Grades 1 - 6 Summer Reading Program

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
RECOMMENDED READING IN LITERATURE (WITH GRADE LEVELS)

READING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF READING DEVELOPMENT

RECOMMENDED LITERATURE FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY

 

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Alexander, Martha.

Bobo's Dream K-1

Allard, Harry/Marshall, James.

Miss Nelson Is Missing 2-5

Anno, Mitsumasa.

Anno's Alphabet K-3

Anno's Counting House K-3

Aruego, Jose.

Look What I Can Do K-3

Benchley, Nathaniel.

Oscar Otter 1-3

Bonsall, Crosby N.

The Case of the Cat's Meow 1-3

Briggs, Raymond.

The Snowman K-3

Brown, Marcia.

All Butterflies: An ABC K-2

Brown, Margaret W.

Fox Eyes K-3

The Runaway Bunny K-3

Burningham, John.

Mr.Gumpy's Outing K-2

Burton, Virginia L.

Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel K-2

Carle, Eric.

Do You Want to Be My Friend? K-2

Chenery, Janet.

The Toad Hunt 1-3

Clifton, Lucille.

Amifka 1-3

Clifton, Lucille.

Some of the Days of Everett Anderson K-2

Cohen, Miriam.

Will I Have a Friend? K-1

De Brunhoff, Jean.

The Story of Babar 1-3

Eichenberg, Fritz.

Ape in a Cape:

An Alphabet of Odd Animals 1-4

Goodall, John S.

The Adventures of Paddy Pork 1-4

Hoban, Russell.

A Baby Sister for Frances K-3

A Bargain for Frances 1-3

Hoban, Tana

Look Again 2-6

Push Pull, Empty Full: A Book

of Opposites K-3

Kellogg, Steven

Pinkerton, Behave! K-2

Knight, Hilary

Hilary Knight's the Twelve Days of

Christmas K-3

Lexcu, Joan M.

Benjie on His Own K-2

Matsuno, Masako.

A Pair of Red Clogs K-2

Mayer, Mercer

Ah-Choo K-2

A Boy, a Dog and a Frog K-3

McCloskey, Robert

Time of Wonder 3-6

McPhail, David

Pig Pig Grows Up K-2

Minarik, Else H.

Little Bear K-1

Munari, Bruno

Bruno Munari's ABC K-1

Raskin, Ellen

Spectacles 2-5

Reiss, John J.

Numbers K-2

Rey, Hans A.

Curious George K-3

Sendak, Maurice.

The Sign on Rosie's Door K-3

Seuss, Dr.

Horton Hears a Who 2-5

Shecter, Ben

Conrad's Castle 1-4

Spier, Peter

Noah's Ark K-3

Peter Spier's Rain K-3

Steig, William

Amos and Boris K-2

Udry, Janice M.

A Tree Is Nice K-3

Van Allsburg, Chris

Mysteries of Harris Burdick 2-5

Waber, Bernard

Anteater Named Arthur 2-4

Wagner, Jenny

John Brown, Rose & the Midnight Cat K-4

Ward, Lynd

The Silver Pony: A Story in Pictures 4-6

Willard, Nancy

Simple Pictures Are Best K-2

Zolotow, Charlotte

The Quarreling Book K-3

 

FOLKLORE

Bawden, Nina

William Tell 5-6

Baylor, Byrd

,; They Put on Masks 3-6

Belting, Natalia M.

Whirwind Is a Ghost Dancing 5-9

Bernstein, Margery/Kobrin, Janet

Coyote Goes Hunting for Fire: A California

Indian Myth K-3

Bryant, Sara Cone

The Burning Rice Fields 3-6

Courlander, Harold

The Crest and the Hide and Other African

Stories 4-6

D'Aulaire, Ingri/D'Aulaire, Edgar

D'Aulaires' Trolls 4-6

De Angel), Marguerite

Marguerite De Angeli's Book of Nursery

and Mother Goose Rhymes K-2

DePaola, Tomie

The Lady of Guadalupe 4-6

Domanska, Janina

The Turnip 2-4

Farmer, Penelope

Daedalus and Icarus 4-6

John Bierhorst/Henry Rowe SchoolcraftEditors

The Fire Plume: Legends of the

American Indians 4-6

Fisher, Anne B.

