Dallas ISD Subs Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Lion of Mars
Jennifer L. HolmRT @DISDSubs: RT @ElemBayles: This Bobcat scholar using our R.E.A.D. Lab's self check-out to borrow one of our copies of The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm! Getting it read before we vote for this year's Texas Bluebonnet Award! @TBABooks @DISD_Librarie… https://t.co/4dZZpG4MqU
Paperback, 2022
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution
Kacen CallenderRT @sljournal: National Book Award–winning author Kacen Callender speaks with SLJ about their new contemporary YA novel Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution (Abrams/Amulet). https://t.co/WBUxtkJA3K https://t.co/JortgbPTcF
Paperback, 2025
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mitten
Jan BrettRT @lil_librarian1: I created a reading comprehension game on blooket for The Mitten by Jan Brett and my second grade classes loved it! Comprehension work and gaming all in one! @DouglassStem @ProjectReadDISD @DISD_Libraries @TeamDallasISD @SMYLES83 https://t.co/hrHe5tW5iD
Board Book, 1996
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Project Hail Mary
Andy WeirRT @LibraryMarsh: Just finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Amazing story- I love everything he writes (I'd read his grocery list...) Got it through @LibbyApp at @dallaslibrary and reviewed it here: https://dunlapsbookblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/project-hail-mary.html @DISD_Libraries https://t.co/1f4bUCYD5l
Paperback, 2022
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe NumeroffRT @BarbaraJordanES: If you give a Mouse a Cookie & If you Give a Dog a Donut are these Mustangs favorite book characters by Laura Joffe Numeroff & Felicia Bond. Today we are dressing up as our favorites for Attendance Awareness Month. #ShowUpDallasISD #… https://t.co/058ZhYoHes
Hardcover, 1985
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hug Machine
Scott CampbellRT @PeabodyLibrary: This week PK and Kinder are reading Hug Machine by Scott Campbell and then dawing pictures of someone whom they would like to hug! 🤗❤ #LibrarianLife #ILoveMyLibrary #DallasISD @peabody_chargers @dallasisd_libraries https://t.co/lh1WeCdJj8
Board Book, 2017
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Amari and the Night Brothers
B. B. AlstonRT @BaylesDISD: This 4th grade Bobcat scholar is checking out Amari and the Night Brothers up for this year's Texas Bluebonnet Award! @TBABooks @ProjectReadDISD @dallasschools @DISD_Libraries @bb_alston @shannontrejo @ArlenaGaynor @GloriaGlkennedy @msnan… https://t.co/A7Jv59BOft
Paperback, 2022
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paletero Man
Lucky DiazRT @PeabodyLibrary: This week's library activity includes reading the delightfully delicioso book Paletero Man, listening to the accompanying canción, and designing their own paleteros! ¡Gracias, @Lucky_Diaz y @HarperChildrens! @DISD_Libraries @DISDREO #… https://t.co/kbcCJSIcT8
Hardcover, 2021
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse AndersonRT @BaylesDISD: Our Lone Star Challenge Team learning where Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Fever 1793, got the idea for the story. @disdactivities @DISD_Libraries @dallasschools @BANDFeeder @shannontrejo @ArlenaGaynor @dallasisdvpa @GloriaGlkennedy… https://t.co/zX1Ho339Ku
Paperback, 2002
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book