Fun Books to Read

• The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

• The Twits by Roald Dahl

• The Legend of Spud Murphy. Eoin Colfer by Eoin Colfer

• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy PArrish and Fritz Seibel

• Fantastic Frame by Lin Oliver

School Stories

• Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Janet Beeler Shaw

• Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

• The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes by Lenore Look

Animal Stories

•  The Adventures of Paddington by Michael Bond (book and tape series)

• Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith

• Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin

• Bad to the Bone by Lucy A. Nolan 

• The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein

• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 

• The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J. Tully Mystery by Doreen Cronin

Books About Friends

• The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff

• Pinky and Rex by James Howe

Historical Fiction

• Changes for Addy by Connie Rose Porter (and other American Girl books)

• If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross

• Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K.  Wetterrer

• Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me by Simms Taback

• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

• Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

• Teammates by Peter Golenbock

 Folktales

•  Iktomi and the Berries: A Plains Indian Story by Paul Goble 

•  Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack

• Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Northwest by Gerald Mc- Dermott

• The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci

Great Series Books

•  Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish

• American Girl series

•  Arthur series by Marc Brown

• Berenstain Bears series by Jan and Stan Berenstain 

• Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

•  Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

•  Eyewitness Science Explorers

•  Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

•  Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline

• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Nancy Drew Notebooks by Carolyn Keene early series 

• Pee Wee Scouts by Judy Delton

• Polk Street School by Patricia Reilly Giff

• The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsail

• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Award Winners

• The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Jane Coat- sworth

• Doctor De Soto by William Steig

• How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz

• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

• Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

• Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

• Prehistoric Pinkerton by Steven Kellogg

• Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson

• The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi

• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson