HEY all 4th, 5th and 6th grade students at Nathan Hale Elementary!!!
Do you want to be a part of group of children who select their favorite book of the 2025-26 School Year?
DO THIS:
READ at least 5 out of 25 books below
WRITE UP a note on why you enjoyed the book (or did not!)
Ms Yosca keeps the note forms in the library. Ask for one.
When you read 5 (or more!) books and take notes ---> you are eligible to vote in April 2026
All books are available at:
the Hale library
Boston Public Libraries
SORA once you are logged in through Clever, go to EXPLORE, then look for MA Children's Book Award 2025-26
Printable version of this list is HERE
Aniana Del Mar Jumps in* +
Attack of the Black Rectangles*
Cameron Battle and The Hidden Kingdoms*
Duel
Four Eyes* +
Hidden Truths*
Just Roll With it*
Lion Of the Sky*
Lo and Behold
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All*
Max in the House of Spies
Medusa: The Myth of Monsters*
Simon Sort of Says*
Telephone of the Tree*
The Eyes and the Impossible* +
The Mona Lisa Vanishes*
The Probability of Everything*
The Secret Language of Birds*
The Swifts: Dictionary of Scoundrels*
The Wrong Way Home*
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet*
We Are Big Time*
Willodeen* +
Wrath of the Rain Gods (Legendarios #1) +
Wrecker*
* available as an audiobook
+ available in Spanish
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