FIFTH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST

Below is a list of titles and authors that incoming fifth graders may enjoy. This is not a required list but a guide to help you find good books.  Hope to see you this summer at the library.  Happy Reading!

Fantasy and Folklore:
Bond, Michael.  A Bear Called Paddington
Carroll, Lewis.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Dahl, Roald.  Matilda
Fleming, Ian.  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Hamilton, Virginia.  Her Stories:  African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales
Hunter, Erin. Midnight
Juster, Norman. The Phantom Tollbooth
Kessler, Liz. The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
McKissack, Patricia C.  The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Sage, Annie. Magyk
White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swan

Newbery Award Winners
Byars, Betsy.  Summer of the Swans
Curtis, Christopher Paul.  Bud, Not Buddy
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux
Estes, Eleanor.  Ginger Pye
Gipson, Fred.  Old Yeller
Konigsburg, E.L.  Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth
Lisle, Janet Taylor.  Afternoon of the Elves
Lowry, Lois.  Number the Stars
North, Sterling.  Rascal
O'Dell, Scott.  The Island of the Blue Dolphins
Selden, George.  The Cricket in Times Square
Steig, William.  Abel's Island
Stolz, Mary. The Noonday Friends
Wilder, Laura Ingalls.  On the Banks of Plum Creek

Other Times, Other Places - Historical Fiction
Gregory, Kristiana.  Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Twain, Mark.  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Woodruff, Elvira.  Dear Levi

There's always time for a book:
Take a book when you know you'll be waiting.
Take a book to the doctor's office.
Take a book when you travel.
Read a book instead of watching TV.
Get a public library card.