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Reading is a very important part of school & life. We will be reading every day. You will read on your own, in groups, and I will read to you. I have lots of favorites to share with you. Keep a good book ready to read. Check out these GREAT reads:

Fantasy
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Rowling, J. K.		Challenging
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo		Average
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi

Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan		Average
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom		Average

Newbury Award Winners
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry		Average
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli		Average
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Average
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant		Average
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg		Average
Holes by Louis Sachar		Average
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck		Challenging
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo

Realistic Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo		Average

Fantasy
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A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket		Challenging
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Animal Stories
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A Dog's Life by Ann Martin		Average

Folktales, Fairy Tales & Multicultural
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema		Average
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith		Average
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith		Easy Reading

Family Stories
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Missing May by Clynthia Rylant
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

Fantasy
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine		Average
Eragon by Christopher Paolini		Challenging
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis		Average
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis		Average

Poetry
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Realistic Fiction
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom

History & Biography
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Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank		Challenging

Humor
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl		Average
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahle		Average
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg		Average
George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey		Easy Reading
The BFG by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
The Twits by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl		Average

Love & Relationships
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson		Average
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares		Average
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares		Average

Picture Books
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka &
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith

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Dyer Elementary School
322 College Street
Dyer, Tennessee 38330