The Boxcar Children Book 1 by Gertrude Chandler Warner

 

I read the first book of this series for the first time.  

It's a great story for beginning readers!

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

I read this book in its entirety for the first time to my second grade class this year. Wow!  Definitely a book worth reading.

 

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

 Excellent Read!

The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret

This is an all-time favorite.

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

 

I have never read Charlotte's Web from beginning to end before this year.  It was great.

Nightbooks by J.A. White

Bluebonnet 2020-2021

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

BlueBonnet 2020-2021

In THE BRIDGE HOME, 11-year-old Viji and her 12-year-old developmentally disabled sister, Rukku, flee their abusive father and their village in India for the city, where they find friendship and shelter by pitching a makeshift tent atop an abandoned bridge. Soon, like millions of other homeless kids in that part of the world, they're spending their days slogging through piles of trash hoping to find something they can sell to stay alive. With two boys about their age and a stray dog they've rescued, they form their own family, help each other, and have a lot of pride. But the danger is everywhere, from violent people to disease and injury.  (Review by Common Sense Media)