We want students at our school to be immersed in a culture of literacy. We want to have quality books available at all times. Students will be reading carefully chosen books that will inspire a life-long habit of reading. They will then have opportunities to engage with fellow students, teachers, and parents in thought-provoking comprehension discussions and activities. Our goal is not necessarily that every child is going to love reading, but that every child makes progress in a positive way. We want to see kids interested in engaging with text! “Incremental movement in a positive direction is our ultimate goal.”

Superintendant Wendy Dau featured the Earhart Literacy Community on her “Sup With the Sup” podcast on September 22, 2023. You can listen to it on the district’s YouTube channel. The section about Amelia Earhart begins at the 2:42 mark.

Sup With the Sup Episode 5: Amelia Earhart Literacy Community

Here is a list of all the books that have been Earhart Literacy Community selections since the program started in 2016:

2020-2021

• The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
• The Friendship War by Andrew Clements
• The Unteachables by Gordan Korman
• The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
• Chrysathemum by Kevin Henkes
• Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

2016-2017

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Tomas and the Library Lady
• Roxaboxen
• Stuart Little
• George’s Marvelous Medicine
• Clementine
• Yertle and Turtle
• Wayside School is Falling Down