Through our love of reading, we inspire those around us to learn more about the Holocaust while also raising awareness about the importance of reading and literacy.
This year, we have shared our love of reading through a Board wide survey asking our staff for their favourite reads in four categories: Holocaust Literature, Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature, and favourite Adult Literature.
We hope this list inspires you and your family to read something new!
Inquire with your local library to see what titles are available!
Our Top Staff Selections for 2023!
Holocaust Literature
Children's Literature
Young Adult Literature
Adult Literature
Top 2 Staff Selections: Night and The Diary of Anne Frank
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Selected By: Ms. Meraki, Ms. Workman and Ms. Caza
A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal
Selected By: Ms. Hall
Auschwitz by Dr. Miklos Nyiszli
Selected By: Ms. Auger
Auschwitz by Laurence Rees
Selected By: Ms. Hall
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Selected By: Ms. Koski
Born Survivors by Wendy Holden
Selected By: Ms. Hall
By Chance Alone by Max Eisen
Selected By: Ms. Krupa, Ms. Bevilacqua and Ms. Caza
From Anna by Jean Little
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story by Karen Levin
Selected By: Ms. Pedulla, Ms. Gallinger and Ms. Livingstone
Little People Big Dreams Anne Frank By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Selected By: Ms.Lemieux
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frank
Selected By: Ms. Chiasson, Mr. Power and Mr. Pringle
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Selected By: Ms. Papich and Ms. Meraki
Night by Elie Wiesel
Selected By: Ms. S. Adams, Ms. Toneguzzi, Ms. Gabrijelcic, Ms Ochnicki, Ms. Veneziale, Ms. Colistro and Ms. Del Paggio
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Selected By: Ms.Tempelman, Ms. Auger and Ms. L. Frankow
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Selected By: Ms. Krupa
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Selected by: Ms. Atkinson
Stepping on the Cracks - Mary Downing Hahn
Selected By: Ms. Auger
Survivor by Sam Pivnik
Selected By: Ms. Hall
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Selected By: Ms. A. Frankow, Ms. Goldberg, Ms. Yeo and Ms.Biesenthal
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Selected By: Ms. A. Frankow
The Boy who followed his father to Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield
Selected by: Ms. Hall
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
Selected By: Ms. Krupa
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank/Otto Frank
Selected By: Mr. Paisley, Ms. Ferris, Ms Chiasson. and Ms. Lenardon
The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
Selected By: Ms. Bevilacqua, Ms. Costanzo and Ms. Judruch
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister
Selected By: Ms. Auger
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese, Ms. Sargent, Ms. Hall
Top 2 Staff Selections: I’ll Love You Forever and The Day the Crayons Quit!
A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Selected By: Ms. Ferris
Because a little bug went ka-choo! By Rosetta Stone
Selected By: Ms. Tarsitano
Boo by Robert Munsch
Selected By: Ms. Sandberg
Carla's Sandwich By Debbie Herman
Selected By: Ms. Glymitsas
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Selected By: Ms. Bevilacqua
Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds
Selected By: Ms. A. Frankow
Elephant and Piggie: We are in a book! by Mo Williams
Selected By: Ms. Biesenthal
God Gave Us You by Laura J. Bryant & Lisa Tawn Bergren
Selected By: Ms. Koski
Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Selected By: Ms. Yeo
Go Show The World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes By Wab Kinew
Selected By: Ms. Lemieux
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Selected By: Ms. Kuschak
I am Peace by Susan Verde
Selected By: Ms. DeAgazio
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree by Jean E. Pendziwol (local author!)
