Avery Hellas • December 16, 2022 TopicsBook Clubs books flyers January new parents teachers

Scholastic Reading Clubs Flyer Reveal: New Year, New Books

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Here are some of their favourites from the Scholastic Reading Club January flyers (visit scholastic.ca/readingclub):

Featured for Pre-Kindergarten
Little Frog

Have you ever wondered how a tiny little tadpole can grow up to become a happy, hoppy frog? This stunningly illustrated story offers a perfect introduction to the life cycle of frogs.

Featured for Kindergarten
How to Catch a Loveosaurus by Alice Walstead & Andy Elkteron

Can you catch the magical Loveosaurus? Blending exciting traps and STEAM concepts with hilarity and chaos to encourage reading, learning, and imagination, this charming adventure will delight young readers, families, and educators alike-and maybe inspire spreading some kindness too!

Featured for Grade 1

Pete the Cat: Making New Friends by James & Kimberly Dean

Pete the Cat: Making New Friends is a Level One I Can Read Comic, which means it will introduce children into the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourage visual literacy in emerging readers.

Featured for Grade 2

The Party Diaries #1: Awesome Orange Birthday by Mitali Banerjee Ruths

Priya is excited to plan her aunty’s birthday party. She will donate the money she makes to help the cutest endangered animal on the planet, the quokka! With speech bubbles, easy-to-read text, and vibrant artwork on every page, this series is perfect for newly independent readers!

Featured for Grade 3

Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations by Dav Pilkey

In this innovative graphic novel series, award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey employs a variety of techniques- including origami, acrylic paints, colored pencils, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and more–to capture the creative and joyful spirit of collaboration. The variety of art styles, paired with Pilkey’s trademark storytelling and humour, inspires imagination and innovation for readers of all ages.

Featured for Grade 4
The Baby-Sitters Club #13: Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery by Cynthia Yuan Cheng

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Cynthia Yuan Cheng! Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne’s even more worried — what kind of spooky thing will happen next?

Featured for Grade 5
One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, family, and hope.

Featured for Grade 6 & up

Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson

Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he’s finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant’s friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he’ll measure up to his father’s expectations at the card table.

Featured in our NEW Teen Digital Flyer
Dreamer by Akim Aliu

This honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Aliu’s incredible life as a hockey prodigy in Canada. Akim Aliu — also known as “Dreamer” — is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim’s incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukra.