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Woodfern Staff Book Recommendations

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that our esteemed teachers and staff have donned their literary caps to curate an awesome selection of book recommendations for our Barnes and Noble Family Fun Night!

Kindergarten

Mrs. Goldman

  • Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett

  • My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook

  • What to do When you Feel Like Hitting by Cara Goodwin

Mrs. Iovino

  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

  • The Dot by Peter Reynolds

  • Piggie and Elephant series by Mo Willems

Mrs. Schafer

  • Llama Llama Gives Thanks by Anna Dewdney

  • Llama Llama Loves to Read by Anna Dewdney

  • Pete the Cat Crayon's Rock! by James Dean and Kimberly Dean

First Grade

Mrs. Bruner

  • Bad Seed Series by Jory John and Pete Oswald

  • Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

  • Piggie and Elephant series by Mo Willems

Mr. Dugan

  • Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

  • Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

  • Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant

Ms. Fabiano

  • Cam Jansen series by David A Adler

  • Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

  • Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

Second Grade

Mrs. Guthrie

  • Calendar Mystery series by Ron Roy

  • Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss

  • Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

Mr. Preisler

  • Arnie, the Doughnut by Laurie Keller

  • Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

  • Verdi by Janell Cannon

Mrs. Sass

  • Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes

  • Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall

  • We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Third Grade

Ms. Dzvileski

  • A-Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy

  • The Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey

  • Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady

Mrs. Lewis

  • Ghost by Raina Telgemeier

  • The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg

  • Mr. Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke

Ms. Sampson

  • After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat

  • Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

  • Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

Fourth Grade

Ms. Rosen

  • Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey

  • Girls Survived series by Various Authors

  • Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

Mrs. Stapleton

  • I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis

  • Raymie Nightingale series by Kate DiCamillo

  • The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Mrs. Tubby

  • I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis

  • Smile series by Raina Telgemeier

  • Wonder series by RJ Palacio

Special Area Teachers and Staff

Mrs. Champion
(ASI)

  • After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat

  • The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

  • Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld

Ms. Cohen
(Literacy Lab)

  • Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae

  • The Magical Yet by Angela Diterlizzi

  • The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill

Mrs. DeGaris
(ESL)

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

  • Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

  • The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach

Mrs. Gelsomino
(Guidance)

  • The Good Egg by Jory John 

  • Strictly No Elephants Lisa Mantchev

  • Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak

Mrs. Kmeic
(Library)

  • (K-1) Pizza and Taco series by Stephen Shaskan

  • (2-3) The InvestiGators series by John Patrick Green

  • (4+) The Wild Robot series by Peter Brown

Señora Lewis
(Español)

  • I am Going on Holidays to…Spain by Nerea Kennedy

  • Ice Pops with Roberto Clemente by J.L Anderson and Katie Wood

  • Spanish is My Superpower by Jennifer Jones

Ms. McCray
(LLDM 3rd and 4th)

  • I Dissent by Debbie Levy

  • Say Something by Peter H Reynolds

  • She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton

Mrs. McKeever
(LLDM 1st and 2nd)

  • The Cool Bean by Jory John

  • Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

  • The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems

For Parents

Mrs. Gelsomino
(Guidance)

  • The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene

  • How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King

  • How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Joanna Faber

  • The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J.J. Siegel

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