Easy Fiction

Bibliography created by the Schaumburg Township District Library

FICTION BAKER, K.	*On the Go with Mr. and Mrs. Green* by Keith Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.
FICTION BORDEN, L.	*The Day Eddie Met the Author* by Louise Borden. Eddie is very excited when a real author comes to his school because he has a very important question to ask her.
FICTION BRIGGS, A.	*Hobart* by Anita Briggs. Four budding artists, a tap dancer, a poet, a singer, and an acrobat, who just happen to be pigs, live out their dreams and avoid becoming bacon.
FICTION BROWN, M.	*Arthur Loses His Marbles* by Marc Brown. Arthur’s Grandma Thora, a marbles champion, trains him for the first-ever Elwood City Marbles Tournament, but does not tell him that she will compete against him.
FICTION CARRIS, J.	*Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit* by Joan Carris. The family animals at the Bed and Biscuit begin to feel slighted when Dr. Bender returns from a fire with something that occupies the time usually reserved for them.
FICTION CHERRINGTON, J.	*Drawing the Line* by Janelle Cherrington. After her sister Debbie challenges her to try to survive outside in the heat of a dry plateau in India, Eliza meets two frogs competing for the same puddle and discovers that sharing can be as important as defending your space.
FICTION CIRRONE, D.	*The Big Scoop* by Dorian Cirrone. Fourth-grader Lindy Blues, an investigative reporter, is on the trail of an ice cream store that disappears and reappears each day.
FICTION COLFER, E.	*The Legend of Spud Murphy* by Eoin Colfer. When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.
FICTION COVILLE, B.	*The Weeping Werewolf* by Bruce Coville. When Edward accompanies Moongobble into the Forest of Night to prove he is a magician of merit by obtaining the tears of a werewolf, he does not know what big surprises are in store for them.
FICTION FRIEDMAN, L.	*Happy Birthday, Mallory!* by Laurie Friedman. After a difficult year, Mallory plans a month-long celebration of her ninth birthday in hopes that her next year will be wonderful.
FICTION EDWARDS, M.	Zero Grandparents by Michelle Edwards. Calliope does not have a grandmother or grandfather to bring to school on Grandparent's Day, but she finds a special way to participate anyway.
FICTION DISALVO, D.	*The Sloppy Copy Slipup* by DyAnne DiSalvo. Fourth-grader Brian Higman worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme—nicknamed the General—will react when he fails to hand in a writing assignment, but he ends up being able to tell his story, after all.
FICTION GREENE, S.	*Moose’s Big Idea* by Stephanie Greene. Moose, who is good at drawing and making doughnuts, is upset when he loses his antlers, but his encounters with a hunter help them both gain self-respect.
FICTION GREENE, S.	*Queen Sophie Hartley* by Stephanie Greene. A suggestion from her mother leads Sophie to befriend the new girl at school and an elderly, grouchy woman, and helps her overcome the feeling that she is not good at anything.
FICTION GUTMAN, D.	*Miss Daisy Is Crazy!* by Dan Gutman. Miss Daisy’s unusual teaching methods surprise her second-grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
FICTION HARRINGTON, J.	*Going North* by Janice N. Harrington. A young African-American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.
FICTION HALL, B.	*Henry and the Kite Dragon* by Bruce Edward Hall. In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.
MYSTERY HOWE, J.	*Bud Barkin, Private Eye* by James Howe. Howie, the wirehaired dachshund, tries his paw at writing a new kind of novel, a mystery in which he imagines himself as a private investigator and Delilah as the “mysterious dame”.
FICTION JACOBSON, J.	*Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle* by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem.
FICTION JENNINGS, P.	*The Tornado Watches* by Patrick Jennings. A tired Ike stays up all night for four nights to warn his family of any approaching tornadoes.
FICTION KLINE, S.	*Horrible Harry and the Mud Gremlins* by Suzy Kline. Harry persuades his classmates to sneak through the playground fence during lunchtime recess to view some unusual mushrooms.
FICTION LEVY, E.	*Night of the Living Gerbil* by Elizabeth Levy. Sam and his brother Robert fear their new neighbor is a zombie who plans to bring their dead pet gerbil back to life.
FICTION LUCAS, D.	*Dear Max* by D.J. Lucas, aka Sally Grindley. As Max—who is almost ten—and his favorite author, D.J. Lucas, exchange letters, the two writers help each other with their new books and develop a special friendship.
FICTION MACLACHLAN, P.	*Grandfather’s Dance* by Patricia MacLachlan. As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Whiting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather.
FICTION MEAD, A.	*Isabella’s Above-Ground Pool* by Alice Mead. Nine-year-old Isabella’s motto is “I won’t share ‘cuz it’s not fair,” until a tornado destroys a neighbor’s house and she realizes that the money she has earned to buy a swimming pool might be put to a better use.
FICTION MILLER, S.	*Three Stories You Can Read to Your Teddy Bear* by Sara Swan Miller. Bored with sitting on a shelf day after day, a teddy bear sets out on three adventures and inadvertently gets the family dog and cat in trouble.
FICTION PARK, B.	*Junie B., First Grader: Boo!—and I Mean It!* by Barbara Park. With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday.
FICTION RICHARDSON, C.	*The Real Slam Dunk* by Charisse K. Richardson. Ten-year-old Marcus plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream.
FICTION RODDA, E.	*The Last Fairy-Apple Tree* by Emily Rodda. Jessie travels back to the magical world of the Realm to try to discover what has gone wrong in the Hidden Valley where the gnomes live and the fairy-apples grow.
FICTION RYLANT, C.	*Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup* by Cynthia Rylant. Mr. Putter and Tabby go to their neighbor’s house to make soup, but Zeke the dog makes it very difficult for them.
FICTION SACHS, M.	*The Four Ugly Cats in Apartment 3D* by Marilyn Sachs. After a neighbor in the apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.
FICTION SILVERMAN, E.	*Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa* by Erica Silverman. Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.
FICTION STANLEY, G.	*Moose Master* by George Edward Stanley. Eight-year-old spy Adam Sharp goes under cover as a Mountie to discover why Ecanem is winning all of Canada’s log-rolling contests.
MYSTERY STANLEY, G.	*The Riddle of the Stolen Sand* by George E. Stanley. When Mr. Roper, who owns the grocery store, is accused of selling stolen oysters, Mr. Merlin’s Third Grade Detectives don’t believe it. But can they prove it?
FICTION STEFANEC OGREN, C.	*The Adventures of Archie Featherspoon* by Cathy Stefanec-Ogren. A young boy, with a knack for creating unusual inventions when he should be helping his mother on the farm, finds a use for them when he is made sheriff of a town in Kansas and must get rid of a gang of no-good bullies.
FICTION WINKLER, H.	*Day of the Iguana* by Henry Winkler. Hank has never been fond of his sister’s pet iguana, and their relationship worsens when she lays her eggs inside his science project.