Read on Wisconsin is About to Begin!

In 2011, the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education at UW-Madison took over the Read On Wisconsin literacy program begun in 2004 by former First Lady Jessica Doyle. This literacy program promotes high-quality literature for children and teens with featured books each month at five different age/grade level ranges.

Here are this year's selections.  The website with complete citations and discussion topics for books should be updated shortly : http://readon.education.wisc.edu/

September

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka.  Schwartz & Wade, 2011
Back to School Tortoise by Lucy M. George.  Albert Whitman, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Cork & Fuzz: Short & Tall by Dori Chaconas. Viking, 2006
Dog & Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories  by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.  Roaring Brook Press, 2007

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
What Really Happened to Humpty (from the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective) by Jeanie Franz Ransom.   Charlesbridge, 2009

Middle School

Hidden by Helen Frost.  Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz. Candlewick Press, 2011

High School

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  Dutton, 2012

 October

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Job Site by Nathan Clement.  Boyds Mills Press, 2011
Monday is One Day by Arthur A. Levine.   Scholastic Press, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Mouse & Lion by Rand Burkert.   Scholastic, 2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Eyes on the Goal by John Coy.  Feiwel and Friends, 2010

Middle School
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee. Scholastic Inc., 2011

High School

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol.  First Second, 2011

November

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Gracias / Thanks by Pat Mora  Lee & Low, 2009
Loon Baby by Molly Beth Griffin.  Houghton Mifflin, 2010

Primary (Grades K-2)

Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta Groundwood,2009

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Diego Rivera:  His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh.  Abrams, 2011
My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art by Guadalupe Rivera Marín. Children’s Book Press, 2009

Middle School
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor.  Viking, 2011

High School

Up Close: Harper Lee by Kerry Madden.  Viking, 2009

December

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Cradle Me by Debby Slier.  Star Bright Books, 2012
The Twins’ Blanket by Hyewon Yum.  Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011
While You Are Sleeping: A Lift-the-Flap Book of Time Around the World by Durga Bernhard.
Charlesbridge, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Little Dog Lost:  A True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Mônica Carnesi.  Penguin, 2012

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

Rich:  A Dyamonde Daniel Book by Nikki Grimes.  Putnam, 2010

Middle School
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say.  Scholastic Press, 2011

High School

Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams.Little, Brown, 2011 

January

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Stars by Mary Lin Ray.  Beach Lane Books, 2011
Swirl by Swirl:  Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman.  HM, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Crouching Tiger by Ying Chang Compestine.  Candlewick Press, 2011
These Hands by Margaret H. Mason  Houghton Mifflin, 2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg.  Houghton Mifflin, 2011.

Middle School
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2009
Amelia Lost:  The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming.  Schwartz & Wade, 2011

High School

Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones. Candlewick Press, 2011

February
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atinuke.  Kane Miller, 2011 
Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla. Tricycle Press, 2010

Primary (Grades K-2)

Emma Dilemma:  Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell George.  Clarion, 2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak.   Eerdman’s, 2011

Middle School

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.  Candlewick Press, 2011

High School
Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman.  Scholastic Press, 2011

March

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano.  Roaring Brook Press, 2012
Insect Detectives by Steve Voake. Candlewick Press, 2010
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr.  Beach Lane, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Let’s Go See Papá! by Lawrence Schimel.    Groundwood, 2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce.  Candlewick Press, 2011

Middle School
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos.  Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011

High School
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray.  Scholastic Press, 2011

April

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Nikki Grimes. HM, 2010.
The Rain Train by Elena de Roo.  Candlewick Press, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon.  Atheneum,  2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka.  Roaring Brook Press, 2011
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) by Linda Sue Park. Clarion, 2007

Middle School
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai. HarperCollins, 2011

High School

The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf.  Candlewick Press, 2011 

May

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
The Big Baby Book by Guido van Genechten.   Clavis, 2011
Time for a Bath by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.  Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.  Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Sleep by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.  Houghton Mifflin, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2)

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobia.  Kane/Miller, 2010

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Bannerjee.  Wendy Lamb Books, 2010

Middle School
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney.  Little, Brown, 2011

High School

Pick-Up Game:  A Full Day of Full Court edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.  Candlewick Press, 2011