LibGuides: Read for Fun: Recommendations

Books about Family

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
Call Number: F L921l ANA Bk 1
ISBN: 0440408520
Publication Date: 1984
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Illustrator)
Call Number: F ES79e GIN
ISBN: 0152025057
Publication Date: 2000
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
Call Number: F N994n TUR
ISBN: 9780062019721
Publication Date: 2014

Witches, Wizards and Magic

The Boggart by Susan Cooper
Call Number: F C776s BOG
ISBN: 9780756939328
Publication Date: 2004
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Call Number: F D131r CHA
ISBN: 9780141322711
Publication Date: 1964
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
Call Number: F F597i CHI
ISBN: 9780763666668
Publication Date: 2013
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Call Number: F C851f CHI Bk1
ISBN: 9780763659578
Publication Date: 2012
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang over the Moon by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Call Number: F C851f CHI Bk3
ISBN: 9780763676667
Publication Date: 2015
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPré, illus.
Call Number: F R884j HAR Bk1 or CHI CAL9 ROW
ISBN: 059035342X
Publication Date: 1999
Jinx by Sage Blackwood
Call Number: F B632s WIZ Bk1
ISBN: 9780062129918
Publication Date: 2014
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Call Number: F L673c CHR Bk1
ISBN: 9780060765484
Publication Date: 2005
Operation Bunny by Sally Gardner; David Roberts, illus.
Call Number: F G226s WIN Bk1
ISBN: 9781250050533
Publication Date: 2014
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, Sue Porter, illus.
Call Number: F IB12e SEC
ISBN: 9780330398015
Publication Date: 1998
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Call Number: F D131r WIT
ISBN: 0435122932
Publication Date: 1983
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: F L566m KAI Bk 1
ISBN: 9780312367541
Publication Date: 2007

Quests and Adventures

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Call Number: F AL374l CHR Bk1
ISBN: 9780805061321
Publication Date: 1999
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Call Number: F F982c DRA
ISBN: 0439456959
Publication Date: 2004
Gregor - The Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Call Number: F C712s GRE Bk1
ISBN: 9780439678131
Publication Date: 2004
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Call Number: F R585r PER Bk1
ISBN: 9780786838653
Publication Date: 2006
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Call Number: F G347j MY
ISBN: 0140348107
Publication Date: 1991
Over Sea, under Stone by Susan Cooper; David Wiesner, illus.
Call Number: F C776s DAR Bk1
ISBN: 9780689840357
Publication Date: 2000
Redwall by Brian Jacques; Gary Chalk (Illustrator)
Call Number: F J19b RED Bk9
ISBN: 9780142302378
Publication Date: 2002

Real Places and People

The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Call Number: 600 MAC
ISBN: 9780395938478
Publication Date: 1998
Eleanor by Kristiana Gregory
Call Number: F G822k ROY Bk13
ISBN: 0439164842
Publication Date: 2002
Mary, Queen of Scots by Kathryn Lasky
Call Number: F L345k ROY Bk 10
ISBN: 0439194040
Publication Date: 2002
Pirate Queen by Morgan Llywelyn
Call Number: F L794m PIR
ISBN: 9780862789749
Publication Date: 2006

Traditional Tales

The Dark-Thirty by Patricia C. McKissack; Brian Pinkney, illus.
Call Number: F M4824p DAR
ISBN: 0679890068
Publication Date: 2001
Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman & Lorenzo Mattotti
Call Number: Picture Books
ISBN: 9781935179658
Publication Date: 2014
The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep; David Wiesner (Illustrator)
Call Number: F Y47l RAI
ISBN: 9780064404419
Publication Date: 1992
Tristan and Iseult by Rosemary Sutcliff
Call Number: F SU965r TRI
ISBN: 0435121774
Publication Date: 1973

Friends and School

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; Donna Diamond, illus.
Call Number: F P296k BRI
ISBN: 0435122835
Publication Date: 2006
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Call Number: F K56j DIA Bk1
ISBN: 9780810993136
Publication Date: 2007
Frazzled by Booki Vivat
Call Number: F V856b FRA Bk1
ISBN: 9780062398796
Publication Date: 2016

