The following are suggestions for summer reading and read-alouds. In most cases, the titles listed are just a sampling of the many works produced by these authors. Enjoy exploring more of their books.

You can find these books in the Youth Room under the green 3 sign.
They will have green stickers on the spine.

Adler, David
Cam Jansen series
A fifth-grader with a photographic memory solves mysteries.

Barnholdt, Lauren
Hailey Twitch series
The hilarious adventures of second grader Hailey Twitch and her friend Maybelle who just happens to be a 200 year old sprite that only Hailey can see.

Barrows, Annie
Ivy and Bean series
Second graders Ivy and Bean live next door to each other. Together they can handle whatever challenges come their way. Check out this site for more about Ivy and Bean: www.anniebarrows.com/ivyandbean/

Base, Graeme
Enigma
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather’s rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone’s magical things. Readers are invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book.

Blume, Judy
The Pain & the Great One series
First-grader Jake “the Pain” and his sister, third-grader Abigail “the Great One.”

Bruchac, Joseph
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for the athletic achievements that gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author’s note details Thorpe’s life after college.

Cleary, Beverly
Ramona series
This humorous series follows the life of Ramona Quimby and her family and friends as Ramona grows up.

Clements, Andrew
Jake Drake series
Jake is a typical kid. Why does he always seem to be in trouble?

Collard, Sneed B.
Wings
Discusses the animals that have wings, various types of wings, and how they are used.

Dahl, Roald
The Enormous Crocodile
The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to be foiled by his neighbors.

Danziger, Paula
Amber Brown series
Spunky Amber Brown deals with what life brings her with humor and determination.

DiCamillo, Kate
Bink & Gollie
Two roller-skating best friends, one tiny and one tall, share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

Draper, Sharon
Sassy series
It’s hard to get respect when you’re only nine, the youngest in your family and everyone calls you Little Sister instead of Sassy. But Sassy has imagination and style and finds that whatever problem comes her way, she has just the thing needed to solve it in her marvelous Sassy Sack.

Friedman, Laurie
Mallory series
The tales of eight year old Mallory McDonald, a lively character with a penchant for jokes and creative situations that have comical yet mixed results. Readers will relate to her thoughts and experiences from girlfriend activities to sibling issues to the rewards of friendship.

Funke, Cornelia
Ghosthunters series
Timid nine-year-old Tom Tomsky and professional ghosthunter Hetty Camomile.

Granderson, Curtis
All You Can Be
The Detroit Tigers Centerfielder writes about baseball and his life. The book is illustrated with drawings by fourth graders in Michigan.

Hicks, Betty
Gym Shorts series
Action-filled sports books that pack the energy of the gym into short novels.

Hillman, Ben
How Big Is It?
How deep was the ice above New York in the ice ages? How long is a giant squid? Who is taller, a polar bear or a basketball player? Once you read one of these books, you will want to know more.

Hopping, Lorraine
Wild Weather: Tornadoes!
Describes the work of two people who study tornadoes in the Midwest by discovering and following them.

Hurwitz, Johanna
Monty series
Montgomery Gerald Morris may be small and shy, but he’s also a mighty smart kid who, despite his asthma, always finds his own way of doing things.

Janeczko, Paul
A Foot in the Mouth. Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout
A varied collection of lively rhymes, tricky tongue twisters, poems for more than one voice, bilingual poems, and many others.

Katz, Susan
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit
Poems about what the students in Mrs. Brown’s class see and do during their school field trips to a variety of museums.

Keene, Carolyn
Nancy Drew Notebooks series
The first in a series that features Nancy Drew in her first cases, when she was in third grade.

Keene, Carolyn
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series
Nancy Drew, girl detective, and her friends George and Beth solve mysteries and crimes.

Kerrin, Jessica
Martin Bridge series
Third-grader Martin Bridge usually has a scheme or project underway.

Kline, Suzy
Horrible Harry series
The humorous adventures Horrible Harry of classroom 2B and his friends.

Krulik, Nancy
Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series
Katie Carew is an ordinary girl with an unusual problem. She keeps turning into other things. Check out this site for more about Katie Kazoo. www.katiekazoo.com

Labatt, Mary
Sam, Dog Detective series
Superdog sleuth Sam and his human friends solve mysteries.

Landon, Lucinda
Meg Mackintosh series
Detective Meg Mackintosh solves a series of mysteries. The reader is encouraged to solve the mystery along with Meg.

Le Guin, Ursula
Catwings series
Four young cats just happen to be able to fly.

