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Volunteer Reader Book Recommendations 1 Title Author Grade Level Bear Gets Dressed Harriet Ziefert PK Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr. PK Five Silly Monkeys Susie Brooks PK Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathman PK How Do You Do a Didgeridoo? Nick Page PK Mouse’s First Fall Lauren Thompson PK Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Bill Martin, Jr. PK The Very Lonely Firefly Eric Carle PK Where’s My Nose? Susan Ring PK Where's Spot? Eric Hill PK A Duck So Small A. H. Benjamin PK+ Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Cynthia Rylant PK+ Adventures of Riley series Amanda Lumry PK+ Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman PK+ Baloney (Henry P.) Jon Scieszka PK+ Bear Snores On Karma Wilson PK+ Big Plans Bob Shea PK+ Bob the Dog Rodrigo Folgueira PK+ Butterflies Keep Flying Ali Pfautz PK+ Clifford stories Norman Bridwell PK+ Dance Matthew Van Fleet PK+ Dandylion Lizzie Finlay PK+ Don't Fidget a Feather Erica Silverman PK+ Dooby Dooby Moo Doreen Cronin PK+ Fat Men From Space Daniel Pinkwater PK+ Franklin Wants a Pet Paulette Bourgeois PK+ Franklin's Halloween Paulette Bourgeois PK+ Goodnight iPad: a Parody for the next generation Ann Droyd PK+ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown PK+ Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney PK+ Hooray for the Golly sisters Betsy Byars PK+ How to Fool a Cat: Japanese Folktales for Children Hiroko Fujita & Fran Stallings PK+ Hurry Up Franklin Paulette Bourgeois PK+ If You Give a Pig a Pancake Laura Numeroff PK+ Jolly Snow Jane Hissey PK+ Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle PK+ Little Raccoon Catches a Cold Susan Canizares PK+ Llama, Llama series Anna Dewdney PK+

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Title Author Grade Level

Bear Gets Dressed Harriet Ziefert PK

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr. PK

Five Silly Monkeys Susie Brooks PK

Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathman PK

How Do You Do a Didgeridoo? Nick Page PK

Mouse’s First Fall Lauren Thompson PK

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Bill Martin, Jr. PK

The Very Lonely Firefly Eric Carle PK

Where’s My Nose? Susan Ring PK

Where's Spot? Eric Hill PK

A Duck So Small A. H. Benjamin PK+

Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Cynthia Rylant PK+

Adventures of Riley series Amanda Lumry PK+

Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman PK+

Baloney (Henry P.) Jon Scieszka PK+

Bear Snores On Karma Wilson PK+

Big Plans Bob Shea PK+

Bob the Dog Rodrigo Folgueira PK+

Butterflies Keep Flying Ali Pfautz PK+

Clifford stories Norman Bridwell PK+

Dance Matthew Van Fleet PK+

Dandylion Lizzie Finlay PK+

Don't Fidget a Feather Erica Silverman PK+

Dooby Dooby Moo Doreen Cronin PK+

Fat Men From Space Daniel Pinkwater PK+

Franklin Wants a Pet Paulette Bourgeois PK+

Franklin's Halloween Paulette Bourgeois PK+

Goodnight iPad: a Parody for the next generation Ann Droyd PK+

Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown PK+

Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney PK+

Hooray for the Golly sisters Betsy Byars PK+

How to Fool a Cat: Japanese Folktales for Children Hiroko Fujita & Fran Stallings PK+

Hurry Up Franklin Paulette Bourgeois PK+

If You Give a Pig a Pancake Laura Numeroff PK+

Jolly Snow Jane Hissey PK+

Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle PK+

Little Raccoon Catches a Cold Susan Canizares PK+

Llama, Llama series Anna Dewdney PK+

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Meet Me at the Moon Gianna Marino PK+

Memoirs of a Goldfish Devin Scillian PK+

Memoirs of a Hamster Devin Scillian PK+

Mountain Christmas Marc Harshman PK+

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Dr. Seuss PK+

Mr. Grumpy's Motor Car John Burningham PK+

Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner Gareth Edwards PK+

Old Bear and His Cub Olivier Dunrea PK+

One Duck Stuck Phyllis Root PK+

Over in the Meadow Olive A. Wadsworth PK+

Pete the Cat series Eric Litwin PK+

Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! David McPhail PK+

Pout Pout Fish series Deborah Diesen PK+

Puddle Pug Kim Norman PK+

Purple, Green & Yellow Robert Munsch PK+

Read to Tiger S. J. Fore PK+

Spider series Robert Kraus PK+

Stellaluna Janell Cannon PK+

Sunflower House Eve Bunting PK+

Take Me Home, Country Roads adapted by Christopher Canyon PK+

The Emperor Who Forgot His Birthday Jim Edmiston PK+

The Night Before series Natasha Wing PK+

The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch PK+

The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats PK+

The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf PK+

The Thanksgiving Bowl Virginia Kroll PK+

The Three Snow Bears Jan Brett PK+

The Tooth Book Dr. Seuss PK+

The Very Busy Spider Eric Carle PK+

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle PK+

The Widow’s Broom Chris Van Allsburg PK+

The Winged Pony Betty Beloat PK+

Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel PK+

Tony Baloney series Pam Munoz Ryan PK+

Tractor Mac Saves Christmas Billy Steers PK+

Two Christmas Mice Corinne Demas PK+

Under the Ocean Anouck Boisrobert PK+

Warning: Do Not Open This Book Adam Lehrhaupt PK+

Whistle for Willie Ezra Jack Keats PK+

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Your Personal Penguin Sandra Boynton PK+

Ava the Monster Slayer Lisa Maggiore PK - K

Betty Bunny Wants Everything Michael B. Kaplan PK - K

Big series (Big Fire Engine, Big Bulldozer, Big Racing Car, Big Tractor)

Kay Barnes PK - K

Bunny’s Noisy Book Margaret Wise Brown PK - K

Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie Jennifer Berne PK - K

Cookie's Week Cindy Ward PK - K

Fairy Tales for Mr. Barker Jessica Ahlburg PK - K

Glamourpuss Sarah Weeks PK - K

I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track Joshua Prince PK - K

I See My Dad Grace Maccarone PK - K

Little White Duck Walt Whippo PK - K

Max’s Christmas Rosemary Wells PK - K

Mother Bruce Ryan Higgins PK - K

Press Here Herve Tullet PK - K

Ribbit Rodrigo Folgueira PK - K

Tap the Magic Tree Christie Matheson PK - K

The Best Easter Egg Hunt Ever Dawn Casey PK - K

The Big Bug Ball Dee Lillegard PK - K

The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog Ana Martin Larranaga PK - K

The Eagle and the Wren Jane Goodall PK - K

The Lamb-A-Roo Diana Kimpton PK - K

The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf PK - K

The Turnip Jan Brett PK - K

The Wide-Mouthed Frog Keith Faulkner PK - K

The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith PK - K

There Was an Old Monster! Rebecca and Adrian Emberley PK - K

10 Little Hot Dogs John Himmelman PK - 1st

A Chick and Pug Christmas Jennifer Sattler PK - 1st

A House is a House For Me Mary Ann Hoberman PK - 1st

A Mud Pie for Mother Scott Beck PK - 1st

Blue Balloon Mick Inkpen PK - 1st

Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey PK - 1st

Blue's Clues Holly Melton PK - 1st

Carl's Sleepy Afternoon Alexandra Day PK - 1st

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin PK - 1st

Count the Monkeys Mac Barnett PK - 1st

Crocodaddy Kim Norman PK - 1st

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Farmer Brown books Teri Sloat PK - 1st

