| Reading Classic Reading List 2008-2009
Division I - 3rd and 4th Grades
Abiyoyo Seeger, Pete CHR
Aesop's Fables Sneed, Brad CHR
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric CHR
Anna's Blizzard Hart, Alison GSN
Bad Dog, Marley Grogan, John CHR
Bear that Heard Crying, The Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie CHR
Beauty and the Beast, The Brett, Jan CHR
Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate GSW
Bedhead Palatini, Margie GSW
Beloved Dearly, The Cooney, Doug CHR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Robinson, Barbara CHR
Box Car Children: The Hockey Mystery Warner,Chertrude Chandler CHR
Bubba the Cowboy Prince Ketteman, Helen GSW
Bunnicula Howe, Deborah GSW
Chicks and Salsa Reynolds, Aaron GSN
Coming on Home Soon Woodson, Jacqueline CAL
Coyote Autumn Wallace, Bill CHR
Diary of a Worm Cronin, Doreen CHR
Dog Called Kitty, A Wallace, Bill GSW
Duck and Goose Hills, Tad GSN
Enemy Pie Munson, Derek CHR
Escaping the Giant Wave Kehret, Peg GSW
Fancy Nancy O'Connor, Jane GSN
Franny B. Kranny There’s a Bird in Your Hair! Lerner, Harriet CHR
Frindle Clements, Andrew CHR
Frog Prince Continued, The Scieszka, John CHR
Goin' Someplace Special Mckissack, Patricia C.CHR
Gold Cadillac Taylor, Mildred CHR
Grand Escape, The Naylor, Phyllis Reynold GSW
Grannyman, The Schachner, Judith Byron GSW
Great Fuzz Frenzy, The Stevens, Janet, S. S. Crummel GSN
Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business Erickson, John R. CHR
Hello, Goodbye Window Juster, Norton CAL
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from...Railroad Levine, Ellen CAL
Honey, Honey--Lion!: A Story of Africa Brett, Jan GSN
Ida B.: and Her Plans to Maximize Fun. . .World Hannigan, Katherine CHR
Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Selznick, Brian CAL
If I Built a Car Van Duisen, Chris GSN
John Henry Lester, Julius CAL
Joseph had a Little Overcoat Taback, Simms CAL
Just A Dream Van Allsburg, Chris CHR
LaRue, for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign Trail Teague, Mark CHR
Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat Howland, Naomi CHR
Let Them Play Raven, Margot Theis GSN
Library Lion Knudsen, Michelle GSN
Little House in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls CHR
Lon PoPo: A Red Riding Hood Story Young, Ed CAL
Luck George, Jean Craighead GSN
Madeline Bemelmans, Ludwig CAL
Magic Schoolbus on the Ocean Floor Cole, Joanna CHR
Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The Gerstein, Mordici CAL
Martha Speaks Meddaugh, Susan GSW
Martin’s Big Woods:
the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rappaport,Doreen CAL
Marvelous Mattie McCully, Emily CHR
Micawber Lithgow, John CHR
Mirette on the High Wire McCully, Emily CAL
Miss Alaineus Frasier, Debra CHR
Mrs. McBloom Clean Up Your Classroom DiPucchio, Kelly GSN
Moses: when Harriet Tubman
Led Her People to Freedom Weatherford, Carole Boston CAL
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John CAL
My Lucky Day Kasza, Keiko GSW
Mystic Horse Goble, Paul CHR
Noah's Ark Pinkney, Jerry CHR
Nothing to Do Wood Douglas GSN
Nutik, the Wolf Pup George, Jean Craighead CHR
Pinduli Cannon, Janell CHR
Polar Express Van Allsburg, Chris CHR
Ramona's World Cleary, Beverly CHR
Rapunzel Zelinsky, Paul CAL
Read All About It Bush, Laura and Jenna CHR
Riptide Weller, Frances Ward GSW
Room One: A Mystery or Two Clements, Andrew GSN
Rough Faced Girl, The Martin, Rafe GSW
Rugby and Rosie Rossiter, Nan Parson GSW
Runt Bauer, Marion Dane CHR
Salt in His Shoes Jordan, Deloris GSW
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window Snicket, Lemony CHR
Show Way Woodson, Jacqueline CHR
Smokey Night Bunting, Eve CAL
Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqualine CAL
SOS Files Byars, Betsy, B.Duffey, L. Myers GSN
Souper Chicken Jane, Mary & Herm Auch CHR
Spider and the Fly, The Howitt, Mary CAL
Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds CHR
Substitute Teacher Plans Johnson, Doug GSW
Summer of Riley Bunting, Eve CHR
Superfudge Blume, Judy CHR
Three Silly Billies, The Palatini, Margie GSN
Togo Blake, Robert J. GSW
Toll-Bridge Troll Wolff, Patrician Rae GSW
Toughest Cowboy:
or How the Wild West was Tamed Frank, John CHR
Trouble with Tuck Taylor, Theodore CHR
When Marian Sang:the true recital of Marian Anderson Ryan, Pam Munoz CHR
World According to Humphrey, The Birney, Betty GSW
CAL-Caldecott/ GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/ GSW-Golden Sower Winner
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Division II (grades 5-6) Reading Classic booklist 2008-09
Al Capone Does My Shirts Choldenko, Gennifer NEW
Anna's Blizzard Hart, Alison GSN
