Read Me
“So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.” — Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Genre of the Month
September: Humor
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (series) by James Patterson
I Funny (series) by James Patterson
The Loser List (series) by H. N. Kowitt
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (series) by Beverly Cleary
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (series) by Judy Blume
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (series) by L. Pichon
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) by Jeff Kinney
Dork Diaries (series) by Rachel Renee Russell
The Terrible Two (series) by Mac Barnett and Jory John
Welcome to Wonderland (series) by Chris Grabenstein
Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (series) by Betty MacDonald
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Author of the Month
September
Mo Wilems (picture books)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Pigeon series)
Knuffle Bunny (Knuffle Bunny Series)
There Is a Bird on My Head (Elephant and Piggie series)
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Leonard the Terrible Monster
Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct
Nanette's Baguette
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Roald Dahl (Chapter books)
The Twits
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The BFG
Matilda
James and the Giant Peach
The Witches
Danny Champion of the World
The Enormous Crocodile
Fantastic Mr. Fox
George's Marvelous Medicine
The Magic Finger
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me