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 4. 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 2009, from the Smith children” or “In honor of a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Appletree, given by the Clark family, Christmas 2009”. 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

• The Brook Book: Exploring the Smallest Streams Jim Arnosky
• Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear Nicola Davies
• Surprising Sharks Nicola Davies
• Tigress Nick Dowson
• Zoo-ology Joelle Jolivet
• It’s a Butterfly’s Life Irene Kelly
• Thunder-Boomer! Shutta Crum
• Tricking the Tallyman Jacqueline Davies
• Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths Nic Bishop
• Nanook & Pryce: Gone Fishing Ned Crowley
• The Circus Ship Chris Van Dusen
• The Little Red Elf Barbara Barbieri
• The Night Before Christmas Rachel Isadora
• One Giant Leap Robert Burleigh
• The Great Paper Caper Oliver Jeffers
• Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers
• Ron’s Big Mission Rose Blue and Corinne Naden
• All the World Liz Garton Scanlon
• Higher! Higher! Leslie Patricelli
• But Who Will Bell the Cats? Cynthia von Buhler
• Those Darn Squirrels! Adam Rubin
• Imogene’s Last Stand Candace Fleming

Booklist - Grade 3 Through 5

• The True Gift: A Christmas Story Patricia MacLachlan
• Extra Credit Andrew Clements
• Peace, Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson
• The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors Chris Barton
• 14 Cows for America Carmen Agra Deedy
• Flawed Dogs, the Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster Berkeley Breathed
• The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth Kathleen Krull
• Julia Gillian and the Quest for Joy Alison McGhee
• In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog Gail Donovan
• Children Just Like Me: Celebrations Anabel Kindersley
• Give a Goat Jan Schrock
• One Hen – How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference Katie Smith Milway
• Storm Chaser Chris Platt
• Way Up and Over Everything Alice McGill
• The Moon Martine Podesto
• Snowboarding Matt Barr
• Study Earthquakes Suzy Gazlay
• Dogs Christina Wilsdon
• Space Steve Way
• Dinosaurs Martine Podesto
• Crystals and Gemstones Chris and Helen Pellant

Booklist - Experienced Readers

• ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room Donna M. Jackson
• Washington at Valley Forge Russell Freedman
• What the World Eats Faith D’Aluisio
• Operation Yes Sara Lewis Holmes
• Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting Jim Murphy
• Faith, Hope, and Ivy June Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• If I Had a Hammer: building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity David Rubel
• The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings Alan Gratz
• When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead
• Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland Sally M. Walker
• Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition among Snow Leopards in Mongolia Sy Montgomery
• Diamond Willow Helen Frost
• Million Dollar Throw Mike Lupica
• Chancey of the Maury River Gigi Amateau
• Memories of Babi Aranka Siegal
• Larklight Philip Reeve
• Behind the Curtain Peter Abrahams
• Down the Rabbit Hole Peter Abrahams
• How To Get Rich in the California Gold Rush Tod Olson
• Wonders of the World Kingfisher Knowledge