Commack UFSD Elementary
Summer Reading Program
Dear
Parents:
Much has been written about the value of
books. Reading helps children to develop literacy skills, grow
creatively, and learn about the world. In addition, reading helps
children to acquire the vocabulary and critical thinking skills needed to
meet the New York State Learning Standards. To assist you in encouraging
your children to read, Commack School District librarians and teachers have
compiled a supplementary reading list. Children enjoy listening to
books that they may not be able to read. If your child appears to be
struggling with a book, offer to read it to him or her.
The supplementary reading list identifies recommended authors by suggested grade level. We would like to share the following thoughts with you:
· Read to your child. When you share books, your child naturally learns to see books as friends.
·
Be a reader
yourself. Children often follow their parents’ example. Your
child should see you
read daily.
·
Encourage your
child to join a summer reading program. Both the Commack Public
Library and
the Commack Branch of the Smithtown Library conduct summer programs.
The pride of
owning a library card encourages children to read.
·
Provide books that
your child will enjoy. When you visit the library, your child will
discover the
adventure of exploring the library’s vast resources.
·
Encourage your
child to read for pleasure. Just 15 minutes of reading each day will
help your
child keep reading skills sharp.
·
Read together as a
family. Try to set aside some time when the family reads together.
You
might share one story or read different books.
Through books, we learn about other families, cultures, and value systems.
Books expand our lives, our thoughts, and our experiences. We hope the
reading list helps your child enjoy many hours of reading pleasure this
summer.
Yours truly,
Terry Horowitz
Director of Instructional Support Services
KINDERGARTEN - Picture books for parents to read aloud.
Author Title
| Archambault | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
| Bourgeois, Paulette | Franklin series |
| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford, the Big Red Dog series |
| Brown, Margaret Wise | Goodnight Moon |
| Carle, Eric | The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Lonely Firefly |
| Casely, Judith | The Noisemakers, Mr. Green Peas |
| Clement, Gary | The Great Poochini |
| Cousins, Lucy | The Little Dog Laughed and Other Rhymes from Mother Goose |
| Crews, Donald | Freight Train, Truck |
| Cronin, Doreen | Diary of a Worm |
| Dyer, Jane | Animal Crackers (poetry) |
| Ehlert, Lois | Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On |
| Fleming, Denise | Alphabet Under Construction |
| Freeman, Don | Corduroy |
| Galdone, Paul | Henny Penny |
| Haseley, Dennis | A Story for Bear |
| Henkes, Kevin | Chester’s Way, Owen, Wemberly Worried, and other books |
| Hest, Amy | Baby Ducks titles |
| Hoban, Tana | Exactly the Opposite, All About Where |
| Hopkins, Lee Bennett | Good Rhymes, Good Times (poetry) |
| Howe, James | Horace and Morris Join the Circus, (but what about Dolores?) |
| Jeram, Anita | I Love My Little Story Book |
| Keller, Laurie | Arnie, the Doughnut |
| Kraus, Robert | Leo the Late Bloomer; Milton the Early Riser |
| Leedy, Loren | Follow the Money |
| Long, Melinda | How I Became a Pirate |
| Marshall, John | The Three Little Pigs |
|
Martin Jr., Bill |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
| Mayer, Mercer | Just Grandma and Me |
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McClosky, Robert |
Blueberries for Sal |
| McMillan, Bruce | Jelly Beans for Sale |
| Meister, Cari | When Tiny Was Tiny |
| Minarik, Else Holmelund | Little Bear series |
| Mora, Pat | Tomas and the Library Lady |
| O'Neill, Alexis | Recess Queen |
| Opie, Iona | My Very First Mother Goose |
| Parr, Todd | It's Okay to Be Different |
| Penn, Audrey | The Kissing Hand |
| Schaefer, Carole Lexa | The Squiggle |
| Selba, Jennifer | Beach Bunny |
| Slate, Joseph | Miss Bindergarten series |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops and Bottoms |
| Stoeke, Janet Morgan | Minerva Louise series |
| Taback, Simms | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
| Walton, Rick | Bertie the Watchdog and other titles |
| Waring, Richard | Hungry Hen |
| Wells, Rosemary | Max’s Dragon Shirt, Max Cleans Up, McDuff titles |
| Willerns, Mo | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus |
| Williams, Vera B | “More, More, More,” said the Baby |
| Wilhelm, Hans | I Lost My Tooth! |
| Zalben, Jane Breskin | Pearl Plants a Tree |
GRADE 1
Author Title
Allard, Harry
Miss Nelson is Missing
Baur, Marion Dane Alison’s Wings
Brett, Jan
The Mitten, The Hat, Hedgie’s Surprise
Briggs, Jacqueline Grandmother
Bryant’s Pocket
Brown, Marc Arthur books
Bull, Angela Flying Ace
Byars, Betsy
Golly Sisters Go West; My Brother, Ant
Capucilli, Alyssa
Biscuit series
Carle, Eric
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, The Very Busy Spider
Crowley, Joy Video Shop
Sparrow
Daniel, Kirk Hush
Little Alien
DeRiso, Susan
Into the A.B. Sea: An Ocean Alphabet
Dussling, Jennifer Dinosaur Eggs
Everitt, Betsy Mean Soup
Falconer, Ian Olivia
Florian, Douglas
Beast Feast
Fox, Mem Koala Lou
George, Lindsay Barrett Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here?
Hall, Katy Kitty Riddles
Henderson, Kathy
The Baby Dances
Henkes, Kevin Sheila Rae, the Brave; Owen; Lilly’s
Purple Plastic Purse;
Chester’s Way; Julius, Baby of the World
Hoban, Lillian
Arthur’s Camp Out
Hopkins, Lee Bennett Sports! Sports! Sports! (poetry)
Howe, James
Pinky and Rex
Krensky, Stephen
Lionel and His Friends; additional titles
