"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Christmas_Pageant_Ever
- One of my [JNP] favorites. I remember laughing hysterically at the description of the kids playing a game based on slamming the garage door down and trying to hit each other.
"The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth
- My teacher read this to us in second (?) grade. I remember moving and never having finished the book. What I did hear was very good.
"Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_the_Spy
"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden
"Stuart Little" by E. B. White Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Little
"Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory
"James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story" by Roald Dahl Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch,_and_the_Wardrobe
"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C. S. Lewis Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
"Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_a_Fourth_Grade_Nothing
"Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great" by Judy Blume Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherwise_Known_as_Sheila_the_Great
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J Sobol Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_brown
- My [JNP] favorite series growing up.
"Hardy Boys" by Franklin W. Dixon (pen name) Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Boys
"Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie
"Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_in_the_Big_Woods
"Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_farm
What were those great books that detailed, for example, how the pyramids were built? It was a series and other books covered how skyscrapers are built, etc.
http://www.oprah.com/packages/kid-reading-list.html http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm