August 22, 2015

Back to School Book List




With the ads starting for back-to-school sales and everyone starting to think about the beginning of the school year, consider some of these 87 (!) books–picture books, novels, young adult and non-fiction– as read-alouds.  Whether dealing with bullies, or undertaking research projects, looking back at schools of the past, these reads have got it all.


Picture Books


A+ for Big Ben
by Sarah Ellis
Illustrated by Kim La Fave
Pajama Press
24 pp.
Ages 2-5
2015

The Best Thing about Kindergarten
by Jennifer Lloyd
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Simply Read Books
36 pp.
2013

Community Soup
by Alma Fullerton
Pajama Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2013

The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten
by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Mike Lowery
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2013

Franklin Goes to School
by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 3-6
1995

Get Out of Bed!
by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
1998

Gift Days
by Kari-Lynn Winters
Illustrated by Stephen Taylor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 7+
2012

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
by Christine Baldacchino
Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2014

Noni is Nervous
by Heather Hartt-Sussman
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Tundra
24 pp.
Ages 2-6
2013

Oddrey and the New Kid
by Dave Whamond
Owlkids
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2013

An Ordinary School Day
by C. J. Hamilton
Illustrated by Cindy Revell
Annick Press
24 pp.
Ages 5-9
2004

The Pocket Mommy
by Rachel Eugster
Illustrated by Tom Goldsmith
Tundra Books
32 Pages
Ages 4-6
2013

Suki's Kimono
by Chieri Uegaki
Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2005

Tilt Your Head, Rosie the Red
by Rosemary McCarney
Illustrated by Yvonne Cathcart
Second Story Press
24 pp.
Ages 4-7
2015

Willow Finds a Way
by Lana Button
Illustrated by Tania Howells
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 5-7
2013

Violet
by Tania Duprey Stehlik
Illustrated by Vanja Vuleta Jovanic
Second Story Press
24 pp.
Ages 5-8
2009






Fiction


4 Kids in 5E and 1 Crazy Year
by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Scholastic Canada
244 pp.
Ages 10-13
2007

26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6
by Catherine Austen
James Lorimer
168 pp.
Ages 8-12
2011

28 Tricks for a Fearless Grade 6
by Catherine Austen
James Lorimer
189 pp.
Ages 9-12
2014

Athlete vs. Mathlete
by W. C. Mack
Scholastic Canada
172 pp.
Ages 9-12
2013

The BEDMAS Conspiracy
by Deborah Sherman
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
172 pp.
Ages 8-11
20011

Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch
by Suzanne Glickman
Illustrated by Mélanie Allard
Second Story Press
123 pp.
Ages 7-9
2008

Dunces Anonymous
by Kate Jaimet
Orca Book Publishers
157 pp.
Ages 8-12
2009

Dunces Rock
by Kate Jaimet
Orca Book Publishers
215 pp.
Ages 8-11
2014

Egghead
by Caroline Pignat
Red Deer Press
173 pp.
Ages 11-14
2008

Ghost Most Foul
by Patti Grayson
Coteau Books
192 pp.
Ages 10-13
2015

The Glory Wind
by Valerie Sherrard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
222 pp.
Ages 11+
2010

How to Tame a Bully
by Nancy Wilcox Richards
Illustrated by Drazen Kozjan
Scholastic Canada
80 pp.
Ages 7-10
2006

Invasion of the IQ Snatchers
by Arthur Slade
Coteau Books
115 pp.
Ages 8-12
2007

Jolted: Newton Starker’s Rules for Survival
by Arthur Slade
HarperCollins Canada
203 pp.
Ages 11-14
2008

Late for School (Haley and Bix)
by Scott Higgs
Scholastic Canada
30 pp.
Ages 6-7
2007

The Mealworm Diaries
by Anna Kerz   
Orca Book Publishers
176 pp.
Ages 9+
2009

Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
by Alan Silberberg
Aladdin
288 pp.
Ages 8-13
2011

The Missing Dog is Spotted
by Jessica Scott Kerrin
Groundwood Books
204 pp.
Ages 8-12
March, 2015

Monsters in the School
by Martyn Godfrey
Scholastic Canada
86 pp.
Ages 7-9
1991


No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
192 pp.
Ages 8-12
2002


Not Fair, Clare
by Yvonne Prinz
Raincoast Books
197 pp.
Ages 11-13
2008

Overtime
by David Skuy
Scholastic Canada
216 pp.
Ages 11-14
2011

Pigboy
by Vicki Grant
Orca Book Publishers
101 pp.
Ages 9-13
2006

Rain Shadow
by Valerie Sherrard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
150 pp.
Ages 10+
2014

