St. Francis de Sales School
Library

Librarian: Sr. Charlotte Foppe, RSM
Reading List Coordinator: Kim Brock

 

Reading Lists for Students

Note to Parents: Every month a book list will be posted here for you and your child to review.
These are not required readings and have NO effect on your child’s grade.

If your child/children likes to read or you want to reinforce and/or strengthen your child's/children's reading skills, below is a list of recommended books
(Each Month has a Theme, except June, July and August)

You can find these books at your local library, Barnes and Noble, Joseph-Beth Booksellers , Amazon.com, Half-Price Books and Borders

 

January

(Theme: Family

Grades K - 2

Busy Bear's Family by Stella Blackstone

Free to Be A Family by Marlo Thomas and Friends

In My Family by Carmen Lomas Garza

The Kid's Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt

Poinsetta and Her Family by Felicia Bond

What a Family! by Rachel Isadora

It's a Baby, Andy Russell by David A. Adler

Beauty, Her Basket by Sandra Belton

Grades 3-5

Not Just Anybody Family by Betsy Byars

The Many Troubles of Andy Russell by David Adler

Cousins by Elisa Amado

Izak of Lapland by Maya Angelou

Junebug by Alice Mead

Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney

Camel Bells by Janne Carlsson

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech

I, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger

Grades 6-8 

Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez

Funerals and Fly Fishing by Mary Bartek

What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows by Nora R. Baskin

Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

Melonhead by Michael De Guzman

Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami

Kinship by Trudy Kishner

 

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Edited and Updated by Kim Brock, Webmaster