Reading is one of the great joys of life. Here are some great authors and
titles to help get started in a great book. The important thing is to read,
read, read!
Currently We are reading: The Twits by Roald Dahl
Adler, David: Cam Jansen Series
Alexander, Lloyd: Gypsy Rizka
Allard, Henry: Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Atwater, Richard: Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Avi: The Secret School
Avid-Yonah, Michael: Who Stole the Wizard of Oz
Banks, Lynne Reid: The Indian in the Cupboard
Barron, T. A.: Lost Years of Merlin
Benchley, Nathaniel: George the Drummer Boy
Bjork, Christina: Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Black, Holly: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Blume, Judy: Fudge-a-Mania
Blume, Judy: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Blume, Judy: Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing
Boston, Lucy M.: The Children of Green Knowe Series
Brown Marc: Arthur Writes a Story
Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden
Byars, Betsy: The Golly Sisters Go West
Bying, Georgia: Molly Moon
Carbone, Elsa: Starting School With an Enemy
Carey, Peter: The Big Bazoohley
Carmen, Patrick: The Dark Hills Divide
Christelow, Eileen: Great Pig Escape
Christopher, Matthew: The Dog That Stole Football
Christopher, Matthew: The Spy on Third Base
Cleary, Beverly: Henry and Beezus
Cleary, Beverly: Henry and Ribsy
Cleary, Beverly: Muggie Maggie
Cleary, Beverly: Ralph S. Mouse
Cleary, Beverly: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Cleary, Beverly: Ramona’s World
Cleary, Beverly: Strider
Clements, Andrew: Jake Drake—Bully Buster
Clements, Andrew: Jake Drake—Know-It-All
Clements, Andrew: The Landry News
Coerr, Eleanor: Buffalo Bill and The Pony Express
Cohen, Barbara: Molly’s Pilgrim
Cole, Joanna: Rockin Reptiles
Cooney, Barbara: Miss Rumphius
Cooper, Susan: The Magician’s Boy
Coville, Bruce: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Coville, Bruce: My Teacher is an Alien
Coville, Bruce: Sarah and the Unicorn
Crisp, Marty: White Star, a Dog on the Titanic
Cummings, Priscilla: Saving Grace
Curtis, Christopher Paul: Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money
Dahl, Roald: The BFG
Dahl, Roald: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dahl, Roald: James and the Giant Peach
Dahl, Roald: The Twits
Danziger, Paula: Amber Brown is Green With Envy
Danziger, Paula: Amber Brown Series
DeClements, Barthe: Fourth Grade Wizards
Deedy, Carmen Agra: The Library Dragon
DeFelice, Cynthia: The Ghost of Fossil Glen
DeLaCroix, Alice: The Hero of Third Grade
DePaulo, Tomi: Strega Nona; Her Story
DiCamillo, Kate: Because of Winn-Dixie
Dorras, Arthur: Abuela
Downer, Ann: Hatching Magic
Duane, Diane: So You Want to be a Wizard
Eager, Edward: Half Magic
Estes, Eleanor: How to be Cool in Third Grade
Estes, Eleanor: The Hundred Dresses
Estes, Eleanor: The Moffats
Evans, Douglas: The Elevator Family
Farmer, Nancy: The Warm Place
Ferris, Jean: Once Upon a Marigold
Ferris, Jeri: Go Free or Die, a Story About Harriet Tubman
Fleischman, Sid: The Ghost on a Saturday Night
Gannett, Ruth Stiles: My Father’s Dragon
Gannett, Ruth Stiles: The Reluctant Dragon
Gardiner, John Reynolds: Stone Fox
Giff, Patricia Reilly: Good Luck, Ronald Morgan
Giff, Patricia Reilly: The Kids of the Polk Street School Series
Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows
Greenburg, J. C.: Andrew Lost Series
Greene, Stephanie: Owen Foote Series
Gutman, Dan: Babe & Me
Hahn, Mary Downing: Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Hale, Bruce: Chet Gecko Series
Hamilton, Virginia: The People Could Fly
Haywood, Carolyn: “B” is for Betsy
Henry, Marguerite: Misty of Chincoteague
