MCPS Reading Targets Text Level Chart: K–5

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Summer Reading List READ Arranged by Guided Reading Level These books are available at many public libraries as well as in bookstores. Reading over the summer can help your child maintain or improve his or her reading ability.

Grade End of End of End of End of Level First Second Third Fourth Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter (Not Level 1 Level 2–3 Level 4 Kindergarten Applicable) (A) (B–C) (C) First Level 5–7 Level 8–11 Level 12–15 Level 16–17 Grade (D–E) (E–G) (H–I) (I) Second Level J Level K Level L Level M Grade (17) (18) (19) (20) Third Level M Level N Level O Level P Grade Fourth Level Q–R Level S–T Grade Fifth Grade Level T–U Level V–W

Level 1

Autumn Leaves by Gail Saunders-Smith The Berenstain Bears in the House of Mirrors by Stan & Jan Berenstain Cars by Gail Saunders-Smith Count and See by Tana Hoban Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan Look what I Can Do by Jose Aruego My Book by Ron Maris My Class by Lynn Salem What Do Insects Do? by Susan Canizares

Level 2

Cat on the Mat by Brian Wildsmith Chickens by Peter Brady Fun with Hats by Lucy Malka Hats around the World by Liza Charlesworth Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri The Headache by Rod Hunt Mrs. Wishy-washy by Joy Cowley Where’s the Fish? by Taro Gomi

Levels 3-4

All Fall Down by Brian Wildsmith Baby Says by John Steptoe Boats by Gail Saunders-Smith Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Cars by Gail Saunders-Smith Costumes by Lola Schaefer Eating Apples by Gail Saunders-Smith Family Pets by Lola Schaefer The Fox on the Box by Barbara Gregorich Gregory’ s Dog by William Stobbes A Halloween Mask for Monster by Virginia Mueller I Want a Pet by Barbara Gregorich I Went Walking by Sue Williams Joshua James Likes Trucks by Catherine Petrie The Little Red House by Norma Jean Sawicki Masks by Lola Schaefer My Dream by Brian Wildsmith Now We Can Go by Ann Jonas Pancakes, Crackers and Pizza by Marjorie Eberts A Playhouse for Monster by Virginia Mueller Rain by Robert Kalan Roll Over by Merle Peek Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri Sunflowers by Gail Saunders-Smith Trucks by Gail Saunders-Smith Up Went the Goat by Barbara Gregorich What a Tale! by Brian Wildsmith What’s for Lunch? by Eric Carle

Levels 5-6

Baby Birds by Helen Frost The Ball Bounced by Nancy Tafuri Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain Bears on Wheels by Stan and Jan Berenstain Bears, Bears Everywhere by Rita Miles Beetles by Cheryl Coughlan Cat Traps by Molly Coxe The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg Crickets by Cheryl Coughlan Dirty Larry by Bobbie Hamsa A Dog Called Mischief by Leslie Wood Frogs by Gail Saunders-Smith The Good Bad Cat by Nancy Antle Guinea Pigs by Martha Rustad Horses by Martha Rustad I Like Books by Anthony Browne Ice Is… Whee! by Carol Greene The Island by Brian Wildsmith Ladybugs by Cheryl Coughlan Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek Mary’s Art by Susan Blackaby The Monster and the Baby by Virginia Mueller Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Glen Rounds One Happy Classroom by Charnan Simon Paul the Pitcher by Paul Sharp Rain! Rain! by Carol Greene Rick Is Sick by David McPhail Sam’s Wagon by Barbro Lindgren School Bus by Donald Crews Sid and Sam by Nola Buck Sleepy Dog by Harriet Ziefert There Is a Town by Gail Heiman Too Many Balloons by Catherine Matthias Wheels by Annie Cobb

Level 7-8 Ants by Cheryl Coughlan Henry’s Busy Day by Rod Campbell Bess and Tess by Susan Blackaby Honey Bees and Hives by Lola Schaefer Big Egg by Molly Coxe Hot Rod Harry by Catherine Petrie Big Friend, Little Friend by Eloise If I Were You by Brian Wildsmith Greenfield Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan and Black Bears by Marcia Freeman Jan Berenstain Bobby’s Zoo by Carolyn Lunn It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw Bumble Bees by Cheryl Coughlan Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman A Buzz Is Part of a Bee by Carolyn Lunn My Five Senses by Aliki Catch Me if you Can by Bernard Most The Nose Book by Al Perkins Cloudy Day, Sunny Day by Donald Crews Oh a Hunting We Will Go by John Dinosaurs Dance by Larry Brimner Langstaff Dolphins by Martha Rustad Oh No Otis! by Julie Frankel Dragonflies by Cheryl Coughlan Oh, Cats! by Nola Buck The Ear Book by Al Perkins Out the Door by Catherine Matthias Eat Your Peas, Louise by Pegeen Snow The Pet that I Want by Mary Packard Fall Harvest by Gail Saunders-Smith Purple Is Part of a Rainbow by Carol The Farmer in the Dell by Kathy Parkinson Kowalczyk Fireflies by Cheryl Coughlan Sharks by Martha Rustad Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Sweet Potato Pie by Anne Rockwell Eileen Christelow Whales by Martha Rustad Five Silly Fishermen by Roberta Edwards Where Do Frogs Come From? by Alex The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss Vern Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill The Gum on the Drum by Barbara Who is Coming? by Pat McKissack Gregorich

Levels 9-10 Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg Manatees by Martha Rustad Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris Maple Trees by Marcia Freeman Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee by Paul Galdone Marmalade’s Nap by Cindy Wheeler Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward The Mountain that Loved a Bird by A. A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown McLerran Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell “Pardon?” said the Giraffe by Colin West A Dozen Dogs by Harriet Ziefert Pizza Party! by Grace Maccarone Firehouse Sal by Larry Brimner Rose by Cindy Wheeler Grasshoppers by Cheryl Coughlan Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins Gregory’s Garden by William Stobbs Shhhhh by Kevin Henkes Hooray for Snail by John Stadler Six Empty Pockets by Matt Curtis I’m King of the Castle by Shigeo Soccer Game! by Grace Maccarone Watanabe Space Dog Jack by Susan Schade Is Anyone Home? by Ron Maris The Teeny Tiny Woman by Jane Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace O’Connor Maccarone Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch Tiger Is a Scaredy Cat by Joan Phillips Koalas by Gail Saunders-Smith What Is an Insect? by Lola Schaefer The Lady with the Alligator Purse by “What Is That?” Said the Cat by Grace Nadine Westcott Maccarone Lightning Liz by Larry Brimner Wheels on the Bus by Raffi The Lion and the Mouse by Gail Herman Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff

