Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Chapter Book Read Alouds
Gertie's Leap to Greatness
Beasley, Kate.
Also available in Overdrive. "Gertie is a girl on a mission to be the best fifth grader ever in...
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Birney, Betty G.
Also available in Overdrive. Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything ...
Because of Mr. Terupt
Buyea, Rob.
Also available in Overdrive. Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their...
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Cleary, Beverly.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy ...
No Talking
Clements, Andrew.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School chal...
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Also available in Overdrive. Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, ...
The BFG
Dahl, Roald.
Also available in Overdrive. Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends...
The Lemonade War
Davies, Jacqueline.
Also available in Overdrive. Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news ...
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves on...
Bunnicula : a Rabbit-tale of Mystery
Howe, Deborah.
Also available in Overdrive. In 1979 Atheneum first published Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery to...
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Jones, Kelly.
Also available in Overdrive. Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her fam...
The Phantom Tollbooth
Juster, Norton.
Also available in Overdrive. A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and ...
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig : a Novel of Snow and Courage
Kurtz, Christopher.
Also available in Overdrive. "Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adven...
Audacity Jones to the Rescue
Larson, Kirby.
Also available in Hoopla. In 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living a monotonous l...
Savvy
Law, Ingrid.
Also available in Overdrive. Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has...
Nooks & Crannies
Lawson, Jessica.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Eleven-year-old Tabitha Crum, whose parents were just about ...
Alvin Ho : Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Look, Lenore.
Also available in Overdrive. A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes ...
A Snicker of Magic
Lloyd, Natalie.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town whi...
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
MacDonald, Betty Bard.
Also available in Overdrive. From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to ...
Project Mulberry : a Novel
Park, Linda Sue.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, ...
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus.
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 266-pound chicken. ...
Nuts to You
Perkins, Lynne Rae.
Also available in Overdrive, Hoopla, and RB Digital. After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a ...
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rockwell, Thomas.
Also available in Overdrive. Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal. ...
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Sachar, Louis.
Also available in Hoopla. Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside Sch...
My Haunted House
Sage, Angie.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to...
Appleblossom the Possum
Sloan, Holly Goldberg.
Also available in Overdrive. A young possum strikes out on her own and winds up trapped in a human h...
Another Day as Emily
Spinelli, Eileen.
"Susie is jealous when her brother is deemed a town hero, so she finds solace in the poetry and...
Three Times Lucky
Turnage, Sheila.
Also available in Overdrive. Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBe...
Oggie Cooder
Weeks, Sarah.
Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his un...