Mrs. Hill's Recommended Reading

(Preschool through Jr. High)

Preschool - 8 yrs. -

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, by Verna Aardema

Mad About Madeline: the Complete Tales, by Ludwig Bemelmans

The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

Abuela, by Arthur Dorros

The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats

George and Martha: the Complete Stories About Two Best Friends, by James Marsha

Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey

Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak

Timothy Goes To School, by Rosemary Wells

A Chair for My Mother, by Vera Williams

2nd Grade -

Series Books:

Amelia Bedelia , by Peggy Parish

Nate The Great, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Horrible Harry, by Suzy Kline

Marvin Redpost, by Louis Sachar

Junie B. Jones, by Barbara Park

A to Z Mysteries, by Ron Roy

The Magic Tree House, by Mary Pope Osborne

The Bailey School Kids, by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

3rd Grade -

Series Books:

Ramona, by Beverly Cleary

Amber Brown, by Paula Danziger

McBroom, by Sid Fleishman

The Baily School Kids, by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

A to Z Mysteries, by Ron Roy

Marvin Redpost, by Louis Sachar

Encyclopedia Brown, by Donald Sobol

Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Little House, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4th Grade -

The Witches, by Ronald Dahl

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, by Eleanor Coerr

Superfudge, by Judy Blume

The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatly Snyder

The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume

Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom, by Louis Sacher

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, by Paula Danziger

The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks

5th & 6th Grade -

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkein

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

The Giver, by Lois Lowry

Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

Redwall, by Brian Jacques

Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead Georg

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, by Jack Gantos

Homesick: My Own Story, by Jean Fritz

Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth Spears

Jr. High -

Homecoming, by Cynthia Voight

Dicey's Song, by Cynthia Voight

The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton

Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz

A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Peck

The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck

A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle

Many Waters, by Madeleine L'Engle

Bearstone, by Will Hobbs

Far North, by Will Hobbs