My fourth quarter reading goal is to read 5 books from the “Favorite Series” list. After you finish a book from the list, you must complete a book response form and turn it in to Mr. Roe. Here are some ideas to get you started. You can also suggest or propose books to Mr. Roe! This goal is due Wednesday, May 20th.
Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
Sarah series by Patricia MacLachlan
Series by Rick Riordan
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Freddy the Pig series by Walter R. Brooks
Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
Chasing Vermeer series by Blue Balliett
The Mouse and the Motorcycle series by Beverly Cleary
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Wayside School series by Louis Sachar
A Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L’Engle
Winnie the Pooh series by A.A. Milne
Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mary Poppins series by P.L. Travers
Book recommendations for your own personal reading:
4th Grade:
· Books by Roald Dahl, such as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Magic Finger, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Danny, the Champion of the World, The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, The Giraffe the Pelly and Me, Esio Trot, and Matilda
· Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
· Shiloh and sequels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
· The Indian in the Cupboard and sequels by Lynne Reid Banks
· From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
· Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
· The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
· Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
· Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
· Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
· Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
· So You Want to be President? By Judith St. George
· Non-fiction history books by Jean Fritz
***Challenge Books*** (5th Grade and above):
· The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
· Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
· The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
· Holes by Louis Sachar
· The Giver by Lois Lowry
· Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
· Chasing Vermeer and sequels by Blue Balliett
· The Cay by Theodore Taylor
· Hatchet and sequels by Gary Paulsen
· Books by Gary Paulsen, such as Woodsong, Tracker, and Dogsong
· Blood on the River by Elisa Lynn Carbone
· The Mouse and the Motorcycle and sequels by Beverly Cleary
· The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
· The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
· The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
· The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
· Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
· Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
· Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
· Sid Fleischman biographies: Sir Charlie (Charlie Chaplin), The Trouble Begins at 8 (Mark Twain), and Escape! (Harry Houdini)
· Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Little Princess
· The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
· Rutherford B., Who Was He? by Marilyn Singer
· Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
· Electric Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch