Great Books for Boys

BEYOND WIMPY KID:  GREAT BOOKS FOR BOYS

Fiction (grades 4-6 unless otherwise noted)

JF Angleberger   Fake Mustache / Angleberger, Tom

PJ Boyce            Millions/ Boyce, Frank Cottrell

JF Carvell          Planet Tad / Carvell, Tim

JF Christopher    Snowboard Showdown /     Christopher, Matt

JF Krieg             Griff Caver, Hallway Patrol / Krieg, Jim

PJ Lubar           Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies / Lubar, David

JF Lupica           The Batboy / Lupica, Mike

JF Palacio         Wonder / Palacio, R.J.

JF Park             Archer’s Quest/ Park, Linda Sue

JF Salisbury       Night of the Howling Dogs / Salisbury, Graham

YA Scieszka       Guys Write for Guys Read / Scieszka, ed. – Gr. 5-9

PJ Silberberg     Pond Scum / Silberberg, Alan

JF Tak                Soldier Bear / DumonTak, Bibi

Fiction Series (grades 4-6 unless otherwise noted)

JE-ER Adler             Bones series / Adler, David – Gr. K-2

JF Angleberger        Strange Case of Origami Yoda series / Angleberger, Tom

PJ Birney                World According to Humphrey series / Birney, Betty G.

JF Bransford            Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow /      Bransford, Jacob

JF Bruchac              Skeleton Man & Return of Skeleton Man / Bruchac, J.

JF Buckley               NERDS series / Buckley, Michael

JF Davies                Lemonade War series (Lemonade Crime, Bell Bandit) /Davies, Jacqueline  

PJ Gutman              My Weird School series / Gutman, Dan – Gr. 1-3

PJ Kirby                 Captain Awesome series / Kirby, Stan – Gr. K-2

JF Korman              Showoff (Griffin Bing series) / Korman, Gordon

JF Lubar                 Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie / Lubar, David

JF Paulsen              Lawn Boy & Lawn Boy Returns / Paulsen, Gary

JF Paulsen              Liar Liar, Flat Broke & Crush / Paulsen, Gary

JF Peirce                 Big Nate series / Peirce, Lincoln

JE-ER Ries               Aggie and Ben / Ries, Lori – Gr. K-2

PJ Salisbury             Calvin Coconut series / Salisbury, Graham

JF Scaletta               A Topps League Story series / Scaletta, Kurtis – Gr. 2-3

JF Scieszka              Guys Read (Thriller, Sports Pages, Funny Business)/ Scieszka, Jon

PJ Scieszka              Spaceheadz series / Scieszka, Jon – Gr. 3-5

JF Scroggs               Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet series / Scroggs, Kirk

JF Tashjian             My Life as a Book series / Tashjian, Janet

PJ& JF VanD           Shredderman series / Van Draanen, Wendelin – Gr. 3-5

JF Vernon              Dragonbreath series / Vernon, Ursula – Gr. 3-5

PJ Victory               Victory School Superstars (Sports Illus. Kids) – Gr. 2-3

JF Warner               EllRay Jakes series / Warner, Sally – Gr. 3-4

Graphic Novels

JGraphic Krosoczk      Lunch Lady series / Krosoczka, Jarrett J. – Gr. 2-4

JGraphic Morse          Magic Pickle / Morse, Scott – Gr. 3-5

JGraphic Venable       Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye series / Venable, Colleen AF – Gr. 2-4

JGraphic Wood          Into the Volcano / Wood, Don – Gr. 4-8

Non-Fiction

JE 796.357 V     Brothers at Bat: the true story of an amazing all-brother baseball team / Vernick, Audrey – all ages

J001.94 Gorman The Bermuda Triangle – The Loch Ness Monster – Bigfoot (X Science series) / Gorman, Jacqueline Laks – Gr. 3 & up

J133.122 Everett Haunted Histories: creepy castles, dark dungeons & powerful places / Everett, J.H. – Gr. 4-6

J335 Demarest   Alpha Bravo Charlie: the military alphabet / Demarest, Chris L. – Gr. 1-4

J391.42 Swain    Underwear: what we wear under there / Swain, Ruth Freeman – Gr. 3 & up

J522.29 Scott     Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time: what the Hubble telescope saw / Scott, Elaine – Gr. 4 & up

J523.2 Kudlinski Boy, Were We Wrong About the Solar System! / Kudlinski, Kathleen V. – Gr. 1-3

J551.46 Burns     Tracking Trash: flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion / Burns, Loree Griffin / Gr. 5 & up

J567.9 Kerley     The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins / Kerley, Barb.– Gr.2-6

J590.723 Burns  Citizen Scientist: be a part of scientific discovery from your own backyard / Burns, Loree Griffin – Gr. 3-6

J595.76 Jenkins  The Beetle Book / Jenkins, Steve – Gr. 3&up

J597.95 Crump  Mysteries of the Komodo Dragon / Crump, Marty – Gr. 3-6

J623.4 Boos       Swords: an artist’s devotion / Boos, Ben – Gr. 3 & up

J790.1 Stevens    Things to do with Dad / Stevens, Chris – all ages

J791.44 McCar   Aliens are Coming!: the true account of the 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast / McCarthy, Meghan – all ages

Check out other books by these great ‘Guy’ authors:

Abbott, Tony

Cammuso, Frank

Christopher, Matt

Clements, Andrew

Coville, Bruce

Dahl, Roald

Gantos, Jack

Green, Tim

Grisham, John

Gutman, Dan

Hale, Bruce

Kinney, Jeff

Korman, Gordon

Lubar, David

Lupica, Mike

Paolini, Christopher

Paulsen, Gary

Peck, Richard

Pilkey, Dav

Riordan, Rick

Sachar, Louis

Selznick, Brian

Simon, Seymour

Stilton, Geronimo

Willems, Mo