Hill, Kirkpatrick: The Year of Miss Agnes
Hiller, B. B.: Rent a Third Grader
Hoffman, Mary: Henry’s Baby
Howe, James: Pinky and Rex
Howe, James: Tales From Beneath the Bed
Hurwitz, Joanna: Class President
Ibbotson, Eva: The Secret of Platform 13
Jeffers, Susan: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
Jukes, Mavis: Little Jake and Me
King-Smith, Dick: Babe: the Gallant Pig
King-Smith, Dick: Lady Lollipop
King-Smith, Dick: Pigs Might Fly
Kline, Susie: Amber Brown is Series
Legge, David: Bamboozled
Le Guin, Ursula K.: The Catwings Collection
Leroe, E. W.: Ghost Dog
Lindgren, Astrid: Pippi Longstocking
Lowry, Lois: Anastasia Krupnik
Lowry, Lois: Gooney Bird Greene
MacDonald, Betty: Judy Moody Declares Her Independence
MacDonald, Betty: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
MacLachlan, Patricia: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Martin, Ann M.: The Doll People
Martin, Ann M.: The Meanest Doll in the World
McCloskey, Robert: Homer Price
McDonald, Megan: Judy Moody Gets Famous
McKay, Hilary: Dog Friday
McKenna, Colleen O’Shaughnessy: Fourth Grade is a Jinx
Mills, Claudia: 7 X 9 = Trouble
Montgomery, Lucy Maud: Anne of Green Gables
Morpurgo, Michael: Kensuke’s Kingdom
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds: The Girls’ Revenge
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds: Shiloh
Nixon, Joan Lowery: Gus and Gertie and the Lucky Charms
Norton, Mary: Borrowers
O’Brien, Robert C.: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Osborne, Mary Pope: Magic Tree House Series
Parish, Peggy: Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
Park, Barbara: Junie B. Jones: Boss of Lunch
Paterson, Katherine: The Flip-Flop Girl
Peck, Richard: Lost in Cyberspace
Peterson, John: The Littles
Pfeffer, Susan Beth: Kid Power
Pinkney, Brian: The Adventures of Sparrowboy
Polacco, Patricia: The Keeping Quilt
Porte, Barbara Ann: If You Ever Get Lost
Pratchett, Terry: Only You Can Save Mankind
Regan, Dian Curtis: Princess Nevermore
Robinson, Barbara: The Best School Year Ever
Rodda, Emily: Rowan of Rin Series
Rodowsky, Colby: Not My Dog
Roy, Ron: A to Z Mysteries
Sachar, Louis: Marvin Redpost Alone in His Teacher’s House
Sachar, Louis: Sideways Arithmetic From the Wayside School
Sachar, Louis: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom
Schanzer, Rosalyn: Davy Crockett Saves the World
Schwartz, David M.: How Much is a Million?
Scieszka, Jon: It’s All Greek to Me
Scieszka, Jon: The Knights of the Kitchen Table
Selden, George: The Cricket in Times Square
Selden, George: Tucker’s Countryside
Shannon, George: Stories to Solve
Silverstein, Shel: A Light in the Attic
Slote, Alfred: The Trading Game
Smith, Robert Kimmel: Chocolate Fever
Sobol, David: Encyclopedia Brown Series
Speare, Elizabeth George: The Sign of the Beaver
Spinelli, Jerry: Fourth Grade Rats
St. George, Judith: So You Want to be President?
Steig, William: Brave Irene
Stanley, George E.: Third Grade Detectives
Steptoe, John: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Stilton, Geronimo: Geronimo Stilton Series
Tunnell, Michael O.: Mailing May
Walsh, Jill Paton: The Green Book
Wardlaw, Lee: 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents
Warner, Gertrude Chandler: The Boxcar Children
Waugh, Sylvia: The Mennyms
Waugh, Sylvia: Space Race
Wesley, Valerie Wilson: Willimena and the Cookie Money
White, E. B.: Charlotte’s Web
White, E. B.: Stuart Little
White, E. B.: The Trumpet of the Swans
Whybrow, Ian: Little Wolf Series
Wilder, Laura Ingles: Little House on the Prarie
Williams, Mark London: Danger Boy Series
Wisniewski, David: The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups
Woodson, Jackie: The Other Side
Wright, Betty Ren: The Dollhouse Murders
Young, Ed: Lon PoPo