Mrs. Welko’s Book Talks (2018–2019)
Mrs. Welko visits Bolingbrook schools throughout the year to give booktalks to the students. The books below are her picks for the 2018–2019 school year. If you see something you like, click the item’s picture to find it on our shelves. You can also click the month’s heading to view the full list, including Lexile scores and recommended grade level.
Come back every month for more great reading recommendations!
booktalk, 2019 Monarch Nominees, Bob not Bob, Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, The Infamous Ratsos, Kara LaReau, Jabari Jumps, Gaia Cornwall, 2019 Bluestem Nominees, The Story of Diva and Flea, Mo Willems, What Was the Great Chicago Fire, Janet B. Pascal, Wish, Barbara O’Connor, The Alien Files, Paul McEvoy, B is for Bookworm, Anita C. Prieto, It’s a Mystery, Sharon Dalgleish, Librarian on the Roof, M.G. King, Stuff that Scares Your Pants Off, Glenn Murphy, Technology cool women who code, Andi Diehn, Back-to-school Rules, Laurie B. Friedman, Back to School with Bigfoot, Samantha Berger, Mission back-to-school, Susan Hood, We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, Ryan T. Higgins, Coyote Moon, Maria Gianferrari, Creepy Pair of Underwear, Aaron reynolds, The Night Gardener, Terry Fan, Eric Fan, The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau, Funny Bones, Posada and his Day of the Dead Calaveras, Duncan Tonatiuh, A Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord, Everything Kids, Witches and Wizards Book, L.T. Samuels, Get Involved, Animal Rights Activist, Carrie Gleason, The Ghost Hunter’s Guide, Charles Bouvier, Ghost in the House, Daniel Cohen, How Humans Make Friends, Loreen Leedy, Kids Talk About, Respect, Carrie Finn, The Scariest Places on Earth, Alcatraz, Nick Gordon, The Wolf Girls, an Unsolved Mystery from History, Jane Yolen, Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple, Duck & Goose, Quack Honk Boo, Tad Hills, Happy Halloween, Stinky Face, Lisa McCourt, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, David Ezra Stein, Pumpkin Heads, Wendell Minor, Scaredy-Cat, Splat, Rob Scotton, The Marigold Mess, Jacqueline Jules, Stay, Kate Klis, Game Changer, John Mclendon, secret game, John Coy, The Secret Subway, Shana Corey, Whoosh, Lonnie Johnson’s super-soaking stream of inventions, Chris Barton, Eye candy, crafting cool candy creations, Dana Meachen Rau, Fairy tale lunches, a cookbook for young readers and eaters, Jane Yolen, A monster cookbook, Sarah L. Schuette, Reindeer crunch and other Christmas Recipes, Kristi Johnson, Sandwiches, America’s favorite food, Alison Deering, The story behind toilets, Elizabeth Raum, Cooking camp disaster, Carolyn Keene, Cooking club chaos, Veera Hiranandani, Full, full, full of love, Trish Cooke, Gingerbread Christmas, Jan Brett, Granny Torrelli makes soup, Sharon Creech, Pig the Elf, Aaron Blaney, A Very Fuddles Christmas, Frans Vischer, What’s cooking, Moo Moo, Tim Miller, Different pond, Bao Phi, Tooth by tooth, comparing fangs, tusks, and chompers, Sara Levine, Dragons and marshmallows, Asia Citro, Counting Thyme, Melanie Conklin, Ugly, Robert Hoge, 50 wacky things animals do, weird and amazing animal facts, Tricia Martineau Wagner, Animal stories, heartwarming true tales from the animal kingdom, Jane Yolen, Look up, bird-watching in your own backyard, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Weird but true, National Geographic Kids, Why bed bugs bite and other gross facts about bugs, Jody Sullivan Rake, Wild horse scientists, Kay Frydenborg, Zombie makers, true stories of nature’s undead, Rebecca L. Johnson, Animal house, Candace Ryan, Animal strike at the zoo, Karma Wilson, Bear who wasn’t there, LeUyen Pham, Hungry lion, dwindling assortment of animals, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Hero, Jennifer Li Shotz, Night animals, Gianna Marino, This is a taco, Andrew Cangelose, What animals really like, Fiona Robinson, Dolphin rescue, Catherine Nichols, Broken pride, Erin Hunter, Return of the hungry hamster, Sam Hay
