Mrs. Corrigan's Picks for "Just Right" Books

What genre do you enjoy?  What subject do you like to read about?  What is your reading level?  Here are some author choices for all kinds of readers.  Find something you love and tell me about it!

Authors for 2nd Graders

Struggling 2nd grade readers can try:

Lobel                    Frog and Toad books
Marshall                George and Martha books
Mayer                   Little Critter books
Minarik                  Little Bear books
Rylant                   Henry and Mudge books
Sharmat                Nate the Great books

Just Right authors for 2nd Grade readers:

Adler                     Cam Jansen mysteries
Giff                        Polk Street School series
Kline                      Horrible Harry
Levy                      Something Queer at ...
Osborne                Magic Tree House series
Peterson               The Littles series

SOME Authors for 3rd Grade readers to try

Blume             Superfudge, etc.
Byars              Hey, New Kid, etc.
Christopher      sports books
Cleary             Ramona books
Gutman           My Weird School series
Hale               Chet Gecko series
McDonald        Judy Moody series
Sciezka           Time Warp Trio series
Sobol              Encyclopedia Brown mysteries
Warner            Boxcar Children mysteries

SOME Authors for 4th Grade readers to try

Clements         Frindle and all other books
Gantos             Joey Pigza series
George             Julie of the Wolves survival stories
Gilson               funny stories about school
Hahn                scary ghost stories
Lowry               Anastasia series
Naylor              Boys Against the Girls series; Shiloh series
Paulsen            Hatchet adventure series
Spinelli             4th Grade Rats and others
Wallace            wonderful dog stories
Winkler            Hank Zipzer series
for fantasy lovers ...  Brian Jacques' Redwall series