The FACS Bookshelf
Encouraging students to read is the job of every teacher, regardless of their subject matter. As FACS teachers, we have a wonderfully varied and engaging assortment of books to recommend to our students and to incorporate into our curriculum. The list below includes novels that can be integrated into each of the FACS content areas. Let’s get our students reading! Begin building your classroom library of FACS-related titles today or contact your school librarian about including these titles in your school’s general collection.
Titles are not available from Fresh FACS Publishing.
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Title |
Author |
FACS Content Area |
| A Girl Like Moi | Lisa Barham | Textiles & Apparel |
| Project Paris | Lisa Barham | Textiles & Apparel |
| Playing For Pizza | John Grisham | International Foods |
| A Deadly Yarn | Maggie Sefton | Textiles & Apparel |
| Knit One, Kill Two | Maggie Sefton | Textiles & Apparel |
| Needled to Death | Maggie Sefton | Textiles & Apparel |
| Dying to Sell | Maggie Sefton | Housing |
| A Quilter's Apprentice | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| A Quilter's Legacy | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| The Runaway Quilt | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| The Cross Country Quilters | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| Round Robin | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| The Master Quilter | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| The Sugar Camp Quilt | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| The Christmas Quilt | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
| Circle of Quilters | Jennifer Chiaverini | Sewing, Quilting |
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A Child Called It |
David Pelzer |
Family Parenting |
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A Good Yarn |
Debbie Macomber |
Textiles and Apparel |
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A Child Called Noah |
Josh Greenfield |
Parenting |
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A Very Dairy Christmas |
Sylvia Hysen |
Food Production and Services
Textiles and Apparel |
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Baby Help |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Family Interpersonal Relationships Parenting |
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Beautiful Child |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
|
Beyond Dreams |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Interpersonal Relationships |
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Blueberry Muffin Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Bread and Roses, Too |
Katherine Paterson |
Food Production and Services, Family
Textiles and Apparel |
|
But What About Me?
|
Marilyn Reynolds |
Family Interpersonal Relationships |
|
Chew on This |
Eric Schlosser & Charles | Nutrition and Wellness |
|
Chicks With Sticks (It's a purl thing!) |
Elizabeth Lenhard | Textiles and Apparel, Food Production |
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Recipe for Reading incorporates this novel into the FACS classroom in all content areas. |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services Nutrition and Wellness Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Housing, Interiors and Furnishings |
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Detour for Emmy |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Family Interpersonal Relationships Parenting |
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Fudge Cupcake Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child and the Teacher Who Saved Her |
Torey Hayden |
Interpersonal Relationships |
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Hattie Big Sky |
Kirby Larson |
Food Production and Services
Textiles and Apparel Early Childhood, Education and Services |
|
If You Loved Me |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Interpersonal Relationships |
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Just Another Kid |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
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Lemon Meringue Pie Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Love Rules |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Interpersonal Relationships |
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Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours |
Marian Wright Edelman |
Family Parenting |
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Murphy’s Boy |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
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My Kitchen Wars |
Betty Harper Fussell |
Food Production and Services Career, Community and Family Connections |
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One Child |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
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Peach Cobbler Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Penny From Heaven |
Jennifer Holm | Food Production and Services |
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Raising Raul |
Maria Hinojosa |
Family, Parenting |
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Rules |
Cynthia Lord |
Early Childhood, Education and Services
Parenting |
|
Sister of the Bride |
Beverly Cleary |
Family, Interpersonal Relationships |
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The |
Ann Brashares |
Interpersonal Relationships Textiles and Apparel |
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Somebody Else’s Kids |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
|
Stirring It Up (Dish #1) |
Diane Muldrow | Food Production and Services |
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Strawberry Shortcake Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Sugar Cookie Murder, The |
Joanne Fluke |
Food Production and Services |
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Telling |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Interpersonal Relationships |
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The Gospel According to Larry |
Janet Tashjian |
Consumer and Family Resources |
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The Shop on Blossom Street |
Debbie Macomber |
Textiles and Apparel |
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The Tiger’s Child |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
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The Truth About Forever |
Sarah Dessen |
Food Production and Services
Relationships, Housing and Interiors |
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Too Soon For Jeff
|
Marilyn Reynolds |
Family Interpersonal Relationships Parenting |
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Twilight Children |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
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Very Worst Thing, The |
Torey Hayden |
Early Childhood, Education and Services |
Teacher’s Resources for implementing reading into the FACS classroom:
True-To-Life Series from Hamilton High Teaching Guide 15.25
A Good Yarn–Knit Along 8.00
A Good Yarn on compact disc 18.50
Recipe for Reading (Fresh FACS Publishing) 30.00
For more information about the books listed above, visit the authors’ web
sites:
www.davepelzer.com/DavesBooks.htm
www.debbiemacomber.com/index.html
www.harperchildrens.com/catalog
www.morningglorypress.com/pages/fictfram.html
www.murdershebaked.com/books.htm
www.torey-hayden.com/