Any books that explain why and how things work, how to perform experiments in Science, how to create and build projects, games, puzzles, and recipes are of interest to fifth graders.

 Enjoy your summer.  Maybe your family could all read together for 10-15 minutes a day---sort of a family S.S.R.------Could be fun!!!!!!

Suggested Authors

 Marion Dane Bauer                           

J. Craighead George                   

Jerry Spinelli

Judy Blume                                      

Bette Bao Lord                             

R.L. Stine

Ronald Dahl                                      

Lisa Lowry

Paula Danzinger                                

Katherine Paterson

 

Suggested Reading List

1.      Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

2.       In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord

3.      From the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg

4.      Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O’Brien

5.      Bridge To Terabithia, by Katerine Paterson

6.      The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson

7.      Jacob I Have Loved, Katherine Paterson

8.      A Taste of Blackberries, by Doris Buchanan Smith

9.      How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell

10.  Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli

11.  Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

12.  The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Paula Danziger

13.  Matilda, by Ronald Dahl

14.  The B.F.G., by Ronald Dahl

15.  Julie of the Wolves, by J. George

16.  On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer

17.  Cousins, by Virginia Hamilton

18.  A Telling of the Tales: Five Stories, by William J. Brooke

19.  The Whipping Boy, By Sid Fleishman

20.  The Potato Kid, by Barbara Corcoran