Sunday, January 24, 2016

Growth Mindset Book List, WRAD and Bucks Challenge

Growth Mindset Book List

Below is Growth Mindset Title List that is also found in a Resource List in Follett Destiny. Many of these titles are available at each elementary building, but if there is a title not found at your building you may request it from another building to be sent to you through the inter-school mail delivery. If you have questions, please contact the library media assistant in your building or me.
  1. How to Read a Story by Kate Messner
  2. Zach Gets Frustrated by William Mulcahy
  3. Lying Up A Storm by Julia Cook
  4. What Does It Mean to Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio
  5. What Does It Mean to Be Present? by Rana DiOrio
  6. Give Up Gecko! : A Folktale from Uganda by Margaret Read MacDonald
  7. Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It by JoAnn M. Deak
  8. Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer
  9. Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
  10. How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
  11. Batitude!: What to do When Your Life Stinks! by Julia Cook
  12. Decibella and her 6-Inch Voice by Julia Cook
  13. I Can’t Believe You Said That! by Julia Cook
  14. I Just Want to Do It My Way! by Julia Cook
  15. My Mouth Is A Volcano! by Julia Cook
  16. The Big Test by Julie Danneberg
  17. The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt
  18. Red by Jan De Kinder
  19. Spaghetti on a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are by Maria Dismondy
  20. One Day, The End: Short, Very Short, Shorter Than Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
  21. Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
  22. Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
  23. A Walk In the Rain With A Brain by Edward M. Hallowell
  24. Ralph Tells A Story by Abby Hanlon
  25. Waiting by Kevin Henkes
  26. What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick
  27. Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
  28. Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne C. Jones
  29. Flight School by Lita Judge
  30. The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
  31. The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
  32. Beautiful Hands by Kathryn Otoshi
  33. Two by Kathryn Otoshi
  34. It’s Okay to Make Mistakes by Todd Parr
  35. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett
  36. Everyone Can Learn to Ride A Bicycle by Christopher Raschka
  37. The Dot by Peter Reynolds
  38. Going Placest by Peter Reynolds
  39. Ish by Peter Reynolds
  40. Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg
  41. A Little Bit of Oomph! by Barney Saltzberg
  42. I Can Be Anything by Jerry Spinelli
  43. The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
  44. If Everybody Did by JoAnn Stover        
  45. Miss Maple’s Seed by Eliza Wheeler
  46. In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek    
  47. What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada  
  48. The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski       
  49. Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan In Pursuit Of A Dream by Delores Jordan
  50. But It’s Not My Fault by Julia Cook   

WRAD - World Read Aloud Day - February 24, 2016

WRAD on February 24, 2016 is a great reason to celebrate the power of reading aloud and join in the a great community of readers.  The January News for You: An Invitation to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day and More post offers more information to register, participate in a countdown, download classroom and community activities, potentially scheduling a read aloud with an author via Skype, and an opportunity to win a classroom set of How to Read A Story written by Kate Messner (we have this book in some of our elementary libraries) by registering at  A Very WRAD Giveaway: How To Read A Story.  

Buck's Reading Challenge
The Buck's Reading Challenge started Monday, January 18, 2016, and goes through February 19th.  This program is geared toward grades one through eight, but younger students can also participate.  Students interested in Buck's Reading Challenge is available at the South Milwaukee Public Library.  The purpose of the reading program is to promote literacy and library usage by youth in communities statewide.  The more you read, the more you win!  With each page read, students score points.  When a predetermined number of points are achieved, students are eligible to receive a variety of prizes including Bucks game tickets and a chance to win a Bucks autographed basketball.  Stop into the South Milwaukee Public Library any time to pick up the reading log to participate.  



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