Reading is one of the great joys of life.  Here are some great authors and titles that you may wish to check out. 

Always remember that no matter how young or "old" you are ... 

              The important thing is to read, read, read!

Angelou, Maya                    My Painted house

Armstrong, William             Sounder

Avi                                    Blue Heron

                                         Crispin, the Cross of Lead

                                         Night Journeys

                                         The Fighting Ground

                                          Ragweed

Bailey, Carolyn                   Miss Hickory

Banks, Lynn Reid                The Fairy Rebel

                                         The Indian in the Cupboard (series)

Blume, Judy                        Blubber

                                          Freckle Juice

                                          Superfudge & any of the Fudge series

Bond, Michael                     A Bear Called Paddington

Bridges, Ruby                     Through My Eyes

Brink, Carol R.                    Caddie Woodlawn

Butterworth, Olive              The Enormous Egg

Byars, Betsy                       Bingo Brown series

                                          Blossom series

                                          The Summer of the Swans

                                          The Computer Nut

                                          The Cybil War

                                          The Night Swimmers

                                          Tornado

Caudill, Rebecca                  Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie?

                                          Tree of Freedom

Christopher, Matt               Dirt Bike Racer

                                         The Fox Steals Home

                                         Ice Magic

                                         No Arm in the Left Field

                                         Skateboard Tough

Cleary, Beverly                  Beezus and Ramona (any of the series)

                                        Dear Mr. Henhaw

                                        Ellen Tebbits

                                        Henry Huggins (any of the series)

                                        Muggie Maggie

                                        Socks

                                        Strider

Clements, Andrew              Janitor's Boy

Coerr, Eleanor                  Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Colfer, Eoin                      Artemis Fowl (series)

Colville, Ann                     My Teacher Fried My Brains

Colville, Bruce                  The Monster Ring

Creech, Sharon                  Bloomability

                                        Love That Dog

                                       Walk Two Moons

Curtis, Christopher           Bud, Not Buddy

                                       The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Dahl, Roald                      The B.F.G.

                                       Esio Trot

                                       The Minpins (and any other book by Dahl)

Davidson, Margaret          The Story of Jackie Robinson

DeCamillo, Kate                Because of Winn Dixie

                                      The Tale of Despereaux

Edmonds, Walter             The Matchlock Gun

Estes, Eleanor                 The Moffats (series)

Fitzhugh, Louise               Harriet the Spy

Fleishman, Paul                 Bull Run

Fritz, Jean                     And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

                                      Can't You Make Them Behave,King George?

                                      George Washington's Breakfast

                                      Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

                                      The Double Life of Pocahontas

                                      What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Gardiner, John                 Stone Fox

Giff, Patricia Reilly          Lilly's Crossing

                                       Fourth Grade Celebrity

Gipson, Fred                    Old Yeller

Henry, Marguerite           Black Gold

                                       King of the Wind (series)

Hiaasen, Carl                   Hoot

Howe, Deborah                Bunnicula

Howe, James                   Howliday Inn

Hurwitz, Johanna           Alda (any in the series)

Jacques, Brian                Redwall (series)

Juster, Norton               The Phantom Tollbooth

King-Smith, Dick             Pigs Might Fly

Lawson, Robert               Ben and Me

L'Engle, Madeline            A Wind in the Door

                                     A Wrinkle in Time

Levers, Gail Carson         Ella Enchanted

Lewis, C.S.                      Chronicles of Narnia (series)

Lindgren, Astrid              Pippi Longstocking

Lowry, Lois                     All About Sam

                                      Anastasia (series)

                                      Attaboy, Sam

MacLachlan, Patricia        Sarah, Plain and Tall

Naylor, Phyllis                 Beetles Lightly Toasted

                                       Shiloh

                                       Saving Shiloh

Norton, Mary                   The Borrowers (series)

O'Dell, Scott                    Sing Down the Moon

Peck, Robert Newton         Soup (series)

Robinson, Barbara             The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Rockwell, Thomas              How To Eat Fried Worms

Rowling, J.K.                     Harry Potter (series)

Sachar, Lois                     Holes

                                      There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

                                      Wayside School (series)

Snicket, Lemony              Bad Beginning (series)

Sobol, Donald J.              Encyclopedia Brown (series)

Spinelli, Jerry                Fourth Grade Rats

                                      Stargirl

                                      Knots in My Yo-Yo String

Steig, William                 The Real Thief

Stein, R. Conrad              Ellis Island

                                      The Underground Railroad

Voight, Cynthia                Bad, Badder, Baddest

Warner, Gertrude C.        The Boxcar Children (series)

White, E.B.                      Charlotte's Web

                                      Stuart Little

                                      Trumpet of the Swan

Wilder, Laura Ingalls       Little House in the Big Wood (series)

Yolen, Jane                      The Dragon's Boy

                                       12 Impossible Things Before Breakfast