Literacy Week & Read-a-thon

Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Read-a-thon!

With your generous donations, we raised just over $6,000—that’s $545 for each grade level to help our teachers replenish beloved favorites and expand their classroom libraries with new, diverse, and recently published books.

Our teachers are already putting together their book lists, and many have exciting titles in mind that they can’t wait to share with their students.

Below is a preview of some of the books that will soon find a home on our classroom shelves.

Thank you for helping us grow our libraries—and our readers!

2025 Read-a-thon Book Lists

Herons: Emily 

  • Geology Books for next year’s science curriculum

Herons: Mary 

2025-2026 Oregon Battle of the Books: 6th-8th Grade Division

  • Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi 

  • Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan 

  • Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede 

  • A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln 

  • Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee 

  • Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass 

  • The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers 

  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín 

  • An Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff Burke 

  • Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz 

  • Rain Rising by Courtney Comrie 

  • Remember My Story by Claire Sarnowski and Sarah Durand 

  • Soar by Joan Bauer 

  • Tagging Freedom by Rhonda Roumani 

  • Tumble by Celia C. Pérez 

  • Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan 

Ravens

  • The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Jennifer Choldenko

  • Simon Sort of Says (Newbery Honor Award Winner) by Erin Bow

  • A Snake Falls to Earth (Newbery Honor Award Winner) by Darcie Little Badger

  • Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley

  • Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

  • Land of the Crane by Aida Salazar

  • Alone by Megan E. Freeman

  • Good Different by Meg Eden

  • Wonderfully Wired Brains: An Introduction to the World of Neurodiversity by Louise Gooding

  • Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks by Leanne Boucher Gill

Meadowlarks

  • Fox Hunt by Cigdem Knebel

  • Indian Shoes by Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm

  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

  • The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

  • Stories in the Clouds: Weather Science and Mythology Around the World

Sparrows

  • Scribble Stones by Diane Alber

  • The Color Monster books by Anna Llenas

  • Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer

  • National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis

  • Stories from Around the World: 4 Tales of Problem Solving and Wit and 4 Tales of Persistence and Grit by Barefoot Books

  • Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings by Laurel Snyder

Hummingbirds

  • The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler

  • Neighbors by Kasya Denisevich

  • Have you Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris

  • The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone