Summer Reading

Picture Books - Recommended Authors
Frank Asch	Jan Brett
Norman Bridwell	Marc Brown
Eve Bunting	Mary Calhoun
Eric Carle	Tomie DePaola
Donald Freeman	David Greenberg
Kevin Henkes	James Marshall
Susan Meddaugh	Lloyd Moss
Bill Peet	Peggy Rathman
Maurice Sendak	Dr. Seuss
David Shannon	Nancy Shaw
William Steig	Chris Van Allsburg
Judith Viorst	Rosemary Wells

Emergent Reader Series

Arthur Chapter Books, by Marc Brown

Berenstein Bears Chapter Books, by Stan and Jan Berenstein

Junie B. Jones, by Barbara Park

Magic Tree House, by Mary Pope Osborne, et al

Cam Jansen, by David A. Adler, et al

Henry and Mudge, by Cynthia Rylant

Amelia Bedilia, by Peggy Parish

Marvin Redpost, by Louis Sachar, et al

Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, by James Preller

Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries, by Donald J. Sobol

Frog and Toad Series, by Arnold Lobel

Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Bailey School Kids, by Debbie Dadey, et al

Nate the Great, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

A to Z Mysteries, by Ron Roy, et al

Amber Brown, by Paula Danziger

Recommended Authors for grades 3-6
Florence Atwater	Avi
T. A. Barron	Judy Blume
Betsy Byars	Matt Christopher
Beverly Cleary	Andrew Clements
Bruce Coville	Christopher Paul Curtis
Roald Dahl - please note that Blanchard 4th graders will be reading many Roald Dahl books in school as part of an author study in their classroom
Paula Danziger	Cynthia DeFelice
Louise Fitzhugh	Jack Gantos
James Howe	Brian Jacques
Madeline L’Engle	C.S. Lewis
Lois Lowry	Scott O’Dell
Katherine Paterson	Gary Paulsen
Richard Peck	Tamora Pierce
Philip Pullman	Ellen Raskin
J.K. Rowling	Louis Sachar
Alvin Schwartz	John Sciezka (Time Warp Trio Series)
Lemony Snickett	Elizabeth George Speare
Jerry Spinelli	J. R. R. Tolkien
Wendelin Van Draanen	Laura Ingalls Wilder
Patricia C. Wrede	Laurence Yep