Students and staff at FES checked out 43,765 books during the 2014/2015 school year! That is 9,000 more than we checked out in 2011-2012 (our first year in the new building.)
Here are the top 25 most circulated books at FES this school year.
1) Smile by Raina Telegemeier
157 checkouts
#1 most circulated book at FES for the 4th consecutive year
2) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
84 checkouts
3) Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse by Tamera Wissinger
81 checkouts
4) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
77 checkouts
winner of the 2015 Maine Student Book Award
5) Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
72 checkouts
6) Earthling! by Mark Fearing
72 checkouts
7) Fairy Tale Comics edited by Chris Duffy
72 checkouts
8) The Odd Squad: Bully Bait by Michael Fry
71 checkouts
9) The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman
67 checkouts
10) Sisters by Raina Telegmeier
67 checkouts
11) Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
64 checkouts
12) Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
62 checkouts
13) The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems
62 checkouts
14) A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
62 checkouts
15) The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
61 checkouts
16) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
60 checkouts
17) The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
59 checkouts
winner of the 2015 FES Mock Newbery Award
18) Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
59 checkouts-
winner of the 2014 FES Mock Newbery Award
19) Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce
58 checkouts
20) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
57 checkouts
21) Duke by Kirby Larson
57 checkouts
22) Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce
56 checkouts
23) The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
56 checkouts
24) Squish No. 5: Game On! by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
56 checkouts
25) Star Wars Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
56 checkouts