By Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost; scanning electron microscope images by Linnea Rundgren (Macmillan)
Min is a microbe that lives in this book! Go on an adventure with Min to meet other microbes and get a very up-close look at the world.
Read Across America
Visit our Read Across America Padlet to see how Frank J Smith School & Central School students celebrate reading!
East Hanover elementary schools celebrate reading throughout the entire year with the Read Across America program. The NEA's Read Across America program celebrates a nation of diverse readers. Each month of the year celebrates a different theme to encourage reading across a range of books.
Frank J. Smith and Central Elementary Schools will celebrate reading year long. Each month students will participate in reading themed books.
View the different pages on the library website for additional information about each month. For more information about the NEA's Read Across America program, please visit their website at: NEA Read Across America
January
Do Not Lick this Book
February
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
By Janet Halfmann; illustrated by London Lad (Lee & Low Books)
Born into slavery, Lilly Ann secretly learned to read and write from her master’s children—and then read everything she could get her hands on. Wishing to share her knowledge with others, she secretly taught hundreds of other enslaved people despite the great risks.
March
Malala’s Magic Pencil
By Malala Yousafzai; illustrated by Kerascoët (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true.
Please use the book lists below to find a book about finding your voice.
Finding Your Voice K-2
April
Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals
By Nicola Davies; illustrated by Petr Horáček (Candlewick Press)
On large pages filled with lush mixed-media illustrations, descriptive poems reveal fascinating facts about wildlife from around the world, generating appreciation for animals of every size, color, and shape.
Please use the book lists below to find a book about animals.
Animals PK-2
Animals 3-5
May
They Say Blue
By Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
Follow a young girl through a year or a day as she explores and examines the world around her and shares her questions and imaginative thoughts.
Please use the book lists below to find books that will inspire curiosity!
Curiosity K-2
Curiosity 3-5
June
Julián Is a Mermaid
By Jessica Love
July
Pie is for Sharing
By Stephanie Parsley Ledyard; illustrated by Jason Chin
August
Saffron Ice Cream
By Rashin Kheiriyeh
September
Alma and How She Got Her Name
By Juana Martinez-Neal (Candlewick Press)
Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks that six is way too many names! But as she learns more about how her names connect her to her family, Alma becomes very proud of all her names.
October
Finding the Music / En pos de la música
By Jennifer Torres; illustrated by Renato Alarcão; Spanish translation by Alexis Romay (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)
When Reyna accidentally breaks her grandfather’s vihuela, she seeks help in her neighborhood to repair it and discovers his legacy in the community as a mariachi player.
November
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story
By Joseph Bruchac; pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes (Albert Whitman & Company)
Forced to attend a missionary boarding school, Betoli was forbidden to speak Navajo and given the English name Chester. Chester adapted as best he could to the forced assimilation but refused to give up his language and heritage—which he and other Navajo soldiers used to create an unbreakable code that was key to ending World War II.
December
Alfie: (The Turtle That Disappeared)
By Thyra Heder (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
Nia is excited to bring home her new turtle named Alfie on her 6th birthday, but eventually loses interest as Alfie doesn’t seem to notice all the effort she makes to include him in her life. Alfie has noticed, though, and sets off to do something special for Nia for her 7th birthday.