What We're Reading

Reading List:
*read aloud
2015-2016
Monkey, 6th Grade:

• *Mr. Revere and I
• George Washington True Patriot (Benge)
• Harry Potter Series
• *The Invention of Hugo Cabret
• *Treasure Island

Bunny, 4rd Grade-all the read alouds above, plus:

• Harry Potter Series
• George Washington True Patriot (Benge)
• The Penderwicks
• Recipe for Adventure - Various Cities (Giada DeLaurentis)

2014-2015
Monkey, 5th Grade:

• *Trumpet of the Swan
• *21 Balloons
• *My Side of the Mountain
• *Far Side of the Mountain
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
• Out of Darkness (Louis Braille Biography)
• *Rainbow Garden (Patricia St. John)
• *The Hobbit
• *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 
• *The Fields of Home (Ralph Moody)
• *Jungle Book
• *Fellowship of the Ring
• *The Phantom Tollbooth
• *The Princess and the Goblin (George MacDonald)
• *The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• Blood on the River, Jamestown 1607 ( historical fiction)
• *Tuck Everlasting
• *Sign of the Beaver
• *Mrs. Frisby and the Rates of NIMH
• Jared's Island
• *Island of the Blue Dolphins
• *Call It Courage
• *A Little Princess
• *Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• *The Cheshire Cheese Cat
• The Printer's Apprentice  ( historical fiction-Peter Zenger, colonial period)
• Amos Fortune, Free Man
• The Little Prince

Bunny, 3rd Grade-all the read alouds above, plus:

• Lara and the Gray Mare
• Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back
• Encyclopedia Brown
• The Princess Tales series (Gail Carson Levine)
• *Jungle Book
• Boxcar Children - Mystery in New York
• Magic Tree House-Lions at Lunchtime
• Magic Tree House-Viking Ships at Sunrise
• Spiderwick Series
• Nancy Drew books
• Mallory series 
• Grimmtastic series (Joan Holub)
• Whatever After series (Sarah Mlynowski)
• *The Light Princess (George MacDonald)
• The Door in the Wall
• True Princess (Zahler)
• The Princess and the Wild Swans (Zahler)
• The Thirteeth Princess (Zahler)
• Charlotte's Web
• *Ella Enchanted
• Magic Below Stairs
• The Secret Garden
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
• A Lion to Guard Us (historical fiction-European Settlers )
• The Little Prince 
• Jared's Island (history fiction-colonial NJ)
• The Hundred Dresses
• Calico Captive (French and Indian War)
• Floors
• The Courage of Sarah Noble
• Gaby, Lost and Found
• The Hundred Dresses
• Princess Academy
• Big Bad Detective
• Printer's Apprentice ( historical fiction-Peter Zenger, colonial period)
• Sisters 8 series

2013-2014
Monkey, 4th Grade:

• *Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Magician's Nephew, Horse and His Boy, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle
• *Holes
• *Little Britches, Man of the Family, The Home Ranch, Mary Emma & Company
• *Owls in the Family
• *Snow Treasure
• *Ember - City of Ember, People of Sparks, Diamond of Darkhold, Prophet of Yonwood
• Sugar Creek Gang - Tree House Mystery, Swamp Robber,  Killer Bear
• *Cricket in Times Square, Tucker's Countryside, Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
• *Mr. Popper's Penguins
• *Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
• *Treasures of the Snow
• *Floors, 3 Below, Field of Wacky Inventions
• *Wonder
• Endless Steppe
• *Forest
• Ice Story: Shackleton's Legendary Expedition
• 39 Clues - Books 1-6
• Weird School Series
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
• Captain Underpants Series
• Redwall
• *Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
• *Starry River of the Sky