Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary

Fudge, Superfudge, or Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (any of these series)

The Stories Julian Tells & More Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

What a Whimp!, Sleep Out, or Stay Away from Simon by Carol Carrick

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The Chalk Box Kid, Shoeshine Girl or My Friend the Monster by Clyde Robert Bulla

The Islander by Cynthia Rylant

Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd

Bloomability by Sharon Creech

Me, Mop and Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers

Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories by Walter Dean Myers

The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph

Felita by Nicholasa Mohr

Things Will Never Be the Same by Tomie dePaola

My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada

Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly

Giff Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris

The Secret to Freedom by Marcia Vaughan

The Silver Balloon by Susan Bonners

How Tia Lola Came to Visit by Julia Alvarez

Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman

John Henry by Julius Lester

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Di Camillo

Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

The one required book is Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Di Camillo

Each child is expected to read a total of (3) three books. Book reports will be done in class when your child returns. For this reason, it would be a good idea to keep some notes on the characters and plot.