Great Books to Read

 

 AUTHOR  TITLE
Angelou, Maya  My Painted House
Armstrong, William Sounder

 Avi

Blue Heron

Crispin, the Cross of Lead

Night Journeys

The Fighting Ground

Ragweed

 Bailey, Carolyn Miss Hickory
 Banks, Lynn Reid

The Fairy Rebel

The Indian in the Cupboard

 Blume, Judy

Blubber

Freckle Juice

Superfudge and any of the Fudge series

 Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington
 Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes
 Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn
 Butterworth, Olive The Enormous Egg
 Byars, Betsy

Bingo Brown Series

Blossoms Series

Coast to Coast

The Summer of the Swans

The Computer Nut

The Cybil War

The Dark Stairs

The Night Swimmers

Tornado

 Caudill, Rebecca

Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?

Tree of Freedom

 Christopher, Matt

Dirt Bike Racer

The Fox Steals Home

Ice Magic

Long Stretch at First Base

No Arm in the Left Field

Skateboard Tough

 Cleary, Beverly

Beezus and Ramona (any of the series)

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Ellen Tibbits

Henry Huggins (any of the series)

Muggie Maggie

Socks

Strider

 Clements, Andrew Janitor's Boy
 Coerr, Eleanor Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 
Colfer, Eoin  Artemis Fowl (series)
 Colville, Ann My Teacher Fried My Brain
 Colville, Bruce I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
 Creech, Sharon

Bloomability

Love That Dog

Walk Two Moons

 Curtis, Christopher

Bud, Not Buddy

The Watsons Go To Birmingham

 Cutler, Jane No Dogs Allowed
 Dahl, Roald

The B.F.G.

Esio Trot

Witches (and other books by Dahl)

 Davidson, Margaret The Story of Jackie Robinson, the Bravest Man In Baseball
 DeCamillo, Kate

Because of Winn Dixie

The Tale of Despereaux 

 Denenberg, Barry Stealing Home: A Story of Jackie Robinson
 Edmonds, Walter The Matchlock Gun
 Estes, Eleanor The Moffats
 Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy
 Fleischman, Paul Bull Run
Fritz, Jean 

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?

George Washington's Breakfast

Shhh!! We're Writing the Constitution

The Double Life of Pocahontas

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Where Do You Think You're Going, Columbus?

 Gardiner, John Stone Fox
 Giff, Patricia Lily's Crossing Nory Ryan's Song
 Gipson, Fred Old Yeller
 Gutman, Dan Honus and Me
 Haywood, Carolyn

Betsy (series, any books)

The Eddie (series)

 Henry, Marguerite

Black Gold

King of the Wind (series)

 Hiaasen, Carl Hoot
 Holling, Holling Paddle to the Sea
 Howe, Deborah Bunnicula
 Howe, James Howliday Inn
 Hughes, Langston The Dreamkeeper and other poems
 Hunter, Mollie The Mermaid Summer
 Hurwitz, Johanna Also (any in the series)
Jacques, Brian Redwall (series)
  Spinelli, Jerry Wringer
  Joseph, Lynn The Color of my Words
  Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
  King-Smith, Dick Pigs Might Fly
  Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler
  Krumgold, Joseph Onion John
  Lawson, Robert Ben and Me
  L'Engle, Madeleine

A Wind in the Door

A Wrinkle in Time

  Levers, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted
  Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia (series)
  Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking (series)
  Lovelace, Maud Hart Betsy-Tacy (series)
  Lowry, Lois

All About Sam

Anastasia (series)

Attaboy Sam

Number the Stars

 MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
 Martin, Rafe Rought Face Girl
McDonald, Betty  Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (series)
 Mochizuki, Ken Baseball Saved Us
  Naylor, Phyllis

Beetles Lightly Toasted

Saving Shiloh

  Norton, Mary The Borrowers (series)
  O'Dell, Scott Sing Down the Moon
  Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard
  Peck, Richard

A Long Way from Chicago

A Year Down Under

Voices After Midnight

  Peck, Robert Newton Soup (series)
  Porter, Eleanor Pollyanna
  Reilly Giff, Patricia

Fourth Grade Celebrity

Pictures of Hollis Woods

  Robinson, Barbara The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
  Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms
  Ryan, Pam Esperanza Rising
  Rylant, Cynthia A Blue Eyed Daisy
  Sachar, Louis

Holes

Sixth Grade Secrets

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

Wayside School is Falling Down

  Scieska, Jon

Summer Reading Is Killing Me

The Stinky Cheese Man

  Silverstein, Shel

Falling Up

The Giving Tree

Simon, Seymour  Big Cats
  Snicket, Lemony Bad Beginning (series)
  Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown (series)
  Sperry, Armstrong Call it Courage
  Spinelli, Jerry

Fourth Grade Rats

Stargirl

Knots in My Yo-Yo String

  Steig, William The Real Thief
  Stein, R. Conrad

Ellis Island

The Underground Railroad

  Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  Taylor, Sydney All-Of-A-Kind Family series
  Voight, Cynthia Bad, Badder, Baddest
  Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children (series)
  White, E.B.

Charlotte's Web

Stuart Little

The Trumpet of the Swan

  Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Little House series
  Yolen, Jane

Devil's Arithmetic

The Dragon's Boy

Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast