GRADES 4 and 5

ADVENTURE STORIES
Avi. Windcatcher
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer
Korman, Gordon. Island
Korman, Gordon. Everest
Ruckman, Ivy. Night of the Twisters

CAT STORIES
Cleary, Beverly. Socks
Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Cat Who went to Heaven
LeGuin, Ursula. Catwings
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The Grand Escape

DOG STORIES
Bunting, Eve. The Summer of Riley
Byars, Betsy. Tornado
Cleary, Beverly. Strider
Cleary, Beverly. Risby
Dover, Roddy. The Giggler Treatment
Gardiner, John Reynolds. Stone Fox
Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller
Hesse, Karen. Sable
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh Season
Graeber, Charlotte Towner. Fudge

ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS
Blume, Judy. Are you there God? It’s me Margaret
Blume, Judy. Just as long as we’re together
Cleary, Beverly Fifteen
Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik
Yee, Lisa. Millicient Min: Girl Genius

FAMILY STORIES
Fitzgerald, John Dennis. The Great Brain
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a waffle

HORSE STORIES
Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion
Henry, Margaurite. Misty of Chincoteaque


FANTASTIC ANIMAL STORIES
Avi. Poppy
Avi. Poppy and Rye
Avi. Perloo the Bold
Howe,Deborah. Bunnicula
O’Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Risby and the rats of NIMH
Jacques, Brian. Redwall
Wallace, Bill. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy
Wise, William. Christopher Mouse: A tale of a small traveler

SPORTS STORIES
Avi. S.O.R. Losers
Bowen, Fred. Off the Rim
Carter, Anne Laurel. In the Clear
Christopher, Matt. Wingman on Ice
Gutman, Dan. The Million Dollar Shot

SUPERNATURAL STORIES
Nimmo, Jenny. Midnight for Charlie Bone

WOLF STORIES
Avi. The Good Dog
Casanova, Mary. Wolf Shadows
London, Jack. The Call of the Wild
Morey, Walt. Kavik the Wolf Dog

**HISTORICAL FICTION STORIES
Avi. Who Was That Masked Man Anyway
Drucker, Malka. Jacob’s Rescue
Ho, Minfong. Rice without rain
Ho, Minfong. The Clay Marble
Leviton, Sonia. Journey to America
Park. Linda Sue. The Kite Fighters
Paterson, Katherine. The Sign of the Chrysanthemum.

**See also The Royal Diaries by various authors


**OTHER LIBRARIAN FAVORITES
Avi. Who Stole the Wizard of Oz
Babbitt, Natalie. The Search for Delicious
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted
North, Sterling. Rascal
White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swans
Winters, Kay. Voices of Ancient Egypt

NEWBERY AWARD WINNERS
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira, Kira (2005).
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux (2004).
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard (2002).
Sachar, Louis. Holes (1999).
Lowry, Lois. The Giver (1994).
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars (1990).
Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved (1981).
Paterson, Katherine. The Bridge to Terabithia (1978)
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. E. Basil Frankweiler (1967)
L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinke in Time (1963)
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)

BOOKS THAT ARE ON ALL THE READING LISTS
Doris, Michael. Morning Girl
Giff, Patricia Rielly. Nory Ryan’s Song
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows

BIOGRAPHY
Cox, Clinton. Houdini
Dyer, Daniel. Jack London : A Biography.
Freeman, Russell. Lincoln Photobiography
Freeman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt
Sis, Peter. Tree of Life


**See also many Nonfiction Science books by Seymour Simon