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Judy Freeman's Book Recommendations
Bunnicula Strikes Again!
by James Howe, Illustrated by Alan Daniel
Atheneum,1999
Grades 3—6
Why is vampire bunny, Bunnicula, growing weaker by the day? Keep reading to find out the answer.
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The Adventures of Sparrowboy
by Brian Pinkney
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Grades K—4
Paperboy Henry can fly!
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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 1997
Grades 4—7
Cursed at birth by a fairy's gift of obedience, Ella cannot disobey an order.
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes.
Greenwillow, 1996
Pre-K—Grade 2
How dare her mean teacher take mouse Lilly's show-and-tell treasures!
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A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
Dial, 2000
Grades 5—8
Fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to spend the school year of 1937 with hercrafty, crusty Grandma Dowdel.
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Verdi
by Janell Cannon
Harcourt, 1997
Pre-K—Grade 6
A young yellow python declares he will never turn green like the boring grownup snakes.
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The Austere Academy
by Lemony Snicket
HarperCollins, 2000
Grades 3—6.
The three orphaned Baudelaire siblings are sent to Prufrock Prep, a dreadfulboarding school.
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Henny-Penny
by Jane Wattenberg
Scholastic, 2000
Pre-K—Grade 2
"CHICKABUNGA! The sky is falling!" Henny-Penny squawks when an acorn beans her.
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Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl
by Barbara Park
Random House, 1999
Grades 1—4.
Kindergartner Junie B. is having boy problems.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Scholastic, 1998
Grades 3—8
Harry is summoned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to train as a wizard.
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