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Below are many books that children will love to read. Please make sure you scroll down as it is a VERY long list!
Books that parents and children can read togetherThe Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) Quicklists Consulting Committee created two top ten lists of "all-time classic" books that parents and children can read together. These lists were produced for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for national KidsDay (August 2001).
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Curtis, Christopher. Paul The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963. Delacorte, 1995. In the height of the Civil Rights Movement, a family travels to Alabama and experiences racial injustice first-hand, surviving through love and humor. A Coretta Scott King Honor book.
Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. Knopf, 1961. Magic crystals lead James on a magical adventure.
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves Harper, 1972. A gripping adventure about 13 year-old Julie and the wolf pack that adopts her in the Alaskan tundra. A Newbery Medal Winner.
Lewis, CS. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Macmillan, 1950. This classic fantasy takes readers on a journey to a wonderful new world of talking animals, fierce battles, and young heroes and heroines to love.
Polacco, Patricia. Mrs. Katz and Tush. Bantam, 1992. A kitten helps an old woman and a young boy cross lines of culture and generation.
Ringgold, Faith.
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. Houghton Mifflin, 1993 A Japanese American tells of his grandfather's journey to America, and of the love the family feels for both countries. A Caldecott Medal winner.
Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. Harper, 1974. This most popular of children's poets will have the whole family laughing!
Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Dial, 1976. A black family in Depression Era Mississippi struggles with hardships of poverty and racial strife in this gripping family novel. A Newbery Award Winner.
White, EB.
From Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Armstrong, William N. Sounder ISBN 0-0644-0020-4 The story of a dog, who tries to save his master a black sharecropper, who has been driven to steal for his family's survival, from arrest, and a boy who loves them both.
Babbit, Natalie Tuck Everlasting ISBN 0-3744-8009-5 Ten-year-old Winfred Foster and a malicious stranger both accidentally discover the Tuck family and their secret, a hidden spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older.
Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch ISBN 0-4404-1289-7 A boy acquires a magical gift: everything he touch turns to chocolate!
Cooper, Susan The Boggart ISBN 0-6898-0173-4 After returning from a trip to
Fleischman, Paul Bull Run ISBN 0-0644-0588-5 Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves ISBN 0-0644-0058-1 Julie must find a way to survive in the harsh Alaskan tundra and the nearby wolf pack may be her only hope.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Running Out of Time ISBN 0-6898-1236-1 When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840s village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientist, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
Hamilton, Virginia The House of Dies Drear ISBN 0-0204-3520-7 Thomas Small discovers a secret in his family's home, which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague ISBN 0-6897-1492-0 A brother and sister are determined to own one of the ponies their father helps to round up on
Hesse, Karen Sable ISBN 0805057722 Tate has always wanted a dog, and when Sable shows up, her dream comes true. Will problems with the neighbors keep Tate and Sable apart?
Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday ISBN 0-6898-2964-7 An academic competition brings four students together, and each tells the unlikely story of how they got there.
L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time ISBN 0-4409-9805-0 Classic adventure in space and time.
Patterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved ISBN 0-0644-0368-8 While everyone adores and admires her twin sister, Sara Louise overcomes her jealousy and finds her own identity and inner strength.
Raskin, Ellen Westing Game ISBN 0-1403-8664-5 A millionaire's mysterious death, a fortune to inherit, and an unlikely assortment of heirs- -can you figure out the mystery? Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows ISBN 0-5532-7429-5 $5.99 Having purchased two dogs for fifty dollars, young Billy is determined to create the valley's best hunting team. Follows the friendship of a boy and his two dogs and their adventures along the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ISBN 0-5903-5342-X Harry's a perfectly ordinary boy in a perfectly ordinary school--except for the fact that he happens to be a wizard and his classes include Transfiguration and Potions!
Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee ISBN 0-3168-0906-3 Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, a twelve-year-old homeless boy, could hit a ball better and faster than anyone in Two Mills. Even more remarkable, he dares to cross the line that divides the white West End and the black East End, confronting prejudice and racism head on.
Wojciechowska, Maia Shadow of a Bull ISBN 0-6897-0298-1 Manolo Olivar demonstrates true courage as he faces his bull and makes his decision.Suggested Reading for Boys
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
Grades 3-5
"Boys will be...The Unique Reading and Development Needs of Boys in Libraries" was the 2003 Charlemae Rollins President's Program, which took place on Monday, June 23, 2003, in Toronto, Ont. Canada, during the American Library Association Joint Conference with the Canadian Library Association.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
Power Play by Michele Bossley
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
The Longest Home Run by Roch Carrier
The Boxing Champion by Roch Carrier
Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls by J. D. Carris
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Adventures of Boone Barnaby by Joe Cottonwood
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
The Three Lives of Harris Harper by Lynn Cullen
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Make Like a Tree and Leave by Paula Danziger
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
Stone Fox by John Gardiner
Club Earth by Gail Gauthier
Pure Dead Magic by Debbie Gliori
Pure Dead Wicked by Debbie Gliori
Winter Hare by Joan Goodman
Babe and Me by Dan Gutman
Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman
Bunnicula by Deborah & James Howe
Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
White Mountains by John Christopher
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate by Gordon Korman
The Good Liar by Gregory Macguire
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
The Squire, His Knight and His Lady by Gerald Morris
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
White Water by P.J. Peterson
Fat Men from Space by Daniel Pinkwater
I Was a Rat by Phillip Pullman
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Henry Reed, Inc . by Keith Robertson
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Bug Boy by Carol Sonenklar
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
International Reading Association
From “Children’s Choices” for 2005
Children's Choices, a joint project of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC), is an annual list of favorite new books chosen by 10,000 school children. An annotated version of the list appears in the October issue of the IRA publication The Reading Teacher. Copies of the annotated list are available from IRA in November each year at www.reading.org, or for single copies, send a 9" x 12" self- addressed envelope plus $1 for postage and handling to: Department EG, International Reading Association, 800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139.
Grades 3-4
Abby’s Chairs. Barbara Santucci. Debrah Santini. Eerdmans.
ABC All-American Riddles. Mara & Ford Smith. Jennifer Johnson Haywood, Ill. Peel.
Atomic Ace (He’s Just My Dad). Jeff Weigel. Albert Whitman.
The Bee-Man of Orn. Frank R. Stockton. P.J. Lynch, Ill. Candlewick.
The Best Cat in the World. Lesléa Newman. Ronald Himler, Ill. Eerdmans.
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express. Marlene Targ Brigg. Craig Orback, Ill. Lerner.
Crocodiles. Sandra Markle. Lerner.
Dogs: How to Choose and Care for a Dog.Laura S. Jeffrey. Enslow.
Duck for President. Doreen Cronin. Betsy Lewin, Ill. Simon and Schuster.
Great White Sharks. Sandra Markle. Lerner.
Halloween Crafts. Fay Robinson. Enslow.
Hoop Kings. Charles R. Smith, Jr. Candlewick.
I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun? Brian P. Cleary. Brian Gable, Ill.
Lerner.
It’s a Test Day, Tiger Turcotte. Pansie Hart Flood. Amy Wummer, Ill. Lerner.
Killer Whales. Sandra Markle. Lerner.
Lions. Sandra Markle. Lerner.
Monkey Business. Wallace Edwards. Kids Can.
Mr. Maxwell’s Mouse. Frank Asch. Devin Asch, Ill. Kids Can.
Oliver’s Game. Matt Tavares. Candlewick.
Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig. Kalli Dakos & Alicia DesMarteau. Carl DiRocco, Ill.
Albert Whitman.
The Pepins and their Problems. Polly Horvath. Marylin Hafner, Ill. Farrar, Straus and
Giroux.
Polar Bears. Sandra Markle. Lerner.
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry. Brian P. Cleary. Neal Layton, Ill. Lerner.
Roger, the Jolly Pirate. Brett Helquist. HarperCollins.
The Schoolchildren’s Blizzard. Marty Rhodes Figley. Shelly O. Haas, Ill. Lerner.
Something to Tell the Grandcows. Eileen Spinelli. Bill Slavin, Ill. Eerdmans.
The Trial of Cardigan Jones. Tim Egan. Houghton Mifflin.
Tuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain. Scott Nash. Candlewick.
What if you Met a Pirate?Jan Adkins. Roaring Brook.
Grades 5-6
101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher. Lee Wardlaw. Dial.
Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse. Ellen F. Feld. Jeanne Mellin, Ill. Willow Bend.
Death by Eggplant. Susan Heyboer O’Keefe. Roaring Brook.
Dream: A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom & Wishes. Susan V. Bosak. TCP.
Faraway Worlds. Paul Halpern. Lynette R. Cook, Ill. Charlesbridge.
The Harmonica. Tony Johnston. Ron Mazellan, Ill. Charlesbridge.
Holding at Third. Linda Zinnen. Dutton.
How to Train Your Dragon. Cressida Cowell. Little Brown.
