NUTMEG BOOKS for SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Grades 4, 5 & 6

Nutmeg Books are books that have been selected to encourage students to read quality literature. The students are then able to choose their favorite and the winning author is invited to Connecticut to receive the Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award.

TITLE

AUTHOR

TITLE

AUTHOR

* 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents

Wardlaw, Lee

My Louisiana Sky

Holt, Kimberly Willis

A Shooting Star: A Novel About Annie Oakley

Klass, Sheila Solomon

No More Nice

MacDonald, Amy

* Among the Hidden

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Perloo the Bold

Avi

* Babe and Me

Gutman, Dan

Power of UN

Etchemendy, Nancy

Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Cushman, Karen

Regarding the Fountain

Klise, Kate

Bandit's Moon

Fleischman, Sid

Riding Freedom

Ryan, Pam Munoz

* Because of Winn-Dixie

Dicamillo, Kate

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Van Draanen, Wendelin

Belle Prater's Boy

White, Ruth

Search for the Shadowman

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Dave at Night

Levine, Gail Carson

Shakespeare Stealer

Blackwood, Gary

Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail

Woodruff, Elvira

Star in the Storm

Harlow, Joan Hiatt

Deep Doo-Doo

Delaney, Michael

Sun & Spoon

Henkes, Kevin

Door in the Lake

Butts, Nancy

The Great Turkey Walk

Karr, Kathleen

Elevator Family

Evans, Douglas

Wagon Train 911

Gilson, Jamie

Ella Enchanted

Levine, Gail Carson

Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues

Robinet, Harriette Gillem

Esperanza Rising

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Wanderer

Creech, Sharon

Fever 1793

Anderson, Laurie Halse

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Flying Solo

Fletcher, Ralph

Williwaw

Bodett, Tom

Following Fake Man

Holmes, Barbara Ware

Year of Miss Agnes

Hill, Kirkpatrick

Frindle

Clements, Andrew

New for 2004/2005 School Year

Ghost of Fossil Glen

DeFelice, Cynthia

Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio

Johnston, Tony

Gib Rides Home

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

Belle Teal

Martin, Ann M.

Gooseberry Park

Rylant, Cynthia

Joshua's Song

Harlow, Joan Hiatt

Gracie's Girl

Wittlinger, Ellen

Loser

Spinelli, Jerry

Heart of a Chief

Bruchac, Joseph

Monsters of Morley Manor

Coville, Bruce

Homeless Bird

Whelan, Gloria

Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine

Stanley, Diane

Kite Fighters

Park, Linda Sue

Ruby Holler

Creech, Sharon

Landry News

Clements, Andrew

Saving Lilly

Kehret, Peg

Lone Wolf

Franklin, Kristine L.

School Story

Clements, Andrew

Long Way from Chicago

Peck, Richard

Skeleton Man

Bruchac, Joseph

Love, Ruby Lavender

Wiles, Deborah

* Million Dollar Shot

Gutman, Dan

Music of Dolphins

Hesse, Karen