Jim Trelease's Recommendations By Lori 2

Jim Trelease has these recommendations for your age range (K-5) span:

Picture Books --

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Brave Irene by William Stieg

Cloudy with a Chance

of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Haunted House Jokes by Louis Phillips Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber The Pied Piper of Hamelin retold by Robert Holden Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Alan Schroeder Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatc by Eileen Spinelli Stellaluna by Janell Cannon The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (1-5) Thank

You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (1-5)

Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree Mitchell (K-4)

When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest (1-5)

The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet

Short Novels --

Chocolate Fever by Robert Smith (1-5)

The Smartest Man in Ireland by Mollie Hunter (1-5)

Stargone John by Ellen Kindt McKenzie (1-5)

Stone Fox by John Gardner (1-7)

The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden (Christmas) (K-5)

Novels --

Charlotte's Web (K-4)

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling (1-4)

A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace (1-5)

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (1-5)

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (K-6)

Poppy by Roald Dahl (K-4)

Hope that helps.
Lori

 

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