READING LISTS
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MY LIST of recommended children's books, in no particular order. Most students in our class should be able to handle, and enjoy, every book on the list.
1. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
2. Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks
3. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
4. Verdi by Jannell Cannon
5. Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
6. The Twits by Roald Dahl
7. Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
8. Jennifer Murdley's Toad by Bruce Coville
9. Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
10. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
11. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Sylverstein
12. Charlie and the Chocalate Factory by Roald Dahl
13. Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon
14. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
15. Holes by Louis Sachar
16. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
17. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
18. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
19. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
20. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
21. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
22. Esperanza Rising by Pam Moody Ryan
23. Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
24. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
25. Crickwing by Janell Cannon
26. Bunnicula by James Howe
27. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
28. By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
29. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
30. Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka
31. The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
32. And Then What Happened Paul Revere by Jean Fritz
33. The Wingdingdilly by Bill Peet
34. Loser by Jerry Spinelli
35. Capyboppy by Bill Peet
36. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
37. Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry