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2015-2016 CHARLIE MAY SIMON READING LIST

Appelt, Kathi THE TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP Burg, Ann E. SERAFINA’S PROMISE **Creech, Sharon THE BOY ON THE PORCH Harley, Bill CHARLIE BUMPERS VS. THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR Hill, Kirkpatrick BO AT BALLARD CREEK Hopkinson, Deborah THE GREAT TROUBLE Kadohata, Cynthia THE THING ABOUT LUCK Kurtz, Chris THE ADVENTURES OF A SOUTH POLE PIG La Valley, Josanne THE VINE BASKET Long, Susan Hill WHISTLE IN THE DARK *Pileggi, Leah PRISONER 88 Sloan, Holly Goldberg COUNTING BY 7s Voigt, Cynthia THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS


*Applegate, Katherine THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Avi SOPHIA’S WAR: A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION

Babbitt, Natalie THE MOON OVER HIGH STREET Curtis, Christopher THE MIGHTY MISS MALONE Kops, Deborah THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD: BOSTON, 1919 Montgomery, Sy TEMPLE GRANDIN **Palacio, R. J. WONDER Rose, Caroline Starr MAY B. Stead, Rebecca LIAR & SPY Turnage, Sheila THREE TIMES LUCKY


Avi CITY OF ORPHANS Birdsall, Jeanne THE PENDERWICKS AT POINT MOUETTE Choldenko, Gennifer NO PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT *Clements, Andrew TROUBLEMAKER Deedy, Carmen THE CHESHIRE CHEESE CAT Fleming, Candace AMELIA LOST Haskell, Merrie THE PRINCESS CURSE Henkes, Kevin JUNONIA **LaFleur, Suzanne EIGHT KEYS Lai, Thanhha INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN Oliver, Lauren LIESL & PO


Cole, Henry A NEST FOR CELESTE Connor, Leslie CRUNCH *Erskine, Kathryn MOCKINGBIRD **Grisham, John THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER Holm, Jennifer L. TURTLE IN PARADISE Houtman, Jacqueline THE REINVENTION OF EDISON THOMAS Lord, Cynthia TOUCH BLUE Malone, Marianne THE SIXTY-EIGHT ROOMS Ryan, Pam Munoz THE DREAMER Springstubb, Tricia WHAT HAPPENED ON FOX STREET Tunnell, Michael O. CANDY BOMBER Weeks, Sarah AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS Williams-Garcia, Rita ONE CRAZY SUMMER


Burg, Ann E. ALL THE BROKEN PIECES Clements, Andrew EXTRA CREDIT Duncan, Lois NEWS FOR DOGS Giff, Patricia Reilly WILD GIRL Hostetter, Joyce Moyer COMFORT **Korman, Gordon ZOOBREAK Leal, Ann Haywood ALSO KNOWN AS HARPER

MacLachlan, Patricia THE TRUE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS STORY *Paulsen, Gary MUDSHARK Peck, Richard A SEASON OF GIFTS Tolan, Stephanie S. WISHWORKS, INC Woodson, Jacqueline PEACE, LOCOMOTION


Appelt, Kathi THE UNDERNEATH *Clements, Andrew LOST AND FOUND Creech, Sharon HATE THAT CAT DuPrau, Jeanne THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD Giff, Patricia Reilly ELEVEN Henkes, Kevin BIRD LAKE MOON **Korman, Gordon SWINDLE Law, Ingrid SAVVY Lowry, Lois THE WILLOUGHBYS O’Brien, Tony, and Mike Sullivan AFGHAN DREAMS Park, Linda Sue KEEPING SCORE Schwabach, Karen THE HOPE CHEST Woodruff, Elvira FEARLESS


Babbitt, Natalie JACK PLANK TELLS TALES **Clements, Andrew NO TALKING Giblin, James Cross THE MANY RIDES OF PAUL REVERE Hanson, Mary HOW TO SAVE YOUR TAIL MacLachlan, Patricia EDWARD’S EYES McKissack, Patricia A FRIENDSHIP FOR TODAY *Paulsen, Gary LAWN BOY Perkins, Mitali RICKSHAW GIRL Schmidt, Gary D. THE WEDNESDAY WARS Spinelli, Jerry EGGS Woodson, Jacqueline FEATHERS


*Auch, Mary Jane ONE-HANDED CATCH

Brockmeier, Kevin GROOVES: A KIND OF MYSTERY

Clements, Andrew ROOM ONE: A MYSTERY OR TWO

**DiCamillo, Kate THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE

Giff, Patricia Reilly WATER STREET

Holm, Jennifer L. PENNY FROM HEAVEN

Holt, Kimberly Willis PART OF ME: STORIES OF A LOUISIANNA FAMILY

Hostetter, Joyce Moyer BLUE

Kadohata, Cynthia WEEDFLOWER

Lord, Cynthia RULES

McClafferty, Carla Killough SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: MARIE CURIE AND RADIUM

