1. Are there children on your Christmas list this year? Humble ISD Librarians recommend…

2. Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Patricia Pace/Shadow Forest Elementary

3. Are there children on your Christmas list this year? Humble ISD Librarians recommend…

4. Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Patricia Pace/Shadow Forest Elementary

5. Interest Level: Grades 5-9 “The newest Percy Jackson adventure is the best installment yet!” Recommended by: Alice Braine/Kingwood Middle

6. How Murray Saved Christmas by Mike Reiss Reading Level: 2.4 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Jessica Castille/Bear Branch Elementary

7. Reading Level: 2.4 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Jessica Castille/Bear Branch Elementary

8. Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Susan Eickenhorst/Lakeland Elementary

9. Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Grades 3-6 Recommended by: Jane Mehring/Oaks Elementary

10. Defiance by John Grogan Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Grades 5-8 Recommended by: Janet Self/Whispering Pines Elementary

11. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Reading Level: 7-12 Interest Level: Grades 9-12 Recommended by: Kristen Gladden/Ross Sterling Middle Ruth Parrish/Kingwood Park High School

12. Schooled by Gordon Korman Reading Level: 4-9 Interest Level: Grades 5-8 Recommended by: Ann Burns/Creekwood Middle

13. Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Grades K-3 Recommended by: Lynn Sayer/Foster Elementary

14. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Wendy Loflin/Willow Creek Elementary

15. Santa’s Book of Names by David McPhail Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Tina Brown/Park Lakes Elementary Donna Smalley/Eagle Springs Elementary

16. Lost and Found Bluford High Series by Anne Schraff Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Grades 6-12 “The Bluford High Series has our kids reading--and enjoying it!” Didi Jordan/Humble Middle

17. Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Grades 5-8 Recommended by: Penny Mixon/Professional Resource Center

18. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Grades 3-8 Recommended by: Lori Freshour/Maplebrook Elementary Anntoinette Brown/Oak Forest Elementary

19. Togo by Robert J. Blake Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Grades 3-6 Recommended by: Tonya Hinojosa/Elm Grove Elementary

20. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Grades 6-8 Recommended by: Jean Faris/Riverwood Middle

21. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Young Adult Recommended by: Susan Schilling/Kingwood High School

22. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood Reading Level: 1.5 Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Cara Rydell/Greentree Elementary

23. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Young Adult Recommended by: Louise Lankau/Atascocita High School

24. The Host by Stephenie Meyer Interest Level: Young Adult/Adult Recommended by: Debbie Sewell/Atascocita High School

25. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Interest Level: Young Adult/Adult Recommended by: Rita Kneisley/Atascocita Middle School

26. Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falcone Interest Level: K-3 Recommended by: Kaye Shirley/Pine Forest Elementary

27. The Tequila Worm by Garth Stein Interest Level: Young Adult Recommended by: Sharon Holan/Jack Fields Elementary

28. Happy Holidays Humble ISD Librarians December 10, 2008

29. Happy Holidays Humble ISD Librarians