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Maxi's Secrets Buckner Community Read- 3-5 School Level

This list contains the Winter 2020 selection, Maxi's Secrets, along with a discussion guide, similar reads, interesting articles and fun activities.

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  • Maxi's Secrets

    (or What You Can Learn From a Dog)

    Plourde, Lynn
    Timminy, who recently moved, isn't too excited to start life in his new home. However, he does find a great friend in his adopted dog, Maxi, who teaches him more about himself than he could have ever imagined.
    BookNew York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2016] — JF PLOURDE
  • Maxi's Secrets

    (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog)

    Plourde, Lynn
    Listen to Maxi's Secrets on this downloadable audiobook.
    Downloadable AudiobookBooks on Tape, 2018
  • Maxi's Secrets

    (or what you can learn from a dog)

    Plourde, Lynn
    Read Maxi's Secrets on a tablet, computer or phone.
    eBookPenguin Young Readers Group, 2016
  • Once you finish Maxi's Secrets, look over this discussion guide to discuss the book with a parent/guardian, friend, relative, or anybody who's read the book. Remember though, no spoilers for those who haven't finished yet!
    Web resource
  • Ten year old Opal just moved to a small Florida town with her father. She befriends some people in the town and takes care of a stray dog she finds. This story is similar to Maxi's Secrets in that the both main characters move to a new…
    BookCambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2021. — JF DICAMILLO
  • Zoe and Alice Cassidy's lives have never been dull. Their father's a veterinarian and her mother rescues Great Pyrenees dogs. When they meet their new neighbor, Phillip, they soon realize he doesn't respond to their questions. However,…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2013] — JF
  • Leaving everything you know and moving to a new town is tough, especially when it's how you get around. Alice, a blind twelve-year-old, learns this the hard way when she moves to "Stinkville," and has a difficult time adjusting to a new…
    BookNew York : Sky Pony Press, [2015] — JF
  • In Maxi's Secrets, we learn that Timminy's next-door-neighbor, Abby, is blind. Throughout the story, Timminy learns that Abby doesn't let this disability define or stop her from doing anything. This book shows what it's like to be blind…
    BookBerkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, [2012] — 305.9081 K414
  • Understand how people with blindness read, write, play, and how they live their lives.
    BookMankato, MN : Child's World, [2019] — 617.712 Y26
  • Despite his height, Small Saul is determined to be a pirate no matter what it takes. Timminy from Maxi's Secrest is small and he gets bullied from his new classmates because of it.
    BookToronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2011] — JE
  • Long Shot

    Never Too Small to Dream Big

    Paul, Chris, 1985-
    Shorter than most of the local basketball players, Chris hopes to make the team. Part fact and part fiction, Chris is determined to show that anything is possible through had work and dedication no matter your size.
    BookNew York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2009] — JE
  • Told through poetry, Fletch learns to adjust to the news of her father telling her family they'll be moving from Massachusetts to Ohio.
    UnknownHonesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, 2006. — 811.54 F637MO
  • Teddy, a dog, leads Nickel and Flora through a snowstorm to the cabin of his previous owner. Told through poetry, themes of love and family are prominent throughout the story as Nickel and Flora begin to understand Teddy and his…
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — JE MACLACHLAN
  • Read this inspirational article about a blind man who climbed Mt. Everest! Next, answer some questions about fact and opinion pertaining to the article.
    Web resource
  • Learn about some dogs that have unusual talents! The first dog mentioned is a Great Pyrenees. The dog in Max's Secrets is a Great Pyrenes.
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