PREP SCHOOL SUGGESTED READING 2020-2021

The Wilder Library would like to suggest some book titles and series that Prep boys will enjoy reading. Other titles by these authors may also be suitable.

SK-3 Picture Books: some favourites Janell Cannon Verdi Chih-Yuan Chen Guji Guji Rod Clement Counting on Frank Barbara Cooney Miss Rumphius David Elliott Finn throws a fit Jules Feiffer Bark George Mem Fox Tough Boris Phoebe Gilman The balloon tree Kevin Hawkes The wicked big toddlah Simon James Baby brains Oliver Jeffers How to catch a star Lita Judge Flight School Jonathan London What newt could do for turtle Susan Meddaugh Martha speaks Peter Reynolds The dot Barbara Reid Two by two Maurice Sendak Where the wild things are David Shannon No, David! William Steig The amazing bone Melanie Watt Scaredy Squirrel Mo Willems The pigeon finds a hotdog! Jeanne Willis Troll Stinks Bethan Woollvin Little Red

Beginning Independent Reading: many of these are series Tedd Arnold Fly Guy Helaine Becker Looney Bay all stars Jim Benton Lunch walks among us Adam Blade Beast quest Denys Cazet Minnie and Moo Troy Cummings The notebook of doom Tony Davis Roland Wright, future knight D.L. Green Zeke Meeks Dan Gutman My weird school Nancy Krulik Magic Bone Elizabeth S. Hunt Secret agent Jack Stalwart H.I. Larry Zac Power Megan McDonald Stink Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia Mary Pope Osborne Magic tree house Lissa Rovetch Hot dog and Bob Cynthia Rylant Poppleton Jon Scieszka Battle Bunny Marjorie W. Sharmat Nate the great Francesca Simon Horrid Henry Geronimo Stilton Lost treasure of the emerald eye Ursula Vernon Dragonbreath Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie SK-3 Novels: for reading aloud, reading together, or reading independently Richard Atwater Mr. Popper’s penguins Avi Poppy Judy Blume Tales of a fourth grade nothing Andrew Clements Frindle Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr. Fox Kate DiCamillo The tale of Despereaux Paul Fleischman The Half-a-Moon Inn James Howe Bunnicula Terry Lynn Johnson Survivor Diaries Chris Kurtz The adventures of a South Pole pig Ursula Le Guin Catwings Alison McGhee Firefly Hollow Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Shiloh Sara Pennypacker Stuart’s cape Dav Pilkey Dog Man Donald Sobol Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective E.B. White Charlotte’s web; Stuart Little Ian Whybrow Little Wolf’s book of badness

Other Recommended Classics: Jean de Brunhoff Babar Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Ruth Stiles Gannett My father’s dragon Rudyard Kipling Just so stories Munro Leaf The story of Ferdinand A.A.Milne Winnie-the-Pooh Michael Morpurgo The McElderry book of Aesop’s fables Beatrix Potter The tale of Peter Rabbit H.A.Rey Curious George Dr. Seuss The cat in the hat Van Dyke Parks Jump!: the adventures of Brer Rabbit Helen Ward Unwitting wisdom

Poetry Collections: David Booth Til all the stars have fallen Kenyon Cox Mixed beasts Douglas Florian Mammalabilia Mary Ann Hoberman ed. Forget-me-nots: poems to learn by heart Bill Martin Jr. ed. The Bill Martin Jr. big book of poetry Jack Prelutsky ed. The beauty of the beast; Scranimals Shel Silverstein The light in the attic

Primary – Non-fiction: Deb Lucke The book of time-outs: a mostly true history of the world’s biggest troublemakers Jason Chin Island: a story of the Galapagos Gail Herman Who was Jackie Robinson? (and others in the “Who Was”, “Where is” series) Ben Hillman How strong is it?: a mighty book about strength Steve Jenkins Actual size; Down, down, down: a journey to the bottom of the sea; Move Nelson Kadir Nelson Mandela Kathryn Lasky One beetle too many: the extraordinary adventures of Charles Darwin Mary Pope Osborne The one-eyed giant Simon Mugford Dinosaur ABC Deborah Kogan Ray The impossible voyage of Kon-Tiki Deborah Lee Rose Beauty and the beak: how science, technology, and a 3D-printed beak rescued a bald eagle David Smith If the world were a village Primary – Graphic Novels: many of these are series Aaron Blabey The bad guys Drew Brockington CatStronauts: mission moon Ben Clanton Narwhal: unicorn of the sea Eric Craddock BC mambo Maxwell Eaton The flying beaver brothers and the evil penguin plan Christopher Ford Stickman Odyssey Emmanuel Guibert Ariol; Sardine Ben Hatke Zita the spacegirl Jarrett Krosoczka Lunch lady Jeff Limke Theseus: battling the minotaur Dav Pilkey Dog Man David Orme Billy Blaster Aaron Reynolds Joey Fly, private eye Kean Soo Jellaby Ashley Spires Binky the space cat Geronimo Stilton The discovery of America James Sturm Adventures in cartooning Lewis Trondheim A.L.I.E.E.E.N

