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Ambassador Schu’s Review of Books for You and Your Readers, Too!
Calling all elementary school teachers, librarians, and administrators!
Join a conversation with Mr. Schu as he presents some of the best
new picture books, early readers, and chapter books for emergent, transitional, and uent readers. In typical Mr. Schu fashion, he will
share book trailers, websites, activities, and interviews you can easily incorporate into lessons and booktalks to get everyone on your campus
hurrying to your bookshelves to nd the perfect book.
Mr. Schu’s Recommendations
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Zoe in Wonderland by Brenda Woods
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty; illustrated by David Roberts
Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley; illustrated by Lauren Castillo
Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat
We Are Growing by Laurie Keller
Shadow House series by Dan Poblocki
Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
What If You Had an Animal Nose? by Sandra Markle; illustrated by Howard McWilliam Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Surf’s Up by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Daniel Miyares
Egg by Kevin Henkes
Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh
Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey
Horizon by Scott Westerfeld
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Plankton is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske
I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!) by Rachel Isadora
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
The Warden’s Daughter by Jerry Spinelli
This House, Once by Deborah Freedman
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
You Don’t Want a Unicorn! by Ame Dyckman; illustrated by Liz Climo
Ballet Cat: What’s Your Favorite Favorite? by Bob Shea
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt; illustrated by Adam Rex Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
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