July 2012

Booklists · Back to School

Time to sharpen those pencils! August is National Back to School Month! Get the school year off to a good start with these recently published back-to-school books and staff picks.

Books for Kids: Easy Books

Oopsy, Teacher!

Stephanie Calmenson

Marco Goes to School

Roz Chast

Foxy

Emma Dodd

Monster School: First Day Frights

David Keane

My Teacher

James Ransome

Miss Fox's Class Gets It Wrong

Eileen Spinelli

Miracle Melts Down

Rosemary Wells

Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!

Hyewon Yum

Books for Kids: Juvenile Fiction

Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret

Wanda Coven

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

Tom Greenwald

Adult Nonfiction: General

What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

Taylor Mali

The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the Education They Deserve

Peg Tyre

Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World

Tony Wagner

Teachers Matter: Rethinking How Public Schools Identify, Reward, and Retain Great Educators

Marcus A. Winters

Fed Up with Lunch: How One Anonymous Teacher Revealed the Truth About School Lunches--And How to Change Them!

Sarah Wu

Adult Nonfiction: Social Aspects of Schools

Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know about Ending the Cycle of Bullying

Carrie Goldman

It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living

The Drama Years: Real Girls Talk About Surviving Middle School -- Bullies, Brands, Body Image, and More

Haley Kilpatrick

Adult Nonfiction: Biographies and Memoirs

Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Men to the College of Holy Cross and Changed the Course of History

Diane Brady

Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids, and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform

Michael Brick

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year As a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

Tony Danza

Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential

Deborah Kenny

Teacher Man: A Memoir

Frank McCourt

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

Liz Murry

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.