Peck, Richard HERE LIES THE LIBRARIAN

Winthrop, Elizabeth COUNTING ON GRACE


Auch, Mary Jane WING NUT

Avi POPPY’S RETURN

Cheng, Andrea THE LACE DOWRY

Clark, Clara Gillow HATTIE ON HER WAY

*Clements, Andrew LUNCH MONEY

Giff, Patricia Reilly WILLOW RUN

Graff, Nancy Price TAKING WING

Greene, Stephanie QUEEN SOPHIE HARTLEY

**Martin, Ann M. A DOG’S LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STRAY

Park, Linda Sue PROJECT MULBERRY

Whelan, Gloria LISTENING FOR LIONS

White, Ruth THE SEARCH FOR BELLE PRATER


Choldenko, Gennifer AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS

Clements, Andrew THE LAST HOLIDAY CONCERT

**Clements, Andrew THE REPORT CARD

Creech, Sharon HEARTBEAT

Freedman, Russell THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARION ANDERSON AND

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

Hannigan, Katherine IDA B… AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER, AND

(POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD

*LaFaye, A. WORTH

Lowry, Lois MESSENGER

MacLachlan, Patricia MORE PERFECT THAN THE MOON

Peck, Richard THE TEACHER’S FUNERAL: A COMEDY IN THREE PARTS

Ryan, Pam Munoz BECOMING NAOMI LEON

White, Ruth BUTTERMILK HILL


Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker FOR FREEDOM: THE STORY OF A FRENCH SPY

Codell, Esme Raji SAHARA SPECIAL

Creech, Sharon GRANNY TORRELLI MAKES SOUP

Cushman, Karen RODZINA

**DiCamillo, Kate THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

*DuPrau, Jeanne THE CITY OF EMBER

Henkes, Kevin OLIVE’S OCEAN

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie GIFTS FROM THE SEA

Lowry, Lois THE SILENT BOY

Woodruff, Elvira THE RAVENMASTER’S SECRET


Byars, Betsy KEEPER OF THE DOVES

Clements, Andrew A WEEK IN THE WOODS

Creech, Sharon RUBY HOLLER

Giff, Patricia Reilly PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS

Martin, Ann A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE

Park, Linda Sue WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO

Paterson, Katherine THE SAME STUFF AS STARS

Siebold, Jan DOING TIME ONLINE

**Spinelli, Jerry LOSER

*Testa, Maria BECOMING JOE DIMAGGIO

Tolan, Stephanie SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES


Avi DON’T YOU KNOW THERE’S A WAR ON?

**Bruchac, Joseph SKELETON MAN

Clements, Andrew JAKE DRAKE, KNOW-IT-ALL

*DiCamillo, Kate THE TIGER RISING

Freedman, Russell IN THE DAYS OF THE VAQUEROS: AMERICA’S FIRST TRUE COWBOYS

Holt, Kimberly Willis DANCING IN CADILLAC LIGHT

Park, Linda Sue A SINGLE SHARD

Peck, Richard FAIR WEATHER

Taylor, Mildred D. THE LAND

Wait, Lea STOPPING TO HOME


Avi ERETH’S BIRTHDAY

Bowdish, Lynea BROOKLYN, BUGSY, AND ME

**DiCamillo, Kate BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

Giff, Patricia Reilly NORY RYAN’S SONG

Harlow, Joan Hiatt STAR IN THE STORM

Hill, Kirkpatrick THE YEAR OF MISS AGNES

Lowry, Lois GATHERING BLUE

Paulsen, Gary TUCKET’S HOME

*Peck, Richard A YEAR DOWN YONDER

Ryan, Pam Munoz ESPERANZA RISING

Yep, Laurence DREAM SOUL


Avi MIDNIGHT MAGIC

**Cleary, Beverly RAMONA’S WORLD

*Clements, Andrew THE LANDRY NEWS

George, Jean Craighead FRIGHTFUL’S MOUNTAIN

Holt, Kimberly Willis WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN

Lisle, Janet Taylor THE LOST FLOWER CHILDREN

Lowry, Lois ZOOMAN SAM

Paterson, Katherine THE PREACHER’S BOY

Paulsen, Gary BRIAN’S RETURN

Rocklin, Joanne STRUDEL STORIES


Bruchac, Joseph THE HEART OF A CHIEF

Calvert, Patricia SOONER

Fleischman, Sid BANDIT’S MOON

**Fletcher, Ralph FLYING SOLO

Hest, Amy THE GREAT GREEN NOTEBOOK OF KATIE ROBERTS: WHO JUST

TURNED 12 ON MONDAY

Horvath, Betty SIR GALAHAD, MR. LONGFELLOW, & ME

Karr, Kathleen THE GREAT TURKEY WALK

Mead, Alice JUNEBUG AND THE REVEREND

Rodowsky, Colby F. THE TURNABOUT SHOP

*Ryan, Pam Munoz RIDING FREEDOM

Rylant, Cynthia THE ISLANDER

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley GIB RIDES HOME

Williams, Carol Lynch IF I FORGET, YOU REMEMBER

Yep, Laurence THE COOK’S FAMILY


Cooper, Susan THE BOGGART AND THE MONSTER

Coville, Bruce THE SKULL OF TRUTH

Danziger, Paula AMBER BROWN SEES RED

Fletcher, Ralph SPIDER BOY

George, Jean Craighead JULIE’S WOLF PACK

Giff, Patricia LILY’S CROSSING

Henkes, Kevin SUN AND SPOON

Hesse, Karen OUT OF THE DUST

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie AS LONG AS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS

Levine, Gail ELLA ENCHANTED

McKissack, Patrici RUN AWAY HOME

**Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds SAVING SHILOH

Rocklin, Joanne FOR YOUR EYES ONLY!

*Shreve, Susan JOSHUA T. BATES IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Spinelli, Jerr WRINGER

Woodruff, Elvira THE ORPHAN OF ELLIS ISLAND: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE


Bunting, Eve TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE

*Byars, Betsy C. TORNADO

**Clements, Andrew FRINDLE

Cushman, Karen THE BALLAD OF LUCY WHIPPLE

Danziger, Paula AMBER BROWN WANTS EXTRA CREDIT

George, Jean Craighead THE TARANTULA IN MY PURSE

George, Twig A DOLPHIN NAMED BOB

Hesse, Karen THE MUSIC OF DOLPHINS

Konigsburg, E. L. THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY

Levin, Betty GIFT HORSE

Lowry, Lois SEE YOU AROUND, SAM!

Naylor, Phyllis R. SHILOH SEASON

Nixon, Joan L. SEARCH FOR THE SHADOWMAN

Paterson, Katherine JIP: HIS STORY

Paulsen, Gary BRIAN’S WINTER

Siegelson, Kim L. THE TERRIBLE, WONDERFUL TELLIN' AT HOG HAMMOCK

White, Ruth BELLE PRATER’S BOY


Alexander, Lloyd THE ARKADIANS

Cohn, Janice THE CHRISTMAS MENORAHS: HOW A TOWN FOUGHT HATE

Curtis, Christopher P. THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963

Fenner, Carol YOLANDA’S GENIUS

**Fleischman, Sid THE 13TH FLOOR: A GHOST STORY

Forrester, Sandra SOUND THE JUBILEE

*Hest, Amy THE PRIVATE NOTEBOOK OF KATIE ROBERTS, AGE 11

Hurwitz, Johanna OZZIE ON HIS OWN

Love, D. Anne BESS’S LOG CABIN QUILT

Muchmore, Jo Ann JOHNNY RIDES AGAIN

Namioka, Lensey YANG THE THIRD & HER IMPOSSIBLE FAMILY

Pinkney, Andrea D. HOLD FAST TO DREAMS

Taylor, Mildred D. THE WELL: DAVID’S STORY

Yep, Laurence LATER, GATOR


Adler, C.S. WILLIE, THE FROG PRINCE

Barnes, Joyce A. THE BABY GRAND, THE MOON IN JULY, & ME

Bauer, Marion D. A QUESTION OF TRUST

Bunting, Eve THE IN-BETWEEN DAYS

Calvert, Patricia BIGGER

Gaeddert, LouAnn BREAKING FREE

*Hahn, Mary D. TIME FOR ANDREW: A GHOST STORY

Hesse, Karen SABLE

Hirsch, Karen ELLEN ANDERS ON HER OWN

Hurwitz, Johanna A LLAMA IN THE FAMILY

Kehret, Peg THE RICHEST KIDS IN TOWN

Levin, Betty AWAY TO ME, MOSS

MacLachlan, Patricia SKYLARK

Paterson, Katherine FLIP-FLOP GIRL

**Robinson, Barbara THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER

Ryden, Hope BACKYARD RESCUE

Smith, Susan M. THE BOOFORD SUMMER


Barre, Shelley A. CHIVE

Cooper, Susan THE BOGGART

Drucker, Malka &

Michael Halperin JACOB'S RESCUE: A HOLOCAUST STORY

Freedman, Russell ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY

George, Jean Craighead THE FIRE BUG CONNECTION: AN ECOLOGICAL MYSTERY

Heisel, Sharon E. WRAPPED IN A RIDDLE

Hermes, Patricia SOMEONE TO COUNT ON

Levinson, Nancy Smiler SWEET NOTES, SOUR NOTES

Lowry, Lois THE GIVER

*Mitchell, Margaree King UNCLE JED'S BARBERSHOP

Say, Allen GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY

Strauch, Eileen Walsh HEY YOU, SISTER ROSE

**Woodruff, Elvira THE SECRET FUNERAL OF SLIM JIM THE SNAKE

Young, Ronder Thomas LEARNING BY HEART


Avi BLUE HERON

Clifford, Eth WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE MARRY MY SISTER?