Lobel, Arnold
Frog & Toad series, Mouse Tales, Allison's Zinnia
London, Jonathan
Froggy Series
McCarty, Peter
Little Bunny on the Move
Mozelle, Shirley
Zack’s Alligator
Munsch, Robert
Love You Forever, Stephanie’s Ponytail
Paraskevas, Betty
Cecil Bunions and the Midnight Train
Pfister, Marcus
Dazzle the Dinosaur, Rainbow Fish
Pilkey, Dav
The Paperboy
Pulver, Robin
Mrs. Toggle’s Beautiful Blue Shoes
Say, Allen
Emma’s Rug
Sendak, Maurice
Where the Wild Things Are
Seuss, Dr.
The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham
Waber, Bernard
Lyle the Crocodile series
Wiseman, Bernard
Morris the Moose series
Wood, Audrey
The Napping House
Zion, Gene
Harry by the Sea
GRADE 2
Author Title
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Adler, David |
Young Cam Jansen; My Dog and the Green Sock Mystery |
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Aylesworth, Jim |
The Gingerbread Man |
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Bang, Molly |
Goose |
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Browne, Anthony |
Willy the Wizard; Voices in the Park |
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Buehner, Carolyn |
Fanny’s Dream |
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Bunting, Eve |
The Wednesday Surprise |
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Christopher, Matt |
The Dog Who Pitched a No-Hitter; The Dog that Stole Home |
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Cole, Joanna |
Magic School House series |
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Cooney, Barbara |
Miss Rumphius |
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Cummins, Julie |
The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries |
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Curtis, Jamie Lee |
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born |
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DePaola, Tomie |
Strega Nona; Big Anthony and The Magic King |
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Edwards, Pamela Duncan |
Some Smug Slug |
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Gibbons, Gail |
Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea |
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Grossman, Bill |
My Little Sister Ate One Here |
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Harris, Robie H. |
Happy Birth Day! |
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Hinton, S.E. |
The Puppy Sister |
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Hoffman, Mary |
Starring Grace |
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Hopkins, Lee Bennett |
School Supplies (poetry) |
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Hurwitz, Joanna |
Summer with Elisa |
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King-Smith, Dick |
The School Mouse |
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Kline, Suzy |
Horrible Harry books |
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Jonell, Lynne |
I Need a Snake |
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Levitan, Sonia |
Nine for California |
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Lobel, Arnold |
Owl at Home |
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London, Jonathan |
Red Wolf Country |
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Lowry, Lois |
Gooney Bird Greene |
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Maitland, Barbara |
Bookstore Ghost |
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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs |
Grandmother Bryant’s Pocket |
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McDonald, Megan |
Judy Moody series |
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McGill, Alice |
Molly Bannaky |
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Meddaugh, Susan |
Martha Blah Blah |
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Osbourne, Mary |
Magic Treehouse series |
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Parish, Peggy |
Amelia Bedelia series |
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Park, Barbara |
Junie B. Jones series |
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Polacco, Patricia |
Mrs. Katz and Tush; Thunder Cake |
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Preller, James |
Jigsaw Jones Mystery series |
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Prelutsky, Jack |
The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury |
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Quindlen, Anna |
Happily Ever After |
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Rylant, Cynthia |
Henry and Mudge series; Mr. Putter and Tabby series; Poppleto has Fun |
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Scieszka, Jon |
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
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Sharmat, Marjorie |
Nate the Great series |
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Stevenson, James |
Yard Sale |
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Thomas, Shelley Moore |
Good Night, Good Knight |
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Van Allensburg, Chris |
Jumanji; The Polar Express |
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Waber, Bernard |
Ira Sleeps Over; Ira Says Goodbye |
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Williams, Vera |
A Chair for My Mother |
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Wood, Audrey |
The Bunyans |
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Viorst, Judith |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day |
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Yolen, Jane |