Stories California Indians Told 5-9

Frasconi, Antonio

The House That Jack Build: A Picture

Book in Two Languages K-2

Galdone, Paul

Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog 1-3

Goble, Paul

The Gift of the Sacred Dog K-3

Star Boy 1-3

Grimm, Jacob/Grimm, Wilhelm

The Fisherman and His Wife 3-6

Grimm's Golden Goose 3-5

The Seven Ravens 4-6

Guy, Rosa

Mother Crocodile:An Uncle Amadou Tale

from Senegal 4-6

Hague, Kathleen/Hague, Michael.

The Man Who Kept House K-3

Hap, Le Huy

Vietnamese Legends 3-8

Highwater, Jamake.

Anpoo: An American Indian Odyssey 6-9

Hillerman, Tony

The Boy Who Made Dragonfly 6-9

Hirsch, Marilyn.

Could Anything Be Worse? 3-6

Hodges, Margaret

The Fire Bringer: A Paiute Indian

Legend K-4

Hogrogian, Nonny

Always Room for One More K-5

Kroeber, Theodora

The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold

from California Indian Legends 6-9

La Fontaine

The Lion and the Rat: A Fable 2-6

LeCain, Errol.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses 3-5

Lobel, Anita

The Pancake K-3

Malcolmson, Anne

Yankee Doodles' Cousins 4-6

Merrill, Jean

The Superlative Horse 5-6

Montgomery, Jean.

The Wrath of Coyote 6-9

Nguyen, tan.

Vietnamese Folktales 3-8

Politi. Leo.

Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street 2-4

Ransome, Arthur

The Fool of the World & the Flying Ship 1-3

Reeves, James

The Trojan Horse 5-6

Stevenson, James

Could Be Worse! 2-5

Toye, William

The Loon's Necklace K-3

Uchida, Yoshko

Sea of Gold & Other Tales from Japan 1-4

Whitney, Alex

Stiff Ears: Animal Folktales of the

North American Indian 2-4

Wiesner, William

Turnabout 3-6

Yolen, Jane

The Emperor and the Kite 3-6

Zemach, Harve

Nail Soup 3-6

 

MODERN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

Alexander, Lloyd

TheWizard in the Tree 5-6

Andersen, Hans Christian

The Steadfast Tin Soldier 5-8

Thumbelina 3-5

Barrie, James.

Peter Pan 5-8

Baum, L. Frank

The Wizard of Oz 4-8

Burnett, Frances H

The Secret Garden 4-8

Burton, Virginia L.

Katy and the Big Snow 1-3

Butterworth, Oliver

The Enormous Egg 4-6

Cameron, Eleanor

The Wondeful Fight to the Mushroom

Planet 3-5

Cassedy, Sylvia

Behind the Attic Wall 5-6

Christopher, John

The Pool of Fire 6-8

Cleary, Beverly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle 4-5

Cooper, Susan

The Grey King 6-8

Erickson, Rusell

A Toad for Tuesday K-2

ratio, Louise

The Happy Lion K-2

Godden, Rumer

The Doll's House 4-6

The Mousewife 1-4

Guilfoile, Elizabeth

Nobody Listens to Andrew K-4

Han, Mieko

Turtle Power-Chinese 1-6

Hoban, Russell

Nothing to Do K-3

Hoff, Syd

Danny and the Dinosaur 1-3

Howe, Deborah/Howe, James

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 1-5

Kellogg, Steven

The Mysterious Tadpole K-3

Kipling, Rudyard

The Jungle Book 4-6

Just So Stories 4-7

Kraus, Robert

Milton the Early Riser K-3

Kraus, Robert

Whose Mouse Are You? K-2

Lindgren, Astrid

Pippi Longstocking 4-7

Lionni, Leo.

The Biggest House in the World K-3

Inch by Inch K-3

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad Together K-3

Mine, A. A.

Winnie-the-Pooh 3-5

Nesbit, Edith

The Railway Children 3-6

Noble, Trinka H.

~he Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash K-3

Parish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia 3-6

Peet, Bill

Chester the Worldly Pig 2-4

Huge Harold 3-5

Seuss, Dr.

Horton Hatches the Egg 2-4

Steig, William

The Amazing Bone 3-6

Ungerer, Tomi

Crictor 3-6

 

CONTEMPORARY REALISTIC FICTION

Bolognese, Don

A New Day 4-6

Byars, Betsy C.

Midnight Fox 4-6

Clecy, Beverly

Henry and Beezus 3-5

Ramona the Pest 3-5

Cleaver, Vera/Cleaver, Bill

Lady Ellen Grae 6-8

Cunningham, Julia

Dorp Dead 6-8

DeJong, Meindert

The Wheel on the School 5-6

Dunne, Mary Collins

Reach Out, Ricardo 4-8

Enright, Elizabeth

Gone-Away Lake 4-6

Saturdays 4-6

Farley, Walter

The Black Stallion 3-5

Fitzhugh, Louise

Nobody's Family Is Going to Change 5-8

George, Jean C.

My Side of the Mountain 4-8

Greene, Constance C.

A Girl Called Al 4-6

Hale, Janet C.

The Owl's Song 6-9

Henry, Marguerite

Brighty of the Grand Canyon 4-5

Justin Morgan Had A Horse 3-4

Misty of Chincoteague 4-6

Hillerman, Tony

Dance Hall of the Dead 6-9

Konigsburg, E.L.

About the B'nai Bagels 5-7

Lampman, Evelyn S.

Go Up the Road 4-8

The Potlatch Family 6-9

Mann, Peggy

My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel 3-5

McCloskey, Robert

Homer Price 4-5

Morey, Walt

Gentle Ben 5-7

Neville, Emily C.

It's Like This, Cat 6-8

O'Dell, Scott

The Black Pearl 4-6

Child of Fire 4-6

Paul, Paula G.

You Can Hear a Magpie Smile 4-6

Politi, Leo

Three Stalks of Corn K-2

Raskin, Ellen

The Westing Game 5-7

Robinson, Barbara

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 3-4

Sachs, Marilyn

Veronica Ganz 4-6

Snyder, Zilpha K.

The Egypt Game 5-6

Sobol, Donald J.

Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace 4-5

Tobias, Tobi

The Quiting Deal 3-5

Todd, Barbara K.

Juan Patricio 2-3

Wrightson, Patricia.

A Racecourse for Andy 6-8

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

Bacon, Martha

Sophia Scrooby Preserved 6-8

Banks, Lynne Reid

The Indian in the Cupboard 6-9

Baylor, Byrd

Hawk, I'm Your Brother K-3

Bulla, Clyde R.

Riding the Pony Express 4-5

Coerr,Eleanor B.

Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes 4-8

Goble, Paul/ Goble, Dorothy

Lone Bull's Horse Raid 6-8

Gray, Elizabth Janet

Adam of the Road 5-7

Houston, Jeanne W./Houston, James.

Farewell to Manzanar 6-8

Jones, Weynan

Edge of Two Worlds 6-8

Kerr, Judith

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 5-6

McCunn, Ruthanne L

Pie-Biter 4-8

McSwigan, Marie

Snow Treasure 3-5

O'Dell, Scott

The King's Fifth 4-6

Sing Down the Moon 6-9

Rockwood, Joyce

To Spoil the Sun 6-9

Sachs, Marlyn

A Pocket Full of Seeds 5-6

Saiki, Patsy Sumie

Sachie:Daughter of Hawaii 4-6

Sandoz, Marl

The Horsecatcher 6-9

The Story Catcher 6-9

Santa Elena, Antonio E.

