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Reading Corner

I wanted to make this page specifically for book reviews. Specifically, reading books for the kids. 

It can be so difficult to pick "the right books". You know, the ones your kids will happily read on their own. Those books that entertain and engage the reader. I have compiled a listing below of parent recommended books for the kids.  I have loosely labelled the books under each grade based on reading level and interest level and sorted aphabetically. 
I am also including a link with library recommended books here and here.


JK/SK
  • Benjamin - Paulette Bourgeois
  • Clifford
  • Frisson l'écureuil - Mélanie Watt
  • Je suis Louna series - Bertrand Gauthier
  • Lapin la Nuit et la Boite a Biscuits - Nicola O'byrne
  • Les Monsieur Madame
  • Les ours Bearenstein - Famille Berenstain
  • Max et son Art - Davis Weisner
  • Pat le Chat - D'Eric Litwin
  • Rat de bibliothèque - Dorothee Roy & Julie Cossette
  • Robert Munsch (Author)
Grades 1-3
  • Ben Entreprend (Author)
  • Club de Babysitter - D'Ann M. Martin
  • Éléphant et Rosie - Mo Willems
  • Geronimo Stilton series - Elisabetta Dami
  • Je lis avec Mademoiselle Nancy -  Jane O'Connor
  • Lili B Brown series - Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka
  • Ma Jumelle et Moi seris - Carolyn Chouinard
  • Mercy Watson series - Kate DiCamillo
  • Petit Géant series - Gilles Tibo
  • Zig Zag la Mouche - Tedd Arnold
Grades 4-6
  • Aurore et le pays invisible
  • Étienne Brûlé. Le fils de Champlain - Denis Sauvé , Jean-Claude Larocque
  • Hackers - Isabelle Roy
  • Harry Potter - JK Rowling
  • Juliette à .... (à Paris, à New York etc)
  • L'académie Grimm
  • L’école des gars
  • Le mystérieux cercle benedict - Trenton Lee Stewart
  • La patience du héron - Erik L`Homme
  • Le Petit Nicolas
  • Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Le prince des nuages
  • Les Chasseurs de zombies -  John Kloepfer & Steve Wolfhard
  • Les mystères de ville cartier séries - Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey
  • Lily et Moi
  • Noémie - Gilles Tibo
  • Silène Edgar (Historical Fiction Author)
  • Wonder - RJ Pslacio
  • Wonderpark
Grades 7-9
  • Les Chevaliers d’Émeraude - Anne Robillard
  • Les filles de Caleb - Albin Michel 
Grades 10-12
  • Bonheur d'occasion - Gabarielle Roy
  • Gens sans terre - Jean Pellerin
  • le canard de Bois - Louis Caron
  • Un homme et son péché - Claude-Henri Grignon

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