Giraffes Can't Dance Giles Andreae PK - 1st

Hattie the Bad Jane Devlin PK - 1st

Hedgehugs Steve Wilson PK - 1st

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? Jane Yolen PK - 1st

Hot Rod Hamster Cynthia Lord PK - 1st

I Got Two Dogs Fannie and Blue John Lithgow & Robert Neubecker PK - 1st

I Love You, Stinky Face Lisa McCourt PK - 1st

If I Built a Car Chris Van Dusen PK - 1st

In the Rain with Baby Duck Amy Hest PK - 1st

It’s Too Windy! Hans Wilhelm PK - 1st

Knuckleball Ned R.A. Dickey PK - 1st

Knuffle Bunny books Mo Willems PK - 1st

Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans PK - 1st

Mooseltoe Margie Palatini PK - 1st

Mother Goose Mary Engelbreit PK - 1st

Oliver's Red Toboggan Paul Kortepeter PK - 1st

One Mitten Kristine O'Connell George PK - 1st

Only One Marc Harshman PK - 1st

Pocket Full of Kisses Audrey Penn PK - 1st

Sleep Big Bear Sleep Maureen Wright PK - 1st

Steam Train, Dream Train Sherri Duskey Rinker PK - 1st

Thank You for Being My Friend Peter Bently PK - 1st

Thanksgiving for Emily Ann Teresa Johnston PK - 1st

The Blackberry Mouse Matthew Grimsdale PK - 1st

The Christmas Wish Lori Evert PK - 1st

The Feel Good Book Todd Parr PK - 1st

The Flying School Bus Mary G. Eubank PK - 1st

The Hello, Goodbye Window Norman Juster PK - 1st

The Last Christmas Tree Stephen Krensky PK - 1st

The Laughing Dragon Kenneth Mahood PK - 1st

The Not So Quiet Library Zachariah OHora PK - 1st

The Old Lady Who series Lucille Colandro PK - 1st

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy Jane Thayer PK - 1st

The Trellis and the Seed Jan Karon PK - 1st

The Very Lazy Ladybug Isobel Finn PK - 1st

There's a Mouse about the House Richard Fowler PK - 1st

Touch the Brightest Star Christie Matheson PK - 1st

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee Chris Van Dusen PK - 1st

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A Fish Out of Water Helen Palmer PK - 2nd

A Fly Went By Mike McClintock PK - 2nd

A Halloween Scare in West Virginia Eric James PK - 2nd

All Pigs Are Beautiful Dick King-Smith PK - 2nd

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

Ask Me Why series Southwestern Company PK - 2nd

Be Nice to Spiders Margaret Bloy Graham PK - 2nd

Beany and Scamp Lisa Bassett PK - 2nd

Beatrice Doesn’t Want To Laura Numeroff PK - 2nd

Bella's Rules Elissa Haden Guest PK - 2nd

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake Michael Kaplan PK - 2nd

Boober Fraggle's Giant Wish Jocelyn Stevenson PK - 2nd

Bunny Loves to Read Peter Bently PK - 2nd

Can I Play Too? Mo Willems PK - 2nd

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth PK - 2nd

Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes PK - 2nd

Children Make Terrible Pets Peter Brown PK - 2nd

Cloudette Tom Lichtenheld PK - 2nd

Corduroy books Don Freeman PK - 2nd

Cowboy Small Lois Lenski PK - 2nd

Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes PK - 2nd

Dinosaurs Love Underpants Claire Freedman PK - 2nd

Dirty Joe, the Pirate: A True Story Bill Harley PK - 2nd

Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin PK - 2nd

Dragons Love Tacos 2 Adam Rubin PK - 2nd

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur Kallie George PK - 2nd

Duck on a Tractor David Shannon PK - 2nd

Duck Soup Jackie Urbanovic PK - 2nd

Duncan the Story Dragon Amanda Driscoll PK - 2nd

Eggbert: The Slightly Cracked Egg Tom Ross PK - 2nd

Ella the Elegant Elephant Carmela D'Amico PK - 2nd

Elmer the Elephant books David McKee PK - 2nd

Forest Night, Forest Bright Jennifer Ward PK - 2nd

Fox in Sox Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

Frederick Leo Lionni PK - 2nd

Friends Go Adventuring Helme Heine PK - 2nd

Gerald McBoing Boing Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

Gilbert series Jane Clarke PK - 2nd

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Goldilocks and the Three Dinaosaurs Mo Willems PK - 2nd

Grandfather Tang's Story Ann Tompert PK - 2nd

Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

Hairy Maclary series Lynley Dodd PK - 2nd

Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks Corey Rosen Schwartz PK - 2nd

Honey... Honey... Lion! Jan Brett PK - 2nd

Horton Hatches the Egg Dr. Seuss PK - 2nd

How Many Trucks Could a Tow Truck Tow Charlotte Pomerantz PK - 2nd

How to Babysit a Grandma Jean Reagan PK - 2nd

How to Babysit a Grandpa Jean Reagan PK - 2nd

How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum Lois Wyse PK - 2nd

Hurty Feelings Helen Lester PK - 2nd

I Don't Want to Be a Frog Dev Petty and Mike Boldt PK - 2nd

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff PK - 2nd

If You Give a Mouse an iPhone Ann Droyd PK - 2nd

If You Take a Mouse to School Laura Numeroff PK - 2nd

If You Take A Mouse To The Movies Laura Numeroff PK - 2nd

In November Cynthia Rylant PK - 2nd

Jesse Bear What Will You Wear Nancy White Carlstrom PK - 2nd

John Henry: An American Legend Ezra Jack Keats PK - 2nd

Ladybig Girl series David Soman PK - 2nd

Little Blue and Little Yellow Leo Lionni PK - 2nd

Little Engines Can Do Big Things Britt Allcroft PK - 2nd

Little Kids First Big Book of Why Amy Shields PK - 2nd

Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers PK - 2nd

Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey PK - 2nd

Making the Moose Out of Life Nicholas Oldland PK - 2nd

Martha Speaks Susan Meddaugh PK - 2nd

Mercer Mayer books Mercer Mayer PK - 2nd

Mim's Christmas Jam Andrea Davis Pinkney PK - 2nd

Miranda's Ghosts Udo Weigelt PK - 2nd

Miss Smith Michael Garland PK - 2nd

Monsters Love Underpants Claire Freedman PK - 2nd

Mo’s Mustache Ben Clanton PK - 2nd

Motor Miles John Burningham PK - 2nd

My Big Dog Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel PK - 2nd

My Dad at the Zoo Coralie Saudo PK - 2nd

My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza PK - 2nd

Nanette's Baguette Mo Willems PK - 2nd

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Not Your Typical Dragon Dan Bar-el PK - 2nd

Nugget and Fang: Friends Forever―or Snack Time? Tammi Sauer PK - 2nd

Olivia Ian Falconer PK - 2nd

Otis series Loren Long PK - 2nd

Peanut Butter & Cupcake Terry Border PK - 2nd

Pigeon books Mo Willems PK - 2nd

Pinkalicious Victoria Kann PK - 2nd

Pinocchio Steffi Fletcher PK - 2nd

Pirates Love Underpants Claire Freedman PK - 2nd

Poppleton books Cynthia Rylant PK - 2nd

Possum Come A-Knockin' Nancy Van Laan PK - 2nd

Put Me In the Zoo Robert Lopshire PK - 2nd

Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson PK - 2nd

Sally and the Purple Socks Lisze Bechtold PK - 2nd

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Carol Diggory Shields PK - 2nd

Snowmen at Night Caralyn Buehner PK - 2nd

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Eileen Spinelli PK - 2nd

Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy Carl R. Sams, Jean Stoick PK - 2nd

Stuck Oliver Jeffers PK - 2nd

Sylvia Jean, Scout Supreme Lisa Campbell Ernst PK - 2nd

That is Not a Good Idea Mo Willems PK - 2nd

The Baby Blue Cat series Ainslie Pryor PK - 2nd

The Brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm PK - 2nd

The Crow’s Tale Naomi Howarth PK - 2nd

The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt PK - 2nd

The Day the Crayons Came Home Drew Daywalt PK - 2nd

The Elephant's Child Rudyard Kipling PK - 2nd

The Gardener Sarah Stewart PK - 2nd

The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair Kate Bernheimer PK - 2nd

The Golden Egg Book Margaret Wise Brown PK - 2nd

The Great Fuzz Frenzy Janet Stevens PK - 2nd

The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster David Conway PK - 2nd

The Hiccupotamus Aaron Zenz PK - 2nd

The King of Little Things Bill Lepp PK - 2nd

The Lion Inside Rachel Bright PK - 2nd

The Lion King Don Ferguson PK - 2nd

The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper PK - 2nd

The Little Pig Judy Dunn PK - 2nd

The Littlest Bunny in West Virginia Lily Jacobs PK - 2nd

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The Mine-O-Saur Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen PK - 2nd

The Monster at the End of This Book Jon Stone PK - 2nd

The Monster Trap Dean Morrissey PK - 2nd

The Monstore Tara Lazar PK - 2nd

The Napping House Audrey Wood PK - 2nd

The Night Gardener Terry and Eric Fan PK - 2nd

The Purple Kangaroo Michael Ian Black PK - 2nd

The Rubber Legged Ducky John G. Keller PK - 2nd

The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown PK - 2nd

The Snatchabook Helen Docherty PK - 2nd

The Snurtch Sean Ferrell PK - 2nd

The Spiffiest Giant in Town Julia Donaldson PK - 2nd

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka PK - 2nd

The Swan’s Gift Brenda Seabrooke PK - 2nd

The Sweet Touch Lorna Balian PK - 2nd

The Sweetest Fig Chris Van Allsburg PK - 2nd

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter PK - 2nd

The Thingumajig Book of Manners Irene Keller PK - 2nd

The Wolf’s Chicken Stew Keiko Kasza PK - 2nd

There's No Such Thing as a Dragon Jack Kent PK - 2nd

This Book Just Ate My Dog! Richard Byrne PK - 2nd

This Moose Belongs to Me Oliver Jeffers PK - 2nd

Toads on Toast Linda Bailey PK - 2nd

Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens PK - 2nd

Ugly Pie Lisa Wheeler PK - 2nd

Underpants Wonderpants Peter Bently PK - 2nd

Watch Out! Claire Llewellyn PK - 2nd

Water Boy David McPhail PK - 2nd

What's the Big Idea, Molly? Valeri Gorbachev PK - 2nd

What's the Time, Grandma Wolf? Ken Brown PK - 2nd

Who Done It? Olivier Tallec PK - 2nd

Wolf! Becky Bloom PK - 2nd

Yonie Wondernose Marguerite De Angeli PK - 2nd

Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs Frank Asch PK - 2nd

A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue Julia Cook PK - 3rd

A Day With No Crayons Elizabeth Rusch PK - 3rd

A Fine, Fine School Sharon Creech PK - 3rd

Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Don Brown PK - 3rd

Any Dr. Seuss books Dr. Seuss PK - 3rd

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Any Eric Carle books Eric Carle PK - 3rd

Arnie the Doughnut Laurie Keller PK - 3rd

Axle Annie Robin Pulver PK - 3rd

Babar the King Jean De Brunhoff PK - 3rd

Babushka Baba Yaga Patricia Polacco PK -3rd

Bad Dog Marley John Grogan PK - 3rd

Bad Kitty Nick Bruel PK - 3rd

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

Melissa Sweet PK - 3rd

Bats at the… books Brian Lies PK - 3rd

Bear Stays Up Karma Wilson PK - 3rd

Beatrice’s Goat Page McBrier PK - 3rd

Big Al Andrew Clements PK - 3rd

Big Bad Bubble Adam Rubin PK - 3rd

Black Lagoon Adventures series Mike Thaler PK - 3rd

Brave Irene William Steig PK - 3rd

Bugs in My Hair David Shannon PK - 3rd

Charlie the Ranch Dog Ree Drummond PK - 3rd

Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully Audrey Penn PK - 3rd

Chester the Worldly Pig Bill Peet PK - 3rd

Chicken Cheeks Michael Ian Black PK - 3rd

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett PK - 3rd

Comet's Nine Lives Jan Brett PK - 3rd

Cranberryport books Wende Devlin PK - 3rd

Crankenstein Samantha Berger PK - 3rd

Creepy Carrots Aaron Reynolds PK - 3rd

Cross-Country Cat Mary Calhoun PK - 3rd

Curious George books H. A. Rey & Margaret Rey PK - 3rd

Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Seprent Bill Peet PK - 3rd

Daisy Comes Home Jan Brett PK - 3rd

Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff PK - 3rd

David books David Shannon PK - 3rd

Desert Night Shift Conrad J. Storad PK - 3rd

Doctor DeSoto William Steig PK - 3rd

Duck on a Bike David Shannon PK - 3rd

Duck! Rabbit! Amy Krouse Rosenthal PK - 3rd

Eagle Boy Richard Lee Vaughan PK - 3rd

Enemy Pie Derek Munson PK - 3rd

Epossumondas Coleen Salley PK - 3rd

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Ezra Jack Keats books Ezra Jack Keats PK - 3rd

Falling for Rapunzel Leah Wilcox PK - 3rd

Fifty Cents and a Dream Jabari Asim PK - 3rd

Frances books Russell Hoban PK - 3rd

Franklin series Paulette Bourgeois PK - 3rd

Frida Jonah Winter PK - 3rd

Frog and Toad series Arnold Lobel PK - 3rd

Froggy series Jonathan London PK - 3rd

Giggle, Giggle, Quack Doreen Cronin PK - 3rd

Gingerbread Cowboy Janet Squires PK - 3rd

Goodnight Selfie Scott Menchin PK - 3rd

Gregory the Terrible Eater Mitchell Sharmat PK - 3rd

Guess Again Mac Barnett PK - 3rd

Hampire! Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen PK - 3rd

Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson PK - 3rd

Harry Hungry Steven Salerno PK - 3rd

Harry the Dirty Dog books Gene Zion PK - 3rd

Henry and the Crazed Chicken Pirates Carolyn Crimi PK - 3rd

Hip Hop Dog Chris Raschka PK - 3rd

How I Became a Pirate Melinda Long PK - 3rd

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head Bill Peet PK - 3rd

How to Bake an American Pie Karma Wilson PK - 3rd

I Ate a Cicada Today Jeff Crossan PK - 3rd

I Stink! Kate McMullin PK - 3rd

I Wish I Had Duck Feet Dr. Seuss PK - 3rd

I Wish I Were a Butterfly James Howe PK - 3rd

If You Give a Dog a Donut Laura Numeroff PK - 3rd

If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Numeroff PK - 3rd

Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber PK - 3rd

I Wanna Iguana Karen Kaufman Orloff PK - 3rd

Jan Brett books Jan Brett PK - 3rd

Jungle Drums Graeme Base PK - 3rd

Kiss the Cow Phyllis Root PK - 3rd

Legend of Texas Bluebonet Tomie dePaola PK - 3rd

Little Critter books Mercer Mayer PK - 3rd

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Ed Young PK - 3rd

Lyle the Crocodile books Bernard Waber PK - 3rd

Marsupial Sue John Lithgow PK - 3rd

Martha Doesn't Say Sorry Samantha Berger PK - 3rd

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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Virginia Lee Burton PK - 3rd

Miss Nelson is Missing Harry G. Allard, Jr. PK - 3rd

More Than Anything Else Marie Bradby PK - 3rd

Mr. Grumpy's Motor Car John Burningham PK - 3rd

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale John Steptoe PK - 3rd

Mustache Baby Bridget Heos PK - 3rd

My Brave Year of Firsts Jamie Lee Curtis PK - 3rd

My Dog is a Chicken Susan McElroy Montanari PK - 3rd

My First Little House Books Laura Ingalls Wilder PK - 3rd

Never Say a Mean Word Again Jacqueline Jules PK - 3rd

Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathman PK - 3rd

Oh, The Places You'll Go Dr. Seuss PK - 3rd

Oh, Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur? Bonnie Worth PK - 3rd

