Junior School Resource Centre
Hello from the still new and exciting Junior and Middle School Library.
As we settle back into our routines, I encourage all parents to find time to read to your boys in order to promote positive role modelling, and to develop conceptual understandings about many and varied stories. Below I have written some suggested novels and picture books that match up with the Learner Profile attributes of the Primary Years Programme (PYP):
Inquirers:
Bridge to Terabithia: Katherine Paterson
Wilfrid Gordon Macdonald Partridge: Mem Fox
Knowledgeable:
The Cay: Theodore Taylor
To the Top End: Roland Harvey
Thinkers:
Rowan Series: Emily Rodda
The Lost Thing: Shaun Tan
Communicator:
Darius Bell & the Glitter Pool: Odo Hirsch
Fearless: Colin Thompson
Open-minded:
Then: Morris Gleitzman
Luke's Way of Looking: Nadia Wheatley
Risk Takers:
Gregor the Overlander: Suzanne Collins
The Terrible Plop: Ursula Dubosarsky
Caring:
A Rose for the Anzac boys: Jackie French
Clancy & Millie & the Very Fine House: Libby Gleeson
Balanced:
Isabella's Garden: Glenda Millard
The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley: Colin Thompson
Principled:
Hitler's Daughter: Jackie French
The Night We Made the Flag: Carole Wilkinson
Reflective:
Wonder: R.J. Palacio
Grandfather's Journey: Allen Say
Warwick Norman
Junior School Teacher Librarian
