By the Book: Terrie Bishop, Academy Park Elementary

Terrie Bishop is the media clerk at Academy Park Elementary School. She has been working for Granite School District as a media clerk for 24 years. She brings an incredible wealth of knowledge about children’s literature and does some great read alouds for older students at her school.

By the Book

What books are currently on your nightstand?


100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and the Book of Mormon.

What was the last great book you read?

Nightingale by Kristen Hannah

The last book that made you cry?

Sounder by William H. Armstrong

The last book that made you laugh?

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

What kind of reader were you as a child? What childhood books and authors stick with you the most?

Loved the Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, and Trixie Beldon. Always loved to read and had a desire to read and study the classics.

What is the best book you were required to read as a student?


To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, King Lear by William Shakespeare and Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

What book did you hate reading as a student?

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

What is your favorite book to recommend to children?


Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret

If you could only bring three books to a desert island, which would you pack?

Ugh!! Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the complete series of Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, and Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. This is a horrible question!

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14 thoughts on “By the Book: Terrie Bishop, Academy Park Elementary”

  1. I loved reading about Terrie. She is a prolific reader in so many genres and writes the best book reviews. This By the Book is great to get to know our friends in the library!

  2. I found it interesting that Terrie liked reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I had to read that in 9th grade and I never finished it…..hated the whole thing. Maybe I’ll have to try it again!

  3. These By the Books are very fun to read. I too loved To Kill A Mocking Bird, in fact I’m listening to the audio book right now just because it’s been awhile. Sissy Spacek is the reader and does a great job. Thanks for sharing Terrie and putting this together Nikki!

  4. I am with you, Terrie. How can we choose just three books? I didn’t know that Terrie had been a media clerk for 24 years. Wow!

  5. Christine Fotheringham

    These are so fun! I’m feeling bad now that I hurried and filled out my questionnaire and didn’t give it the time and thought it deserved.

  6. The first Boxcar Children book was one of the first books my dad ever read to me as a child. Thanks for your years of service to our district.

  7. Terrie, you really know how to keep a library going! Thanks for sharing and reminding me of some books I love, too.

  8. Terrie, Thanks for sharing your very widely read and have a great knowledge of books! What fun.

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