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The theme this year is "READ!"

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Mt. Loafer Elementary suggested reading for grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Compiled by Gloria Waddoups, Librarian

This list was compiled from Mt. Loafer Elementary students and local elementary librarians’ favorite titles. Since reading and interest levels vary within grades, this list is not leveled for each grade, but divided into two categories: chapter books and picture books.
We encourage families to share these titles in many different ways, including reading independently, group/shared reading (could include journal keeping to aid recall), and just READING anytime and anywhere!
The American Library Association (www.ala.org) suggests the following procedure for jointly choosing books with children: “Go to the library and find one or more of the books listed here. Let your child look at the front and back covers of the books and thumb through the books. Ask whether the books interest your child. If so, check out the books. If not, find another book …and repeat the process until your child is happy.” As you may have already discovered, your children’s motivation for reading is closely related to their involvement in choosing the book!

Picture Books:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Judith Viorst
Day the Relatives Came, The – Cynthia Rylant
Fanny’s Dream – Caralyn Buehner
Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss
Hundred Penny Box, The – Sharon Bell Mathis
I Know an Old Lady – Glen Rounds
I Will Never, Not Ever Eat a Tomato – Lauren Child
Job for Witilda - Caralyn Buehner
Mitten, The – Jan Brett
Mr. Lincoln’s Way – Patricia Polocco
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter – John Steptoe
Napping House, The – Audrey Wood
No, David – David Shannon
Oh, the Places You’ll Go – Dr. Seuss
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
Quick as a Cricket – Audrey Wood
Rotten Red-headed Older Brother – Patricia Polacco
Roxaboxen – Alice McLerran
Rumpelstiltskin – Paul Zelinsky
Shrek – William Steig
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon - Patty Lovell
Stephanie’s Ponytail - Robert Munsch
Story for Bear, A - Dennis Haseley
Strega Nona – Tomie DePaola
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - Deborah Hopkinson
Tacky the Penguin – Helen Lester
Thank You, Mr. Falker – Patricia Polacco
True Story of the Three Little Pigs –Jon Scieszka
Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge – Mem Fox

Chapter Books:

Aliens for Lunch – Jonathan Etra
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Bandit’s Moon – Sid Fleischman
BFG – Roald Dahl
Bunnicula – James Howe
Cannibals of Sunset Drive, The – Dan K. Carlsruh
Carry On Mr. Bowditch – Jena Lee Leatham
Cay, The – Mildred Taylor
Charlotte’s Webb – E.B. White
Courage of Sarah Noble – Alice Dalgliesh
Farthest Away Mountain – Lynne Reid Banks
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Hank the Cowdog: It’s a Dog’s Life – John R. Erickson
Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
Homesick, My Own Story – Jean Fritz
Hundred Dresses, The – Eleanor Estes
Indian in the Cupboard – Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Loons – Dayton Hyde
Kid in the Red Jacket, The – Barbara Park
King of the Wind – Marguerite Henry
Magic Treehouse Series - Mary Pope Osborne
Making the Team – Dean Hughes
Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli
Miracle at the Plate – Matt Christopher
Misty of Chincoteague – Marguerite Henry
Mr. Tuckett Series - Gary Paulsen
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – Robert OBrien
My Father’s Dragon - Ruth Stiles Gannet
My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
Peppermints in the Parlor – Barbara Wallace
Phantom Tollbooth, The – Norton Juster
Ralph S. Mouse – Beverly Cleary
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred D. Taylor
Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
Shadowman’s Way, The – Paul Pitts
Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar
Sign of the Beaver – Jean Craighead George
Snow Treasure – Marie McSwigan
Soup – Robert Newton Peck
Stone Fox – John Gardiner
Summer of the Monkeys – Wilson Rawls
Taste of Blackberries, A – Wanda Smith
This Island Isn’t Big Enough For the Four of Us – Gery Greer
Toliver’s Secret – Ester Wood Brady
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi
Trumpet of the Swans – E.B. White
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbit
Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls
Whipping Boy, The – Sid Fleischman
Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle

Check it out!
Many of these books have sequels and many of these authors have written other books. The back side of the first page often lists other books by the same author.

Help is also available on the web. Locally, the Children’s Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) at www.clau.org , provides a long list of links for children’s and young adults’ books, the Beehive Award nominees for this year, and the award winners for previous years.