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Hi! I got many good ideas for books to use with my students. Here is the list. Hope I did not duplicate any titles. Science Fiction for Grades 3 - 5 The My Teacher Is An Alien series by Coville, Norby Queen's Necklace by Asimov Zathura by Van Alisburg The Wump World by Bill Peet There is an old series from the 1960s called Matthew Looney Izoo by Nancy Robinson Believe it or not, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl is Sci fi. a series called Delthora Quest Fat Men from Space by Daniel M. Pinkwater Stinker from Space by Pamela Service Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathan Etra The Forgotten Door by Key with fifth grade I stretched the Catwings books by LeGuin and The Lemonade Trick by Corbett into the genre and use with third grade. Commander Toad series by Yolen will work with your second graders. Of those listed below I can strongly recommend: Rodomonte's Revenge (gr. 3 or 4) Shape-Changer, Earthborn, Space Race, and Star Hatchling (all gr. 4 -6) as especially good choices: The fungus that ate my school Dorros, Arthur Science fair bunnies Lasky, Kathryn Alistair in outer space Sadler, Marilyn Alistair's time machine Sadler, Marilyn June 29, 1999 Wiesner, David The Random House book of science fiction stories edited by Mike Ashley I was a third grade science project Auch, MaryJane Star hatchling Bechard, Margaret Shape-changer Brittain, Bill The hairy horror trick Corbett, Scott Aliens ate my homework Coville, Bruce Aliens stole my body Coville, Bruce The attack of the two-inch teacher Coville, Bruce. I was a sixth grade alien Coville, Bruce It goes eeeeeeeeeeeee Gilson, Jamie Zap! I'm a mind reader Greenburg, Dan. Among the Barons Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Escape to Witch Mountain Key Alexander Return from Witch Mountain Key, Alexander Alien secrets Klause, Annette Curtis A swiftly tilting planet L'Engle, Madeleine A wind in the door L'Engle, Madeleine A wrinkle in time L'Engle, Madeleine Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois The giver Lowry, Lois Miss Pickerell goes to the Arctic MacGregor, Ellen The greatest show off earth Mahy, Margaret The computer that ate my brother Marney, Dean, Ned Feldman, space pirate Pinkwater, Daniel Manus The gigantic ants and other cases Simon, Seymour The time machine: and other cases Simon, Seymour C.O.L.A.R: a tale of outer space Slote, Alfred The case of the gasping garbage Torrey, Michele. The case of the graveyard ghost, and other super-scientific cases Torrey, Michele. The case of the Mossy Lake monster: and other super-scientific cases Torrey, Michele. Earthborn Waugh, Sylvia. Space race Waugh, Sylvia. My teacher flunked the planet Coville, Bruce The Wrath of Squat Coville, Bruce. The search for the missing bones Moore, Eva. Rodomonte's Revenge Paulsen, Gary Book of names Peel, John The fight for justice Peel, John, 1954 Help! I'm trapped in an alien's body Strasser, Todd The outer space mystery Warner, Gertrude Chandler Animorphs June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner to introduce criteria for sci fi. City of Ember, very interesting Sci Fi novel for intermediate readers Space Race and sequels by Wahl. My Robot Buddy, by Alfred Slote to grade 5. It is easy to read aloud, short and has an interesting plot. You can stress the changes in technology since it was written in 1975 and the fact that the predictions (solar cars everywhere) are not all true yet. My Trip to Alpha One is also by Slote and I really like it, too. Isaac Asimov's Norby series is very popular with my students. Mark Crilley's Akiko series is also popular. Grade 2: Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen is a take-off of Star Trek and Star Wars. They are very funny. Even a video was made. It's a bit cheesy but might be worth using. Also look for Star Wars early readers --if you can find them. They are out of print. Star Wars theme books come in many reading levels. They are not great literature, but may do. They'll have series names like Jedi Academy. I had a lot of fun last spring comparing an old original Star Trek TV show with the video of Commander Toad and asking 5th graders to find similarities and differences. Magic Tree House books? The characters time travel back into history, I believe. I'm not sure how. Maybe they are more fantasy than SF. Or Time Warp Trio. Pendragon series by MacHale: starting with Merchant of Death about a boy who encounters somebody called a Traveler who’s able to go between worlds on adventures. You might try Dr. Who stories which feature 2 earthlings who get caught up in interstellar travel via a space vehicle disguised as a British phone booth. The Green book by Walsh and Bobo Crazy by Sadler are both good lower level science fiction. Marcia Gemler Librarian, Cleveland Municipal Schools mgemler@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------