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:
2022-2023
- All Are Welcome Here
- I Need My Monster
- School of the Dead
- Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots- Bailey School Kids
- Coyote Sunrise
- The Snowy Day
- Julie & the Wolves
- How Alma Got Her Name
- Serafina and the Black Cloak
- Rescue on the Oregon Trail- Ranger in Time
- Brown Girl Dreaming
- Interrupting Chicken
- A Year Down Yonder
- Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
2021-2022
- Enemy Pie
- 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
- 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
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- I Don’t Like to Eat Ants by JTK Belle
- Saving Fiona by Thane Maynard
- One Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko
- Sergeant Reckless by Patricia McCormick and Iacopo Bruno
- Refugee by Alan Gratz
- 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