Summertime Favorites

Grades 4-6

Listed by title and author.

Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery, L.M.
Ben and Me. Lawson, Robert.
Betsy-Tacy. Lovelace, Maud Hart.
Black Beauty. Sewell, Anna.
The Black Stallion. Farley, Walter.
The Borrowers. Norton, Mary.
Bronzeville Boys and Girls. Brooks, Gwendolyn.
Bridge to Terabithia. Paterson, Katherine.
Bunnicula. Howe, Deborah.
Caddie Woodlawn. Brink, Carol Ryrie.
Castle. Macaulay, David.
The Children of Green Knowe. Boston, L.M.
The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis, C.S.
The Complete Fairy Tales (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc.). Perrault, Charles.
The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Hänsel and Gretel, Rapunzel, etc.). Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm.
The Dark is Rising Sequence. Cooper, Susan.
Doctor Dolittle. Lofting, Hugh.
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Hughes, Langston.
Half Magic. Eager, Edward.
Fairy Tales. Andersen, Hans Christian.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Konigsburg, E.L.
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. Dodge, Mary Mapes.
Harriet the Spy. Fitzhugh, Louise.
Heidi. Spyri, Johanna.
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. Field, Rachel.
Homer Price. McCloskey, Robert.
The House of Dies Drear. Hamilton, Virginia.
The Jungle Books. Kipling, Rudyard.
Lassie Come Home. Knight, Eric.
Little House on the Prairie. Wilder, Laura Ingalls.
Mary Poppins. Travers, P. L.
The Matchlock Gun. Edmonds, Walter D.
Misty of Chincoteague. Henry, Marguerite.
The Moffats. Estes, Eleanor.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. O’Brien, Robert C.
My Side of the Mountain. George, Jean Craighead.
The Phantom Tollbooth. Juster, Norton.
Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren, Astrid.
Prydain Chronicles. Alexander, Lloyd.
The Pushcart War. Merrill, Jean.
The Railway Children. Nesbit, E.
Rascal. North, Sterling.
The Rescuers. Sharp, Margery.
Rip Van Winkle. Irving, Washington.
Roller Skates. Sawyer, Ruth.
Sarah Plain and Tall. Maclachan, Patricia.
The Secret Garden. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
Strawberry Girl. Lenski, Lois.
The Summer of the Swans. Byars, Betsy.
Swiss Family Robinson. Wyss, Johann.
Tales from Shakespeare. Lamb, Charles and Mary.
Thimble Summer. Enright, Elizabeth.
To Be A Slave. Lester, Julius.
Tom’s Midnight Garden. Pearce, Philippa.
Tuck Everlasting. Babbitt, Natalie.
The Wind in the Willows. Grahame, Kenneth.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum, L. Frank.

Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles.
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales.
Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting.
Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe.
Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn.
Brooks, Gwendolyn. Bronzeville Boys and Girls.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden.
Byars, Betsy. The Summer of the Swans.
Cooper, Susan. The Dark is Rising Sequence.
Dodge, Mary Mapes. Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates.
Eager, Edward. Half Magic.
Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun.
Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer.
Estes, Eleanor. The Moffats.
Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion.
Field, Rachel. Hitty: Her First Hundred Years.
Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Hänsel and Gretel, Rapunzel, etc.).
Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear.
Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague.
Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula.
Hughes, Langston. The Dream Keeper and Other Poems.
Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Books.
Knight, Eric. Lassie Come Home.
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare.
Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me.
Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl.
Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave.
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia.
Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking.
Lofting, Hugh. Doctor Dolittle.
Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy.
Macaulay, David. Castle.
Maclachan, Patricia. Sarah Plain and Tall.
McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price.
Merrill, Jean. The Pushcart War.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables.
Nesbit, E. The Railway Children.
North, Sterling. Rascal.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers.
O’Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.
Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.
Pearce, Philippa. Tom’s Midnight Garden.
Perrault, Charles. The Complete Fairy Tales (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc.).
Sawyer, Ruth. Roller Skates.
Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty.
Sharp, Margery. The Rescuers.
Spyri, Johanna. Heidi.
Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie.
Wyss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson.

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