Mrs. Lambert’s Favorites
Children’sThe Sneetches
Tacky the Penguin Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Where the Sidewalk Ends I Want My Hat Back Amelia Bedelia The Hungry Thing Elephant and Piggie |
5th GradeThe Witches
The BFG Fish in a Tree My Side of the Mountain Julie of the Wolves Hatchet Island of the Blue Dolphins The Cay |
Personal FavoritesThe Last Lecture
The Giver Goodnight Mr. Tom Harry Potter Mockingbird The Five Love Languages The Boy in the Striped Pajamas When You Reach Me Books by Gary Paulsen |
Diocese of Marquette Book List
Students are required to read four of the books on this list outside of class. Books can be read independently, with an adult, or as a audiobook. Students will be asked to give a short and ungraded written or oral overview of the book they read to the teacher.
The Twenty-One Balloons, Dubois
Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery Big Red, Kjelgaard Any Book about the Life of a Saint |
Johnny Tremain, Forbes
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Lancelyn Mary Poppins, Travers |
Mysterious Benedict Society, Stewart
The Matchlock Gun, Edmonds The Wheel on the School, DeJong |
50 Books Kids Should Read Before They’re 12
The books in this list are in order of difficulty, ranging from picture books to more challenging chapter books. The list is provided by Common Sense Media and can be found at the following address:
www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/50-books-all-kids-should-read-before-theyre-12
www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/50-books-all-kids-should-read-before-theyre-12
Don’t Let the Penguin Drive the Bus
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Goodnight Moon The Snowy Day The Very Hungry Caterpillar Where the Wild Things Are Harold and the Purple Crayon The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Cat in the Hat Frog and Toad Are Friends The Last Stop on Market Street Madeline Winnie-the-Pooh Mercy Watson to the Rescue Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ivy + Bean Stuart Little |
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Charlotte’s Web Ramona and the Pest Coraline Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The Lion, the Witch, an the Wardrobe The Tale of Despereaux Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland Anne of Green Gables A Series of Unfortunate Events Bridge to Terabithia Bud, Not Buddy Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Hobbit The Lightning Thief Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing A Wrinkle in Time |
Esperanza Rising
Hold Fast I am Malala Inside Out and Back Again My Side of the Mountain Revolution is Not a Dinner Party Walk Two Moons Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Wonder Ender’s Game The Fellowship of the Ring The Hunger Games Legend March The Outsiders To Kill a Mockingbird |