I have been trying to share as many of our favorite books as possible in different ways. Here is an overview of all of the lists so far. Picture Book lists can be found at the bottom.
Happy reading!
Chapter Books:
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students:
The Favorite Reads of Middle Schoolers According to My Students 2022
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2021
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2020
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2019
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2018
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2017
The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2016 :
My Favorite Books Every Year
#PernilleRecommends – My Favorite Reads May through September, 2021
#PernilleRecommends – My Favorite Reads January – April 2021
My Favorite Books of 2019 So Far
My Favorite Books Part 1 – 2018
My Favorite Reads of This Summer – Part 2
My Favorite Reads Of This Summer – 2015 – Part 1
Some Favorite Reads From The Year
10 Favorite Books from 7th Grade So Far
My 10 Favorite Books From This Summer’s Reading
Book Clubs and Unit Books:
Some Favorite Graphic Novels to Add to Your Middle School Collection – 2021
Short Books for Younger Teens Who Want a Great Read
A Few Favorite Books from Our Classroom for Teens Who Say They Can’t Find a Great Book
Great Books for Dystopian Book Clubs
Picture Books and Books that Help Us teach about Migrants, Immigrants, and Refugees
A List of Our Favorite Free Verse Books
85 Picture Books and Graphic Novels to Start Social Justice Conversations
Some Favorite Book Club Books for Middle School
Great Books for Resistant Readers in Middle and High School
Some Ideas for Book Club Books – 5th Grade and Up
Other Outstanding Books:
The Books I am Giving As Gifts
Some Great YA Books to Give As Gifts
Some Great Middle-Grade Books to Give As Gifts
The Books That Flew Off Our Shelves 1st Quarter
Some of My Favorite Historical Fiction Books Right Now
I Can’t Wait For the Next Book – My Favorite Incomplete Series for 5th Grade and Up
Some Of My Favorite Completed Series: Fantasy and Science Fiction
3 Diverse Books that Belong in Your Classroom
10 Chapter Books My Students Say You Need
Picture Books:
End of Year Favorites
Great Picture Books to Read Aloud on the Last Day of School
Our Favorite Picture Books of 2018
Some Favorite New Picture Books, Part 2, 2017
Some Favorite New Picture Books, Part 1 2017
My Favorite Picture Books 2016
My Favorite Picture Books September 2016
My New Favorite Picture Books Part 2
My New Favorite Picture Books Part 1
First Week of School
The Picture Books I Will Be Sharing for the First Week of School 2019
Our Favorite First Week of School Picture Books
My First Day Picture Books 2016
10 Picture Books I Cannot Wait to Share With My New Students #pb10for10
Unit and Theme Books
Some Favorite Picture Books to Highlight LGBTQ+ Experiences
Some Favorite Picture Books to Discuss Our Perception of Others
10 Upcoming Picture Books I Cannot Wait to Read Aloud
A Few Picture Books to Teach Memoir and Personal Essays
A Few Picture Books for Discussing Writer’s Craft
A Few Picture Books to Teach Memoir
Great Picture Books to Discuss Identity and Character
Picture Books and Graphic Novels to start Social Justice Conversations
Great Picture Books to Teach Plot
More Picture Books to Spark Empathy
Great Picture Books for MLK Jr. Day
A Few (Or More) Great New Picture Books
Picture Books that Celebrate Books and Libraries
More Picture Books to Teach Theme
Some Picture Books to Discuss Courage
Some Picture Books to Discuss Friendship and Loneliness
10 More Picture Books to Add to Your Collection
Some Picture Books to Give As Gifts
Great Picture Books to Spark Imagination
Great Picture Books to Teach Theme
10 + 1 Picture Books to Teach Inference
My Final Favorite List of Picture Books Before School Starts
10 Picture Books that Spark Empathy
My 10 Favorite Nonfiction Picture Books Right Now
10 + 1 Picture Books that Spark Creativity
Our Favorite Picture Books for Middle School
4 Must-Have Wordless Picture Books
10 Picture Books I Cannot Wait to Share With My Students
Ten Picture Books My Students Say You Need
Notice and Note
Great Picture Books to Teach All Signposts of Notice and Note
Great Picture Books to Teach Memory Moments – Notice and Note
Great Picture Books to Teach Again and Again – Notice and Note
Great Picture Books to Teach Words of the Wiser – Notice and Note
Great Picture Books to Teach Tough Questions – Notice and Note
A List of Great Picture Books for Contrast & Contradictions – Notice and Note
A List of Great Picture Books for Aha Moments – Notice and Note
Pernille Ripp 
There are also books that inspire an interest in mathematical ideas
https://amazingwizkids.com/great-childrens-books-to-help-your-kid-learn-math/
Looking for books that have middle school students of color in a suburban setting
Hi! Thank you for your amazing suggestions! Do you have a list of must have classroom “magazine subscriptions” for middle school? Like, Upfront, Boyslife, etc. Wondering if your students (or from experience) have gravitated toward certain ones more than others?
I don’t have magazines beyond comics in the classroom because I want our students to have chance to sustain their attention with longer texts. We do so much short text reading that I want them to practice with longer texts.
Do you have a list of your favorite short story collections?
What are some of your favorite unit books you have taught in middle school?
Do you have any resources for Notice and Note Nonfiction?
Ghost Boy – have you ready it? What are your thoughts?
I have, it is a haunting book that invites deep reflection.
Thank you.
You tweeted about Pierce Freelon’s upcoming picture book. You might enjoy his song:
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