Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four sisters, Two Rabbits,
and a Very Interesting Boy.
Four sisters
vacationing with their father in a summer cottage wreak havoc on the
neighboring estate and rescue a boy in the process. A funny, old-fashioned novel with all the
earmarks of a classic – endearingly quirky characters,
fine dialogue, and a dog that gets into everything.
Blume, Judy. Double
Fudge.
His younger brother’s obsession with money
and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many
embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.
This is book 4 in the series that begins with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
Byars, Betsy. Wanted…Mud Blossom.
Convinced that Mud is responsible for
the disappearance of the school hamster that he was taking care of for the
weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his
"crime."
Byng, Georgia. Molly
Moon’s Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure.
Molly Moon is
hypnotized by a mysterious turbaned gardener and transported to India where she
meets not only a maharaja with a speech defect but also former versions of
herself. This book is the third in the Molly
Moon series.
Clements,
Andrew.
Frindle.
When he
decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her,
clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly
moves beyond his control. Also try the Jake
Drake series by Andrew Clements.
Lunch Money.
The brainstorm
of a lifetime makes school look like a giant piggy bank – and Greg Kenton is
just the one to crack it open.
No Talking.
The
noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School
challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking"
contest.
Room One: A Mystery or Two.
A mysterious face in an abandoned farmhouse window
is all sixth grader Ted Hammonds needs to go into detective mode. The secrets he learns forces him to make
difficult decisions, choosing the right, rather than the easiest, thing to do. A story of balance, conflict, responsibility and courage.
Conrad,
Pam. Staying Nine.
Nine-year-old Heather doesn't want to
turn ten until wacky Rosa Rita shows her that growing up isn't so bad.
Coville, Bruce. The
Monster’s Ring.
A timid boy, eager to frighten the
school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change
himself into a hideous monster.
Creech, Sharon. Ruby
Holler.
After a
series of disastrous foster home placements, orphan twins Dallas and Florida
find a loving if unlikely home with an elderly, eccentric couple. A supremely satisfying story, told with
healthy doses of drama, suspense, and humor.
Denslow, Sharon Phillips. Georgie Lee.
In this pleasing early chapter book, nine-year-old
J.D. shares a birthday and a surprisingly unquiet summer on the farm with his
grandmother, her intelligent cow Georgie Lee, and
Boots the cat.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because
of Winn-Dixie.
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi,
Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog
Winn-Dixie.
Duffey, Betsy.
A Boy in the Dog House.
George
is faced with the task of training his new puppy Lucky.
Spotlight on Cody.
Nine-year-old
Cody Michaels is bound for stardom in the third grade talent show just as soon
as he figures out his talent.
Fleischman,
Sid. The Whipping Boy.
A bratty prince and his whipping boy
have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved
with dangerous outlaws.
Hannigan, Katherine. Ida
B... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the
World.
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being
home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother
begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the
orchard and send her to public school.
Henry,
Marguerite. King of the Wind.
Follows the adventures of the Arabian
stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the
Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and
devotion all his life.
Hobbs, Valerie. Sheep.
A young
Border collie finds himself homeless and alone after
lightning destroys the ranch where he was born.
He narrates an engaging series of adventures as he searches for a name,
a home and a friend. Fans of Black
Beauty and The Incredible Journey will cheer for this canine Oliver
Twist.
Horvath, Polly.
My One Hundred Adventures.
Twelve-year-old
Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two
brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on bible
deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into
babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.
Howe,
James. Bunnicula.
Chester the cat tries to warn his
human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
Hurwitz,
Johanna.
Baseball Fever.
Ten-year-old
Ezra tries to convince his scholarly father that his baseball fever is not
wasting his mind.
Class Clown.
Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds
it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect
student. Read more of his adventures in School’s
Out and Class President.
Teacher’s Pet.
Nine-year-old
Cricket's expectations of being, as always, the teacher's favorite student are
dashed by the arrival of an unusual new girl in her fourth-grade class.
Lowry,
Lois.
See You Around, Sam!
Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won't let him wear
his new plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away to Alaska.
Stay! Keeper’s Story.
Separated
early in life from his mother and siblings, Keeper tells of his adventures with
various human masters and his continual search for his little sister.
Macaulay, David. Black
and White.
A brilliantly
conceived puzzle that, at first, appears to be four separate stories about a
family, a train station, a bank robber, and some cows.
Martin, Ann M. The
Meanest Doll in the World.
Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls who are
best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in
Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house,
and try to stop Princess Mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind.
Naylor, Phylis
Reynolds. The
Boys Start the War.
Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old
Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls. This is the first book of an eight-book
series.
Polacco, Patricia. Mrs.
Katz and Tush.
