Monday, November 7, 2016

Reading Road Trip 2016-2017 Themes and Destinations

WHAT ON EARTH? 
AROUND THE WORLD IN 1075 PAGES


Where Is the Great Wall?  by Patricia Demuth
Where Is the Parthenon?  by Roberta Edwards
Where Is the Amazon?  by Sarah Fabiny and Daniel Colon
Where Are the Great Pyramids?  by Dorothy Hoobler
Where Is Mt. Rushmore? by True Kelley
Where Is Stonehenge?  by True Kelley
Where Is Alcatraz? by Nico Medina
Where Is the Great Barrier Reef?  by Nico Medina
Where Is Mount Everest?   by Nico Medina
Where Is the Grand Canyon?  by Jim O’Connor
Where Is the Brooklyn Bridge? by Megan Stine

THE WRITE STUFF: 
AUTHOR BIOS AND COMPANION BOOKS


Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?  by Patricia Demuth
Companion Read: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Who Was Dr. Seuss?  by Janet B. Pascal
Companion Read: The Sneetches  and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Who Is J.K. Rowling?  by Pam Pollack
Companion Read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Who Was Roald Dahl?  by True Kelley
Companion Read: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka
Companion Read: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy  by Jon Scieszka

PRIZES IN THE PAGES: 
BURIED TREASURE IN BOOKS


Windcatcher by Avi
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Berton
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library  by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Treasure Hunters series by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein:
            Treasure Hunters
            Danger Down the Nile
            Secret of the Forbidden City
            Peril at the Top of the World
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton

READ GREEN: 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ANIMAL STORIES

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Who Is Jane Goodall?  by Roberta Edwards
Who Was Rachel Carson?  by Sarah Fabiny
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Who Was Jacques Cousteau?  by Nico Medina
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Pax by Sara Pennypacker

ABRACADABRA: 
A MAGIC READING SHOW


Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick
Who Was Harry Houdini?  by Tui Sutherland

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: 
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND SURVIVAL STORIES


A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
Dive, Everest, Island, and Titanic series  by Gordon Korman
Hatchet and the Brian Books by Gary Paulsen
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
I Survived… series by Lauren Tarshis

GO FOR THE GOLD: 
NEWBERY AND CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS


Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead