
Book Bugs
Read Laters:
Grades 1, 2, & 3
Each session we present several books to vote on for future meetings. As only one gets chosen, we list the remainders here so that bookclub members who liked a title that did not win have a reference list.
(P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group!)
2025/26
Growing Home by Beth Ferry
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks by Doug tenNapel
2024/25
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Friendly by Andrew Clements
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo
End of the Beginning
Big Tree
Tiny Hero
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Tiger Rising by KATE DiCAMILLO
The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingall's Wilder
James and the Giant Peach
2023/24
The Borrowers By Mary Norton (November 2, 2023)
Wallance the Brave (February, 2024)
Ginger Pie by Eleanor Estes
The Jungle Book By Rudyard Kipling
Minna's Patchwork Coat by Lauren A. Mills
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise (January 21, 2024)
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
tom's midnight garden by Philippa Pearce
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Dear Mr. Hershaw by Beverly Cleary
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Choldenko
2022/23
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Sardine in Outer Space by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Moon Rock by Boriana Todorov and Vladimir Todorov
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Minna's Patchwork Coat by Lauren Mills
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Mary Poppins by P L Travers
Dr. Dolittle
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Minna's Patchwork Coat by Lauren A Mills
2021/22
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Wallace the Brave by Will Henry
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilllo
Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things by Sheree Fitch and Anne Hunt
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
No Breathing In Class by Michael Rosen
2020/21
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Water Babies: A Fairy Tale For a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babitt
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
2020/21 Grade 1-3
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Water Babies: A Fairy Tale For a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babitt
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
2019/20
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
Jesse’s Star by Ellen Schwartz
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
The One and Only Ivan by K.A. Applegate
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
2018/19
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
Jim’s Lion by Russell Hoban
Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbit
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
2017/18
The One and Only Iven by K. A. Applegate
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Best of Times by Michael Morpurgo
Now We Are Six by E.H. Shephard
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
2016/17
Mr Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Poppy: A Tale from Dimwood Forest by Avi
2015/16
Swan Lake by Mark Helprin
Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Bardot de Villeneuve
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Dear Mr Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Ronia The Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Mildenhall Treasure by Roald Dahl
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Little House on the Prairie by Louise Ingalls
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
Famous Five: Five On A Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
Favourite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osbourne
2008/9
Graveyard of Hounds by Vi Hughes
Agent Alfie by Justin Richards
Lucy Willow by Sally Gardner
The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye
Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Toys go Out by Emily Jenkins
3 Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
Things are Looking Up, Jack by Dan Bar-el
Evangeline Mudd’s Great Mink Rescue by David Elliott
Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden
The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo
2007/8
Pirate Princess: Pancake by Judy Brown
Sable by Karen Hesse
The Jacket by Andrew Clements
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
Delilah (three books in one) by Jenny Nimmo
The Cricket in Time Square by George Selden
Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbit
The Girl With 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Beloved Dearly by Doug Cooney
Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle by Nichola Mcauliffe
Jesse's Star by Ellen Schwartz
The Werepuppy and the Werepuppy on Holiday by Jacqueline Wilson
Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Luke Lancelot and the Golden Shield by Giles Andreae
