Reading Level Book List Level A
Title Author Anno’s Counting Book Mitsumasa Anoo Cat Hat Michelle Knudsen Count and See Tana Hoban Dad Goes to School Margaret McNamara Do You Want to be My Friend? Eric Carle Eating Apples Gail Saunders-Smith Emily’s Shoes Joan Cottle How Many Fish? Caron Lee Cohen I Like Mess Marcia Lenard Look! I Can Read! Susan Hood Thunder Doesn’t Scare Me! Lynea Bowdish What I See Holly Keller
Page 1 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level B
Title Author Bravo, Kazam! Amy Ehrlich Eddie the Raccoon Catherine Friend Ethan at Home Johanna Hurwitz Get the Ball, Slim Marcia Leonard Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafuri Have You Seen My Cat? Eric Carle How Many Fish? Caron Cohen I Love My Family Joy Cowley Larry and the Cookie Becky McDaniel The Long, Long Tail Joy Cowley Mommy, Where are you? Leonid Gore Major Jump Joy Cowley Mouse has Fun Phyllis Root My Puppy Joy Cowley Piggy and Dad Go Fishing David Martin Snap! Joy Cowley
Page 2 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level C
Title Author Along Comes Jake Joy Cowley The Best Place Susan Meddaugh Big and Little Joy Cowley Brown Bear, Brown Bear Bill Martin, Jr. Bugs! Pat McKissack Bunny, Bunny Kirsten Hall A Hug is Warm Joy Cowley I Went Walking Sue Williams Ice Cream Joy Cowley I’m Bigger Than You! Joy Cowley Joshua James Likes Trucks Catherine Petrie Let’s Have a Swim Joy Cowley Little Brother Joy Cowley One Hunter Pat Hutchins Our Granny Joy Cowley Our Street Joy Cowley Pancakes for Breakfast Tomie DePaola The Race Joy Cowley Rainbow of My Own Don Freeman Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails Nancy Tafuri Tell Me Something Happy Joyce Dunbar
Page 3 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level D
Title Author At Night Jonathan Bean Ballerina Girl Kristen Hall Cat Traps Molly Coxe The Chick and the Duckling Vladimir Suteev Dirty Larry Bobbie Hamsa Good for You Joy Cowley I Am Rita Milios I Am an Explorer Amy Moses I am Water Jean Marzollo I Can Build a House Shiego Watanabe I Like Books Anthony Browne I Love Fishing Bonnie Dobkin Ice is..whee! Carol Greene Little Bear Diane Namm Mary Wore a Red Dress Merle Peek The Monkey Bridge Joy Cowley Monsters! Diane Namm Mr. Grump Joy Cowley Paul the Pitcher Paul Sharp Play Ball, Kate! Sharon Gordon A Pet for Pat Pegeen Snow Rain! Rain! Carol Greene Sam’s Ball Barbo Lindgren Sam’s Cookie Barbo Lindgren Scat! Said the Cat Joy Cowley Shoes Elizabeth Winthrop Surprise! Mary Packard There Is a Town Gail Herman Too Many Balloons Catherine Matthias The Tooth Fairy Kirsten Hall Ways to Go Dana Rau Wheels Annie Cobb Where Are You Going, Aja Rose? Joy Cowley Who Is Who? Pat McKissack Who Says? Kirsten Hall
Page 4 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level E
Title Author All by Myself Mercer Mayer Benny’s Baby Brother Shirley Simon Big Friend, Little Friend Eloise Greenfield Big Egg Molly Coxe Bobby’s Zoo Carolyn Lunn A Box Can Be Many Things Dana Rau A Buzz is Part of a Bee Carolyn Lunn Circus Fun Margaret Hiller Dan and Dan Marcia Leonard Don’t You Laugh at Me! Joy Cowley Eat Your Peas, Louise! Pegeen Snow Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire Bill Martin Jr. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow Get Lost Becka! Shirley Simon Get the Ball, Slim Marica Leonard Go, Dog, Go! P.D. Eastman Go to Sleep, Dear Dragon Margaret Hillert Goldilocks and the Three Bears Betty Miles Hi, Clouds Carol Greene Happy Birthday, Dear Dragon Margaret Hillet Here are My Hands Bill Martin How Many Ants? Larry Dane Brimmer I am King! Mary Packard If I were an Ant Amy Moses Is the Spaghetti Ready? Frank Edwards It Looked Like Spilt Milk Charles Shaw Larry and the Cookie Becky McDaniel Morris the Moose Bernard Wiseman Oh, Cats! Nola Buck Sweet Potato Pie Ann Rockwell The Foot Book Dr. Seuss The Nose Book Al Perkins The Pet that I Want Mary Packard Where Can it Be? Ann Jonas Where’s Spot? Eric Hill