Davis, Ossie JUST LIKE MARTIN

Fleischman, Sid JIM UGLY

George, Jean Craighead THE MISSING GATOR OF GUMBO LIMBO

Hesse, Karen LETTERS FROM RIFKA

Hoobler, Dorothy and THE TRAIL ON WHICH THEY WEPT: THE STORY OF A

Thomas Hoobler CHEROKEE GIRL

Irwin, Hadley THE ORIGINAL FREDDIE ACKERMAN

Koller, Jackie F. THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE MISTY DAY

*Levy, Elizabeth KEEP MS. SUGARMAN IN THE FOURTH GRADE

**Lowry, Lois ATTABOY, SAM!

Namioka, Lensey YANG THE YOUNGEST & HIS TERRIBLE EAR

Pryor, Bonnie HORSES IN THE GARAGE

Rylant, Cynthia MISSING MAY

Sharpe, Susan CHICKEN BUCKS


Avi WINDCATCHER

Bunting, Eve SHARING SUSAN

Cleary, Beverly STRIDER

Clifford, Eth THE SUMMER OF THE DANCING HORSE

Conrad, Pam PRAIRIE VISIONS: THE LIFE AND TIME OF SOLOMON BUTCHER

Fenner, Carol RANDALL’S WALL

Hermes, Patricia MAMA, LET’S DANCE

Herzig, Alison C. THE BONNSVILLE BOMBERS

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie THE NIGHT THE BELLS RANG

Littke, Lael BLUE SKYE

Lowry, Lois ANASTASIA AT THIS ADDRESS

Mills, Claudia HANNAH ON HER WAY

**Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds SHILOH

Paterson, Katherine LYDDIE

Paulsen, Gary THE COOKCAMP

*Pevsner, Stella THE NIGHT THE WHOLE CLASS SLEPT OVER

Slote, Alfred FINDING BUCK MCHENRY


**Anderson, Margaret J. THE GHOST INSIDE THE MONITOR

Beatty, Patricia EBEN TYNE, POWDERMONKEY

Brooks, Bruce EVERYWHERE

Carris, Joan THE GREATEST IDEA EVER

Ferguson, Alane CRICKET AND THE CRACKERBOX KID

Hill, Kirkpatrick TOUGHBOY AND SISTER

Holland, Isabelle THE JOURNEY HOME

Lowry, Lois YOUR MOVE, J.P.

Mills, Claudia DYNAMITE DINAH

Radin, Ruth CARVER

Roberts, Willo Davis TO GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE WE GO

Seabrooke, Brenda JERRY ON THE LINE

*Spinelli, Jerry MANIAC MAGEE

Talbert, Marc DOUBLE OR NOTHING

Whitmore, Arvella THE BREAD WINNER


Blakeslee, Ann R. AFTER THE FORTUNE COOKIES

Conrad, Pam MY DANIEL

Goble, Paul BEYOND THE RIDGE

Hamilton, Virginia THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS

Hughes, Dean FAMILY POSE

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie THE CANADA GEESE QUILT

**Lowry, Lois NUMBER THE STARS

Paulsen, Gary THE WINTER ROOM

Reeder, Carolyn SHADES OF GRAY

Ruckman, Ivy WHO INVITED THE UNDERTAKER?

Schroeder, Alan RAGTIME TUMPIE

Schwartz, David M. IF YOU MADE A MILLION

Siebert, Diane HEARTLAND

Slepian, Jan THE BROCCOLI TAPES

Wisniewski, David THE WARRIOR AND THE WISE MAN

Wright, Betty Ren ROSIE AND THE DANCE OF THE DINOSAURS


Amoss, Berthe THE MOCKINGBIRD SONG

Arnosky, Jim GRAY BOY

Beatty, Patricia BE EVER HOPEFUL, HANNALEE

Cameron, Ann THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD

Carris, Joan HEDGEHOGS IN THE CLOSET

Fox, Paula THE VILLAGE BY THE SEA

Howard, Ellen HER OWN SONG

Hurmence, Belinda THE NIGHTWALKER

Jacobs, Paul S. BORN IN THE NIGHT

**Lowry, Lois ALL ABOUT SAM

Macaulay, David THE WAY THINGS WORK

McKissack, Patricia MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND

Moore, Lillian I’LL MEET YOU AT THE CUCUMBERS

Robert, Willo Davis MEGAN’S ISLAND

Rocklin, Joanne DEAR BABY

Zirpoli, Jane ROOTS IN THE OUTFIELD

1989 - 1990 CHARLIE MAY SIMON READING LIST

Beatty, Patricia CHARLEY SKEDDADLE

Bloomberg, Rhoda THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS & CLARK