Lion Boy: The Chase. Zizou Corder. Dial.
Murder, My Tweet: A Chet Gecko Mystery. Bruce Hale. Brad Weinman, Ill. Harcourt.
My Curious Uncle Dudley. Barry Yourgrau. Tony Auth, Ill. Candlewick.
The President is Shot! The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Harold Holzer. Boyds
Mills.
Red Kayak. Priscilla Cummings. Dutton.
Show; Don’t Tell!: Secrets of Writing. Josephine Nobisso. Eva Montanari, Ill.
Gingerbread House.
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing. Paul B. Janeczko.
Jenna LaReau, Ill. Candlewick.
The Top Ten Ways to Ruin the First Day of Fifth Grade. Kenneth Derby. Holiday.
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories. Nancy E. Mercado. Dial.
Edgar and Ellen Under Town. Charles Ogden. Rick Carton, Ill. Tricycle.
Grade 3-6
75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know
from The Children’s Book Council (CBC)
ARNOLD ADOFF — Poet and anthologist who celebrates the multicultural nature of our world. Eats: Poems and Sports Pages
MITSUMASA ANNO — Japanese illustrator of international renown who plays with mathematics in exquisite paintings. Anno's Counting Book and Anno's Journey
NATALIE BABBITT — A superb fantasy writer who grapples with universal concerns in poetic prose. Tuck Everlasting and The Eyes of the Amaryllis
JUDY BLUME — Popular writer for pre-teens who captures in realistic language concerns about growing up. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret and Fudge-A-Mania
ASHLEY BRYAN — Artist, poet, and storyteller who lets the melodies of spirituals ring through his retellings of folk stories. The Dancing Granny Beat The Story Drum, and Pum Pum
BETSY BYARS — Her novels capture both the humor and pathos of children facing problems as they grow up. The Pinballs and The Cybil War
BEVERLY CLEARY — Children's natural language and basic concerns ring true and with humor in her early chapter books. Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, Age 8
PAM CONRAD — Engaging writer who captures strong images and vivid themes in historical and contemporary scenes. Prairie Songs and My Daniel
RUSSELL FREEDMAN — Impeccable research and intriguing writing draws interest to topics he treats in biographies and informational books. The Wright Brothers and Lincoln: A Photobiography
JEAN FRITZ — This superb writer of historical fiction and biography became fascinated with American heroes when she was a child growing up in
JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE — The author grew up in a family of naturalists and her ecological concerns permeate both the novels and informational books she writes. Julie Of The Wolves and My Side Of The Mountain
LEE BENNETT HOPKINS — Poet and anthologist whose generous spirit and enthusiasm for poetry inspires children and adults. Dinosaurs and Good Books Good Times
JOHANNA HURWITZ — Well-meaning but naive characters make simple mistakes and display child-like humor in short novels children read on their own. Class Clown and The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein
MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON — A first-rate poet and anthologist who established high standards of excellence in word and image. I Like You If You Like Me and Celebration
LOIS LOWRY — Subtle humor or tender pathos permeate Lowry's stories of adolescents who grow up in suburbia or a war-torn city. Number The Stars and Anastasia Has The Answers
DAVID MACAULAY — A spirited artist helps us to see stories, time, and the way things work in new ways. The Way Things Work and Black And White
PATRICIA MCKISSACK — Wonderful African-American storyteller who spins a yarn with drama and pizzazz. She also writes excellent informational books with husband Fredrick McKissack. Flossie and The Fox Sojourner and Truth: Ain't I A Woman
PATRICIA MAC LACHLAN — Captures strong human emotions as she weaves historical or contemporary stories. Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark
ANN MARTIN — Popular series writer who conveys the real feelings and tribulations of 10-12 year-old girls. The Babysitters Club and Babysitter's Little Sister
JACK PRELUTSKY — Popular and prolific versifier and anthologist who writes and compiles humorous collections. The Dragons Are Singing Tonight and Something Big Has Been Here
CYNTHIA RYLANT — Everything she writes sounds like poetry because the melody of her sentences ring in the ear. When I Was Young and In The Mountains Missing May
SEYMOUR SIMON — An excellent informational science writer states what we know, what is theory, and how information changes. Autumn Across
LANE SMITH/JON SCIESZKA — Children get a kick out of the way this team spoofs fairy tales and the art of book-making. The True Story of The Three Little Pigs! and The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales
WILLIAM STEIG — His sophisticated stories have several layers of meaning that delight adults who read to children. Doctor DeSoto and Abel's Island
