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Summer 2007 Reading List

Grades 3 and 4, Bartle School

ABC All American Riddles	Smith, Mara and Ford	Peel Productions, 2004
Actual Size	Jenkins, Steve	Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II	Russo, Marisabina	Simon and Schuster, 2005
Amber Brown Goes Forth	Danziger, Paula	Penguin, 1995
Amber Brown is Feeling Blue	Danziger, Paula	Putnam, 1998
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride	Ryan, Pam Munoz	Scholastic, 1999
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World	Chin-Lee, Cyntha, et al	Charlesbridge, 2005
An Extraordinary Life	Pringle, Laurence	Orchard, 1997
Anna's Blizzard	Hart, Alison	Peachtree, 2005
Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure	Gutman, Dan	Avon, 2000
The Best/Worst School Year Ever	Robinson, Barbara	Harper Collins, 1994
Big Bad Bruce	Peet, Bill	Houghton, 1977
Bing Bang Boing	Florian, Douglas	Harcourt, 1994
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears and Other Iroquois Stories	Bruchac, Joseph, et al	Harper Collins, 1995
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express	Brill, Marlene Targ	Lerner, 2004
Bunnicula Strikes Again!	Hower, James	Atheneum, 1999
Crocodiles	Markle, Sandra	Lerner, 2004
Dexter the Tough	Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Simon & Schuster, 2007
Dog Friday	McKay, Hilary	Simon & Schuster, 1997
Ella Enchanted	Levine, Gail Carson	Harper Collins, 1997
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose	Sobol, Donald	Skylark, 1997
Fairytale News	Hawkins, Colin & Jacqui	Candlewick, 2004
Free at Last! Stories and Songs of Emancipation	Rappaport, Doreen	Candlewick, 2004
The Frog Prince - Continued	Scieszka, Jon	Viking, 1991
Frindle	Clements, Andrew	Simon & Schuster, 1996
Fudge-A-Mania	Blume, Judy	Dutton, 1990
Ghosts in the White House	Harness, Cheryl	Simon & Schuster, 1998
Gooney Bird Greene	Lowry, Lois	Random House, 2004
Gooseberry Park	Rylant, Cynthia	Harcourt, 1995
Grandmama's Pride	Birtha, Becky	Albert Whitman, 2005
Great White Sharks	Markle, Sandra	Lerner, 2004
The Harmonica	Johnston, Tony	Charlesbridge, 2004
Hey New Kid!	Duffey, Betsey	Viking, 1996
High as a Hawk: A Brave Girl's Historic Climb	Barron, T.A.	Penguin; Putnam, 2004
Hoop Kings	Smith, Charles R., Jr.	Candlewick, 2004
How To Eat Fried Worms	Rockwell, Thomas	Watts, 1973
Howie Bowles, Secret Agent	Banks, Kate	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?	Cleary, Brian P.	Lerner, 2004
The Imp That Ate My Homework	Yep, Laurence	Harper Collins, 1998
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African American Celebrating Father	Septoe, Javaka	Lee and Low, 1997
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson	Lord, Bette Bao	Harper Collins, 1984
Insectlopedia	Florian, Douglas	Harcourt, 1995
Inside the Titanic	Marschall, Ken	Little, Brown, 1997
It's Disgusting - And We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History!	Soldheim, James	Simon & Schuster, 1997
Judy Moody Declares Independence	McDonald, Megan	Candlewick, 2005

