Children’s librarian wanting to start a book group for third to fifth graders are headed for a fun and exciting ride! I included links to discussion questions, teacher’s guides and activities as I could find them. Add your suggestion in the comments!
Getting Boys to Read
Boys
Getting Boys to Read: The information is very useful. You will see on his site that recommends books with gross humor, magazines, and non-fiction.
Michael Sullivan’s Books for Boys. A great list!
Tales Told Tall - Michael Sullivan
Non-Fiction Subject Areas
• Animals: the deadlier the better
• Bugs: finding them, identifying them and keeping them
• Planes: from war planes to fighter jets, identifying them, building them, paper planes, flying model planes
• Trains and automobiles: how they run, the design, collecting, building models
• Gross things the human body does: well, you already know
• Racing cars: designing, building model cars, car races
• Magic: card tricks, illusion
• Building just about anything – Lego’s or any other building materials
• Mechanical equipment (taking it apart to see how it works and either putting it back together or making something new from the pieces)
Bookclub Books
Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s books, the masterlists (2010) and winners (2009)
Kids Read : List of upcoming and popular kids books.
Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. Discussion questions can be found here and here (PDF).
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, and it’s sequel, Al Capone Does My Shoes. Activities and discussion questions can be found here (PDF) and here.
Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo. Activities and questions here.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Activities and questions here.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Joan Bauer. Activities and questions from Read, Write, Think.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Discussion guide.
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. NPR story about the writing of the book. Activitiy (PDF).
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Roald Dahl books. September is Roald Dahl Month!
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. Activities and questions from Read, Write, Think.
City of Ember and it’s sequels, by Jeanne DuPrau. Collected links to free printable activities from Associated Content.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – movie directed by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp opens March 5, 2010 - — Chances are they had the book read to them, but have not read it themselves. Activities and questions.
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordian. Teacher’s guides.
Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
American Girl stories and mysteries
Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister
The Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister,
Spy! by Anna Myers. Contact author for teacher’s guide.
Bone series by Jeff Smith. A teacher’s guide on Bone and graphic novels.
Bone by Jeff Smith
39 Clues series
