Cornerstone Books

ABC Books List 

Asset Year (2021-22 School Year)

1. Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud

2. Simon's Hook by Karen Burnett

3. Say Something by Peggy Moss

4. Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig

5. The Empty Pot by Demi

6. ONE by Kathryn Otoshi

7. Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neil

8. Who Moved My Cheese for Kids by Dr. Spencer Johnson & Christian Johnson (Special End-Of-Year Book For All Fifth Graders)

9. Nobody Knew What To Do by Becky Ray McCain (supplemental text)

Building Year (2022-23 School Year)

1. René Has Two Last Names by René Colato Laínez 

2. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell 

3. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson & special Kinder book: Accept and Value Each Person by Cheri J Meiners

4. Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis

5. Long Shot--Never Too Small to Dream by Chris Paul

6. Enemy Pie by Derek Munson-May

7. The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

8. Who Moved My Cheese for Kids by Dr. Spencer Johnson & Christian Johnson (Special End-Of-Year Book For All Fifth Graders)

Champion Year (2023-24 School Year)

1. The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

2. I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

3. Ruby Bridges Goes To School-My True Story by Ruby Bridges (K-2) or Ruby Bridges This is Your Time (3-5) by Ruby Bridges

4. Clovis Keeps His Cool by Katelyn Aronson

5. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

6. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

7. BIG by Coleen Paratore

8. Review of Champion Year Books*

9. Who Moved My Cheese for Kids by Dr. Spencer Johnson & Christian Johnson (Special End-Of-Year Book For All Fifth Graders)