Levels 11-12 Addition Annie by David Gisler My Dog by Judy Taylor Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros My Friends by Taro Gomi Backhoes by Linda Williams Nicky Upstairs and Down by Harriet The Big Fat Worm by Nancy Van Laan Ziefert Bill’s Baggy Pants by Susan Gates Octopuses by Lola Schaefer Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz Biscuit Finds a Friend by Alyssa Capucilli P.J. Funnybunny Camps out by Marilyn Boris Bad Enough by Robert Kraus Sadler Bulldozers by Linda Williams Sam the Garbage Hound by Charnan Cat and Dog by Else Minarik Simon The Day I Had to Play with My Sister by Scorpions by William Ripple Crosby Bonsall The Secret Code by Dana Rau Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw The Dog by John Burningham Shhhh! by Suzy Kline Each Peach Pear Plum by Alan Ahlberg Snail Saves the Day by John Stadler The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat by Nurit The Snow by John Burningham Karlin Spiders and Their Webs by Linda The Great Bug Hunt by Bonnie Dobkin Tagliaferro The Great Race by David McPhail Spot’s First Walk by Eric Hill Guard the House, Sam! by Charnan Simon The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul I Am in Charge of Me by Dana Rau Galdone I Wish I Was Sick Too by Franz Three Kittens by Mirra Ginsburg Brandenberg Titch by Pat Hutchins Katie Did It by Becky McDaniel Wait, Skates! by Mildred Johnson The Life Cycle of a Penguin by Lisa Wake up, Sun! by David Harrison Trumbauer What’s Zero? by Betsy Franco Let’s Share by Dana Rau When You Were a Baby by Ann Jonas Listen to Me by Barbara Neasi Zoo-Looking by Mem Fox Mine’s the Best by Crosby Bonsall More Spaghetti I Say by Rita Gelman

Levels 13-14 Allosaurus by Helen Frost On Market Street by Anita Lobel American Mastodon by Carol Lindeen One Bear All Alone by Caroline Bucknall Bruises by Sharon Gordon Passover by Mari Schuh Captain Cat by Syd Hoff A Picture for Harold’s Room by Crockett Chinese New Year by Lola Schaefer Johnson The Clubhouse by Anastasia Suen Pierre by Maurice Sendak Come out and Play, Little Mouse by Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire Robert Kraus The Rabbit by John Burningham Come! Sit! Speak! by Charnan Simon Ready, Set, Go by John Stadler Dump Trucks by Linda Williams The Real-Skin Rubber Monster Mask by Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan Miriam Cohen Foxes and Their Dens by Martha Rustad Red Foxes by Patricia Murphy George Shrinks by William Joyce Sabertooth Cat by Helen Frost The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars Saturn by Thomas Adamson Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff Brown Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young How Much Is a Million? by David Schwartz Seven Little Monsters by Maurice Sendak If I Were a Penguin by Heidi Goeneil The Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack In the Forest by Marie Ets Sunburn by Sharon Gordon It’s George! by Miriam Cohen Swimmy by Leo Lionni Jupiter by Thomas Adamson Two Bear Cubs by Ann Jonas Just Me and My Babysitter by Mercer We Are Best Friends by Aliki Mayer Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? by Life in a Polar Region by Carol Lindeen Robert Kraus Life in a Rain Forest by Carol Lindeen Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus Lizards by Emily Townshend Woolly Mammoth by Helen Frost Misty’s Mischief by Rod Campbell You Are What You Eat by Sharon “More, More, More,” Said the Baby by Gordon Vera Williams You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch by Pat My Brown Bear Barney by Dorothy Butler Hutchins Old Hat, New Hat by Stan and Jan Your Senses by Helen Frost Berenstain

Levels 15-16 Airport by Byron Barton Henny Penny by Paul Galdone Albert the Albatross by Syd Hoff Hiccups for Elephant by James Preller Allergies by Sharon Gordon It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn All Tutus Should Be Pink by Sheri Brownrigg Sadler Alligators All around by Maurice Sendak Jim Meets the Thing by Miriam Cohen Ambulances by Marcia Freeman Just a Mess by Mercer Mayer Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus Apples and Pumpkins by Ann Rockwell The Lighthouse Children by Syd Hoff Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman A Look at China by Helen Frost Asthma by Sharon Gordon A Look at Mexico by Helen Frost The Bear’s Bicycle by Emilie McLeod Lost in the Museum by Miriam Cohen Benny Bakes a Cake by Eve Rice Maurice Sendak by Eric Braun Big Dog, Little Dog by P.D. Eastman Messy Bessey by Patricia McKissack The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Messy Bessey’s Garden by Patricia Wood McKissack The Bike Lesson by Stan and Jan Nana’s Fiddle by Larry Brimner Berenstain The New Kid by Larry Brimner Busy Buzzing Bumblebees by Alvin Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells Schwartz The Planets by Martha Rustad Charles M. Schulz by Cheryl Carlson The Quilt by Ann Jonas Come and Have Fun by Edith Thacher A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman Hurd Reflections by Ann Jonas The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard Silly Times with Two Silly Trolls by Nancy by Brendan Hennessy Jewell Dragon Gets By by Dav Pilkey Small Pig by Arnold Lobel Dragon’s Fat Cat by Dav Pilkey Spooky Riddles by Marc Brown Earaches by Sharon Gordon The Story of Chicken Licken by Jan Father Bear Comes Home by Else Minarik Ormerod Fire Engines by Marcia Freeman There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey Mercer Mayer Go away, Dog by Joan Nodset The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Goodnight, Owl! by Pat Hutchins We Just Moved by Stephen Krensky Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Hello Cat, You Need a Hat by Rita Rosen Gelman What Are Volcanoes? by Mari Schuh

Level J (17) Addie’s Bad Day by Joan Robins Granny and the Desperadoes by Peggy Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara Parish Barber A Great Day for up by Dr. Seuss Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman The Great Snake Escape by Molly Coxe Aunt Eater mystery series by Doug Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Cushman Gus and Grandpa by Claudia Mills The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander Zion Booker T. Washington by Lola Schaefer He Bear, She Bear by Stan and Jan Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Berenstain Aardema Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant Camp Big Paw by Doug Cushman Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss I Can Read with My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola I Love to Sneeze by Ellen Schecter Clouds by Gail Saunders-Smith In a Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz Curious George and the Ice Cream by Jake and the Copycats by Joanne Rocklin Margaret Rey Jamberry by Bruce Degen Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff Jane Goodall by Lola Schaefer Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Jellyfish by Lola Schaefer Don’t Be My Valentine by Joan Lexau Kick, Pass and Run by Leonard Kessler The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Minarik Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley Little Bear by Else Minarik Egg to Chick by Millicent Selsam Little Bear’s Friend by Else Minarik The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Little Bear’s Visit by Else Minarik Vipont Little Black, a Pony by Walter Farley Eleanor Roosevelt by Lisa Trumbauer Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni The Fire Cat by Esther Averill The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone Fox on Stage by James Marshall A Look at Kenya by Helen Frost Fox on Wheels by Edward Marshall Lulu Goes to Witch School by Jane Fraidy Cats by Stephen Krensky O’Connor Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan Marie Curie by Lola Schaefer London Marigold and Grandma on the Town by Ghosts by Alvin Schwartz Stephanie Calmenson The Grandma Mix-up by Emily A. McCully Max by Rachel Isadora

