Drop Everything and Read
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 11:51
Pioneer Library System - Monthly Picks
April 12th is author Beverly Cleary's birthday and National D.E.A.R. Day. It is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. To get you started, we have created a list of books for children and teens that are worth dropping everything to read. To make it easier, the list is divided into 6 sections: picture books, fairy/folk tales, beginning to read, easy books, early elementary, older elementary, and teen books.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
George is a puppy who does not sound like a puppy should, despite the efforts of his mother.
Have you seen my Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
Wee Little Chick by Lauren Thompson
When the other barnyard animals comment on how tiny the littlest chick is, the proud little one peeps louder, stands taller, and runs faster than any of them.
Napping House by Audrey Wood
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
Hansel and Gretel retold by Rachel Isadora
When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
Jack and the Beanstalk retold by Stephen Kellogg
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Goldilocks retold by Ruth Sanderson
After finding the bears' cottage in the woods and making a mess inside, Goldilocks helps the family clean up and enjoys a nice meal.
Johnny Appleseed retold by Jane Yolen
A look at the life of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, who is famous for his distribution of apple seeds and trees across America.
Rapunzel retold by Paul Zelinsky
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
Earth Smart by Leslie Garrett
Sophie and Spencer learn how to pick up litter, recycle, and keep our environment clean and safe.
To The Rescue! by Mercer Mayer
After his father gets stuck in the basement, Little Critter needs to remember what his teacher, Miss Kitty, taught him to do when there is an emergency.
Part of the Little Critter Books series
Annie and Snowball and the Shining Star by Cynthia Rylant
Annie's friends Henry and Mudge, and especially her rabbit Snowball, help her get over her nervousness about being in a school play.
Part of the Anne and Snowball series
Follow Me, Mittens by Lola Schaefer
Mittens the kitten goes for a walk with Nick, but he is distracted by a butterfly and becomes lost.
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Willems
Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.
Part of the Elephant and Piggie Books series
The Bears’ Vacation by Stan and Jan Berenstain
The bear family goes to the seaside for its vacation and Dad tries to teach his son the rules of water safety.
Part of Berenstain Bears series
Survivors: the night the Titanic Sank by Caryn Jenner
Will and Lucy sail on the Titanic and are separated from their father when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink.
Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by Stephen Krensky
A young Abe Lincoln stumbles across a pig in trouble and decides he must help, even though it will mean arriving late and muddy for the important speech he is scheduled to make.
Part of the Childhood of famous Americans series
Amelia Bedelia and the Cat by Herman Parrish
Amelia Bedelia finds a stray kitten and tries, in her literal-minded way, to take good care of it.
Part of the Amelia Bedelia series
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover by Cynthia Rylant
Henry and his dog Mudge are invited to a sleepover in Patrick's attic, where they watch monster movies, eat pizza, and enjoy a contest to determine whose dog is the best popcorn catcher.
Part of the Henry and Mudge series
Fowl Language by D.L. Garfinkle
Older brother Dave gives ten-year-old twins Nate and Lisa his magical rubber chicken, a wisecracking bird that grants wishes for supernatural powers, with unexpected results.
part of Supernatural Rubber Chicken series
Malted Falcon by Bruce Hale
Chet Gecko and his partner Natalie try to find a missing valentine and the winning ticket to a fantastic dessert.
Part of the Chet Gecko Mysteries series
Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker
Clementine's beloved teacher, Mr. D'Matz might be leaving for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt. The only solution, she decides, is to hatch a plan to get Mr. D'Matz back even if it means ruining his once-in-a-lifetime chance.
Part of the Clementine series
Sam Samurai by Jon Scieszka
oe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
Part of the Time Warp Trio series
Buffalo Train Ride by Desiree Webber
Describes how the vast buffalo herds were devastated on the Great Plains and later reintroduced to save this endangered animal from extinction.
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
Part of the Ramona Quimby series
No Talking by Andrew Clements
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
Punished! by David Lubar
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.
The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Accompanied by her shape-shifting daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
First book in His Dark Materials trilogy
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
First book in The Inheritance Cycle series
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
First book in The Princess Diaries series
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect of Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
First book in The Uglies series
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