Ichabod Crane Central School District

Mrs. Carey & Mrs. Bell

Read-Alouds

                      We have shared many great books this year and enjoyed wonderful conversations about them.  Check out these recommended books!


Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stewart Little by Peggy Gifford

Moxy Maxwell is a great back to school read, full of some real laugh-out-loud moments. Moxy is the ultimate procrastinator – will she finish her summer reading in time to play the eighth daisy in the “Goodbye to Summer Splash” water ballet, or will she have to face “the consequences”?

Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Dexter has a lot to deal with – moving in with his grandmother, a new school, and worrying about his dad. He starts the school year by getting into a fight, and writing about it for a classroom assignment. Is Dexter really as “tuf” as he says he is?



Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

India Opal Buloni is in desperate need of a friend – and Winn Dixie comes along just in time. Who knows what will happen – all “Because of Winn Dixie”!

 

Ida B …and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (possibly) Save The World by Kathering Hannigan

Ida B. is a truly unique individual – she talks to trees and a brook (and hears them talking back), eats the exact same thing for breakfast every single day, spends as much time as she can outside, and is homeschooled by her parents. After a “storm comes her way”, Ida B. finds herself returning to that “Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping, Mind-Numbing, Fun-Killing Torture” (school). Will Ida B. figure out a way to return things to “just-about perfect” again?

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

When ten-year old Little Willie finds it is up to him to get $500 to pay taxes on the farm he lives on with his sick grandfather, he enters the National Dogsled Race. Will Little Willie and his faithful dog Searchlight be able to beat Stone Fox, an Indian who has never lost a race with his five Samoyeds?

 

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud Caldwell has lived in an orphanage and various foster homes since his mother died four years ago. He is sure is father must be Herman E. Calloway, a musician who lives in Grand Rapids – a long walk from Bud’s home in Flint. After many adventures, Bud finally comes face to face with Herman. Could his father really be so doggone old? And mean?

 

Petey by Ben Mikaelsen

Born with cerebal palsy, Petey Corbin has spent his entire life in institutions, labeled an idiot by doctors and attendants. Despite all he has lived through, Petey manages to have a positive outlook on life. When Trevor Ladd meets Petey for the first time, he finds that looks can be deceiving, and there is a lot he can learn from Petey.

 

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

 

Clementine is very helpful.  She was being helpful when she cut off the rest of Margaret's hair.  She was being helpful when she colored Margaret's head with red permanent marker, and she was being helpful when she cut off her own hair so Margaret wouldn't feel so alone.  Clementine often feels like she is the only one who is REALLY paying attention (the principal certainly isn't), and great ideas are always "sproinging" into her head.  Okay, fine, some of her ideas don't turn out so well...

 

 

 

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