Chapter Books to Read Aloud
Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
A prequel to J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan – this exciting and highly
entertaining book will keep you turning the pages.
J / BARRY
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A lonely and spoiled girl discovers a neglected garden and
decides to bring it back to life.
J / BURNETT
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
James escapes from his cruel aunts and discovers a giant peach filled with giant and (fortunately
for him) friendly bugs.
J / DAHL
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
A brother and sister run away and hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art while
trying to solve an art mystery.
J / KONIGSBURG
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
An exciting adventure begins when siblings travel to a magical land
through the back of a wardrobe.
J / LEWIS
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
In a house with a family of regular sized humans, little people live and “borrow”
items to use in their own little household.
J / NORTON
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Brian is left alone in the wilderness after the small plane he is traveling in crashes.
He must survive with only the clothes he is wearing and a small hatchet he received as a gift.
leaving.
J / PAULSEN
A Long Way from Chicago
Richard Peck
This is a hilarious historical fiction book about a brother and sister who are sent from Chicago to east central Illinois when their parents can't make ends meet during the Depression. They are first unsure of their grandmother, who is quite a character. Ultimately,
they learn to love her.
J / PECK
Abel’s Island
William Steig
Abel, a gentlemanly mouse, is marooned on an island after a sudden storm separates
him from his beloved wife. He must learn to rough it while trying to figure out a way to get home.
J / STEIG
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White
Wilbur the pig befriends Charlotte the spider. She is determined to show everyone
how special he is.
J / WHITE
Stuart Little
E.B. White
Stuart the mouse is born into a human family and must learn to adjust to the large world around him. An endearing and timeless classic.
J / WHITE
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
This classic series is hard to beat for stories about what it was like to be a
pioneer.
J / WILDER
Dragon Keeper
Carole Wilkinson
An exciting adventure that tells the tale of a Chinese slave girl who escapes with
the last imperial dragon.
J / WILKINSON
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