Kris Benson, Principal
1101 Jackson Drive, Plano, TX 75075
Phone: 469-752-2100    Fax: 469-752-2101 
 

 
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Jackson Elementary School
Suggested Book List 2005-2006

SUGGESTED PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS                       
Aliki
Kathy Appelt
Jan Brett
Paulette Bourgeois
Marc Brown
Eve Bunting
Janell Cannon
Eric Carle
Tomie DePaola
Douglas Florian
Mem Fox
Paul Goble
Kevin Henkes
Mary Ann Hoberman
Ann Jonas

Helen Ketteman
David Kirk
Helen Lester
Bill Martin
Robert McClosky
Gerald McDermott
Robert Munsch
Patricia Polacco
Joanne Ryder
Cynthia Rylant
Jon Scieszka
Chris Van Allsburg
Judith Viorst
Rosemary Wells
Audrey Wood

SUGGESTED CHAPTER BOOK AUTHORS
David Adler
Avi
Eve Bunting
Betsy Byars
Matt Christopher
Beverly Cleary
Andrew Clements
Bruce Coville
Sharon Creech
Paula Danziger
Betsy Duffy
Jean Craighead George
Patricia Reilly Giff
Dan Gutman
Margaret Haddix
James Howe
Johanna Hurwitz
Brian Jacques
Peg Kehret
Rita Kerr

Dick King-Smith
Suzy Kline
Madeline L’Engle
C. S. Lewis
Jean Little
Lois Lowry
Phyllis Naylor
Joan Lowry Nixon
Scott O’dell
Katherine Paterson
Gary Paulsen
H. J. Ralles
Cynthia Rylant
Louis Sachar
Robert Kimmel Smith
Donald Sobol
Bill Wallace
E. B. White
Betty Ren Wright

SUGGESTED NON-FICTION AUTHORS
David Adler
Caroline Arnold
Jim Arnosky
Molly Bang
Melvin & Gilda Berger
Franklyn Branley
Robert Burleigh
Joanna Cole
Paul Collicutt
Jean Fritz
Jean Craighead George
Gail Gibbons
James Cross Giblin
Dan Gutman
Charlotte Herman

Bobbi Kalman
Steven Kellogg
Patricia Lauber
Loreen Leedy
Ted Lewin
Sandra Markle
Gerald McDermott
Bruce McMillan
Lawrence Pringle
Seymour Simon
Diane Stanley
Nadine Bernard Westcott
Walter Wick
David Yue

SUGGESTED FICTION SERIES FOR GRADES 1-3
American Girl Collection – authors vary
Arthur Chapter Books - Krensky
Berenstain Bear Chapter Books – Berenstain
Box Car Children – Warner
Cam Jansen – Adler
Encyclopedia Brown - Sobol
Junie B. Jones – Park
Kids of the Polk Street School - Giff
Magic Tree House – Osborne