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Ms. Flores’s Favorite New

Books for Summer Reading


Family Read-Aloud


The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane


For Second and Third Graders


Mummy’s Mother by Johnston

Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Look

The Story of a Seagull & the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

by Sepulveda

Three Good Deeds by VandeVelde



For Fourth and Fifth Graders


The Penderwicks by Birdsall

The Star of Kazan by Ibbotson

Troll Fell by Langrish

The BossQueen, LittleBark & the Sentinel Pup by Jordan

Ugly by Napoli

Airborn by Oppel




Movie Tie-ins

Hoot by Hiaasen

Aquamarine by Hoffman

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ("Cars")


Our Havens students generated this list of the best books they read in the 2005-2006 school year.

I-Can-Read Books for 1st and 2nd Graders
Arthur (the monkey) series by Hoban
Amelia Bedelia books by Parish
Frog and Toad stories by Lobel
Dr. Seuss I-can-read titles
Henry and Mudge series by Rylant

Transitional Chapter Books for 2nd and 3rd Graders
A to Z Mysteries by Roy
Horrible Harry series by Kline
Junie B. titles by Park
Encyclopedia Brown books by Sobol
American Girl books by Tripp
Boxcar Children mysteries by Warner
Beverly Cleary books
Secrets of Droon series by Abbott
Cobble Street Cousins series by Rylant
Magic Tree House books by Osborne
Dragon Slayer’s Academy by McMullan
Jigsaw Jones mysteries by Preller
Little House series by Wilder
Amelia Notebook titles by Moss
Bunnicula books by Howe

Novels for Third, Fourth and Fifth Graders
Series of Unfortunate Events by Snicket
A Wrinkle in Time and other Murry Family titles by L’Engle
Fudge books by Blume
Holes/Small Steps by Sachar
Silverwing/Sunwing/Firewing trilogy by Oppel
Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis
Peter and the Starcatchers by Barry & Pearson
Edge Chronicles by Stewart
Harry Potter books by Rowling
Eragon/Eldest by Paolini
Molly Moon books by Byng
Poppy series by Avi
Half Magic series by Eager
Whals on Stilts by Anderson
Emily Windsnap books by Kessler
Redwall series by Jacques
Artemis Fowl books by Colfer
I, Jack by Finner
Hardy Boy mysteries by Dixon
Nancy Drew mysteries by Keene
Clarice Bean novels by Child
My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier

Anything by these Favorite Authors
Roald Dahl
E. B. White
Sharon Creech
Dick King-Smith
Cornelia Funke
Gary Paulsen
Kate DiCamillo
J. R. R. Tolkien
Bruce Coville
Pam Munoz Ryan
Tamora Pierce
(and poet) Shel Silverstein 

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