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January 26, 2016 by Travis Jonker

The Circs So Far: The 10 Most Checked Out Books of the 2015-16 School Year

January 26, 2016 by Travis Jonker   3 comments

(Thanks to Shelftalker for inspiring the title of this post)

While the year year is new, the school year is not. We’ve been up and running since September. Time to check in on the most checked out books in our school library so far in the 2015-16 campaign.

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10. Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea

Ballet Cat

9. Mix It Up by Hervé Tullet

Mix it up

8. Hilo (Book 1): The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

Hilo

7. Trouble at Trident Academy (Mermaid Tales, Book 1) by Debbie Dadey

Mermaid Tales

6. Fly Guy and the Frankenfly by Tedd Arnold

Fly Guy Frankenfly

5. Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Sisters

4. The 39-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

39 Story Treehouse

3. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

Crenshaw

2. Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Ice Cream

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

Long Haul

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Colby says

    January 26, 2016 at 5:31 am

    Interesting to see all the love for books published by authors that have visited your school over the year on this list. Authors visits are so powerful.

    • Travis Jonker says

      January 26, 2016 at 8:56 am

      That’s true – 3 of 10

  2. Holly Ristau says

    January 28, 2016 at 5:22 pm

    Hi Travis! I thought maybe you would like to see my top ten! I wish my list was as varied as yours. My list has only 4 authors represented in 10 books.
    These are the top ten books circulated so far this year in my elementary library in a public school on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. We don’t get visiting authors often, and they usually are more interested in the High school readers. Our last author visitor was Gerald Vizenor 5 years ago and he didn’t stop in the elementary…but boy, were there ever some good discussions in the high school! Since then, my job has changed and our high school library is now staffed by an aid rather than me being half-time high school and half-time elementary. I’m teaching a reading intervention program three hours a day, teaching 18 classes of elementary library skills a week and covering the high school aid’s lunch hour for a half hour every day. Thank heaven’s for professional contributors like you, or I would never even attempt to keep current in what’s happening in publishing. As it is, I get to purchase books once a year for both sites and it’s quite a project. Anyway, here’s our list!
    10. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star By Rachel Renee Russell
    9. Minecraft Essential Handbook by Stephanie Milton
    8. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star By Rachel Renee Russell
    7. Dork Diaries:Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker By Rachel Renee Russell
    6. Fly Guy meets Fly Girl by Ted Arnold
    5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
    4. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not -So-Fabulous Life By Rachel Renee Russell
    3. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not -So-Smart Miss Know-It-All By Rachel Renee Russell
    2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
    1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney

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