Thursday, December 4, 2008

Books Children Enjoy

The following are books picked by children as new ones that they enjoy. This list came from The Reading Teacher, Volume 62, Number 2, October 2003, pp.162-167.

Grades 3-4

Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People by Sheila Keenan

Babymouse:Camp Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Babymouse: Heartbreaker
by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Big Cats: Hunters of the Night by Elaine Landau

The Book Club Kit by Patti Kelley Criswell

Could You? Would You?
by Trudy White

Crazy Cars by Matt Doeden

Dare to Dream! by Carl Sommer, Jorge Martinez, Greg Budwine and Kennon James

Dinosaurium: 10 Books in One by Laura Buller and Carey Scott

Dinosaurs Across America by Phil Yeh

Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World's Best-Kept Secrets by John Farndon

Dog Diaries: Secret Writings of the Woof Society by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers

Dogs by Meish Goldish

Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case by Donald J. Sobol

Every Minute on Earth: Fun Facts That Happen Every 60 Seconds by Steve Murrie and Matthew Murrie

Explorer: A Daring Guide for Young Adventurers
by Dugald A. Steer

Extreme Dinosaurs by Robert Mash

Extreme Pets! by Jane Harrington

Goosebumps Graphix 3: Terror Trips
by R. L. Stine, Jill Thompson, Jamie Tolagson and Amy Kim Ganter

A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories by Gail Ablow

How Big Is It? A BIG Book All about BIGNESS
by Ben Hillman

Medical Detective Dogs with Frances E. Ruffin

Military Dogs by Frances E. Ruffin

Monday With a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne

Mythology by Dugald A. Steer

Old Penn Station by William Low

The Painted Circus by Wallace Edwards

Race Horses
by Michael Sandler

Real-Life Sea Monsters by Judith Jango-Cohen

The Richest Poor Kid by Carl Sommer

Scholastic Book of World Records 2008
by Jenifer Corr Morse

See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be For You!
by Diane Heiman and Liz Suneby

Spike the Rebel by Carl Sommer

Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter
by Mary Alice Monroe

Wolves by Duncan Searl

The Worst Name in Third Grade
by Debbie Dadey