I’ve chosen the books for this semester!
Students will read seven books in my Children’s Literature class at UWSP. First, we’ll all read The Wizard of Oz. (I love the movie, and the book is better!)
For literature circles, my students will choose and read one book from each genre:
Fantasy
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Historical Fiction
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Contemporary Realistic Fiction
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Mixed Genre
Holes by Louis Sachar
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
Their last two books will be choice books, based on an author and a theme.
It’s going to be a fun semester!
Elizabeth Caulfield Felt 
I love this list, Elizabeth. May have to check a few out.
Thanks! There are a few I got to read for the first time, and I will enjoy re-reading the others. It is great to have a job that requires a lot of reading!