[LM_NET] HIT: Booklist for 2nd grade girl reading at 4th grade level

[Mary Sundberg <marypsundberg@YAHOO.COM>]

Here's the HIT on a booklist for a second grade girl reading at fourth grade level. 
Thanks to all who responded and gave examples.
   
  My original request:
   
  Good Morning everyone,
  I have a second grade girl reading at a 4th grade level and am 
looking for additional titles I may suggest to her. She loved the American 
Girl series so I thought she might also like the Dear America series 
(not!), so I gave her "Tale of Despereaux" which she read with her dad and 
enjoyed. She is presently working her way through the Narnia series. 
Loves history and stories of women. Any suggestions? Thank you so much. 
Mary
   
  Mary P. Sundberg, LMS
  Poland Elementary
  Poland, NY 13431
  marypsundberg at yahoo dot com
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  Debra from TX replied with:
   
  I have these high readers in my school, too.  It's been hard to give
them books that they enjoy, but not too advanced thematically.  I'm
beginning to think that this type reader is just as difficult to get
appropriate books for as the low readers, i.e. third graders reading on
a first grade level.

You can hook her up with Judy Moody books, Clementine books, and 
believe it or not Boxcar Children is still very popular at my school.
   
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  Wendy from KY...
    How about the Little House books? Little House in the Big Woods and Little 
House and Little Town on the Prairie she could probably read by herself.  She might 
enjoy The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, too.  A little harder...but if she 
can do the Narnia books, I'm sure she could do this one too.  
   
  Isn't it fun to have a real reader??  I have a 2nd grade girl who has become a 
totally fluent reader by going through the ENTIRE Series of Unfortunate Events.  
When I got the last one in, I made sure she was the first to get it :-)
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  Amy from GA.....
   
  It sounds like she enjoys historical fiction! Here are some titles you might want 
to try:
The Hundred Dresses
Sara, Plain and Tall
A Single Shard (Although this one might be considered more of a 5th grade reading 
level)
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  Another suggestion for the "Little House" series from Virginia in TN and Sonja 
from bookwink's
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  Debra from AL...
  What about the Maud Hart Lovelace Betsy-Tacy series?
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  Liz from TX....
  The American Girl History Mysteries are written on a higher level. And I usually 
recommend Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry to almost everyone---I read it aloud a 
couple of years ago to all of my 2nd - 5th graders. Gooney Bird is a 2nd grader, so 
your student may enjoy that one as well. Be sure she reads all of the other 
diCamillo books as well---such as The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and of 
course, Because of Winn-Dixie.
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  Ellen from TX...
  Any books by Scott O'Dell. Female protagonist; strong young women.
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  Amy from CA...
  By all means introduce her to the Wizard of Oz!
Most folks are not aware that:

a) the tone of the book is quite different than the movie (better)
b) Dorothy is quite a wonderful heroine (no whining) in the books
c) there are 14 Oz books total! All rather wonderful!
d) There is so much Oz that others took it up after Frank Baum quit!

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/author.cfm?id=213

My daughter read and reread and reread these,
and still (graduating high school) is hanging on to them
'cause they matter to her. ;)

The 3rd and 6th were reread especially often. :)
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  Jessica from NYC...
   
  I teach older kids, so I may be off here, but when I was in 2nd grade and in love 
with the Narnia series, I started reading Encylclopedia Brown books, Choose your 
Own Adventure books, and came across two of my most favorite books of all time 
through browsing in the sections where those books were:

1.  The Last Guru by Pinkwater
2. THe Westing Game by Raskin
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  Christine from TX....
    Booksthat come to mind:
   
  Esperanza Rising
  Because of Winn-Dixie
  The Secret Garden
  Stuart Little
  Indian in the Cupboard (series)
  Molly's Pilgrim
  Becoming Naomi Leon
  Where the Red Fern Grows
  Missing May
  Charlotte's Web
  Project Mulberry
  Each Little Bird That Sings
   
  Texas Public Schools may particpate in choosing books that are nominated for the 
annual Texas Bluebonnet Award. The award is given based on votes by the students in 
2nd grade through 6th (I think that is the span). You may try to google "Texas 
Bluebonnet Award" to see what comes up. I believe you can access the list at 
www.txla.org/groups/tba/nominees.html as well.

   
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  Well, that's it as of noon on 2/29/07. I will post a part 2 if more titles come 
in. You all are awesome and I thank you so much for your help. 
   
  Mary P. Sundberg, LMS
  Poland Elementary
  Poland, NY 13431
  marypsundberg at yahoo dot com
  www.polandcs.org >pcs website >libraries >elementary



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