
The Weighty Word Book
If you like stretching your students’ vocabulary, making up stories, or booing at bad puns, read this refreshing book — it’s one of my favorites! The authors have come up with 27 stories representing challenging words — from abasement to zealot — each ending in a word-defining pun. You and your students may roll your eyes, but you won’t forget the words’ meanings.

If I Were President by Catherine Stier
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac
The Lucky Baseball Bat by Matt Christopher
Mad Dog (Starlight Animal Rescue Series #2) by Dandi Daley Mackall
Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney