Reading Corner
Fitchburg Public Schools
Grade School Reading Lists--2007
Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6
Children can read any of the following books:
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" said by Sloth by Carle
George Washington's Teeth by Chandra
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Chodas-Irvine
Bus Route to Boston by Cocca-Leffler
Diary of a Worm by Cronan
Jamela's Dress by Daly
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by English
Kitten's First Full Moon by Henkes
Come On Rain by Hesse
The Spider and the Fly by Howitt
How I Became a Pirate by Long
The Ballot Box Battle by McCully
Ma Dear's Aprons by McKissack
Moses Goes to a Concert by Millman
My Rows and Piles of Coins by Mollel
Tomas and the Library Lady by Mora
The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Pinkney
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Rathmann
Tea with Milk by Say
Duck on a Bike by Shannon
Wild about Books by Sierra
Jonathan and his Mommy by Smalls
Pete's a Pizza by Steig
Elizabeth's Doll by Stuve-Bodeen
Mailing May by Tunnell
Yoko by Wells
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Willems
BEGINNING TO READ BOOKS:
Biscuit (Series)-by Capucelli
Here Comes Kate by Chorao
Amber Brown (Series)-by Danziger
Digby by Hazen
Little Bear (Series)-by Minarik
Amelia Bedelia (Series)- by Parish
Henry and Mudge (Series)- by Rylant
Hamster Chase by Suen
Busy Busy Moose by Van Laan
Amanda Pig (Series)- by Van Leeuwen
Doris's Dinosaur by Wells
Children can read any book by the following authors:
The Arthur books by Marc Brown
George and Martha series by James Marshall
Madeline books by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Miss Nelson books by Harry Allard
Or any picture books by: Eric Carle, Kevin Henkes, Katharine Holabird, Pat Hutchins, Leo Lionni, Robert McCloskey, and Cynthia Rylant.
Also suggested: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses; Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy; Owl Moon by Jane Yolen; Stone Soup by Marcia Brown; Strega Nona's Magic Lessons by Tomie DePaola; Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; and Verdi by Janell Cannon.
Beginning Reading Titles--Children may read any beginning reader book by the following authors:
Bill Cosby, Arnold Lobel,and Lillian Hoban.
Children can read any book by the following authors:
Matt Christopher; Gail Gibbons, Carolyn Haywood; Suzy Kline; Russell Lobel; Bill Peet; and Jean Van Leeuwen
They can read any of the following series books:
Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey
Cam Jansen by David Adler
Flatfoot Fox by Eth Clifford
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
Or, choose from these great titles:
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flourney
Paul Bunyon by Steven Kellogg
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Bulla
Warton and Morton by Russell Erickson
Beginning Reading Titles--Children may read any beginning reader book by the following authors:
Russell Lobel or Jean Van Leeuwen; or the following titles:
Clever Kate by Elizabeth Shub
The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr
Entering Grade 4
Students may read any of following series books:
American Girl
Amber Brown stories by Paula Danziger
any Encyclopedia Brown book by Donald Sobol
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
the Magic Tree House books by Mary Osborne
Little House books by Laura I. Wilder
or anything by Beverly Cleary or E.B. White
Or, choose from these titles:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Gloria's Way by A. Cameron
Lucky Stone by Lucille Clifton
Mister Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
On Guard by Donna Jo Napoli
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan Skinnybonesd by Barbara Park
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Smith
Students may read any books by the following authors:
Susan Cooper; Roald Dahl; Betty Levin; Kathryn Lasky; Madeline L'Engle; David Macauley; Katherine Paterson; Louis Sachar; Jerry Spinelli or Nancy Springer
Or, read one of the following titles:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Shark Shock by Donna Jo Napoli
The Mind Reader by Jan Slepian
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Grade 6 requirements vary from school to school. Stop by the Youth Library to see our lists from BF, the Arts School, Academy, and Memorial.
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