Common Core K - 6
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Recommended & Suggested Readings to Support Common Core K - 6
Integrated Library and Textbook Support Services [iLTSS] RECOMMENDED & SUGGESTED READINGS TO SUPPORT COMMON CORE
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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said The Sloth Carle, Eric AD410L P to 2 2.8 CCA "What Is That?" Said The Cat Maccarone, Grace BR P to 2 1.4 CCA 100 Days Of Cool Murphy, Stuart J. 1 to 4 2.6 CCA 100 Monsters In My School Bader, Bonnie K to 3 2.4 CCA 100 School Days Rockwell, Anne F. P to 2 2.8 CCA 100 Ways To Celebrate 100 Days Goldstone, Bruce K to 3 2 CCR 100-Year-Old Secret Barrett, Tracy 650L 3 to 6 4.4 CCA 100th Day Of School O'Connor, Jane 290L P to 2 2.2 CCA 101 Ways To Get In Shape Guillain, Charlotte 800L 5 to 9 5 CCR 12 Ways To Get To 11 Merriam, Eve AD640L P to 2 1 CCA 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury Prelutsky, Jack, ed. NP 2 to 5 3 CCR 26 Fairmount Avenue DePaola, Tomie 760L 2 to 5 4.4 CCA 26 Letters And 99 Cents Hoban, Tana NP P to 2 WL CCR 3 Little Firefighters Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 1.7 CCA 3-D Birthday Party Senisi, Ellen 1 to 4 2.9 CCA 33 Things Every Girl Should Know Bolden, Tonya, ed. 5 to 9 5 CCS 7 X 9 = Trouble! Mills, Claudia 590L 2 to 5 4.3 CCA 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel Divided By 1 Dog = Chaos Vande Velde, Vivian 740L K to 3 4.4 CCR A Apple Pie Spirin, Gennady P to 2 2 CCA A Is For Angry: An Animal And Adjective Alphabet Boynton, Sandra NP K to 3 2 CCA A Is For Autumn Maass, Robert AD560L P to 2 2 CCA A. Lincoln And Me Borden, Louise AD650L K to 3 3.5 CCR ABC School Riddles Joyce, Susan K to 3 2 CCA ABC: A Child's First Alphabet Jay, Alison P to 2 2 CCA ABCs Of Animals Kalman, Bobbie IG570L 1 to 4 3.5 CCA ABCs Of Continents Kalman, Bobbie IG670L 1 to 4 4.3 CCA Abe Lincoln And The Muddy Pig Krensky, Stephen 480L K to 3 3.7 CCA Abe Lincoln At Last! Osborne, Mary Pope 470L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Abe Lincoln Remembers Turner, Ann 790L 2 to 5 4.1 CCA
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Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books Winters, Kay 480L K to 3 3.6 CCR Abe Lincoln's Hat Brenner, Martha 330L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Abe's Honest Words: The Life Of Abraham Lincoln Rappaport, Doreen AD820L 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Abigail Adams: Girl Of Colonial Days Wagoner, Jean Brown 620L 4 to 7 4.2 CCR Abiyoyo Returns Seeger, Pete AD210L K to 3 2.7 CCA Abuela Dorros, Arthur 510L P to 2 2.5 CCA Ace Your Creative Writing Project Rau, Dana Meachen 2 to 5 4.7 CCA Ace Your Writing Assignment Rau, Dana Meachen 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Ace!: Tennis Facts And Stats Woods, Mark 3 to 6 4 CCA Action Words: Verbs Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Adding Puppies And Kittens Murphy, Patricia J. K to 3 3 CCA Adding With Sebastian Pig And Friends: At The Circus Anderson, Jill K to 3 1.8 CCA Addition Challen, Paul 540L K to 3 2 CCA Addition Annie Gisler, David BR P to 2 1.1 CCA Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story DePaola, Tomie 660L K to 3 3.3 CCA Adjectives Doudna, Kelly K to 3 0.8 CCA Adjectives And Prepositions Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA Adoptive Families Schuette, Sarah L. 450L P to 2 2 CCA Adventures Of Brer Rabbit And Friends: From The Stories Amin, Karima K to 3 4.8 CCR Adventures Of Hershel Of Ostropol Kimmel, Eric A. 550L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Adventures Of Mark Twain By Huckleberry Finn Burleigh, Robert