Page 5 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level F
Title Author A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy David McPhail A Color of His Own Leo Lionni Across the Stream Mirra Ginsburg Amy Loves the Rain Julia Hoban Beep, Beep Barbara Gregorich Big Bird’s Copycat Day Sharon Lerner Biscuit Alyssa Capucilli Biscuit Finds a Friends Alyssa Capucilli Bright Eyes, Brown Skin Cheryl Willis Hudson Can I help? Marilyn Janovitz Come for a Swim! Joy Cowley Curious George and the Pizza Margaret Rey Dear Zoo Rod Campbell Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? Eric Carle Harry Goes to Day Camp James Ziefert Hooray for Snail! John Stadler How Big is Big? Harriet Ziefert I Am An Apple Jean Marzollo I Want A Pet Lauren Child Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox Grace Maccarone It’s a Perfect Day Abigail Pizer Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots Edith Thacher Hurd Jump, Frog, Jump Robert Kalan The Lady with the Alligator Purse Nadine Westcott Little Car Joy Cowley Mama Cat Has Three Kittens Denise Fleming Mama Zooms Jan Cowen Marmalade’s Nap Cindy Wheeler Marmalade’s Snow Day Cindy Wheeler Martha Speaks Series Susan Meddaugh Red Hen and Sly Fox Vivian French Rosie’s Walk Pat Hutchins Shhh! Kevin Henkes Soccer Game! Grace Maccarone Ten Black Dots Donald Crews Tiger is a Scaredy Cat Joan Phillips What Mommies Do Best? Laura Numeroff What is that? Said the Cat Grace Maccarone Who Will Be My Friends? Syd Hoff
Page 6 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level G
Title Author A Pair of Socks Stuart Murphy Addition Annie David Gister Alligator Shoes Arthur Dorros Buzzzz Said the Bee Wendy Lewison The Carrot Seed Robert Krauss Curious George H.A. Rey The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Nurit Karlin Feather’s for Lunch Lois Ehlert The Gingerbread Boy Harriet Ziefert The Great Bug Hunt Bonnie Dobkin The Great Race David McPhail Harry Gets Ready for School Harriet Ziefert Harry Goes to Fun Land Harriet Ziefert Harry Takes a Bath Harriet Ziefert Hush, Little Baby Marla Frazee I Shop With My Daddy Grace Maccarone I Took My Frog to the Library Eric Kimmel Jason’s Bus Ride Harriet Ziefert Just for You Mercer Mayer Just Grandpa and Me Mercer Mayer The Little Red Hen Harriet Ziefert Mike and Tony: Best Friends Harriet Ziefert Mine’s the Best Crosby Bonsall The Monster Under My Bed Suzanne Gruber More Spaghetti, I Say ! Rita Gelman Mother, Mother, I Want Another Maria Polushkin Nicky Upstairs and Down Harriet Ziefert N-O Spells No! Teddy Slater One Monday Morning Uri Shulevitz Peanut Butter and Jelly Nadine Wescott Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Patricia Giff Secret Valentine Anne Kennedy Sheep Series Nancy Shaw Shhhh! Suzy Kline Shortcut Donald Crews Snail Saves the Day John Stadler The Snowball Jennifer Armstrong Snuggle Wuggle Jonathan London Spot’s First Walk Eric Hill Ten Sleepy Sheep Picture Book
Page 7 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level G
Title Author Ten, Nine Eight Molly Bang Ten Sleepy Sheep Phyllis Root Three Cheers for Hippo! John Stadler Tree House Fun Rose Greydanus Titch Pat Hutchins Growing Vegetable Soup Lois Ehlert Wait Skates Mildred Johnson Who is Coming? Pat McKissack Who Stole the Cookies? Judith Moffatt Zoo-Looking Mem Fox
Page 8 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level H
Title Author Bailey Goes Camping Kevin Henkes Big Red Barn Margret Wise Brown Captain Cat Syd Hoff Clap Your Hands Lorinda Cauley Come and Out and Play, Little Mouse Robert Kraus Curious George Goes to the Beach H.A. Rey Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp Syd Hoff Diggers and Dumpers Valerie Wilding Election Day Margaret McNamara George Shrinks William Joyce Gilberto and the Wind Marie Hall Ets Good Night Moon Margret Wise Brown Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur! Syd Hoff Hooray for the Golly Sisters Betsy Byars I Know an Old Lady Brian Karas It’s George Miriam Cohen Just Going to the Dentist Mercer Mayer Just Me and My Dad Mercer Mayer Just Me and My Little Brother Mercer Mayer Just Me and My Little Sister Mercer Mayer Just Me and My Puppy Mercer Mayer Just Shopping with Mom Mercer Mayer Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara Joosse My Tooth is Loose! Martin Silverman No Mail for Mitchell Catherine Siracusa Oliver Syd Hoff A Picture for Harold’s Room Crockett Johnson Put Me in the Zoo Robert Lopshire The Rabbit John Burningham Ready, Set, Go! John Stadler Sammy the Seal Syd Hoff The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree Gail Gibbons Seven Little Monsters Maurice Sendak Sir Small and the Dragonfly Jane O’Connor Sleepy Book Charlotte Zolotow Small Pig Arnold Lobel Time to Sleep Denise Fleming When the TV Broke Harriet Ziefert Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? Robert Kraus Who is the Beast? Keith Baker Whose Mouse Are You? Robert Kraus You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch Pat Hutchins
Page 9 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level I
Title Author Albert the Albatross Syd Hoff Alligators All Around Maurice Sendak Angus and the Cat Marjorie Flack The Apple Pie Tree Zoe Hall Are You My Mother? P.D. Eastman Barney’s Horse Syd Hoff Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo Rosetta Stone Benny Bakes a Cake Eve Rice The Bike Lesson Stan Berenstain A Big Fat Enormous Lie Marjorie Sharmat Boss for a Day Tomie De Paola The Bunny Hop Teddy Slater A Class Play with Ms. Vanilla Fred Ehrlich A Color of His Own Leo Lionni Come and Have Fun Edith Hurd Dragon’s Fat Cat Dave Pilkey Eat Up, Gemma Sarah Hayes Father Bear Comes Home Else Minarik Fortunately Remy Charlip Frog Went A-Courtin’ John Langstaff Froggy Goes to School Jonathan London Geraldine’s Big Snow Holly Keller Goodnight, Owl! Pat Hutchins Grizzwold Syd Hoff Hattie and the Fox Mem Fox Hello, First Grade Joanne Ryder Henny Penny Paul Galdone Hiccups for Elephant James Preller Hide-and-Seek All Week Tomie DePaola If I had a Robot Dan Yaccarino It’s Pumpkin Time Zoe Hall I Want to Be an Astronaut Byron Barton If I Were an Ant Amy Moses Jack’s Bed Lynne Rickards Just Grandma and Me Mercer Mayer Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus Let’s Go, Froggy! Jonathan London The Lighthouse Children Syd Hoff Little Cloud Eric Carle The Little Engine that Could Watty Piper The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry Don Wood The Little Red Hen Harriet Ziefert
Page 10 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level I
Title Author Little Toot Hardie Gramatky Lost in the Museum Miriam Cohen Messy Bessy Pat McKissack Messy Bessy’s Garden Pat McKissack Mice at Bat Kelly Oechsli Monk Camps Out Emily McCully Morris’s Disappearing Bag Rosemary Wells Mouse in Love Robert Kraus Mrs. Brice’s Mice Syd Hoff The Napping House Audrey Wood Never Spit On Your Shoes Denys Cazet New Shoes, Red Shoes Susan Rollings Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood The Quilt Ann Jonas A Rainbow of My Own Don Freeman Reflections Ann Jonas Sarah’s Unicorn Bruce Coville Silly Times with Two Silly Trolls Nancy Jewell Spooky Riddles Marilyn Helmer Stanley Syd Hoff The Trek Ann Joans The Very Busy Spider Eric Carle There’s a Nightmare in my Closet Mercer Mayer Tidy Titch Pat Hutchins Trucks Anne Rockwell We Just Moved Stephen Krensky We’re Going On a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen Where’s Lulu? William Hooks Who’s Afraird of the Dark? Crosby Bonsall
Page 11 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level J
