Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

This is one of my favorite books. It's about a boy (wait a second--doesn't everybody know this story?) named Charlie who finds a golden ticket and goes on a cool adventure in a giant chocolate factory.

The Twits by Roald Dahl

My class read this book together; it's about a man named Mr. Twit who has a huge beard and Mrs. Twit who has a glass eye. It has lots of silly stories about these very silly people.

Ginger Pie by Elenor Estes

I liked this book because it's about a dog who gets captured by a mysterious man in a yellow hat, but eventually finds it's owner. I think that this is a cute and funny book.

(Jessica here--I loved reading this book out loud to Lydia. There were many parts where we laughed out loud--it was truly darling. And clean and cute and old-fashioned--not enough books like that anymore!)