Mahinhin: A Tale of the Philippines 4-8

Sawyer, Ruth

Roller Skates 5-7

Schweitzer, Byrd Baylor

One Small Blue Bead K-3

Uchida, Yoshiko

A Jar of Dreams

The Best Bad Thing

The Happiest Ending 4-8

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie 4-8

Yep, Laurence

Dragonwings 5-6

 

NONFICTION -INFORMATION

Arnold, Caroline

Five Nests 2-4

Barton, Byron

Airport 1-3

Baylor, Byrd

When Clay Sings K-5

Behrens, June

Gung hay fat choy: Happy New Year K-3

Clark, Ann Nolan

Along Sandy Trails K-3

Cobb, Vicki/Darling, Kathy

Bet You Can't! Science Impossibilities to

Fool You 2-4

David, Daniel S.

Behind Barbed Wire: Imprisonment

of Japanese Americans During WWII 4-6

DePaola, Tomie

The Cloud Book K-3

Filstrup, Chris/Filstrup, Janie.

Beadazzled K-3

Fitch, Lanne/Fitch, Bob

Say Chicano: I Am Mexican-American3-6

Goor, Ron/Goor, Nancy

Shadows: Here, There, & Everywhere K-3

Graham, Ada/Graham, Frank

The Changing Desert 3-5

Greenfeld, Howard

Bar Mitzvah 6-8

Hess, Lilo

The Amazing Earthworm 1-3

Hewett, Joan

Watching Them Grow 1-4

Kalb, Jonah/Kalb, Laura

The Easy Ice Skating Book 2-4

Kohn, Bernice

Talking Leaves: Story of Sequoych 4-7

Mannetti, William

Dinosaurs in Your Backyard 3-5

Math, Irwin

Morse, Marconi and You:

Understanding & Building Telegraph,

Telephone & Radio Sets 3-6

McClung, Robert M

America's Endangered Birds: Programs

and People Working to Save Them 5-6

McDearmon, Kay

Foxes K-3

Rocky Mountain Bighorns 2-5

McGaw, Jessie B

Chief Red Horse Tells About Custer 6-9

Schaaf, Peter

An Apartment House Close Up 4-6

Scott, Jack Denton

Moose 2-4

Selsam, Millicent E.

How to Be a Nature Detective 4-6

The Plants We Eat 1-3

Popcorn K-3

Selsam, Millicent E./Wexler, Jerome

The Amazing Dandelion 1-3

Simon, Seymour

Animal Fact: Animal Fable 3-6

The Long Journey from Space 3-6

The Secret Clocks: Time Senses of Living

Things 4-5

Swinburne, Irene/Swinburne, Lawrence.

Behind the Sealed Door: The Discovery of

the Tomb& Treasures of Tutankhamen 4-6

Tresselt, Alvin

White Snow, Bright Snow 1-3

Weber, William J.

Care of Uncommon Pets 3-5

Weiss, Harvey

Hammer and Saw 3-6

Wolf, Bernard

In This Proud Land:The Story of a Mexican

AmericanFamily 4-8

 

NONFICTI ON - BIOGRAPHY

Aaseng, Nathan

Winners Never Quit 3-6

Aldis, Dorothy

Nothing Is Impossible: Beatrix Potter 3-6

Brenner, Barbara

On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon 4-6

Brenner, Barbara

A Snake-Lover's Diary 4-6

Ceserano, Gian P.

Christopher Columbus 3-5

Marco Polo 4-6

Demuth, Patricia.

