Remake of Book Trailers by Latricia Johnson https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3 Help students get excited about reading! en-us 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC 2019-12-07 03:05:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121729 Meet Nikki Maxwell! She’s starting eighth grade at a new school.

She confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey, falling for adorably sweet crush Brandon, dealing with her zany little sister Brianna’s antics—and the immediate clashes with mean girl MacKenzie, who becomes Nikki’s rival in a schoolwide art competition.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121729 Guts by Raina Telgemeier latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121730 Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121730 Drama by Raina Telgemeier latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121731 Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121731 Ghost by Raina Telgemeier latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121732 Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. As the time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones approaches, Cat must figure out how to put aside her fears for her sister's sake -- and her own.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121732 Endling Series: The Last by Kathreen Applegate latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121733 Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra.
After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.

]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121733 With Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121734 Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.
Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121734 Whoosh: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121735 You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121735 Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121736 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121736 Pink if for Blobfish by Jess Keating and David DeGrand latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121737 Pinkalicious meets National Geographic in this nonfiction picture book introducing the weirdest, wildest, pinkest critters in the animal kingdom! ]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121737 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121738 Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.
Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead?
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121738 The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barn latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121739 Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle.  One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121739 Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121740 Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again.

Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121740 Wonder by R.J. Palacio latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121741 August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. ]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121741 Bird by Zetta Elliot and Shadra Strickland latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121742  Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren’t so easily fixed.
As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older brother’s drug addiction, he escapes into his art. Drawing is an outlet for Bird’s emotions and imagination, and provides a path to making sense of his world. In time, with the help of his grandfather’s friend, Bird finds his own special somethin’ and wings to fly.
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121742 When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121743 Ali’s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there’s a dude looking for trouble—and, somehow, it’s always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy’s gotta look out for his boys, right? ]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121743 Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121744 “Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid.”

Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. ]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121744 Refugee by Alan Gratz latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121745 JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .
ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .
MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121745 Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121746 Teens Jonah and Chip, adopted as babies, find out that they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies, with no adults aboard. Authorities still have no idea where the plane came from, who the babies belonged to, or how the plane disappeared once the babies were off. ]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121746 The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121747 The sixth and penultimate book in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret. Now all of that has changed. The invasion has begun. John is on the front lines of the fight in New York City. And just as the odds seem stacked against him, his best friend, Sam, a human, inexplicably develops a Legacy—and Sam isn't the only one.
While the pair try to track down Five and Nine amid the chaos, they encounter another teen who can wield abilities that were once only meant for the Garde. Whether she is a friend or a foe, however, remains to be seen.
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121747 Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121748 Ever considered changing your name? Thunder Boy Jr. has. Lots. Named after his father, Thunder Boy Smith Sr.—known by many as “Big Thunder”—“Little Thunder” is determined to discover a name that not only suits him, but celebrates his many adventures (climbing a mountain, touching a wild orca, and powwow dancing, to name just a few).]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121748 The Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Williams latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121749 Much to the chagrin of Pigeon, little Duckling uses very polite manners to request a cookie, and actually gets one. Filled with righteous fury, Pigeon loses his temper and complains bitterly about this terrible state of affairs. However, things aren't what they seem, and Duckling has a secret plan!]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121749 7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar and Ross MacDonald latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121750 Everyone knows that 7 is always after him. Word on the street is that 7 ate 9. If that's true, 6's days are numbered. Lucky for him, Private I is on the case. But the facts just don't add up. It's odd. Will Private I put two and two together and solve the problem . . . or is 6 next in line to be subtracted?]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121750 The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121751 This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know?
He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be—happy?
]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121751 The Good Egg by Jory John latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121752 Meet the good egg. He’s a verrrrrry good egg indeed.

But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten.

As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect.

So, he decides enough is enough! It’s time for him to make a change…

Dynamic duo Jory John and Pete Oswald hatch a funny and charming story that reminds us of the importance of balance, self-care, and accepting those who we love (even if they are sometimes a bit rotten).

Perfect for reading aloud and shared story time!

]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121752 That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121753 Inspired by the evil villains and innocent damsels of silent movies, Author Mo Willems tells the tale of a hungry fox who invites a plump goose to dinner. As with the beloved Pigeon books, kids will be calling out the signature refrain and begging for repeated readings. The funny details in the full-color illustrations by three-time Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems will bring nonstop laughter to story time.

]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121753 Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121754 Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family will delight and inspire readers.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121754 Ninja Baby by David Zeltser latriciaj https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121756 From the day she was born, Nina was a ninja baby. She obliterated her applesauce. She concealed herself at bath time. And she was training herself in advanced infiltration (of movie night). Nina wants to do everything by herself, until the day her parents bring home a Kung Fu Master (a baby brother). Now with a sibling, Nina will face the one thing she cannot do alone: be part of a family. With verve and humor, David Zeltser and Diane Goode tell the story of an unusually gifted child, and the family that is more than a match for her.]]> 2019-12-07 03:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latriciaj/uciev2olqnv3/wish/421121756