The Basketball Mystery (Second Grade)

Title:The Basketball Mystery

Aurther:Gertrude Chandler Warner

Genre: Relalistic Fiction

Pages:135

                                In the book  The Basketball Mystery the Alden kids start playing basketball and Jessie, and Violet,Henry and Benny try out for basketball.  Violet and Jessie end up getting to be on the team, and Henry and Benny are so supportive.  They are also surprised that Buzz and Tipper Nettleton, Greenfields most famous basketball players are coaching their teams.  Tipper Nettleton has won a trophy.  But what will happen when she loses it?  Do you think she is going to find it, or is it going to turn into a big problem?  If you are intersted in this book find it in the Horizon Library.  

Curious George rides a bike

Author: H.A. REY

Grade level:1st

Number of pages:48

Genre:Fiction

In this book Curious George gets a bike.

The man in the yellow hat told George

not to wreck his bike. But then George

broke his bike tire.Will George get his 

bike fixed? 

The Sea of Monsters ( third)

Auther: Rick Riordan

Number of Pages:279

Genre:Fantasy

If you like action and funny stories this is the book for you. Percy Jacksons seventh-grade year is going horribly. From fighting monsters to fighting gym bombers. But the worst part is , his nightmare is comeing to life Monsters are everywhere!

Egg Drop

Author: Mini Grey

Grade Level: First grade

Number of pages: 17

Genre: Fiction

Have you ever wanted to fly? Egg Drop is about an egg that wanted to fly. He didn"t know much about flying. They tried to tell him he will hurt himself. And they were right. The egg always liked to look up in the sky at birds and air planes. If you read the book you find out what else  the egg will do!

Eloise's Pirate Adventure

Author: Lisa Mc Clatchy
Grade:1st
Numder of pages: 30
Genre: Realict Fiction
Eloise likes to play dress- up.She likes to be anything.One day she becomes a pirate.She loves pirates. She puts on her drees-up clothes and she looks for her treasure. Will she find her treasure?

Castle in the Attic

Title: Castle in the Attic

Aurthor: Elizabeth Winthrop

Grade: third grade

Number of pages: 179

Genre: Fantasy

In this book, a boy gets a present from his nanny, Mrs.Phillp. It’s a castle! With the castle he got a little silver knight. One day when he went up to the attic he found out that the knight could TALK! He was scared!!! When Mrs.Phillp was going to leave, he shrunk her and kept her. He went on an adventure and is now in Alastair’s castle and has to defeat him.  What do you think will happen next in the story? Will William win the battle against Alastair and get what he wants, or fail and get beat by Alastair and get turned into lead?  If you’re interested in reading this find it in the Horizon Library! 

Katie Kazoo Switcheroo Out To Lunch

Author: Nancy Krulik

Grade Level: sencond grade

Number of pages: 76

Genre: realistic fiction

Have you ever wished to be someone else?  In this book, a third grade girl goes through some really weird stuff!  OH NO! She's turning into things. See what she turns into in Out To Lunch.  You can find this book in the Horizon Library.

the 39 Clues Maze of Bones(seconed grade)

Author: Rick Riordan

Pages: 220

Genre: realistic fiction

       

        Dan and Amy Cahill had their grandmother, Grace dies. In her will they can either compete for the 39 clues or get one million dollars. The 39 clues could get them killed, but the one million dollars just isn't enough.

There is a Bird on Your Head (first grade)

Author: Mo Williams
Number of Pages: 57
Genre: Fantasy

                       Have two birds ever made a nest, fell in love, laid three eggs and hatched them on your head? Well, that happened to Elephant in There is a Bird on Your Head! Piggie tries to give Elephant friendly advice. But it doesn't turn out vrery well...