Look, Lenore
Ruby Lu series
Amost-eight-year-old Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive on the mean streets of New York.

Look, Lenore
Alvin Ho series
A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

Ludwig, Trudy
Confessions of a Former Bully
Nine-year-old Katie’s punishment for bullying classmates includes making up for the hurt she has caused, and so she decides to write a book about bullying, why it is not okay, and how to start being a better friend.

McCall-Smith, Alexander
Harriet Bean series
Harriet Bean loves a good mystery and she and her five extraordinary aunts are always ready for a new case.

McDonald, Megan
Judy Moody series
Third grader Judy Moody has a mood to fit every occasion and a special face to go with it.

McDonald, Megan
Stink series
More raucous adventures follow with Judy Moody’s little brother, Stink.

Meadows, Daisy
Rainbow Magic Fairies series
Jack Frost and his goblins are always trying to cause trouble for the Rainbow Magic Fairies.

Miles, Ellen
Puppy Place series
The Petersons are a foster family for young dogs. They have a puppy of their own, Buddy, but they love to help find the perfect owners for dogs in need.

Mills, Claudia
How Oliver Olson Changed the World
Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.

Montgomery, Lewis
Milo & Jazz series
Detectives-in-training Milo and Jazz join forces to tackle cases.

Napoli, Donna Jo
Sly the Sleuth series
Sly the Sleuth, also known as Sylvia, solves mysteries for her friends and neighbors through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire.

O’Brien, Patrick
You Are the First Kid on Mars
Using the most up-to-date designs and theories of what it will take to establish a base on Mars, you are off on an incredible journey, over 35 million miles to the red planet.

Osborne, Mary Pope
Magic Tree House Research Guides
Nonfiction companions to the Magic Tree House series.

Payne, Nina
Four in All
This simple 56 word poem encapsulates a child’s world, from the up close and personal (“eyes ears nose mouth”) to its far-reaching corners (“east west north south”) on their hands.

Pennypacker, Sara
Clementine series
Third grader Clementine and her best friend Margaret are always in the middle of another adventure.

Polacco, Patricia
Ginger and Petunia
When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herself. She becomes Ginger.

Prelutsky, Jack
Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face and Other Poems
An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.

Raczka, Bob
Guyku
Bob Raczka and Peter Reynolds present a humorous haiku collection perfect for guys (big and small) that celebrates outdoor fun throughout the seasons.

Roy, Ron
Capital Mysteries series
KC Corcoran and her friend Marshall Li live in Washington, D.C. They often find themselves solving mysteries at the White House, The Smithsonian, and other famous sites. Sometimes their friend, President Zachary Thornton helps them.

Salisbury, Graham
Calvin Coconut series
Nine-year-old Calvin lives in Hawaii with his mom and little sister. He’s a good kid, but somehow he always finds himself in trouble.

St. George, Judith
Stand Tall, Abraham Lincoln
Growing up poor in the backwoods of Kentucky and Indiana, Abraham Lincoln lost his mother before he was ten. But Sally Johnston, who married Abe’s father a year later, brought a library of books to their log cabin home and turned young Abe’s life around.

Scieszka, Jon
Time Warp Trio series
With the help of a magic book, Joe, Sam and Fred are able to travel through time.

Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author’s own drawings.

Stewart, Melissa
Tell Me Why, Tell Me How Series
This series answers basic questions about complex topics such as how fish breathe underwater and how chameleons change colors.

Stilton, Geronimo
Geronimo Stilton series
Geronimo Stilton is the mild-mannered editor of The Rodent’s Gazette, the largest newspaper on Mouse Island.

Stone, Rex
Dinosaur Cove series
Tom and Jamie can’t believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs. You are sure to find your favorite dinosaur in Dinosaur Cove, but you might wish you hadn’t! Check out this site for more about Dinosaur Cove.www.scholastic.com/dinosaurcove/

Various
Disney Fairies series
Tinker Bell and the other Never Fairies live in a great old maple tree in Neverland. Each fairy has her own talents and together they work to solve mysteries.

Various
Extreme Machines series
From race cars to military tanks, from the Goodyear blimp to toilet cleaners, these books give facts and figures on extreme machines and the jobs they help us do.

Various
Flat Stanley series
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

Warner, Sally
Super Emma
Third-grader Emma becomes a reluctant heroine when she defends a friend from the class bully.

The above list was compiled by Wakefield’s K-4 reading teachers
and the librarians of Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.

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