Welcome to the Sea of Sand; Owl Moon |
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Various authors |
New True Book series |
Author Title
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Abbott, Tony |
Secrets of Droon series |
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Adler, David A. |
Andy Russell series; Cam Jansen series; Young Cam Jansen series; Fraction Fun; picture book biographies; America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle |
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Auch, Mary Jane |
I Was a Third Grade Spy |
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Cameron, Ann |
Stories Julian Tells; More Stories Julian Tells |
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Cannon, Janell |
Stellaluna; Verdi; and other titles |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona Quimby series; Ralph S. Mouse series; Henry Huggins series |
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Conford, Ellen |
Annabel the Actress series |
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Dadey, Debbie |
Bailey School Kids series |
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Delton, Judy |
Pee Wee Scouts series |
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George, Jean Craighead |
How to Talk to Your Cat; How to Talk to Your Dog |
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George, Kristine O’Connell |
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems |
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Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Polk Street School series |
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Hoberman, Mary Ann |
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You |
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Howe, James |
Bunnicula and sequels |
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Jeffers,Susan |
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky |
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Levine, Ellen or |
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Moore, Kay |
If You Lived at the Time of….series |
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Manes, Stephen |
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days |
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Moss, Marissa |
Amelia’s Notebook series |
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Osborne, Mary Pope |
Magic Tree House series |
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Peterson, John |
The Littles |
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Prelutsky, Jack |
Poetry anthologies including A Pizza the Size of the Sun; |
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The New Kid on The Block |
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Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost series |
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St. George, Judith |
So You Want to Be President? |
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Scieszka, Jon |
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; |
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The Time Warp Trio series; Math Curse |
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Silverstein, Shel |
Where the Sidewalk Ends; Light in the Attic; Falling Up |
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Viorst, Judith |
If I Were in Charge Of The World And Other Worries |
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Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Boxcar Children series |
Grade 4
Author Title
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Babbitt, Natalie |
Tuck Everlasting |
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Baylor, Byrd |
The Best Town in the World and other titles |
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Blume, Judy |
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and other “Fudge” stories |
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(Super Fudge; Fudge-a-Mania) |
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Cleary, Beverly |
Dear Mr. Henshaw; Strider |
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Clements, Andrew |
Frindle; Landry News; Janitor’s Boy; A Week in the Woods |
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Clifford, Eth |
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library |
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Cohen, Barbara |
Thank You Jackie Robinson; Molly’s Pilgrim |
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Danziger, Paula |
Amber Brown series |
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DeClements, Barthe |
Fourth Grade Wizards |
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DePaola, Tomie |
26 Fairmount Avenue series |
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DiCamillo, Kate |
Because Of Winn-Dixie; A Tale of Despereaux |
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Eager, Edward |
Half Magic; Seven-Day Magic; and other fantasy titles |
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Frasier, Debra |
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster |
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Hill, Kirkpatrick |
The Year of Miss Agnes |
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Horvath, Polly |
The Trolls |
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Hurwitz, Joanna |
Class Clown; Hot and Cold Summer; Ali Baba Bernstein series; Much Ado About Aldo; and other Aldo stories |
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Jenkins, Steve |
The Top Of The World: Climbing Mount Everest |
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LaMarche, Jim |
