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.”
Here is a list of all the books that have been Earhart Literacy Community selections since the program started in 2016:
2021-2022
Box Car Children
If Kids Ran the World
Owl Moon
Because of Winn-Dixie
A Bad Case of Stripes
Grumpy Monkey
Shark Lady
Words on Fire
The Wild Robot
My Side of the Mountain
Shouting at the Rain
Scourge
Inside Out and Back Again
2020-2021
The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds
The Friendship War by Andrew Clements
The Unteachables by Gordan Korman
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
I Don’t Like to Eat Ants by JTK Belle
One Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko
Sergeant Reckless by Patricia McCormick and Iacopo Bruno
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
2019-2020
My Father’s Dragon- Ruth Stiles Gannet
The Magician’s Hat- Malcolm Mitchell
Gooney Bird Greene- Lois Lowry
A Tale of Two Beasts- Fiona Roberton
What to do with an Idea- Kobi Yamada
Catching the Moon- Crystal Hubbard
Mr. Popper’s Penguins- Atwater
Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood
2018-2019
After the Fall- Dan Santat
Harold’s Purple Crayon- Crockett Johnson
Magic Tree House- Mary Pope Osborne (Dinosaurs Before Dark)
Giraffes Can’t Dance- Giles Andreae
The Empty Pot – Demi
Malala’s Magic Pencil- Malala Yousafzai
Fantastic Mr. Fox- Roald Dahl
Pete and Pickles- Berkeley Breathed
2017-2018
Appleblossom the Possum
We’re All Wonders
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Night Gardener
The Green Ember
The Princess and the Warrior
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
The Most Magnificent Thing
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