*The following are suggestions, not mandatory reading lists.
*If your child enjoys a book, try to find other titles by the same author.
*Try different genres in fiction and non-fiction. Children love learning facts!
*Your child may be above or below the reading level of some titles on the list for his/her grade. To be sure you have chosen a book at the appropriate level, do the Five-finger test. Ask your child to read one page aloud. The child should count the number of words that are difficult. If there are 5 per page, the book is too difficult for independent reading.
*Reading to your child is always good practice!
*For more, click on the Great Reads link on the left, or Destiny library catalog on my home page where resource lists have Core aligned titles by grade level!
Appelt, Kathi. The Underneath. Atheneum, 2008.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Shines My Shoes. Dial, 2009.
Clements, Andrew. No Talking. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Dahl, Roald. George"s Marvelous Medicine. Random House, 1981.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant. Candlewick, 2009.
Fleischman, Sid.
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini. Greenwillow, 2006.
Gutman, Dan. Satch and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure. HarperCollins, 2006.