AD750L 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Adventures Of Sir Lancelot The Great Morris, Gerald 830L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR Adventures Of Spider: West African Folktales Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper 710L 1 to 4 4.4 CCA Aesop's Fables Aesop 1040L P to 2 2 CCA Aesop's Fables Pinkney, Jerry 760L K to 3 1 CCA Afghanistan Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Africa Donaldson, Madeline 430L K to 3 2.9 CCR Africa Hirsch, Rebecca 460L P to 2 2.2 CCS African Elephant Sexton, Colleen 3 to 6 4.8 CCS
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African Elephants Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.8 CCS African Lion Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.6 CCS Ai (Vowel Blend) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.6 CCA Air Is All Around You Branley, Franklyn M. 330L P to 2 2.6 CCA Aircraft Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 5 CCS Airplane Alphabet Book Pallotta, Jerry & Stillwell, Fred IG660L K to 3 4.3 CCR Alamo Nelson, Kristin L. 350L K to 3 3.5 CCR Albert Napoli, Donna Jo 350L K to 3 3.2 CCA Alberto Del Rio Gordon, Nick 3 to 6 3.8 CCS Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Viorst, Judith 970L 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Alexander And The Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo 490L K to 3 3 CCR Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going To Viorst, Judith 730L K to 3 3.5 CCR Aliens Rosier, Maggie 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The McCarthy, Meghan AD690L 3 to 6 4 CCA Alike Or Not Alike?: A Photo Sorting Game McCurry, Kristen 350L P to 2 1 CCA Alison's Zinnia Lobel, Anita 540L K to 3 3 CCA All Aboard!: A Traveling Alphabet Mayer, Bill P to 2 2 CCA All About Boxers Shores, Erika L. 570L P to 2 2.4 CCA All About Money Roberson, Erin 510L 1 to 4 2.3 CCA All Families Are Special Simon, Norma K to 3 3.2 CCR All Sorts Of Numbers Reidy, Hannah P to 2 1.4 CCA All Sorts Of Shapes Reidy, Hannah P to 2 2.2 CCA All The Colors Of The Rainbow Fowler, Allan NC670L 1 to 4 3.6 CCR All The Small Poems And Fourteen More Worth, Valerie NP 3 to 6 5 CCR All The Way To Lhasa: A Tale From Tibet Berger, Barbara K to 3 2.4 CCA All The World Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton AD380L P to 2 2 CCA Alligators Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.8 CCS Almost Forever Testa, Maria NP 5 to 9 4.6 CCA Almost Late To School: And More School Poems Shields, Carol Diggory 1 to 4 3.8 CCA
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Alphabatics MacDonald, Suse NP P to 2 1 CCS Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC Pearson, Debora AD640L P to 2 2 CCA Alphabet City Johnson, Stephen NP K to 3 2 CCR Alphabet Room Pinto, Sara P to 2 2 CCA Alphabet Under Construction Fleming, Denise P to 2 2 CCA Alvin Ho: Allergic To Camping, Hiking, And Other Natural Disasters Look, Lenore 570L 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Alvin Ho: Allergic To Girls, School, And Other Scary Things Look, Lenore 600L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II Russo, Marisabina 720L 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story Neuschwander, Cindy AD290L 2 to 5 2.7 CCA Amazing Grace Hoffman, Mary 680L K to 3 3.5 CCA Amazing Whales! Thomson, Sarah L. 630L 1 to 4 3.3 CCR Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart: The Story Of Amber And Williams, Vera B. NP 1 to 4 4.2 CCA Amelia And Eleanor Go For A Ride Ryan, Pam Munoz AD600L K to 3 4.2 CCR Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 140L 1 to 4 2.5 CCR Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping Parish, Peggy 50L 1 to 4 1.8 CCA Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? Parish, Herman 430L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR America The Beautiful Bates, Katharine Lee 2 to 5 3 CCR American Flag Douglas, Lloyd G. 520L P to 2 2.5 CCR American Heritage Children's Science Dictionary American Heritage Editors 4 to 7 5 CCA American Heritage Picture Dictionary (Newly Updated Edition) American Heritage Editors P to 2 1 CCA American Heritage Picture Dictionary (Rev. & Updated Ed.) American Heritage Editors P to 2 1 CCA Among The Hidden Haddix, Margaret Peterson 800L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Amos & Boris Steig, William AD810L K to 3 4.7 CCR Amusement Park Word Problems Starring Pre-Algebra Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca 2 to 5 3 CCA Analyzing Data In The Jungle Park Case Einspruch, Andrew 570L 3 to 6 3.9 CCA Analyzing Doggie Data Aboff, Marcie 590L K to 3 2 CCA Ananse And The Lizard: A West African Tale Cummings, Pat K to 3 4 CCA Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale Mollel, Tololwa M. AD650L K to 3 3.9 CCA Anansi And The Magic Stick Kimmel, Eric A. AD170L K to 3 2.4 CCA
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Anansi And The Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric A. 380L K to 3 2.4 CCR Anansi And The Talking Melon Kimmel, Eric A. 340L K to 3 2.6 CCA Anansi Does The Impossible!: An Ashanti Tale Aardema, Verna 630L P to 2 3.2 CCA Anansi Goes Fishing Kimmel, Eric A. 340L K to 3 2.3 CCA Ancient Egyptian Gods And Goddesses Forest, Christopher 700L 3 to 6 4.7 CCA And Still The Turtle Watched MacGill-Callahan, Sheila AD400L K to 3 3.3 CCR And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon Stevens, Janet & Crummel, AD200L K to 3 2.6 CCR And Then It's Spring Fogliano, Julie AD600L P to 2 1 CCA Andy And The Lion Daugherty, James 510L K to 3 3.6 CCR Angelo Macaulay, David 570L 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection Of Pictures, Poems, And Dyer, Jane P to 2 3 CCR Animal Hedge Fleischman, Paul 1 to 4 3.5 CCA Animal Patterns Olson, Nathan AD780L P to 2 3.9 CCA Animal Snackers Lewin, Betsy P to 2 3.6 CCA Animal Word Problems Starring Addition And Subtraction Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca 2 to 5 3 CCA Animals At Work: How Animals Build, Dig, Fish, And Trap Kaner, Etta 2 to 5 5 CCS Animals In Winter Rustad, Martha E. H. 400L P to 2 1.9 CCA Animals On Board Murphy, Stuart J. 270L 1 to 4 1.6 CCA Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett, Judi NP K to 3 2 CCA Anne Frank Mara, Wil 630L 1 to 4 3.1 CCA Annie & Snowball And The Magical House Rylant, Cynthia AD490L K to 3 2.6 CCA Annie And Snowball And The Surprise Day Rylant, Cynthia AD320L K to 3 2.1 CCA Annie And The Old One Miles, Miska 700L K to 3 4.4 CCR Anno's Counting Book Anno, Mitsumasa NP P to 2 2 CCR Another Brother Cordell, Matthew AD560L K to 3 2.5 CCA Ant Cities Dorros, Arthur 600L K to 3 3.2 CCR Antarctic Antics: A Book Of Penguin Poems Sierra, Judy NP P to 2 3.6 CCA Antarctica Donaldson, Madeline 460L K to 3 2 CCR Antarctica Hirsch, Rebecca 500L P to 2 2.5 CCS
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Antarctica Fowler, Allan 520L K to 3 2.4 CCR Anteaters Borgert-Spaniol, Megan K to 3 1.8 CCS Ap As In Cap Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.9 CCA Apostrophe Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.3 CCA Apple And The Arrow Buff, Conrad & Mary 750L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Apple Fractions Townsend, Donna 1 to 4 2 CCA Apple Pie Fourth Of July Wong, Janet S. 730L P to 2 3 CCR Apples To Oregon: Being The (Slightly) True Narrative Of How A Hopkinson, Deborah 