:: Contemporary/Elite 36 Book List 3-5 Grades 2019-20 ::

Author Title
Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting
Birney, Betty G. Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Byars, Betsy Wanted. . . Mud Blossom
Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse
Coerr, Eleanor Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth
Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius
Coville, Bruce Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Creech, Sharon Ruby Holler
Curtis, Paul Bud, Not Buddy
Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gannett, Ruth Stiles My Father’s Dragon
Gutman, Dan The Million Dollar Shot
Hannigan, Katherine Ida B…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun…  
Hobbs, Will Bearstone
Kehret, Peg Earthquake Terror
LaFaye, A. Worth
Levine, Ellen Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the…
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Look, Lenore Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other
Lord, Cynthia A Handful of Stars
Lowry, Lois All About Sam
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
Rappaport, Doreen Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever
Rodda, Emily Rowan of Rin
Rosenstock, Barb Camping Trip That Changed America
Ruckman, Ivy Night of the Twisters
Selznick, Brian Invention of Hugo Cabret
Smith, Roland Storm Runners
Speare, Elizabeth S. The Sign of the Beaver
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods
Wiles, Deborah Each Little Bird that Sings
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit

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