Girls, Grades 3-4

Ivy and Bean Series
by Annie Barrows

• Ivy and Bean
• Ivy and Bean and the Ghost that Had to Go
• Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Records
• Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter
• Ivy and Bean - Bound to be Bad

When seven-year-old Bean befriends Ivy, the new neighbor, the unexpected happens!

The Penderwicks Series
by Jeanne Birdsall

• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits & a Very Interesting Boy
• The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

While vacationing with their widowed father, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. In the sequel, the children hatch a plan to keep their father from dating.