Mrs. Bignar's Favorites
1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by: Elizabeth George Speare
2. Holes by: Louis Sachar
3. Ella Enchanted by: Gail Carson Levine
4. The Outsiders by: S. E. Hinton
5. The Great Gilly Hopkins by: Katherine Paterson
6. My Louisiana Sky by: Kimberly Willis Holt
7. A Summer to Die by: Lois Lowry
8. Homecoming by: Cynthia Voigt
9. Hatchet by: Gary Paulsen
10. Hope Was Here by: Joan Bauer
11. Dancing in Cadillac Light by: Kimberly Willis Holt
12. The Giver by: Lois Lowry
13. Mister and Me by: Kimberly Willis Holt
14. Nory Ryan's Song by: Patricia Reilly Giff
15. The Sign of the Beaver by: Elizabeth George Speare
16. Elske by: Cynthia Voigt
17. Number the Stars by: Lois Lowry
18. Brian's Return & Brian's Winter by: Gary Paulsen
19. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by: Kimberly Willis Holt
20. Shiloh by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
21. Dicey's Song by: Cynthia Voigt
22. The Whipping Boy by: Sid Fleischman
23. Bridge to Terabithia by: Katherine Paterson
24. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by: Mildred D. Taylor
25. Nightjohn by: Gary Paulsen
26. Surviving the Applewhites by: Stephanie Tolan
27. Jacob Have I Loved by: Cynthia Voigt
28. The Grey King by: Susan Cooper
29. She Said Yes by: Misty Bernall
30. Tuck Everlasting by: Natalie Babbitt
Other Suggested Reading Lists:
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American Library Association Reading List - Various award-winning lists, popular paperbacks, reluctant reader list, college bound list, teens' top ten, etc. |
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ATN Book Lists - Award lists, genre lists, read alouds, professional reading, authors, etc. |
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Book Spot - Links to lists arranged by grade level, genre, theme, etc. |
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Education World Summer Reading Lists - Contains links to some of the best children's summer reading lists on the web. |
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Grade Level Reading Lists - Aids parents & teachers in the selection of appropriate grade level books for students. |
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Hoagie's Reading Lists - Includes reading lists, links to author's sites, Reader's Theater, etc. |
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Teachers and Families Reading Lists - Contains grade level lists, theme lists, & lifetime reading list. |
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Teachers First's Reading List - Book lists containing a wide variety of reading interests. |
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Yahooligans Directory - Contains lots of links to various book lists. |
JJHS Library's Most Popular Authors
| J. K. Rowling | Matt Christopher |
| Gary Paulsen | Katherine Paterson |
| Lois Duncan | Virginia Hamilton |
| Walter Dean Myers | Kimberly Willis Holt |
| Jacqueline Woodson | Kate DiCamillo |
| Cynthia Voigt | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Lois Lowry | Beverly Cleary |
| Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Lurlene McDaniel |
| Jerry Spinelli | Patricia Reilly Giff |
| Louis Sachar | Joan Bauer |
| J. R. R. Tolkein | Gail Carson Levine |
| Elizabeth George Speare | Avi |
| Lynn Reid Banks | Robert Newton Peck |
| Nancy Farmer | Richard Peck |
| Natalie Babbitt | Susan Cooper |
| Sharon Creech | Mildred D. Taylor |
| E.L. Konigsburg | Wilson Rawls |
| Lemony Snicket | Angela Johnson |
"Twenty Minutes a Day"
by: Richard Peck
Read to your children
Twenty minutes a day;
You have the time,
And so do they.
Read while the laundry is in the machine;
Read while the dinner cooks;
Tuck a child in the crook of your arm
And reach for the library books.
Hide the remote,
Let the computer games cool,
For one day your children will be off to school;
Remedial? Gifted? You have the choice;
Let them hear their first tales
In the sound of your voice.
Read in the morning;
Read over noon;
Read by the light of
Goodnight Moon.
Turn the pages together,
Sitting close as you'll fit,
Till a small voice beside you says,
"Hey, don't quit."
