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Springfield Public Schools Recommended Reading Literature List

2015-2016 Grade 3

Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School James Caldwell Elementary School

Springfield, New Jersey


Realistic Fiction Auch, Mary Jane I Was a Third Grade Science Project

Barrows, Annie Ivy and Bean (series) Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley (series) Bulla, Clyde Robert The Chalk Box Kid Byars, Betsy The Seven Treasures Hunt Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells Catling, Patrick Skene The Chocolate Touch Christopher, Matt The Spy on Third Base and others in the Peach Street

Mudders (series) Cleary, Beverly Ramona Quimby (series) Clements, Andrew Frindle Danzinger, Paula Amber Brown is Not a Crayon (series) DeGross, Monalisa Donovan’s Word Jar Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses

Mystery Adler, Davie Cam Jansen (series) Avi Who Stole the Wizard of Oz Howe, James Bunnicula (series) Keene, Carolyn & Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (series) Pamintuan, Macky Levy, Elizabeth A Mammoth Mix-‐Up (Brian & Pea Brain Mystery Series) Maccarone, Grace The Haunting of Grade Three Preller, James Jigsaw Jones (series) Ron, Roy A-‐Z Mysteries (series) Ron, Roy Calendar Mysteries (series) Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective

Realistic Fiction Gutman, Dan My Weird School (series) Hesse, Karen Sable Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Winnie Dancing on Her Own

Kline, Suzy Herbie Jones (series)

Kline, Suzy Horrible Harry (series)

Lindgren, Astrid Ericsson Pippi Longstocking (series)

Lowry, Lois Gooney Bird Greene and the Room

McDonald, Megan Judy Moddy (series) McDonald, Megan Stink (series) Miles, Ellen Puppy Place (series) Spinelli, Jerry Third Grade Angels Warner, Gertrude The Boxcar Children (series) Fantasy Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse Dahl, Roald Fantastic Mr. Fox DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson (series) Hurwitz, Johanna Pee Wee’s Tale Meadows, Daisy Rainbow Magic (series) Osborne, Mary Pope Magic Tree House (series) Perelman, Helen Candy Fairies (series) Scieszka, Jon The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table (series) Shreeve, Elizabeth Hector Finds a Fortune Mother Shreve, Susan The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates


Historical Fiction Ackerman, Karen The Night Crossing

Adler, Susan Meet Samantha (American Girls Series) Brenner, Barbara Wagon Wheels Bulla, Clyde Robert Pirate’s Promise Coerr, Eleanor Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Hest, Amy When Jessie Came Across the Sea

Leighton, Maxine Rhea An Ellis Island Christmas Mathis, Sharon Bell The Hundred Penny Box Sandin, Joan The Long Way to a New Land Stevens, Carla Lily and Miss Liberty Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods

Biography Bulla, Clyde Robert Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims Davidson, Margaret Helen Keller Davidson, Margaret I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King Edwards, Robert & Others Who Was (series) Moore, Eva The Story of George Washington Carver

Historical Non-‐Fiction Dragonwagon, Crescent Home Place

Erlich, Amy The Story of Hannukkah

Fritz, Jean And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (and others)

Jakes, John Susanna of the Alamo

Kunhardt, Edith Pompeii…Buried Alive!

Levine, Ellen If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (and others in this series)

Waters, Kate Samuel Eaton’s Day: The Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy

Waters, Kate Sarah Morton’s Day: The Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl

Biography O’Connor, Jim Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-‐Black Baseball Provensen, Alice and Martin The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot Rockwell, Anne Only Passing Through Sobol, Donald The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Stanley, Diane Leonardo da Vinci Stanley, Diane Cleopatra


Non-‐Fiction Calkhoven, Laurie I Grew up to Be President Cameron, Eileen G is for Garden State: A New Jersey Alphabet Cole, Joanna Hungry, Hungry Sharks Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor Gans, Roma Let’s Go Rock Collecting Gibbons, Gail Recycle (and others) Lauber, Patricia Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs Lauber, Patricia Be a Friend to Trees

Harvey, Miles Look What Came From China (series)

Simon, Seymour Mountains (and others)