Messy Bessey’s School Desk by Patricia The Show-and-Tell Frog by Joanna McKissack Oppenheim Monster Manners by Joanna Cole Skyfire by Frank Asch Moon Boy by Barbara Brenner The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Morris and Boris at the Circus by Bernard Sojourner Truth by Helen Frost Wiseman There’s an Alligator under My Bed by Morris Goes to School by Bernard Mercer Mayer Wiseman Tom the TV Cat by Joan Heilbroner Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Too Many Rabbits by Peggy Parish Rylant Tugboats by Lola Schaefer My Brother, Ant by Betsy Byars Two Silly Trolls by Nancy Jewell The Mystery of the Missing Dog by Uncle Elephant by Arnold Lobel Elizabeth Levy The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle No More Monsters for Me! by Peggy Veterinarians by Dee Ready Parish Wake Me in Spring by James Preller Norma Jean, Jumping Bean by Joanna Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Cole Sendak The Parakeet Girl by Marilyn Sadler Wizard and Wart at Sea by Janice Lee Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats Smith Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Porcupine’s Pajama Party by Terry Mystery by David Adler Harshman Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Pretty Good Magic by Cathy Dubowski Cookie by David Adler Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman Sea Horses by Lola Schaefer She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky

Level K (18) Albert Einstein by Barbara Knox Corduroy by Don Freeman Alison’s Puppy by Marion Bauer Cows by Peter Brady Alison’s Wings by Marion Bauer Dancing with the Manatees by Faith A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell McNulty Hoban Daniel’s Duck by Clyde Bulla A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban Darcy and Gran Don’t Like Babies by Baseball Ballerina by Kathryn Cristaldi Jane Cutler Bat Bones and Spider Stew by Michelle The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Poploff Trinka Noble Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish Benjamin Banneker by Eric Braun Elaine and the Flying Frog by Heidi Bessie Coleman by Eric Braun Change The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr Follow that Fish by Joanne Oppenheim The Big, Beautiful, Brown Box by Larry Four on the Shore by Edward Marshall Brimner Franklin Goes to School by Paulette The Big Tee-Ball Game by Larry Brimner Bourgeois A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Bony Legs by Joanna Cole Lobel Bootsie Barker Ballerina by Barbara Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel Bottner The Frog Prince by Edith Tarcov Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Hoban Lord The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ruth Gross The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard The Golly Sisters Ride Again by Betsy A Busy Guy by Charnan Simon Byars Button Soup by Doris Orgel Grandmas at the Lake by Emily A. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina McCully Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Grandpa Comes to Stay by Rob Lewis Heller Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane by Victoria Johnson Sherrow Here Comes the Strikeout by Leonard Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Kessler Bridwell Hooray for the Golly Sisters by Betsy Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen Byars

Ibis: a True Whale Story by John A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman Himmelman The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Rain by Gail Saunders-Smith Numeroff Rollo and Tweedy and the Ghost at Dougal Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Castle by Laura Allen Guarino Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman Jamaica and Brianna by Juanita Havill Saving Water by Rebecca Olien Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill The Secret of Foghorn Island by Geoffrey John F. Kennedy by Judy Emerson Hayes The Know-Nothings by Michelle Spirn Sheep by Peter Brady A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes Lightning by Helen Frost Shipwreck Saturday by Bill Cosby Lionel and Louise by Stephen Krensky The Sidewalk Patrol by Larry Brimner M & M series by Pat Ross The Smallest Cow in the World by Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans Katherine Paterson Madeline’s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans Soccer Cousins by Jean Marzollo Mae Jemison by Eric Braun Space Rock by Jon Buller The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby Stan the Hot Dog Man by Ethel & Messy Bessey’s Closet by Patricia Leonard Kessler McKissack Susan B. Anthony by Martha Rustad The Messy Lot by Larry Brimner Theodore Roosevelt by Lola Schaefer Monster Movie by Joanna Cole The Three Bears by Paul Galdone More Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean Van Three by the Sea by Edward Marshall Leeuwen Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by More Tales of Oliver Pig by Jean Van Vera Williams Leeuwen Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat Mount Rushmore by Lola Schaefer by Sara Miller Nate the Great series by Marjorie Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog Sharmat by Sara Miller No Tooth, No Quarter! by Jon Buller Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner The Noodle Game by Larry Brimner Zack’s Alligator by Shirley Mozelle The Pet Show by Ezra Jack Keats

Level L (19) Abraham Lincoln by Lola Schaefer George and Martha series by James Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse by Marshall Leo Lionni George Washington by Lola Schaefer Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone by Jean van Leeuwen Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Animal Tracks by Arthur Dorros Mike Graf Astronauts by Tami Deedrick Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Beans on the Roof by Betsy Byars Sharmat The Best Worst Day by Bonnie Graves Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Cam Jansen series by David Adler Jean Marzollo The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia R. Hill of Fire by Thomas Lewis Giff Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline Cannonball Chris by Jean Marzollo How Much Is that Guinea Pig in the Cargo Ships by Adele Richardson Window? by Joanne Rocklin Cesar Chavez by Lola Schaefer Hungry, Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole Chang’s Paper Pony by Eleanor Coerr Jane Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees Chickens by Peter Brady by Bette Birnbaum The Curse of the Cobweb Queen by Jennifer, Too by Juanita Havill Geoffrey Hayes The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr Desert Giant: the World of the Saguaro Judy Moody by Megan McDonald Cactus by Barbara Bash Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Burton Dinosaur Babies by Lucille Penner Little Penguin’s Tale by Audrey Wood Dinosaur Days by Joyce Milton A Little Shopping by Cynthia Rylant Dinosaur Hunters by Kate McMullan The Long Way Westward by Joan Sandin Diplodocus by Daniel Cohen Magic Fish by Freya Littledale The Dog that Stole Home by Matt Magic Money by David Adler Christopher Maiasaura by Daniel Cohen Dragon Breath by Jan O’Connor Make Way for Ducklings by Robert The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth S. McCloskey Gannett Martin Luther King, Jr. by Lola Schaefer Everybody’s Best Friend by Larry Brimner Marvin Redpost: Alone in His Teacher’s Finding Providence: the Story of Roger House by Louis Sachar Williams by Avi Mary Marony, Mummy Girl by Suzy Kline Football Friends by Jean Marzollo Mermaid Island by Margaret Frith

Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard The Three Blind Mice Mystery by Stephen Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham Krensky The Mummy’s Gold by Kate McMullan Through Grandpa’s Eyes by Patricia Old Enough for Magic by Anola Pickett MacLachlan Pee Wee Scouts series by Judy Delton Tooter Pepperday by Jerry Spinelli Perfect the Pig by Susan Jeschke The True Story of Balto by Natalie Pigs by Peter Brady Standiford Pinky and Rex series by James Howe A Very Strange Dollhouse by Jennifer Pony Trouble by Dale Gasque Dussling The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston Weather Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins Rescue Helicopters by Rebecca Olien Whales – the Gentle Giants by Joyce Science – Just Add Salt by Sandra Markle Milton Sets: Sorting into Groups by Michele When the Giants Came to Town by Koomen Marcia Leonard Sound, Heat and Light: Energy at Work Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats by Melvin Berger Zoo Keepers by Tami Deedrick Spoiled Rotten by Barthe DeClements Storms by Seymour Simon Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen

Level M (20) Abby by Wolfram Hanel Center Court Sting by Matt Christopher Abe Lincoln’s Hat by Martha Brenner A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams The Adventures of Ratman by Ellen Weiss The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Bulla Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathan Etra Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera Williams Antarctica by Katie Bagley Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco Arthur and the Lost Diary by Marc Brown Christopher Columbus by Mervyn Kaufman Arthur Makes the Team by Marc Brown Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Aunt Flossie’s Hats by Elizabeth Howard Judi Barrett Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey The Copper Lady by Alice and Kent Ross Baseball by Mike Kennedy Crackerjack Halfback by Matt Christopher Baseball Flyhawk by Matt Christopher The Curse of the Squirrel by Laurence Basketball by Mike Kennedy Yep The Bears’ Picnic by Stan and Jan Dancing with the Indians by Angela Berenstain Medearis The Bears’ Christmas by Stan and Jan The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Berenstain Heide The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Deer: Graceful Grazers by Jody Sullivan Dalgliesh Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley by The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Rebecca Caudill Honey by Stan and Jan Berenstain Dirt Bike Racer by Matt Christopher Blue Ribbon Blues by Jerry Spinelli Don’t Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey The Drinking Gourd by Ferdinand Monjo A Book about Your Skeleton by Ruth Elephants: Trunks and Tusks by Adele Gross Richardson Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley Brad and Butter Play Ball! by Dean Fish by Adele Richardson Hughes Five True Dog Stories by Margaret Buddy: the First Seeing Eye Dog by Eva Davidson Moore Five True Horse Stories by Margaret Camp Sink or Swim by Gibbs Davis Davidson The Case of the Elevator Duck by Polly Football by Mike Kennedy Brends Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Catch that Pass by Matt Christopher Frida Maria: A Story of the Old Southwest The Catcher’s Mask by Matt Christopher by Deborah Lattimore

Frogs: Leaping Amphibians by Lola Magic Treehouse series by Mary P. Schaefer Osborne From Peanuts to Peanut Butter by Kristin Mammals by Adele Richardson Keller Manners on the Telephone by Terri George Washington’s Mother by Jean DeGezelle Fritz Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe by The Ghost in Tent 19 by Jim and Jane Susan Patron O’Connor Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Ghost Town Treasure by Clyde Bulla The Mitten by Jan Brett Groundhogs by Adele Richardson Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen Hard Drive to Short by Matt Christopher Monster Rabbit Runs Amuck by Patricia R. Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson Giff The Hit-Away Kid by Matt Christopher My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Gannett House of the Horrible Ghosts by Geoffrey Mystery in the Night Woods by John Hayes Peterson I Can’t Said the Ant by Polly Cameron Mystery of the Stolen Bike by Marc Brown I Hate Camping by P.J. Petersen Nannies for Hire by Amy Hest Ice Magic by Matt Christopher Neil Armstrong by Thomas Streissguth Ichthyosaurus by Daniel Cohen Nine True Dolphin Stories by Margaret Iguanadon by Daniel Cohen Davidson Insects by Adele Richardson No Arm in Left Field by Matt Christopher The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith The Old Rocking Chair by Phyllis Root Island Baby by Holly Keller The One Bad Thing about Father by The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg Ferdinand Monjo Jenny Archer series by Ellen Conford One-Eyed Jake by Pat Hutchins Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park The One in the Middle Is the Green Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Kangaroo by Judy Blume Margaret Wetterer Onion Sundaes by David Adler The Kid who Only Hit Homers by Matt Owls by Adele Richardson Christopher The Paint Brush Kid by Clyde Bulla King Arthur by Marc Brown Pajama Party by Amy Hest Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by The Lighthouse Mermaid by Kathleen Karr David Adler Lily and Miss Liberty by Carla Stephens A Picture Book of Louis Braille by David Little Swan by Adele Geras Adler The Littles series by John Peterson A Pocketful of Goobers by Barbara Mitchell

Polk Street School series by Patricia R. The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock by Bill Giff Peet Rats on the Range by James Marshall The Spy in the Attic by Ursel Scheffler Rats on the Roof by James Marshall Squirrels by Rebecca Olien Red Ribbon Rosie by Jean Marzollo Star by Jo Ann Simon Reptiles by Adele Richardson The Statue of Liberty by Marc Nobleman The Return of Rinaldo the Sly Fox by Ursel A Story – A Story retold by Gail Haley Scheffler Tight End by Matt Christopher Rinaldo the Sly Fox by Ursel Scheffler Tom Edison’s Bright Ideas by Jack Keller Rip-Roaring Russell by Johanna Hurwitz Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Rockets by Gregory Vogt Tyler Toad and the Thunder by Robert Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz Crowe Sable by Karen Hesse Walter the Warlock by Deborah Hautzig Second Grade Friends Again by Miriam Wingman on Ice by Matt Christopher Cohen Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Shortstop from Tokyo by Matt Christopher Snatcher by Lois Duncan Skateboard Tough by Matt Christopher The Year Mom Won the Pennant by Matt Slam Dunk Saturday by Jean Marzollo Christopher Soccer by Mike Kennedy Young Wolf’s First Hunt by Janice Soccer Mania by Erika Tamar Shefelman Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo The Zack Files series by Dan Greenburg Solo Girl by Andrea D. Pinkney Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott Space Stations by Gregory Vogt Speed Skating by Larry Brimner

