Great Books for Fun, Thrills and Chills!

Picture Books

Allard, Harry, Miss Nelson is Missing! Miss Nelson Has a Field Day.
Sweet Miss Nelson's class is misbehaving--it is time for the dreaded Miss Viola Swamp to take over.

Bemelmans, Ludwig, Madeline series.
Spunky Madeline has her many adventures with the other girls and Miss Clavel in Paris.

Brett, Jan, Comet's Nine Lives, First Dog, Trouble With Trolls.  
These wonderful books have illustrations that help tell the story.  

Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degan, The Magic Schoolbus in the Time of the Dinosaurs, and others in the series.
Full of facts in an exciting tale about the discoveries made by Miss Frizzle's class.

Coerr, Eleanor, Sadako.
The inspiring story of the hopes of a dying child in Japan.  

Cooney, Barbara, Miss Rumphius.
Touching story of the difference one person can make.  

De Brunhoff, The Babar series is still a favorite.

De Paola, Tomie, Strega Nona.
The Italian folktale of the kindly Strega Nona and her magic pasta pot.

Demi, The Empty Pot.
The Emperor is looking for an honest child. Will he find one?  

Flournoy, Valerie and Jerry Pinkney, The Patchwork Quilt.  
Memories of family times are stitched into this patchwork quilt.

Meddaugh, Susan, Martha Blah-Blah, Martha to the Rescue.
Further adventures of the talking dog with a way with alphabet soup.

Mitchell, Margaret King, Uncle Jed's Barbershop.
Uncle Jed has finally saved enough money to open his own shop, but his niece needs surgery.

Polacco, Patricia, Chicken Sunday.
The children hope to buy a special hat for a special person.

Steig, Sylvester, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Sylvester is turned into a rock. How can he become a donkey again?

Easy Chapter Books

Kline, Suzy, Horrible Harry series.
Funny tales of an energetic classroom of characters.

Giff, Patricia Reilly, The Kids of the Polk Street School.
Another series of classroom capers.

Lobel, Arnold, Frog and Toad series.
Stories of a lasting friendship.

Parish, Peggy, Amelia Bedelia series.
The funny misadventures of a maid who never quite understands directions.

Marshall, James, Rats on the Roof and other Stories.
When the rats move in, the other animals get worried.  

Osborne, Mary Pope, The Magic Tree House series.
Stories of Jack and Annie traveling through time.

Sharmat, Marjorie, Nate the Great series.
A detective for the primary set.

Poetry

Prelutsky, Jack, The New Kid on the Block and many others.
Collections of this poet's funny and insightful poems.

Silverstein, Shel, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, Light in the Attic, Falling Up.
A gifted poet with funny poems for all ages.

Classics

Anderson, Hans Christian, The Nightingale, The Snow Queen,
and other favorite fairy tales. You never hear them too often!

Collodi, Carlos, Pinocchio.
The real thing, without Jiminy Cricket. Great to read aloud.

Dahl, Roald, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Fun to read aloud for parents and kids.

Lindgren, Astrid, Pippi Longstocking.
The classic stories of Pippi and her unusual household.

Perrault, Charles, Beauty and the Beast, and other favorite fairy tales.

Travers, P.L., Mary Poppins.
Each chapter is a story of its own, and Mary isn't quite as perfect as the movie portrayed.

White, E.B., Charlotte's Web.
Who can forget how Charlotte saves Wilbur? Try Stuart Little too and compare it to the movie.

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