Jim'sFavorite Kindergarten Novels (in order of difficulty) （作者本人喜欢的学龄前儿童小说   自易到难的顺序）

Two times The Fun byBeverly Cleary
Chibi: A True Story fromJapan by Brenner and Takaya
Junie B. Jones and theStupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
The Chalk Box Kid by ClydeBulla
My Father's Dragon by RuthGannett
Chocolate Fever by RobertSmith
Dinosaurs Before Dark byMary Osborne
The Reluctant Dragon byInga Moore
The Stories Julian Tellsby Ann Cameron
The Water Horse by DictKing-Smith
Wolf Story by WilliamMcCleery
James and the Giant Peachby Roald Dahl




Out-of-PrintNovels Too Good to Miss  （不容错过的绝版小说）

Short Novels: （短篇）

Four Miles to Pine Cone byJon Hassler
Stargone John by EllenMcKenzie
Wingman by Manus Pinkwater
Full Novels: （长篇）
The Button Boat by Glendonand kathryn Swarthout
The December Rose by LeonGarfield
The Dog Days of ArthurCane by Ernesto Bethancourt
The Hero from Otherwhereby Jay Williams
Holding Me Here by PamConrad
Rasmus and the Vagabond byAstrid Lindgren
Run by william Sleator
Stars in My Crown by JoeBrown






ShortNovels （短篇小说）



Baseball in April by GarySoto


The Bear's House byMarilyn Sachs


The Best Christmas PageantEver by Barbara Robinson


A Blue-Eyed Daisy byCynthia Rylant


Cam Jansen and the Mysteryof the Dinosaur Bones (series) by David Adler


Chocolate Fever by RobertSmith


Dinosaurs Before Dark(Magic Tree House series) by Mary Osborne


The Friendship by MildredTaylor


Frindle by Andrew Clements


The Half-a-Moon Inn byPaul Fleischman


Herbie Jones (series) bySuzy Kline


Hoofbeats: Katie and theMustang (series) by Kathleen Duey


The Hundred Dresses byEleanor Estes


The Iron Giant: A Story inFive Nights by Ted Hughes


Junie B. Jones and theStupid Smelly Bus (series) by Barbara Park


Keeper of the Doves byBetsy Byars


Lafcadio, the Lion WhoShot Back by Shel Silverstein


Leon's Story (nonfiction)by Leon Walter Tillage


A Lion to Guard Us byClyde Robert Bulla


The Little (series) byJohn Peterson


Mick Harte Was Here byBarbara Park


Minnie and Sophie: AllAround the Town by Miriam Cohen; Thomas Yezerski


The Monster's Ring (MagicShop series) by Bruce Coville


My Father's Dragon(series) by Ruth Gannett


On My Honor by MarionBauer


Owls in the Family byFarley Mowat


The Reluctant Dragon byKenneth Grahame, Inga Moore


The Rifle by Gary Paulsen


Rip-Roaring Russell(Russell and Elisa series) by Johanna Hurwitz


Shipwrecked: The TrueAdventures of a Japanese Boy (nonfiction) by Rhoda Blumberg


Shoeshine Girl by ClydeBulla


Skinnybones by BarbaraPark


The SOS File by BetsyByars, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers


Soup (series) by RobertPeck


Stone Fox by John Gardiner


The Stories Julian Tells(series) by Ann Cameron

The Stray by DickKing-Smith


A Taste of Blackberries byDoris Smith


Two Times the Fun byBeverly Cleary


The Water Horse by DickKing-Smith


When the Soldiers WereGone by Vera Propp


The Whipping Boy by SidFleischman


Willdfire!  By ElizabethStarr-Hill