Once I Ate a Pie Patricia MacLachlan PK - 3rd

Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me Eric Carle PK - 3rd

Periwinkle’s Journey Judy Petersen-Fleming PK - 3rd

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue Maurice Sendak PK - 3rd

Piggy Pie Margie Palatini PK - 3rd

Pinduli Janell Cannon PK - 3rd

Please, Open This Book Adam Lehrhaupt PK - 3rd

Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg PK - 3rd

Pop's Bridge Eve Bunting PK - 3rd

Previously Allan Ahlberg PK - 3rd

Probuditi! Chris Van Allsburg PK - 3rd

Rainbow Fish series Marcus Pfister PK - 3rd

Randy Riley's Really Big Hit Chris Van Dusen PK - 3rd

Rappy the Raptor Dan Gutman PK - 3rd

Ready, Freddy! series Abby Klein PK - 3rd

Reuben and the Balloon Merle Good PK - 3rd

Reuben and the Blizzard Merle Good PK - 3rd

Rocket Writes a Story Tad Hills PK - 3rd

Rocks in My Pockets Marc Harshman, Bonnie Collins PK - 3rd

Sally Goes to the Vet Stephen Huneck PK - 3rd

Salt in His Shoes Deloris Jordan PK - 3rd

Santa Calls William Joyce PK - 3rd

Shark Detective Jessica Olien PK - 3rd

Shortcut Donald Crews PK - 3rd

Smelly Socks Robert Munsch PK - 3rd

Splat the Cat books Rob Scotton PK - 3rd

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Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon Patty Lovell PK - 3rd

Stanley's Party Linda Bailey PK - 3rd

Stick Man Julia Donaldson PK - 3rd

Stone Soup Marcia Brown PK - 3rd

Strega Nona Tomie dePaola PK - 3rd

Substitute Creacher Chris Gall PK - 3rd

Superworm Julie Donaldson PK - 3rd

Ten Naughty Little Monkeys Suzanne Williams PK - 3rd

Thanksgiving Graces Mark Moulton PK - 3rd

The Ant and the Elephant Bill Peet PK - 3rd

The Bicycle Man Allen Say PK - 3rd

The Biggest Bear Lynd Ward PK - 3rd

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Steven Kroll PK - 3rd

The Bookshop Dog Cynthia Rylant PK - 3rd

The Bremen Town Musicians Brothers Grimm PK - 3rd

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes DuBose Heyward PK - 3rd

The Dump Man’s Treasures Lynn Plourde PK - 3rd

The Emperor's Egg Martin Jenkins PK - 3rd

The Emporor's New Clothes Hans Christian Anderson PK - 3rd

The Frazzle Family Finds a Way Ann Bonwill PK - 3rd

The Giant Jam Sandwich Janet Burroway, John Vernon Lord PK - 3rd

The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson PK - 3rd

The Hallo-Wiener Dav Pilkey PK - 3rd

The House on East 88th Street Bernard Waber PK - 3rd

The Incredible Book Eating Boy Oliver Jeffers PK - 3rd

The Interrupting Chicken David Ezra Stein PK - 3rd

The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn PK - 3rd

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Linda Williams PK - 3rd

The Lonely Book Kate Bernheimer PK - 3rd

The Man in the Moon William Joyce PK - 3rd

The Missing Mitten Mystery Steven Kellogg PK - 3rd

The Mitten Jan Brett PK - 3rd

The Odd Egg Emily Gravett PK - 3rd

The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant PK - 3rd

The Popcorn Dragon Jane Thayer PK - 3rd

The Recess Queen Alexis O'Neill PK - 3rd

The Retired Kid Jon Agee PK - 3rd

The Sandman William Joyce PK - 3rd

The Secret Life of Squirrels Nancy Rose PK - 3rd

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The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant Jean De Brunhoff PK - 3rd

The Talking Eggs Robert D. San Souci PK- 3rd

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Stephen Carpenter PK - 3rd

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot Margaret McNamara PK - 3rd

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Eugene Trivizas PK - 3rd

The Tomten Astrid Lindgren PK - 3rd

The Underpants Zoo Brian Seldelbach PK - 3rd

The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams PK - 3rd

The Wheels on the Race Car Alex Zane PK - 3rd

There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea Jennifer Ward PK - 3rd

There's a Wocket in My Pocket Dr. Seuss PK - 3rd

Those Darn Squirrels! Adam Rubin PK - 3rd

Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day Jamie Lee Curtis PK - 3rd

Too Many Toys David Shannon PK - 3rd

Too Much Noise Ann McGovern PK - 3rd

Turtle Bay Saviour Pirotta PK - 3rd

Warthogs in the Kitchen Pamela Duncan Edwards PK - 3rd

We Forgot Brock Carter Goodrich PK - 3rd

We’re All Wonders R. J. Palacio PK - 3rd

We're Going on a Bear Hunt Helen Oxenbury PK - 3rd

When I am Old Angela Johnson PK - 3rd

When Spring Comes Kevin Henkes PK - 3rd

Why is the Snow White? Heinz Janisch PK - 3rd

Wings Christopher Myers PK - 3rd

Yoda Gets a Buddy Beth Stern PK - 3rd

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together

Mary Ann Hoberman PK - 3rd

Do Not Open This Book Michaela Muntean PK - 4th

Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss PK - 4th

Library Mouse Daniel Kirk PK - 4th

Magic School Bus series Joanna Cole PK - 4th

Scarredy Squirrel series Melanie Watt PK - 4th

The Wartville Wizard Don Madden PK - 4th

What Do You Do With an Idea? Kobi Yamada PK - 4th

Actual Size Steve Jenkins PK - 5th

Chicken Soup With Rice Maurice Sendak PK - 5th

The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry Bill Martin, Jr. (editor) PK - 5th

Enemy Pie Derek Munson PK - 7th

Eliza and the Dragonfly Susie Caldwell Rinehart K+

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Grandpa’s Tractor Michael Garland K+

Hey! Listen to This edited by Jim Trelease K+

Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast Josh Funk K+

Mousekin's Golden House Edna Miller K+

Paul Revere's Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow K+

Pssst! Adam Rex K+

The Berenstain Bears books Stan and Jan Berenstain K+

The Great Ball Game Joseph Bruchac K+

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore K+

The Princess and the Pizza Mary Jane Auch K+

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children Jack Prelutsky K+

The Secret Garden (adapted from the original) Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Margaret DeKeyser

K+

Three Hens and a Peacock Lester Laminack K+

Hair in the Air Gary Hogg K - 1st

Late for School Steve Martin K - 1st

McDuff series Rosemary Wells K - 1st

Moose on the Loose Kathy-Jo Wargin K - 1st

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Don Wood K - 1st

Superworm Julia Donaldson K - 1st

The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland K - 1st

A Bad Case of Stripes David Shannon K - 2nd

A Helping Hand Tammy S. Berg K - 2nd

A Sick Day for Amos McGee Philip C. Stead K - 2nd

Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty K - 2nd

Amy's Light Robert Nutt K - 2nd

Arthur books Marc Brown K - 2nd

Best Friends (A Fraggle Rock Book) Jocelyn Stevenson K - 2nd

Biscuit Alyssa Satin Capucilli K - 2nd

Buddy and Earl Maureen Fergus K - 2nd

Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina K - 2nd

Carnivores Aaron Reynolds K - 2nd

Chickens Aren't the Only Ones Ruth Heller K - 2nd

Clayton’s Path Brett Bishop, Laura Olsen K - 2nd

Dog Blossom Comes Home James Herriot K - 2nd

Dogs’ Night Meredith Hooper K - 2nd

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct Mo Willems K - 2nd

Elephant and Piggy books Mo Willems K - 2nd

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Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse Rebecca Janni K - 2nd

Extra Yarn Mac Barnett K - 2nd

Fluffy and Friends series Kate McMullan K - 2nd

Fly Guy series Tedd Arnold K - 2nd

Four Pups and a Worm Eric Seltzer K - 2nd

Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears Corey Rosen Schwartz K - 2nd

