Animal stories

• Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
  
• The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
  
• The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
  
• My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
  
• National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
  
• Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
  
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
  
• The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings
  
  

Books about dragons

• The Dragon's Boy by Jane Yolan
  
• The Dragon's Eye by Kaza Kingsley
  
• The Dragonling by Jackie French Koller
  
• Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
  
• Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
  
  

Mysteries

• The Sammy Keyes series by Wendelin Van Draanen
  
• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
  
• Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
  
• Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
  
  

Additional suggested reading lists

• American Library Association Book Awards and Booklists
  
• Newbery Medal Winners
  
• Caldecott Medal Winners
  
• Montgomery County Intermediate Unit Reading Olympics