Books for Boys
Jeanine Osther
Welcome!
• Over 10 years of public
library experience
• Create programs for all
ages
• Currently ODU
Graduate student
• Informational
Specialist—Chesapeake
Public Library
Books for Boys
• This presentation is geared for boys of all ages and readers of all
levels
• 15 minutes will be granted at the end to share titles, questions,
comments!
Quick Tip
• Start your reluctant reader off with a series, so you have time to
develop more titles
rd
PreK-3
Grade
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
• The Day the Crayons Came Home
• Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
• Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
• Flotsam by David Wiesner
Grades 3-6
• Weird School by Dan Gutman
• How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
• Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Graphic Novels
• Bone by Jeff Smith
• Teen Titans Go! (Authors Vary)
• Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar
• Lunch Lady by Jarrett J. Krosocka
• Knights of the Lunch Table by Frank Cammuso
• Regular Show by KC Green
• Adventure Time by Ryan North
• Avatar: The Last Airbender by Gene Luen Yang
Quick Tip
• Audiobooks for reluctant readers are like strawberries on
cheesecake…they just go together
Grades 6-8
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
• Cirque de Freak (also a manga) by Darren Shan
• Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• The Origami Yoda Files by Tom Angleberger
• Great audiobook!
Quick Tip
• Graphic Novels are great sources for our reluctant readers! They are
great transition books, and help develop reading comprehension.
Graphic Novels
• Bone by Jeff Smith
• Zeus: King of the gods by George O’Connor (Olympian Series)
• Regular Show by KC Green
• Adventure Time by Ryan North
• Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
• Bleach by Tite Kubo
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Grades 9-12
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Forty Acres: A Thriller by Dwayne Alexander Smith
• Battle Royale: The Novel by Koushun Takami
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Graphic Novels
• Injustice: Gods Among Us by Tom Taylor
• Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi
• Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
• One Punch Man by One and Yusuke Murata
• Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
• I am Alice: Body Swap in Wonderland
• Attack on Titan by Hajuime Isayama
One more!
• Spurt: A Balls and All Story by Chris Miles
Contact Information
• LinkedIn: Jeanine Osther
• Links to blogs
• Websites
• Email
• [email protected]
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