Artemis Fowl Colfer, Eoin CHR
Babysitting Is a Dangerous Job Robers, Willo Davis CHR
Barn Burner, The Willis, Patricia GSW
Bartleby of the Big, Bad Bayou Shalant, Phyllis CHR
Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate GSW
Beetles, Lightly Toasted Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds CHR
Belle Prator’s Boy White, Ruth NEW
Beloved Dearly, The Cooney, Doug CHR
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine CHR
Can of Worms Moekal, Kathy CHR
Castle in the Attic Wintrop, Elizabeth CHR
City of Ember, The DuPrau, Jeanne CHR
Coyote Autumn Wallace, Bill CHR
Crandall's Castle Wright, Betty Ren CHR
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi NEW
Dollhouse Murders, The Wright, Betty Ren CHR
Each Little Bird that Sings Wiles, Deborah GSN
Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson NEW
Escaping the Giant Wave Kehret, Peg GSW
Fair Weather Peck, Richard CHR
Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Buckley, Michael CHR
Feathers Woodson, Jacqueline GSN
Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge Wallace, Bill GSW
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E. L. CHR
Ghost of Fossil Glen, The DeFelice, Cynthia GSW
Ghost of Lizard Light, The Woodruff, Elvira GSW
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Voices from a Medieval Village Schlitz, Laura Amy NEW
Gossamer Lowry, Lois GSN
Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne CHR
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. CHR
Higher Power of Lucky, The Patron, Susan NEW
Holes Sachar, Louis NEW
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found Nickerson, Sara CHR
In Care of Cassie Tucker Ruckman, Ivy CHR
Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott CHR
Jaguar Smith, Roland GSW
Jeremy Thatcher the Dragon Hatcher Covill, Bruce CHR
Lily’s Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly NEW
Listening for Lions Whelan, Gloria GSN
Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard NEW
Loser Spinelli, Jerry GSW
Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry NEW
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate CHR
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O’Brien, Robert CHR
My Brother Made Me Do It Kehret, Peg CHR
My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead NEW
Mysterious Matter I.M. Fine Stanley, Ivy CHR
Night of the Twisters Ruckman, Ivy GSW
Number the Stars Lowery, Lois NEW
Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story Hahn, Mary Downing GSW
Our Only May Amelia Holm, Jennifer L. NEW
Out of Order Hicks, Betty GSN
Perloo the Bold Avi CHR
Pictures of Hollis Woods Giff, Patricia Riley CHR
Poppy Avi CHR
Prince Caspian: the Return to Narnia Lewis, C.S. CHR
Rascal North, Sterling CHR
Regarding the Fountain Klise, Kate CHR
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred D. NEW
Room One: A Mystery or Two Clements, Andrew GSN
Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon CHR
Rules Lord, Cynthia NEW
Runt Bauer, Marion Dane CHR
Satch and Me Gutman, Dan GSN
Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window Snicket, Lemony CHR
Shiloh Season Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds GSW
Show Way Woodson, Jacqueline NEW
Sign of the Beaver, The Speare, Elizabeth George NEW
Single Shard, A Park, Sue NEW
Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph GSW
Sliding into Home Butler, Dori Hillestad CHR
SOS Files, The Byars, Betsy, B. Duffey GSN
Stepping on the Cracks Hahn, Mary Downing GSW
Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, The Repka, Janice CHR
Summer of Riley Bunting, Eve CHR
Summer of the Swans Byars, Betsy CHR
Surviving the Applewhites Tolan, Stephanie S. NEW
Tale of Desperaux:Being the Story of a Mouse. . . DiCamillo, Kate NEW
Titanic Crossing Williams, Barbara GSW
Tuck Everlasting Babbit, Natalie CHR
Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 Curtis, Christopher Paul NEW
Where the Red Fern Grows: Story of Two Dogs and a Boy Rawls,Wilson CHR
Whittington Armstrong, Alan GSN
Wing Nut Auch, Mary Jane GSN
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George NEW
World According to Humphrey, The Birney, Betty GSW
Wringer Spinelli, Jerry NEW
Zach's Lie Smith, Roland CHR
NEW-Newbery/GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/GSW-Golden Sower Winner/
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Division III (grades 7-8-9) Reading Classic booklist 2008-09
Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene NEW
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Twain, Mark CHR
Among the Impostors Haddix, Margaret Peterson CHR
Anne Frank:the diary of a young girl(Doubleday edit.)Frank, Anne CHR
