Encourage your students to join our book groups to expand their reading list and discuss their favorite books with other students!
August Book Selections
Younger Students (PreS-3rd)
Curious George + 6 more (see book notes below for a list)
by H. A. Rey
Read by: August 13
Discussion: August 14 at 11:00 am
Older Students (grades 4 and up)
What Was D-Day?
by Patricia Brennan Demuth (author) and David Grayson Kenyon (illustrator)
Read by: August 13
Discussion: August 14 at 1:00 pm
BOOK NOTES
CURIOUS GEORGE
We’ll read the original Curious George book, plus as many of the other original books in the series as your children want to read. (I’ll be prepared to talk about all of them.) Here’s the list:
Curious George
Curious George Takes a Job
Curious George Rides a Bike
Curious George Gets a Medal
Curious George Flies a Kite
Curious George Learns the Alphabet
Curious George Goes to the Hospital
The reading level for each book varies, but the listening level is preschool through 3rd grade. (Younger siblings are welcome to join us.)
I chose these books to pair with the Curious George Exhibit at the Upcountry History Museum. Check with your local library to see if they offer a free pass to the museum.
WHAT WAS D-DAY?
The reading and listening levels for this book are grades 4 and up.
I chose these books to pair with the D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Memory Lives On Exhibit at the Upcountry History Museum. Check with your local library to see if they offer a free pass to the museum.
LISTENING AND READING LEVELS:
Children can listen and comprehend books at a younger age, so I try to include listening levels in addition to publisher-suggested reading levels. Regardless, students can read books themselves or listen to them as read-alouds from a parent, an older sibling, or in audiobook format. Reading is reading – regardless of the method.
Discussions are conducted via Zoom.
Books are selected based on interest/listening level (not just reading level) for these age groups. Some books may seem a little “young” to the older children in each group, but hopefully they’ll enjoy them anyway.
Students can listen to the audiobook version, if they prefer that format. (Check to see if your local library has OverDrive, CloudLibrary, or Hoopla – these services provide downloadable audiobooks free on loan to patrons.)
The goal for both groups is to encourage a love of reading. Our discussions will focus on the characters, story, and plot and the students’ thoughts about the book. I won’t try to sneak in a grammar lesson, or literary analysis, or promote any agendas. We’ll just read good books, chosen from a variety of genres. If students don’t like one book, hopefully they’ll like the next!