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
May: Tales (tall, folk, fairy), Legends, Myths
Mythology
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Kane Chronicle series by Rick Riordan
Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan
Pandava series by Roshani Chokshi
Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
Beasts of Olympus series by Lucy Coates
Fairy Tales
Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer
A Tale Dark and Grimm series by Adam Gidwitz
The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley
Whatever After ... series by Sarah Mlynowski
Twice Upon a Time series by Wendy Mass
The Grimm Legacy series by Polly Shulman
Ever Afters series by Shelby Bach
Author/ Illustrator of the Month
May
Steven Kellogg (picture books)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mike Fink: A Tall Tale
The Three Little Pigs
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale
Johnny Appleseed
Chicken Little
Library Lil
Pinkerton series
Judy Blume (Chapter books)
Fudge series
Freckle Juice
Blubber