840L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Apprentice Molina Llorente, Pilar 730L 5 to 9 5 CCR April And Esme, Tooth Fairies Graham, Bob AD470L K to 3 2.8 CCA Arachne Hart, J. J. 3 to 6 3.6 CCR Are You A Dragonfly? Allen, Judy & Humphries, Tudor K to 3 3.1 CCR Are You My Mother? Eastman, P. D. 80L K to 3 1.6 CCR Are You Ready To Play Outside? Willems, Mo 140L P to 2 0.6 CCA Area Woodford, Chris 4 to 7 4 CCA Argentina Schuetz, Kari 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number Of Odd Riddle-Rhymes Lewis, J. Patrick NP 1 to 4 3 CCA Armadillos Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.8 CCR Armadilly Chili Ketteman, Helen AD660L K to 3 2.9 CCA Arnie The Doughnut Keller, Laurie AD780L K to 3 3.3 CCA Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book Of Found Poems Heard, Georgia, Ed. NP 4 to 7 4 CCR Arrow To The Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale McDermott, Gerald 480L K to 3 2.7 CCR Arthur And The Poetry Contest Krensky, Stephen & Brown, 460L 1 to 4 3.4 CCA Arthur And The Race To Read Krensky, Stephen & Brown, 360L 1 to 4 3.4 CCA Arthur Meets The President Brown, Marc 480L P to 2 3.2 CCR Arthur Writes A Story Brown, Marc 320L P to 2 2.6 CCA Artist To Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk To Children About Their Philomel Editors & Carle, Eric 2 to 5 5 CCR As The Crow Flies: A First Book Of Maps Hartman, Gail 320L P to 2 2 CCR Ash As In Trash Scheunemann, Pam P to 2 1.3 CCA
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Ashley Bryan's ABC Of African American Poetry Bryan, Ashley P to 2 2 CCA Asia Fowler, Allan 360L K to 3 2.4 CCR Asia Hirsch, Rebecca 410L P to 2 2.1 CCS Atalanta: The Race Against Destiny Fontes, Justine & Ron GN530L 4 to 7 3.4 CCR Ate As In Skate Molter, Carey P to 2 1.1 CCA Atlantic Karas, G. Brian NP K to 3 3.3 CCA Attacks of September 11, 2001 Tarshis, Lauren 630L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Aunt Ant Leaves Through The Leaves Coffelt, Nancy K to 3 2 CCA Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad In The Sky Ringgold, Faith AD760L K to 3 4.1 CCR Aunt Nancy And The Bothersome Visitors Root, Phyllis 880L 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Australia Hirsch, Rebecca 480L P to 2 2.2 CCS Australia Fowler, Allan K to 3 2.6 CCR Australia Sexton, Colleen 2 to 5 4.2 CCS Author: A True Story Lester, Helen 570L K to 3 3.8 CCA Autumnblings Florian, Douglas NP 2 to 5 2.6 CCA Ay As In Clay Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.9 CCA B Is For Bulldozer: A Construction ABC Sobel, June P to 2 2.5 CCA Baa Baa Black Sheep Trapani, Iza K to 3 2.4 CCA Babe & I Adler, David A. 330L 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Baboons Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 430L K to 3 1.8 CCS Babushka Baba Yaga Polacco, Patricia AD670L K to 3 4.4 CCA Babushka's Mother Goose Polacco, Patricia NP P to 2 2 CCA Baby Animals Chapman, Cindy K to 3 1 CCA Baby Animals In Desert Habitats Kalman, Bobbie NC750L K to 3 2 CCA Baby Animals In Forest Habitats Kalman, Bobbie 630L K to 3 2 CCA Baby Animals In Grassland Habitats Kalman, Bobbie NC740L K to 3 2 CCA Baby Animals In Mountain Habitats Kalman, Bobbie NC750L K to 3 2 CCA Baby Animals In Ocean Habitats Kalman, Bobbie NC820L K to 3 2 CCA Baby Animals In Wetland Habitats Kalman, Bobbie NC730L K to 3 2 CCA