Level N A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy Danger Guys by Tony Abbott Abraham Lincoln: President of a Divided Daniel Boone: Man of the Forests by Country by Carol Green Carol Greene Adam Joshua Capers series by Janice L. Don’t Call Me Beanhead by Susan Smith Wojciechowski Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor Amphibians by Adele Richardson by Carol Greene Ankylosaurus by Daniel Cohen Elizabeth the First: Queen of England by Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carol Greene Carla Stevens The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl Apatosaurus by Daniel Cohen Europe by Mike Graf Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Everglades National Park by Mike Graf Duke Experiment with Water by Bryan Murphy Australia by Katie Bagley Favorite Greek Myths by Mary P. Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber Osborne Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Figure Skating by Larry Brimner Stephen Manes Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Behind the Couch by Mordicai Gerstein The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates by Susan Benjamin Franklin: a Man with Many Jobs Shreve by Carol Greene Fly Homer Fly by Bill Peet Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett The Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Black Elk: a Man with a Vision by Carol Buffalo Soldiers by Clinton Cox Greene The Gadget War by Ann Douglas Blackberries in the Dark by Mavis Jukes George Washington Carver: Scientist and The Boonsville Bombers by Alison Herzig Teacher by Carol Greene Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble George Washington: First President of the Busybody Nora by Johanna Hurwitz U.S. by Carol Greene The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster A Gift for Mama by Esther Hautzig by James Preller A Glass Slipper for Rosie by Patricia R. The Case of the Spooky Sleepover by Giff James Preller Golf by Christin Ditchfield Catwings by Ursula LeGuin Good Dog, Bonita by Patricia R. Giff Christopher Columbus: a Great Explorer Hannah by Gloria Whelan by Carol Greene Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola Hey, New Kid by Betsy Duffey

The House on Walenska Street by Ludwig van Beethoven: Musical Pioneer by Charolotte Herman Carol Greene How a Book Is Made by Aliki Luke’s Bully by Elizabeth Winthrop How Is a Crayon Made? by Frank Oz The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl How to Be Cool in the Third Grade by Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Man Who Betsy Duffey Changed Things by Carol Greene Ice Hockey by Christin Ditchfield Max Malone series by Charlotte Herman Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown Microscopes by Adele Richardson It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Jackie Robinson and the Story of All- Steptoe Black Baseball by Jim O’Connor My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Jenius – the Amazing Guinea Pig by Dick Houston King-Smith My Name Is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Johann Sebastian Back: Great Man of Ada Music by Carol Greene The Mystery of the Phantom Pony by Lynn John Chapman: the Man Who Was Hall Johnny Appleseed by Carol Greene Next Spring an Oriole by Gloria Whelan John Philip Souza: the March King by Not-So-Perfect Rosie by Patricia R. Giff Carol Greene Pioneer Cat by William Hooks Julian series by Ann Cameron Pirate’s Promise by Clyde Bulla Katherine Dunham, Black Dancer by Carol Pitching Trouble by Stephen Kroll Greene Pompeii… Buried Alive by Edith Kunhardt Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish Pteranodon by Daniel Cohen Laura Ingalls Wilder: Author of the Little Puppy Love by Betsy Duffey House Books by Carol Greene Rachel Carson: Friend of Nature by Carol The Leftovers series by Tristan Howard Greene Lemurs, Lorises, and Other Lower Primates Return of the Home Run Kid by Matt by Patricia Martin Christopher Leontyne Price: Opera Superstar by Sylvia Roberto Clemente: Baseball Superstar by Williams Carol Greene Lili the Brave by Jennifer Armstrong Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Zelinsky Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Save the Manatee by Alison Friesinger Year by Kate Waters School’s Out by Johanna Hurwitz Llama Pajamas by Susan Clymer Second Chance by Stephen Kroll Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books Shadow of the Wolf by Gloria Whelan for the Blind by Margaret Davidson Shark Lady: The Adventures of Eugenie Clark by Ann McGovern

Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Bulla The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won Sidewalk Story by Sharon Mathis the War by Emily Little Silver by Gloria Whelan True-Life Treasure Hunts by Judy Someone Is Following Pip Ramsey by Ron Donnelly Roy 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola Something Queer mystery series by Volleyball by Christin Ditchfield Elizabeth Levy Voting by Sarah De Capua Song Lee series by Suzy Kline Walking the Road to Freedom by Jeri Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Ferris Bulla Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Stanley and the Magic Lamp by Jeff Louis Sachar Brown What Makes a Bird a Bird? by May Stegosaurus by Daniel Cohen Garelick Striped Ice Cream by Joan Lexau What’s the Matter, Kelly Beans? by The Summer Olympics by Bob Knotts Judith Enderle Telescopes by Adele Richardson White Bird by Clyde Bulla Tennis by Christin Ditchfield Winter Olympics by Larry Brimner Thomas Jefferson: Author, Inventor, Witch Hunt: It Happened in Salem Village President by Carol Greene by Stephen Krensky Throw-Away Pets by Betsy Duffey Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Musical Thurgood Marshall: First Black Supreme Genius by Carol Greene Court Justice by Carol Greene Wolves: Life in the Pack by Lola Schaefer The Titanic, Lost… and Found by Judy Working Cotton by Sherley Williams Donnelly Wrong Way Around Magic by Ruth To the Top! by Sydelle A. Kramer Chew A Toad for Tuesday by Russell Erickson Yellowstone National Park by Mike Graf Triceratops by Daniel Cohen Yosemite National Park by Mike Graf You’re Out by Stephen Kroll

Level O The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Johanna Hurwitz Dalgliesh Aldo series, Johanna Hurwitz Cowpokes and Desperadoes by Gary All about Sam by Lois Lowry Paulsen Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad Davy Crockett by Kathy Feeney by Marlene Brill Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar By Jean Fritz Dragon Bones by Paul Hindman Angel Park Soccer Stars series D.Hughes Earthworms by Kevin Holmes Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros Einstein Anderson, Science Detective series The Arctic Ocean by Anne Ylvisaker by Seymour Simon The Atlantic Ocean by Anne Ylvisaker Eleven Kids, One Summer by Ann Martin Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer by Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Lucile Davis Linda Lowery Face-Off by Matt Christopher Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz The Finch’s Fabulous Furnace by R. Drury Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack Baseball’s Best, Five True Stories by Foolish Gretel by Jennifer Armstrong Andrew Gutelle The Fortune-tellers by Lloyd Alexander Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary Frederick Douglass by Margo McLoone Benjamin Banneker by Ginger Wadsworth George Washington’s Socks by Elvira The Blind Pony by Jeanne Betancourt Woodruff The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady by The Ghost Pony by Jeanne Betancourt Betsy Byars Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Borreguita and the Coyote by V.Aardema Good Grief Third Grade by C. McKenna The Boxcar Children series by G. Warner Gorgonzola Zombies in the Park by Bugs by Nancy Parker Elizabeth Levy Can’t You Make Them Behave, King The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz George? by Jean Fritz Gymnastics by Christin Ditchfield The Case of the Dirty Bird by Gary Happily Ever After by Anna Quindlen Paulsen The Haunting of Grade Three by Grace Charles Lindbergh by Lucile Davis Maccarone Chocolate Fever by Robert Smith Henry Huggins series by Beverly Cleary Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble Corn Is Maize by Aliki Herbie Jones series by Suzy Kline Here Comes McBroom by Sid Fleischman

