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Books I Enjoyed:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden
The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
True Grit by Charles Portis
Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Books I am Currently Reading:
Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Mocking Jay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) by Suzanne Collins
Books I Can't Wait to Read:
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Books About Food and Health:
Ani's Raw Food Essentials by Ani Phyo
Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr
Literacy:
Comic Creator website (helps reluctant writers)
Games for Learning: Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child Do Well in School - From Kindergarten to Third Grade by Peggy Kaye
Games for Math by Peggy Kaye
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read by Peggy Kaye
Games With Books: Twenty-eight of the Best Children's books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn-From Preschool to Third Grade by Peggy Kaye
Games for Writing: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Write by Peggy Kaye
Give the Gift! 10 Fulfilling Ways to Raise a Lifetime Reader by Matthew Gollub
Jim Trelease's literacy website
Make Beliefs Comix! Create your own comic strip (helps reluctant writers)
New York Times article on the decline in reading picture books (and we should be reading them!)
Rain gutter bookshelves tutorial
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (the best book on how to help your children become great readers)
Picture Books:
An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton
The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems and Jon J. Muth
Do Unto Otters, a Book About Manners by Laurie Keller
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Dumb Bunnies by Dav Pilkey
Flawed Dogs by Berkley Breathed
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Korgi (series) by Christian Slade
Lost & Found by Shaun Tan
Mars Needs Moms by Berkley Breathed
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
Sneaky Sheep by Chris Monroe
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
That Magnetic Dog by Bruce Whatley
Three Samurai Cats by Eric A. Kimmel
Verdi by Janell Cannon
Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle
Wiener Wolf by Jeff Crosby
Activity Books:
Steve Caney's Ultimate Building Book by Steve Caney
Beginning Readers:
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You, Very Short Fables to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman
Books for Young Boys (Especially Reluctant Readers!)
Any Dav Pilkey Book!
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey
Animal Grossology, The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting by Sylvia Branzei
Big Nate (and all the Big Nate books) by Lincoln Pierce
The Black Lagoon Adventure Series by Mike Thaler
Bone (the entire graphic novel series) by Jeff Smith
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Creepy Creatures (Goosebumps Graphix) by R. L. Stine
The Day My Butt Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (and all of the Wimpy Kid books) by Jeff Kinney
The Haunted House, Choose Your Own Adventure (new version of the series in a format more like a picture book) by R.A. Montgomery
Hi Fly Guy! (series) by Tedd Arnold
I Survived (series) by Lauren Tarshis
It's Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts From Around the World and Throughout History by James Solheim
Joke books!
Knights of the Lunch Table by Frank Cammuso
Melvin Beederman, Superhero (series) by Greg Trine
Mercy Watson To The Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey
Ripley's Believe it or Not!
Stink-O-Pedia, Super Stink-y Stuff from A to Z by Megan McDonald
Weird but True: 300 Outrageous Facts (National Geographic Kids)
Books for Older Kids:
Flawed Dogs, The Novel (The Shocking Raid on Westminster) by Berkeley Breathed
The Heroes of Olympus (Series) by Rick Riordan
Inkheart (trilogy) by Cornelia Funke
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles) by Rick Riordan
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Picture Books for Older Kids and Teens:
Americans Who Tell the Truth by Robert Shetterly
The Constitution of the United States of America by Sam Fink
The Declaration of Independence, the Words that Made America (a beautiful illustration of The Declaration of Independence) by Sam Fink
The Gettysberg Address by Sam Fink
Books for Teen Boys:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Eragon (series) by Christopher Paolini
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games (3 book series) by Suzanne Collins
Inkheart (trilogy) by Cornelia Funke
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Mocking Jay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) by Suzanne Collins
The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles) by Rick Riordan
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure series) by Anthony Horowitz
Books for Teen Girls:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Elixir by Hillary Duff
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games (3 book series) by Suzanne Collins
Inkheart (trilogy) by Cornelia Funke
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Matched by Allie Condie
My Sister's Keeper, A Novel by Jodi Picoult
The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles) by Rick Riordan
Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau (grades 5-9)