Happy Birthday to You Dr. Seuss K - 2nd

Henry and Mudge series Cynthia Rylant K - 2nd

How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids Tom Rath K - 2nd

Humbug Witch Lorna Balian K - 2nd

I Need My Monster Amanda Noll K - 2nd

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! Elise Parsley K - 2nd

Iggy Peck, Architect Andrea Beaty K - 2nd

Ish Peter H. Reynolds K - 2nd

Johnny Appleseed: My Story David L. Harrison K - 2nd

Market Square James Herriot K - 2nd

Miss Maple’s Seeds Eliza Wheeler K - 2nd

Mr. Picklepaw's Popcorn Ruth Adams K - 2nd

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Candace Fleming K - 2nd

My Pet Book Bob Staake K - 2nd

Never Tickle a Tiger Pamela Butchart K - 2nd

Oscar, Cat About Town James Herriot K - 2nd

Owl Babies Martin Waddell K - 2nd

Owl Moon Jane Yolen K - 2nd

Policeman Lou Lisa Desimini K - 2nd

Rosie's Fiddle Phyllis Root K - 2nd

Rosie Revere, Engineer Andrea Beaty K - 2nd

Scarecrow Pete Mark Kimball Moulton K - 2nd

Stinky Eleanor Davis K - 2nd

Stop That Ball! Mike McClintock K - 2nd

Tacky the Penguin books Helen Lester K - 2nd

Tembo Takes Charge: Katya's Busy Morning Thea Feldman K - 2nd

The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak K - 2nd

The Digging-est Dog Al Perkins K - 2nd

The Hairy Toe Daniel Postgate K - 2nd

The Handstand Lisa Stickley K - 2nd

The Hungry Thing Jan Slepian, Ann Seidler K - 2nd

The Invisible Boy Trudy Ludwig K - 2nd

The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn't Louise Gikow K - 2nd

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The Little Green Witch Barbara Barbieri McGrath K - 2nd

The Littlest Matsyoshka Corinne Demas Bliss K - 2nd

The Name Jar Yangsook Choi K - 2nd

The Princess and the Pony Kate Beaton K - 2nd

The Rolling Rice Cakes Eric A. Kimmel K - 2nd

The Royal Raven Hans Wilhelm K - 2nd

The Smushy Bus Leslie Helakoski K - 2nd

The Three Ninja Pigs Corey Rosen Schwartz K - 2nd

The Web Files Margie Palatini K - 2nd

The Worst Best Friend Alexis O’Neill K - 2nd

This Tree Counts Alison Formento K - 2nd

Too Many Daves Dr. Seuss K - 2nd

Turtle! Turtle! Watch Out! April Sayre K - 2nd

Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris K - 2nd

Underwear! Mary Elise Monsell K - 2nd

We Are Growing! (Elephant and Piggy Like Reading!) Laurie Keller, Mo Willems K - 2nd

We Gather Together...Now Please Get Lost! Diane deGroat K - 2nd

What I Saw in the Teachers' Lounge Jerry Pallotta K - 2nd

What Pet Should I Get? Dr. Seuss K - 2nd

When a Dragon Moves In Jodi Moore K - 2nd

Elsie's Bird Jane Yolen K - 3rd

Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod Robert J. Blake K - 3rd

Amelia Bedelia series Peggy Parish K - 3rd

Aqualicious Victoria Kann K - 3rd

Barn Dance! Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault K - 3rd

Best Friends Steven Kellogg K - 3rd

Blowin’ in the Wind Bob Dylan K - 3rd

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs books Giles Andreae K - 3rd

Dadblamed Union Army Cow Susan Fletcher K - 3rd

Deep in the Sahara Kelly Cunnane K - 3rd

Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin K - 3rd

Dolphins! Sharon Bokoske K - 3rd

Fancy Nancy books Jane O'Connor K - 3rd

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mattick K - 3rd

First Day Jitters Julie Danneberg K - 3rd

Flat Stanley Jeff Brown K - 3rd

Freckle Face Strawberry Julianne Moore K - 3rd

George Washington and the General's Dog Frank Murphy K - 3rd

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Goldilocks Returns Lisa Campbell Ernst K - 3rd

Gold Miner's Daughter Jackie Mims Hopkins K - 3rd

Huck Runs Amuck Sean Taylor K - 3rd

I Met a Moose in Maine One Day Ed Shankman K - 3rd

Jackalope Janet Stevens K - 3rd

Junie B. Jones series Barbara Park K - 3rd

Library Lion Michelle Knudsen K - 3rd

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Jennifer Berne K - 3rd

Mars Needs Moms! Berkeley Breathed K - 3rd

Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt Leslie Kimmelman K - 3rd

Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu Dayle Ann Dodds K - 3rd

Miss Hunnicutt's Hat Jeff Brumbeau K - 3rd

Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney K - 3rd

Mr. Putter and Tabby books Cynthia Rylant K - 3rd

Nerdy Birdy Aaron Reynolds K - 3rd

Night of the Pumpkinheads Michael J. Rosen K - 3rd

Not Norman: A Goldfish Story Kelly Bennett K - 3rd

Ordinary People Change the World series (I am…) Brad Meltzer K - 3rd

Otis the Owl Mary Holland K - 3rd

Pakkun The Wolf and His Dinosaur Friends Yasuko Kimura K - 3rd

Passing the Music Down Sarah Sullivan K - 3rd

Petite Rouge Mike Artell K - 3rd

Plantzilla Jerdine Nolen K - 3rd

Raggedy Ann stories Johnny Gruelle K - 3rd

Saving the Liberty Bell Megan McDonald K - 3rd

Sheep Emily K. Green K - 3rd

Sheltie the Hero Laura Bush, Jenna Bush Hager K - 3rd

Skippyjon Jones books Judith Schachner K - 3rd

Small Rabbit Miska Miles K - 3rd

Smoky Mountain Rose Alan Schroeder K - 3rd

St. Patrick's Day Gail Gibbons K - 3rd

Stink series Megan McDonald K - 3rd

Thank you, Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco K - 3rd

The Apple Orchard Riddle Margaret McNamara K - 3rd

The Best Seat in Second Grade Katharine Kenah K - 3rd

The Bully and the Shrimp Catherine Allison, Kim Geyer K - 3rd

The Cat Who Wore a Pot on Her Head Jan Slepian, Ann Seidler K - 3rd

The Easter Egg Farm Mary Jane Auch K - 3rd

The Empty Pot Demi K - 3rd

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The Fire Cat Esther Averill K - 3rd

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) Philomen Sturges K - 3rd

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein K - 3rd

The Mischevians William Joyce K - 3rd

The Mysterious Tadpole Steven Kellogg K - 3rd

The Raft Jim LaMarche K - 3rd

The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant K - 3rd

The Storm Marc Harshman K - 3rd

The Story of Holly and Ivy Rumer Godden K - 3rd

The Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles K - 3rd

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieszke K - 3rd

Those Shoes Maribeth Boelts K - 3rd

Three Little Cajun Pigs Mike Artell and Jim Harris K - 3rd

Thunder Cake Patricia Polacco K - 3rd

Tomie dePaola books Tomie dePaola K - 3rd

Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks!: The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk as Told by the Giant

Eric Braun K - 3rd

Turtle’s Race With Beaver Joseph Bruchac K - 3rd

Two of Everything Lily Toy Hong K - 3rd

Uncle Andy's James Warhola K - 3rd

Waiting for the Evening Star Rosemary Wells K - 3rd

Walter the Farting Dog series William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray K - 3rd

When Charlie McButton Lost Power Suzanne Collins K - 3rd

When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant K - 3rd

Adopted by an Owl Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen K - 4th

Aesop's Fables K - 4th

Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Patricia Polacco K - 4th

Bartholomew and the Oobleck Dr. Seuss K - 4th

Heidi (Grosset & Dunlap Junior Classics) Johanna Spyri K - 4th

Heidi Heckelbeck Gets Glasses Wanda Coven K - 4th

Itsy Bitsy & Tenny Weeny Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen K - 4th

Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels Jamie Michalak K - 4th

Kelly of Hazel Ridge Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen K - 4th

Mad Scientist Academy series Matthew McElligott K - 4th

Out of the Woods Rebecca Bond K - 4th

Penny: The Forgotten Coin Denise Brennan-Nelson K - 4th

Rikki Tikki Tavi Rudyard Kipling K - 4th

Saving Samantha Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen K - 4th

The Butter Battle Book Dr. Seuss K - 4th

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The Dream Tree Stephen Cosgrove K - 4th