The Rescue (Fourth Grade)

Author: Nicholas Edwards
Number of pages:216
Genre:Realistic Fiction

Do you like sad stories? Well if you do read The Rescue. A girl named Emily keeps having some dreams about drowning.Emily wakes and hears screams oh no a person is outside in the storm but guess what it is not a human it is a big dog.A big spoted dog. Emily gets her dad and her dad comes out but is so clumsy he trips over a kayak and asked if he broke the rudder. He has done that once before and got in trobble by his wife/Emilys mom. So see what Emily does and read the rescue.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (fourth grade)

Author:J.K Rowling
Number of pages:759
Genre: Fantasy

Do you like wizards? Well I got a magical story for you. In the book a boy named Harry Potter is on his way to a safe house because people are trying to kill him.He is riding on a flying motorbike. In it with him is Hargrid. Hagrid has a long beard. Harry has long hair, glasses and has a scar that is the shape of a thunderbolt on his forehead.On the trip his pet owl Hedwig dies on the floor of the motorbike. How will Harry respond to his owl dying? Read the book to find out.

Star in the Storm (4th Grade)

Auther: Joan Hiatt Harlow
Number of pages: 150
Genre: Realistic fiction

This story is about a girl named Maggie and her pet dog named Sirius. In the story, Tamar gets angry at Maggie bacause 2 dogs come out of the forest and chase the sheep into the water. Sirius goes into the water and saves the sheep. Then Tamar says," I'd shoot that dog if I had a gun!!" Later in the story, Sirius saves Howard Rand's daughter and her baby. Will Howard Rand shoot Sirius? Read the book and find out!!

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (First Grade)

Author: Marla Frazee
Number of pages:27
Genre:Realistic fiction

Have you ever had a good week?  In A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, James brings a couple  of his belongings (more like 1,000). On the way to camp, they learn same new vocabulary words (I don't think that is good). They sleep on a blow up mattress. Pam asks if they are lonely (they have a lot of company).  After a while they start to do the same things (Bill blends their names). They defintely had the best week ever.

 

A to Z mysteries The Haunted Hotel (second grade)

Author: Ron Roy.

Number of pages: 86.

Genre: Science Fiction.

 A ghost checks into the Shangri-la Hotel.  It is almost Halloween.  Strange sounds and even stranger sights have been reported coming from there. Three children need to catch this ghost before Green Lawn becomes a ghost town.

Atack of the Bandit Cats (Third Grade)

Author: Geronimo Stilton

Number of pages: 115

Genre: Friction

Have you ever been on an island that wasn't really an island? In the book Atack of the Bandit Cats, Geronimo, Trap, and family are going to an island covered in silver! But then they discover that there is no such island. Will they make it home... or be toast?

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed (First Grade)

Aurthor: Mo Willams

Number of pages: 32

Genre: Fiction

          Meet Wilbur, a Naked Mole Rat that gets dressed. In this book,Wilbur opens a store and tries to have people buy his clothes. If you like mole rats and you like animals, read this book. We hope you enjoy this book. Find it in the horizon library!

Apples, Apples, Everywhere (First Grade)

Author: Robin Koontz

Number of pages: 24

Genre: nonfiction

Do you want to learn about harvesting apples?  In the book Apples, Apples, Everywhere the reader will learn how big and how small apples can be.  You can also learn about what colors apples can come in.  Did you know you can make food out of apples?  Find out all these facts, plus more in Apples, Apples, Everywhere.

Captain Nobody (second grade)

Author: Dean Pitchford

Number of pages: 195

Genre: Realistic Fiction

                    

           Newt Newmon's life is pretty ordinary, that is until a day in October.  He finds random clothes in his brother's room and creates a costume.  Then he makes an appearance to the world as a super hero!!!  Who will he rescue and why will he do it?

Bear Wants More (kindergarten)

Author: Karma Wilson

The bear wakes up and he is hungry.  All of his friends help him get a full stomach by showing him to berries and clover patch flowers and fish, but he wasn't full yet.  But then he smelt food!  So he lumbered off to get it. But he had ate so much food that he got much fatter and couldn't fit through the door of  his house! So then the rabbit pushed him out and gave him the food but...  

Hoot (fourth grade)

Author: Carl Hiaasen

The Book Hoot is about a boy named Roy that had moved to Florida. On the way to school, he spots a running boy that has no shoes or backpack! It is the first interesting thing he sees in Florida so far. There will be even more interesting things in store for Roy!

