Grade 5 readers are ready for big ideas and longer stories. These are my picks for fifth grade — engaging, age-appropriate, and the kind of books kids actually want to read.
Featured Books
Max a Little Axolotl 1
2 - 5
Wildfire Scholastic Special Edition
4 - 7
I Survived 15 I Survived the American Revolution 1776
2 - 5
Harry Potter Hardcover Boxset 1 7
3 and up
The Bad Guys TV Chaper Book 1 Best of the Worst
2 - 5
The New Adventures of Zootopia 2 Better Zoogether
2 - 7
Whatever After Graphic Novel 1 Fairest of All
3 - 7
Captain Underpants First Epic Manga 1
2 - 5
Dog Man 11 Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
2 and up
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Color Edition
2 and up
Awesome Friendly Kid 2 Rowley Jefferson s Awesome Friendly Adventure
2 - 7
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book 7 The Great Shark Escape
2 - 5
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1 The Lightning Thief The Graphic Novel
3 - 7
Max Beast 1 Sharknado Warning
2 - 5
Dog Man 12 The Scarlet Shedder
2 and up
Dog Man 9 Grime Punishment
2 and up
Dog Man 1
2 and up
Super Mario Adventures
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