Joel: Growing Up a Farm Man 3-5

DePauw, Linda G

Founding Mothers: Women of America in

the Revolutionary Era 3-5

Seafaring Women 3-6

Facklam, Margery

Wild Animals, Gentle Women 4-6

Forbes, Esther

America's Paul Revere 2-4

Goodman, Saul

Baryshnikov: A Most Spectacular

Dancer 4-6

Inouye, Daniel K.

Journey to Washington 6-8

Kroeber, Theodora

Ishi, Last of His Tribe 6-9

Lipsyte, Robert

Free to Be Muhammad Ali 4-6

Place, Marian T.

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman: Oregon

Pioneers 4-6

Santrey, Laurence

Young Frederick Douglass: Fight for

Freedom 4-6

Syme, Ronald

Geronimo: The Fighting Apache 4-6

Takashima, Shizuye

A Child in Prison Camp 4-6

Tobias, Tobi

Maria Tallchief 4-6

Vinke, Herman

The Short Life of Sophie Scholl 3-5

Wibberley, Leonard

A Dawn in the Trees: The Thomas Jefferson

Years, 1776-1789 4-6

Young Man from the Piedmont: the Youth

of Thomas Jefferson 4-6

 

 

READING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM

THE INSTITUTE OF READING DEVELOPMENT

1 st Grade

Alexander, Sue Seymour the Prince

Baker, Betty Rat is Dead and Ant is Sad

Berenstain, Stan and Jan Bears in the Night

Bonsall, Crosby Mine's the Best

Crews, Donald School Bus

Eastman, P.D. Are You My Mother?

Hawkins, Colin and Jacque Pat the Cat

Hoban, Russell Bedtime for Frances

Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad Are Friends

Lowrey, Janette S The Pokey Little Puppy

McPhail, David The Bear's Toothache

Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear's Friend

Quackenbush, Robert Henry Goes West

Sesame Street Books.

Titles include: Nobody Cares About Me

Ernie's Little Lie,

Two Wheels for Grover

Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat

Thaler, Mike It's Me, Hippo!

Van Leeuwen, Jean Tales of Amanda Pig

Wiseman, B. Morris Goes to School

 

2nd Grade

Brown, Marc/Brown, Laurene Krasny

The Bionic Bunny Show

Cole, Brock. No More Baths

Cole, Joanna Bony-Legs

Freeman, Don Norman the Doorman

Goble, Paul Buffalo Woman

Griffith, Helen V. More Alex and the Cat

Lobel,Anita. The Straw Maid

Lobel, Arnold. Mouse Soup

McPhail,David Fix-it

Marshall, Edward Three By the Sea

Marzollo, Jean Amy Goes Fishing

Mongo, F.N. The Drinking Gourd

Parrish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia

Porte,Barbara Ann Harry's Visit

Power, Barbara

I Wish Laura's Mommy Was My Mommy

Quackenbush, Robert Rickshaw to Horror Rockwell, A. & H. The Night We Slept Outside Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail Schwartz,Alvin

In a Dark, Dark Room andOther Scary Stories

Stevenson, James What's Under My Bed?

Viorst, Judith I'll Fix Anthony

Wolkstein,Diane

The Magic Wings: A Tale from China

 

 

3rd Grade

Adler, David J.

Cam Janse/Mystery of the Circus Clown

Aliki A Medieval Feast

Branley, Franklin M. Comets

Brenner, Barbara

Mystery of the Plumed Serpent Bulla, Clyde Robert My Friend the Monster Cameron, Ann The Stories that Julian Tells Cleary, Beverly Ramona Qulmby, Age 8 Clifford,Eth

Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library

Collodi, Carlo The Adventures of Pinocchio

Coutant, Helen First Snow

Dahl, Roald Fantastic Mr. Fox

Erikson, Russel Warton and the Traders

Fleischmann, Paul Phoebe Danger,

Detective,/Case of the Two Minute Cough

Gannett, Ruth Stile My Father's Dragon

Gans,Roma Caves

Gardiner, John R Stone Fox

Godden, Rumer The Mousewife

Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon

Harding, Lee The Fallen Spaceman

Hicks, Clifford Peter Potts

Jukes, Mavis No One is Going to Nashville

Langdon, Jane The Fledgling

Lawson, Robert Ben and Me

Lesser, Rika Hansel and Gretel

Luenn, Nancy The Dragon Kite

Marshak, Samuel

The Month Brothers: a Slavic Tale

McClosky, Robert Homer Price

Myers, Walter Dean

The Black Pearl and the Ghost Richler, Mordecai

Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Wangerin, Walter Thistle

Zhilkov, Boris

How I Hunted The Little Fellows

 

4TH 5TH. 6TH GRADE

Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three

Avi, Emily Upham's Revenge

Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Byars, Betsy The 18th Emergency

Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain

Fritz, Jean

What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Greene,Constance The Ears of Louis

Hildick, E.W. The Case of the Slingshot Sniper

Hooks, William H.

The Mystery on Bleecker Street

Howe, James Howliday Inn

Keene, Carolyn

The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery

Kennedy, Richard

Inside My Feet: The Story of a Giant

L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time

Lewis,C.S.

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Lord, Bette Bao.

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Lowry, Lois Anastasia Krupnik

O'Brien, Robert C.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Peck, Robert Newton Soup

Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms

Sharp, Margery The Rescuers

Sobol, Donald J.

Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake!

Yolen, Jane.

Sherlick Holmes/Case of the Wandering

Wardrobe

  • RECOMMENDED LITERATURE FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY

  • PRIMARY BOOKS Grades K-2

    Aardema, Verne

    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

    Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three

    Aliki At Mary Bloom's

    Anglund, Joan

    A Friend is Someone Who Likes You

    Averill, Esther The Fire Cat

    Bang, Molly The Paper Crane

    Baylor, Byrd I'm in Charge of Celebrations

    Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline's Rescue

    Bishop, Claire The Five Chinese Brothers

    Bonsall, Crosby Who's a Pest

    Bright, Robert Georgie

    Brown, Marcia Once a Mouse

    Bunting, Eve Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour

    Calhoun, Mary Hot-Air Henry

    Carle, Eric The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Ciardi, John I Met a Man

    Coerr, Eleanor Josefina's Story Quilt

    Cohen, Miriam When Will I Read?

    Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius

    Crews, Donald Trucks

    D'Aulaire, Ingri Abraham Lincoln

    Daugherty, James Andy and the Lion

    DePaola, Tomie Strega Nona

    DeRegniers, Beatrice May I Bring a Friend?

    Develin, Wende Cranberry Thanksgiving

    Douglass, Barbara Good as New

    Dubanevich, Arlene Pigs in Hiding

    Duvoisin, Roger Veronica

    Eastman, P.D. Are You My Mother?

    Emberley, Barbara Drumer Hoff

    Flack, Marjorie Ask Mr. Bear

    Freeman, Don Corduroy

    Gag, Wanda Millions of Cats

    Galdone, Paul What's in Fox's Sack?

    Gantos, Jack Rotten Ralph

    Gibbons, Gail Up Goes the Skyscrapers

    Gramatky, Hardy Little Toot

    Hazen, Barbara S. Gorilla Did It

    Heilbroner, Joan Robert, the Rose Horse

    Heine, Helme Friends

    Hoban, Tana 26 Letters and 99 Cents

    Hoqropian, Nonny One Fine Day

    Hurd, Edith Last One Home is a Green Pig

    Hutchins, Pat One Hunter

    Isadora, Rachel Ben's Trumpet

    Johnson, Crockett

    Harold and the Purple Crayon

    Jonas, Ann The Trek

    Keats, Ezra Jack Goggles

    Kellogg, Steven Paul Bunyan

    Kraus, Robert

    Where Are You Going, Little Mouse

    Leaf, Munro The Story of Ferdinand

    Lexcu, Joan The Poison Ivy Case

    Lionni, Leo Swimmy

    Locker,Thomas Where the River Begins

    MacDonald, Suse Alphabatics

    Marshall, James George and Martha

    Mayoc Mercer

    There's a Nightmare in My Closet McCloskey, Robert Make Way for Ducklings McDermot, Gerald Anansi the Spider McKissack, Patricia Flossie and the Fox

