Pair books from two DIFFERENT GENRES

Suggested Pairings

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (fiction) *EWMB staff favorite!

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (nonfiction)

Artic Lights, Artic Nights or Survival at 40 Below by Debbie Miller (nonfiction)

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill (fiction)

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (fiction)

Searching for Laura Ingalls by Kathryn Lasky (nonfiction)

Tut, Tut by Jon Sciezsca (fiction)

Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs: a Book about Ancient Egypt by Gail Gibbons (nonfiction)

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (fiction)

 Harvest by George Ancona (nonfiction)

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (fiction)

 All About Owls by Jim Arnosky (nonfiction)

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg (fiction)

 Inside the Museum: A Children’s Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Joy Richardson (nonfiction)

Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and other things not to do) by Judi Barrett (fiction)

Question Time: Sharks by Stephen P. Savage (nonfiction)

Cat in the Hat By Dr. Seuss (fiction)

The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull (biography/nonfiction)

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats (fiction)

 Ezra Jack Keats by Dean Engel (biography)

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (fiction)

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka (autobiography)

Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!) by Kathleen Krull (nonfiction)

How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (fiction)

Also, “The Pirate” by Shel Silverstein in A Light in the Attic (poetry)

The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman (fiction)

 “Homework Machine” by Shel Silverstien, A Light in the Attic (poetry) *EWMB Staff favorite!

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole (fiction)

The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems from Beyond the Solar System by Jack Prelutsky (poetry)

Dinosaurs for Kids by Ken Ham (nonfiction)

All Aboard the Dinotrain by Deb Lund (poetry)