Re: TARGET: Middle school fantasy authors

["J. Kimball" <jakimball@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Steve's list is a good start on fantasy for advanced fifth grade.  Here are
a few more suggestions.

She has probably already read Zilpha Snyder, Natalie Babbitt, Norton
Juster, Lynne Reid Banks, Bruce Coville, J. K. Rowling, Sylvia Waugh, Mary
Norton, and Robert C. O'Brien.

One might add:
The Golden Compass (Bk.1 of His Dark Materials trilogy) by Philip Pullman
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Redwall by Brian Jacques (and sequels)
Alanna (Bk. 1 of Lioness Quartet) by Tamorra Pierce
Perloo the Bold by Avi
Dealing with Dragons (Bk. 1 of Enchanted Forest Chronicles) by Patricia Wrede
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
Flight of the Dragon Kyn (prequel to Dragon's Milk) by Susan Fletcher
Half Magic by Edward Eager (and sequels)
The Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (and sequels)
The White Mountains by John Christopher (Tripods series)
Narnia Chronicles (all seven books) by C. S. Lewis
Over Sea, Under Stone (Bk. 1 of Dark is Rising series) by Susan Cooper
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (and sequels)

and possibly these classics in their original texts:
Wizard of Oz and many sequels by L.F.Baum
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by L. Carroll
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Peter Pan by J. Barrie
Mary Poppins by P. Travers
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by M. Twain
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Howard Pyle

Joan Kimball

Steve Crandell wrote on September 22:
>        I'm looking for recommendations for middle school or higher
>level fanatasy authors who would be appropriate for a fifth grader with
>excellent reading skills.
>        I've already steered her to the following:
>                Lloyd Alexander
>                JRR Tolkein
>                Jane Yolen
>                Laurence Yep
>                Ursula K. LeGuin
>                Ray Bradbury
>                Edgar Allen Poe
>
>        Thanks in advance for all suggestions. Respondents can either
>contact me directly or through the listserv.
>
>Steve Crandell
>Media Center Specialist
>Academia Cotopaxi American International School
>Quito, Ecuador
>scrandell@cotopaxi.k12.ec


Joan Kimball, Librarian, Writer, Storyteller
Retired from Hart's Hill Elem, Whitesboro NY
Formerly of Clinton NY; moved Aug.1999 to Ayer MASS.
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