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes The Night Crossing by Karen Ackerman Jason and the Aliens Down the Street by No One Is Going to Nashville by M. Jukes Greg Greer The Not-Just-Anybody Family by B Byars The Key to the Playhouse by Carol York Owl Moon by Jane Yolen The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson The Pacific Ocean by Anne Ylvisaker Lake Huron by Anne Ylvisaker Patrick Doyle is Full of BlarneyJ.Armstrong Lake Michigan by Anne Ylvisaker Pippi Longstocking series by A. Lindgren Lavender by Karen Hesse Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary The Legend of the Bluebonnet by DePaola Ramona series by Beverly Cleary Leif Eriksson by Jason Glaser Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes Louis Sachar Lions by Kevin J. Holms Socks by Beverly Cleary Lucretia Mott by Lucile Davis Sojourner Truth by Margo McLoone Ma and Pa Dracula by Ann Martin Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the Make a Wish, Molly by Barbara Cohen May Apple by Mary P. Osborne Malcolm X by Lucile Davis Stay away from Simon! by Carol Carrick Martial Arts by Bob Knotts The Story of Benjamin Franklin by Mary McLeod Bethune by M. McLoone Margaret Davidson Maxie, Rosie and Earl – Partners in Grime The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles by Barbara Park The Sun by Ralph Winrich McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm Susan B. Anthony by Lucile Davis by Sid Fleischman The Swamp of the Hideous Zombies by Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by E.Coerr Geoffrey Hayes Moons by Gregory Vogt Talk about a Family by Eloise Greenfield Moonwalk – the First Trip to the Moon by Tornado by Betsy Byars Judy Donnelly Track and Field by Bob Knotts The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Tyrannosaurus Rex by Daniel Cohen Ann Cameron Velociraptor by Daniel Cohen The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly The Vicar of Nibbleswick by Roald Dahl Cleary Virtual Fred by Vincent Courtney A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith Wall of Names: The Story of the Viet Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater Vets Memorial by Judy Donnelly Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty Walt Disney by June Preszler MacDonald What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Much Ado about Aldo by Johanna Hurwitz Jean Fritz Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Mystery on October Road by A. Herzig

Level P Against the Odds by Joe Layden George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald All About Sam by Lois Lowry Dahl Amazing but True Sports Stories by Phyllis Gerbilitis by Stephanie Spinner Hollander The Ghost Fox by Laurence Yep Attaboy Sam by Lois Lowry The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Baby Island by Carol R. Brink Roald Dahl A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch by Jill A Girl Called Al by Constance Greene Murphy A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Book of Black Heroes from A to Z by Robert Fulton by Andy Bowen Wade Hudson Helen Keller by Stewart Graff The Bicycle Man by Allen Say Hot Fudge Hero by Pat Brisson Bunnicula by James Howe Howliday Inn by James Howe The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown by The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon B. Betsy Byars Mathis The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Hurricanes: Wild Weather by Lorri Kinsey-Warnock Hopping Circle of Gold by Candy Boyd If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln by The Daring Rescue of Marlon the Ann McGovern Swimming Pig by Susan Saunders If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War The Dragon series by Jackie Koller by Kay Moore Eddie and the Fire Engine by Carolyn If You Lived With the Sioux Indians by Ann Haywood McGovern Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary If You Traveled on the Underground Emily’s Runaway Imagination by Beverly Railroad by Ellen Levine Cleary If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol by Ellen Levine Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl The Indian School by Gloria Whelan Felicia the Critic by Ellen Conford It’s Mine! by Leo Lionni Felita by Nicholasa Mohr Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang Finding the Titanic by Robert Ballard by Mordecai Richler Five Brave Explorers by Wade Hudson Jazz, Pizzazz, and the Silver Threads by Five Notable Inventors by Wade Hudson Mary Quattlebaum The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Paul Fleischman Fritz

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World The Skates of Uncle Richard by Carol by Walter and Mildred Pitts Fenner Koi’s Python by Miriam Moore and Penny The Spray-Paint Mystery by Angela Taylor Medearis Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues by Stone Fox by John R. Gardiner Eloise Greenfield The Story of Alexander Graham Bell by Last Chance for Magic by Ruth Chew Margaret Davidson Last Look by Clyde Bulla The Story of Harriet Tubman by Kate A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Bulla McMullen The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland The Tales of Olga da Polga by Michael The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Bond Cole Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold The Magic Squad and the Dog of Great A Taste of Blackberries by Doris B. Smith Potential by Mary Quattlebaum Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka Martin’s Mice by Dick King-Smith Tornadoes! by Lorraine Hopping The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds Tut’s Mummy: Lost and Found by Judy The Minpins by Roald Dahl Donnelly Mixed-Up Max by Dick King-Smith Twisters and Other Terrible Storms by Will A Nose for Trouble by Nancy Wilson and Mary P. Osborne Odds on Oliver by Constance Greene The Twits by Roald Dahl Oh, Brother by Johnnice Wilson The Wall by Eve Bunting One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest by Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis Jean C. George Sachar Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat Who Stole The Wizard of Oz? by Avi The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Wild and Woolly Mammoths by Aliki Age 11 by Amy Hest Witch’s Cat by Ruth Chew Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes by Roald The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy Dahl Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith Lensey Namioka Shoebag by Mary James

