ROW 2017 - 2018 Titles Announced!

Read On Wisconsin (ROW) is a state-wide literacy program, administered by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, that promotes high-quality books for children and teens. Each month features one or more Read On Wisconsin titles for children and teens in five different age-level groups.  And the 2017 - 2018 titles have just been released!  Check out the titles HERE.

ROW March Titles

Check out the March titles from Read On Wisconsin!  The focus for the Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers is Family, with an emphasis on representing all types of families.  The Primary books ask readers to engage with new perspectives on art and insects.  The Intermediate titles bring all the excitement of a sporting event to the page.  March's Middle School titles are both historical, one true and one fiction.  The High School title also looks at a historical event: the Pentagon Papers.  Check out the whole March list HERE.

Read On Wisconsin 2016 - 2017 Titles Annouced!

Read On Wisconsin (ROW) is a state-wide literacy program, administered by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, that promotes high-quality books for children and teens. Each month features one or more Read On Wisconsin titles for children and teens in five different age-level groups.  And the 2016 - 2017 titles have just been released!  Check out the titles HERE.

 

Naturalists, Artists, Dreamers: ROW May 2016

Check out the May titles from Read On Wisconsin!

 The Story of Owen: The Dragon Slayer of Trondheim is one of my favorites from this month's ROW list, with dragons placed in a modern setting and an intriguing discussion of bards as chroniclers.

April 2016 ROW Book Selections

Read On Wisconsin's April 2016 titles include:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers
Baby Animal Farm (Karen Blair)
Call Me Tree = Llamame arbol (Maya Christina Gonzalez)
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator (Sarah C. Campbell)

Primary (Grades K - 2)
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! (Philippe Coudray)
Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry (Joyce Sidman)

Intermediate (Grades 3 - 5)
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways (Avis Harley)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein)

Middle School
 If I Ever Get Out of Here (Eric Gansworth)

High School
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal (Margarita Engle)

Explore each title in more depth HERE.

Read-On WI March Book Selections

Some close to ready-made programming with the Read-On Wisconsin's Baby, Toddler, and Preschool books this month.  Included are activities based on ECRR2 suggested by youth services librarians on the Read-On Literacy Advisory Committee.  Also, this month's selections include a number of books by Wisconsin authors!  Check out the titles HERE.

Read On Wisconsin - February Reads!

Read On Wisconsin (ROW) is a state-wide literacy program, administered by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, that promotes high-quality books for children and teens. Each month features one or more Read On Wisconsin titles for children and teens in five different age-level groups.  Check out the February selections HERE.

Read On Wisconsin Books - Take 5 High School

After much hard work and diligence from the Read On Wisconsin Literacy Advisory Committee and the CCBC librarians, the Read On Wisconsin book selections are now complete for the 2015-2016 year. Please check out the NEW 2015-2016 Read On Wisconsin Books here, on the Books page of our website, or take a look below. And, spread the word! Emily Townsend, CCBC Librarian

High School

PDF version of ROW 2014-2015 High School list

September

The Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman. Atheneum, 2013.

October

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon. Henry Holt, 2014.

November

Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci. Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

December

House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle. Cinco Puntos Press, 2014 (c2013).

January

Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids by Deborah Ellis. Foreword by Loriene Roy. Groundwood / House of Anansi Press, 2013.

February

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang.  First Second, 2014.

March

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2014.

April

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

May

The Story of Owen by E.K. Johnston. Carolrhoda Lab, 2014.

Vango: Between Earth and Sky by Timothée de Fombelle. Translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2014.

Summer

Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2014.

100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith. Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Silhouette of a Sparrow by Mary Beth Griffin. Milkweed Editions, 2012.

Vanishing Point. (Tune: Book 1) by Derek Kirk Kim. First Second, 2012.