Title Author The 100th Day of School Angela Medearis Addie Meets Max Joan Robins Addie’s Bad Day Joan Robins Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman And I Mean It, Stanley Crosby Bonsall Arthur’s Great Big Valentine Lillian Hoban Arthur’s Honey Bear Lillian Hoban Arthur’s Loose Tooth Lillian Hoban Arthur’s Prize Reader Lillian Hoban Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery Doug Cushman Aunt Eater’s Mystery Christmas Doug Cushman Aunt Eater’s Mystery Vacation Doug Cushman Bear’s Bargain Frank Asch Bear Shadow Frank Asch Bears are Curious Joyce Milton Beezy Megan McDonald Beezy at Bat Megan McDonald Best Nest Philip D. Eastman Better than TV Sara Swan Miller Big Max Kin Platt Blackboard Bear Martha Alexander Buck-Buck the Chicken Amy Erlich Bunny Cakes Rosemary Wells Buzby Juila Hoban Camp Big Paw Doug Cushman Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Charlie Needs a Cloak Tomie DePaola Clocks and More Clocks Pat Hutchins Curious George Rides a Bike Margaret Rey Dance at Grandpa’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff Days with Frog and Toad Arnold Lobel Detective Dinosaur James Skofield Don’t Be My Valentine Joan Lexau Drummer Hoff Barbara Emberley Father Bear Comes Home Else Minarik The Fire Cat Esther Averill Fox All Week Edward Marshall Fox and His Friends Edward Marshall Fox be Nimble James Marshall Fox in Love Edward Marshall Fox on Stage James Marshall Fox on the Job James Marshall Fox on Wheels Edward Marshall Fraidy Cats Stephen Krensky Franklin Plays the Game Paulette Bourgeois
Page 12 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level J
Title Author Franklin’s Bad Day Paulette Bourgeois Going to Town Laura Ingalls Wilder Going West Laura Ingalls Wilder The Grandma Mix-Up Emily McCully Great Day for Up! Dr. Seuss The Great Snake Escape Molly Coxe Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle Gus and Grandpa Claudia Mills Harry and the Lady Next Door Gene Zion The Hat Jan Brett Henry and Mudge Series Cynthia Rylant Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss The Horse in Harry’s Room Syd Hoff I am a Rock Jean Marzollo I Can Read with My Eyes Shut Dr. Seuss Inch by Inch Leo Lionni I Was So Mad Mercer Mayer In a Dark, Dark Room Alvin Schwartz Jake and the Copycats Joanne Rocklin Jamberry Bruce Degen Johnny Lion’s Book Edith Hurd Kermit and Robin’s Scary Story Michaela Muntean A Kiss for Little Bear Else Minarik Kick, Pass and Run Leonard Kessler Last One In Is a Rotten Egg Leonard Kessler The Listening Walk Paul Showers Little Bear Else Minarik Little Bear’s Friend Else Minarik Little Bear’s Visit Else Minarik The Little Fireman Margaret Wise Brown Little Gorilla Ruth Bornstein The Little Red Hen Paul Galdone Lulu Goes to Witch School Jane O’Connor Marvin One Too Many Katherine Paterson Messy Bessy’s School Desk Pat McKissack Mike Swan, Sink or Swim Deborah Heiligman Minnie and Moo Go to Paris Denys Cazet The Missing Tooth Joanna Cole Morris Goes to School Bernard Wiseman Mouse Mess Linnea Riley Mouse Soup Arnold Lobel Mouse Tales Arnold Lobel Mr. Putter and Tabby Series Cynthia Rylant My Brother, Ant Besty Byars Newt Matt Novak
Page 13 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level J
Title Author No More Monsters for Me! Peggy Parish Only Tadpoles have Tails Jane Clarke Oscar Otter Nathaniel Benchley Owl at Home Arnold Lobel The Parakeet Girl Marilyn Sadler Peace at Last Jill Murphy Poppleton Series Cynthia Rylant Porcupine’s Pajama Party Terry Harshman Pretty Good Magic Cathy Dubowski Rabbit’s Birthday Kite Maryann MacDonald Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Lois Ehlert Rooster Crows Rajnhild Scamell Quick Chick Juila Hoban Sam and the Firefly P.D. Eastman Sam, the Minuteman Nathaniel Benchley See You in Second Grade Miriam Cohen Show and Tell Frog Joanne Oppenheim Small Wolf Nathaniel Benchley The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats Ten Apples Up On Top Theo LeSieg Terrific Trains Tony Mitton There’s a Wocket in my Pocket Dr. Seuss Two Silly Trolls Nancy Jewell Uncle Elephant Arnold Lobel The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle The Very Worst Monster Pat Hutchins Who’s a Pest: A Homer Story Crosby Bonsall Wizard and Wart at Sea Janice Smith Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery David Adler Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth David Adler Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie David Adler
