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Suggested Reading Lists

DPL's Recommended Books

• Books for Children - Picturebooks by Topic
• Children's Fiction and popular Tween Reads
• Books for Teens
• DPL's Great Books for Kids - Site dedicated to helping kids of all ages find great books to read.
• DPL's "Every Child Ready to Read" Reading Lists - Reading lists for children who are learning how to read.

Novelist K-8

Enter your Dallas Public Library card number and PIN and then click on "Kids", then click on Novelist K-8. Novelist can help you find books by author, title, genre or series. You can even find books that are similar to your favorite books.

2012 Hockaday School Reading Lists

• Preschool - 1st Grade
• 2nd Grade - 8th Grade

2012 DISD Recommended Authors

The following authors are suggested for summer reading. Choose titles that reflect your reading level and family values. Los autores siguientes son sugeridos para la lectura del verano. Elija títulos que reflejan su nivel de lectura y valores de familia. Any authors on News and Hot Title lists located at http://library.dallasisd.org.

• Pre-kindergarten - 2nd Grade
  

  Alma Flor Ada | Keith Baker | Kate Banks | Diane Bertrand | Norm Bridwell | Marc Brown | Yanitzia Canetti | Eric Carle | Denys Cazet | Amy Costales | Ivar Da Coll | Doreen Cronin | Kevin Henkes | Rachel Isadora | Pat Lakin | Else Holmelund Minarik | Pat Mora | Laura Joffe Numeroff | Faith Ringgold | Anne F. Rockwell | Phyllis Root | Cynthia Rylant | Judy Schachner | David Shannon | Roslyn Schwartz | Diane Stanley | Janet Morgan Stoeke | Jackie Urbanovic | Chris Van Allsburg | Mo Willems | Vera Williams | Karma Wilson

• 3rd - 5th Grade
  

  Julia Alvarez | Kathi Appelt | Avi | Francesc Boada | Joseph Bruchac | Yangsook Choi | Susanne Collins | Christopher Paul Curtis | Kate DiCamillo | John R. Erickson | Sharon Flake | Douglas Florian | Patricia Giff | Mary Downing Hahn | Charise Mericle Harper | Johanna Hurwitz | Karen Hesse | Kimberly Willis Holt | Steve Jenkins | Jeff Kinney | Suzy Kline | Pat Mora | Carole Marsh | Barbara Park | Janet Pedersen | Dav Pilkey | Patricia Polacco | Rick Riordan | Pam Munoz Ryan | Janet Stevens | Mike Thaler | Deborah Wiles

• 6th - 8th Grade
  

  David Almond | T.A. Barron | Dave Barry | Andrew Clements | Eoin Colfer | Suzanne Collins | Caroline B. Cooney | Sharon Creech | Chris Crutcher | Sharon Draper | Cornelia Funke | Jack Gantos | Margaret Peterson Haddix | Gordon Korman | C. S. Lewis | Lois Lowry | Lauren Myracle | Stephenie Meyer | Walter Dean Myers | Christopher Paolini | Linda Sue Park | Gary Paulsen | Tamora Pearce | Rick Riordan | J. K. Rowling | Pam Munoz Ryan | Michael Scott | Neal Shusterman | Gary Soto | Megan Whalen Turner | Wendelin Van Draanen | Vivian Vande Velde

• 9th - 12th Grade
  

  Isabel Allende | Rudolfo Anaya | Laurie Halse Anderson | Amelia Atwater-Rhodes | Margaret Bechard | Ray Bradbury | Meg Cabot | Patrick Carman | Sarah Dessen | Sharon Flake | Neil Gaiman | John Green | Ellen Hopkins | Gordon Korman | Mercedes Lackey | Iain Lawrence | Julius Lester | John Marsden | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Kathleen Dean Moore | Stephenie Meyer | Naomi Shihab Nye | Christopher Paolini | Marlene Perez | Jodi Picoult | Darren Shan | Walter Sorrells | Victor Villaseñor | Chris Wooding | Marcus Zusak

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