Mrs. Coursey’s
Reading List
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Titles/Series: My
Father’s Dragon, Elmer
and the Dragon, The
Dragons of Blueland, Gannett
Teacher Comments: Appealing characters,
just enough adventure.
Author: Deborah & James Howe
Titles/Series: Bunnicula,
Nighty-Nightmare, The Celery Stalks at Midnight
Teacher Comments: A suspicious looking
bunny with unusual habits. There are 5 more books
around the same theme.
Author: Beverly Cleary
Titles/Series: Ramona
Quimby, Age 8, Mouse and the Motorcycle
Teacher Comments: (Ramona Quimby) Trials
and tribulations of a 3rd grader and her family.
Author: David Adler
Titles: Cam
Jensen Mysteries
Teacher Comments: A good introduction to
solving simple kid mysteries.
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Titles/Series: Magic
Tree House Series
Teacher Comments: Fun adventures while
learning about new places, too.
Author: Matthew Christopher
Titles/Series: Matthew
Christopher Sports Classics
Teacher Comments: Interesting sports situations.
Author: Marguerite Henry
Titles/Series: Treasury
of Horses, Brown Sunshine, King of the Wind
Teacher Comments: (Treasury of Horses)
Well written, sensitive books about horses.
Author: Johanna Hurwitz
Titles/Series: Rip-Roaring
Russell, Busybody
Nora, Superduper
Teddy
Teacher Comments: Good beginning of the
year books.
Author: Laura
Ingalls Wilder
Titles/Series: Little House Series
Author: Gertrude
Chandler
Titles/Series: The Boxcar Children
Author: Walter
R. Brooks
Titles/Series: Freddy Goes to Florida Series
Author: Zipha
Keatley Snyder
Titles/Series: Egypt Game, Gypsy Game
Author: Megan
McDonald
Titles/Series: Judy Moody Series
Thank you to the
Mendocino Book Company and Ann Kilkenny!
If you purchase any of the books on these lists from Mendocino
Book Company, Ann will donate 10%
of the purchase price to St. Mary's School.
