Core Literature
Recommended Reading Lists for 3/4 and 5/6 grade levels

Third and Fourth Grade Reading List
Adler, David	Cam Jansen/Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
Adler, Susan	Meet Samantha: An American Girl
Base, Graeme	The Eleventh Hour
Berenstein,Stan	Berenstein Bears and the New Girl in Town
Blume, Judy	Superfudge
Cameron,Ann	The Stories Julian Tells
Catling, Patrick	The Chocolate Touch
Cleary,Beverly	Muggie Maggie
Cole,Joanna	Gator Girls
Coville,Bruce	Dragonslayers
Danziger,Paula	Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
Haywood,Carolyn	'B' is for Betsy
Hurwitz,Joanna	'E'is for Elisa
Hurwitz,Joanna	Class Clown
King-Smith,Dick	Babe the Gallant Pig
Kline,Suzy	Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
Macdonald, Betty	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Maclauchlan,Pat	Sarah Plain and Tall
Manes, James	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Marshall, James	Rats on the Range and Other Stories
Munro,Roxie	The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries
Reid Banks,Lynn	The Indian in the Cupboard
Rockwell,Thomas	How to Eat Fried Worms
Sachar, Louis	Wayside School is Falling Down
Scieszka,Jon	Tut, Tut (and others in the Time Warp Trio series)
Smith,Robert	Chocolate Fever
Sobol, Donald	Encyclopedia Brown/Case of the Secret Pitch
Warner,Gertrude	The Woodshed Mystery
Wright, Betty Ren	The Ghost of Popcorn Hill
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Fifth and Sixth Grade Level Reading List
Armstrong, William	Sounder
Ash, Russell	Incredible Comparisons
Blume, Judy	Are You There, God, It's Me Margaret
Byars, Judy	Bingo Brown and the Language of Love
Cooper, Susan	The Boggart
Coville, Bruce	Jennifer Murdley's Toad
Creech, Sharon	Absolutely Normal Class
Curtis, Christopher	The Watsons Go To Birmingham, l963
Fitzhugh, Louise	Harriet the Spy
Fleischman, Sid	The Abracadabra Kid
Jacques, Brian	The Outcast Redwall
James, Mary	Shoebag
L'Engle, Madeline	Troubling Star
Levine, Gail	Ella Enchanted
Lewis, C.S	Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
Lowry, Lois	Anastasia Ask Your Analyst
Medearis, Angela	Haunts: Five Hair-Raising Tales
Milne, A.A.	The World of Christopher Robin
Naylor, Phyllis	The Agony of Alice
Naylor, Phyllis	Fear Place
Odell, Scott	The Black Pearl
Peck, Robert	Soup 1776
Rawls, Wilson	Summer of the Monkeys
Sachar, Louis	Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Spinelli, Jerry	Manic Magee
Sutcliffe, Rosemary	The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey
White, Ruth	Belle Prater's Boy
Armstrong, William	Sounder
Ash, Russell	Incredible Comparisons

 

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