Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Reading Road Trip Themes and Destinations 2017-2018

American History Road Trip: Travelling Our Nation's Timeline
What Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Demuth
What Was Pearl Harbor? by Patricia Demuth)
What Was the First Thanksgiving? by Joan Holub
What Was the Gold Rush? by Joan Holub)
What Was the Boston Tea Party? by Kathleen Krull
What Was the March on Washington? by Kathleen Krull
What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? by Jim O’Connor 
What Was the Hindenburg? by Janet Pascal
What Was the Alamo? by Pam Pollack

Big Apple Adventures: Welcome to New York
City of Orphans by Avi
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg)
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis 

Buzzer Beaters: Books for Good Sports
S.O.R. Losers by Avi
Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman
Shoeless Joe and Me by Dan Gutman
Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz
Roller Girl (graphic novel) by Victoria Jamieson
Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C. Mack
Skinnybones—2016 by Barbara Park
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote

Characters with Character: Conduct of Life Stories
El Deafo (graphic novel) by Cece Bell
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Clued into Reading: Mystery and Detective Stories
Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi
Windcatcher by Avi
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertram
The 39 Clues series by various authors
Farewell, My Lunchbag by Bruce Hale
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe
Real Kids, Real Places series by Carole Marsh
The Ghost of Lizard Light by Elvira Woodruff 

Music in the Air: Reading about Music and Musicians
Who Were the Beatles?  by Geoff Edgers
What Was Woodstock? by Joan Holub
Hiding out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino
Who Was Louis Armstrong? by Yona McDonough
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Y. McDonough
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

Poetry on Parade: Novels in Verse
The One and Only Ivan by Kate Applegate
Little Dog, Lost by Marion Duane Bauer
All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech
Hidden by Helen Frost
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai 

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