Starter Novels   A Selected Bibliography

 Avi.  Poppy’s Return*

 Barrows, Annie.  Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record*

 Birney, Betty.  Friendship According to Humphrey*

 Byars, Betsy.  Tornado

 Child, Lauren.  Clarice Bean Spells Trouble*

 Clement, Andrew.  Jake Drake Class Clown*

 DeGross, Monalisa.  Donavan’s Double Trouble*

 Delaney, M.C.  Birdbrain Amos

 DePaola, Tomie.  26 Fairmount Avenue*

 Duffey, Betsy.  Virtual Cody*  

Durand, Hallie.  Dessert First

 Greene, Stephanie.  Owne Foote, Mighty Scientist*

 Harper, Charise Mericle.  Still Just Grace*

 Hurwitz, Johanna.  Mostly Monty

 King-Smith, Dick.  Lady Lollipop  Other titles by this author: Clever Lollipop, George Speaks, Three Terrible    Trins

 Levine, Gail Carson.  For Biddle’s Sake  

Look, Lenore.  Alvin Ho:  Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

 Look, Lenore.  Ruby Lu, Brave and True

 Lowry, Lois.  Gooney the Fabulous*

 Lowry, Lois.  Zooman Sam*

 McDonald, Megan.  Stink, the World’s Worst Super Stinky Sneakers*

 Michaels, Vaughn.  Dodi’s  Prince  

Mills, Claudia.   How Oliver Olson Changed the World

 Murray, Martine.  Henrietta, There’s No One Better

 Pennypacker, Sara.  The Talented Clementine*

 Rylant, Cynthia.  Gooseberry Park

 Sailisbury, Graham.  Calvin Coconut in Trouble Magnet

 Scott, Jessica Kerrin.  Martin Bridge:  Out of Orbit*

 Seuling, Barbara.  Robert and the Lemming Problem*

 Smith, Janice Lee.  The Monster in the Third Dresser Draw and Other Stories About Adam Joshua*

 Warner, Sally.  Super Emma*

 Weeks, Sarah.  Oggie Cooder

*Indicates series

These titles make great read-alouds for children entering third grade.  As the year moves along they become great titles for shared reading, with the adult and child alternating chapters.  Finally, they make excellent choices for children ready to read short novels independently.