St. Bernard's School

ST. BERNARD’S SCHOOL 2018 Junior School Reading List Books that boys have cared to read, and which are worth reading.

Adler, David Cam Jansen series Aesop Fables (Puffin Classics – ed.) Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics – ed.) Ardizzone, Edward Little Tim series Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper's Penguins* Averill, Esther Jenny and the Cat Club series (New York Review of Books ed.) Babbitt, Natalie The Devil's Storybook* Banks, Lynne Reid The Indian in the Cupboard* Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan (Classic Starts – ed.) Baum, L. Frank The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics – ed.) Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series Blyton, Enid The Famous Five series Bond, Michael A Bear called Paddington Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn Brooks, Walter R. Freddy the Pig series Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley series Buck, Pearl The Big Wave* Bulla, Clyde Robert The Sword in the Tree; Chalk Box Kid Burgess, Thornton W. Old Mother West Wind series Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins series*; Ramona the Pest series Collodi, Carlo Pinocchio (Puffin Classics – ed.) D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, et al. Di Camillo, Kate Because of Winn Dixie*; The Mercy Watson series du Bois, William Pène Twenty-One Balloons* Eager, Edward Half Magic series* Early, Margaret William Tell Eastman, P.D. Go, Dog. Go!; Are You My Mother? Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye series Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain Fleishman, Sid The Whipping Boy Gannett, Ruth Stiles My Father's Dragon series*

George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain series Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon Grimm, the Bros. Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics – ed.) Haywood, Carolyn Little Eddie; Eddie's Menagerie* Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague*; King of the Wind Jansson, Tove The Moomintroll series Jarrell, Randall The Animal Family

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King-Smith, Dick Babe: the Gallant Pig* Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* Lawson, Robert Ben and Me Lea, Miss Miss Lea’s Bible Stories for Children LeSieg, Theo Wacky Wednesday; The First of Octember Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking series Look, Lenore Alvin Ho series Lofting, Hugh The Story of Dr. Doolittle Marshall, James Fox and Friends series McCloskey, Robert Homer Price MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series Merrill, Jean The Pushcart War Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner Morpurgo, Michael Kensuke’s Kingdom Mother Goose Mother Goose Rhymes (Running Press – ed.) Nesbit, E. Five Children and It Norton, Mary The Borrowers; Bedknobs and Broomsticks O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Dell, Scott The Island of the Blue Dolphins Parrish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia series Peck, Robert Newton Soup Potter, Beatrix Complete Tales Pyle, Howard Robin Hood (Classics Starts – ed.) Robinson, Barbara The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday Roy, Ron The A-Z Mystery series Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square* Seuss, Dr. The Lorax ; Horton Hears a Who; Yertel the Turtle; Horton Hatches an Egg, et al. Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective series Speare, Elizabeth George The Sign of the Beaver* Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child's Garden of Verses Stolz, Mary The Bully of Barkham Street* Titus, Eve Basil of Baker Street* Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children White, E. B. Charlotte's Web*; Stuart Little*; The Trumpet of the Swan* Wilder, Laura Little House on the Prairie series* Winthrop, Elizabeth The Castle in the Attic*