The Frightened Frog: An Environmental Tale Brenda Moore, Jean Ohlmann K - 4th

The Hard Times Jar Ethell Footman Smothers K - 4th

The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey Demi K - 4th

The Magic Nesting Doll Jacqueline Ogburn K - 4th

The Seven Chinese Brothers Margaret Mahy K - 4th

The Sneetches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss K - 4th

Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose Dr. Seuss K - 4th

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Dr. Seuss K - 4th

Dragolin Stephen Cosgrove K - 5th

John Henry Julius Lester K - 5th

The New Kid on the Block Jack Prelutsky K - 5th

The Old Woman and the Willy Nilly Man Jill Wright K - 5th

Something Big Has Been Here Jack Prelutsky K - 5th

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are

Maria Dismondy K - 5th

Classic Fairy Tales and Fables

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Anderson K - 6th

The Tale of Three Trees Angela Elwell and Tim Jonke K - 7th

Of Thee I Sing Barack Obama K - 12th

Garden books about growing, insects and ecosystem 1st

A Poem in Your Pocket Margaret McNamara 1st - 3rd

Down on the Funny Farm Patrick King 1st - 3rd

Eerie Elementary Jack Chabert 1st - 3rd

Every Thing On It Shel Silverstein 1st - 3rd

Falling Up Shel Silverstein 1st - 3rd

Grace for President Kelly DiPucchio 1st - 3rd

I Love You Just Enough Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen 1st - 3rd

Kung Pow Chicken series Cyndi Marko 1st - 3rd

Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back Shel Silverstein 1st - 3rd

Nate the Great and the Monster Mess Marjorie Weinman Sharmat 1st - 3rd

No Pirates Allowed Rhonda Gowler Greene 1st - 3rd

One Hungry Cat Joanne Rocklin 1st - 3rd

Owen & Mzee Isabella Hatkoff & Craig Hatkoff 1st - 3rd

Owl Diaries series Rebecca Elliott 1st - 3rd

Penny Dreadful series Joanna Nadin 1st - 3rd

Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzy Murphy Story Emily Arnold McCully 1st - 3rd

The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith 1st - 3rd

The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto Natalie Standiford 1st - 3rd

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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy Dori Hillestad Butler 1st - 3rd

The Minpins Roald Dahl 1st - 3rd

The Unhappy Stonecutter Charlotte Guillain and Steve Dorado 1st - 3rd

Treasury of Virtues Jennifer Boudart 1st - 3rd

Ugly Cute Animals Melvin & Gilda Benger 1st - 3rd

Violet the Pilot Steve Breen 1st - 3rd

Waylon! One Awesome Thing Sara Pennypacker 1st - 3rd

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 1st - 3rd

A to Z Mysteries Ron Roy 1st - 4th

Alphabeasts Wallace Edwards 1st - 4th

Anansi tales Eric Kimmel (retold by) 1st - 4th

Andrew Lost series J.C. Greenburg 1st - 4th

Ballpark Mysteries #1: The Fenway Foul-up David A. Kelly 1st - 4th

Boo! And I Mean It Barbara Park 1st - 4th

Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story Anna Egan Smucker 1st - 4th

Johnny Appleseed Steven Kellogg 1st - 4th

Judy Moody series Megan McDonald 1st - 4th

Jumanji Chris Van Alisburg 1st - 4th

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Audrey Wood 1st - 4th

Mercy Watson books Kate DiCamillo 1st - 4th

Nobody Owns the Sky Reeve Lindbergh 1st - 4th

One Grain of Rice Demi 1st - 4th

Pee Wee Scouts series Judy Delton 1st - 4th

Rags: Hero Dog of WWI Margot Theis Raven 1st - 4th

Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story Cynthia Rylant 1st - 4th

Tales for Very Picky Eaters Josh Schneider 1st - 4th

Thank You, Sarah Laurie Halse Anderson 1st - 4th

The Chicken Squad series Doreen Cronin 1st - 4th

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Susan Wojciechowski 1st - 4th

The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes 1st - 4th

The Junkyard Wonders Patricia Polacco 1st - 4th

The Monster Who Ate My Peas Danny Schnitzlein 1st - 4th

The Quiltmakers Gift Jess Brumbeau 1st - 4th

Third Grade Detectives series George E. Stanley 1st - 4th

Who Would Win? Ultimate Ocean Rumble Jerry Pallotta 1st - 4th

Babe: The Gallant Pig Dick King-Smith 1st - 5th

Freckle Juice Judy Blume 1st - 5th

Hermit Crab Carter Goodich 1st - 5th

It’s a Book Lane Smith 1st - 5th

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Moose on the Loose Pamela Jane 1st - 5th

My Weird School series Dan Gutman 1st - 5th

My Weirder School series Dan Gutman 1st - 5th

My Weirdest School series Dan Gutman 1st - 5th

Ollie’s Odyssey William Joyce 1st - 5th

Once Upon a Cool Motorcylce Dude Kevin O'Malley 1st - 5th

Our Solar System Seymour Simon 1st - 5th

Snow White and Rose Red Brothers Grimm 1st - 5th

The Turtle Cynthia Rylant 1st - 5th

The Green Ember S.D. Smith 1st - 5th

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups David Wisniewski 1st - 5th

Who Pooped in the Colorado Plateau? Scat and Tracks for Kids

Gary D. Robson 1st - 5th

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1st - 6th

Illustrated stories from Shakespeare William Shakespeare (adapted by Rosie Dickens)

1st+

McBroom's Ghost Sid Fleischman 1st+

McBroom's Zoo Sid Fleischman 1st+

Petunia Pepper’s Picture Day Cathy Breisacher 1st+

Santa’s Twin Dean Koontz 1st+

The Frog Prince Jon Scieszka 1st+

The Frog Prince Continued Jon Scieszka 1st+

"There Are Rocks in My Socks!" Said the Ox to the Fox Patricia Thomas 1st+

Animal Life, Growing Up Karen O'Callaghan 2nd

Fang and Claw Frank Buck 2nd

Jack and the Bean Snacks (After Happily Ever After) Tony Bradman 2nd - 3rd

The Giving Tree Shel Silversten 2nd - 3rd

Be Nice to Mice Nancy E. Krulik 2nd - 4th

Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales Paul Robert Walker 2nd - 4th

Catwings series Ursula K. Le Guin 2nd - 4th

Class Clown Johanna Hurwitz 2nd - 4th

Clementine Sara Pennypacker 2nd - 4th

George, Can't You Make Them Behave? Jean Fritz 2nd - 4th

Hark! A Shark!: All About Sharks Bonnie Worth 2nd - 4th

How to Babysit Your Brother Cathy Hapka 2nd - 4th

Last Day of School Louise Borden 2nd - 4th

Magic Bone Nancy Krulik 2nd - 4th

Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales Larry Evans 2nd - 4th

Seldovia Sam and the Blueberry Bear Susan Woodward Springer 2nd - 4th

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The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey 2nd - 4th

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse Bruce Hale 2nd - 4th

The Eagles are Back Jean Craighead George 2nd - 4th

The Value of Believing in Yourself Spencer Johnson & Steve Pileggi 2nd - 4th

The Wolves in the Walls Neil Gaiman 2nd - 4th

Third Grade Angels Jerry Spinelli 2nd - 4th

What If There Were No Bees? Suzanne Slade 2nd - 4th

14 Cows for America Carmen Agra Deedy 2nd - 5th

A Mountain Alphabet Margriet Ruurs 2nd - 5th

All About Sam Lois Lowry 2nd - 5th

A President from Hawaii Joanna Carolan, Dr. Terry Carolan 2nd - 5th

An Outlaw Thanksgiving Emily Arnold McCully 2nd - 5th

Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School series Andrew Clements 2nd - 5th

Boxcar Children series Gertrude Chandler Warner 2nd - 5th

Cabin Creek Mysteries Kristiana Gregory 2nd - 5th

Cam Jansen mysteries David Adler 2nd - 5th

Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 2nd - 5th

Dodsworth series Tim Egan 2nd - 5th

Dogs in the Dead of Night (Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions)

Mary Pope Osborne 2nd - 5th

Don't Read This Book Whatever You Do Kalli Dakos 2nd - 5th

Each Kindness Jacqueline Woodson 2nd - 5th

Geronimo Stilton books Elisabetta Dami 2nd - 5th

Henry's Freedom Box Ellen Levine 2nd - 5th

How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Betsy Duffey 2nd - 5th

If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand Kalli Dakos 2nd - 5th

Just a Dream Chris Van Allsburg 2nd - 5th

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Mo O’Hara 2nd - 5th

Nim's Island Wendy Orr 2nd - 5th

Nubs: Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle Brian Dennis 2nd - 5th