Selected By: Ms. Meraki
I like myself by Karen Beaumont
Selected By: Ms. Figueroa
I’ll Love you Forever by Robert Munsch
Selected By: Ms. Glymitsas, Ms. Tempelman, Ms. L Frankow, Ms. A Provenzano and Ms. Del Paggio
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by Joshua Prince
Selected By: Mr. Blieske
Jeremiah Learns to Read by Jo Ellen Bogart
Selected By: Ms. Asselstine
Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
Selected By: Ms. Cherri
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
Selected By: Ms. Goldberg
Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Suess
Selected By: Ms. Sargent
Ribbon Rescue by Robert Munsch
Selected By: Ms. Candy Corbett
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
Selected By: Ms. Colistro
Shackleton's Journey, by William Grill
Selected By: Ms. Canuel
Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor
Selected By: Ms. Cherri
Someday by Alison McGhee
Selected By: Ms. Toneguzzi
Sometimes I like to Curl up in a Ball by Charles Fuge
Selected By: Ms. Yeo
Tarantella to Thunder Bay by Leah Nadin, Illustrated by Caterina Tolone
Selected By: Ms. Tolone
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Selected By: Ms. Costanzo
Timmy The West Coast Tug by Jeremy Moray
Selected By: Ms. Krupa
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Selected By: Ms. Gallinger
The Cat In the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Selected By: Ms. Kukkee
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Selected By: Ms. Pedulla, Ms. Glymitsas and Ms. DeAgazio
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Selected By: Mr. Grant
The Little Prince/ Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Selected By: Ms. Ochnicki
The Little Snowplow By Lora Koehler
Selected By: Ms. Workman
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read By Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Selected By: Ms. Lemieux
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munch
Selected By: Ms. Ross-Beck, Mr. Perrier
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Selected By: Mr. Paisley
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Selected By: Ms. Gallinger
The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson
Selected By: Ms. Kartanson
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Selected By: Ms. Lenardon
Two Crazy Pigs Written by Karen Berman Nagel
Selected By: Ms. Kartanson
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith
Selected By: Ms. Lesschaeve
We Share Everything by Robert Munsch
Selected By: Ms. Glymitsas
Top 2 Staff Selections: Anne of Green Gables and the Harry Potter Series
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Selected by: Ms. L Frankow, Ms. Veneziale and Ms. Bevilacqua
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Selected by: Ms. Goldberg
Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney by Trevor Romain & Elizabeth Verdick
Selected By: Mr. Pringle
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Selected By: Ms. Atkinson
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Selected By: Ms. Lenardon
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Selected By: Mr. Power
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese
Just David by Eleanor Porter
Selected By: Ms. Canuel
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Selected By: Ms. C. Kelly
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Selected By: Ms. Candy Corbett and Ms. Ochnicki
Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Selected By: Ms. S. Adams
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
Selected By: Ms. C. Kelly
Nancy Drew Mysteries (Series) by Carolyn Keene
Selected By: Ms. Jedruch
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Selected By: Ms. Pedulla
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Selected By: Ms. Chiasson
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Selected By: Ms. A. Frankow
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Selected By: Ms. Gabrijelcic
The Rainbabies by Laura Melmed
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Selected By: Ms. Papich
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Illustrated by Lisabeth Zwerger
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
Tom Gates (Series) By Liz Pichon
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Selected By: Ms. Auger
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Selected By: Ms. Caza
Top 2 Staff Selections: All the Light we Cannot see and The Nightingale
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read
Selected By: Mr. Mandryk
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas
Selected By: Ms. Ross-Beck
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
A Man Named Ove by Fedrick Backman
Selected By: Ms. Sargent
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Selected By: Ms. Papich
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Selected By: Ms. Meraki, Ms. Workman and Ms. Caza
Blink by Malcom Gladwell
Selected By: Mr. Grant
Bullets Blood and Stones by Donna White
Selected By: Ms. Kukkee
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul by Jack Canfield
Selected By: Ms. Sandberg
Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) by Laura Esquivel
Selected By: Ms. Figueroa
Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline
Selected By: Ms. A Provenzano
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Selected By: Mr. Blieske
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Selected By: Ms. Veneziale
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Selected By: Ms. Candy Corbett and Ms. Ochnicki
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
Selected By: Ms. Hall
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Selected By: Mr. Arnould
JPod by Douglas Copeland
Selected By: Ms. A Frankow
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Selected By: Ms. Biesenthal
Little Women by Louise M. Alcott
Selected By: Ms. Goldberg
Manifest by Roxie Nafousi
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Selected By: Ms. Asselstine
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Selected By: Ms. Del Paggio
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Selected By: Ms. Yeo
Raised Somewhere Else by Colleen Cardinal
Selected By: Ms. Hall
Return of the King, by J.R. R Tolkien
Selected By: Ms. Kuschak
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Selected By: Ms. Atkinson
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
Selected By: Ms. Pugliese
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Selected By: Ms. DeAgazio
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Selected By: Mr. Power
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Selected By: Mr. Tassone
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night By Mark Haddon
Selected By: Ms. L Frankow
The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss
Selected By: Ms. Krupa
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Selected By: Ms. L Frankow
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Selected By: Ms. Toneguzzi
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Selected By: Ms. Jedruch
The Godfather (Series) by Mario Puzo
Selected By: Mr. Tassone
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fizgerald
Selected By: Mr. Tassone
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Selected By: Ms. A Frankow
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRoux by V.E. Schwab
Selected By: Ms. Workman
This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Selected By: Ms. Colistro
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Selected By: Ms. Bevilacqua, Ms. Costanzo and Ms. Judruch
The Occupational Health and Safety Act
Selected By: Ms. McKissick
The Passion Test, The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose, by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Atwood
Selected By: Mr. Pringle
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Selected By: Ms. Costanzo
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Selected By: Ms. S. Adams
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Selected By: Ms. Tarsitano
The Sea the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Selected By: Ms. Livingstone
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Selected By: Ms. Ferris
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Selected By: Ms. Auger
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Selected By: Ms. Gallinger
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
Selected By: Ms. Chiasson
Thunder Through by Veins by Gregory Scofield
Selected By: Ms. Hall
Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Selected By: Ms. Koski
World War Z by Max Brooks
Selected By: Mr. Paisley
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Selected By: Ms. Tempelman
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