Read On Wisconsin Titles Chosen

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 Marín. 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