Books for Boys Connectors/Belongers Books
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Books » Picture Book
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| Title | 1 Zany Zoo |
| Author | Lori Degman |
| Illustrator | Colin Jack |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • animals • behavior • fun • great read aloud • humor • picture books • preschooler • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • reluctant listener • reluctant reader • zoo • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Goodnight Gorilla took us all to the world of the zoo by night as the zookeeper is trailed home by a parade of happy escape artist animals. But, by day...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | 11 Birthdays |
| Author | Wendy Mass |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • birthdays • choices • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • magic • middle readers • problem-solving • risk • self-confidence • self-reliance • siblings • time • understanding others • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Amanda should be really excited. She's waking up to her eleventh birthday. But, last year on this day, her best friend, Leo, who shares her birth date, hurt Amanda's feelings...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | 39 Clues: Storm Warning |
| Author | Linda Sue Park |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • animals • Canada • Caribbean • family • great read aloud • journeys • middle readers • older readers • problem-solving • responsibility • risk • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Storm Warning is a mesmerizing story of intrigue, double-crossing, adventure, loss and self-discovery. Amy and Dan are led to the Caribbean in search of the next clue, but they...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | 4 Kids in 5E & 1 Crazy Year |
| Author | Virginia Frances Schwartz |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • change • courage • fears • feelings • first day of school • identity • If You Liked Tangerine • multicultural • reputation • school story • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
You have been sent here to room 5E because the E stands for Excellence says the new teacher, Ms. Hill. Willie's first thought is she's made a mistake and that...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Beach Tail |
| Author | Karen Lynn Williams |
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • beach • fathers/sons • finding yourself • getting lost • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Separation • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
A young African American boy and his father are walking on the beach. The boy draws a picture of a lion in the sand and his father names it Sandy....
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Big Fat Enormous Lie |
| Author | Marjorie Weinman Sharmat |
| Illustrator | David McPhail |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • character • choices • lying • mistakes • preschooler • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • telling the truth • toddler • truth • Belonger/Connector |
A little boy tells a lie -just a little lie- but it grows bigger and bigger and bigger and suddenly he has a monster following him around. This can be...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Birthday For Cow |
| Author | Jan Thomas |
| Illustrator | Jan Thomas |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • birthdays • duck • getting along • great read aloud • helping others • listening • mice • preschooler • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Storytime • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
Pig and Mouse are going to make cow the best birthday cake ever! Duck is worried. Duck keeps trying to put a turnip in the cake. This makes mouse and...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Book |
| Author | Mordicai Gerstein |
| Illustrator | Mordicai Gerstein |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • journeys • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • reading • self-esteem • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Once upon a time there was a book and inside that book there was a family. When the book was closed, the family slept and when the book opened, it...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor |
| Author | Harry Mazer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • American history • courage • danger • fathers/sons • Japan • risk • trilogy • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
It’s 1941 and the Japanese planes are streaking over Pearl Harbor. Adam knows his farther is down there on the Arizona and he slips down under the barbed wire to...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Boy No More |
| Author | Harry Mazer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • choices • fathers/sons • friendship • older readers • risk • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
After witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Adam moves to California with his mother and younger sister. He has difficulty adjusting to their new life--not only is he dealing...
Books » Humor
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| Title | A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever |
| Author | Marla Frazee |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Caldecott Honor • camp • friendship • fun • humor • nature • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Off to nature camp we go, say James and Eamon. Thank goodness, they get to stay with Bill and Pam, Eamon's grandparents, where banana waffles are served along with coffee...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | A Day No Pigs Would Die |
| Author | Robert Newton Peck |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • coming of age • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • growing up • If You Liked Hatchet • If You Liked Tangerine • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • middle readers • older readers • realistic fiction • respect • responsibility • self-control • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Robert is a young boy of the Plain People. This is the story of his pilgrimage to manhood. Life presents Robert with many lessons and behind them all is the...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A House for Hermit Crab |
| Author | Eric Carle |
| Illustrator | Eric Carle |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • board book • acceptance • adventure • animals • change • friends • friendship • getting along • great read aloud • helping others • homes • moving • picture books • power of positive thinking • preschooler • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • self-confidence • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Change is a hard thing for everyone and for little folks it can be especially challenging and a bit scary in fact. Meet Hermit Crab who has outgrown his shell...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Kiss Goodbye |
| Author | Audrey Penn |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • change • feelings • moving • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
How hard it is for children to have to move to a new home with new friends and a new school. Chester Raccoon is about to make just such a...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt |
| Author | C. Coco De Young |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Great Depression • helping others • historical fiction • hope • Independent reader • making a difference • middle readers • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven year old Margo Bandini is so worried that her family and the families all around her may lose their homes and their jobs. It's the Great Depression in Johnstown,...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Long Way From Home |
| Author | Elizabeth Baguley |
| Illustrator | Jane Chapman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • adventure • being yourself • change • family • feelings • running away • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Noah is the Smallest Bunny and he is tired of being squished and squashed in his very crowded house which is filled with too many family members! One night he...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend |
| Author | Emily Horner |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accidents • ambiguity • being yourself • bicycles • character • choices • coming of age • courage • danger • death • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • first love • growing up • high school • homosexuality • identity • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • journal • journeys • labeling • letting go • prejudice • quests • reputation • standing up for yourself • summer • Survival • Belonger/Connector |
AfterJulia’s death in a car crash, Cass can’t stay in town as the Drama Kids getready to perform Julia’s “top secret” play as a tribute to begin their senioryear...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Mighty Fine Time Machine |
| Author | Suzanne Bloom |
| Illustrator | Suzanne Bloom |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • experiments • gifts • great read aloud • humor • inventions • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • reading • reluctant listener • Storytime • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
The boys have just traded all their thingamabobs and other treasures for a time machine. Wow! But Sam says they've been bamboozled. There are no knobs or anything on it....
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | A Million Dots |
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| Illustrator | Mike Reed |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • concepts • counting • Independent reader • math • non-fiction • numbers • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • size • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
Start with a single dot and make your way through a million. It's hard to imagine what a million would look like, isn't it. Well with this book children can...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Million Shades of Gray |
| Author | Cynthia Kadohata |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Asian culture • danger • elephants • journeys • mature readers • older readers • responsibility • risk • traditions • Vietnam War • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
You are about to enter the world of South Vietnam just as the American War is ending. Y'Tin's father has helped the Americans on several missions and now there is...
