Novels for 3-5th Grades
a bibliography by Susie Wilde
(starred books require a more mature reader)
Humor
Mystery & Adventure
History--Up Close & Personal
Sports
Fairy Tale & Fantasy
Animals
Learning about the World
Humor
Judy Blume.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
and
Freckle Juice
Betsy Byars.
The Not-Just-Anybody Family
Beverly Cleary.
Henry Huggins
and
Beezus and Ramona
(both series)
Roald Dahl.
Matilda
and
The BFG
Kathleen Leverich.
Best Enemies
Lois Lowry.
Anastasia Krupnik
(series)
Stephen Maynes.
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Barbara Parks.
Skinnybones
Barbara Robinson.
The Best School Year Ever
Thomas Rockwell.
How To Eat Fried Worms
Louis Sacher. Marvin Redpost books
Louis Sacher.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
John Scieska. Time Warp Trio books
Shel Silverstein.
Lafcadio
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Mystery and Adventure
David Adler. Cam Jansen books
Marjorie Sharmat.
Nate the Great
Donald Sobol.
Encyclopedia Brown
(series)
Willo Davis Roberts.
The View from the Cherry Tree
William McCay. Young Indiana Jones books
*Gary Paulsen.
Hatchet
and
The Voyage of the Frog
*Jean C. George.
On the Far Side of the Mountain
and
Julie of the Wolves
*Scott O'Dell.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Brian Jaques. Mossflower series
Hudson Talbott & Martin Greenberg.
Amazon Diary
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History--Up Close and Personal
Eleanor Coerr.
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
*Mildred Taylor.
Gold Cadillac
;
The Well
; and
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
*Pat McKissack.
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Patricia MacLachlan.
Sarah Plain and Tall
Martin Sandler.
Immigrants
and
Presidents
*Gary Paulsen.
Night John
*Mary Lyons.
Letters From a Slave Girl
*Lois Lowry.
Number the Stars
*Jennifer Armstrong.
Steal Away
*Graham Salisbury.
Under the Blood Red Sun
Katherine Paterson.
Bridge to Terabithia
Haemi Balgassi.
Peacebound Trains
*Christopher Curtis.
The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963
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Sports
Matt Christopher.
Man Out at First
and
Pressure Play
Barbara Parks.
Skinnybones
and
Almost Starring Skinnybones
Stephen Maynes.
An Almost Perfect Game
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Fairy Tale and Fantasy
Jackie French Koller.
The Dragonling
Laurence Yep.
The Ghost Fox
Virginia Haviland.
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in...
(series)
Katherine Paterson.
The King's Equal
Bill Brittan.
The Wish Giver
Lynne Reid Banks.
The Indian and the Cupboard
(series)
John Bellairs.
Secret to the Underground Room
Natalie Babbitt.
Tuck Everlasting
Lloyd Alexander. The Chronicles of Prydain
Susan Cooper.
The Dark is Rising
(series) and
The Boggart
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Animals
John Gardiner.
Stone Fox
Phyllis Naylor.
Shiloh
and
Shiloh Season
E. B. White.
Charlotte's Web
James Howe.
The Celery Stalks at Midninght
and
Bunnicula
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Learning About the World
Marion Bauer.
On My Honor
Barbara Cohen.
Molly's Pilgrim
and
Make a Wish Molly
*Jerry Spinelli.
Crash
Beverely Cleary.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Jeanne Betancourt.
My Name is Brain Brian
Parker and West.
Brain Surgery for Beginners
Alice Duncan.
Everyday People
John Cassiday.
Earthsearch: A Kids' Geography Museum in a Book
Amy Cohn.
From Sea to Shining Sea
Bette Bao Lord.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
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©Susie Wilde 1998