Q. How many books, reading novels I mean, should a fifth-grade student be expected to read? My son’s teacher is asking too much of him, I think, but I want him to read as much as the next kid.

The program is called One Book, One City for Kids. “Every year we choose a book for all the fifth graders to read. And every single fifth grader in GRPS gets a book. They all read it in their ...

The fifth graders then joined their kindergarten buddies, and the teacher showed a read-along video of the book to the fifth graders sitting next to their respective buddies.

A longstanding partnership between the Grand Rapids Public Library and Grand Rapids Public Schools aims to help fifth graders find a love for reading and set them up for future academic success.