Paddington collection Michael Bond 2nd - 5th

Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 2nd - 5th

Shoeshine Girl Clyde Robert Bulla 2nd - 5th

Storm Run Libby Riddles 2nd - 5th

The Children Who Smelled a Rat Allan Ahlberg 2nd - 5th

The Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl 2nd - 5th

The Gaskitts series Alan Ahlberg 2nd - 5th

The Houdini Box Brian Selznick 2nd - 5th

The Lemonade War Jacqueline Davis 2nd - 5th

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The Littles John Peterson 2nd - 5th

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 2nd - 5th

The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2nd - 5th

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom

Tim Tingle 2nd - 6th

Overboard (Return to Titanic) series Steve Brezenoff 2nd - 6th

Owls in the Family Farley Mowat 2nd - 6th

Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff Robert Paul Weston 2nd - 6th

Sheep Valerie Hobbs 2nd - 6th

The Composition Antonio Skarmeta 2nd - 6th

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 2nd - 6th

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 2nd+

Boy of a Thousand Faces Brian Selznick 2nd+

Choose Your Own Adventure series R. A. Montgomery 2nd+

Crimebiters series Tommy Greenwald 2nd+

Sheltie the Hero Peter Clover 3rd

Lion, Tiger, and Bear Kate Ritchey 3rd - 4th

The Lucky Baseball Bat Matt Christopher 3rd - 4th

A Giraffe and a Half Shel Silverstein 3rd - 5th

A Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein 3rd - 5th

A Pup in King Arthur's Court (Adventures of Wishbone) Joanne Barkan 3rd - 5th

Bill Peet books Bill Peet 3rd - 5th

Christmas Day in the Morning Pearl S. Buck 3rd - 5th

Class Dismissed Allan Woodrow 3rd - 5th

Dolphin Adventure: A True Story Wayne Grover 3rd - 5th

Dragonsdale Salamanda Drake 3rd - 5th

Gandhi Demi 3rd - 5th

Gooseberry Park Cynthia Rylant 3rd - 5th

Hank the Cowdog series John R. Erickson 3rd - 5th

Hank Zipzer series Henry Winkler 3rd - 5th

Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary 3rd - 5th

How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell 3rd - 5th

I Survived series Lauren Tarshis 3rd - 5th

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day Colin McNaughton 3rd - 5th

Pony Pal series Jeanne Betancourt 3rd - 5th

Ralph and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 3rd - 5th

Scary Tales series James Preller 3rd - 5th

Strawberry Casey Bartsch 3rd - 5th

Strudel’s Forever Home Martha Freeman 3rd - 5th

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The Backward Bird Dog Bill Wallace 3rd - 5th

The Best Halloween Ever Barbara Robinson 3rd - 5th

The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 3rd - 5th

The Trouble with Miss Switch Barbara Brooks Wallace 3rd - 5th

American Tall Tales Mary Pope Osborne 3rd - 6th

Archimedes (Great Names) Susan Keating 3rd - 6th

Bailey's Story: A Dog's Purpose Novel W. Bruce Cameron 3rd - 6th

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl 3rd - 6th

Coal Camp Girl Lois Lenski 3rd - 6th

Coraline Neil Gaiman 3rd - 6th

Frindle Andrew Clements 3rd - 6th

Guys Read series Jon Scieszka 3rd - 6th

House of Robots James Patterson 3rd - 6th

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord 3rd - 6th

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up

Jon Scieszka 3rd - 6th

Longwalker's Journey Beatrice Harrell 3rd - 6th

Louis Armstrong Sandford Brown 3rd - 6th

Melonhead and the Big Stink Katy Kelly 3rd - 6th

No Talking Andrew Clements 3rd - 6th

Sacagawea: Native American Hero William Reynolds Sanford 3rd - 6th

Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 3rd - 6th

Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner 3rd - 6th

The Frog Princess E. D. Baker 3rd - 6th

The Giggler Treatment Roddy Doyle 3rd - 6th

Where are the Great Pyramids Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler 3rd - 6th

A Long Way From Chicago Richard Peck 3rd - 7th

Alexander the Great Demi 3rd - 7th

Almost Starring Skinnybones Barbara Park 3rd - 7th

Because of Mr. Terupt Rob Buyea 3rd - 7th

Ben Franklin's Big Splash Barb Rosenstock 3rd - 7th

Boy: Tales of Childhood Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

Boys Against Girls Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3rd - 7th

Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis 3rd - 7th

Bunnicula series Deborah Howe 3rd - 7th

Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 3rd - 7th

Call it Courage Armstrong Sperry 3rd - 7th

Can You Survive the Titanic?: An Interactive Survival Adventure

Allison Lassieur 3rd - 7th

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

Charlotte's Web E. B. White 3rd - 7th

Chocolate Fever Robert Kimmel Smith 3rd - 7th

Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Ingri and Edward Parin d’Aulaire 3rd - 7th

Deadtime Stories Annette Cascone, Gina Cascone 3rd - 7th

Dear America: With the Might of Angels Andrea Davis Pinkney 3rd - 7th

Dial-A-Ghost Eva Ibbotson 3rd - 7th

Double Fudge Judy Blume 3rd - 7th

Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

Fortunately, the Milk Neil Gaiman 3rd - 7th

Francis and Eddie: The True Story of America's Underdogs Brad Herzog 3rd - 7th

Freedom Run Jim Riggs 3rd - 7th

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg 3rd - 7th

Fudge-a-Mania Judy Blume 3rd - 7th

Genius Files Dan Gutman 3rd - 7th

Goosebumps series R. L. Stine 3rd - 7th

Hardy Boys mysteries Franklin W. Dixon 3rd - 7th

Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh 3rd - 7th

Heidi Johanna Spyri 3rd - 7th

Homer Price Robert McClosky 3rd - 7th

How to Break a Dragon's Heart Cressida Cowell 3rd - 7th

How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell 3rd - 7th

How to Steal a Dog Barbara O'Connor 3rd - 7th

Hotel For Dogs Lois Duncan 3rd - 7th

Humphrey series Betty G. Birney 3rd - 7th

I, Galileo Bonnie Christensen 3rd - 7th

Into the Killing Seas Michael P. Spradlin 3rd - 7th

Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell 3rd - 7th

Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk Liesl Shurtliff 3rd - 7th

Jacob's Rescue Malka Drucker 3rd - 7th

John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist Kathryn Lasky 3rd - 7th

Kenny and the Dragon Tony DiTerlizzi 3rd - 7th

Land of Stories series Chris Colfer 3rd - 7th

Life of a Fifth Grade Comedian Elizabeth Levy 3rd - 7th

Little House series Laura Ingalls Wilder 3rd - 7th

Loser Jerry Spinelli 3rd - 7th

Magic Tree House (series/chapter books) Mary Pope Osborne 3rd - 7th

Matilda Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

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Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

Charlotte Foltz Jones 3rd - 7th

Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry 3rd - 7th

Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 3rd - 7th

My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George 3rd - 7th

Nancy Drew mysteries Carolyn Keene 3rd - 7th

Old Wolf Avi 3rd - 7th

On the Far Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George 3rd - 7th

One Hen Katie Smith Milway 3rd - 7th

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume 3rd - 7th

Pick of the Litter Bill Wallace 3rd - 7th

Pleasing the Ghost Sharon Creech 3rd - 7th

Powerless (Supers of Noble's Green) Matthew Cody 3rd - 7th

Ralph Mouse books Beverly Cleary 3rd - 7th

Ramona series Beverly Cleary 3rd - 7th

Rascal Sterling North 3rd - 7th

Ribsy Beverly Cleary 3rd - 7th

Riding Freedom Pam Munoz Ryan 3rd - 7th

Saving Zasha Randi Barrow 3rd - 7th

Savvy Ingrid Law 3rd - 7th

Serafina series Robert Beatty 3rd - 7th

Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3rd - 7th

Shiloh Season Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3rd - 7th

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar 3rd - 7th

Skinnybones Barbara Park 3rd - 7th

Something Upstairs Avi 3rd - 7th

Soup Robert Newton Peck 3rd - 7th

Space Case Stuart Gibbs 3rd - 7th

Stuart Little E.B. White 3rd - 7th

Superfudge Judy Blume 3rd - 7th

Swindle Mystery series Gordon Korman 3rd - 7th

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 3rd - 7th

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson 3rd -7th

The BFG Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

The Boys Start the War Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3rd - 7th

