Since my last post, several people have requested seeing the list of books our elementary students recommend. Here is their “two thumbs up” collection – so far:
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
The Candymakers, Wendy Mass
The Giver, Lois Lowry
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Trumpet of the Swans, E.B. White
The Wizard of Oz, Frank L. Baum
The list will grow as the reading continues…