Byars, Betsy THE BLOSSOMS AND THE GREEN PHANTOM

Delton, Judy ANGEL'S MOTHER'S WEDDING

Freeman, Russell LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY

Gilson, Jamie HOBIE HANSON YOU'RE FIRED

Graeber, Charlotte Towner FUDGE

Hahn, Mary Downing TALLAHASSEE HIGGINS

Hamilton, Virginia THE MYSTERY OF DREAR HOUSE

Kherdian, David BRIDGER: THE STORY OF A MOUNTAIN MAN

Lauber, Patricia DINOSAURS WALKED HERE

Park, Barbara THE KID IN THE RED JACKET

**Sachar, Louis THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRL'S BATHROOM

Steptoe, John MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS: AN AFRICAN TALE

Taylor, Mildred THE FRIENDSHIP


Byars, Betsy THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY-FAMILY

Conly, Jane Leslie RACSO AND THE RATS OF NIMH

**Fleischman, Sid THE WHIPPING BOY

Fritz, Jean MAKE WAY FOR SAM HOUSTON

George, Jean Craighead ONE DAY IN THE PRAIRIE

Hansen, Joyce YELLOW BIRD & ME

Lauber, Patricia VOLCANO: THE ERUPTION AND HEALING OF MOUNT ST. HELENS

Lawlor, Laurie ADDIE ACROSS THE PRAIRIE

Nelson, Theresa THE 25-CENT MIRACLE

O’Dell, Scott STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA: A NOVEL OF SACAGAWEA


Blumberg, Rhoda COMMODORE PERRY IN THE LAND OF THE SHOGUN

Callen, Larry WHO KIDNAPPED THE SHERIFF? OR, TALES FROM TICKFAW

Clifford, Eth THE REMEMBERING BOX

Conrad, Pamela PRAIRIE SONGS

Everden, Margery THE DREAM KEEPER

Garrique, Sheila THE ETERNAL SPRING OF MR. ITO

Gibbons, Faye MIGHTY CLOSE TO HEAVEN

Hyde, Dayton O. THE MAJOR, THE POACHER AND THE WONDERFUL ONE-TROUT RIVER

Jukes, Mavis BLACKBERRIES IN THE DARK

**MacLachlan, Patricia SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL

Marko, Katherine M. AWAY TO FUNDY BAY

Uchida, Yoshiko THE HAPPIEST ENDING


Alexander, Lloyd THE BEGGAR QUEEN

Avi THE FIGHTING GROUND

Beatty, Patricia TURN HOMEWARD HANNALEE

**Byars, Betsy THE COMPUTER NUT

Climo, Shirley GOPHER, TANKER, AND THE ADMIRAL

Evernden, Margery KITE SONG

Fox, Paula ONE-EYED CAT

Hurwitz, Johanna THE HOT AND COLD SUMMER

Johnson, Emily R. SPRING AND THE SHOW MAN

Lord, Bette B. IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR & JACKIE ROBINSON

Ruchman, Ivy NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS

Voight, Cynthia BUILDING BLOCKS


Cleaver, Vera and Bill HAZEL RYE

Clymer, Eleanor THE HORSE IN THE ATTIC

Conford, Ellen LENNY KANDELL, SMART ALECK

Dunn, Marylois THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT HORSE

Fife, Dale SESAME SEED SNATCHERS

George, Jean Craighead THE TALKING EARTH

Holl, Kristi JUST LIKE A REAL FAMILY

Holland, Isabelle GOD, MRS. MUSKRAT AND AUNT DOT

Howe, James A NIGHT WITHOUT STARS

Kirby, Susan E. IKE AND PORTER

Roberts, Willo Davis THE PET-SETTING PERIL

Rogers, Jean GOODBYE, MY ISLAND

**Roos, Stephen MY HORRIBLE SECRET

Speare, Elizabeth George THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER

Stolz, Mary CAT WALK


Beatty, Patricia JOHNATHAN DOWN UNDER

Billington, Elizabeth T. GETTING TO KNOW ME

Clymer, Eleanor MY MOTHER IS THE SMARTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

Dygard, Thomas J. QUARTERBACK WALK-ON

Flory, Jane THE GREATEST BAMBOOZLEMENT

Haas, E.A. INCOGNITO, PRIVATE INSECTIVE

Hays, Sheila SPEAKING OF SNAPDRAGONS

Hurmence, Belinda A GIRL CALLED BOY

McGinnis, Lila Sprague THE GHOST UPSTAIRS

McHargue, Georgess THE TURQUOISE TOAD MYSTERY

McInerney, Judith Whitelock JUDGE BENJAMIN: SUPERDOG

**Manes, Stephen BE A PERFECT PERSON IN JUST THREE DAYS

Skurzynski, Gloria LOST IN THE DEVIL’S DESERT

Van Leeuwen, Jean THE GREAT RESCUE OPERATION

Wilkes, Marilyn A. C. L. U. T. Z.

Yep, Laurence DRAGON OF THE LOST SEA


Alexander, Lloyd WESTMARK

Brittain, Bill DEVIL’S DONKEY

**Cleary, Beverly RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8

Cunningham, Julia THE SILENT VOICE

Hall, Lynn DANZA!

