Tony Abbott. “The Secrets of Droon” (Series)  Fantasy

The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet. (Scholastic, 1999)

Journey to the Volcano Palace . (Scholastic, 1999)

The Mysterious Island. (Scholastic, 1999)

City in the Clouds. (Scholastic, 1999)

The Great Ice Battle. (Scholastic, 1999)  

The Sleeping Giant of Goll. (Scholastic, 2000)

Into the Land of the Lost. (Scholastic, 2000)

The Golden Wasp. (Scholastic, 2000)

Tower of the Elf King. (Scholastic, 2000)  

Quest for the Queen. (Scholastic, 2000)

The Hawk Bandits of Tarkoom. (Scholastic, 2001)

Under the Serpent Sea. (Scholastic, 2001)

The Mask of Maliban. (Scholastic, 2001)

Voyage of the Jaffa Wind. (Scholastic, 2002)

The Moon Scroll. (Scholastic, 2002)

The Knights of Silversnow. (Scholastic, 2002)

The Dream Thief. (Scholastic, 2003)

Search for the Dragon Ship. (Scholastic, 2003)

The Coiled Viper. (Scholastic, 2003)

The Ice Caves of Krog. (Scholastic, 2003)

Flight of the Genie. (Scholastic, 2004)

The Isle of Mists. (Scholastic, 2004)

The Fortress of the Treasure Queen. (Scholastic, 2004)

The Race to Doobesh. (Scholastic, 2005)

The Riddle of Zorfendorf Castle. (Scholastic, 2005)

The Moon Dragon. (Scholastic, 2006)

In the Shadow of Goll. (Scholastic, 2006)

Pirates of the Purple Dawn. (Scholastic, 2007)   

Escape from Jabar-loo. (Scholastic, 2007)

Queen of Shadowthorn. (Scholastic, 2007)

Moon Magic. (Scholastic, 2008)

The Treasure of the Orkins. (Scholastic, 2008)

Flight of the Blue Serpent. (Scholastic, 2008)

In the City of Dreams. (Scholastic, 2009)

Crown of Wizards. (Scholastic, 2009)

Carolyn Buehner. Superdog: the Heart of a Hero. (HarperCollins, 2003)  

Erik Craddock. “Stone Rabbit” (Series): [Graphic Novels]

B.C. Mambo. (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Pirate Palooza. (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Deep Space Disco. (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Lawrence David. “Horace Splattly” (Series):

Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader. (Puffin, 2002)

When Second Graders Attack. (Puffin, 2002)

The Terror of the Pink Dodo Balloons. (Dutton, 2003)

To Catch a Clownosaurus. (Puffin, 2003)

The Invasion of Theshag Carpetcreature. (Puffin, 2004)

The Most Evil, Friendly Villain Ever. (Puffin, 2004)  

Julia Donaldson. The Gruffalo. (Dial, 1999)  

Cambria Evans. Bone Soup. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)

Tony Fucile. Let's Do Nothing! (Candlewick, 2009)

Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Laura Stringer. Fold Me a Poem. (Harcourt, 2005)  

Robert Gould. "Big Stuff" (Series): 

Monster Trucks. (Big Guy Books, 2004)

Tractors. (Big Guy Books, 2004)

Big Rigs. (Big Guy Books, 2004)

Giant Earthmovers. (Big Guy Books, 2004)

Rescue Vehicles. (Big Guy Books, 2005)

Racers. (Big Guy Books, 2005)

Sea Creatures. (Big Guy Books, 2005)

Dinosaurs. (Big Guy Books, 2005)

Marty Kelley. The Rules. (Knowledge Unlimitted, 2000)

Marty Kelley. Twelve Terrible Things. (Tricycle Press, 2008)

Kathleen Kudlinski. Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs. (Dutton, 2005)  

David Martin. Piggy and Dad Go Fishing. (Candlewick, 2005)

Kate McMullan. I Stink! (Joanna Cotler, 2002)

Mary Elise Monsell. Underwear! (Albert Whitman, 1988)

Dav Pilkey. Kat Kong. (Harcourt, 1993)

Dav Pilkey. Dogzilla. (Harcourt, 1993)

Dav Pilkey. Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis. (Blue Sky Press, 1994)  

Louis Sachar. " Wayside School " (Series)

Sideways Stories from Wayside School . (HarperCollins, 1978)

Wayside School is Falling Down. (HarperCollins, 1989)

Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School . (HarperCollins, 1989)

More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School . (HarperCollins, 1994)

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger. (HarperCollins, 1995)

Jon Scieszka. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. (Viking, 1993)

Jon Scieszka. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. (Viking Kestral, 1989)

David Shannon. No, David! (Scholastic, 1998)

Judy Sierra, pictures by Stephen Gammell. The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School. (Simon & Schuster, 2007)  

Marilyn Singer. What Stinks? (Darby Creek , 2006)  

Erik John Slangerup. Dirt Boy. (Sagebrush, 2003)

David Wiesner. Sector 7. (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)

David Wiesner. The Three Pigs. (Clarion, 2001)

David Wiesner. Tuesday. (Clarion, 1991)

Books About Boys and Reading

Alison M. G. Follos. Reviving Reading: School Library Programming, Author Visits and Books that Rock! Libraries Unlimitted, 2006.

Michael Gurian. Boys and Girls Learn Differently!: A Guide for Teachers and Parents. Jossey-Basse, 2001.

Stephen Krashen. The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research. Libraries Unlimitted, 2004.

Thomas Newkirk. Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture. Heinemann, 2002.

Daniel Pennac. Better Than Life. Stenhouse, 1999.

Leonard Sax. Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences. Doubleday, 2005.

Michael W. Smith, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm. Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men. Heinemann, 2002.

Michael Sullivan. Connecting Boys With Books: What Libraries Can Do. ALA Editions, 2003.

Michael Sullivan. Connecting Boys With Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap. ALA Editions, 2009.

                              Last Updated 01/20/2010