YOUNG READERS*
"Cars and Trucks and Things That Go,"
by Richard Scarry
Kevin Green, 10., left, and his brother Karl, 8, do some reading at Arlington Central Library's children's room.
(Preston Keres -- The Washington Post)
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"The Carrot Seed,"
by Ruth Krauss
Frog and Toad books,
by Arnold Lobel
"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,"
by Mo Willems
"Go, Dog, Go!"
by P.D. Eastman
"George and Martha" books,by James Marshall
"The Stupids,"
by Harry G. Allard,
illustrated by James Marshall
"Caps for Sale,"
by Esphyr Slobodkina
"I Spy" books,
by Jean Marzollo,
photographs by Walter Wick
Dr. Seuss books
"The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!"by Jon Scieszka
MIDDLE READERS**
"A Series of Unfortunate Events,"by Lemony Snicket
Artemis Fowl series, by Eoin Colfer
"A Week in the Woods,"
by Andrew Clements
"The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,"by Jon Scieszka
"Al Capone Does My Shirts,"by Gennifer Choldenko
The "Baseball Card Adventure" series,
by Dan Gutman
"Bud, Not Buddy,"
by Christopher Paul Curtis
"Sideways Stories From Wayside School," "Holes,"by Louis Sachar
The Joey Pigza books,
by Jack Gantos
"The Day My Butt Went Psycho,"by Andy Griffiths
Captain Underpants books,by Dav Pilkey
YOUNG ADULTS
The Dark Materials trilogy,by Philip Pullman
Redwall series,
by Brian Jacques
"Eragon,"
by Christopher Paolini
"Hole in My Life,"
by Jack Gantos
"The Book of Three,"
by Lloyd Alexander
"Jake, Reinvented,"
by Gordon Korman
"Ironman," by Chris Crutcher
"Extreme Elvin," "Slot Machine,"by Chris Lynch
"Starship Troopers,"
by Robert Heinlein
"The Outsiders,"
by S.E. Hinton
"White Fang," "Sea Wolf,"by Jack London
*From www.guysread.com.
**Compiled from the www.guysread.com Web site and interviews with Arlington librarian Sharon Grover, Columbia University Teachers College reading specialist Lucy Calkins, University of Minnesota Professor Lee Galda and Arizona State University Professor James Blasingame.
