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 

 

January: Biography/ Non-Fiction

    Biographies

     

     

   

Author/ Illustrator of the Month
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January 

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 Peter Sis (non-fiction/ biography picture books)

   The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

   Follow the Dream

   Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer,

         Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei

   The Train of States

   Tibet: Through the Red Box

   The Pilot and the Little Prince : the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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 Ken Jennings (non-fiction chapter books) 

   The Junior Genius Guides 

      Maps and Geography

      Greek Mythology

      Ancient Egypt

      U.S Presidents

      Outer Space

      Dinosaurs

      The Human Body

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 Tomie dePaola (autobiography chapter books) 

   26 Fairmont Avenue series

      26 Fairmont Avenue

      Here We All Are

      On My Way

      What a Year

      Things Will Never Be the Same

      I'm Still Scared

      Why?

      For the Duration