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
