1. Books for Boys
Jeanine Osther

2. Welcome! Over 10 years of public library experience
Create programs for all ages
Currently ODU Graduate student
Informational Specialist—Chesapeake Public Library

3. Books for Boys
This presentation is geared for boys of all ages and readers of all levels
15 minutes will be granted at the end to share titles, questions, comments!

4. Quick Tip
Start your reluctant reader off with a series, so you have time to develop more titles

5. PreK-3rd Grade The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
The Day the Crayons Came Home
Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
Flotsam by David Wiesner

6. Grades 3-6 Weird School by Dan Gutman
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

7. Graphic Novels Bone by Jeff Smith Teen Titans Go! (Authors Vary)
Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar
Lunch Lady by Jarrett J. Krosocka
Knights of the Lunch Table by Frank Cammuso
Regular Show by KC Green
Adventure Time by Ryan North
Avatar: The Last Airbender by Gene Luen Yang

8. Quick Tip
Audiobooks for reluctant readers are like strawberries on cheesecake…they just go together

9. Grades 6-8 Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Cirque de Freak (also a manga) by Darren Shan
Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Origami Yoda Files by Tom Angleberger
Great audiobook!

10. Quick Tip
Graphic Novels are great sources for our reluctant readers! They are great transition books, and help develop reading comprehension.

11. Graphic Novels Bone by Jeff Smith
Zeus: King of the gods by George O’Connor (Olympian Series)
Regular Show by KC Green
Adventure Time by Ryan North
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Bleach by Tite Kubo
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

12. Grades 9-12 All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Forty Acres: A Thriller by Dwayne Alexander Smith
Battle Royale: The Novel by Koushun Takami
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie

13. Graphic Novels Injustice: Gods Among Us by Tom Taylor
Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi
Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
One Punch Man by One and Yusuke Murata
Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
I am Alice: Body Swap in Wonderland
Attack on Titan by Hajuime Isayama

14. One more!
Spurt: A Balls and All Story by Chris Miles

15. Contact Information
LinkedIn​: Jeanine Osther
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