Books of the Month
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Columbia Heights Public Schools celebrates literacy as a District with Books of the Month for each level (elementary, middle, high).
Students will be introduced to the books in school, and we encourage families and students to continue literacy outside of school. View the entire book list for the entire 2021-2022 school year below!
2021-2022 Books
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Elementary
Middle School
High School
July
"A Different Pond" by Bao Phi
"Malala’s Magic Pencil" by Malala Yousafzai"City Spies" by James Ponti
"How to Hang a Witch" by Adriana Mather
August
"Parker Looks Up" by Parker Curry
"Big Feelings" by Alexandra Penfold"Letters From Cuba" by Ruth Behar
"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas
September
"Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman
"Flight School" by Lita Judge"Efren Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros
"He Said, She Said" by Kwame Alexander
October
"A Quiet Place" by Douglas Wood
"I Am Peace" by Susan Verde"Wolfpack" (Young Readers Edition) by Abby Wambach
"Ms. Marvel: No Normal" by G. Willow Wilson
November
"Smoky Night" by Eve Bunting
"Goal" by Mina Javaherbin"Twins" by Varian Johnson
"Felix Ever After" by Kacen Callender
December
"The Recess Queen" by Alexis O’Neill
"The Juice Box Bully" by Bob Sornson"All Together Now" by Hope Larson
"The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA" by Brenda Woods
January
"Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse" by Kevin Henkes
"Seeds of Change" by Jen Cullerton Johnson"Dragon Hoops" by Gene Luen Yang
"Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
February
"The Crayon Box that Talked" by Shane DeRolf
"My Day is Ruined" by Bryan Smith"Flamer" by Mike Curato
"The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
March
"My Mouth is a Volcano" by Julia Cook
"Dear Juno" by Soyung Pak"Almost There and Almost Not" by Linda Urban
"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" by Marjane Satrapi
April
"I Am Enough" by Grace Byers
"Rosie Revere Engineer" by Andrea Beaty"The Lion of Mars" by Jennifer L. Holm
"Allegedly" by Tiffany D. Jackson
May
"Mr. Peabody’s Apples" by Madonna
"Luigi and the Barefoot Races" by Dan Paley"Each Tiny Spark" by Pablo Cartaya
"The Running Dream"" by Wendelin Van Draanen
June
"Sonia Sotamayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx" by Jonah Winter
"Be You" by Peter H. Reynolds"The Jumbies" by Tracey Baptiste
"The Poet X"" by Elizabeth Acevedo