Gift of Reading

The Gift of Reading Program allows you to buy a book for the school’s library ~ in your own name, in your child’s name, in honor of a teacher or a loved one. By buying a book, you help maintain a current and varied selection of reading material for our children. Your gift will be enjoyed by many for years to come. It is truly a gift that keeps on giving!

Here is how the program works:

Mrs. Cote has selected books that would be great additions to our library. You may choose from the list below, which is grouped by grade levels, or suggest an alternative book that is special to you. Fill out the order form completely, include your payment and send it in to school with your child, kindness of Danielle Lynch, Grade 3. A special bookplate will be placed inside your book selection, indicating the book was given to the library in honor of or in memory of your special person. For example, you may choose to have the bookplate say “In honor of Nana, Christmas 2008, from the Smith children” or “In honor of a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Appletree, given by the Clark family, Christmas 2008”. You will receive a gift card that you can give to the special person whom you are donating the book in honor of. Your selection will then be placed on our library shelves to be enjoyed by all!

Click here to display an order form in your browser. Then click the "Print" button in the browser to print out the form, then fill it out and return it as per the instructions on the form. Note: You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the order form. Click here to get it.

As you are making out your holiday gift list this year, please consider this wonderful program. A donated book makes a special gift for grandparents, teachers, children, or that person who seems to have everything!

The Gift of Reading program will continue throughout the year. Please consider participating to celebrate other occasions as well:

Booklist - Kindergarten through Grade 2

• Hurry! Hurry! Have You Heard? Laura Krauss Melmed
• The Cardboard Piano Lynne Rae Perkins
• Salad People and More Real Recipes A New Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up Mollie Katzen
• Thing-Thing Cary Fagan
• The Robot and the Bluebird David Lucas
• Willie and the All-Stars Floyd Cooper
• Snow Party Harriet Ziefert
• Tommaso and the Missing Line Matteo Pericoli
• Fussy Freya Katherine Quarmby
• The Peter Yarrow Songbook: Favorite Folk Songs Peter Yarrow
• Tupelo Rides the Rails Melissa Sweet
• Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp Denise Fleming
• Good Enough To Eat Brock Cole

Booklist - Grade 3 Through 5

• The Lump of Coal Lemony Snicket
• First Dog Fala Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
• Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Elisa Lynn Carbone
• The Goat Lady Jane Bregoli
• Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told Walter Dean Myers
• Carlos Is Gonna Get It Kevin Emerson.
• Bird Lake Moon Kevin Henkes
• When the Sergeant Came Marching Home Don Lemna
• Jimmy’s Stars Mary Ann Rodman
• I, Matthew Henson Carole Boston Weatherford
• Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero Gina Capaldi
• Frogs Nic Bishop
• She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer Sally Hobart Alexander
• How I Learned Geography Uri Shulevitz
• Chicken Feathers Joy Cowley
• Gully’s Travels Tor Seidler

Booklist - Experienced Readers

• The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd
• Smiles To Go Jerry Spinelli
• Real Food, Real Fast Sam Stern
• I Put a Spell on You: From the Files of Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective Adam Selzer
• Erratum Walter Sorrells
• The Last Invisible Boy Evan Kuhlman
• My One Hundred Adventures Polly Horvath
• Camel Rider Prue Mason
• Calder Game Blue Balliett
• The Boy Who Dared Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Keeping the Night Watch Hope Anita Smith
• Lay Ups and Long Shots: Eight Short Stories David Lubar
• The House of Djinn Suzanne Fisher Staples
• Facts of Life: Stories Gary Soto
• Airman Eoin Colfer
• Storm: The Infinity Code E.L. Young
• Waiting for Normal Leslie Connor
• Acting Out: Six One-Act Plays Avi, et al.