Home of the Manatees

Alphabet/Math Books

G Is for Googal—A Math Alphabet Book by David M. Schwartz

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi

 

Rhyme and Repetition

If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries by Judith Viorst


Picture Books

Detective La Rue by Mark Teague

Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart

Nettie Jo’s Friends Patricia McKissak

The 11th Hour by Graeme Base

 

Sunshine State Books

Whittington by Alan Armstrong

A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff  

Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard

Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O’Connor

A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dan Bauer

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Spring by Betty Birney

No Dogs Allowed! By Bill Wallace

The President’s Daughter by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

Worth by A. LaFaye

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Say What? By Margaret Peterson Haddix

Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by Williams Wise

 

Chapter Books

Holes by Louis Sachar

Mania Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry

Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky

How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay by Julie Alvarez

Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Hoot by Carl Hiassen

 

 

Louis Sachar

Andrew Clements

Sharon Creech

Julie Alvarez

Rodman Philbrick

Lois Lowry

Favorite Authors

INCOMING FIFTH GRADE

(Other book titles by these authors are excellent choices.)

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