The Raft |
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Lasky, Kathryn |
Guardians of Ga’hoole series |
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Lowry, Lois |
Anastasia Krupnik series including All About Sam; |
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Number the Stars |
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MacLachlan, Patricia |
Sarah, Plain and Tall; Arthur for the Very First Time |
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Mazer, Anne |
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series |
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Napoli, Donna Jo |
Albert |
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh series |
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Polacco, Patricia |
When Lightning Comes In A Jar; Pink and Say; Thank You, Mr. Falker; Keeping Quilt; and other titles |
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Rylant, Cynthia |
Missing May |
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Sachar, Louis |
Wayside School series |
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Spinelli, Jerry |
Fourth Grade Rats |
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Sobol, Donald |
Encyclopedia Brown series |
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Strasser, Todd |
Help! I’m Trapped series |
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Wells, Rosemary |
Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Little House on the Prairie series |
Grade 5
Author Title
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Avi |
Night Journeys; The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle; Poppy; Poppy and Rye; and sequels |
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Banks, Lynne Reid |
Indian in the Cupboard series |
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Billingsley, Franny |
Well-Wished; The Folk Keeper |
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Burnford, Sheila |
The Incredible Journey |
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Byars, Betsy |
The Midnight Fox; The Not-Just-Anybody Family |
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Creech, Sharon |
Ruby Holler; Walk Two Moons; Chasing Redbird; The Wanderer; |
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Love That Do |
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Curtis, Christopher Paul |
Bud, Not Buddy; The Watsons Go To Birmingham |
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Cushman, Karen |
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple |
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Dakos, Kali |
If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand and other poetry books |
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Dash, Joan |
The Longitude Prize |
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DeFelice, Cynthia |
The Ghost of Fossil Glen and other mysteries |
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Dorris, Michael |
Sees Behind Trees |
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DuPrau, Jeanne |
City of Ember |
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Freedman, Russell |
Lincoln: A Photobiography |
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Gantos, Jack |
Joey Pigza series |
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George, Jean Craighead |
Julie; Julie’s Wolf Pack; Frightful’s Mountain; My Side of the Mountain |
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Hahn, Mary Downing |
Wait Till Helen Comes; Stepping on the Cracks |
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Hesse, Karen |
Out of the Dust; The Music of Dolphins; Stowaway; |
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Letters From Rifka |
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Hobbs, Will |
Far North; The Maze; Kokopelli’s Flute |
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Horvath, Polly |
Everything on a Waffle |
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Jacques, Brain |
The Redwall series |
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Jennings, Paul |
Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories |
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Jones, Charlotte Foltz |
Accidents May Happen: Fifty Inventions Discovered by Mistake |
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Konigsburg, E.L. |
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; |
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View From Saturday |
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Lauber, Patricia |
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart |
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Levine, Gail Carson |
Princess Tales; The Wish; Ella Enchanted |
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Lewis, C.S. |
The Chronicles of Narnia series |
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Myers, Walter Dean |
Hoops; The Greatest: Muhammad Ali |
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O’Brien, Robert C. |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
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Paolini, Christopher |
Eragon |
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Paulsen, Gary |
Hatchet series |
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Peacock, Louise |
Crossing the Delaware |
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Peck, Richard |
Long Way from Chicago; A Year Down Yonder; Fair Weather |
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Rowling, J.K. |
The Harry Potter series |
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Sachar, Louis</ |