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Top 10 Books Popular with Students in The Great Reading Games

Categories: Audiobook Library, Books, Authors, & Movies, The Great Reading Games

The 2019 Great Reading Games is in full swing and there is still time to get your students signed up and engaged in reading audiobooks. Please sign up now, as the opt-in for the Games ends Friday, February 8th, 2019.  

To date, there are more than one thousand U.S. students participating in the Games and reading is at an all-time high! The seven-week audiobook challenge supports teachers’ efforts to get more struggling readers building reading stamina and stronger reading habits, strengthening learning confidence, and empowering students' social and emotional well being.

Teachers are sharing their Great Reading Games best practices too. You can view plenty of awesome photos on social media of students who are excited to read. 

Curious to see which books are being downloaded and read the most? 

Check out these titles and get your struggling readers into the Great Reading Games now. 

Book cover of Diary of a Wimpy Kid / boy slumped over Most Popular Books 

NA451 Dog Man Unleashed

NB534 The Meltdown   

NA440 Dog Man

JD498 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid  

NA133 Smile  

 

 

Book cover of yellow smiley faces

KH368 Cabin Fever  

JW535 Dog Days   

KY284 Sisters

KV729 The Long Haul

NA521 The Getaway   

To learn how your school or district can transform more struggling readers into grade-level achievers, schedule a quick demo or call 800-221-1098. Be sure to check out Learning Ally's Browse Audiobooks page for featured titles, such as these great books:

book cover Swing by Kwame Alexander boy with backpack surrounding by musical instrument

Swing - Kwame Alexander's latest book

Camping With The President - Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite National Park

The House With A Clock In Its Walls - the recent children's movie starring Jack Black

Voice Of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit Of The Civil Rights Movement - an award honor book about a civil rights champion

book cover of Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Meltdown. Snowman melting in sun.Out Of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets - Kwame Alexander's ode to 20 famed poets and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winning book

The Meltdown -  the latest book in Jeff Kinney's wildly popular Diary Of A Wimpy Kid series

Solo - Kwame Alexander’s young adult novel written in poetic verse

Dog Man : A Tale Of Two Kitties - the third book in the Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey

 


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