The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene Catlling 3rd - 7th

The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau 3rd - 7th

The Forgotten Door Alexander Key 3rd - 7th

The Girls Get Even Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3rd - 7th

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick 3rd - 7th

The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

Louise Borden 3rd - 7th

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Philbrick 3rd - 7th

The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 3rd - 7th

The Pepins and Their Problems Polly Horvath 3rd - 7th

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 3rd - 7th

The Ransom of Red Chief O. Henry 3rd - 7th

The Spiderwick Chronicles Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi 3rd - 7th

The Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White 3rd - 7th

The View at the Zoo Kathleen Long Bostrom 3rd - 7th

The Wild Robot Peter Brown 3rd - 7th

The Witches Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

The Worst Best Halloween Ever Barbara Robinson 3rd - 7th

The Worst Best School Year Ever Barbara Robinson 3rd - 7th

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham 3rd - 7th

Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett 3rd - 7th

Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth Lloyd Alexander 3rd - 7th

Titanic: Young Survivors Allan Zullo 3rd - 7th

Treasure Hunters series James Patterson 3rd - 7th

Troublemaker Andrew Clements 3rd - 7th

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Alvin Schwartz 3rd - 7th

Trouble River Betsy Byars 3rd - 7th

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 3rd - 7th

Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls 3rd - 7th

Who Was Ben Franklin? Dennis Brindell Fradlin 3rd - 7th

Wild Life Cynthia DeFelice 3rd - 7th

Wonder R. J. Palacio 3rd - 7th

James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 3rd - 7th

Maysie, Rosie and Earl Barbara Park 3rd - 7th

Adventures of Jimmy Skunk Thornton W. Burgess 3rd - 8th

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) Margaret Peterson Haddix 3rd - 8th

Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 3rd - 8th

Old Mother West Wind series Thornton W. Burgess 3rd - 8th

Scottish Fairy Tales Donald A. Mackenzie 3rd - 8th

The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 3rd - 8th

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 3rd - 8th

Winnie the Pooh books A. A. Milne 3rd - 8th

A Tale Dark and Grimm Adam Gidwitz 3rd+

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Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 3rd+

Freedom Run Paul McCusker 3rd+

Scrub: The Story of a Northern Michigan White-tailed Deer Forest Halvorsen, Sr. 3rd+

The Last Forest: Tales of the Allegheny Woods G. D. Douglas McNeill 3rd+

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 3rd+

The Magician’s Nephew C. S. Lewis 3rd+

The Saturdays Elizabeth Enright 3rd+

Hoot Carl Hiassen 4th

Old Yeller Fred Gipson 4th - 5th

A Boy in the Dog House Betsy Duffy 4th - 6th

A Dog's Life Ann M. Martin 4th - 6th

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst 4th - 6th

All That's Missing Sarah Sullivan 4th - 6th

Crenshaw Katherine Applegate 4th - 6th

Everything for a Dog Ann M. Martin 4th - 6th

George Washington's Socks Elvira Woodruff 4th - 6th

Looking for Bobowicz Daniel Pinkwater 4th - 6th

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert O'Brien 4th - 6th

Nightmares Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller 4th - 6th

Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 4th - 6th

Return of the Home Run Hitter Matt Christopher 4th - 6th

The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 4th - 6th

The Homework Machine Dan Gutman 4th - 6th

The Million Dollar Shot Dan Gutman 4th - 6th

The Vampire in My Bathtub Brenda Seabrooke 4th - 6th

Towers Falling Jewell Parker Rhodes 4th - 6th

A Bear Named Trouble Marion Dane Bauer 4th - 7th

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 4th - 7th

Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery 4th - 7th

Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo 4th - 7th

Ghost Ship Dietlof Reiche 4th - 7th

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling 4th - 7th

I Funny series James Patterson 4th - 7th

Isaac Newton: Inventor, Scientist, and Teacher John Hudson Tiner 4th - 7th

Jackie and Me Dan Gutman 4th - 7th

Kensuke's Kingdom Michael Morpurgo 4th - 7th

Macaroni Boy Katherine Ayres 4th - 7th

Pax Sara Pennypacker 4th - 7th

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Raven Hill Mysteries #5: Dirty Tricks Emily Rodda 4th - 7th

Rush Revere series Rush Limbaugh 4th - 7th

Shoebag Mary James 4th - 7th

The Best of Girls to the Rescue Bruce Lansky (editor) 4th - 7th

Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

Michael O. Tunnell 4th - 7th

The Ghost's Grave Peg Kehret 4th - 7th

The Kid Who Became President Dan Gutman 4th - 7th

The Kid Who Ran for President Dan Gutman 4th - 7th

The My Life series Janet Tashjian 4th - 7th

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Louis Sachar 4th - 7th

Took: A Ghost Story Mary Downing Hahn 4th - 7th

Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell 4th - 8th

Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 4th - 8th

Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 4th - 8th

The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli 4th - 8th

Voyage of the Dawn Trader C. S. Lewis 4th - 8th

A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 4th+

Black Beauty Anna Sewell 4th+

Canyon Winter Walt Morey 4th+

John Adams David McCullough 4th+

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 4th+

My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen 4th+

Pink & Say Patricia Polacco 4th+

The River Gary Paulsen 4th+

Danger in the Desert T. S. Fields 5th - 7th

Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Patricia C. Wrede 5th - 7th

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Bruce Coville 5th - 7th

Mary Poppins P.L. Travers 5th - 7th

Number the Stars Lois Lowry 5th - 7th

The Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm 5th - 7th

Wait Till Helen Comes Mary Downing Hahn 5th - 7th

A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park 5th - 8th

A Mango-Shaped Space Wendy Mass 5th - 8th

Charlie Skedaddle Patricia Beatty 5th - 8th

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Jeff Kinney 5th - 8th

Ring of Fire Pierdomenico Baccalario 5th - 8th

Shawnee Captive Mary R. Furbee 5th - 8th

Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare 5th - 8th

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The Honest Truth Dan Gemeinhart 5th - 8th

The Owl Keeper Christine Brodien-Jones 5th - 8th

Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 5th - 8th

War Horse Michael Morpurgo 5th - 8th

Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 5th - 8th

Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen 5th - 9th

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Richard Riordan 5th - 9th

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 5th - 9th

The Old Man and the Boy Robert Ruark 5th - 9th

Billy Creekmore Tracey Porter 5th+

Buddy M. H. Herlong 5th+

Chomp Carl Hiassen 5th+

Holes Louis Sachar 5th+

Inkblot: Drip, Splat, and Squish Your Way to Creativity Margaret Peot 5th+

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 5th+

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 5th+

The Apothecary series Maile Meloy 5th+

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba 5th+

The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 5th+

The Giver Lois Lowry 5th+

The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 5th+

The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 5th+

When the Whistle Blows Fran Cannon Slayton 5th+

Two Minute Mysteries series Donald J. Sobol 6th - 7th

Half Moon Investigations Eoin Colfer 6th - 8th

Mocassin Trail Eloise Jarvis McGraw 6th - 8th

Snow Dog Jim Kjelgaard 6th - 8th

The Watsons Go to Birmingham Christopher Paul Curtis 6th - 8th

Wolf Michael Dahl 6th - 8th

Ghost Hawk Susan Cooper 6th - 9th

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 6th - 9th

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley 6th+

The Telltale Lilac Bush Ruth Ann Musick 6th+

Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston 7th+

Skink – No Surrender Carl Hiaasen 7th+

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 7th+

Winter Marissa Meyer 7th - 12th

The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean 8th

Hatchet Gary Paulsen 8th - 12th

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Eye of Minds James Dashner 8th+

The Lottery Shirley Jackson 8th+

The Drum, the Doll and the Zombie John Bellairs and Brad Strickland 9th - 12th

The Other Side of the Mountain E.G. Valens 9th - 12th

Gifter Hands: The Ben Carson Story Dr. Ben Carson YA