Gift Suggestion: Books!

When the opportunity to give a gift presents itself, KNEA members suggest you give the gift of books.

The KNEA Reading Circle Catalog is a great resource. For over 75 years, Reading Circle members have reviewed newly published books and recommended the best to Kansas school and public libraries. The Reading Circle Catalog also includes a list of Kansas titles and authors and William Allen White titles.

Here is a sample list of what you'll find...

Primary Student
(pre-kindergarten - 2nd grade)

• Rudy's Pond by Eve Bunting
  
• Morning, Noon and Night by Jean Craighead George
  
• Summertime by George Gershwin
  
• Flicker Flash by Joan B. Graham
  
• Mole Music by David McPhail
  
• How Big Were the Dinosaurs by Patrick O'Brien
  
• A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
  
• Red Flower Goes West by Ann Turner
  
• Vera's First Day of School by Vera Rosenberry
  
• Snow Bear by Jean Craighead George

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Intermediate Students
(3rd - 5th grades)

• Swimming With Sharks by Twig C. George
  
• Abraham's Battle: a Novel of Gettysburg by Sara Harrell Banks
  
• I Remember the Alamo by D. Anne Love
  
• Paperboy by Isabelle Holland
  
• Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's Civil War Journal by Craig Crist-Evans
  
• Good Luck, Mrs. K! by Louise Borden
  
• Play Like a Girl: A Celebration of Women in Sports by Sue Macy and Jane Gottesman
  
• Jeremiah Learns to Read by JoEllen Bogart
  
• The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff
  
• Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams by Ellen Conford

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Junior High Students
(6th - 8th grades)

• Blackwater by Eve Bunting
  
• The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro
  
• Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
  
• Career Ideas for Kids by Diane L. Reeves
  
• Clara's Schumann: Piano Virtuoso by Susanna Reich
  
• Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
  
• A Blizzard Year by Gretel Ehrlich
  
• Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
  
• Amelia's War by Ann Rinaldi
  
• Anson's Way by Gary D. Schmidt

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Senior High School Students
(9th grade - young adult)

• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly W. Holt
  
• Geography of Hope: Black Exodus from the South by Him Haskins
  
• Black Pioneers: An Untold Story by William L. Katz
  
• The Deeper Song by Patricia C. Pfitsch
  
• Lightning in a Drought Year by Michelle Black
  
• Politics American Style by Isobel V. Morin
  
• Atlas of American Migration by Stephen A. Flanders
  
• Pacific War Encyclopedia by James F. Dunnigan
  
• Nightmare Hour by R. L. Stine
  
• Our Nation's Archives by Erik Bruun and Jay Crosby, ed.

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