I don't know about your elementary school, but mine had a library. And along with that we were told to read books from it and make book reports on them. After a while we all hated the book reports, we did find a few books we did like.
What was your Favorite Books of your childhood?
Mine was a book called "Hatchet" which, looking back was a rather graphic book for a kid like me to read. I also like referencing "Fahrenheit 451" because its amazing how that book from the 1960's had so many details about the modern day correct.