Last
Saturday the Read On Wisconsin Advisory Committee of Wisconsin librarians and
teachers met at the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education at UW-Madison to select Read
On Wisconsin titles for 2012-2013.
The ROW 2012-2013 SELECTIONS ARE LISTED BELOW by age-level group. Get
ready to hit the ground reading in September!
For more information about Read On Wisconsin, go to: http://readon.education.wisc.edu/
Read On!
Megan
Schliesman, CCBC
HIGH SCHOOL:
September:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Dutton, 2012
October: Anya’s Ghost by Vera
Brosgol. First Second, 2011
November: Up Close: Harper Lee by
Kerry Madden. Viking, 2009
December: Now is the Time for Running by Michael
Williams. U.S. edition: Little, Brown, 2011
January: Blink & Caution by
Tim Wynne-Jones. U.S.
edition: Candlewick Press, 2011
February: Want to Go Private? by Sarah
Darer Littman. Scholastic Press, 2011
March: Beauty Queens by Libba
Bray. Scholastic Press, 2011
April: The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan
Wolf. Candlewick Press, 2011
May: Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court edited by Marc
Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr. Candlewick
Press, 2011
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
September: Hidden by Helen Frost. Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux,
2011
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz. Candlewick Press, 2011
October: Warp Speed by Lisa Yee. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Inc., 2011
November: Akata Witch by Nnedi
Okorafor. Viking, 2011
December: Drawing from Memory by Allen
Say. Scholastic Press, 2011
January: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who
Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2009
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance
of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming.
Schwartz & Wade, 2011
February: A Monster Calls by
Patrick Ness. Illustrated by Jim
Kay. Candlewick Press, 2011
March: Dead End in
Norvelt by Jack Gantos.
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011
April: Inside Out & Back
Again by Thanha Lai. HarperCollins, 2011
May: Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Sean Qualls. Little, Brown, 2011
INTERMEDIATE (GRADES 3-5):
September:
What Really Happened to Humpty (from the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective) by
Jeanie Franz Ransom. Illustrated by
Stephen Axelsen. Charlesbridge, 2009
October: Eyes on the Goal by John
Coy. Feiwel and Friends, 2010
November: Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams, 2011
My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His
Art by Guadalupe Rivera MarÃn. Children’s Book Press, 2009
December: Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book by Nikki Grimes. Putnam, 2010
January: Queen of the Falls by Chris
Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
February: Soldier Bear by Bibi
Dumon Tak. Translated from the Dutch by
Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Philip
Hopman. U.S. edition: Eerdman’s, 2011
March: The Unforgotten Coat by
Frank Cottrell Boyce. Candlewick Press,
2011
April: Lemonade and Other Poems
Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka.
Illustrated by Nancy Doniger.
Roaring Brook Press, 2011
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) by Linda Sue
Park. Illustrated by Istvan Banyai. Clarion, 2007
May: Seaglass Summer by Anjali
Bannerjee. Wendy Lamb Books, 2010
PRIMARY (GRADES K-2):
September: Cork & Fuzz: Short
& Tall by Dori Chaconas. Illustrated by Lisa McCue. Viking, 2006
Dog & Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press,
2007
October: Mouse & Lion by Rand
Burkert. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm
Burkert. Michael di Capua Books /
Scholastic, 2011
November: Sopa de frijoles / Bean
Soup by Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood, 2009
December: Little Dog Lost: A True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by
Mônica Carnesi. Nancy Paulsen Books /
Penguin, 2012
January: Crouching Tiger by Ying
Chang Compestine. Illustrated by Yan
Nascimbene. Candlewick Press, 2011
These Hands by Margaret H. Mason. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
February: Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell
George. Illustrated by Nancy
Carpenter. Clarion, 2011
March: Let’s Go See Papá! by Lawrence Schimel. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa
Amado. Illustrated by Alba Marina.
Groundwood, 2011
April: All the Water in the World
by George Ella Lyon. Illustrated by
Katherine Tillotson. A Richard Jackson
Book / Atheneum, 2011
May: Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke.
Illustrated by Lauren Tobia. U.S.
edition: Kane/Miller, 2010
BABIES,
TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS:
September:
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka.
Schwartz & Wade, 2011
Back to School Tortoise by Lucy M. George. Illustrated by Merel Eyckerman. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2011
October: Job Site by Nathan
Clement. Boyds Mills Press, 2011
Monday is One Day by Arthur A. Levine. Illustrated by Julian Hector. Scholastic Press, 2011
November: Gracias / Thanks by Pat
Mora. Illustrated by John Parra. Translated by Adriana Dominguez. Lee & Low, 2009
Loon Baby by Molly Beth Griffin. Illustrated by Anne Hunter. Houghton Mifflin, 2010
December: Cradle Me by Debby
Slier. Star Bright Books, 2012
The Twins’ Blanket by Hyewon Yum. Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux,
2011
While You Are Sleeping: A Lift-the-Flap Book of Time
Around the World by Durga Bernhard. Charlesbridge, 2011
January: Stars by Mary Lin
Ray. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Beach
Lane Books, 2011
Swirl by Swirl:
Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman.
Illustrated by Beth Krommes.
Houghton Mifflin, 2011
February: Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobias. U.S. edition: Kane Miller, 2011
Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Tricycle Press, 2010
March: And Then It’s Spring by
Julie Fogliano. Illustrated by Erin E.
Stead. Roaring Brook Press, 2012
Insect Detectives by Steve Voake. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press,
2010
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Beach
Lane, 2011
April: Pocketful of Posies: A
Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Nikki Grimes.
Illustrated by Sally Mavor. Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
The Rain Train by Elena de Roo. Illustrated by Brian Lovelock. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2011
May: The Big Baby Book by Guido
van Genechten. Translated from the
Dutch. Clavis, 2011
Time for a Bath
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Sleep
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Libraries are encouraging their tween/teen
patrons to participate in a Teen Read Week Video Contest.
We had a great Grassroots meeting on Thursday, September 14th! 
I love
bilingual books that integrate Spanish words into an English text, and this one
does it extremely well. The story starts out with the "this is the house
that jack built..." construction but varies it at the end in an
interesting way. Rafael López's illustrations are like going to a party -
bright, bold, colorful - joyous. I wanted to dance with la campesina y sus
animales at the end! Lovely book.
The CCBC (Children's Collaborative Book Center) Choices 2012 publication will be available and sent to you soon! 
What would you change if you knew what would happen in your future? That's the question Emma and Josh have to face when Emma loads AOL onto her computer for the first time and finds an amazing site called Facebook - a site that won't be invented for another 15 years and shows what their lives will be like at age 31. Josh's future looks like he has it all, but Emma's future self isn't happy. The foreknowledge shapes their choices and their relationship with each other. This book really made me think about my own life choices. Very cool premise.
A re-telling of the Rosa Parks story from the eyes of a small boy who doesn't understand what is going on but knows that it is something big. The boy plays with a simple marble on the bus - a "brown tiger's eye" that "hunkers...down deep into [his] pocket.'' The illustrations are soft and luminous. I love how the author describes the eyes of the boy's mother, saying, "She's got them worked-all-day eyes, but she's got her strong chin on." Later, he describes the eyes of Rosa Parks as "all fierce like a lightnin' storm...her voice is all soft, but she's got on her strong chin too, just like Mama's." Lovely and lyrical. 
The square was perfectly happy being a square until it was cut, torn, shredded, shattered, crumpled, ripped and wrinkled. Each time, it transforms itself into something great: a fountain, a park, a mountain. Creative, artsy illustrations and a story that is an allegory for living - not just how art can transform but how attitude can, too!