MARGARET E. HEGGAN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Kid's Corner

Washington Township Public Schools
Summer Reading Suggestions

Fourth to Fifth Grade

Author		Title
*Adler, David		The Babe and I
Atwater, Richard		Mr. Popper’s Penguins
*Avi		Windcatcher
Birney, Betty		The World According to Humphrey
Borden, Louise		Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman
*Blume, Judy		Fudge-A-Mania, Superfudge
*Byars, Betsy		The Summer of the Swans
Child, Lauren		Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
*Christopher, Matt		Sports related titles
*Cleary, Beverly		Dear Mr. Henshaw
*Clements, Andrew		The Landry News, Lunch Money
*Creech, Sharon		Love That Dog
*Dahl, Roald		Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
*DiCamillo, Kate		The Tale of Desperaux The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
*Danziger, Paula		United Tates of America
Gardiner, John		Stone Fox
Gray, Margaret		The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool
*Gutman, Dan		The Kid Who Ran for President The Homework Machine
Krull, Kathleen		Wish You Were Here: Emily’s Guide to the 50 States
*Macaulay, David		The Way Things Work
*Osborne, Mary Pope		American Tall Tales Magic Tree House Research Guides
Robinson, Barbara		The Best School Year Ever
Spinelli, Jerry		Maniac Magee
*White, E. B.		Charlotte’s Web
Popular Series
Carman, Patrick		The Dark Hills Divide
Coville, Bruce		The Unicorn Chronicles series
Children’s Press/various authors		True Tales series
Gantos, Jack		Joey Pigza series
Haddix, Margaret Peterson		Shadow Children series
Lowry, Lois		Anastasia series
Mazer, Anne		Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series
Sachar, Louis		Wayside School series
Scieszka, Jon		Time Warp Trio series
Snicket, Lemony		A Series of Unfortunate Events series
Sobol, Donald		Encyclopedia Brown
Various Authors		Dear America series My Name is America series
Various Authors		Graphic Novels (comic book format) Bone series Babymouse
Various Authors		The Royal Diaries series
* Other books by this author would also be appropriate