Today, we released the results of a special survey we did of the 2015 State Teachers of the Year. Over on our edu@scholastic blog, you can read about the findings -- including how they would prioritize education funding, what aspects of their jobs give them the highest and least satisfaction, what barriers to learning are most affecting their students' success.
The final question of our survey asked the teachers to tell us what their favorite book to share with students is.
Here is the list (organized by grade, and edited for readability):
PreK-2nd
- Greatness Is My Superpower by Sarah How, photography by Cindy Pederson
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Johnson, illustrated by Sonia Sadler
- The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
3rd-5th
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Emmet and Olive and the Hickory Tree by Katherine E. Stafford
- The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Wangari Maathai
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
6th-8th
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
9th-12th
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
- Greatness Is My Superpower by Sarah How and Cindy Pederson
- Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Tales of Goldstone Wood series by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
- The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Let's continue to build this list! What is YOUR favorite book to share with students?