The Lightning Thief (Fourth Grade)

Have you ever thought about if greek gods or if all those old legends are real?  Percy Jackson doesn't.  Well he hadn't until his teacher Mrs. Dodds turned into a evil demon from the Underworld.  Then he and his best friend Grover are driven to  Camp-Half Blood to train and find a missing thunderbolt.

Wolf's Coming (kindergarten)

Author:Joe Kulka

  It's funny but surprising!  There are words that rhyme with each other.  The animals are afraid of the wolf!  They hide from the wolf and pretend they are sleeping.   Maybe the wolf is following them because he's hungry or because he is lonely?   If you like surprising but funny books then you will like this book! 

Warriors: Into the Wild (Fourth Grade)

By Erin Hunter

    Praise for Warriors! For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying and some deaths are more mysterious than others.

    In the midst of the turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty... who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all!

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The Adderhead-his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father,Mo-has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasonts' only defense is a band of outlaws led by Bluejay-Mo's fictitous double whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. This is a great fourth grade book.

Eragon (Fourth Grade)

Eragon

By: Christopher Paolini



        When Eragon is hunting in the forest,  a blue stone appears. Eragon brings it back to Carvahall, thinking it will buy him some meat for the winter. Eragon has a normal life as a farm boy, but that all changes when a dragon hatches from, what he thought was a blue stone, was a dragon egg. Raising the dragon which he named Saphira, in the forest as she grows up. But Eragon must leave when two strangers, known as the Ra'Zac kills his Uncle Garrow and burns down the farm. Eragon, Saphira, and Brom the story teller embark on a chase after the Ra'Zac in revenge of Uncle Garrow.  In this breath-taking book Eragon must make decicions, decicions that might cost him his life.

Hatchet (Fourth Grade)

                                                                      Hatchet
                                 By: Gary Paulsen

       In the book Hatchet, a boy named Brian is going to visit his father in Alaska. His parents are divorced. Brian's mom gets  him a hatchet for his birthday.Brian and his mom drive to a airport where Brian gets on a small bush plane to stay with his father for the summer.On the plane, the pilot teaches Brian how to fly the fplane. But, half way there the pilot starts complaining about his arm  and shoulder hurting.Later , the pilot starts passing gas. Finaly he has a heart attack and dies. Then Brian tries to control the plane , but, he tries to crash land the plane and succeeds. Brian has many troubles including tornadoes, finding food ,and bears. Read this book to follow Brian on his amazing adventures.    

Luv Ya Bunches (Fourth Grade-Girls)

                              Luv Ya Bunches
                               By: Lauren Myracle



       Luv Ya Bunches is a good book by Lauren Myracle. It is about four girls named Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet. Other than being named after flowers they had nothing in common. Katie-Rose is a film director in training, Yasaman is a computer wiz, Milla is popular, and Violet is the new girl. They are fabulous girls, but they sure aren't friends. This is a book you don't want to miss!

Seekers (Fourth Grade)

                                                                    Seekers
                               By: Erin Hunter

                                      

           Seekers is a very exciting series by Erin Hunter. Erin Hunter has written other series including Warriors , but Seekers is the best by far. It is very adventurous and it is a fantasy series. It is about four bears. Toklo is a brown bear and lives in a forest.  Lusa is a black bear and lives in the zoo she calls the bear bowl.  Kallik is a polar bear and lives in the cold arctic.  Ujurauk is a brown bear, lives in the forest, and can shift-shape into any animal he wants!  Together, they all go on a journey.  But, will they make it to the place they need to be?  You don't want to miss this great adventure!

If You Give A Pig A Party (Kindergarten)

If You Give A Pig A Party

By: Laura Numeroff

Illustrated By: Felecia Bond

       If You Give a Pig a Party is a very cute book by: Laura Numeroff and illustrated by: Felicia Bond. It's about a girl and a pig. She gave the pig a party and the pig asked for balloons. Then the pig of course, called her friends-mouse, moose, and more.They go to fun and exciting places like the street fair! They go on bumper cars, roller coasters, and they get ice cream! Read this fun and exciting book today!

      

This website is created by Horizon's fourth grade classes. On this website you will find book recommendatioms made for fourth grade and kindergarteners but all grades in between  can use this website.