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Dekalb County Schools

Reading Possibilities

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Reading Possibilities
 
 
 
This list will give you lots of good ideas for pleasure-reading.  Enjoy!  
 

Aesop Fables

Amato, Mary The Word Eater

Anderson, Hans C. Fairy Tales

Atwater, R. Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Avi Poppy and sequels

Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting and Jack Plank Tells Tales

Baglio, Ben Squirrels in the School and others

Barry, D. and Pearson, R. Peter and the Starcatchers

Bennett, William Children’s Book of Virtues and others

Black, Holly The Spiderwick Chronicles

Blume, Judy Superfudge and other Fudge books

              Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

              Freckle Juice

Buchanan, A. and Peskowitz, M. The Daring Book for Girls

Bulla, Clyde The Chalk Box Kid

Byars, Betsy The SOS File, My Dog, My Hero, and others

Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells and sequels

Campbell, Guy The Boys’ Book of Survival

Catling, P. The Chocolate Touch

Christopher, M. Miracle at the Plate and other sports-fiction books

Cleary, Beverly  Ramona books, Henry Huggins books, Runaway Ralph, and others

Clements, A. A Week in the Woods

        Frindle

               Jake Drake series

               Lunch Money

               The Report Card

               No Talking and others

Coville, Bruce Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher,

                Aliens Ate My Homework and others

Dadey, Debbie Swamp Monster in Third Grade

Dahl, Roald The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

             James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and others

Dalgliesh, A. The Courage of Sarah Noble

DiCamillo, K. The Tale of Despereaux

               Because of Winn-Dixie

               The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

               The Magician’s Elephant

Estes, Eleanore Ginger Pye

           Pinky Pye

Gardiner, J.R. Stone Fox

Garnett, R.S. My Father’s Dragon and sequels

Gifford, Peggy Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little and others

Grimm, Brothers Fairy Tales

Gutman, Dan The Get Rich Quick Club and others

Henry, M. Misty of Chincoteague

Howe, James Bunnicula series

Iggulden, C.&H. The Dangerous Book for Boys

Kipling,Rudyard Just So Stories

King-Smith,D. The School Mouse

Lasky, Kathryn The Capture and sequels

L’Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time

Lewis, C. The Magician’s Nephew and sequels

MacLachlan, P Sarah, Plain and Tall

McCloskey, R Homer Price

O’Brien, R. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

O’Dell, S. Island of the Blue Dolphins

Osborne, M.P. Magic Tree House series

Paulsen, Gary Hatchet and sequels

Pearson, Ridley Disney After Dark and others in the Kingdom Keepers series

Prelutsky, Jack A Pizza the Size of the Sun and other poetry books

Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief and all others

Robinson, B. The Best School Year Ever and others

Rockwell, T. How to Eat Fried Worms

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and sequels

Sachar, L. Holes, Sideways Stories from Wayside School and others

Scieszka, J. Math Curse,Summer Reading is Killing Me, and others

Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square

Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends and other poetry books

Sobol, D. Encyclopedia Brown series

Speare, E. G. The Sign of the Beaver

Tarshis, Lauren I Survived Hurricane Katrina and others in this popular series

Van Allsburg, C. The Sweetest Fig and all others

White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and Trumpet of the Swan

Wilder, L.I. Little House on the Prairie books