The best place for cash donations is here: Hope and Healing Fund

Updated Book Suggestions. Thanks for all the donations that have come in. I have taken some books off the list because we have multiple copies. Wild Rumpus Books can also help you order.

Special Request from Kids:

  • Books on how to draw

  • Books on dance

  • Sports Books (Vikings! Hockey! Baseball! )

  • Cars/Formula One

  • Books in Spanish

Resilience & Hope (Grades 2–5)

  • The Trouble with Heroes—Kate Messner

  • After the Fall — Dan Santat (Every teacher needs this one)

  • G is for Gratitude—Samantha Berger

  • A First Time for Everything — Dan Santat

  • Touch the Sky — Stephanie V.W. lucianovic, Chris Park

  • Too Scared to Sleep! A Tale of Two Snails

  • The Remarkables—Clotilde Perrin

  • The Bear and the Wildcat—Kazumi Yumoto

  • Be a Maker — Katey Howes

  • Bundle Up, Penelope Rex!—Ryan T. Higgins

  • I Am Every Good Thing — Derrick Barnes

  • All Because You Matter — Tami Charles

  • Rise to the Sky—Rebecca E. Hirsch

  • Where We Come From —Shannon Gibney, 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin, John Coy, Diane Wilson

  • How to Apologize — David LaRochelle

  • Map Into the World — Kao Kalia Yang

  • See You Someday Soon — Pat Zietlow Miller

  • The Floating Fields— Scott Riley

    Fun Escapes (Grades 2–6)

  • The Penderwicks

  • Magic Tree House Books

  • Pizza and Taco (all the books) — Stephen Shaskan ⭐

  • Narwhal and Jelly — Ben Clanton

  • Elephant & Piggie — Mo Willems

  • The Pigeon WON’T Count to 10!—Mo Willems

  • Dog Man — Dav Pilke

  • Lunch Lady — Jarrett J. Krosoczka

  • Monkey in the Run— Leo Timmers (Gecko Press)

  • Bad Kitty — Nick Bruel

  • CatStronauts — Drew Brockington ⭐

  • One Wise Sheep-Ulrich Hub

  • Have You Seen the Elephant?—David Barrie

    The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix — Raina Telgemeier, Gale Galligan, Chan Chau

  • Judy Moody & Stink — Megan McDonald

  • Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe—Abby Hanlon

  • Amulet — Kazu Kibuishi

  • Phoebe and Her Unicorn — Dana Simpson

  • Hilo — Judd Winick

  • El Deafo — Cece Bell

  • Living with Viola — Rosena Fung (Lerner)

  • Mango & Bambang — Polly Faber & Clara Vulliamy (Gecko Press)

  • Big Nate — Lincoln Peirce

  • Moo! — David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka ⭐

  • See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog — David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka ⭐

    Comforting & Hopeful Graphic Novels (Grades 4–8)

  • Dream On—Shannon Hale

  • The Night Librarian — Christopher Lincoln

  • The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella—Deborah Underwood

  • The Library of Unruly Treasures—Jeanne Birdsail

  • Smile, Sisters, Drama — Raina Telgemeier

  • Roller Girl — Victoria Jamieson

  • Allergic — Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter

  • Swim Team — Johnnie Christmas

  • The Inkberg Enigma — Jonathan King (Gecko Press)

  • Secret Coders (series) — Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes

  • Measuring Up — Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu

  • Sunny Side Up & Swing It, Sunny — Jennifer & Matthew Holm

  • Katie the Catsitter — Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue

  • Ham Helsing: Vampire Hunter — Rich Moyer ⭐

Escape into Adventure & Fantasy (Grades 4–8)

  • Harry Potter Books

  • The Land of Stories — Chris Colfer

  • Amari and the Night Brothers — B.B. Alston

  • Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow — Jessica Townsend

  • The Wild Robot & The Wild Robot Escapes — Peter Brown

  • Sky Island: A Journey to the Heart of Gorongosa — John Selby (Lerner)

  • The Mapmakers’ Race — Eirlys Hunter (Gecko Press)

  • The Uprising — Eirlys Hunter (Gecko Press)

  • Meet Me Halfway — Anika Fajardo ⭐

  • Dragon Hoops — Gene Luen Yang

  • Secret Coders — Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes

  • Ham Helsing — Rich Moyer ⭐

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