Back to School (Grades 1-6)
Staff picks for Back to school reading.
Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery by David A. Adler, J Adler
Miss Nelson is missing! by Harry Allard and James Marshall, JE Allard
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Off to First Grade by Louise Borden, JE Borden
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, J Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, J Cleary
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville, J Coville
Matilda by Roald Dahl, J Dahl
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger, J Danziger
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger, JE Danziger
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies, J Davies
Thank You, Lucky Stars by Beverly Donofrio, J Donofrio
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming, J Fleming
How Not to Start Third Grade by Cathy Hapka and Ellen Titlebaum, J Hapka
The Best Chef in Second Grade by Katharine Kenah, JE Kenah
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, J Kinney
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell, JE Lovell
Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, J Lowry
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald, J McDonald
Third Grade Stinks! by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, J McKenna
The Counting Race by Margaret McNamara, JE McNamara
The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills, J Mills
Amelia's Sixth-Grade Notebook by Marissa Moss, J Moss
The Worst Witch at School by Jill Murphy, J Murphy
If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff, JE or JT Numeroff
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetriou, J Papademetriou
Junie B., first grader (at last!) by Barbara Park, J Park
The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An epic novel by Dav Pilkey, J Pilkey
First grade stinks! by Mary Ann Rodman, JE Rodman
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar, J Sachar
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade! by Henry Winkler, J Winkler
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, J Woodson
