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Teacher Book Recommendations
Turner Creek Elementary is getting excited for Read-a-thon and is ready to encourage our students to develop a love of reading.  

Our teachers have graciously shared their favorite books and recommendations so that you might have a few great options to consider!  Borrow a few from the library and read them during Read-a-thon.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
​Ms. Sojka

Charlie and the
​Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
​Ms. Cherry

Epossumondas

​by Colleen Salley
​Ms. McDaniel

Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
​Ms. Parent

Knuffle Bunny
by Mo Willems
​Principal Small

My Papi has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero
​Ms. Zeiner

The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
​Ms. Burdette
Ms. Simon

Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
​Ms. Alexander

Mr. Lincoln's Way
by Patricia Polacco
​Ms.  Suggs

Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
​Ms. Hojnacki

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
​Ms. Scott, Ms. Perry, Ms. Slavis, Ms. Denton, Ms. Cuthbertson

Winnie the Pooh
by A. A. Milne
​Ms. Twiford

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
​Ms. Byrd

Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
​Ms. McCallum

Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
​Ms. Dycus,
​Ms. McCommons

And to Think that I Saw it on 
Mulberry Street
by Dr. Seuss
​Ms. Davis

James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
​Ms. Brooks

You are Special
by Max Lucado
​Ms. Michael

The Musical Life of
Gustav Mole
by Kathryn Meyrick
​Ms. Michael

Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
​Ms. Perry

Miss Nelson is Missing!
by Harry Allard
​Ms. Edwards

The Watsons go to Birmingham
by Christopher Paul Curtis
​Ms. Laster

Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
​Ms. Briscoe

Of thee I Sing
by Barack Obama
​Ms. Thompson

The Power of TED
by David Emerald
​Ms. Sottile

Put Me in the Zoo
by Robert Lopshire
​Ms. Wilkes

One Smile
by Cindy McKinley
​Ms. Archer

The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
​Ms. Brown

Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
​Ms. Mills

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
​Ms. Adcox

Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
​Ms. Logue

Three Keys
by Kelly Yang
​Ms. Logue

Dog Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant
Ms. Hazel

Cat Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant
​Ms. Hazel

Martina the
Beautiful Cockroach
by Carmen Deedy
​Ms. Turco

Love you Forever
by Robert Munsch
​Ms. Lumpkin

I can Read with my Eyes Shut
by Dr. Seuss
​Ms. Cunningham

We're going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen
​Ms. Lyons

Ish
by Peter Reynolds
​Ms. Lake

Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
​Ms. Bowers

Going Down Home with Daddy
by Kelly Lyons
​Ms. Riggins

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
​Ms. Glenn

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
​Ms. Fuller

Holes
by Louis Sachar
​Ms. Seamans

What do you do
​with an IDEA?
by Kobi Yamada
​Mr. Cravener

The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt
​Ms. Carolyn

X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, Amazing Spider Man
Mr. Cox

The Colors of Us
by Karen Katz
​Ms. Beyene    

Barnyard Dance!
by Sandra Boynton
​Ms. Sachon

Owen & Mzee
​The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
by Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Paul Kahumbu​Ms. Kamberger

Harry Potter and the 
Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
​Ms. Phillips

Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
​Ms. Kelly


The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
​Ms. Wood

The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
​Ms. Barksdale

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
by ​Ms. Patty Lovell
​Ms. Marks

The Gulps
by Rosemary Wells
​Mr. Whilden

The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
​Ms. Aman