39 Clues series by (various authors)
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Sister Grimm series by Michael Buckley
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Redwall series by Brian Jacuqes
The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Name of this Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Because of Wynn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
39 Clues #3: The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis The Penderwicks
Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
These are the books that DeJesus English Classes students talked about when they came to the Library on Monday, Sept. 20th.
But first, a chart of their favorite genres. (There were about 50 students surveyed, many of them have more than one favorite genres, so the total numbers are larger than 50.)
The main reasons that they enjoyed these books are (in order of the frequency cited as the major reasons of why the students liked a particular book):
Freedom Riders
Heir Apparent by Van Velde
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Kinney
Uglies by Westerfeld
Kiki Strike #2 by Miller
Hunger Games Trilogy by Collins
Crocodile Tears by Horowitz
Sea of Trolls by Farmer
When You Reach Me by Stead
Percy Jackson series by Riordan
Harry Potter series by Rowling
Icefire by d’Lacey
The City of Ember by DuPrau
Pretty Little Liars by Shepard
Thirteen Reasons Why by Asher
Hatchet by Paulsen
Vampire Diaries by Smith
The Last Book in the Universe by Philbrick
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Stewart
The Tulip Touch by Fine
Ways to Live Forever by Nicholls
Beautiful Creatures by Garcia
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Yolen
Oddballs by Sleator
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Lee
The Year I Turned 16 by Schwemm
The Maze Runner by Dashner
The Last Battle by Lewis
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznick
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Nixon
The Stand by King
Handle with Care by Picoult
Thirteen Plus One by Myracle
Jade Green by Naylor
Everything on a Waffle by Horvath
Million Dollar Throw by Gutman
The Giver by Lowry
Former and current Dalton administrators, teachers, parents, and students gathered to celebrate the art, poetry, music, and life of Ashley Bryan on February 3rd. This school wide event took place on a snowy and cold day, but inside the library, we had warmth and brilliance: from the genius of Ashley Bryan. Ashley taught art at First Program in the 60s and 70s. He has enjoyed a long and wonderful career a much celebrated children’s book artist.
At this special occasion, the Dalton High School singing group Alabanza brought us the joyous sounds of three spirituals from Ashley’s gorgeously illustrated volume of Let It Shine. Ms Edinger’s 4th grade class read aloud his Beautiful Blackbird in a podcast (later made into a short iMovie for the event). And everyone was marveling at the tome of Biography that 3rd graders made for Ashley in 1993.
Ashley shared with us details of his life, as a child, as an artist, and as a humanitarian. His newest book, an autobiography, Words to My Life’s Song, has just been published. We encourage everyone to enjoy the book!
I’ve been reading… But that’s not news! I am always reading, but since I am on this Notable Books For Children Committee, I HAVE to read. Fortunately, there are so many great new books for kids published in 2008, I am having a BLAST reading them. Here are just some titles that I gave four or five stars to on my goodreads.com account. The numbers in the parentheses are the grades that I think most suited to enjoy each title.
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson (4-6)
Airman by Eoin Colfer (5-8)
The Battle of the Labyrinthby Rick Riordan (4-6)
Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley (3-5)
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (4-6)
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost (4-6)
Forever Rose by Hilary McKay (4-7)
Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted and Betsy Lewin (3-5)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (5-8)
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park (5-7)
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith (5-8)
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (5-7)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi (5-8)
The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley (4-6)
The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes by Ellen Jackson (4-7)
Runemarks by Joanne Harris (5-8)
Six Innings by James Preller (4-6)
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (6-8)
Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney (4-5)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (5-8)
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (4-8)
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin (4-5)
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