RECOMMENDED BOOKS

If you are looking for books to read, here are a list of some of my favorites!

• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

• Wish Tree by Katherine Applegate

• The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

• Pax by Sara Pennypacker

• You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Gone Fishing by Tamera Will Wissinger

• Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

• The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

• The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne

• Douglas by Randy Cecil

• Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech

• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

• Catstronauts series by Drew Brockington

• El Deafo by Cece Bell

• Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner

• The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer

• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

• Mananaland by Pam Munoz Ryan

Also, here are links to the Caldecott Award winning books and Newbery Award wining books:

A fun idea would be to read some books that have been turned into movies/TV series. Here are a few:

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

• Hotel For Dogs by Lois Duncan

• How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) by Rick Riordan

• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

• Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick​