And They Lived Happily Ever After . . . .

This week, we're sharing classic fairy tales, folk tales, and fables.  Here are a few of our favorites . . .

Golem by David Wisniewski
A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth

Three hungry men charm a poor village into making enough soup to feed them all.

The Rabbit and the Turtle: Aesop's Fables by Eric Carle

Eleven fables from Aesop retold and illustrated by Eric Carle.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Joan Aiken

Retells the story of a princess who escapes her wicked stepmother by hiding out in the home of seven hospitable dwarfs.

More Books --

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Marcia Williams

Aesop's Fables by Beverley Naidoo

Cinderella by K.Y. Craft

Jack and the Beanstalk by Ann Keay Beneduce

Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Van Dyke Parks

Little Book of Fables by Veronica Uribe

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Old Mother Hubbard by David Johnson

Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault

Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. Craft

Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap! by Tom Birdseye

The Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

Prepped? Are You Ready for These Disasters?

This week, we're sharing teen survival stories.  Whether they're surviving a natural disaster, evil creature, alien invasion, or apocalypse, these teen stories are definitely worth checking out.

In Darkness by Nick Lake

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Through journal entries sixteen year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward

Wishing she could just spend time with her new girlfriend, Lea struggles with the decline in humanity as an environmental disaster strikes.

Above All Else by Dana Alison Levy

Rose and Tate are best friends and climbing buddies, and now they are embarking on the greatest climb of all--Mount Everest; but as the climbers encounter physical and emotional challenges the higher they go, the expedition starts to slide toward disaster, testing the teens' courage, determination, and their feelings for each other.

More Books --

All We Can Do It Wait by Richard Lawson

The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Reed

Dustborn by Erin Bowman

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Fractured Tide by Leslie Karen Lutz

Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

The Great Big One by J.C. Geiger

The Living by Matt de la Pena

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Storm by Donna Jo Napoli
The Wild Lands by Paul Greci

School Stories

It's time for school!  This week, I'm sharing stories to read about school . . . .

Wayside Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith

Flora the mouse learns how to read, a skill not even her parents appreciate. When she finds a bag marked, "poison," she must convince them that reading is very important.

School of the Dead by Avi

Starting at the Penda School after his uncle's death, Tony Gilbert starts seeing his uncle's ghost everywhere.

Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Lynn Scheerger

Ms. Graham's fifth-grade class wants to promote change in the world; but when eight of them take an assignment too far, they must take responsibility for their actions and unite for a cause they all believe in.

More School Stories --

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger

Archimancy: Shadow School by J.A. White

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot

The Landry News by Andrew Clements

The Only Girl in School by Natalie Standiford

Pennybaker School Is Headed for Disaster by Jennifer Brown

The School for the Insanely Gifted by Dan Elish

School for Sidekicks by Kelly McCullough

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 by Honest Lee

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Zoo School by Laurie Miller Hornik