Chat & Chew is an optional, free-to-participate book club for students in grades 2-6. 

Participating students will read 3-4, grade-appropriate books at home (or during class time reading) over the course of the program. Small groups will meet during lunchtime once a week to chat & chew about the book. Adult volunteers will lead the discussions. 

When is Chat & Chew?

Chat & Chew begins the second week of January through the first full week of March. Students will meet once a week during lunchtime on a designated day.

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What books do we read?

Teacher and student-recommended favorites! Books are provided by PTA and are loaned to participating students.  All books must be returned. Below are a selection of many of the books we've read in the past. Students may not read all of these books each year.

2nd Grade

• The Miniature World of Marvin & James by Elise Broach
• Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog by Eva Moore
• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

• Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

• Gone Fishing by Earlene Long

• Tornado by Betsy Byars

• Diary of a Pug by Kyla May

• Banana Fox and the Gummy Monster Mess by James Kochalka

• Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs by Katherine Applegate

• The Binder of Doom Series by Troy Cummings

3rd Grade

• Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner and Marc Simont
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
• Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West
• The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray
• My Weird School by Dan Gutman 
• The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
• Louis Braille by Margaret Davidson
• Eerie Elementary: The School is Alive by Jack Chabert

4th Grade

• Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
• The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
• Stella by McCall Hoyle
• Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
• The Last Kid on Earth by Max Brallier
• Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

5th Grade

• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• The Templeton Twins Have an Idea: Book 1 by Ellis Weiner
• Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
• Escape by K.R. Alexander
• The Legend of the Last Library by Frank Cole

6th Grade

• Restart by Gordon Korman
• Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• Book Scavenger by Jennifer Bertman
• The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
• Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt

What does it cost? 

$0. Chat & Chew is FREE to all interested students in grades 2-6.

Leaders Needed!

Chat & Chew is not possible without adult volunteers! Sign up to help here.

Email Liz Johnson (mrslizjohnson@gmail.com) or Megan Van Emon (megan.c.vanemon@gmail.com) with any questions!