For
Reading Out Loud!
These books can be found in J Fiction.
Suggested listening levels follow each
title.
Adventure Stories
Author Title
Aiken The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (4-6)
Alexander Westmark (5-8)
Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone (4-7)
Fleischman By the Great Horn Spoon (3-5)
George My Side of the Mountain (4-6)
Kehret The Secret Journey (3-5)
McSwigan Snow Treasure (4-7)
Morpurgo Kensuke’s Kingdom (4-8)
O’Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins (4-6)
Stevenson Treasure Island (5-8)
Animal Stories
Author Title
Avi Poppy (3-5)
Bond A Bear Called Paddington (K-4)
Dahl Fantastic Mr. Fox (K-4)
Dicamillo Tale of Despereaux (3-6)
Grahame The Wind in the Willows (2-8)
King-Smith Three Terrible Trins (K-3); Harriet’s Hare (1-4)
Mowat Owls in the Family (3-6)
O’Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (3-6)
Selden The Cricket in Times Square (K-4)
Steig Abel’s Island (4-8)
Families
Author Title
Babbitt Tuck Everlasting (3-8)
Dicamillo Because of Winn Dixie (3-6)
Enright The Saturdays (4-6)
Estes The Moffats (1-4)
Fitzgerald The Great Brain (2-5)
Lowry Anastasia Again (5-8)
Mason Quigley’s at Large (2-4)
Norton The Borrowers (3-6)
Sidney Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (3-6)
Taylor All-of-a-Kind Family (K-3)
Historical Fiction
Author Title
Brink Caddie Woodlawn (3-6)
Clemens The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (4-8)
Dalgleish The Courage of Sarah Noble (2-5)
Hunt Across Five Aprils (5-8)
Lawson Ben and Me (2-4)
McCaughrean Stop the Train (5-8)
McLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall (2-5)
Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond (5-8)
Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (4-6)
Humorous Stories
Author Title
Atwater Mr. Popper’s Penguins (K-3)
Clements Frindle (4-6)
Fleischman Humbug Mountain (3-7)
Gantos Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Hiaasen Hoot (4-8)
Howe Bunnicula (2-6)
Merrill The Pushcart War (3-7)
Peck Soup (3-5); A Long Way From
Chicago
Robertson Henry Reed Inc (5-7)
Rockwell How to Eat Fried Worms (3-6)
Rodgers Freaky Friday (3-8)
Author Title
Bellairs The House with a Clock in its Walls (5-8)
Brooks Freddy the Detective (2-6)
Konigsberg From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (4-6)
Masterman-Smith Treasure Trap (4-7)
Newman The Baker Street Irregulars (3-6)
Roberts The Minden Curse (4-6)
Snyder The Egypt Game (4-7)
VanLeeuwen Great Googlestein Museum Mystery (2-4)
Author Title
Adams Watership Down (5-8)
Christopher The White Mountains (4-6)
Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone (4-6)
Coville Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher; Jennifer
Murdley’s Toad (3-6)
Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (3-6); The BFG (3-5)
Funke Inkheart (4-8)
Hunter A Stranger Came Ashore (4-7)
Kennemore Circle of Doom (3-6)
LeGuin The Wizard of Earthsea ( 6-8)
L’Engle A Wrinkle in Time (3-8)
Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (3-8)
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Midland
ForReadingOutLoud
SW 8/2004