Book
Cover
Title
Horrible Harry Series
…too many titles to list.
Author
Suzy Kline
Genre
Review
Realistic
Fiction
Living up to his namesake,
Horrible Harry gets into all kinds
of mischief and difficulties in 2nd
and 3rd grade. RL 2.0 – 4.0
Cam Jansen Mystery Series David Adler
…too many titles to list.
Mystery
Secrets of Droon Series
…too many titles to list.
Tony Abbot
Fantasy
Fiction
Age-appropriate mystery stories
solved by spunky, amateur
sleuth, Cam Jansen. Most books
are 60 pages long in this series
of over 25 books. See also The
Young Cam Jansen series by the
same author. RL 2.5 – 4.0
Four friends, while hanging out
together, discover a staircase to a
magical world called Droon
where adventure and danger
await them. RL 3.0 -3.5
Owen Foote Series
Stephanie Greene
Realistic
Fiction
Owen Foote, 2nd grade Strongman
Owen Foote, Frontiersman
Owen Foote, Super Spy
Owen Foote, Mad Scientist
Owen Foote, Soccer Star
Owen Foote, Money Man
Chet Gecko Mystery Series Bruce Hale
…too many titles to list.
Mystery /
Animal
Story
Magic Tree House Series
…too many titles to list.
Mary Pope
Osborne
Fantasy
Fiction
Ivy & Bean Series
Anne Barrows
Realistic
Fiction
Ivy & Bean
……Break the Fossil Record
……Bound to be Bad
……And the Ghost That Had to Go
……Doomed to Dance
……Take Care of the Babysitter
8 year-old Owen always has an
angle, whether it’s earning
money to buy gags from a
catalog, saving his frontier fort
from destructive cousins, or
winning the science fair project.
Life lessons are learned through
humor and experience. RL 3.5
Sam Spade, watch out! Chet
Gecko is on the case solving kidsized mysteries. Kids and
parents will enjoy this reptilian
sleuth whose dialogue and cases
parody the famous gumshoe!
RL 3.5
With its strong characters,
imaginative plots, and just the
right dose of history and science,
this series is perfect for early
chapter-book readers.
RL 3.0 – 4.0
Two very different
neighborhood girls find great
friendship and adventures in
each others company. RL 3.2
‘Third Grade’ Series
Colleen McKenna Realistic
Fiction
Follows the many adventures of
classmates as they navigate the
ups and downs of third grade.
RL 3.5
Matt Christopher Sport
Series
….too many titles to list
Matt Christopher
Realistic
Fiction
Judy Moody (and Stink)
Series
…too many titles to list.
Megan
MacDonald
Realistic
Fiction
The master of the sports novel,
Matt Christopher, writes about
playing sports, sportsmanship
and the challenges, through
failure or success that all athletes
experience. RL 3.5 – 5.5
Humorous tales of grade-school
Judy Moody and her brother
(lovingly?) named “Stink”.
Although Judy can be ’moody’
her creative and spunky
personality make for great
stories. RL 3.5 – 3.8
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Animal
Stories
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni
describes her first summer in the
town of Naomi, Florida, and all the
good things that happen to her
because of her big ugly dog WinnDixie. A gentle, heart-warming
story. RL 3.9
Geronimo Stilton Series
…too many to titles to list.
Scholastic Books
Mystery
Fiction /
Animal
Stories
Investigative reporter, Geronimo
Stilton (a mouse) goes
undercover for “The Rodent
Gazette” to uncover crime and
injustice. RL 4.0 – 4.5
The Time Warp Trio Series Jon Scieszka
…too many titles to list.
Fantasy /
Historical
Fiction
The Year of Miss Agnes
Historical
Fiction
A trio of boys finds a magic
book that transports them back
through time where they
encounter many famous
historical figures, often with
hilarious and nearly disastrous
results. RL 4.0 - 6.0
Ten-year-old Fred (short for
Frederika) narrates the story of
school and village life among the
Athapascans in Alaska during
1948 when Miss Agnes arrived
as the new teacher. RL 4.2
Third Grade Wedding Bells?
Good Grief-- Third Grade
Third Grade Ghouls
Fourth Grade is a Jinx
Kirkpatrick Hill
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White
Animal
Stories
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when
he discovers that he is destined
to be the farmer's Christmas
dinner until his spider friend,
Charlotte, decides to help him.
RL 4.4
The Courage of Sarah
Noble
Anne Dalgleish
Historical
Fiction
An eight-year-old girl finds courage
to go alone with her father to build
a new home in the Connecticut
wilderness, and to stay with the
Indians when her father goes back
to bring the rest of the family.
