John Schu Collections

John Schu is the children’s librarian for Bookelicious, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and a former classroom teacher and teacher-librarian. He’s the author of the acclaimed picture books This Is a School, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison, and This Is a Story, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo. He also wrote the adult study The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life. In 2024, he released two books: Louder Than Hunger, a novel in verse, and The Poetry Place Is Our Space, illustrated by Holly Hatam. You can find him at JohnSchu.com and on social media at @MrSchuReads.
 

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Available for purchase at $185 per collection.  All books are hardcover and purchase includes a special memento from John Schu.

Primary (Kindergarten-2nd) Schu Box

Order this bundle of 14 titles here.

Big Problemas (Juana and Lucas #2)
Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart Story #1)
Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away
Cornbread & Poppy (Cornbread & Poppy #1)
This Is a School
Miguel's Community Garden (Where in the Garden? #2)
This Is a Story
Just One Flake
The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man #12)
Just Like Millie
The Beginning (Orris and Timble #1)
Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #1)
Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #2)
The Yellow Bus

Intermediate (3rd-5th) Schu Box

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Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter #1)
A Rover's Story
The Superteacher Project
Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
Marya Khan and the Fabulous Jasmine Garden (Marya Khan #2)
Waverider (Amulet #9)
The One and Only Family (One and Only #4)
The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man #12)
Just Like Millie
The Mystery of Locked Rooms
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
The Frindle Files
Wings of Fire: The Official How to Draw (Wings of Fire)

Middle School (6th-9th) Schu Box

Order this bundle of 14 titles here.

Hoops
Two Degrees
Hands
Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
Louder Than Hunger
And Then, Boom!
The First State of Being
Mid-Air
The Mystery of Locked Rooms
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
On a Wing and a Tear
Old School

More of John Schu’s Favorite Books

Elementary School

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona Quimby #6)
Charlotte's Web
Supernova (Amulet #8)
Narwhal's Otter Friend (Narwhal and Jelly #4)
The One and Only Ivan
Juana and Lucas (Juana and Lucas #1)
Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart Story #1)
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
Allergic
Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter #1)
The Tiger Rising
Nigel and the Moon
This Is a School
Courage Hats
The Tryout (The Tryout #1)
Hummingbird
A Rover's Story
Growing Pangs (From the Universe of Growing Pangs)
Two Degrees
Loud Mouse (Loud Mouse)
Cat Kid Comic Club Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club #4)
Moon Rising (Wings of Fire Graphic Novels #6)
This Is a Story
Squished
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
Big
Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club #5)
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
Waverider (Amulet #9)
The Crossover Tie-In Edition (Crossover)

Middle School

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
The Crossover (Crossover Graphic Novel)
Booked (Crossover Graphic Novel)
Hoops
Hands
Simon Sort of Says
A First Time for Everything
Not an Easy Win
Four Eyes (Four Eyes #1)
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
The Labors of Hercules Beal
The Probability of Everything
Remember Us
New in Town (Curlfriends)
Louder Than Hunger

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