HIT: MID: Short, funny books for ESL and Special Needs Students

[Cathy Rosenstock <CRMERCURY@AOL.COM>]

Thanks once again to LM_NET members.  You always come though. =20

Here are the suggestions made to my query about books that middle school kid=
s=20
(5-7) who are new English learners or special needs students might enjoy.

Cathy Rosenstock, LMS
Marlborough Middle School
Marlborough, MA 01752

crmercury@aol.com


Short, Easy Books that Middle School ESL and Special Needs Students May Enjo=
y
                    (recommeded by LM_NET members 9/2000)

Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine
Captain Underpants series  by Dav Pilkey
Amber Brown books by Danziger
any book by Suzy Kline  including Herbie Jones series
Amber Brown books by Danziger
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Ryland and Sucie Stevenson
Wayside School series by Louis Sachar
Julian Series by Ann Cameron
My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
Bunicula by James Howe
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
The Kids of Polk Street School series by Patricia Giff
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes
Jim Ugly series by Sid Fleichman
Slugs (verse) by David Greenberg (author) and Victoria Chess (il.)
Stinker from Space by Pamela Service
George Washington=E2=80=99s Sox by Elvira Woodruff
Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Matilda by Roald Dahl
I Won=E2=80=99t Let Them Hurt You (child abuse) by Linda Barr=20
Nothing Hurts but My Heart (scoliosis) by Linda Barr =20
other titles by Linda Barr (some are out of print)
Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
see titles in Sundance =E2=80=9Csupa duper=E2=80=9D catalog

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