Revenge on the Fly
by Sylvia McNicoll
Pajama Press
224 pp.
Ages 8+
2014

Rex Zero: The Great Pretender
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Groundwood Books
224 pp.
Ages 10-14
2009

Running Scared
by Beverley Terrell-Deutsch
Red Deer Press
176 pp.
Ages 9-12
2013

Schooled
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
208 pp.
Ages 8-12
2007

The Secret of Grim Hill
by Linda DeMeulemeester
Lobster Press
187 pp.
Ages 8-12
2007

The Sixth Grade Nickname Game
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
160 pp.
Ages 8-12
2004

Speechless
by Jennifer Mook-Sang
Scholastic Canada
184 pp.
Ages 8-12
September, 2015

The Spotted Dog Last Seen
by Jessica Scott Kerrin
Groundwood Books
196 pp.
Ages 8-11
2013

The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken
by Howard Whitehouse
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Kids Can Press
252 pp.
Ages 11-14
2006

This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
116 pp.
Ages 8-12
1978/2011

The Time Time Stopped
by Don Gilmour
Scholastic Canada
151 pp.
Ages 8-11
2011

Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
260 pp.
Ages 8-12
2012







Young Adult

Alice, I Think
by Susan Juby
HarperCollins Canada
244 pp.
Ages 12+
2003

The Baby Project
by Sarah Ellis
Groundwood Books
144 pp.
Ages 12+
1986

Bifocal
by Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
280 pp.
Ages 12-15
2007

Branded
by Eric Walters
Orca Book Publishers
136 pp.
Ages 10-14
2010

Cape Town
by Brenda Hammond
Great Plains Teen Fiction
326 pp.
Ages 14+
2012 

Chance to Dance for You
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Great Plains Teen Fiction
172 pp.
Ages 14+
2011

Creeps
by Darren Hynes
Razorbill/Penguin Canada
309 pp.
Age 13 +
2013

Cut the Lights
by Karen Krossing
Orca Book Publishers
129 pp.
Ages 11-14
2013


Depth of Field
by Chantel Guertin
ECW Press
208 pp.
Ages 13+
2014

The Dewpoint Show
by Barb Howard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
231 pp.
Ages 11-14
2010

Drummer Girl
by Karen Bass
Coteau Books
192 pp.
Ages 14+
2011

Fragile Bones: Harrison & Anna
by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Clockwise Press
217 pp.
Ages 13+
March 2015

Game Plan
by Natalie Corbett Sampson
Fierce Ink Press
351 pp.
Ages 12+
2013

Kissing Frogs
by Alisha Sevigny
Fierce Ink Press
231 pp.
Ages 12+
2014


My Parents Are Sex Maniacs: A High School Horror Story
by Robyn Harding
Annick Press
235 pp.
Ages 14-16
2009


The New Normal
by Ashley Little
Orca Book Publishers
222 pp.
Ages 12+
2013

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
243 pp.
Ages 11-14
2012


Straight Punch
by Monique Polak
Orca Book Publishers
249 pp.
Ages 13-16
2014

The Taming
by Eric Walters and Teresa Toten
Doubleday Canada
229 pp.
Ages 13-17
2012

The Throne
by Beth Goobie
Red Deer Press
281 pp.
Ages 14+
2013

Tribes
by Arthur Slade
HarperTrophy Canada
166 pp.
Ages 12+
2004


The Truth Commission
by Susan Juby
Razorbill Canada
272 pp.
Ages 14+
April 2015

We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
246 pp.
Ages 12+
May 2015

What We Hide
by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books
275 pp.
Ages 14+
2014

When Kacey Left
by Dawn Green
Red Deer Press
228 pp.
Ages 12+
April 2015








Non-Fiction

The Delta is My Home
by Tom McLeod and Mindy Willett
Fifth House
26 pp.
Ages 7-10
2008

Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Annick Press
104 pp.
Ages 7-11
2010 


Goodbye Buffalo Bay
by Larry Loyie
Theytus Books
142 pp.
Ages 10-14
2008

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
Owlkids Books
64 pp.
Ages 8-13
2011


Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education
by Elizabeth Suneby
Illustrated by Suana Verelst
Kids Can Press
36 pp.
Ages 8-10
2013

Reptile Flu: A story about communication
by Kathryn Cole
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Second Story Press
24 pp.
Ages 5-8
April 2015


School Days Around the World
by Margriet Ruurs
Illustrated by Alice Feagan
Kids Can Press
40 pp.
Ages 4-7
2015


Shannen and the Dream for a School
by Janet Wilson
Second Story Press
206 pp.
Ages 8+
2011 

The Way to School
by Rosemary McCarney and Plan International
Second Story Press
32 pp.
Ages 7-12
September 2015

When I Was Eight
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Annick Press
32 pp.
Ages 6-9
2013


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