Read On Wisconsin Books - Take 4 Middle School

After much hard work and diligence from the Read On Wisconsin Literacy Advisory Committee and the CCBC librarians, the Read On Wisconsin book selections are now complete for the 2015-2016 year. Please check out the NEW 2015-2016 Read On Wisconsin Books here, on the Books page of our website, or take a look below. And, spread the word! Emily Townsend, CCBC Librarian

Middle School

PDF version of ROW 2014-2015 Middle School list

September

The Crossover by Alexander Kwame. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

October

The Swallow: A Ghost Story by Charis Cotter. Tundra Books, 2014.

The Screaming Staircase. (Lockwood & Co.: Book One) by Jonathan Stroud. Disney / Hyperion, 2013.

November

Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet by Andrea Cheng. Lee & Low, 2013.

The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

December

The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, Inc., 2014.

January

Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics by Marilee Peters. Annick Press, 2014.

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2013.

February

Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky. Disney Hyperion, 2014.

March

The Scavengers by Michael Perry. HarperCollins, 2014.

April

If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, 2013.

May

The Bird King: An Artist’s Notebook by Shaun Tan. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Inc., 2013.

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin, 2014.

Summer

Mira in the Present Tense by Sita Brahmachari. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.

Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell. Bloomsbury, 2010.

Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes. Illustrated by Nick Bertozzi. Hyperion, 2007.

Read On Wisconsin Books - Take 3 Gr 3-5

After much hard work and diligence from the Read On Wisconsin Literacy Advisory Committee and the CCBC librarians, the Read On Wisconsin book selections are now complete for the 2015-2016 year. Please check out the NEW 2015-2016 Read On Wisconsin Books here, on the Books page of our website, or take a look below. And, spread the word! Emily Townsend, CCBC Librarian

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

PDF version of ROW 2015-2016 Intermediate (3-5) list

September

El Deafo by Cece Bell. Amulet, 2014.

Lend a Hand: Poems about Giving by John Frank. Illustrated by London Ladd. Lee & Low, 2014.

October

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams, 2014

The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis. Scholastic Press, 2014.

November

Arcady’s Goal by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt, 2014.

Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth. Scholastic Press, 2014.

December

What the Moon Said by Gayle Rosengren. Penguin Group, 2014.

The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown. Houghton Mifflin, 2013.

January

Lulu and the Cat in the Bag by Hilary McKay. Illustrated by Priscilla Lamont. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy. Delacorte, 2014.

February

Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Little, Brown, 2013.

March

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by K. G. Campbell. Candlewick Press, 2013.

Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I’s Bravest Dog by Ann Bausum. National Geographic, 2014.

April

African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways by Avis Harley. Photographs by Deborah Noyes. Candlewick Press, 2009.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein. Random House, 2013.

May

Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate. Candlewick Press, 2013.

Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, Inc., 2014.

Summer

The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic by Uma Krishnaswami. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Atheneum, 2013.

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens. Knopf, 2011.

Loon Summer by Sandy Gillum. Field Notes Press, 2008.

Read On Wisconsin Books - Take 2 K-2 Kids!

After much hard work and diligence from the Read On Wisconsin Literacy Advisory Committee and the CCBC librarians, the Read On Wisconsin book selections are now complete for the 2015-2016 year. Please check out the NEW 2015-2016 Read On Wisconsin Books here, on the Books page of our website, or take a look below. And, spread the word! Emily Townsend, CCBC Librarian

Primary (Grades K-2)

PDF version of ROW 2015-2016 Primary (K-2) list

September

The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin. Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Lee & Low, 2014.

Ling & Ting: Twice As Silly by Grace Lin. Little, Brown, 2014.

October

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett. Illustrated by Jon Klassen. Candlewick Press, 2014.

Gravity by Jason Chin. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

November

Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.  A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Clarion, 2014.

December

The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life by Lois Ehlert. Beach Lane Books, 2014.

Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales. Photographs by Tim O’Meara. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2014.

January

Blizzard by John Rocco.  Disney / Hyperion, 2014.