Page 14 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level K
Title Author Alison’s Puppy Dane Bauer Alison’s Wings Dane Bauer Arnie and the Skateboard Nancy Carlson Arthur Babysits Marc Brown Arthur Series Lillian Hoban Aunt Eater Love a Mystery Doug Cushman A Bargain for Frances Russell Hoban Baseball Ballerina Kathryn Cristaldi Bat Bones and Spider Stew Michelle Poploff Beavers Beware! Barbara Brenner Bedtime for Frances Russell Hoban Best Friends for Frances Russell Hoban The Big Balloon Race Eleanor Coerr A Birthday for Frances Russell Hoban Bootsie Barker Ballerina Barbara Bottner Bread and Jam for Frances Russell Hoban The Case of the Cat’s Meow Crosby Bonsall The Case of the Double Cross Crosby Bonsall The Case of the Dumb Bells Crosby Bonsall The Case of the Scaredy Cats Crosby Bonsall Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 Bill Martin Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. Clara and the Bookwagon Stephen Krensky Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type Denise Cronin Clifford, the Big Red Dog Norman Birdwell Clocks and More Clocks Pat Hutchins Commander Toad Series Jane Yolen Corduroy Don Freeman The Cut-Ups Crack James Marshall Daniel’s Duck Clyde Bulla Darcy and Gran Don’t Like Babies Jane Cutler The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash Trinka Noble Dinosaur Time Peggy Parish Do You Like Cats? Joanne Oppenheim Five Funny Frights Judith Stamper Fox on the Job James Marshall Franklin and the Tooth Fairy Paulette Bourgeois Franklin Goes to School Paulette Bourgeois Franklin Rides a Bike Paulette Bourgeois Franklin’s New Friend Paulette Bourgeois Frog and Toad All Year Arnold Lobel
Page 15 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level K
Title Author Frog and Toad are Friends Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel George the Drummer Boy Nathaniel Benchley The Golly Sisters Go West Betsy Byars The Golly Sisters Ride Again Betsy Byars Grandma’s at Bat Emily McCully Grandma’s at the Lake Emily McCully The Growing-Up Feet Beverly Cleary Halloween with Morris and Boris Bernard Wiseman Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson Henry’s Show and Tell Nancy Carlson It’s Going to Be Perfect! Nancy Carlson Here Comes the Strikeout Leonard Kessler Hooray for the Golly Sisters Betsy Byars A House is a House for Me Mary Ann Hoberman Hot-Air Henry Mary Calhoun If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff Imogene’s Antlers David Small Jamaica’s Find Juanita Havill The Know-Nothing Michele Spirn A Letter to Amy Ezra Jack Keats Little Chief Syd Hoff Lionel and His Friends Stephen Krensky Lionel and Louise Stephen Krensky Lionel in the Fall Stephen Krensky Lionel in the Spring Stephen Krensky Madeline Ludwig Belmelmans Madeline’s Rescue Ludwig Belmelmans Martin and the Tooth Fairy Bernice Chardiet May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice De Regniers Meet M and M Pat Ross Messy Bessy’s Closet Patricia McKissack Midnight in Memphis Tony Bradman The Nate the Great Series Majorie Sharmat No Fighting, No Biting Else Minarik No Tooth, No Quarter Jon Buller One Hundred Hungry Ants Elinor Pinczes The Outside Dog Charlotte Pomerantz Parent’s Night Fright Elizabeth Levy The Peanut Butter Gang Catherine Siracusa Piggle Crosby Bonsall
Page 16 of 17 Reading Level Book List Level K
Title Author A Pocket for Corduroy Don Freeman Sheila Rae the Brave Kevin Henkes Sit Still! Nancy Carlson The Smallest Cow in the World Katherine Paterson Snowden Nancy Carslon Soap Soup and Other Verses Karla Kuskin Stan the Hot Dog Man Ethel Kessler That’s Not Right! Alan Durant Toy Trouble Karen Barss The Three Bears Paul Galdone Three By the Sea Edward Marshall The Wolf’s Chicken Stew Keiko Kasza
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