Realistic Fiction

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Patterson

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Clearly

Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Historical Fiction

Borrowed Children by George Ella Lyon (a Kentucky writer!)

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Fantasy

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Biography

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Poetry

Anything by Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky

Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman

Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian

Non-Fiction

Anything by David Macaulay

Helpful Websites for finding a good book

Author Jon Scieszka's website geared for helping boys find books they'll enjoy.

www.guysread.com

Scholastic.com's Book Wizard is a fantastic search engine to find books - at all different levels - similar to your child's favorite book or series.

http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do?ESP=TBW/ib//acq/tbw_slimnav_Teachers///nav/txtl////

Have a favorite book that is not listed? 

Please share the title and author with Mrs. Farra!

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