Summer Reading Lists 3-6 Class Suggested Reading List (Picture Books) 2004 Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (Author), Harry Bliss (Illustrator) Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies, James Croft (Illustrator) That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child (Illustrator) Dogger by Shirley Hughes (Author)  Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman (Author), Dan Yaccarino (Illustrator) Full Belly Bowl by Jim Aylesworth (Author), Wendy Anderson Halperin (Illustrator) The Bugliest Bug by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) Jackalope by Susan Stevens Crummel    The Real Hole by Beverly Cleary (Author) Two Dog Biscuits by Beverly Cleary (Author), DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (Illustrator) Dick King-Smith's Animal Friends: Thirty-One True Life Stories by Dick King-Smith, Anita Jeram (Illustrator) Hoot by Jane Hissey (Author) Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (Illustrator) What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Robin Page (Author), Steve Jenkins (Author) The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Notes: If your child is beginning to read, there is a large selection of early readers at Watauga library.  It is hard to recommend certain books - just grab the one that looks closest to their reading level and is most likely to be of interest. Please remember that you can reserve books at Watauga Library (even online through iBistro) if they’re not on the shelf. Battle of the Books 2004-5 Summer Reading List for Middle School Students Title Author Among the Hidden Margaret Haddix Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman Cheaper by the Dozen Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine  The City of Ember Gilbreth Carey The Dark is Rising Jeanne DuPrau The Devil's Arithmetic Susan Cooper Forbidden Forest Jane Yolen Forged by Fire Michael Cadnum The Golden Compass Sharon Draper Hoot Phillip Pullman The Land Carl Hiaasen Once Upon a Marigold Mildred D. Taylor Out of the Dust Jean Ferris The Outsiders Karen Hesse Red Scarf Girl S. E. Hinton The Squire's Tale Ji Li Jiang The Storyteller's Daughter Gerald Morris Surviving the Applewhites Cameron Dokey The Thief Lord Stephanie Tolan To Kill a Mockingbird Cornelia Funke Touching Spirit Bear Harper Lee A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Ben Mikaelsen The True Confessions of Charlotte  Betty Smith Doyle Avi Under a War-Torn Sky Laura Elliott The Weirdo Theodore Taylor The Wreckers Iain Lawrence A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck