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      Rita Wirtz, M.A.
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What you see below is a partial list of Mrs. Words' favorite books for motivating readers. Many of these books are available through major bookstores and in most complete Public Library Systems. Some may be out of print but still may be located through used book resources on the Internet.
In some (but unfortunately not all) cases, these books are also linked to "Teacher Views"--detailed synopses of the plot and characters accompanied by outstanding classroom-proven teaching plans.
    James and the Giant Peach (Dahl)
    Matilda (Dahl)
    Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
    Sarah Plain and Tall (MacLachlan)
    Stone Fox (Gardiner)
    Indian in the Cupboard (Banks)
    Castle in the Attic (Winthrop)
    Island of the Blue Dolphins (O'Dell)
    Sarah Bishop (O'Dell)
    Dear Mr. Henshaw (Cleary)
    A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle)
    Tuck Everlasting (Babbitt)
    Bridge to Terabithia (Paterson)
    The Giver (Lowry)
    Number the Stars (Lowry)
    Hatchet & the River (Paulsen)
    Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
    Witch of Blackbird Pond (Speare)
    I Heard the Owl Call My Name (Craven)
    Courage of Sarah Noble (Dalgliesh)
    Children of the River (Crew)
    Yolanda's Genius (Fenner)
    Dragonwings (Yep)
    The House on Mango Street (Cisneros)
    Roll of Thuunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor)
    The Cay (Taylor)
    Old Man and the Sea (Hemmingway)
    Call of the Wild (London)
    Call it Courage (Sperry)
    My Brother Sam is Dead (Collier & Collier)
    Patty Reeds Doll: Story of the Donner Party (Laurgaard)
    By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman)
    The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
    Summer of the Monkeys & Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls)
    Harriet The Spy (Fitzhugh)
    The Phantom Tollbooth (Juster)
    Caddie Woodlawn (Brink)
    The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)


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