Houston, James A. LONG CLAWS: AN ARCTIC ADVENTURE

Hurwitz, Johanna BASEBALL FEVER

McGraw, Eloise THE MONEY ROOM

Moeri, Louise SAVE QUEEN OF SHEBA

Rounds, Glen MR. YOWDER AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS

Silverstein, Shel A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

Smith, Alison HELP! THERE’S A CAT WASHING IN HERE


Anderson, Margaret J. THE JOURNEY OF THE SHADOW BAIRNS

Beatty, Patricia THAT’S ONE ORNERY ORPHAN

Burch, Robert IDA EARLY COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN

Elmore, Patricia SUSANNAH AND THE BLUE HOUSE MYSTERY

Gardiner, John Reynolds STONE FOX

**Gilson, Jamie DO BANANAS CHEW GUM?

Milton, Hilary BLIND FLIGHT

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds EDDIE INCORPORATED

Potter, Marion BLATHERSKITO

Robertson, Mary Elsie TARANTULA AND THE RED CHIGGER

Rounds, Glen BLIND OUTLAW

Saint George, Judith THE AMAZING VOYAGE OF THE NEW ORLEANS

Sargent, Sarah WEIRD HENRY BERG

Shura, Mary Francis CHESTER

Stone, Nancy DUNE SHADOW

Wallace, Barbara Brooks PEPPERMINTS IN THE PARLOR

Wallace, Bill A DOG CALLED KITTY


Anderson, Margaret Jean IN THE CIRCLE OF TIME

Anderson, Mary F*T*C AND COMPANY

Avi NIGHT JOURNEYS

**Brittain, Bill ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

Brown, Irene Bennett WILLOW WHIP

Chambers, John W. FRITZI’S WINTER

Clark, Margaret Goff BARNEY AND THE UFO

Clifton, Lucille THE LUCKY STONE

Cooney, Caroline B. SAFE AS THE GRAVE

Erickson, Russell E. WARTON AND THE TRADERS

Kibbe, Pat THE HOCUS-POCUS DILEMMA

Lee, Beverly Haskell THE SECRET OF VAN RINK’S CELLAR

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis JOEL AND THE GREAT MERLINI

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus YOBGORGLE: MYSTERY MONSTER OF LAKE ONTARIO

Seidler, Tor THE DULCIMER BOY

Shura, Mary Francis MISTER WOLF AND ME

Strete, Craig Kee WHEN GRANDFATHER JOURNEYS INTO WINTER


Anderson, Margaret J. SEARCHING FOR SHJONA

Avi EMILY UPSHAM’S REVENGE

Brady, Esther THE TOAD ON CAPITOL HILL

Collier, James & Christopher THE WINTER HERO

Fleming, Susan TRAPPED ON THE GOLDEN FLYER

George, Jean Craighead THE WOUNDED WOLF

Gordon, Sheila A MONSTER IN THE MAILBOX

Griese, Arnold A. THE WIND IS NOT A RIVER

Haas, Dorothy THE BEARS UPSTAIRS

**Heide, Florence Parry BANANA TWIST

Jacob, Helen Pierce THE DIARY OF STRAWBRIDGE PLACE

Murphy, Shirley Rousseau THE FLIGHT OF THE FOX

Renner, Beverly Hollett THE HIDEAWAY SUMMER

Uchida, Yoshiko JOURNEY HOME


Babbit, Natalie EYES OF AMARYLLIS

**Byars, Betsy THE PINBALLS

Clifford, Eth THE CURSE OF THE MOONRAKER: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Coerr, Eleanor SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES

