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K-12 Approved Literature List by Title K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr 1984 Orwell, George 9 10 for Dinner Bogart, Jo Ellen 3 100 Book Race: Hog Wild in the Reading Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 1000 Acres, A Knoph, Alfred A. 12 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids, The Ultimate Handbook (BOE Fonseca, Christina 6 approved April 2014) 11 Birthdays Mass, Wendy 4 12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve 2 2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur 6 2002: A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur 6 2061: Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur 6 26 Fairmount Avenue dePaola, Tomie 2 3D Modeling Zizka, Theo 3 3D Printing O'Neill, Ternece 3 4 Valentines In A Rainstorm Bond, Felicia 1 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Slater, Dashka 7 Their Lives 5th of March Rinaldi, Ann 5 6 Titles: Eagles, Bees and Wasps, Alligators and Crocodiles, Morgan, Sally 1 Giraffes, Sharks, Tortoises and Turtles 79-Squares Bosse, Malcolm 6 A Likely Place Fox, Paula 4 A Long Walk to Water Park, Linda Sue 5 A Night to Remember Lord, Waler 6 A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust 1933-1945 Chaikin, Miriam 5 A Rock is Lively Aston, Diana Hutts 1 A, My Name Is Alice Bayer, Jane 2 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 1 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Abandoned Puppy Costello, Emily 3 Abby My Love Irwin, Hadley 6 ABC Bunny, The Gag, Wanda 1 Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington Harness, Cheryl 2 Abe Lincoln Grows Up Sandburg, Carl 6 Abe Lincoln's Hat Brenner, Martha 2 Abel's Island Steig, William 3 Abigail Adams, Girl of Colonial Days Wagoner, Jean Brown 2 Abraham Lincoln Cashore, Kristen 2 Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer, Leader, Legend Fontes, Justine & Ron 2 Abraham Lincoln: Great Man, Great Words Cashore, Kristen 5 Abraham Lincoln: Our 16th President Luciano, Barbara L. 4 Absolutely Almost (BOE approved Nov 2015) Graff, Lisa 6 Absolutely Lucy Cooper, Ilene 2 Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon 4 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The (BOE Approved Apr Alexie, Sherman 10 2016) Accident, The Carrick, Carol 3 Accident, The Strasser, Todd 6 Accidental Tourist, The Tyler, Anne 9 Acids and Bases Baldwin, Carol 8 Acorn People Jones, Ron 6 Across China Jenkins, Peter 8 Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 5 Across the Stream Ginsburg, Mirra 1 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 2 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Across the Wild River Gutman, Bill 4 Adam of the Road Grey, Elizabeth Jane 6 Addie Across the Prairie Lawler, Laurie 4 Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse Campbell, Marcy 1 Adrift:Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea Callahan, Steven 6 Adventure in Alaska Kramer, Sydelle 3 Adventure in the Haunted House McBrier, Page 3 Adventure of Backyard Sleepout McArthur, Nancy 3 Adventure of the Bailey School Kids: Dragons Don’t Cook Pizza Dadey, Debbie 2 Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The Hurwitz, Johanna 2 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark 9 Adventures of Isabel, The Nash, Ogden 2 Adventures of Johnny May Branscum, Robbie 6 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Author Conan 6 Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Zombies Don’t Play Soccer Dadey, Debbie 3 Adventures of Tom Sawyer* Twain, Mark 6 Adventures of Ulysses Evslin, Benard 6 Aeneid of Virgil Mandelbaum, Virgil and Allen 9 Aesop's Fables Watson, Carol 3 Africa Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3 African Folktales Abrahams, Roger 8 African Poison Murders Huxley, Elspeth 8 After the Bomb Miklowitz, Gloria 6 After the Bomb: Week One Miklowitz, Gloria 6 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 3 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret 6 After the First Death* Cormier, Robert 6 After the Rain Mazer, Norma Fox 6 Afternoon of the Elves Lisle, Janet Taylor 4 Ah, Wilderness & Two Other Plays O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone 9 A-Hunting We Will Go Langstaff, John 1 Air is All Around Us Branley, Franklyn 1 Al Capone Does My Shirts (BOE approved April 2014) Choldenko, Gennifer 4 Alamo, The Goldsworthy, Steve K Alas Babylon Frank, Pat 9 Alaska and Hawai'i Howse, Jennfer 3 Albert the Alabatross Hoff, Syd 1 Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters Isenberg, Barbara 1 Albert's Toothache Williams, Barbara 2 Alchemist, The (BOE Approved April 2015) Coelho, Paulo 9 Aldo Applesauce Hurwitz, Johanna 3 Aleutian Sparrow Hesse, Karen 6 Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand (BOE approved Nov 2015) Scott, Liz and Jay 1 Alexander & The Terrible Horrible No Good… Viorst, Judith 1 Alexander & The Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo 1 Alexander Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Viorst, Judith 2 Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Viorst, Judith 1 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Alice in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis 9 Aliens for Breakfast Spinner, Stephanie 2 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 4 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Alison’s Wings, 1996 Bauer, Marion Dane K Alistair's Elephant Sadler, Marilyn 1 All About Alligators Arnosky, Jim 2 All About Deserts: The Question and Answer Book Sanders, John 3 All about Inclined planes Howse, Jennfer 3 All about Levers Howse, Jennfer 3 All about Pulleys Howse, Jennfer 3 All about Screws Howse, Jennfer 3 All About Seeds Berger, Melvin 2 All About Seeds Kuchalla, Susan K All about Wedges Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3 All about Wheels and Axels Banting, Erinn 3 All American Boys Kiely, Brendan, Reynolds, Jason 10 Kaufman, Suzanne & All are Welcome K Penfold, Alexandra All By Myself Mayer, Mercer 1 All Creatures Great & Small* Herriot, James 6 All Keyed Up Christopher, Matt 1 All My Sons Miller, Arthur 9 All My Toys Are On The Floor Blocksma, M. 1 All New Jonah Twist Honeycutt, N. 3 All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque, E. 9 All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Connor, Leslie 6 All the King's Men Warren, R.P. 9 All the Light We Cannot See Doerr, Anthony 11 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 5 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr All Things Bright & Beautiful Herriot, James 9 Alligator Shoes Dorros, Arthur 1 Alligator With The Lean Mean Smile Nordlicht, Lillian 1 Alligators Gillespie, Katie 3 Alligators and Crocodiles Stone, Lynn 3 All-of-A-Kind Family Taylor, Sydney 4 All's Well That Ends Well Shakespeare, William 9 Alma and How She Hot Her Name Martinez-Neal, Juana K Almost Starring Skinnybones Park, Barbara 4 Along the Dangerous Trail Gutman, Bill 4 Alpha Kids Series Sundance Publishers K Alphabatics MacDonald, Suse 1 Always Inventing: The True Story of Thomas Alva Edison Murphy, Frank 2 Always Room for One More Leodhas, Sorche Nic 2 Amanda Pig & Her Big Brother Oliver Van Leeuwen, Jean 1 Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman Zindel, Paul 6 Amazing Bats Greenway, Frank 3 Amazing Bears Greenway, T. 3 Amazing Birds Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing Bone Steig, William 3 Amazing Butterflies and Moths Still, John 3 Amazing Crocodiles and Reptiles Ling, Mary 3 Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, The Mazer, Anne 3 Amazing Gorillas! (BOE approved Nov 2015) Thomson, Sarah L. 1 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 6 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Amazing Lizards Smith, Trevor 3 Amazing Mark Supraner, Robyn 1 Amazing Monkeys Steedman, Scott 3 Amazing Power of Ashur Fine, The Sobol, Donald 4 Amazing Rescues Shea, George 2 Amazing Sharks Thomson, Sarah L. 1 Amazing Snakes Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing Spiders Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths Sabin, Louis 3 Amazing World of Spiders Craig, Janet 2 Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Danziger, Paula 2 Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Ryan, Pam Munoz 4 Amelia Bedelia Series Parish, Peggy and Herman 1 Amelia Earhart Parlin, John 9 Amelia's Road Altman, Linda Jacobs 3 America’s History Bernstein, Vivian 8 America’s Story Bernstein, Vivian 8 American Dream, The Albee, Edward 9 American Dreams: Lost and Found Terkel, Studs 9 American Flag Kissock, Heather K American Girls Series Shaw-Adler-Tripp 4 American Holiday (10 book set) (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Nelson, Robin 1 American Street Zoboi, Ibi 9 Americanah Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 11 Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 7 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Amigo Baylor, Byrd 2 Amigo Means Friend Everett, Louise 1 Aminal, The Balian, Lorna & Lecia 1 Among the Hidden, 1998* Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4 Amos & Boris Steig, William 2 Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 5 Amphibians Zayarny, Jack 3 Amphibians Are Animals Holloway, Judith K An American Childhood Dillard, Annie 9 An Elf for Christmas Hollands, Judith 2 An End to Perfect Newton, Suzanne 6 An Enemy of the People Ibsen, Henrik 9 An Even Break Hite, Sid 5 An Extraordinary Egg Lionni, Leo K Anansi the Spider McDermott, G. 2 Anastasia Again Lowry, Lois 6 Anastasia Ask Your Analyst Lowry, Lois 6 Anastasia At Your Service Lowry, Lois 6 Anastasia Has the Answers Lowry, Lois 6 Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 3 Anastasia on Her Own Lowry, Lois 6 Anastasia's Chosen Career Lowry, Lois 6 Anazi & The Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric 1 Deady, Kathleen W. Ancient China 6 DuBois, Muriel L. DuBois Updated March 10, 2020 *previously approved at higher grade level 8 K- 12 Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Ancient Egypt Deady, Kathleen W.
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