RL 4.4
Fairy Realm Series
…too many titles to list.
Emily Rodda
Fantasy
Fiction
Young Jessie discovers a ‘fairy
realm’ inhabited by magical
creatures and has many
experiences that challenge and
excite her. RL 4.0 - 5.0
Catwings
Ursula LeGuin
Fantasy
Fiction /
Animal
Stories
Four young cats with wings
leave the city slums in search of
a safe place to live, finally
meeting two children with kind
hands. RL 4.3
Pippi Longstalking Series
Astrid Lindgren
Realistic
Fiction
One of the ‘original’
mischievous, assertive female
characters. Pippi goes on
adventure after adventure,
smiling all the way through. For
more mature readers. RL 4.5 -6.5
The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman
Historical
Fiction
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Tony DiTerlizzi
Fantasy
Fiction
A re-telling Mark Twain’s the
Prince and the Pauper in which a
bratty prince and his whipping
boy have many adventures when
they inadvertently trade places
after becoming involved with
dangerous outlaws. RL 4.5
Popular fantasy tales about the
adventures of three children as
they enter a world filled with
elves, goblins, dwarves, trolls,
and other fascinating creatures.
RL 4.3
Ink Drinker Series
Eric Sanvoisin
Mystery/
Horror
Fiction
Sara Pennypacker
Realistic
Fiction
Poppy
Avi
Animal
Stories
Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her
family to move next to a field of
corn big enough to feed them all
forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying
owl, has other ideas.
RL 4.8
Phineas L. MacGuire Series
Francis Dowell
Realistic
Fiction
Phyllis R. Naylor
Animal
Stories
4th grade science whiz-kid
Phineas L. MacGuire practices
his many science skills in these
engaging and humorous stories.
For slightly more mature
readers. RL 5.0 – 5.5
When he finds a lost beagle in
the hills behind his West
Virginia home, Marty tries to
hide it from his family and the
dog's real owner, a mean-spirited
man known to shoot deer out of
season and to mistreat his dogs.
RL 5.0
Akiko Series
…too many to list.
Mark Crilley
Science
Fiction
In the first book, 10 year-old Akiko
has an unexpected adventure when
she is whisked away to a distant
planet and put in charge of the
rescue mission that must search for
the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit.
RL 5.2
Clarice Bean Series
Lauren Child
Realistic
Fiction
This chapter-book series features
the hilarious escapades of the
spunky and irrepressible Clarice
and her eccentric family. For
more mature readers. RL 5.3
The Ink Drinker
Straw for Two
The City of Ink Drinkers Little
Red Ink Drinker
Clementine Series
Clementine, The Talented
Clementine
Clementine's Letter
Clementine, Friend of the Week
Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts!
Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed!
Phineas L. MacGuire Blasts Off!
Shiloh Series
Shiloh
Saving Shiloh
Shiloh Season
Short, off-beat stories about a
young boy who works in his
father’s book store and discovers
the vampire-like ‘Ink Drinker’
who has consumed the ink off of
centuries of book’s pages and
falls under his spell. For more
mature readers. Translated from
the French. RL 4.5 -5.0
A transitional chapter book
based on the adventures and
misadventures of sweet,
humorous and sometimes
mischievous 3rd grader,
Clementine. RL 4.5
Babe: The Gallant Pig
Dick King-Smith
Animal
Stories
A brave little piglet, destined for the
dinner table, is befriended by the
farm’s sheepdog and discovers a
hidden talent that will save his life.
For more advance readers.
RL 5.8
Phineas L. MacGuire Series
Francis Dowell
Realistic
Fiction
4th grade science whiz-kid
Phineas L. MacGuire practices
his many science skills in these
engaging and humorous stories.
For slightly more mature
readers. RL 5.0 – 5.5
The Mouse and the
Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary
Animal
Stories
A reckless young mouse named
Ralph makes friends with a boy in
room 215 of the Mountain View Inn
and discovers the joys of
motorcycling. A Classic tail! (sic)
RL 5.6
Shredderman Series
Wendelin van
Draanen
Realistic
Fiction
Adventures of a self-described
nerd who decides to fight
injustice by adopting the superhero identity of the ‘online’
Shredderman. Amusing stories
for slightly more mature readers.
RL 5.9
Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts!
Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed!
Phineas L. MacGuire Blasts Off!
Secret Identity
Attack of the Tagger
Enemy Spy
Meet the Gecko