The Bell Top Book Club, created in 2015, is a school-wide initiative to encourage reading among students. Each year, book club advisors Sarah Lussier and Tracy Cornell select a book for students and their families to read together over four weeks.

Throughout the program students participate in book-related activities, daily trivia and fun events. Students can read along with our nightly mystery reader playlist (see below!). Every child receives a book at no cost to families, thanks to the support of the PTO.

2026 Bell Top Book Club Pick

About the Book (from the author’s website)

Come root for Ivy the houseplant as she and her friends attempt to save Toasty the goldfish from a thieving antique dealer who wants to steal Toasty’s fish tank.

Nightly Mystery Reader Playlist

Bell Top Book Club Selections

2026 – “Growing Home” by Beth Ferry
2025 – “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” by Kate DiCamillo
2024 – “Breadcrumbs” by Anne Ursu
2023 – “Odder” by Katherine Applegate
2022 – “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin
2021 – “The Wild Robot” by Peter Brown
(BTBC Bedtime Stories During COVID Shutdown)
2019 – “Wish Tree” by Katherine Applegate
2018 – “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo
2017 – “The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate
2016 – “The Trumpet of the Swan” by E.B. White
2015 – “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” by Kate DiCamillo