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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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