Just Juice	Hesse, Karen	Scholastic, 1998
The Kids Book of the Night Sky	Love, Ann, et al	Kids Can Press, 2004
Killer Whales	Markle, Sandra	Lerner, 2004
Last Holiday Concert	Clements, Andrew	Simon & Schuster, 2004
Let It Begin Here! Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution	Fradin, Dennis Brindell	Walker, 2005
Lions	Markle, Sandra	Lerner, 2004
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man	Adler, David A.	Harcourt, 1997
Mallory vs. Max	Friedman, Laurie	Lerner, 2005
Marvin and the Mean Words	Kline, Suzy	Putnam, 1997
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride	DiCamillo, Kate, et al	Candlewick, 2006
Mercy Watson, Princess in Disguise	DiCamillo, Kate, et al	Candlewick, 2007
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-out Queen	Moss, Marissa	Simon and Schuster, 2004
Monkey Business	Edwards, Wallace	Kids Can Press, 2004
Morgy Coast to Coast	Lewis, Maggie	Harper Collins, 1990
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1965)	Cleary, Beverly	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004
Muggie Maggie	Cleary, Beverly	Harper collins, 1990
No Laughing, No Smiling	Stevenson, James	Puffin, 1999
Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig	Dakos, Kalli, et al	Albert Whitman, 2004
Print Me a Poem: Poems Inspired by Masterpieces of Art	Towden, Justin	Boyds Mills, 2005
The Pepins and Their Problems	Horvath, Polly	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004
A Pizza the Size of the Sun	Prelutsky, Jack	Greenwillow, 1996
Popcorn: Poems	Stevenson, James	Greenwillow, 1998
Poppy	Avi	Sagebrush, 1997
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry	Cleary, Brian P.	Lerner, 2004
Roger the Jolly Pirate	Helquist, Brett	Harper Collins, 2004
Rosa	Giovanni, Nikki	Holt, 2005
Roxie and the Hooligans	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Atheneum, 2006
Runny Babbitt	Silverstein, Shel	Harper collins, 2005
See You Around, Sam	Lowry, Lois	Houghton Mifflin, 1997
So You Want to be President?	St. George, Judith	Penguin, 2000
Shiloh	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Atheneum, 1991
Stanley Goes Flat Again	Brown, Jeff	Harper Children, 2003
Stinky Smelly Feet: A Love Story	Palantini, Margie	Dutton, 2004
The Story of Ruby Bridges	Coles, Robert, et al	Scholastic, 2004
Summer Reading is Killing Me	Scieszka, Jon	Viking, 1998
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Blume, Judy	Dutton, 1972
Thank You, Mr. Falker	Polacco, Patricia	Philomel, 1998
Time for Kids: Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out	Editors of Time for Kids	Harper Collins, 2005
Toys Go Out	Jenkins, Emily	Schwartz & Wade, 2007
The Trial of Cardigan Jones	Egan, Tim	Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Turn of the Century	Jackson, Ellen	Charlesbridge, 1998
Utterly Yours, Booker Jones	Duffey, Betsey	Viking, 1995
What If You Met a Pirate?	Adkins, Jan	Roaring Brook Press, 2004
What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks and Chopsticks	Lauber, Patricia	Simon & Schuster, 1999
When Washington Crossed the Delaware: a Wintertime Story for Young Patriots	Cheney, Lynne	Simon & Schuster, 2004
William Shakespeare and the Globe	Aliki	Harper Collins, 1999
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree	Brittain, Bill	Harper, 1983
The Wonder Worm Wars	Palatini, Margie	Hyperion, 1997
The Word Eater	Amato, Mary	Holiday House, 2000

