Ready for back to school? It’s hard to believe but the first day is just around the corner! Before you know it, you’ll be faced with new classes, new teachers, new friends…So much to do, so little time. Disney Book Group’s Back to School Survival Guide is here to help with all of your school survival needs, along with some pretty awesome books to kick-start your fall semester!
Tip #1: When the science fair rolls around, please be sure you don’t submit a project that has a gigantic laser eye, can read dogs’ minds, and well, may possibly destroy your city. And if you do… make sure you have a back-up plan!
Title: Oh No!
Author: Mac Barnett
Grades: Pre-K to 2nd
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
A little girl builds the best science project ever…only to have it destroy the city. Oh no!
Tip #2: If you ever stumble on a cottage on your way home after school, don’t go in and eat their soup, break their chair, and sleep in their bed no matter how hungry and tired you may be. Bears may live there, and well, in general, that’s just trespassing!
Title: Rubia and the Three Osos
Author: Susan Middleton Elya
Grades: Pre-K to 2nd
Publication Date: September 7, 2010
A fabuloso retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears!
Tip #3: Take part in extracurricular activities and volunteer. Everything you do helps gain skills in the future. Who knows, you may follow in the footsteps of President John F. Kennedy!
Title: Jack’s Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy
Author: Doreen Rappaport
Grades: Kindergarten to 3rd
Publication Date: October 26, 2010
In due time for the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration (January 20, 1961), this is a moving portrait of a beloved American figure.
Tip #4: Try to get along with everybody in your class and don’t be quick to judge someone’s personality negatively, especially if that person is your best friend. Your classmates may end up surprising you and doing something really nice when you need it the most!
Title: Clementine, Friend of the Week
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Grades: 2nd to 5th
Publication Date: June 27, 2010
Clementine learns the true meaning of friendship in this fourth entry in the bestselling series!
Tip #5: Don’t bully fellow classmates or school guest speakers. They may turn into giant evil food products set on destroying the world!
Title: Super Chicken Nugget Boy vs. Dr. Ned-Grant and his Eggplant Army
Author: Josh Lewis
Grades: 2nd to 6th
Publication Date: October 26, 2010
After his tasty alter-ego felled the Furious Fry, Fern Goldberg went back to being a normal fourth grader. But not for long. Bert Lahr Elementary is about to be thrown into chaos by a mad food scientist and an army of evil eggplants bent on world domination!
Tip #6: On your way to school, be careful that you don’t get kidnapped by pirates and sent to work for a murderous captain. That wouldn’t be too fun.
Title: Murder Afloat
Author: Jane Leslie Conly
Grades: 4th to 7th
Publication Date: October 5, 2010
A coming of age adventure at sea, written by a Newbery Honor-winning author.
Tip #7: As much as a genius or mastermind you may be at something, take time to relax and unwind a little. The last thing anyone needs is to come down with the Atlantis Complex.
Title: Artemis Fowl – The Atlantis Complex
Author: Eoin Colfer
Grades: 5th to 6th
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
Artemis Fowl, the world’s greatest – and youngest – criminal mastermind, returns for another high stakes, multi-continent adventure in this seventh book in the internationally best-selling series.
Tip #8: If you are ever placed in a leadership or spotlight position, whether it be heading a school project or planning someone’s quincenera, don’t be overly controlling. Teamwork is key!
Title: Amigas – Lights, Camera, Quince!
Author: Veronica Chambers
Grades: 7th to 12th
Publication Date: August 17, 2010
Amigas is back to plan another quince and this time the project is even more full of drama!
Tip #9: If recruiters come to your house to invite you to attend a prestigious private school when you never even applied, be a little cautious. You may have special powers.
Title: Delcroix Academy: The Candidates
Author: Inara Scott
Grades: 7th – 12th
Publication Date: August 24, 2010
Join the students of Delcroix Academy in this captivating debut novel with a supernatural twist.
Tip #10: If your school restricts dating, watch out because there may be undead people walking amongst you in the hallways, ready to suck your soul out with a kiss.
Title: Dead Beautiful
Author: Yvonne Woon
Grades: 8th – 12th
Publication Date: September 21, 2010
A supernatural romance about the impossible love between a teen girl and the undead boy whose soul she shares.
Editor’s Note: We don’t usually run press release type pieces like this, but we thought that this list of upcoming titles from Disney books was presented in a fun way. What books remind you of Back to School?
Our first day of school is TOMORROW!!
I thought this press release was very cute- made me giggle and introduced us to a few new books that I think we’ll like!
My kids have been in school since last week, this mid-August start thing is still so weird to me. I also really liked this press release, very clever.