Anne of Green Gables Monotogmery, L. M. CHR
Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception Colfer, Eoin CHR
Ashes of Roses Auch, Mary Jane CHR
Belle Prater’s Boy White, Ruth NEW
Black Storm Comin' Wilson, Diane Lee CHR
Blue Sword, The McKinley, Robin NEW
Boggart, The Cooper, Susan CHR
Both Sides of Time Cooney, Carolyn CHR
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul NEW
Call of the Wild, The London, Jack CHR
Canyons Paulsen, Gary CHR
Cast Two Shadows Rinaldi, Ann CHR
Catherine Called Birdy Cushman, Karen NEW
Code Talker: Novel about Navjo Marines WWII Bruchac, Joseph CHR
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi NEW
Criss Cross Perkins, Lynne Rae NEW
Crossing the Wire Hobbs, Will GSN
Danger Zone Klass, David GSW
Don’t Look Behind You Duncan, Lois CHR
Down a Dark Hall Duncan, Lois CHR
Dragon's Keep Carey, Janet Lee GSN
East Pattou, Edith CHR
Elijah of Buxton Curtis, Christopher Paul NEW
Everything on a Waffle Horvath, Polly NEW
Far North Hobbs, Will CHR
Fever 1793 Anderson, Laurie Halse CHR
Flight #116 is Down Cooney, Caroline B. GSW
Freak the Mighty Philbrick, W.R. GSW
Friend at Midnight, A Cooney Caroline GSN
Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois CHR
Giver, The Lowry, Lois GSW
Hatchet Paulsen, Gary NEW
Hattie Big Sky Larson, Kirby NEW
Haunting, The Nixon, Joan Lowery GSW
Heart of a Champion Deuker, Carl GSW
Heat Lupica, Mike GSN
Hero and the Crown, The McKinley, Robin NEW
High Heat Deuker, Carl GSW
High King, The Alexander, Lloyd NEW
Hobbit, The Tolkien, J. R. R. CHR
Hoot Hiaasen, Carl NEW
Jackaroo Voigt, Cynthia CHR
Jackie's Wild Seattle Hobbs, Will CHR
Kira-Kira Kadohata, Cynthia NEW
Legend of Bass Reeves, The Paulsen, Gary GSN
Letters from Rifka Hesse, Karen CHR
Life as We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth GSN
Lightning Thief, The Riordan, Rick GSW
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Schmidt, Gary D. NEW
Man Who Loved Clowns, The Wood, June Ray CHR
Max the Mighty Philbrink, Rodman CHR
Mississippi Trial, 1955 Crowe, Chris GSW
Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen NEW
Outsiders, The Hinton, S.E. CHR
Penny from Heaven Holm, Jennifer NEW
Perfect Friend, Natasha NEW
Perfect Shot, The Alphin, Elaine Marie NEW
Petey Michaelson, Ben CHR
Pigman, The Zindel, Paul CHR
Princess Academy Hale, Shannon NEW
River, The Paulsen, Gary CHR
River Tomorrow, The Gray, Dianne E. GSN
Road to Memphis, The Taylor, Mildred CHR
Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson CHR
Shakespeare's Secret Broach, Elise GSN
Single Shard, A Park, Sue NEW
So B. It Weeks, Sarah GSN
Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts Avi CHR
Stand Tall Bauer, Joan CHR
Stone Words Conrad, Pam CHR
Summer of Kings, A Nolan, Han GSN
Tale of Despereaux:Being the Story. . ., The Dicamillo, Kate NEW
Tangerine Blood, Edward CHR
Things Not Seen Clements, Andrew CHR
Transall Saga, The Paulsen, Gary GSW
True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson Williams, Carol Lynne GSW
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi NEW
Twilight Meyer, Stephanie GSN
Uglies Westerfeld, Scott GSN
Wait Till Helen Comes Hahn, Mary Downing CHR
Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon NEW
Wednesday Wars, The Schmidt, Gary D. NEW
Whispers from the Dead Nixon, Joan Lowry GSW
Wing Nut Auch, Jane CHR
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth CHR
Wrinkle in Time, A L’Engle, Madeleine CHR
Year Down Yonder, A Peck, Richard NEW
NEW-Newbery/GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/GSW-Golden Sower Winners/
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Current Event Reading from Newspapers and Magazines
Current Events questions will be asked of the 5th-6th-7th-8th-9th
graders in every round in both the county and state competition.
Coaches are free to choose the reading material for their teams.
Reading Classic organizers will strive to make the questions broad
enough and regarding general issues that reading any state newspaper
will give the students the background necessary to answer the questions.
The time period covered by the current events questions will be
October 1, 2007 through February 1, 2008.
CURRENT EVENT FORM
Current event source,
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Name:_________________________School:________________________________________
Circle: Division II(5-6) Division III(7-9)
Return by Feb. 1, 2008 to: Reading Classic, 235 Hartley St., Lincoln NE
68521
Question Form
Book
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Return by FEB. 1, 2008 to:
READING CLASSIC
235 Hartley St.
Lincoln NE 68521
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