Suggested Reading List for the Year

Choosing a Child's Book

Recommendations: Read at least 6 books during the summer

GENRE	TITLE	AUTHOR
Religious	My Sister is Special	Larry Jansen
	Heidi	Johanna Spyri
Adventure	Season of the Train	Mary-Pope Osborne
	Sea Monsters	Mary-Pope Osborne
	The Mayflower Adventure	Coleen Reece
	All of a kind family	Sydney Taylor
	Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain
	The Call of the Wild	Jack London
	Stage Fright on a Summer Night	Mary Pope Osborne
	The Story of Jumping Mouse	John Steptoe
	Nim”s Island	Wendy Orr
	Pirates of the Caribbean	Rob Kidd
Fantasy	Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon	Disney Fairies
	The Twits	Roald Dahl
	Stuart Little	E. B. White
	Bridge to Teribithia	Katherine Paterson
	The Tale of Emily Windsnap	Liz Kressler
	Ben and Me	Robert Lawson
	The Princess School	Jane B. Mason
	A Bug’s Life	Justin Korman
	The Knight at Dawn	Mary Pope Osborne
Mystery	Mystery at Maple Tree Park	Mary Duplex
	The Teen Model Mystery	Carolyn Keene
	The Secret in the Old Attic	Carolyn Keene
	The Clue in the Crumbling Wall	Carolyn Keene
	Nancy Drew	Carolyn Keene
	Trade Winds Danger	Carolyn Keene
	The Mystery on the Train	Gertrude Chandler Warner
	Sammy Keyes	W. Van Draanen
Biography	Harriet Tubman	Callie Smith Grant
	Walking to the busrider blues	Harriette Gillem
	Abraham Lincoln	Sam Wellman
	David Livingstone	Dan Larsen
	Sojourner Truth	W. Terry Whalin
	Hudson Taylor	Susan Martins Miller
	D. L. Moody	Bonnie Harvey
	David Copperfield	Charles Dickens
	John Wesley	Sam Wellman
	Florence Nightingale	Kristi Lorence
	Jim Elliot	Susan Martins Miller
	Clara Barton	David R. Collins
	Lydia	Katherine Greegor
	Dive	Sylvia A. Earle
Historical Fiction	American Revolution	Mary Pope Osborne
	Our Only May Amelia	Jennifer L. Holm
	Pocahontas	Jan Gleiter
	Smoky Night	Eve Bunting
	Sounder	William H. Armstrong
	Civil War Leaders	Wendy Conklin
	African-American Heroes	Tonya Bolden
	So you want to be a President	Judith St George
	A New Little Cabin	Maria D. Wilkes
Humor	Double Fudge	Judy Blume
	Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Judy Blume
	Chocolate Fever	Robert Kimmel Smith
	Say What	Margaret P. Haddix
	All-of-a-Kind Family	Sydney Taylor
Informational	Kangaroos	Edel Wignell
	Butterflies & Caterpillars	Melvin & Gilda Berger
	The Dog, The Car	Artlist International
	Twisters	Mary Pope Osborne
	Sharks	Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
	Amazing Sharks	Sarah L. Thomson
	Islands in the Sun	Allan Trussel-Cullin
	Kangaroos	Adel Wignell
	Stargazing	Joanne Sinclair
Poetry	A piece of it all	Mark Carthew
	Touch the Poem	Arnold Adoff
	Are you in there	Max Fatchen
Realistic Fiction	Pick of the Litter	Bill Wallace
	Becoming Naomi Leon	Pam Munoz Ryan
	The Tail of Emily Windsnap	Liz Kessler
	Little Women next door	Sheila Solomon Klass
	Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs	Betsy Horne
	The Baby Sitters Club	Ann M. Martin
	My name is Maria Isabel	Alma Flor Ada
	Junie B. Jones is a Graduating Girl	Barbara Park
	Brookfield Friends	Maria D. Wilkes
	Judy Moody	Megan McDonald
Folktales	Stories to Solve	George Shannon
	William’s Version	Jan Mark

Recommendations: Read at least 6 books during the summer