Poetry Hopkins, Lee Bennett My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States Hudson, Wade Pass It On: African American Poetry for Children Katz, Bobbi Pocket Poems Lee, Dennis The Ice Cream Store Livingston, Myra Cohn Celebrations McCord, David Every Time I Climb a Tree Prelutsky, Jack A Pizza the Size of the Sun (and others) Prelutsky, Jack The Random House Book of Poetry for Children Silverstein, Shel Falling Up (and others) Stevenson, James Candy Corn (and others)


Springfield Public Schools Recommended Reading Literature List

2015-2016 Grade 4




Biography Aliki William Shakespeare and the Globe Dahl, Roald Boy (autobiographical) Ferris, Jeri Go Free or Die: The Story of Harriet Tubman McDonough, Yona Who Was Lois Armstrong (and others in the Who Was…series) Old, Wendie To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers Smith, Kathie Billingslea Sitting Bull Fantasy Banks, Lynn Reid Indian in the Cupboard (series) Baum, Frank L. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley (and others in the series) Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch Coville, Bruce Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Dahl. Roald The BFG Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach DiTerlizzi, Tony The Spiderwick Chronicles (series) Eager, Edward Half Magic Hesse, Karen The Music of the Dolphins Kurzweil, Allen Leon and the Spitting Image Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (series) Fiction Avi Poppy & Rye (Tales from Dimwood Forest) Cleary, Beverly Ramona (and others in this series) Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins Cottrell Boyce, Frank Millions Dahl, Roald Matilda Danziger, Paula Amber Brown (series) Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye Giff, Patricia Reilly Fourth Grade Celebrity Gutman, Dan Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure King-‐Smith, Dick Babe the Gallant Pig Lowry, Lois Anastasia (series) Martin, Ann Doll People McCloskey Homer Price Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms Sachar, Louis There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom Selden, George The Cricket In Times Square Spinelli, Jerry Crash Spinelli, Jerry Fourth Grade Rats Van Draanen, W. Shredderman (series) White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web White, E.B. Stuart Little

Folktales and Myths Ada, Alma Flor The Gold Coin Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories Martin, Rafe The Rough Faced Girl Historical Fiction Adler, David Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Assorted Authors American Girls (series) Assorted Authors Dear America (series) Assorted Authors My Name is America (series) Avi The Fighting Ground Conrad, Pam Pedro’s Journal Dorris, Michael Sees Behind Trees Fritz, Jean The Cabin Faced West O’Dell, Scott Sing Down the Moon Reiss, Johanna The Upstairs Room Woodruff, Elvira George Washington’s Socks Yolen, Jane Encounter Historical Nonfiction Drucker, Malka Jacob’s Rescue Freedman, Russell Buffalo Hunt O’Connor, Jim Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-‐Black Baseball Ryan, Pam Munoz Riding Freedom St. George, Judith So You Want to be President? Taylor, Mildred Mississippi Bridge Math Birch, David The Kings Chessboard Demi One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale Tang, Greg The Grapes of Math Mystery Avi Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? Dixon, Frank The Hardy Boys Keene, Carolyn Nancy Drew (series)


Poetry Dakos, Kalli Don’t Read This Book, Whatever You Do! Florian, Doug Bing Bang Boing Lewis, Patrick Doodle Dandies: Poems that Take Shape Prelutsky, Jack Something Big Has Been Here (and others) Scieszka, Jon Math Course Schenk de Regniers Sing a Song of Popcorn Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends (and others by this author) Realistic Fiction Blume, Judy Superfudge (and others in this series) Christopher, Matt Soccer Halfback (and others by this author) Cheech, Sharon Granny Torelli Makes Soup Dahl, Roald Danny, Champion of the World Farley, Walter The Black Stallion Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza (series) Henry, Maurgerite Misty of Chinocoteague Levy, Elizabeth Keep Ms. Sugarman in The Fourth Grade Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Boys Star The War (series) Rockwell, Thomas How To Eat Fried Worms Spinelli, Jerry Loser

Science Fiction Alexander, Lloyd Time Cat Applegate, K.A. Animorphs (series) Coville, Bruce My Teacher is an Alien (and others) Crilley, Mark Akiko (series) Scieszka, Jon Time Warp Trio (series) Suspense Bruchac, Joseph Skeleton Man Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) Tall Tales Lester, Julius John Henry Osborne, Mary Pope American Tall Tales San Souci, Robert Cut From The Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale


Springfield Public Schools

Recommended Reading Literature List 2015-2016

Grade 5




Biography Avi The Man Who Was Poe Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges Cleary, Beverly A Firl from Yamhill Cornerstones of Freedom African-‐Americans in the Old West Cornerstones of Freedom The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Cornerstones of Freedom First Ladies Cousins, Margaret Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia Cox, Clinton Mark Twain Dahl, Roald Boy: Tales of Childhood Denenberg, Barry Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson Equiano, Olaudah The Kidnapped Prince Filipovic, Zlata Zlata’s Diary Farris, Christine King My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedman, Russell Confucius: The Golden Rule Freedman, Russell Indian Chiefs Freedman, Russell Eleanor Roosevelt, A Life of Discovery Freedman, Russell Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography Fritz, Jean The Double Life of Pocahontas Giblin, James Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero Goodall, Jane My Life with the Chimpanzees Greenfield, Eloise Childtimes Haskins, James Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali Hurwitz Johanna Anne Frank: Life in Hiding Lalicki, Tom Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini Parks, Rosa Rosa Parks: My Story

Petry, Ann Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Pinkney, Andrea D. Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Rol, Ruud van der Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary Spinelli, Jerry Knots in My Yo-‐Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid Sterling, D. Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman Woodruff, Elvira George Washington’s Socks


Historical Fiction Anderson, Laurie H. Fever 1793 Applegate, Stan The Devil’s Highway Avi Night Journey Avi The Fighting Ground Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Baylis-‐White, Mary Sheltering Rebecca Beatty, Patricia Charley Skedaddle Cohen, Barbara Thank you, Jackie Robinson Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul The Watsons Go to Birmingham-‐1963 Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy De Angeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall Dorris, Michael Guests Dorris, Michael Morning Girl Fritz, Jean Brady Gutman, Dan Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure Hamilton, Virginia House of Dies Drear Hesse, Karen A Light in the Storm Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust Latham, Jean L. Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Levitin, Sonia Journey to America Lord, Bette In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lowry, Lois Autumn Street McKissack, Patricia A Picture of Freedom McSwigan, Marie Snow Treasure Myers, Anna The Keeping Room Paterson, Katherine Lyddie Paterson, Katherine Jip His Story

Historical Fiction Paulsen, Gary Nightjohn Paulsen, Gary Soldier’s Heart Pearsall, Shellehy Trouble Don’t Last Pinkey, Andrea Davis Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say Reeder, Carolyn Shades of Gray Reiss, Johanna The Upstairs Room Reit, Seymour Behind Rebel Lines Rinaldi, Ann Numbering All the Bones Scieszka, Jon Me Oh Maya! Speare, Elizabeth George Sign of the Beaver Speare, Elizabeth George The Witch of Blackbird Pond Stolz, Mary A Ballad of the Civil War Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred D. The Well Walsh, Jill Paton Grace Watkins, Yoko Kawashima So Far from the Bamboo Grove Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House on the Praire (and series) Willaims, Laura E. Behind the Bedroom Wall Wisler, G. Clifton Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer Wisler, G. Clifton Red Cap Yolen, Jane The Devil’s Arithmetic Various Authors Dear America Series Various Authors My Name is America Series Various Authors Royal Diary Series


Realistic Fiction Armstrong, William Sounder Bloor, Edward Tangerine Blos, Joan A Gathering of Days Blume, Judy Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Byars, Betsy The Pinballs Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly Strider Clements, Andrews Frindle Conrad, Pam My Daniel Creech, Sharon Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon Chasing Redbird Creech, Sahron Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Danziger, Paula Earth to Matthew Danziger, Paula Everyone Else’s Parents Said Yes Danziger, Paula Make Like a Tree and Leave Danziger, Paula P.S. Longer Letter Later Danziger, Paula United Tates of America DeClements, Barthe Nothing’s Fair in the Fifth Grade Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye Fitzhugh, Louise Nobody’s Family Is Going to Change George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo Giff, Patricia Reilly Rat Teeth Greene, Bette Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Greenfield, Eloise Sister Hesse, Karen The Music of the Dolphins

