3-4+List

[|Hamden Grade 3]and [|Hamden Grade 4] Rather than specific titles these list show authors and nonfiction topics related to the grade level curriculum - what do you think of this idea?

Favorite author suggestions: Dav Pilkey (GH) - boys never weary of Captain Underpants, then there is the Dumb Bunnies series and a variety of other picture books like Hallo-weiner, Dog Breath, graphic novels Ook and Gluk, etc.

__Dan Gutman__ (SMS) - Appeals to boys and girls and the Weird School Daze series is very addictive (esp. for reluctant readers)

__Erin Hunter__ (SMS) - The Seekers and Warriors series are really popular with girls.

__Nikki Grimes__ (SMS) - For these grade levels, there are many chapter books and more substantial picture books with African American characters.

Grade 3 - Hamden authors ([|Entire reading list 2010]) Comments added are mine - GH) Abbott, Tony Adler, David (Cam Jansen) Baglio, Ben (NHPL has 70+ of his books and I have ...none. Thoughts?) I have a couple -- they are a bunch of different kinds of animal stories that a lot of girls seem to like.

Barrows, Annie (Ivy + Bean very popular) Benton, Jim (Frannie K. Stein - very popluar with my students) Cameron, Anne ﻿ this would be a great add for public library -jj Cleary, Beverly (movie of Ramona and Beezus has started a revival of sorts...) Dadey, Debbie (Bailey School - still poplur out there??) Not that I've seen any proof of. Dahl, Roald Danziger, Paula DiCamillo, Kate Giff, Patricial Reilly Greenburg, Dan (Zach files. Lots of NHFPL) Gutman, Dan (My Weird School, etc.) Kinney, Jeff Kline, Suzy Krensky, Stephen Krulik, Nancy Mazer, Anne McDonald, Megan (Stink Judy Moody are very popular) Montes, Maria Nickel, Scott Osbourne, Mary Pope (Treehouse lives on...) Park, Barbara Polacco, Patricia Roy, Ron Sachar, Louis (Sideways) Scieska, Jon (Timewarp trio doesn't move)

all of the above authors are great except Maria Montes - we don't have a think by her. We need to get some! jj

Grade 4 Hamden [|(entire Gr 4 Hamden list)] (3) = also grade 3 list Abbott, Tony (3) Baglio, Ben (3) Benton, Jim (3)(Frannie K. Stein - very popluar with my students) Blume, Judy Bryant, Annie (Beacon Street) Cleary, Beverly (3) (movie of Ramona and Beezus has started a revival of sorts...) Clements, Andrew Dahl, Roald (3) Danziger, Paula (3) DiCamillo, Kate (3) DiTerlizzi, Tony (no interest in Spiderwick at my school) Mine either. Gantos, Jack Greenburg, Dan (3) Gutman, Dan (3) (My Weird School, etc.) Kinney, Jeff (3) Korman, Gordon Maddox, Jake McDonald, Megan (3) Osbourne, Mary Pope (3) Park, Barbara (3) Riordan, Rick (? -The Lightning Thief is gr. 7 required reading and I don't have 39 steps series) 39 Clues? That is a series kids are really into -- but it is written by different authors (Riordan, Haddix and Korman to name a few) Roy, Ron (3) Sachar, Louis (3) (Sideways) Scieska, Jon (3)(Timewarp trio doesn't move) Snicket, Lemony (don't move) The popularity of these has dropped. Silton, Geronimo ( not lots of interest) Kids don't ask for them -- but when I point them out to the kids that really like Diary of a Wimpy Kid -- they go for it. Tayleur, Karen (?) Wallace, Bill White, E.B. Yolen, Jane Suggestion: Add a list of this year's Newbery and Caldecott winners.'

The above for the list works well also. maybe

EL Konigsburg Robert Kimmel Smith jj