Suggested Summer 2006 Reading Lists
4th to 5th Grade
These lists are just a small selection of what's available. If you like a book, try a different one by the same author. Books with a star (*) are books published within the last few years. Books with two stars (**) are nominees for the year 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award (CCBA). Students will vote for their favorite next school year to determine the winners. In order to vote, a student must have read or had read to them at least three of the nominated books.
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Amato | The Word Eater* |
| Armstrong | Whittington* (2006 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Avi | The Good Dog* |
| Babbitt | Tuck Everlasting |
| Barron | Tree Girl* |
| Bellairs | The House With a Clock in its Walls |
| Black | The Ironwood Tree* ** (Spiderwick Series) |
| Blume | Double Fudge* (2004 CCBA Winner) |
| Brisson | The Summer my Father Was Ten |
| Bunting | Smoky Night |
| Burnett | A Little Princess |
| Carman | The Dark Hills Divide* |
| Carman | Beyond the Valley of the Thorns* ** (Sequel to The Dark Hills Divide) |
| Cleary | Ramona's World |
| Clements | Frindle |
| Clements | The Landry News |
| Clements | The School Story* |
| Colfer | The Legend of Spud Murphy* |
| Coville | Aliens Ate My Homework |
| Cox | Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café |
| Creech | Love That Dog* |
| Creech | Granny Torrelli Makes Soup* |
| Creech | Ruby Holler* |
| Creech | Heartbeat* |
| Cronin | Diary of a Spider* ** |
| Dahl | The Witches |
| DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie* (2003 CCBA runner up) |
| DiCamillo | The Tale of Despereaux* (2004 Newbery Award) |
| DuPrau | The City of Ember* |
| DuPrau | The People of Sparks* ** (Sequel to The City of Ember) |
| Erickson | Hank the Cowdog books |
| Evans | Apple Island, or the Truth About Teachers |
| Fisher | Understood Betsy* (a reissued classic) |
| Fleischman | Bandit's Moon |
| Fritz | Leonardo's Horse* |
| Giff | Nory Ryan's Song* and its sequel, Maggie's Door* |
| Gilson | Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs |
| Gregory | Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile* |
| Gurney | Dinotopia |
| Haddix | Among the Hidden (series) Among the Betrayed* |
| Hannigan | Ida B.* ** |
| Hiaasen | Hoot* |
| Hiaasen | Flush* ** |
| Hobbs | Kokopelli's Flute |
| Holm | Our Only May Amelia* (2000 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Horvath | Everything on a Waffle* (2002 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Ibbotson | The Secret of Platform 13 |
| Kehret | Earthquake Terror* |
| Lasky | The Capture* and others in the series |
| Lasky | Marven of the Great North Woods |
| Levine | The Princess Test (and other Princess Tales) |
| Levine | Ella Enchanted (1998 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Lindquist | Wander* |
| Lowry | Anastasia Krupnik series |
| Martin | Belle Teal* |
| Martin | The Doll People* |
| Martin | The Meanest Doll in the World* (2006 CCBA Runner-up) |
| McDonald | Judy Moody Predicts the Future* |
| Mills | Gus and Grandpa and the Two-Wheeled Bike |
| Mochizuki | Baseball Saved Us |
| Muth | Zen Shorts* ** (2006 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Naylor | The Boys Start the War, the Girls Get Even |
| Naylor | Saving Shiloh (2000 CCBA runner up) |
| Paulsen | Brian's Hunt* |
| Peck | A Long Way from Chicago (1999 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Peck | A Year Down Yonder* (sequel to above book) (2001 Newbery Award) |
| Peck | Fair Weather* |
| Peters | Revenge of the Snob Squad |
| Polacco | Mr. Lincoln's Way* |
| Polacco | Thank You, Mr. Falker |
| Rawls | Where the Red Fern Grows |
| Rowling | Harry Potter books |
| Ryan | Esperanza Rising* |
| Ryan | Becoming Naomi León* ** |
| Sachar | Marvin Redpost books |
| Sachar | Holes (1999 Newbery Award) |
| San Souci | Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale |
| Scieszka | Math Curse |
| Scieszka | Science Verse* |
| Scieszka | Time Warp Trio books |
| Smith | Cryptid Hunters* ** |
| Snicket | Series of Unfortunate Events books |
| Snyder | The Headless Cupid |
| Spinelli | Loser* (2005 CCBA Runner-up) |
| Thomassie | Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale |
| Vande Velde | Smart Dog |
| Venokur | The Amazing Frecktacle |
| Walker | Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of Tall Tales |
| Wallace | Trapped in Death Cave |
| Weeks | So B. It* ** |
| Winthrop | Castle in the Attic |
| Woodruff | The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure |
| Woodson | Show Way* (2006 Newbery Honor Book) |
| MORE ADVANCED FICTION | |
| Alcott | Little Women |
| Avi | Crispin: the Cross of Lead* (2003 Newbery Award) |
| Barron | The Lost Years of Merlin and others in the Merlin series |
| Barry | Peter and the Starcatchers* (2006 CCBA Winner) |
| Coville | Song of the Wanderer* (sequel to Into the Land of the Unicorns) |
| Curtis | Bud, Not Buddy (2000 Newbery Award) |
| Curtis | The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 (1996 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Giff | Pictures of Hollis Woods* |
| Hobbs | The Maze |
| Kerr | Children of the Lamp: The Akhenatan Adventure* |
| Oppel | Silverwing |
| Paolini | Eragon* (2005 CCBA Winner) |
| Patterson | Lyddie |
| Rawls | Where the Red Fern Grows |
| Spinelli | Wringer (2000 CCBA runner up) (1998 Newbery Honor Book) |
| INTERESTING NON-FICTION | |
| Agee | Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis! More Palindromes* |
| Aliki | William Shakespeare and the Globe* |
| Arbogast | Buildings in Disguise: Architecture That Looks Like Animals, Food, and Other Things* |
| Armstrong | Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World |
| Bridges | Through My Eyes |
| Busby | First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane* |
| Byrd | Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer* |
| Cole | Apollo 13: Space Emergency |
| Curlee | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World* |
| Duggleby | Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood (Biography) |
| Harness | Ghosts of the White House |
| Jackson | Turn of the Century |
| Jenkins | The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest* |
| Krull | Lives of the Athletes: Thrill, Spills.and What the Neighbors Thought |
| Krull | Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times.and What the Neighbors Thought |
| Krull | Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez* (Biography) |
| Lasky | The Librarian Who Measured the Earth |
| Lasky | The Man Who Made Time Travel* |
| Lewis | Doodle Dandies: Poems at a Glance |
| Longfellow/Bing | What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks & Chopsticks* |
| Pfleger | A Day With Picasso* |
| Pringle | An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly |
| Schyffert | The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 13 Astronaut Michael Collins* |
| Thayer | Casey at the Bat* (2001 Caldecott Honor Book) |