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Books FOR 3RD - 5TH GRADERS |
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The wild robot
by Peter Brown
Initializing for the first time on a remote island where she is all alone, Roz the robot learns survival strategies from the island's hostile animals and finally gains acceptance when she cares for an orphaned gosling. By the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Creepy Carrots!
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The real slam dunk
by Charisse K. Richardson
Ten-year-old Marcus Robinson plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream.
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The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures
by Brian Selznick
Living in the walls of a busy Paris train station in 1931, clock keeper and orphan Hugo Cabret must constantly work to keep his secrets safe, but when an inquisitive girl and an old man who owns a toy store begin probing, he must do all he can to keep them at a safe distance.
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Liberty Porter, first daughter
by Julia DeVillers
When her father is elected President of the United States, eight-year-old Liberty moves into the White House resolving to make herself indispensible to the country, an effort that is challenged by her clashes with the Chief of Staff.
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The stonekeeper : The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
After moving into an old ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped and dragged down the basement stairs by a mysterious creature, and after giving chase, the kids find themselves in a magical but dangerous world of man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, and shadowy enemies.
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Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures
by Kate DiCamillo
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
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I survived the shark attacks of 1916
by Lauren Tarshis
Recounts the dramatic experience of a New Jersey youth who visited the Atlantic coast during a summer in the early 20th-century when a predatory great white shark was targeting beachgoers, a trip during which he witnessed an attack on his friend.
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Ruby Lu, brave and true
by Lenore Look
Between her protective parents, the bully down the street, and her accomplished brother, eight-year-old Ruby Lu has got a lot of issues to sort through in her young life, in an amusing chapter book from the author of Love As Strong As Ginger.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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Richmond Public Library
101 E. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804)646-7223
rvalibrary.org
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