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	The Listening Me 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	[The Long and the Short of It: A Tale About Hair] [By: Mays, Lydia Criss] [January, 2011] by Lydia Criss Mays (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 4: by Lydia

Feb 28, 2011 08:52AM

Yes! I have lots and lots of recommendations! Do you still have The Book Whisperer? Check out pg. 194 for Miller's "Ultimate Library List" she's divided it into genre. It's a great place to start. If you don't still have the text, I can PDF it and send it to you. Let me know.

Off the top of my head:
-Anything by Andrew Clements (ex. Frindle, School Story)
-Anything by E.L. Konigsburg (ex. The View from Saturday)
-Anything by Gary Paulsen (especially for BOYS) (ex. Hatchet)
-All things Jerry Spinelli (Star Girl is one of my favorites EVER!)
-All things Cornelia Funke (ex. The Thief Lord)
-All things Rick Riordan (ex. The Lightening Thief)
-The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
-All things Pam Munoz Ryan (ex. Esperanza Rising)
-All things Lois Lowery (ex. The Giver)
-All things Jane Yolen (she has written a ton of picture books too, so look for her chapter books (ex. Here There Be Dragons))

Hope this is a good jumping off point.

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message 3: by Jamie

Feb 25, 2011 11:29AM

Hi Lydia! I was wondering if you have any recommendations for 4th graders! I'm stuck. Just all types of chapter books really. They have a variety of interests. I'm not sure where to start looking! We all miss you this semester! Thanks!

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message 2: by Leigh (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:07AM)

May 16, 2007 06:31AM

Hey Girl! So glad you introduced me to this . . . I think your choice of books is a little more impressive than mine!! :)
Let's get together soon . .

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message 1: by Lindsay (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:05AM)

May 10, 2007 03:28PM

Hi Lyd, How fun is this? Let's try to start reading the same books at the same time--especially since you have all the time in the world to read :-) Love, Fred

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