Realistic Fiction Ho, Mingfong The Clay Marble Horvath, Polly Everything on a Waffle Konigsburg, E.L. About the B’nai Bagels Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-‐Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler MacLachlan, Patricia Baby MacLachlan, Patricia The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Outrageously Alice Paterson, Katherine A Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved Paterson, Katherine The Great Gilly Hopkins Paulsen, Gary Dancing Carl Paulsen, Gary Hatchet Paulsen, Gary The Voyage of the Frog Peck, Richard A Long Way from Chicago Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows Ritter, John H. Choosing Up Sides Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising Salata, Estelle Blue Ice Spinelli, Jerry Crash Spinelli, Jerry Do the Funky Pickle Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee Taylor, Mildred Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred Song of the Trees Uchida Yoshiko Jar of Dreams Uchida Yoshiko Journey Home Uchida Yoshiko The Best Bad Thing Wallace, Bill The Biggest Klutz in the Fifth Grade Winthrop, Elizabeth The Castle in the Attic


Fantasy and Science Fiction Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three Avi Bright Shadow Avi Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts Babbitt, Natalie The Search for Delicious Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting Carson Levine, Gail Ella Enchanted Christopher, John Beyond the Burning Lands Clearly, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cooper, Susan The Boggart Creech, Sharon Pleasing the Ghost Dahl, Roald The BFG DuBois, William The Twenty-‐One Balloons Field, Rachel Hitty: Her First Hundred Years Fleishman, Sid The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story Fleishman, Sid The Midnight Horse Gaiman, Neil Coraline Hahn, Mary Downing Wait Till Helen Comes Hobbs, Valerie Carolina Crow Girl Hobbler, D. & T. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Jacques, Brian Redwall Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth Key, Alexander The Forgotten Door Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday Langton, Jane The Fledgling Lawson, Robert Mr. Revere and I L’Engle, Madeleine A Wind in the Door Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia (series)

Fantasy and Science Fiction McKissack, Patricia The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural O’Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Peck, Richard The Dreadful Future of Blossom Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday Rowling, J.K. The Harry Potter Series Seider, Tor A Rat’s Tale Seldon, George A Cricket in Times Square Snicket, Lemony Series of Unfortunate Events


Traditional Literature: Folktales, Fables, Myths & Legends Datlow, E. & Windling T. A Wolf at the Door: And Other Retold Fairy Tales Goodman, R. Myths Hamilton, Virginia The Girl Who Spun Gold Hamilton, Virginia People Could Fly, American Black Folktales Literacy 2000 Beowulf MacDonald, M.R. Earth Care: World Folktales to Talk About San Souci, Robert D. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tell Tale Sandburg, Carl The Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back Yolen, Jane Merlin and the Dragons

Poetry Creech, Sharon Love That Dog Fleishman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Florian, Douglas Mammalabilia Grimes, Nikki Under the Christmas Tree Hopkins, Lee Bennett My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States Hughes, Langston The Dream Keeper and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry W. Paul Revere’s Ride Myers, Walter Dean Blues Journey Myers, Walter Dean Harlem Prelutsky, Jack The Random House Book of Poetry for Children Silverstein, Shel Falling Up Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends Woodson, Jacqueline Locomotion


Information Books Arnosky, Jim Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking Bird-‐Watching, Shore Walking Arnosky, Jim Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher

Bial, Raymond Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side Chang, Ina A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War Christelow, Eileen What do Author’s Do?

Cornerstones of Freedom The Gettysburg Address Curlee, Lynn Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Fritz, Jean Around the World in a Hundred Years

Jones, Charlotte Foltz Mistakes That Worked

Classics Alcott, Louisa May Little Women Baum L. Frank The Wizard of Oz Burnett, Frances H. The Secret Garden

Farley, Walter The Black Stallion Gibson, Fred Old Yeller Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking London, Jack Call of the Wild Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables Pyle, Howard The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ring Series Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds


Picture Books

Gerstein, Mordicai The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Heide, Florence P. Sami and the Time of Troubles Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say

Weisner, David Tuesday Williams, Sherley Ann Working Cotton Yolen, Jane Letting Swift River Go

Short Story Dahl, Roald Roald Dahl Treasury

Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories

Martin, Ann Matthews Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, And Unexpectedly True Friends

Packer, Tina Tales From Shakespeare

Soto, Gary Local News: Stories

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