Read On Wisconsin - October Selections

Check out the October book selections for Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online literacy initiative!



Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers:

• The Voyage of Turtle Rex by Kurt Cyrus. Harcourt, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2):

• Always Listen to Your Mother by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide Pierce. Illustrated by Kyle M. Stone. Disney / Hyperion, 2010

Intermediate (Grades 3-5):

• This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Middle School:

• Prime Baby by Gene Luen Yang. First Second / Roaring Brook Press, 2010
• Smile by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix, 2010

High School:

• Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Dutton, 2010

From storytimes to book discussions, we hope you'll look for ways to share these books with children and teens in Wisconsin.


The new Read On Wisconsin web site is still under development. Among the site's features will be an exchange forum for librarians and teachers to talk about ways they are using the Read On Wisconsin program and books.


In the meantime, you can find the complete list of book selections, and discussion questions for each title, on the temporary site at:  http://readon.education.wisc.edu/


And resources about some of the 2011-2012 Read On Wisconsin authors and books can be found at TeachingBooks.net: http://www.teachingbooks.net/quicksearch.cgi?id=2224

CCBC Webinars!

On Thursday, April 8th, librarians from the CCBC presented their annual CCBC Choices program, Great Books for Younger children (Birth - Grade 5). If you weren't able to join us live, please note that the program is archived here.

Please join us at 9 am on Thursday, April 15th for this week's webinar, Great New Books for Older Children and Teens (Grades 6-12). You can register here. We'll record and post that program to the SCLS CE blog if you're not able to join us for the live broadcast.

The next CCBC Shorts webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, April 21 at 9 a.m. Register here.

Please note that these free webinar programs are delivered directly to your computer using GoToWebinar. We recommend using a USB headset - you will not need a microphone to participate in any of these sessions.

If you have any questions about any of the above listed webinars feel feel to contact Shawn Brommer at the South Central Library System.