4^th  GRADE THROUGH 6^th  GRADE FREE CHOICE READING LIST

Students must select one title from this list and complete a graphic organizer for that title.

ADVENTURE STORIES

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds       The Grand Escape

Peterson, John                       The Littles (series)

Pinkwater, Daniel                  Blue Moose;

Fat Men from Space

Rodgers, Mary                      Freaky Friday

Rowling, J.K.                          Harry Potter (series)

Rylant, Cynthia                      The Van Gogh Cafe

Sachar, Louis                         Sideways Stories

from Wayside School

Scieszka, Jon                          Knights of the

Kitchen Table

Smith,Robert K                      Chocolate Fever

Steig, William                        Abel’s Land

ANIMAL STORIES 

Avi                                          Poppy (series)                                                                         

Cleary, Beverly                      Ralph S. Mouse                                   

Gipson, Fred                           Old Yeller                                                                                           

Henry, Marguerite                Misty of Chincoteague             

King-Smith, Dick                   Babe, The Gallant Pig                          

Lawson, Robert                      Rabbit Hill                                           

London, Jack                          Call of the Wild                                                                       

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh

White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web;

Stuart Little; Trumpet of the Swans

FANTASY

Alexander, Lloyd                               Time Cat                                             

Andersen, Hans Christensen            Snow Queen                                                                                                   

Babbitt, Natalie                                  Kneeknock Rose                                             

Baum, L. Frank                                  Wizard of Oz (series)                                                                           

Brown, Jeff                                         Flat Stanley                                                                             

Coombs, Patricia                                Dorrie and the Wizard’s Spell (series)

HISTORICAL FICTION

Bruchac, Joseph         The Arrow Over the the Door

Buck, Pearl S.            The Big Wave

Coerr, Eleanor           Sadako and the Thousand Paper Games

Curtis, Christopher    Bud, Not Buddy; The  

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Cooper, Susan            Boggart (series)                                                                                   

Corbett, Scott             Baseball Trick; Lemonade Trick                                                          

Coville, Bruce            Monster’s Ring; My Teacher is An Alien          

Dorris, Michael          Morning Girl                                                                                                                

English, Karen           Francie                        

Dahl, Roald                Charlie and the Chocolate Factory;                  

Erdrich, Louise           Birchbark House James and the Giant Peach 

Giff, Patricia Reilly    Lily’s Crossing

Fleischman, Sid          McBroom (series); The Whipping                    

Hansen, Joyce            I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly           

Gannett , Ruth S.       My Father’s Dragon (series)                

                                    The Reluctant Dragon                          

Gray, Luli                   Falcon’s Egg                     

Taylor, Mildred         Song of the Trees

Juster, Norton            The Phantom Tollbooth                        

Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House on the Prairie

Langton, Jane            The Fledgling                                                                                                            

LeGuin, Ursula           Catwings                                                                                                         

Levine, Gail Carson   Ella Enchanted                                                                         

Lewis, C.S.                 The Lion, the Witch and the                                                                             

                                    Wardrobe (series)                                                                                           

Lindgren, Astrid         Pippi Longstocking (series)                                                                              

MacDonald, Betty     Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (series)                                                                              

MYSTERIES

Adler, David                           Cam Jansen (series)                             

Taylor, Sidney All of a Kind Family

Clifford, Eth                            Flatfoot Fox (series)                            

Yep, Laurence                        Child of the Owl

Giff, Patricia Reilly                Have You Seen Hyacinth                                                                                             

                                                Macaw?                                                                                                                      

Hildick, E.W.                          Case of the Muttering Mummy And Other McGurk mysteries   

SPORTS STORIES

Avi                                          S.O.R. Losers

Christopher, Matt                  Jack Rabbit Goalie & other sports stories

Simon, Seymour                     Einstein Anderson, Super                     

Gutman, Dan                          Honus and Me; Sleuth (series) Jackie and Me             

Sobol, Donald                         Encyclopedia Brown (series)

Hurwitz, Johanna                   Baseball Fever 

Titus, Eve                               Basil of Baker Street (series)                

Slote, Alfred                           Matt Gargan’s Boy;

Warner,Gertrude Chandler  Boxcar Children (series)                                                                        

Smith,Robert K                      Bobby Baseball

REALISTIC FICTION

Blume, Judy                           Freckle Juice; Otherwise Known          POETRY

                                                As Sheila the Great; Superfudge;                                                                                  

                                                Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing           Greenfield, Elouise    Honey, I Love You

Byars, Betsy                          The Cybil War; 18^th Emergency;           Hopkins, Lee Bennett Spectacular Science

Midnight Fox; Summer of the Swans     Steptoe, Javaka         In Daddy’s Arms I

Cameron, Ann                        Stories Julian Tells (series); Stories                                            Am Tall

                                                Huey Tells (series)                                Medina, Jane             My Name is Jorge:

Cleary, Beverly                      Henry Huggins Series;                                                   Poems in English

                                                Ramona (series)                                                                        and Spanish

Clifford, Eth                            Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library                                                                               

Cohen, Barbara                      Thank You, Jackie Robinson                NON-FICTION

Conford, Ellen                        Jenny Archer (series)                                                                                       

Danziger, Paula                      Amber Brown (series)                          Aliki                            William Shakespeare

Ester, Eleanor                        The Hundred Dresses                                                               and the Globe

Fitzhugh, Louise                     Harriet The Spy                                    Bridges, Ruby            Through My Eyes

Fox, Paula Monkey Island Cummings, Pat           Talking with

Giff, Patricia Reilly                Polk St. School (series)                                                            Adventurers;

Henkes, Kevin                       Protecting Marie                                                                       Lincoln: A Photo-

Kline, Suzy                             Herbie Jones series; ORP                                                         biography

Fritz, Jean                   And Then What

                                                                                                                                                Happened, Paul

Lowry, Lois                            Anastasia Krupnick (series); See                                               Revere? (and other

                                                You Around, Sam                                                                    titles by this author

MacLachlan, Patricia            Seven Kisses in a Row                         Giblin, James Cross   The Amazing Life of

Mathis, Sharon Bell               Hundred Penny Box                                                                 Benjamin Franklin;

McKay, Hilary                       Dog Friday                                                                               The Century That

Moss, Marisa                         melia’s Notebook (series)                                                       Was

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Alice in-Between (series)                      Hansen, Joyce           Breaking Ground,

                                                                        Breaking Silence

Jenkins, Steve                        To the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest

Rylant, Cynthia                      Every Living Thing; Missing May                                              

Sachar, Louis                         Holes; Marvin Redpost (series)                                                 

Smith, Robert Kimmel           War with Grandpa                                                                   

Lauber, Patricia                     Volcano                                                                                              

Lewin, Ted                              Gorilla Walk                                                                                        

Macauley, David                   The New Way Things Work                                                                            

McKissack, Patricia              Black Hands,White Sails                                                                                  

Tillage, Leon Walker             Leon’s Story                                                                                                   

UNICEF                                 Children Just Like Me                                                                                      

Walker, Paul Robert              The Pride of Puerto Rico: The                                                              

                                                Life of Roberto Clemente                                                         

FABLES, FOLKTALES, LEGENDS AND MYTHS

Aesop                                      Fables                                                             

Bierhorst, John                      Doctor Coyote                                                                                    

Demi                                       One Grain of Rice: A                                                                           

                                                Mathematical Folktale                                                              

Hamilton, Virginia                  The People Could Fly

Martin, Rafe                          Mysterious Tales of Japan

McCully, Emily Arnold          Beautiful Warrior; The Legend                                                             

                                                Of the Nun’s Kung Fu                                                                         

Ross, Gayle                            How Rabbit Tricked Otter and                                                                        

                                                Other Cherokee Trickster Tales                                                           

Steptoe, Jon                           Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters                                                                           

Wolkstein, Diane                   The Glass Mountain; The Magic                                                                       

                                                Orange Tree