Books for the Beginning Reader



Super Series

Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows

Julian Rodriguez by Alexander Stadler

Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks

Phineas L. Macguire by Francis O’Roark Dowell

Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist by Jim Benton

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Inheiritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini

Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen

Shredderman by Wendelin Van Draanen

Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos

My Weird School by Dan Gutman

Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman

The Floods by Colin Thompson

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

The 39 Clues by various authors

Redwall by Brian Jacques

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Chet Gecko Mysteries by Bruce Hale

Fantastic Fiction

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

The BFG by Roald Dahl

The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Hoot by Carl Hiassen

Love, Ruby Lavendar by Deborah Wiles

Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

The Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery by Caroline Lawrence

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

The Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

Stop the Train! by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley… by Martine Murray

The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson

Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce

Mount Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley

The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Swindle by Gordon Korman

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by Sundee Tucker Frazier

Bunnicula by Deborah Howe

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall

Nifty Nonfiction

First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby

The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Cowboys & Longhorns by Jerry Stanley

Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren

When Royals Wore Ruffles: A Funny & Fashionable Alphabet! by Chesley McLaren and Pamela Jaber

A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Sing and Shout by Paul Janeczko

Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems About How Sports Began by Alice Low.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook and James Charleton

How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength by Ben Hillman

I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford

If America Were a Village by David J. Smith

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True… by Jon Scieszka

Authors to Look For

Judy Blume

Matt Christopher

Beverly Cleary

Andrew Clements

Bruce Coville

Roald Dahl

Kate DiCamillo

Jack Gantos

Patricia Reilly Giff

Dan Gutman

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Mary Downing Hahn

James Howe

Gordon Korman

Kathleen Krull

Gail Carson Levine

Lois Lowry

David Lubar

Mike Lupica

Gary Paulsen

Katherine Paterson

Dav Pilkey

Rick Riordan

Pam Munoz Ryan

Louis Sachar

Jerry Spinelli

Lawrence Yep

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Grand Graphic Novels

Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi

Lunch Lady and the… series by Jarrett Krosoczka

Babymouse series by Jennifer Holm

Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

Into the Volcano: A Graphic Novel by Don Wood

Coraline by Craig P. Russell

Bone series by Jeff Smith

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon

Magic Pickle by Scott Morse

Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Time by Aaron Reynolds

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O’Brien

The Secret Alliance series by Eleanor Davis

Berryessa Union School District

Summertime Recommended Reads

For Fourth and Fifth Graders

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