Book Club Kits: Fourth to Sixth Grade Choices

Created on May 2, 2022, 12:10 pm

Last Updated November 3, 2022, 4:19 pm

Select a book from our list of book club choices for first to third graders. Ask any Children's librarian for more information. Each kit includes: A book summary and five copies of the book Discussion starters and questions Further resources such as websites or extended reading opportunities Kids Book Club Guidelines: Check out the kit (tote bag, five books, and discussion guide) from the Children's librarians in the Children's Library. Return the kit, with all five books, to the Children's Library desk when you're done!

1) The bridge home

Author

Venkatraman, Padma

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

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Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.

2) The Parker inheritance

Author

Johnson, Varian

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Book, eAudiobook

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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...

3) Raymie nightingale

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.

4) Kid athletes: true tales of childhood from sports legends

Author

Stabler, David

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up.

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend

Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such

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5) Maizy Chen's last chance

Author

Yee, Lisa

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--Provided by publisher.