Interesting Characters

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Call Number: F AL355l LIT
ISBN: 9780140390698
Publication Date: 1989
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Call Number: F B964f SEC
ISBN: 0435120034
Publication Date: 1950
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: F C978c BUD
ISBN: 0385323069
Publication Date: 1999
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Call Number: F D131r MAT
ISBN: 9780141322667
Publication Date: 1988
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
Call Number: F G347j JUL
ISBN: 9780064400589
Publication Date: 2016
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Call Number: F L665g ELL
ISBN: 0006755488
Publication Date: 2000
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Call Number: F L745a PIP Bk1
ISBN: 0590016555
Publication Date: 1997
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne; Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
Call Number: F M659a WIN
ISBN: 9780140361216
Publication Date: 1954
Anne of Green Gables by L. M Montgomery
Call Number: F M787l ANN Bk 1
ISBN: 1402714513
Publication Date: 2004
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: F SP757j MAN
ISBN: 0316809063
Publication Date: 1999
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Call Number: F W582e CHA
ISBN: 9780141329680
Publication Date: 2010

Talking Animals and Tiny People

The Bookstore Mouse by Peggy Christian; Gary A. Lippincott, illus.
Call Number: EAL 810
ISBN: 0152002030
Publication Date: 1995
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo; Bagram Ibatoulline, illus.
Call Number: F D545k MIR
ISBN: 9780763643676
Publication Date: 2009
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins
Call Number: F P448l NUT
ISBN: 9780060092757
Publication Date: 2014
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Call Number: F K55d SHE
ISBN: 9780141316000
Publication Date: 2003
Toby Alone by Timothée De Fombelle
Call Number: F F672t TOB
ISBN: 9780763641818
Publication Date: 2009
Truckers by Terry Pratchett
Call Number: F P912t NOM Bk1
ISBN: 9780552551007
Publication Date: 1989
Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Call Number: F W582e TRU
ISBN: 0590406191
Publication Date: 1948
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; Arthur Rackham, illus.
Call Number: F G742k WIN
ISBN: 9781904919513
Publication Date: 2012

Humor

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Call Number: F P639d CAP Bk1
ISBN: 9780439014571
Publication Date: 1997
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Call Number: F D131r BFG
ISBN: 0224020404
Publication Date: 1982
Bunnicula by James Howe; Deborah Howe; Alan Daniel, illus.
Call Number: F H855d BUN
ISBN: 9780689867750
Publication Date: 2004
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbo
Call Number: F N458j DOC
ISBN: 0857073893
Publication Date: 2012
Granny by Anthony Horowitz
Call Number: F H816a GR
ISBN: 9780142408681
Publication Date: 2009
He Laughed with His Other Mouths by M. T. Anderson
Call Number: F AN545m HE
ISBN: 9781442451117
Publication Date: 2015

Life in the Past

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Call Number: F R988p ESP
ISBN: 9780439120418
Publication Date: 2000
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Call Number: F C776s KIN
ISBN: 0141307994
Publication Date: 2000
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: F W673l LIT Bk1
ISBN: 0060522364
Publication Date: 2003
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry; Wesley Dennis, illus.
Call Number: F H521m MIS
ISBN: 1416927832
Publication Date: 2006
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Call Number: F L921l NUM
ISBN: 0395510600
Publication Date: 1989
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Call Number: F M161p SAR
ISBN: 9780060241018
Publication Date: 1985
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Call Number: F P359p TOM
ISBN: 9781909621206
Publication Date: 2014

Complex Plots

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Call Number: F C319l ALI
ISBN: 1582341745
Publication Date: 2001
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo; Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator)
Call Number: F D545k TAL
ISBN: 9780763617226
Publication Date: 2003
Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Call Number: F F553l UND
ISBN: 9780142427651
Publication Date: 2015
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Call Number: F G727c LEM Bk1
ISBN: 9780307931474
Publication Date: 2014
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
Call Number: F G727c LEM Bk2
ISBN: 9780553510423
Publication Date: 2017
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Call Number: F K82e FRO
ISBN: 0689711816
Publication Date: 1998
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Call Number: F K82e VIE
ISBN: 0689817215
Publication Date: 1998
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
Call Number: F OB13r MRS
ISBN: 0435121979
Publication Date: 1971
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Call Number: F R225e WES
ISBN: 9780142401200
Publication Date: 2004
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Call Number: F SE469b INV
ISBN: 9780439813785
Publication Date: 2007
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket; Brett Hellquist, iIllus.; Michael Kupperman, illus.
Call Number: F SN672l SER Bk1
ISBN: 9780064407663
Publication Date: 1999
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood; Jon Klassen, illus.
Call Number: F W875m INC Bk1
ISBN: 9780061791109
Publication Date: 2011