Rising 2nd and 3rd Annotated Bibliography
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David Adler’s mysteries
Cam Jansen
Cam has good friends and a photographic memory, both of which help her find and put together all those clues.
Allan Ahlberg’s books
about the Gaskitts
Man Who Wore All His Clothes, Woman Who Won Things, Cat Who Got Carried Away -- all are madcap adventures of Gaskitts.
Annie Barrows’s books
Ivy & Bean
The moment they see each other, they have no desire to become friends, but pranks and adventures change everything.
Marion Dane Bauer’s
The Very Little Princess
While visiting Grandmother, Zoey discovers a tiny princess doll who miraculously starts talking -- and bossing her.
Jeff Brown’s books
Flat Stanley
Stanley Lambchop was an ordinary boy till his bulletin board fell and flattened him. Now, 1/2” thick, he can do lots.
Denys Cazet’s books
Minnie and Moo
Lively action, colorful artwork, silly cows and their antics entertain newly independent readers chapter after chapter.
Andrea Cheng’s
Only One Year
Nine-year-old Sharon’s toddler brother goes to live for a year in China with their grandmother. Di Di is missed.
Joanna Cole’s books
The Magic School Bus
Miss Frizzle’s class takes lots of field trips -- fanciful romps with scientifically accurate results and cartoon pictures.
Roald Dahl’s
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Poultry farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean -- “equally mean” -- are out to get our hero -- noble, clever, Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Terry Denton’s books
Wombat & Fox
In the big city, Wombat and Fox have many adventures; they don’t go looking for trouble, but it finds them.
Kate DiCamillo’s books
Mercy Watson
Mercy, good-natured and adventurous, pampered like a child, lives inside the house with her doting owners.
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black’s
Spiderwick Chronicles
A note left at a bookstore read, “People need to know about this” -- 5 books; 1 adventure.
Jack Gantos’s books
Rotten Ralph
Ralph causes mischief and trouble, but Sarah loves him anyway. This book introduces him; other titles have themes.
Dan Gutman’s books
My Weird School
AJ’s new Pee Wee football coach wants the boys to do push-ups in the mud, and she wants girls on the team, too.
Katherine Hannigan’s
Emmaline and the Bunny
Lonely, friendless, Emmaline seeks out a wild bunny -- she finds it, loses it, finds it again, changing her parents and town.
Jessica Harper’s books
Uh-oh, Cleo
Eight-year-old Cleo Small has a twin brother Jack and a total of five siblings. This means one calamity after another for her.
Lillian Hoban’s books
Arthur
Arthur the chimp is worried about losing his loose tooth until his sister and babysitter teach him about bravery.
Russell Hoban’s
Frances books
Thelma tricks Frances into buying her old tea set. Thelma says no backsies on bargains. What can Frances do?
James Howe’s books
Houndsley and Catina
Catina the cat and Houndsley the dog are best friends, and they encourage each other as best friends usually do.
Jennifer Richard Jacobson’s
Andy Shane books
In these easy chapter books, the reader meets mischievous Andy, foster mom Granny Webb, bossy neighbor Dolores.
Barbara M. Joosse’s
Wild Willie mysteries
Willie with sidekicks Lucy and Kyle talk among themselves, carry out plans, and discover truths in easy chapter books.
Jeff Kinney’s books
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Greg’s mother forces him to keep a diary, where he records his days in writing and drawings with hilarious effect.
Laura Kvasnosky’s
Zelda & Ivy books
The spirited and dramatic fox sisters (bossy Zelda, gullible Ivy) find excitement and adventure indoors and out.
Ursula Le Guin’s
Catwings books
Down the alley in a dumpster, Jane Tabby gives birth to kits; but, these are no ordinary kittens -- they have wings.
Arnold Lobel’s
Mouse Tales
Seven mouse sons ask their papa to tell them a bedtime story; he tells them seven, one for each of his boys.
Lenore Look’s
Ruby Lu books
Ruby Lu achieves her dream, becoming a school “smile buddy”; she takes it seriously while slipping as a student.
Lois Lowry’s books
Gooney Bird Greene
New to Watertower Elementary, she dresses strangely and tells unbelievable stories that she claims are “absolutely true.”
James Marshall’s books
Rats on the Roof
Need something to tickle that funny bone? Here are seven silly stories about animals in amusing predicaments.
Megan McDonald’s books
Judy Moody or Stink
Third grader Judy and younger “bother” Stink star separately and together in one comical chapter book after another.
Mary Pope Osborne’s
Magic Tree House
History becomes fun in these books; step back in time for adventures with Jack and Annie after choosing era of interest.
Peggy Parish’s books
Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia turns ordinary tasks into extraordinary fun. She puts her heart and friendship into all she does.
Sara Pennypacker’s
Clementine books
“Spectacularful ideas always sproing up in my brain,” Clementine says. She has a nose for trouble, a good heart.
Dav Pilkey’s books
Captain Underpants
“Faster than a speeding waistband, more powerful than boxer shorts,” these stories offer humor, action, animation.
Cynthia Rylant’s books
Poppleton
City-pig Poppleton adjusts to small-town life in these beginning readers. He is one interesting pig, a charmer.
Jon Scieszka’s series
The Time Warp Trio
Friends Fred, Sam, and narrator Joe, with the help of “The Book,” slip in and out of danger as they become time travelers.
Marjorie Sharmat’s
Nate the Great
Getting all the facts, asking the right questions, narrowing down the suspects, Nate the detective likes to work alone.
Alexander McCall Smith’s Akimbo books
A young African boy devoted to wildlife conservation lives on a game preserve, helping and learning from his dad, a ranger.
Donald Sobol’s mysteries
Encyclopedia Brown
Whether Encyclopedia Brown solves cases for neighboring friends or policeman Dad, he has mysteries to crack.
Jane Yolen’s books
Commander Toad
Brave CDR Toad and his spaceship Star Warts crew are on a mission: to go where no spaceship has gone before.
Let the stories begin ...
Use this guide to browse for books and authors that may intrigue you. Don’t judge any book only by its cover. Let the cover, however, give you some clues to the adventures within. Read the annotations for more information to help you narrow your choices and make your selections. If you find a different book of interest by an author listed here, go ahead and read it, as long as the content is age-appropriate. (I can help with that. Email me with questions: lyusko@saintphilips.net.) Summer fun, finally here!