The Incredible Life of Balto by Meghan McCarthy.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

February

Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya. Illustrated by Susan Guevara. Putnam, 2014.

March

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick Press, 2014.

What Forest Knows by George Ella Lyon. Illustrated by August Hall. A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum, 2014.

April

Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! by Philippe Coudray.  Toon Books/Candlewick Press, 2013.

Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry by Joyce Sidman. Illustrated by Michelle Berg. Houghton MIfflin, 2006

May

Me … Jane by Patrick McDonnell.  Little, Brown, 2011.

Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies. Illustrated by Emily Sutton.  U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2014.

Summer

Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. Clarion, 2013.

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown.  Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Viking, 2013.

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin.  Illustrated by Eric-Shabazz Larkin.  With an afterword by Will Allen.  Readers to Eaters, 2013.

Secrets of the Garden:  Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld.  Illustrated by Priscilla Lamont.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Read On Wisconsin Books - Take 1 Babies!

After much hard work and diligence from the Read On Wisconsin Literacy Advisory Committee and the CCBC librarians, the Read On Wisconsin book selections are now complete for the 2015-2016 year. Please check out the NEW 2015-2016 Read On Wisconsin Books here, on the Books page of our website, or take a look below. And, spread the word! Emily Townsend, CCBC Librarian

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

PDF version of ROW 2015-2016 Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers list

September

My Bus by Byron Barton. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2014.

Mommies and Their Babies (Black And White) by Guido van Genechten. Translated from the Dutch. Clavis, 2012

Daddies and Their Babies (Black And White) by Guido van Genechten. Translated from the Dutch. Clavis, 2012.

October

Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2014.

Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming.  Beach Lane, 2014.

I Am So Brave by Stephen Krensky. Abrams Appleseed, 2014.

November

Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio.  Illustrated by Christian Robinson.  Atheneum, 2014.

We all count: A Book of Cree Numbers by Julie Flett. Native Northwest, 2014.

December

Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg. Disney / Hyperion, 2014.

It Is Night by Phyllis Rowland. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2014.

January

The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Duboc. Translated from the French by Claudia Z. Bedrick. U.S. edition: Enchanted Lion, 2014.

Nest by Jorey Hurley. A Paula Wiseman Book / Simon & Schuster, 2014.

February

The Mouse Who Ate the Moon by Petr Horáček. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2014.

Mooncakes by Loretta Seto. Illustrated by Renné Benoit. Orca, 2013.

March

Socks! by Tania Sohn. Kane Miller, 2014.

If You Were a Dog by Jamie A. Swenson. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2014.

April

Baby Animal Farm by Karen Blair. Candlewick, 2014.

Call Me Tree = Llámame árbol by Maya Christina Gonzalez.  Translated by Dana Goldberg. Children’s Book Press / Lee & Low, 2014.

Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell. Boyds Mills Press, 2008.

May

Mommy! Mommy! by Taro Gomi. Translated from the Japanese. U.S. edition: Chronicle, 2013.

What Will Hatch? by Jennifer Ward. Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani. Walker / Bloomsbury, 2013.

See What a Seal Can Do by Chris Butterworth.  Illustrated by Kate Nelms.  Candlewick Press, 2013.

Summer

Night Sounds by Javier Sobrino. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amada. Illustrated by Emilio Urberuaga. U.S. edition: Groundwood, 2013.

Building Our House by Jonathan Bean. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

Who’s That Baby? New Baby Songs by Sharon Creech. Illustrated by David Diaz. Joanna Cotler / HarperCollins, 2005.

Read On Wisconsin Titles for March

The Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association is a sponsor of Read On Wisconsin (ROW), which is a literacy program highlighting top-notch reads for youth of all ages in our state.  

Discussion questions, selected booktrailers, forums and resources for librarians and teachers to use in promoting these titles are available at the Read On Wisconsin website. Consider featuring these titles in storytimes, programs, or displays. Children and teens can even make booktrailers for sharing on the ROW website. Guidelines, technical tips and examples are available here.