Grades 5 and 6, Bartle School

Adaline Falling Star	Osborne, Mary Pope	Scholastic, 2000
All Alone in the Universe	Perkins, Lynne Rae	Greenwillow, 1999
Alphabet City Ballet	Tamar, Erika	Harper Collins, 1996
Anne of Green Gables	Montgomery, L.M.	Random House, 1990
Artemis Fowl (series)	Colfer, Eoin	Hyperion, 2001-05
Baby Mouse (series)	Holm, Jennifer & Matthew	Random House
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple	Cushman, Karen	Clarion, 1996
Baseball in April and Other Stories	Soto, Gary	Harcourt Brace, 1990
Because of Winn-Dixie	DiCamillo, Kate	Candlewick, 2000
Bridge to Terabithia	Patterson, Katherine	Harper Collins, 1997
Bud Not Buddy	Curtis, Christopher Paul	Delacorte, 1999
Challenge at Second Base	Christopher, Matt	Little, Brown; 1992
Countdown	Mikaelsen, Ben	Hyperion, 1996
Cousins	Hamilton, Virginia	Penguin, 1990
Crash	Spinelli, Jerry	Knopf, 1996
Dave at Night	Levine, Gail Carson	Harper Collins, 1999
Dealing With Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Series #1)		Harcourt, 1990
Fair Weather	Peck, Richard	Thomson Gale, 2002
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg	Levine, Gail Carson	Harper Collins, 2005
Firewing	Oppel, Kenneth	2003
The First Americans: the Story of Where They Came From and Who They Became	Aveni, Anthony	Scholastic, 2005
Francie	English, Karen	Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999
Freak the Mighty	Philbrick, Rodman	Scholastic Books, 1993
Galileo's Universe	Lewis, J. Patrick	The Creative Co., 2005
Good Night, Maman	Mazer, Norma Fox	Harcourt, 1999
Graveyards of the Dinosaurs	Tanaka, Shelley	Hyperion, 1998
Harriet the Spy	Fitzhugh, Louise	Bantam; Doubleday; Dell; 2001
Holes	Sachar, Louis	Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998
Hush	Woodson, Jacqueline	Penguin, 2002
I Was a Rat!	Pullman, Philip	Knopf, 2000
The Invention of Hugo Cabret	Selznick, Brian	Scholastic Press, 2007
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life	Mass, Wendy	Little, Brown; 2006
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key	Gantos, Jack	Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1998
Johnny Tremain	Forbes, Esther	Random House, 1987
The Kid Who Ran for President	Gutman, Dan	Scholastic, 1996
Last Summer with Maizon	Woodson, Jacqueline	Penguin, 2002
Letters from Camp	Klise, Kate	Harper Collins, 1999
Lionboy: the Chase	Corder, Zizou	Penguin, 2004
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	Lewis, C.S.	Harper Collins, 1994
Little House on the Prairie	Wilder, Laura Ingalls	Harper Collins, 2004
Little Women (1868)	Alcott, Louisa May	Barnes & Noble Books, 2005
A Long Way from Chicago	Peck, Richard	Thomson Gale, 2001
Midnight Forests: a Story of Gifford Pinchot and Our National Forests.	Hines, Gary	Boyds Mills Press, 2005
Matilda	Dahl, Roald	Viking, 1988
Me, Mop & the Moondance	Myers, Walter Dean	Bantam; Doubleday; Dell; 1998
Miracle Boys	Woodson, Jacqueline	Penguin, 2000
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	DiCamillo, Kate	Candlewick, 2003
The Moorchild	McGraw, Eloise	McElderry, 1996
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money	Curtis, Christopher Paul	Delacorte, 2005
The Music of Dolphins	Hesse, Karen	Scholastic, 1996
The Naked Mole Rate Letters	Amato, Mary	Holiday House, 2005
Number the Stars	Lowry, Lois	Houghton Mifflin, 1989
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude	O'Malley, Kevin	Walker, 2005
101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher	Wardlaw, Lee	Dial Books, 2004
Our Only May Amelia	Holm, Jennifer L.	Harper Collins, 1999
Out of Darkness: the Story of Louis Braille	Freedman, Russell	Clarion, 1997
Outside and Inside Snakes	Markle, Sandra	Macmillan, 1995
Peace One Day: the Making of World Peace Day	Gilley, Jeremy	Penguin, 2005
A Pizza the Size of the Sun	Prelutsky, Jack	Greenwillow, 1996
The Princess Test	Levine, Gail Carson	Harper Collins, 1999
Ruby Holler	Creech, Sharon	Johanna Cotler Books, 2002
Rules	Lord, Cynthia	Scholastic, 2007
Run Away Home	McKissack, Patricia C.	Scholastic, 2001
Sahara Special	Codell, Esme Raji	Hyperion Books, 2003
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (series)	Van Draanen, Wendelin	Random House, 1998
The Secret Garden	Burnett, Frances Hodgson	Lippincott, 1987
The Secret of Platform 13	Ibbotson, Eva	Penguin, 1998
Series of Unfortunate Events	Snicket, Lemony	Harper Collins
The Shakespeare Stealer Series: The Shakespeare Stealer; Shakespeare's Scribe; Shakespeare's Spy	Blackwood, Gary L.	Penguin, 2004
Silver Wing	Oppel, Kenneth	Simon and Schuster, 1997
Sky Pioneer: a Photobiography of Amelia Earhart	Szabo, Corinne	Nat. Geographic Society, 1997
Stone Fox	Gardiner, John Reynold	Harper Collins, 1980
Stuart Little	White, E.B.	Harper Collins, 2001
Sunwing	Oppel, Kenneth	Aladdin, 2001
Tangerine	Bloor, Edward	Harcourt, 1997
The Tale of Desperaux	DiCamillo, Kate	Candlewick, 2003
The Thief Lord	Funke, Cornelia	Scholastic, 2002
Through My Eyes	Bridges, Ruby	Scholastic, 1999
Trial by Journal	Klise, Kate	Harper collins, 2001
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories	Mercado, Nancy E.	Penguin, 2004
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Avi	Avon, 1990
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Verne, Jules (1870)	Signet, 2001
Walk Two Moons	Creech, Sharon	Harper Collins, 1996
A Week in the Woods	Clements, Andrew	Simon & Schuster, 2002
Witness	Hesse, Karen	Scholastic, 2001
Where the Red Fern Grows	Rawls, Wilson	Random House, 1997
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Silverstein, Shel	Harper Collins, 1974
A Wrinkle in Time	L'Engle, Madeleine	Doubleday; Dell; 1998