Middle-Grade Book Talks
Themed Book Talks
Pirate Stories 9/22/2020 - | Watch the video on YouTube.
Scary Book Talks - 10/13/2020 | Watch the video on YouTube.
Scary Storytelling - 10/27/2020 | Watch the video on YouTube.
Book Talk Books
You can watch the video recommendations on our YouTube playlist for book talks.
Week 1
Dirt by Denise Gosliner Orenstein (Scholastic Press)
Hope in the Holler by Lisa Lewis Tyre (Nancy Paulsen Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Ivy + Bean: Take care of the Babysitter [book 4] by Annie Barrows (Chronicle Books)
Ivy + Bean: What’s the Big Idea [book 7] by Annie Barrows (Chronicle Books)
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (Schwartz & Wade Books)
Tight by Torrey Maldonado (Nancy Paulsen Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Week 2
Restart, by Gordon Korman, published by Scholastic Press
Phoebe and her unicorn: the magic storm, by Dana Simpson, published by Andrew McMeel Publishing
Phoebe and her unicorn: the unicorn whisperer, by Dana Simpson, published by Andrew McMeel Publishing
Down Girl and Sit: smarter than squirrels, by Lucy Nolan, published by Marshall Cavendish
Down Girl and Sit: home on the range, by Lucy Nolan, published by Marshall Cavendish
Week 3
Lawn Boy, by Gary Paulsen, published by Wendy Lamb Books
Lawn Boy returns, by Gary Paulsen, published by Wendy Lamb Books
Amal unbound, by Aisha Saeed, published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Week 4
Kickers book 4: Game day jitters, by Rich Wallace, published by Alfred A. Knopf
Small spaces, by Katherine Arden, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Week 5
Fairy crafts by Heidi Boyd Northlight Books
Art lab for kids by Susan Schwake Quarry Books
Mason jar crafts for kids Linda Z. Braden
Nature’s art book by Laura C. Martin Storey Publishing
Week 6
Get outdoors: a mindfulness guide to noticing nature, by Paul Christelis; published by Free Spirit Publishing
My big book of summer activities: packed with creative crafts to make and outdoor things to do, by Clare Beaton; published by B Small Publishing
Birdology: 30 activities and observations for exploring the world of birds, by Monica Russo; published by Chicago Review Press
Week 7
Shoe dog: a memoir by the creator of Nike, by Phil Knight; published by Simon & Schuster
More about Boy: Roald Dahl’s tales from childhood, by Roald Dahl; published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Day-Glo brothers: the true story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s bright ideas and brand-new colors, by Chris Barton; published by Charlesbridge
Week 8
Mary on horseback: three mountain stories, by Rosemary Wells; published by Dial Books for Young Readers
Hana’s suitcase, by Karen Levine; published by Albert Whitman & Company
Queen of the falls, by Chris Van Allsburg; published by Houghton Mifflin
Week 9
The best of Iggy, by Annie Barrows; published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Notorious, by Gordon Korman; published by HarperCollins
Other words for home, by Jasmine Warga; published by HarperCollins
Week 10
A talent for trouble, by Natasha Farrant; published by Clarion Books
Bouncing back, by Scott Ostler; published by Little, Brown and Company
Wildfire, by Rodman Philbrick; published by Scholastic
Week 11
Allies, by Alan Gratz; published by Scholastic
Owl’s outstanding donuts, by Robin Yardi; published by Carolrhoda Books
I survived the sinking of the Titanic, by Lauren Tarshis; published by Scholastic
Week 12
Tito the bone crusher, by Melissa Thomson; published by Farrar Straus Giroux
Stay, by Bobbie Pyron; published by Katherine Tegen Books
A slip of a girl, by Patricia Reilly Giff; published by Holiday House