[LM_NET] Hit: K-5 Classroom Set Suggstions

[Ronda Foust <ryfoust@COMCAST.NET>]

Thanks again to all who responded. Here is the list of titles I received: 

Stone Fox (2nd/3rd grade) 

Look at Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy - the story is good, sort of video gamish, 
it generates some critical thinking questions, and people who think they don't like 
Science Fiction will change their mind after reading it! Ages 8 or 9 to 12. From 
amazon: 
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Un-Nancy-Etchemendy/dp/0439313317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249247222&sr=8-1
 

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Julie of the Wolves 
A Year Down Yonder 
Long Way from Chicago 
Where the Red Fern Grows 
Matilda 
Boxcar Children 
Magic Tree House (especially with a couple of the research guides included) 
Bailey School Kids 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / or Great Glass Elevator 
Sign of the Beaver 

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Mallory by Laurie Friedman 
Emma Dilemma by Patricia Hermes 
Blast to the Past! by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon 

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I'm coming at this from a teacher's point of view, having just moved from the 
classroom (I've taught 3-5) to the library. Here are some that my kids loved to 
read, though: 

Frindle by Andrew Clements (3-5) 
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements (5th grade +) 
actually, almost any Andrew Clements - No Talking is another fav for 3-5 
Hatchet by Gary Paulson (5+) 
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret (3-5) * a great bio 
A Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn (4-5) 




Ronda Y. Foust, Librarian 
Hardin Valley Elementary School 
Knoxvile, TN 
http://hardinvalleyes.knoxschools.org (then click on "Library Media Center) 
http://thebookdragon.blogspot.com 

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