Reading Recommendations

Books to love…

 

First chapter books:

 

Adler, Cam Jansen mystery series

Averill, Jenny and the Cat Club

Bulla, A Lion to Guard Us (and other Bulla historical fiction)

Cameron, The Stories Julian Tells

Cohen, Molly’s Pilgrim

Cole, Gator Girls series

Conford, Jenny Archer

Erickson, A Toad for Tuesday series

Gage, My Stars, It’s Mrs. Gaddy!

Gannett, My Father’s Dragon series

Greer, Let Me Off This Spaceship

Hest, Nannies for Hire,

Kline, Horrible Harry series

            Song Lee series

Landon, Meg Mackintosh mystery series

Marshall, Rats on the Roof

Sachar, Marvin Redpost series

Wittman, Stepbrother Sabotage

 

The next step:

 

Caseley, Hurricane Harry series

Cleary, Henry Huggins series

            The Mouse and the Motorcycle

            Ramona series

Clement, Frindle

Clifford, Help, I’m a Prisoner in the Library series

Cresswell, Meet Posy Bates series

Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

            Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dalgliesh, The Courage of Sarah Noble

Danziger, Amber Brown series

Delton, Kitty series

            Angel series

Gardiner, Stone Fox

Greene, Isabelle, the Itch


The next step:

 

Greene, Owen Foote series

Griffith, Caitlin’s Holiday

Hurwitz, anything by Joanna Hurwitz

King-Smith, The School Mouse

                    The Invisible Dog

Kline, Herbie Jones series

Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

MacLachlan, Sarah Plain and Tall series

Mcdonald, Judy Moody and Stink series

Park, The Kid in the Red Jacket

Robinson, Veronica series

Rockwell, How to Eat Fried Worms

Sachar, Sideways Stories From Wayside School

Smith, The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches

Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown series

Soneklar, Bug Boy

Williams, Mitzi and the Terrible Tyrannosaurous Rex series

Wojciechowski, Beany series

 

Most Challenging:

 

Aiken, Night Birds on Nantucket

            The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Avi, Poppy

Babbitt, The Search for Delicious

Baum, The Wizard of Oz

Brink, Caddie Woodlawn

Brittain, The Devil’s Donkey

Burnford, The Incredible Journey                     

Butterworth, The Enormous Egg

Coatsworth, Pure Magic

DiCamillo, Because of Winn Dixie

Dubois, The Twenty-One Balloons

Eager, Half Magic

Enright, The Saturdays

Estes, The Hundred Dresses

Fenner, Yolanda’s Genius

Fisher, Understood Betsy

Fitzhugh, Harriet The Spy

Henry, Misty of Chincoteague series

Horvath, The Trolls

Konigsburg, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Levine, Ella Enchanted

Lewis, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Lisle, The Gold Dust Letter series

            The Dancing Cats of Applesap

Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy series

Lowry, Anastasia Krupnik series

            Sam Krupnik series

            Number the Stars

MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

McEwan, The Day Dreamer

Peck, Soup series

Seldon, A Cricket in Times Square

Steig, Abel’s Island

White, Stuart Little

Wilder, The Little House series

Winthrop, The Castle in the Attic series