Wonderful Books!

My wonderful little lit-lovers have weighed in with their favorite books. Who better to recommend a great read for a fourth or fifth-grade girl than another fourth or fifth-grade girl? So girls, when you're at a loss for what to curl up with, take a look at the following list--I bet there's a book there for you. And if you'd like to add any titles, or make any comments, please feel free. Some of these titles are tried and true, perhaps even a little on the "easy" side, but they are on the list because they are, like a favorite stuffie or blankey, a "comfort read," something to return to when that is what is called for!

• The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
• The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
• The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
• The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
• The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
• The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley
• The Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry
• The Humphrey series by Betty G. Birney
• The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart
• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
• The Warriors series by Erin Hunter
• The Seekers series by Erin Hunter
  
• The Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary
• The 39 Clues series by various authors (first book by Rick Riordan)
• The Penderwick series by Jeanne Birdsall
• The Doll People series by Ann M. Martin
• The Dear Dumb Diaries by Jim Benton
• The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• The Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot
• The Frog Princess series by E.D. Baker
• The Fudge series by Judy Blume
• The Seems series by John Hulme
• The Half Magic series by Edward Eager
• The Sam series by Lois Lowry
• The Anastasia series by Lois Lowry
• The Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren
• The Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat series by Lynne Jonell
  
• The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
  
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
• David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd
• Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
• The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
• Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
• No Talking by Andrew Clements
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
  
• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgsen Burnett
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgsen Burnett
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Scat by Carl Hiassen
• Flush by Carl Hiassen
  
• The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbit
• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
• How I Survived Being a Girl by Wendelin Van Draanen
• Maniac Magee by Jeffrey Spinelli
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
• A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
• 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
• Savvy by Ingrid Law
• The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
• Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri
• Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume
• Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

Some favorite authors are:

• Roahl Dahl
  
• William Steig
• Louis Sachar
• Lois Lowry
  
• Kate DiCamillo
• Rick Riordan
• J.K. Rowling
• Stephanie Meyer