We were out of school three days last week due to weather and sickness, so I went to work on Thursday to unpack my library book order (and work on many other things). It's nice to have some time to work with no students, but it sure is quiet! Those days may be the only time it's ever quiet in my library.
I thought I'd share some of the new books I've ordered this year. This was my third library book order this year because my students keep asking for more new books! I don't know about you, but my primary students often get the short end of the stick when it comes to book orders. They just don't ask for much. They're generally happy with the current collection. My older students' wish list is approximately one mile long. I keep a handwritten request list right beside my desk. I'm constantly adding something to it, and that's generally what I look at when I start working on a library book order.
Here are some titles I've added to my library collection this year (in no particular order). I hope it will give you some ideas for your next library book order!
Upper Elementary Titles (3rd-5th)
- How to Train Your Dragon set by Cressida Cowell
- Jason Strange books
- Voices of War books
- Baseball Crazy by Nancy Mercado
- Fear This Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things that Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirglas
- Ghosts of the Titanic by Julie Lawson
- Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic by Gregory Mone
- I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- America is Under Attack by Don Brown
- One Direction books
- World Record books
- Goosebumps Horrorland books
- Judy Moody series
K-2nd Grade Books
- Spiderman books
- Batman books
- Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
- Emeraldalicious by Victoria Kann
- Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
- Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer
- Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
- DC Super Pets series (my students LOVE these - I ordered 2 sets!)
- Ready, Freddy! series
- Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series
- Fly Guy series
- Kylie Jean series
These are only some of the books from my library book order. As you can see, I order a lot of book series because my students really enjoy them.
What's the most popular book you ordered this year? What would you recommend adding to a library book order? Share with us in the comments!
Rhonda says
love your giant R E A D letters in your library pic ... Did your students decorate them? If so, what materials did you use?
Thanks?
Elementary Librarian says
This was actually a picture I got from Morguefile.com. I didn't make them, unfortunately!
Meenu khan says
Hi There,
My students love Geronimo and Thea Stilton books. Some of the most popular title are :-
1. Charlotte's Web
2. Where the mountain meets the moon
3.The twins at St.Clare's series
4.Percy Jackson
5.Mallory series
6.My Life as a series
7.Ivy+bean series
I am expanding my reading level section. If anyone can help me with the series for Grade level 1 to 6.
Thank you,
Meenu Khan
JS Librarian
Lisa Hettler says
My students love the Jason Strange Series and I have ordered a lot of the Stone Arch books that are pretty easy reads such as Return to the Library of Doom, Ravenspass, etc. My kids love Goosebumps. Also the Dork Diaries and Dear Dumb Diaries are very popular. Finally, Geronimo and Thea Stilton books fly off my shelves.
Lori Schlueter says
This year I introduced my students to Margaret Peters Haddix series of The Shadow Children and The Missing series. My enthusiasm for her writing has kept her books off the shelf and as soon as they come back I have several students already waiting to check them out again. Since those series are so popular with my students right now her other books are also getting lots of circulation. We also purchased Wonder and many of my 4th and 5th graders are enjoying that as well. I recently ordered many new graphic novels including some Shakespeare to introduce them to the classics. I’ll let you know how they go over once they come in.
Arlene says
I'm glad to hear that you have plans to address Rhonda's question. When looking at the CCSS's suggested books I found that many are older titles which will affect the average age of our library collections or are out of print.
The push for 50/50 seems contradictory to current testing that requires students to be able to read several long passages and then answer questions since reading stamina is essential. NF seems to fly off my shelves without requiring a percentage be read. However, my students struggle to read a chapter book and long testing passages.
I'll be looking forward to your posting.