    Mosel, Arlene Tikki Tikki Tembo

    Ness, Evaline Same, Bangs & Moonshine

    Numeroff, Laura

    If You Give a Mouse a Cookie O'Neill, Mary Hailstones and Halibut Bones

    Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia

    Peet, Bill Big Bad Bruce

    Piper, Watty The Little Engine That Could

    Politi, Leo The Song of the Swallows

    Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    Rylant, Cynthia The Relatives Came

    Scheer, Julian Rain Makes Applesauce

    Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are

    Seuss, Dr.

    500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

    Sharmat, Majorie Nate the Great

    Silverstein, Shel The Giving Tree

    Slobodkina, Esphyr Caps for Sale

    Sobol, Donald Doctor DeSoto

    Stevenson, James What's Under My Bed?

    Stevenson, Robert L.

    A Child's Garden of Verses

    Tafuri, Nancy Have You Seen My Duckling?

    Turkle, Brinton In the Forest

    Viorst, Judith

    The Tenth Good Thing Abou Barney

    Waber, Bernard Ira Sleeps Over

    Wildsmith, Brian Daisy

    Williams, Vera A Chair for My Mother

    Wiseman, Bernard Morris and Boris

    Wood, Audrey The Napping House

    Yolen, Jane

    Commander Toad/the Planet of the Grapes

    Zion, Gene Harry, the Dirty Dog

    Zolotow, Charlotte

    Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

     

    UPPER ELEMENTARY Grades 3-6

    Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three

    Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper's Penquins

    Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting

    Banks, Lynne The Indian in the Cupboard

    Barrie, James Peter Pan

    Bauer, Marion On My Honor

    Bawden, Nina The Peppermint Pig

    Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington

    Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn

    Brittain, Bill The Wish Giver

    Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey

    Byars, Betsy The Summer of the Swans

    Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch

    Caudill, Rebecca

    Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie? Christopher, John

    The White Mountains (Sci-Fic, Trilogy) Coatsworth, Elizabeth

    The Cat Who Went to Heaven

    Cone, Molly Mishmash

    Conford, Ellen Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood

    Corbett, Scott The Lemonade Trick

    Dahl, Roald

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dalgliesh, Alice

    The Courage of Sarah Noble

    DeJong, Meindert

    The House of Sixty Fathers

    Delton, Judy Back Yard Angel

    Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses

    Fife, Dale North of Danger

    Fitzgerald, John The Great Brain

    Fitzhugh, Louis Harriet", the Spy

    Fleischman, Sid Whipping Boy

    Fox, Paula The Village by the Sea

    Fritz, Jean

    Shh! They're Writing the Constitution

    Gates, Doris Blue Willow

    Giff, Patricia

    Love, From the Fifth Grade Celebrity

    Gilson, Jamie My Name is Scrambled Eggs

    Godden, Rumer Mousewife

    Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows

    Hamilton, Virginia The House of Dies Drear

    Haywood, Carolyn B is for Betsy

    Heide, Florence The Shrinking of Treehorn

    Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague

    Holm, Anne North to Freedom

    Hurwitz, Joanna Class Clown

    Juster, Norton Phantom Toolbooth

    King-Smith, Dick Pigs Might Fly

    Kjelgoard, Jim Big Red

    Kline, Suzy Herbie Jones

    Lampman, Evelyn

    Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek

    Lawson, Robert Ben and Me

    Lear, Edward The Complete Nonsense Book

    Longfellow, Henry Paul Revere's Ride

    MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall

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