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Recommended Fall Reading List
First Grade
Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes By Alice Schertle; illustrations by Petra Mathers; ISBN: 9780152050504
Children will relate to these poems about clothing, from "hang loose laces" to "Emily's undies/fit for a queen" to "Rick's wool sweater," which makes Rick itchy and twitchy. All of the clothes are worn by animal characters, and the poems are told from the point of view of the clothing. (Harcourt, 2009)
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Second Grade
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters By Lenore Look; illustrations by LeUyen Pham; ISBN: 9780375857058
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their hometown hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns he can be brave despite his fear of everything. (Schwartz & Wade, 2009)
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Third Grade
John Henry By Julius Lester; illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; ISBN: 9780803716063
This retelling adds some modern twists to the classic legend of the African-American hero who races against a steam drill to cut a path through a mountain for the railroad. (Dial, 1994)
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Fourth Grade
The Magician's Elephant By Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka; ISBN: 9780763644109
Ten-year-old Peter meets a fortune teller in the market, and she tells him his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive. He then begins a series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her. (Candlewick, 2009)
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Fifth Grade
Number the Stars By Lois Lowry; ISBN: 9780395510605
During the German occupation of Denmark in 1943, 10-year-old Annemarie shows great courage when she helps her Jewish friend escape from the Nazis. (Houghton, 1989)
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Sixth Grade
When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead (2010 John Newbery Medal winner); ISBN: 9780385737425
A 12-year-old girl in New York tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. (Wendy Lamb, 2009)
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