Erickson, Russell E. WARTON’S CHRISTMAS EVE ADVENTURE

Greenwald, Sheila THE MARIAH DELANY LENDING LIBRARY DISASTER

Hayes, Geoffrey THE ALLIGATOR AND HIS UNCLE TOOTH: A NOVEL OF THE SEA

Hill, Elizabeth Starr EVER-AFTER ISLAND

Houston, James FROZEN FIRE: A TALE OF COURAGE

Hutchins, Patsy FOLLOW THAT BUS

Moeri, Louise A HORSE FOR X, Y, Z

Pinkwater, D. Manus THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY

Robertson, Mary Elsie JERIMALE

Rumsey, Marian CAROLINA HURRICANE

Supree, Burton, with Ross, Ann BEAR’S HEART

Talbot, Charlene Joy THE GREAT RAT ISLAND ADVENTURE

Wallace, Barbara Brooks HAWKINS


Beatty, Patricia SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

Brady, Esther Wood TOLIVER’S SECRET

Burch, Robert TWO THAT WERE TOUGH

Chew, Ruth THE TROUBLE WITH MAGIC

Clark, Ann Nolan ALL THIS WILD LAND

Drury, Roger THE CHAMPION OF MERRIMACK COUNTY

Fleischman, Albert Sidney MCBROOM TELLS A LIE

Garrigue, Sheila ALL THE CHILDREN WERE SENT AWAY

**Hicks, Clifford ALVIN’S SWAP SHOP

Lampman, Evelyn S. THE POTLATCH FAMILY

Milton, Hilary NOVEMBER’S WHEEL

Morey, Walt YEAR OF THE BLACK PONY

Reit, Seymour RACE AGAINST DEATH: A TRUE STORY OF THE FAR NORTH

Steig, William ABEL’S ISLAND

Thurman, Judith FLASHLIGHT AND OTHER POEMS

Wallace, Barbara Brooks PALMER PATCH


Babbit, Natalie TUCK EVERLASTING

Baylor, Byrd THE DESERT IS THEIRS

**Bulla, Robert Clyde SHOESHINE GIRL

Chandler, Edna Walker INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

Conford, Ellen THE LUCK OF POKEY BLOOM

De Angeli, Marguerite THE LION IN THE BOX

Farley, Carol THE GARDEN IS DOING FINE

Fife, Dale WHO GOES THERE, LINCOLN?

Gauch, Patricia Lee THUNDER AT GETTYSBURG

Hall, Lynn NEW DAY FOR DRAGON

Lawrence, Mildred TOUCHMARK

Mathis, Sharon THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman MAGGIE MARMELSTEIN FOR PRESIDENT

Shyer, Marlene Fanta BLOOD IN THE SNOW

Slote, Alfred MATT GORGAN’S BOY

Smith, Doris Buchanan KELLY’S CREEK

Tobias, Tobi ARTHUR MITCHELL

Van Leeuwen, Jean THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS KIDNAPPING CAPER


Beatty, Patricia HOW MANY MILES TO SUNDOWN?

Burch, Robert HUT SCHOOL AND THE WARTIME HOME-FRONT HERO

Byars, Betsy C. AFTER THE GOAT MAN

Cohen, Barbara THANK YOU, JACKIE ROBINSON

Conford, Ellen ME AND THE TERRIBLE TWO

**Fleischman, Sid THE GHOST ON SATURDAY NIGHT

Fritz, Jean WHY DON’T YOU GET A HORSE, SAM ADAMS?

Gary, Genevive S. SORE LOSER

Greene, Bette PHILLIP HALL LIKES ME, I RECKON MAYBE

Lampman, Evelyn (Sibley) RATTLESNAKE CAVE

Levitin, Sonia JANSON AND THE HONEY TREE

Merrill, Jean MARIA’S HOUSE

Newton, Suzanne C/O ARNOLD’S CORNER

Robinson, Adjai SINGING TALES OF AFRICA

Seldon, George HARRY’S CAT’S PET PUPPY

Shore, June Lewis WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH WAKEFIELD?

Silverstein, Shel WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS

Talbot, Charlene Joy A HOME WITH AUNT FLORRY


Alexander, Lloyd THE CAT WHO WISHED TO BE A MAN

Berends, Polly Berrien THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR DUCK

Buchwald, Emilie GILDAEN: THE HEROIC ADVENTURES OF A MOST UNUSUAL RABBIT

Byers, Betsy G. THE WINGED COLT OF CASA MIA

Cavanna, Betty PETEY

Colver, Ann &

Stewart Graff THE WAYFARER’S TREE

Conford, Ellen DREAMS OF VICTORY

Crader, Dorothy SHE: THE ADVENTURESS

Cressell, Helen THE BOONGLEWEED

Dixon, Paige SILVER WOLF

Doty, Jean Slaughter SUMMER PONY

**Evarts, Hal George BIGFOOT

Fife, Dale RIDE THE CROOKED WIND

Fritz, Jean AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE?

Monjo, F. N. HE AND WILLIE AND PA: THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

AND HIS SON TAD

Morey, Walt THE RUNAWAY STALLION

Robertson, Keith IN SEARCH OF A SANDHILL CRANE

Sachs, Marilyn A POCKET FULL OF SEEDS

Smith, Doris Buchanan A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES

Wilson, Charles Morrow GERONIMO


Archer, Marion Fuller SARAH JANE

Baylor, Byrd COYOTE CRY

Bealer, Alex W. ONLY THE NAMES REMAIN: THE CHEROKEES AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS

