Libraries of Foster
Suggested Reading for Grades K-5
*J AVI Poppy and Rye (or any book by this author) Avi
*J BAB Tuck Everlasting (or any book by this author) Babbit, Natalie
*J BEL PB The Curse of the Blue Figurine (or any book by this author) Bellairs, John
*J CLE Dear Mr. Henshaw (or any book by this author) Cleary, Beverly
*J CRE Heartbeat (or any book by this author) Creech, Sharon
*J DAH James and the Giant Peach (or any book by this author) Dahl, Roald
*J HIA Hoot (or any book by this author) Hiaasen, Carl
*J HOR One Year in Coal Harbor (or any book by this author) Horvath, Polly
*J IBB Which Witch? (or any book by this author) Ibbotson, Eva
*J JAN Moominsummer Madness (or any book by this author) Jansson, Tove
*J KON From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (or any book by this author) Konigsburg, E.L.
*J NAY Shiloh (or any book by this author) Naylor, Gloria
*J PAU Notes From the Dog (or any book by this author) Paulsen, Gary
*J PEC A Year Down Yonder (or any book by this author) Peck, Richard
*J SPI Hokey Pokey (or any book by this author) Spinelli, Jerry
*J WHI The Trumpet of the Swan (or any book by this author) White, E.B.
J APP The One and Only Ivan Applegate, Katherine
J BAR Peter Pan Barrie, James
J BON A String In the Harp Bond, Nancy
J BOY The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket Boyne, John
J DIC The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate
J DIT The Search for Wondla DiTerlizzi, Tony
J FUN Fearless: a Mirrorworld novel Funke, Cornelia
J FUS Beholding Bee Fusco, Kim
J KUR Adventures of a South Pole Pig Kurtz, Chris
J LAI Inside Out and Back Again Lai, Thanhha
J LIN Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Lin, Grace
J MAC The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt MacLachlan, Sarah
J MCC Homer Price McCloskey, Robert
J MER The Pushcart War Merrill, Jean
J NES The Book of Dragons Nesbit, E.
J ODE Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott
J PEA Tom’s Midnight Garden Pearce, Philippa
J PYL Otto of the Silver Hand Pyle, Howard
J RHO Ninth Ward Rhodes, Jewell Parker
J SAN Rootabaga Stories Sandburg, Carl
J SCI Spaceheadz Scieszka, Jon
J SEL The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick, Brian
J SMI The Hundred and One Dalmatians Smith, Dodie
J SPY Heidi Spyri, Johanna
J STE Abel’s Island Steig, William
J STE Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis
J THO The New Policeman Thompson, Kate
J THU The 13 Clocks Thurber, James
J TWA Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark
J VAN Navigating Early Vanderpool, Clare
J VAN The Great Cheese Conspiracy Van Leuuwen, Jean
J WIL Firebrat Willard, Nancy
J WIL The Little House books (Little House in the Big Woods) Wilder, Laura Ingalls
J WRE Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Dealing With Dragons) Wrede, Patricia
J ALE The Prydain Chronicles (The Book of Three) Alexander, Lloyd
SERIES J BAR Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers) Barry, David
SERIES J BOS The Secret Series (The Name of This Book Is Secret) Bosch, Pseudonymous
SERIES J COL Underland Chronicles (Gregor the Overlander) Collins, Suzanne
J COO The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Over Sea, Under Stone) Cooper, Susan
SERIES J DLA The Last Dragon Chronicles (The Fire Within) D’Lacey, Chris
SERIES J HAD The Shadow Children (Among the Hidden) Haddix, Margaret Peterson
SERIES J HOR Legends (Battles and Quests) Horowitz, Anthony
SERIES J KOR On the Run (Chasing the Falconers) Korman, Gordon
J LIN The Pippi Longstocking series (Pippi Longstocking) Lindgren, Astrid
J LOW The Anastasia series (Anastasia Krupnik) Lowry, Lois
J MCK The Casson Family series (Saffy’s Angel) McKay, Hilary
SERIES J NIM Children of the Red King (Midnight For Charlie Bone) Nimmo, Jenny
J NOR The Borrowers series (The Borrowers) Norton, Mary
SERIES J OSB The Magic Treehouse (Dinosaurs Before Dark) Osborne, Mary Pope
SERIES J RIO The Kane Chronicles (The Red Pyramid) Riordan, Rick
SERIES J SAG Septimus Heap (Magyk) Sage, Angie
J STE The Mysterious Benedict Society series (The Mysterious Benedict Society) Stewart, Trenton Lee
J TRA Mary Poppins series (Mary Poppins) Travers, P.L.
SERIES J VAN Sammy Keyes (Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief) Van Draanen, Wendelin