Level Q Addy series (American Girls) by Connie Class Trip to the Cave of Doom by Kate Porter McMullan The Airplane by Julie Sinclair Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary The Alamo by Tom McGowen Erosion by Becky Olien Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville Farmer Boy by Laura I. Wilder All about Deer by Jim Arnosky Felicity series (American Girls) by Valerie All about Owls by Jim Arnosky Tripp All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor Florence Nightingale by Lucile Davis Amazing but True Sports Stories by Phyllis Fourth Grade Wizards by Barthe Hollander DeClements Anastasia Krupnik series by Lois Lowry Franklin D. Roosevelt by Steve Potts And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume MacGill-Callahan George Washington by T.M. Suel Animal Ark series by Ben Baglio The Ghost on Saturday Night by Sid Antarctica by David Peterson Fleischman Australia by David Peterson Grandpa’s Face by Eloise Greenfield The Automobile by Julie Sinclair Hank the Cowdog by John Erickson Babe, the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith Hannah of Fairfield by Jean Van Leeuwen Beetles Lightly Toasted by Phyllis R. Naylor Harry’s Mad by Dick King-Smith Betsy-Tacy by Maud Lovelace Homer Price by Robert McCloskey The Bicycle by Larry Hills India by Elaine Landau The Big Wave by Pearl Buck James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Black Diamond: the Story of the Negro Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman Baseball Leagues by Patricia McKissack John Adams by Muriel Dubois Black-Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong Josefina series (American Girls) by Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Valerie Tripp Marguerite Henry Junebug by Alice Mead By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura I. Just Juice by Karen Hesse Wilder Kirsten series (American Girls) by Janet Canada by Elaine Landau Shaw The Cat who Went to Heaven by Langston Hughes by B. A. Hoena Elizabeth Coatsworth The Lemonade Trick by Scott Corbett Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey Little House in the Big Woods by Laura I. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Wilder

Little House on the Prairie by Laura I. Peru by Elaine Landau Wilder Peter Tchaikovsky by Mike Venezia The Long Winter by Laura I. Wilder Picasso by Mike Venezia The Lost Flower Children by Janet T. Lisle Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain A Rain Forest Tree by Lorien Kite Stories by Rosemary Wells The Roar of the Crowd by Bill Wallace Medieval Feast by Aliki Sacagawea by Barbara Wittman Mixed-up Max by Dick King-Smith Sierra by Diane Siebert Molly series (American Girls) by Valerie The Solar System by Gregory Vogt Tripp Soup by Robert Peck Mostly Michael by Robert K. Smith Superfudge by Judy Blume The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires The Supreme Court by Patricia Quiri Native American Stories by Joseph Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bruchac Blume On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura I. Technical Foul by Bill Wallace Wilder The Telephone by Marc Nobleman On the Banks of the Bayou by Roger There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by MacBride Louis Sachar Onion Tears by Diana Kidd There’s an Owl in the Shower by Jean C. Outside and Inside Bats by Sandra Markle George Outside and Inside Kangaroos by Sandra The Toilet Paper Tigers by Gordon Korman Markle The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Outside and Inside Sharks by Sandra Jon Scieszka Markle The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Outside and Inside Snakes by Sandra Whose Side Are You on? by Emily Moore Markle You Be the Jury by Marvin Miller The Pennsylvania Colony by Martin Hintz

Level R Absolutely True Story: How I Visited Devil’s Bridge by Cynthia DeFelice Yellowstone Park… by Willo Roberts A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace Ace: the Very Important Pig by Dick King- A Dog on Barkham Street by Mary Stolz Smith Dominic by William Steig Adventures of Spider: West African The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth Folktales by Joyce Arkhurst The Family under the Bridge by Natalie After the Goat Man by Betsy Byars Carlson Asteroids by Gregory Vogt Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher Attack on Pearl Harbor by Tom McGowen Fire in the Sky by Candice Ransom Babe Ruth by Guernsey Van Riper Flight by Robert Burleigh Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher Black Gold by Marguerite Henry Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Born to Trot by Marguerite Henry Freedom Crossing by Margaret Clark The Boston Tea Party by Conrad Stein Frindle by Andrew Clements The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Gentle Annie: the True Story of a Civil Sachar War Nurse by Mary Shura The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida The Girl-Son by Anne Neuberger Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry The Bully of Barkham Street by Mary Stolz Harry Houdini: Master of Magic by Robert The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz Kraske Caddie Woodlawn by Carol R. Brink Hatchet by Brian Paulsen The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw? by Winthrop Patricia Giff The Central Pacific Railroad by Clark Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs by Evans Jamie Gilson The Challenger Disaster by Tim McNeese How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Rockwell Roald Dahl Hydroelectric Power by Josepha Sherman Children of Christmas by Cynthia Rylant Iggie’s House by Judy Blume The Choctaw by Rachel Koestler-Grack The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne R. Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Banks Epidemic by Lydia Weaver The Inuit by Rachel Koestler-Grack The Computer by Gayle Worland The Iroquois by Rachel Koestler-Grack The Dark-Thirty by Patricia McKissack The Island by Gary Paulsen Deserts by Neil Morris Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Phoebe and the General by Judith Griffin McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by (Alternate title: Phoebe the Spy) E.L.Konigsburg Picasso by Shelly Sateren Just Call Me Stupid by Tom Birdseye Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith Justin Morgan Had a Horse by M. Henry Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco The Landry News by Andrew Clements Pioneer Girl: the Story of Laura Ingalls Leonardo da Vinci by Barbara Witteman Wilder by William Anderson The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli The Pony Express by Peter Anderson A Long Way To Go: a Story of Women’s The Radio by Gail Worland Right to Vote by Zibby O’Neal The River by Gary Paulsen Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Fendler by Eleanor Coerr Louis Pasteur by Kremena Spengler Sarah, Plain and Tall by P. MacLachlan Love You, Soldier by Amy Hest Saudi Arabia by Wende Fazio Mary Cassatt by B. A. Hoena Shiloh by Phyllis R. Naylor Math Wiz by Betsy Duffey Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan Meet Calliope Day by Charles Haddad Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. by J. de Kay The Space Race by Tim McNeese Megan’s Island by Willo Roberts Spider Boy by Ralph Fletcher Michelangelo by Shelly Sateren Staying Nine by Pam Conrad Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars Stray by Dick King-Smith Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen Strider by Beverly Cleary Mirandy and Brother Wind byP.McKissack Stuart Little by E. B. White Misty of Chincoteague by M. Henry Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes The Monster’s Ring by Bruce Coville The Television by Marc Nobleman Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki This Place Is Wet: The Brazilian Rain Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting Forest by Vicki Cobb The Navajo by Therese DeAngelis Thurgood Marshall by Karen Gibson No More Magic by Avi Tomorrow’s Wizard by P. MacLachlan The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor Norway by Elaine Landau The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White The One Hundredth Thing about Caroline Tutankhamen’s Gift by Robert Sabuda by Lois Lowry Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by by Jean Fritz Judy Blume The Witches by Roald Dahl Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm Women Explorers of the Mountains by Jetty Kahn