A long-lasting friendship develops
between Larnel, a young African-American, and Mrs.
Katz, a lonely, Jewish widow, when Larnel presents
Mrs. Katz with a scrawny kitten without a tail.
Pullman, Philip. The
Scarecrow and his Servant.
A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a
dangerous adventure as they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni
family and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley.
Scieszka, Jon.
The True Story of the Three
Little Pigs.
The wolf
gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with
the three little pigs.
The Stinky Cheese Man and
Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy
tales.
Math Curse.
When the
teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math
problem, one student acquires a math anxiety, which becomes a real curse.
Selznick,
Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Orphan,
clock keeper, thief: Hugo lives in the walls of a busy
Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity.
Combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Caldecott Honor
artist Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading
experience in this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery. The 2008 Caldecott Medal winner.
Simon,
Seymour. Einstein
Anderson Shocks His Friends.
Einstein Anderson uses his scientific
knowledge to solve a variety of problems including getting rid of a bully and
preserving a snow sculpture.
Spinelli, Jerry. Fourth
Grade Rats.
Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You
don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown up fourth
grader.
Arnosky, Jim.
Wild Tracks! : a Guide to Nature’s
Footprints.
Presents
detailed illustrations of life-size paw, claw, and hoof prints; and explains
how to identify tracks and how fast the animal might be traveling.
Bishop, Nic.
Frogs.
Describes
frogs, discussing their habitat, the difference between them and toads,
physical characteristics, diet, different types, defences,
calls, and life cycle, and includes close-up photographs of an array of diverse
frogs.
Burleigh,
Robert. Flight:
The Journey of Charles Lindbergh.
Describes how Charles Lindbergh
achieved the remarkable feat of flying nonstop and solo from New York to Paris
in 1927.
Cerullo, Mary M. The Truth About Great White Sharks.
Are great whites
dangerous predators or beautiful hunters? Where are you likely to see one? Why do victims of shark attacks often live to
tell the tale? Can great whites jump? Are they really cold-blooded? Find out
the latest information on this fascinating, misunderstood animal.
Cribb, Joe.
Money.
Examines, in text
and photographs, the symbolic and material meaning of money, from shekels,
shells, and beads to gold, silver, checks, and credit cards.
Also discusses how coins and banknotes are made, the value of money
during wartime, and how to collect coins.
Demi.
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale.
A reward of one grain of rice doubles
day by day into millions of grains of rice when a clever village girl outwits a
selfish raja.
Hammond, Tim. Sports.
(Eyewitness
Books)
Examines the equipment, rules, and
background of many different team, target, and court sports, including soccer,
rugby, Gaelic football, softball, cricket, ice hockey, table tennis, archery,
and pool. Also try the Eyewitness Books
entitled Football and Soccer.
Janeczko, Paul and Raschka, Christopher.
A Poke in the I: A
Collection of Concrete Poetry.
These well-turned poems, each with an
accompanying visual interpretation, engage readers’ eyes, ears, and intellects
in puzzling out their meanings.
Nye, Bill. Bill Nye The Science Guy’s Big Blue Ocean.
This book describes the ocean and its
life forms and suggests related activities to help understand marine biology.
Old, Wendie. To Fly: The Story
of the Wright Brothers.
Each of fifteen warm and easy chapters
is illustrated by at least one full page watercolor painting that recreates the
early twentieth century and the first airplane flight.
Patterson,
Francine. Koko’s Kitten.
The real life
experience of Koko, a gorilla in California, who uses sign language.
St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be
President?
Presents an
assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S.
presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
Won the Caldecott medal in January of 2001.
Schertle, Alice. Advice
for a Frog.
Presents a
collection of poems about the toucan, fruit bat, pangolin, and other animals.
Silverstein, Shel. Where
the Sidewalk Ends.
A boy who turns into a TV set and a
girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of
humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Also try Falling
Up and A Light in the Attic
by the same author.
Simon,
Seymour.
The Heart: Our Circulatory System.
Describes
the heart, blood, and other parts of the body's circulatory system and explains
how each component functions.
Storms.
Describes
the atmospheric conditions which create thunderstorms, hailstorms, lightning,
tornadoes, and hurricanes and how violent weather affects the environment and
people.
Sis,
Peter. Starry Messenger:
Galileo Galilei.
Describes the life and work of Galileo
who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that
the earth was not the fixed center of the universe. Also try The
Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life
of Charles Darwin: Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker by the
same author.
Stanley, Diane. Leonardo da Vinci.
A biography of the Italian Renaissance
artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing his famous notebooks
which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind.
Wick, Walter. Walter Wick’s
Optical Tricks.
This book presents a series of optical
illusions and explains what is seen.