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AMBASSADOR SCHU’S REVIEW OF BOOKS
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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 in a conversation with
Mr. Schu as he presents some of the best new picture books, early readers, and chapter books for
emergent, transitional, and fluent 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 find the perfect book.
Mr. Schu’s Recommendations
Twenty Yawns
by Jane Smiley; illustrated by Lauren Castillo
Horrible Bear!
by Ame Dyckman; illustrated by Zachariah OHora
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret
by Bob Shea
Ballet Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants!
by Bob Shea
Daniel Finds a Poem
by Micha Archer
Bear and a Piano
by David Litchfield
Beasties in My Backyard
by Camilla de la Bedoyere
Cleo Edison Oliver: Playground Millionaire
by Sundee Frazier
Dance Like Starlight
by Kristy Dempsey; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Finding Winnie
by Lindsay Mattick; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Little Elliot, Big Family
by Mike Curato
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
by Judd Winick
The Hero Two Doors Down
by Sharon Robinson
I, Fly! The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are
by Bridget Heos
Mother Bruce
by Ryan T. Higgins
The Princess in Black
by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Ranger in Time: Long Road to Freedom
by Kate Messner
Ruby Lee and Me
by Shannon Hitchcock
Shelter Pet Squad: Paloma
by Cynthia Lord
What If You Had Animal Ears!?
by Sandra Markle
What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig
by Emma J. Virjan
Who Was George Washington Carver?
by Jim Gigliotti
Wolfie the Bunny
by Ame Dyckman; illustrated by Zachariah OHora
Crenshaw
by Katherine Applegate
Upside Down Magic
by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
Born in the Wild
by Lita Judge
Louise Loves Art
by Kelly Light
Please, Mr. Panda
by Steve Antony
Trombone Shorty
by Troy Andrews; illustrated by Bryan Collier
Waiting
by Kevin Henkes
Raymie Nightingale
by Kate DiCamillo