Level S Abel’s Island by William Steig Fossil Fuel Power by Josepha Sherman Afternoon of the Elves by Janet T. Lisle From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Peter Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg and Connie Roop Geothermal Power by Josepha Sherman Ajeemah and His Son by James Berry The Good Master by Kate Seredy All Alone in the Universe by Lynne R. The Grand Escape by Phyllis R. Naylor Perkins The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Paterson Cheryl Harness The House with a Clock in Its Walls by Barefoot: Escape on the Underground John Bellairs Railroad by Pamela Edwards How Many Days to America? by Eve Beautiful Land by Nancy Antle Bunting Ben and Me by Robert Lawson In the Year of the Boar and Jackie The Borrowers by Mary Norton Robinson by Betty B. Lord Boys against Girls by Phyllis R. Naylor Ireland by Kay M. Olson Brave Irene by William Steig Journey by Patricia MacLachlan Brigham Young by Cory Gunderson Journey to Jo’burg: a South African Story Caleb’s Choice by G. Clifton Wisler by Beverley Naidoo Calico Captive by Elizabeth G. Speare The Letter, the Witch and the Ring by The Cartoonist by Betsy Byars John Bellairs The Cherokee by Therese DeAngelis Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Lily’s Crossing by Patricia R. Giff Bruchac Lon Po Po by Ed Young The Civil War by Kerry Graves Matilda by Roald Dahl The Cricket in Times Square by George Matisse by Ellen Strum Selden Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid by The Cybil War by Betsy Byars Walter D. Myers The Day It Rained Forever: the Story of Mexico by Gina DeAngelis the Johnstown Flood by Virginia Gross Mississippi Bridge by Mildred Taylor The Dollhouse Murders by Betty R. Wright Morning Girl by Michael Dorris Dorothea Dix: Social Reformer by Barbara Mr. President by George Sullivan Witteman My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville Eleanor by Barbara Cooney The Ojibwa by Therese DeAngelis The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me by Carol On My Honor by Marion Bauer and Bill Wallace One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox

The Pinballs by Betsy Byars Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky Poppy by Avi Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Poppy and Rye by Avi Deborah Hopkinson The Pueblo by Mary Englar Taking Care of Terrific by Lois Lowry Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers by Gary Taking Sides by Gary Soto Paulsen Time for Andrew: a Ghost Story by Mary Red Means Good Fortune: a Story of San D. Hahn Francisco’s Chinatown by Barbara Goldin The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill Rembrandt by Xavier Niz Trouble River by Betsy Byars The Revolutionary War by Anne Todd The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin Tucket’s Gold by Gary Paulsen Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen DeClements The War with Grandpa by Robert K. Smith Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar What Hearts by Bruce Brooks Smoky, the Cow Horse by Will James Where Do You Think You’re Going, Solar Power by Josepha Sherman Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz Sounder by William Armstrong The Witch of Fourth Street, and Other The Spanish-American War by Kerry Stories by Myron Levoy Graves

Level T Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Judy Blume by C.S. Lewis A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Lizard Music by Daniel Manus Pinkwater Bond Lost Star by Patricia Lauber The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis The Black Stallion by Walter Farley The Man Who Was Poe by Avi Blubber by Judy Blume The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis More Adventures of the Great Brain by The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown by John Fitzgerald Betsy Byars My Brother Louis Measures Worms by The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Barbara Robinson Boston Nobel Prize Winners by Carlotta Hacker Cleopatra by Diane Stanley A Picture of Freedom by Patricia Cut from the Same Cloth by Robert San McKissack Souci A Rat’s Tale by Tor Seidler Danny, the Champion of the World by The Return of the Great Brain by John Roald Dahl Fitzgerald The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Fritz Jean Fritz Earthquakes by Seymour Simon The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key George Speare Galaxies by Seymour Simon Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Something Upstairs by Avi Woodruff Sounder by William Armstrong The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Ann Turner Osborne Going Solo by Roald Dahl They Shall Be Heard by Kate Connell The Great Brain by John Dennis Fitzgerald A Time Apart by Diane Stanley Guests by Michael Dorris Tom, Babette and Simon by Avi Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Gantos Christopher Paul Curtis Leon’s Story by Leon Tillage What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain

Level U Bad Girls by Cynthia Voigt My Side of the Mountain by Jean Baseball in April and Other Stories by Craighead George Gary Soto Night Journeys by Avi Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Nothing But the Truth by Avi Margaret Cousins Number the Stars by Lois Lowry The BFG by Roald Dahl Onion John by Joseph Krumgold Birds of Prey by Snead Collard P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Danziger The Boggart by Susan Cooper The Perilous Road by William O. Steele The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Ragweed by Avi Cooper The Real Thief by William Steig The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare by Walter Dean Myers The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by P.Danziger Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman The Search for Delicious by N.Babbitt Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Crash by Jerry Spinelli Burnett The Door in the Wall by M. De Angeli Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp by Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Richard Peck Wynne-Jones The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Stay! Keeper’s Story by Lois Lowry Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars The Fledgling by Jane Langton Tangerine by Edward Bloor Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos The View from Saturday by E.L. Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Konigsburg Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Field Lincoln Collier An Indian Winter by Russell Freedman When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Jacob Have I Loved by K. Paterson Story by Steven Chin Julie of the Wolves by Jean George Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? By The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Jerry Spinelli Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen The Winged Cat by Deborah Lattimore Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli Level V Absolutely Normal Chaos by S. Creech Holes by Louis Sachar Amos Fortune, Free Man by E. Yates The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Anna Is Still Here by Ida Vos Hamilton Anne of Green Gables by L.M. The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Montgomery Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele Around the World in a Hundred Years: Lincoln: a Photobiography by Russell From Henry the Navigator to Magellen by Freedman Jean Fritz A Long Way from Chicago by Richard The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket Peck Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Bloomability by Sharon Creech Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle Blue Willow by Doris Gates Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by By the Great Horn Spoon! By Sid Robert O’Brien Fleischman Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken Calico Bush by Rachel Field Old Yeller by Fred Gipson The Cay by Theodore Taylor Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech The Pool of Fire by John Christopher The City of Gold and Lead by John Rascal by Sterling North Christopher So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko The Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars Watkins Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? By Rankin Patricia McKissack Dogsong by Gary Paulsen Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Ghost Belonged to Me by R.Peck by Avi The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene McGraw Du Bois Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye The White Mountains by John Christopher Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Joan Aiken by J.K. Rowling A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Level W Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Jane Gray The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Colibri by Ann Cameron Coraline by Neil Gaiman Crispin by Avi Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt Dragonwings by Laurence Yep The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowlling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor Running out of Time by Margaret Haddix Sarny by Gary Paulsen The Skin I’m in by Sharon Flake A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? By Jean Fritz

Level X An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle April Morning by Howard Fast Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz Greenwitch by Susan Cooper The Grey King by Susan Cooper Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt Homesick, My Own Story by Jean Fritz Hoops by Walter Dean Myers Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt Peter Pan by James M. Barrie Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton Make Way for Sam Houston by Jean Fritz Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman National Velvet by Enid Bagnold Over Sea, under Stone by Susan Cooper The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell Seaward by Susan Cooper Traitor, the Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic