Wonderful Books

For read aloud or to have in your classroom library

(PB= Picture Book & CB= Chapter Book)

Title Author Book Level
The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, and The Battle of the Labrynth  (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series) (CB) Rick Riodan 4th-8th
The Sisters Grimm Series (CB) Michael Buckley 4th-7th
Gooney Bird Greene (CB) Lois Lowry 2nd-4th
Freak the Mighty (CB) Rodman Philbrick 4th-5th
Max the Mighty (CB) Rodman Philbrick 4th-5th
The Young Man and the Sea (CB) Rodman Philbrick 4th-7th
Flipped (CB) Wendelin Van Draanen 5th-7th
Swear to Howdy (CB) Wendelin Van Draanen 5th-7th
Stargirl (CB) Jerry Spinelli 5th-7th
How I Survived Middle School Series  (CB) Nancy Krulik 5th-8th
Esio Trot (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
The Twits (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
Danny the Champion of the World (CB) Roald Dahl 5th-6th
James and the Giant Peach (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
The BFG (CB) Roald Dahl 3rd-5th
My Name is Brain, Brian (CB) Jeanne Betancourt 5th-6th
Holes (CB) Louis Sachar 5th-6th
Hoot (CB) Carl Hiaasen 4th-6th
Because of Winn Dixie (CB) Kate DiCamillo 3rd-5th
Flush (CB) Carl Hiaasen 5th-6th
Series of Unfortunate Events (1-13) (CB) Lemony Snicket 5th-8th
Artemis Fowl (books 1-5) (CB) Eoin Colfer 5th-7th
Incredible Journey (CB) Shelia Burnford 5th-8th
The Chronicles of Narnia Series (CB) C.S. Lewis 5th-8th
Bunnicula Series (CB) James Howe 4th-6th
Guinness Books of World Records (CB)   2nd-8th
Sideways Stories from Wayside Schools Series (CB) Louis Sachar 4th-6th
Dear Dumb Diary Series (CB) Jim Benton 4th-6th
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series (CB) Ann Brashares 5th-8th
The Boxcar Children Series (CB) Gertrude Chandler Warner 3rd-5th
Smart Girls Guide Books (there are several different books) (CB) American Girl 5th-7th
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (PB) Jon Scieszka 3rd-5th
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (CB) Judy Blume 5th-7th
How to Eat Fried Worms (CB) Thomas Rockwell 3rd-5th
Skinny Bones (CB) Barbara Park 4th-5th
Frindle (CB) Andrew Clements 4th-6th
Everything Kids Cookbook Sandra K. Nissenberg 4th-6th
You Be The Jury (several different books) (CB) Marvin Miller 5th-8th
The Secret Garden (CB) Frances Hodgson Burnett 4th-7th
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War (PB) Yukio Tsuchiya 4th-7th
The Wall (PB) Eve Bunting 4th-7th
Fly Away Home (PB) Eve Bunting 4th-7th
The Story Of Ruby Bridges (PB) Robert Coles 3rd-6th
Swamp Angel (PB) Anne Isaacs 4th-7th
The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups (PB)  David Wisniewski 3rd-5th
A Bad Case Of Stripes  (PB) David Shannon 4th-6th
People (PB) Peter Spier 4th-7th
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster (PB) Debra Frasier 4th-6th
Punctuation Takes a Vacation (PB) Robin Pulver 3rd-5th
Words Are Categorical Series (PB) Brian P. Cleary 2nd-5th
 Thank You, Mr. Falker (PB) Patricia Polacco 4th-6th
Charlie Anderson (PB) Barbara Abercrombie 4th-7th
The Polar Express (PB) Chris Van Allsburg 3rd-5th
AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First (PB) Alethea Kontis 3rd-5th
The Scrambled States of America  (PB)  Laurie Keller 3rd-5th
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside (PB) by Laurie Keller 3rd-5th