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 7. 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 2011, from the Smith children” or “In honor of a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Appletree, given by the Clark family, Christmas 2011”. 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

• Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
• Imogene’s Last Stand by Candice Fleming
• Skippyjon Jones: Class Action by Judith Byron Schachner
• The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
• You Are What You Eat and Other Mealtime Hazards by Serge Bloch
• The Bravest Woman in America by Marissa Moss
• Rain School by James Mumford
• Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith
• Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola
• Angie Gets Lost by Lori Ries
• The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray
• Bailey by Harry Bliss
• Full Moon and Star by Lee Bennett Hopkins
• The Christmas Pups by Teresa Bateman
• Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid
• White Water by Michael S. Bandy
• Scrawny Cat by Phyllis Root
• If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff
• At This Very Moment by Jim Arnosky
• Animal Tail by Beth Fielding
• Hatch by Roxie Munro

Booklist - Grade 3 Through 5

• Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
• The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
• The Cat’s Pajamas by Wallace Edwards
• The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by De. Seuss
• Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
• Wild River by P. J. Petersen
• Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time by Steve Jenkins
• Mason Dixon: Pet Disasters by Claudia Mills
• Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley by Stephanie Greene
• The Kids’ Winter Fun Book: Homespun Adventures for Family Fun by Claire Gillman
• Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds by Ann McCallum
• Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities by Jason Shiga
• The Klutz Book of Inventions by Brendan Boyle and John Cassidy
• Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker
• Troublemaker by Andrew Clements
• Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
• Junonia by Kevin Henkes
• Hothead by Cal Ripken, Jr.
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleburger

Booklist - Experienced Readers

• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
• Wildlife by Cynthia DeFelice
• The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko
• Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
• True…Sort of by Katherine Hannigan
• Signal by Cynthia DeFelice
• Lunch-Box Dream by Tony Abbott
• Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
• Mahtab’s Story by Libby Gleeson
• The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
• No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis
• Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
• Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
• Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
• Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
• Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods
• Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham by
• Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham