Two more suggestions, books I have fond but vague memories of from about 3rd grade:
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat: [link]
and
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield: [link]
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
dcp - Mar 17, 2013 5:45:31 pm PDT #20540 of 28359
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
meara - Mar 17, 2013 5:59:56 pm PDT #20541 of 28359
Flea, I recommend "Key to the Treasure" (and others in that series) by the Amelia Bedelia author Peggy Parish. It was the first chapter book I ever read, and I loved it so much I kept reading it over and over and over until my dad finally got sick of seeing me read it and put it on top of the fridge so I'd have to read something else (had we only known there were sequels....)
DavidS - Mar 17, 2013 6:11:02 pm PDT #20542 of 28359
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. I didn't realize "Lust Over Pendle" was a play on an actual book title Mist Over Pendle. (A book about witchcraft in 17th century Lancashire.)
hippocampus - Mar 18, 2013 3:00:27 am PDT #20543 of 28359
not your mom's socks.
For picture books, we really loved Rosie and the Rustlers and Croconile.
Older - The Ivy & Bean books, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series
Even Older - The Gone Away Lake, Phantom Tollbooth
flea - Mar 18, 2013 5:23:56 am PDT #20544 of 28359
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Thank you, everyone! I am now up to 292 and took most of the suggestions (some were not available or over $20), and am heading out to the public library for more inspiration!
lisah - Mar 18, 2013 5:33:09 am PDT #20545 of 28359
Punishingly Intricate
Aieee am leaving for a week vacation Saturday and don't have reading material! What should I get to read???
Jessica - Mar 18, 2013 5:52:16 am PDT #20546 of 28359
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series, or at least one or two.
I kind of can't believe I have an opinion about this, but the only two books in this series worth buying are the original If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and If You Give A Dog A Donut. The rest are rubbish.
Consuela - Mar 18, 2013 6:15:04 am PDT #20547 of 28359
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What should I get to read???
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein; the Montmaray novels by Michelle Cooper; Out Stealing Horses by Per Peddersen; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
If you want something genre, I recommend: Cloud Roads and its sequels by Martha Wells. Also Cold Magic and Cold Fire by Kate Elliott. And Inda and its sequels by Sherwood Smith, which have pirates and cavalry and bisexuality and longing and battles and women warriors.
DavidS - Mar 18, 2013 6:16:48 am PDT #20548 of 28359
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The rest are rubbish.
What?! I cannot believe you are slandering If You Give A Moose a Muffin and If You Give a Pig a Pancake! Outrageous accusation.
lisah - Mar 18, 2013 6:21:18 am PDT #20549 of 28359
Punishingly Intricate
Thanks, Consuela!! I read the first Montmaray book but not the sequels.