Good suggestions at readtothem.org. We did the Mouse and the Motorcycle, Lemonade War, Charlotte's Web, Kenny and the Dragon, Gooseberry Park, Humphrey (I don't recommend Mr Poppers Penguins - too dated), Clementine, Wizard of Oz, Ranger in Time Oregon Trail

I've been retired for 3 years, so I don't know if the school (preK-4) continued, but for 10 years we did a OSOB. Our goal was for the families to read the book, and it became clear over time that most did not. We scheduled the reading over a month, and tried different ways to get kids to read the book- some chapters read aloud in school, having teachers record chapters so families could listen at home, weekly trivia/comprehension question contests with prizes. The kickoff included 4 days of clues, and encouragement for students to guess the title, which was Revealed at an all school assembly. We ended the month with an evening program of activities - book trivia, art projects, vocab games, favorite character graph, other ideas drawn from the characters' hobbies or qualities. Although a cohort of parents really liked it, I became discouraged when families came to the event, but only the children participated in the activities (or ran laps around the room), and the parents talked at the edge of the room. I think the last year I was there, we did in school activities instead.

Elaine Shapiro

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM Katie Gordon <kgordon@region15.org> wrote:

Hi Jenny,

In the past PES did One School One Book events with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s library with in school library scavenger hunts and an evening library “lock in” at the public library.

We also did A Snicker of Magic.

We also did Hans Christian Anderson and Cricket in Times Square (don’t recommend). Fun events, dated books.

Eventually we switched to a March Book-a-day picture book celebration where we curated a set of new PBs and sourced sets for each grade level, did door decorating, and…? We made calendars for outside each classroom and they’d post the book cover they read each day so other classes could see when they walked by. Not sure what it grew into after I left but I think the whole district may be doing a version of it.

Katie Gordon (she her)

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 10:24 AM Cheryl Monaco <monacoc@guilfordschools.org> wrote:
I'm interested in this as well!

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM Jenny Lussier via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
Hi all - I'd love to know if you've done any one book one school events and if so which titles have been successful.

Thanks in advance! Hope your back to school is amazing!
Jenny

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