Year 4 Katherine Applegate The last Mac Barnett The terrible two Peter Brown The Wild Robot Bruce Coville Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher Cressida Cowell How to train your dragon Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie Andy Griffiths The 13-story treehouse Charise Mericle Harper Lights, camera, cook! Stephen Hawking George’s secret key to the universe Gordon Korman The discovery C.S. Lewis The lion, the witch and the wardrobe Roy MacGregor The night they stole the Stanley Cup Kate McMullan Have a hot time Hades Brandon Mull Wild born Liam O’Donnell Tank & Fizz Liz Pichon The brilliant world of Tom Gates Lauren Tarshis The sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Janet Tashjian My life as a book Greg Van Eekhout Cog David Walliams Demon Dentist

Year 5 K.L. Armstrong Loki’s wolves Rob Buyea Because of Mr. Terupt Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone does my shirts Emma Clayton The Roar Chris Colfer The Wishing spell Suzanne Collins Gregor the overlander Mark Cooper Fledgling: Jason Steed Chris D’Lacey The fire within Michael Ford The fire of Ares Stuart Gibbs Spy school Lynda Mullaly Hunt Fish in a tree Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant Mariah Marsden Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel Lisa McMann The Unwanteds Brandon Mull A world without heroes Uri Orlev The island on Bird Street R.J. Palacio Wonder Sara Pennypacker Pax Rick Riordan The lightning thief Brian Selznick The Marvels Trenton Lee Stewart The mysterious Benedict Society Kevin Sylvester Minrs Eric Walters Elephant Secret Jane Yolen Dragon's blood

Year 6 Kwame Alexander Booked John David Anderson Ms. Bixby’s last day Chris Bradford Young samurai: the way of the warrior Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Caroline Cooney The face on the milk carton Nancy Farmer The sea of trolls John Flanagan The ruins of Gorlan John Grisham Theodore Boone: Kid lawyer Margaret Haddix Among the hidden Carl Hiaasen Scat Anthony Horowitz Stormbreaker Wesley King O.C. Daniel Gordon Korman Restart Shannon Messenger Keeper of the lost cities Susin Nielsen Word Nerd Kenneth Oppel The nest James Patterson Maximum ride: the angel experiment Wilson Rawls Where the red fern grows Jason Reynolds Ghost Michael Scott The alchemyst Holly Goldberg Sloan To Night Owl from dog fish Eric Walters We all fall down Various authors The seven series

Year 7 Kwame Alexander The crossover Paolo Bacigalupi Ship breaker Susan Bartoletti The boy who dared Martyn Bedford Flip Joseph Bruchac Killer of enemies Orson Scott Card Ender’s game Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express Joe Craig Jimmy Coates James Dashner The maze runner Joe Ducie The Rig Laura Elliot Under a war-torn sky Richard Paul Evans Michael Vey: prisoner of cell 25 Nancy Farmer The sea of trolls Neil Gaiman The graveyard book Alan Gatz Refugee Mark Haddon The curious incident of the dog in the night-time S.E. Hinton The outsiders Anthony Horowitz Raven’s gate E. L. Konigsburg Silent to the bone Jarrett Krosoczka Hey Kiddo (Graphic Novel) Pittacus Lore I am number four Karen McManus One of us is lying Graham McNamee Bonechiller John Marsden Tomorrow, when the war began Robert Muchamore The recruit Walter Dean Myers Fallen angels Kenneth Oppel The boundless Philip Pullman The golden compass Veronica Roth Divergent Gary Schmidt Okay for now Robert Sharenow The Berlin boxing club Arthur Slade The hunchback assignments Jonathan Stroud The amulet of Samarkand Scott Westerfeld Leviathan John Wilson Four steps to death Markus Zusak The book thief

Year 5 and up – Non-fiction Rhoda Blumberg Shipwrecked: the true adventures of a Japanese boy Georgia Bragg How they croaked: the awful end of the awfully famous Ben Brooks Stories for boys who dare to be different: true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons Roald Dahl Boy Ingri D’Aulaires D’Aulaire’s book of Greek myths Deborah Heiligman Torpedoed: the true story of the World War II sinking of the “Children’s ship” Dan Green Technology: a byte-size world Anne Frank The diary of a young girl Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken: an Olympian’s journey from airman to castaway to captive Phillip M. Hoose The boys who challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill club Karen Levine Hana’s suitcase Ji-Li Jiang Red scarf girl: a memoir of the Cultural Revolution Paul Keery Canada at war: A graphic history of World War II Joseph Lekuton Facing the lion: growing up Maasai on the African savanna Cunxin Li Mao’s last dancer Sandrine Mirza People of peace: 40 inspiring icons Trevor Noah It’s Trevor Noah: born a crime: stories from a South African childhood Al Seckel Optical Illusions Eric Williams The wooden horse

Year 5 and up – Graphic Novels: many of these are series Frank Cammuso The dodgeball chronicles Ben Hatke Mighty Jack Kazu Kibuishi The amulet George O’Connor Hades, lord of the dead Jason Shiga Meanwhile Jeff Smith Bone Raina Telgemeier Guts Doug TenNapel Bad island; Ghostopolis Jen Wang The Prince and the dressmaker Don Wood Into the volcano