Beatty, Patricia O: THE RED ROSE TREE

**Blume, Judy TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING

Burch, Robert DOODLE AND THE GO-CART

Byars, Betsy HOUSE OF WINGS

Coatsworth, Elizabeth J. THE WANDERERS

Flory, Jane RAMSHACKLE ROOST

Henry, Marguerite S SAN DOMINGO, THE MEDICINE HAT STALLION

Keith, Harold THE BLUEJAY BOARDERS

Lampman, Evelyn S. GO UP THE ROAD

Lazarus, Kee Felker THE SHARK IN THE WINDOW

Little, Jean FROM ANNA

Savaldi, Gloria Root TENNESSEE BOY

Steig, William DOMINIC

Stover, Marjorie TRAIL BOSS IN PIGTAILS

Van Stockum, Hilda PENEGRO

Vining, Elizabeth (Gray) THE TAKEN GIRL

White, Dori SARAH AND KATIE

Woolley, Catherine CATHY UNCOVERS A SECRET

Worth, Valerie SMALL POEMS


Brady, Lillian AISE-CE-BON, A RACCOON

Bulla, Clyde R. POCAHONTAS AND THE STRANGERS

Coatsworth, Elizabeth DANIEL WEBSTER’S HORSES

Corbett, Scott THE CASE OF THE TICKLISH TOOTH

Drury, Roger W. THE FINCHES’ FABULOUS FURNACE

Edmonds, Walter D. BEAVER VALLEY

Farley, Walter THE BLACK STALLION AND THE GIRL

Fleischman, Sid JINGO DJANGO

Hall, Lynn A HORSE CALLED DR. GON

**Keith, Harold THE RUNT OF ROGERS SCHOOL

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley YEAR OF SMALL SHADOW

Miles, Miska ANNIE AND THE OLD ONE

O’Brian, Robert MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH

Rockwell, Ann PAINTBRUSH AND PEACHPIPE: THE STORY OF GEORGE CATLIN

Rolerson, Darrell A. MISTER BIG BRITCHES

Shotwell, Louisa R. MAGDALETA

Uchida, Yoshiko JOURNEY TO TOPAZ: A STORY OF THE JAPANESE

AMERICAN EVALUATION

Yates, Elizabeth SARAH WHITCHER’S STORY


Alexander, Lloyd THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF SEBASTAIN

Babbitt, Natalie KNEEKNOCK RISE

Bradbury, Bianca THE LONER

Brenner, Barbara THE SNAKE LOVER’S DIARY

Byars, Betsy THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS

Carlson, Ruth Christoffer RIDE A WILD HORSE

Catherall, Arthur ANTLERS OF THE KING MOOSE

Clark, Electa CHEROKEE CHIEF: THE LIFE OF JOHN ROSS

**Cleary, Beverly RUNAWAY RALPH

Cohen, Peter Zachary MORENA

Colver, Anne BREAD AND BUTTER JOURNEY

Corbett, Scott STEADY FREDDIE

Corcoran, Barbara THE LONG JOURNEY

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley CAYUSE COURAGE

Levitin, Sonia JOURNEY TO AMERICA

Little, Jean LOOK THROUGH MY WINDOW

McCord, David FOR ME TO SAY: RHYMES OF THE NEVER WAS AND ALWAYS

White, E. B. THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN


Babbitt, Natalie THE SEARCH FOR DELICIOUS

Balch, Glenn HOUSE OF TWO COLORS

Bouchard, Lois Kale THE BOY WHO WOULDN’T TALK

Bradbury, Bianca ANDY’S MOUNTAIN

Buranelli, Marguerite WITH COLORS FLYING: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Caudill, Rebecca COME ALONG!

Clarke, Mary Stetson THE GLASS PHOENIX

Constant, Albert Wilson THE MOTORING MILLERS

Davidson, Margaret THE STORY OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Fleischman, Sid MCBROOM’S EAR

Fritz, Jean GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BREAKFAST

Hamilton, Virginia THE TIME-AGO TALES OF JAHDU

Hildick, Emnund Wallace MANHATTAN IS MISSING

Konigsburg, E.L. ABOUT THE B’NAI BANGLES

Rothberg, Abraham THE BOY AND THE DOLPHIN

Sachs, Marilyn PETER AND VERONICA

Selden, George TUCKER’S COUNTRYSIDE

Snyder, Zilpha Kentley TODAY IS SATURDAY

Taylor, Theodore THE CAY

**Walker, David E. BIG BEN


Beatty, Patricia ME, CALIFORNIA PERKINS

Brenner, Barbara SUMMER OF THE HOUSEBOAT

Brink, Carol (Ryrie) TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE

Burch, Robert RENFROE'S CHRISTMAS

Burleson, Elizabeth MIDDL'UN

Byers, Betsy C. THE MIDNIGHT FOX

D'Amelio, Dan TALLER THAN THE BANDA MOUNTAIN: THE STORY OF

HIDEYO MOGURCHI

Eckert, Allan W. THE KING SNAKE

Fife, Dale THE BOY WHO LIVED IN THE RAILROAD DEPOT

Flory, Jane FARAWAY DREAM

Hamilton, Virginia THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR

Harnden, Ruth P. RUNAWAY RAFT

Houston, James A. AKAVAK: AN ESKIMO JOURNEY

Jones, Adrienne SAIL, CALYPSO

Jones, Wayman B. EDGE OF TWO WORLDS

Jordon, Mildred PROUD TO BE AMISH

Kaula, Edna AFRICAN VILLAGE FOLKTALES

Kingman, Lee THE SECRET JOURNEY OF THE SILVER REINDEER

**Lexau, John M. STRIPED ICE CREAM

Miers, Earl Schenck THAT LINCOLN BOY

Russ, Lavinia OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

Sachs, Marilyn VERONICA SANZ

Shura, Mary Francis PORNADA

Turkle, Brinton THE FIDDLER OF HIGH LONESOME

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