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Possible Books for 3–5 Libraries

Authors
  • Avi
  • Judy Blume
  • Matt Christopher
  • Andrew Clements
  • Beverly Cleary
  • Sharon Creech
  • Roald Dahl
  • Kate DiCamillo
  • E.L. Konigsburg
  • C.S. Lewis
  • Lois Lowry
  • Patricia MacLachlan
  • Ann M. Martin
  • Barbara Park
  • Katherine Paterson
  • Gary Paulsen
  • Dav Pilkey
  • Patricia Polacco
  • Cynthia Rylant
  • Louis Sachar
  • Jerry Spinelli
  • E.B. White
Genre
  • Biographies
  • Fairy Tales
  • Fantasy
  • Folk Tales
  • Historical Fiction
  • Mystery
  • Myths
  • Non-Fiction
  • Picture Books
  • Poetry 
  • Science Fiction
  • Short Stories
Series
  • Amber Brown
  • The Bailey School Kids
  • The Boxcar Children
  • Cam Jansen
  • Deltora Quest
  • The Edge Chronicles
  • Horrid Henry
  • Jigsaw Jones
  • Judy Moody
  • The Littles
  • Magic Tree House
  • Pee-Wee Scouts
  • Sammy Keyes
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • The Time Warp Trio
  • The Underland Chronicles
  • Wayside School
  • The Zack Files
Remember, your goal in organizing your classroom library is to make it exciting and accessible to your students. Choose categories that will make sense to them. An organized classroom library will invite students to read from it, as well as enable them to take responsibility for maintaining it.