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2007 Newberry Medal Winners: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson Rules by Cynthia Lord PREVIOUS NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS: Criss Cross by Lynn Rae Perkins Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Dear Families, Several of you have asked for ideas for books that your advanced reader may enjoy. As a parent of an advanced reader, I know the difficulty in finding books written at your reader’s independent reading level while still containing appropriate content. Hopefully some of these ideas will help you.
Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time trilogy by Madeline L'Engle The Deltora Quest series, by Emily Rodda. Mary Pope Osborne’s series of books based on Homer's Odyssey: Tales from the Odyssey (there are 5 in all). Mythomania series by Kate McMullen (funny books based on characters from Greek mythology, with Hades as the narrator). Eragon & Eldest by Christopher Paolini Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Dear America and Royal Diaries series published by Scholastic are quality Historical fiction. Ann of Green Gables books by L.M. Montgomery
Many of these are “fantasy” books, which have been shown to have the most advanced vocabulary of any of the genres.
These are a couple of websites with other ideas. We will be reading a few of these in class this year. www.kidsreads.com/lists/adv-new.asp www.brockvillelibrary.ca/article2007-1.pdf
In addition, I suggest having students branch out to other genres. Biographies are often overlooked by students and can be very engaging and interesting. Non-fiction books on topics of their interest are great, too.
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