March 2015 Read on Wisconsin Titles:


Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers Books
Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada. Translated from the Japanese by Yvette Ghione. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 2013.
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Beach Lane, 2009.


Primary (K-2) Books
No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young. Illustrated by Nicole Wong. Charlesbridge, 2013.


Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Books
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers. Egmont, 2012.
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy. Illustrated by Joe Morse. Carolrhoda, 2013.


Middle School Books
March: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Illustrated by Nate Powell. Top Shelf, 2013.
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler. Walker, 2013.


High School Books
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Inc., 2013.
I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Arthur Flowers. Illustrated by Manu Chitrakar. Designed by Guglielmo Rossi. Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2013.

Read on Wisconsin Titles for February

Here are this month's titles. Discussion questions, selected booktrailers, forums and resources for these titles are available on the Read On Wisconsin website.

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers Books

Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth. Peachtree Publishers, 2013.

Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale. Peachtree Publishers, 2013.

Primary (K-2) Books

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Kunu’s Basket: A Story from Indian Island by Lee DeCora Francis. Illustrated by Susan Drucker. Tilbury House, 2012.

Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Books

Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay. Illustrated by Priscilla Lamont. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.

The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses by Lisa Wheeler. Illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. Atheneum, 2013.

Middle School Books

Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin. Scholastic Press, 2013.

High School Books

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black. Little, Brown, 2013.

Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2013.

Read On Wisconsin Titles for October

This post brought to you by Emily Townsend!

Greetings!

Over the past year, I've had a number of people ask about the who's and how's of Read On Wisconsin (ROW) monthly book selections. This month, I thought I'd offer a brief explanation of who chooses the ROW monthly titles.

The Read On Wisconsin titles are selected by a Literacy Advisory Committee (LAC). The committee members include teachers, librarians, and early childcare providers from around the state. Many are members of WEMTA or WLA. LAC members serve for a two-year term. This means we are welcoming new members and thanking outgoing members every year. The committee members are then divided into the five ROW age groups (see book list below for divisions), according to their interest and expertise. LAC members in each of the age groups work together to choose titles and write discussion questions for those titles. You probably know a ROW LAC member. Check out this year's committee by clicking here and the above link. 

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the LAC for their hard work and their exciting and engaging selections for the month of October. The Primary group selected two different books about trees -- definitely a topic of interest to the K-2 crowd this time of year. The Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers group selected a clever and fun book about costumes and identity in Matilda and Hans as well as a lovely board book about a grandmother and grandson harvesting berries.The Intermediate and Middle School groups chose lively and thoughtful selections that will get kids thinking outside of their regular experiences. Likewise, the high school group's choice of Maggot Moon, an alternative history fiction, will challenge students to reflect on their ideas about society, history, and ideology. You can find a complete list of this month's titles below. 

For updates, resources and activities throughout the month follow us on Twitter and Pinterest. As always, discussion questions for the books are available on our website and resources for the titles and authors can be found at TeachingBooks.net.

Here are the Read On Wisconsin titles for October:

Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Matilda and Hans by Yokococo. U.S. edition:  Templar / Candlewick Press, 2013.

Wild Berries by Julie Flett.  Simply Read Books, 2013.

Primary (K-2) Books

Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.

Chavela and the Magic Bubble by Monica Brown. Illustrated by Magaly Morales. Clarion, 2010.           

Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Books

Buffalo Bird Girl:  A Hidatsa Story by S.D. Nelson. Abrams, 2012.

                      

Middle School Books

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery by Cynthia Grady. Illustrated by Michele Wood.  Eerdmans, 2012.      

The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated by Julia Kuo. Atheneum, 2013.

High School Books

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner. Illustrated by Julian Crouch. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2013.

If you're interested in learning more about how the titles are selected, check out our Choosing Books page on our website or contact me at etownsend@wisc.edu. I'm happy to answer any questions.