Mrs. Moretti's Reading Room

To: All Readers!

Look into these reading adventure stories recommended by Book Adventure and the International Reading Association!

Upcoming Reading Events:

May Books to Read 

Kindergarten

The Gruffalo

By Julia Donaldson

 

First Grade

Yard Sale

By James Stevenson

 

Second Grade

Diamond Princess Saves the Day

By Jahnna Malcolm

 

Third Grade

Oregon's Journey

By Louis Rascal

 

Fourth Grade

A Fine White Dust

By Cynthia Rylant

 

Fifth Grade

Matilda

By Ronald Dahl

 

Sixth Grade

Timespinners

By Luli Gray

 

Accelerated Readers

Salamandastron:
A Tale from Redwall
By Brian Jacques

Into the Candlelit Room and Other Strange Tales 
By Thomas McKean

 

 

2003 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Who Will Tell My Brother?
By Marlene Carvell
Intermediate Fiction

 

April Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Mouse Paint

By Ellen Walsh

 

First Grade

Red Fox Dances

By Alan Baron

 

Second Grade

Mr. Putter and Tabby 
Toot the Horn

By Cynthia Rylant

 

Third Grade

The Mapmaker's Daughter

By M.C. Helldorfer & Jonathan Hunt

 

Fourth Grade

The Rescuers

By Margery Sharp

 

Fifth Grade

Dear Austin: Letters from the 







Underground Railroad

By Elvira Woodruff

 

Sixth Grade

The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

By Ann Turner

 

Accelerated Readers

Bald Eagles
By Karen Dudley

The Boy's War 
By Paxton Davis

 

 

2006 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Night Wonders
By Jane A. Peddicord
Primary Non-Fiction

 

March Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Grandpa's Teeth

By Rod Clement

 

First Grade

More Spaghetti, I Say!

By Rita Gelman

 

Second Grade

When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing

By Virginia Hamilton

 

Third Grade

The Adventures of Ratman

By Ellen Weiss

 

Fourth Grade

38 Weeks Till Summer

By Mona Kerby

 

Fifth Grade

In the Heart of the Quake 

By David Levithan

 

Sixth Grade

Indoor Science

By Anita Ganeri

 

Accelerated Readers

Anpao:An American Indian Odyssey

By Jamake Highwater

The Boy's War 

By Paxton Davis

 

 

2006 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Black and White
By Paul Volponi
Intermediate Non-Fiction

 

January Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Bicycle Bear Rides Again

By Michaela Muntean

 

First Grade

Follow the Moon

By Sarah Weeks

 

Second Grade

Dolphin: Prince of the Waves

By Renee LeBloas

 

Third Grade

Backyard Rescue

By Hope Ryden

 

Fourth Grade

Night of the Twisters

By Ivy Ruckman

 

Fifth Grade

The Forty -Acre Swindle 

By Dave Jackson

 

Sixth Grade

Nelda

By Pat Edwards

 

Accelerated Readers

SOS Titanic

By Eve Bunting

I Am Mordred 

By Nancy Springer

 

 

2006 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Americans Who Tell the Truth
By Robert Shetterly
Intermediate Non-Fiction

 

December Books to Read 

Kindergarten

I Know An Old Lady

By Brian Karas

 

First Grade

Dinosaur Garden

By Liza Donnelley

 

Second Grade

Goose

By Molly Bang

 

Third Grade

Paul Bunyon

By Steven Kellogg

 

Fourth Grade

Danger in Quicksand Swamp

By Bill Wallace

 

Fifth Grade

My Teacher Fried My Brains 

By Bruce Coville

 

Sixth Grade

Indoor Science

By Anita Ganeri

 

Accelerated Readers

Spying On Miss Muller

By Eve Bunting

In the Forests of the Night 

By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

 

 

2006 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

The Bicycle Man
By David Dudley
Intermediate Fiction

 

November Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Little Blue & Little Yellow

By Leo Lionni

 

First Grade

The Rooster's Gift

By Pam Conrad

 

Second Grade

Polar Bear, Master of the Ice

By Valerie Tracqui

 

Third Grade

Yagua Days

By Jerry Pinkney

 

Fourth Grade

The Shadowmaker

By Margot Tomes

 

Fifth Grade

Eagle Song 

By Joseph Bruchac

 

Sixth Grade

Dawn Rider

By Jan Hudson

 

Accelerated Readers

The Ruby in the Smoke

By Philip Pullman

Gathering Blue

By Lois Lowry

 

 

2006 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Russell the Sheep
By Rob Scotton
Primary Fiction

 

 

 

October Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Arf! Beg! Catch! Dogs 
from A to Z

By Henry Horenstein

 

First Grade

Go, Dog, Go!

By P.D. Eastman

 

Second Grade

Henry and Mudge
Under the Yellow Moon 

By Cynthia Rylant

 

Third Grade

The Illustrated World of Oceans

By Susan Wells

 

Fourth Grade

Elinda Who Danced in the Sky:
An Estonia Folktake 

By Lynn Moroney

 

Fifth Grade

The Leaves in October 

By Karen Ackerman

 

Sixth Grade

The Squire, His Knight,
and His Lady

By Gerald Morris

 

Accelerated Readers

Waiting in the Rain

By Sheila Gordan

Hugh Glass, Mountain Man

By Robert McClung

 

 

2005 IRA
International Reading Association
Children's Book Awards - 
given for an author's first or second published book.

Eliza and the Dragonfly
By Susie C. Rinehart
Primary Nonfiction

 

 

 

                                            September Books to Read 

Kindergarten

Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef

By Marianne Berkes

 

First Grade

Smelly Socks

By Robert Munsch

 

Second Grade

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing  

By Judi Barrett

 

Third Grade

In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell

By Mary Fraser

 

Fourth Grade

Barefoot Escape on the Underground Railroad 

By Henry Cole and Pamela D.Edwards

 

Fifth Grade

Ferret 

By Jane Duden

 

Sixth Grade

Danger Along the Ohio

By Patricia Willis

 

Accelerated Readers

SOS Titanic

By Eve Bunting

The Last Mall Rat

By Erik Esckilsen

 

 

Links

Bookadventure.com

www.reading.org (International Reading Association)

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Suggestions: 

* practice reading from a cereal box
* read and write using dry alphabet noodles or alphabet cereal