Many parents have asked about books and authors which would be appropriate
for the Reading Log. This web page will be devoted to authors and books
for my fifth grade students.
Great Authors for Beginning Fifth Grade:
Louis Sachar -Wayside School book series
Roald Dahl -Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Twits, etc.
Judy Blume -Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series
Bruce Coville -My Teacher is an Alien -The Ghost in the Third Row
-The Magic Shop Series -The Unicorn Chronicles
-Aliens Ate My Homework -The Monsters of Morely Manor
Beverly Cleary -Ramona series -Henry Huggins series
Series of Unfortunate Events
Spiderwick Chronicles
In fifth grade we will be focusing on the Newberry Award winners as well as Honorable Mention.
Authors include:
Jerry Spinelli
Jean Craighead-George
Lois Lowry
Gail Carson-Levin
Gary Paulsen, and many many more.