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Baby Bear Sees Blue Wolff, Ashley K to 3 1.5 CCA Baby Bear's Books Yolen, Jane P to 2 2.7 CCA Baby Uggs Are Hatching Prelutsky, Jack NP K to 3 2 CCA Back Of The Bus Reynolds, Aaron AD720L 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Back Of The Bus Reynolds, Aaron 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Back-To-School Safety Herrington, Lisa M. 360L P to 2 1 CCA Bad Case Of Stripes Shannon, David AD540L K to 3 3.8 CCA Bad Kitty Bruel, Nick AD280L K to 3 2.2 CCA Bad Kitty For President Bruel, Nick 690L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Bad Kitty Meets The Baby Bruel, Nick 720L K to 3 3.6 CCA Bad Kitty School Daze Bruel, Nick K to 3 3.3 CCA Bad River Boys Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk AD790L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Badgers Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.3 CCS Bailey Bliss, Harry AD220L K to 3 1.7 CCR Balances Richardson, Adele D. K to 3 3.1 CCA Bald Eagle Douglas, Lloyd G. 500L P to 2 2.7 CCR Bald Eagle Pearl, Norman IG710L K to 3 4.2 CCR Bald Eagles Dolbear, Emily J. 840L 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Ball For Daisy Raschka, Christopher NP P to 2 WL CCR Ballad Of The Civil War Stolz, Mary 680L 2 to 5 4 CCR Ballet Of The Elephants Schubert, Leda 780L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Ballot Box Battle McCully, Emily Arnold 690L K to 3 3.7 CCR Bar Graphs Bodach, Vijaya AD400L P to 2 2.1 CCA Barack Obama Mattern, Joanne 570L 1 to 4 3.2 CCS Barefoot Book Of Earth Tales Casey, Dawn 2 to 5 4 CCA Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki, Ken AD550L 2 to 5 3.9 CCR Basketball Minden, Cecilia 4 to 7 5 CCA Basketball Belles: How Two Teams And One Scrappy Player Put Macy, Sue AD700L 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Bat Boy & His Violin Curtis, Gavin AD700L K to 3 4.1 CCR
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Bat Hangs From The Bat Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1.5 CCA Bat Loves The Night Davies, Nicola AD560L K to 3 3.4 CCR Bats Boynton, Bibi K to 3 1.3 CCA Bats Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.6 CCS Bats At The Library Lies, Brian AD720L P to 2 3.1 CCA Bats: Creatures Of The Night Milton, Joyce 510L K to 3 2.9 CCR Beans To Chocolate Herrington, Lisa M. 550L 1 to 4 2.6 CCS Bear Has A Story To Tell Stead, Philip C. AD540L K to 3 2.7 CCA Bear In The Book Banks, Kate AD360L P to 2 2.5 CCA Bear Tales: Three Treasured Stories Van Kampen, Vlasta, ed. P to 2 3.2 CCA Bearhead: A Russian Folktale Kimmel, Eric A. 460L K to 3 3.2 CCA Bearstone Hobbs, Will 780L 4 to 7 5 CCS Beast Feast Florian, Douglas NP K to 3 4.4 CCA Beatrice's Goat McBrier, Page AD640L K to 3 4 CCR Because I Could Not Stop My Bike... And Other Poems Shapiro, Karen Jo 3 to 6 4 CCA Because Of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 610L 4 to 7 3.9 CCR Becoming Joe DiMaggio Testa, Maria NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Beep And Bah Burks, James AD190L K to 3 1.2 CCA Bees To Trees: Reading, Writing, And Reciting Poems About Freese, Susan M. 1 to 4 4.4 CCR Before John Was A Jazz Giant: A Song Of John Coltrane Weatherford, Carole Boston AD1090L K to 3 3.8 CCA Beginning, A Muddle, And An End: The Right Way To Write Avi 530L 3 to 6 3.7 CCA Behind The Mask: A Book About Prepositions Heller, Ruth AD170L K to 3 4 CCA Bein' With You This Way Nikola-Lisa, W. NP K to 3 1.8 CCA Being Respectful: A Book About Respectfulness Small, Mary 570L P to 2 2.3 CCA Belgium Owings, Lisa 850L 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Bella Blew Blue Bubbles Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.4 CCA Ben and Bailey Build A Book Report Lynette, Rachel 620L 2 to 5 4.3 CCS Ben Franklin And His First Kite Krensky, Stephen 150L K to 3 2.5 CCA Bengal Tiger Sexton, Colleen 3 to 6 5 CCS
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Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist Wadsworth, Ginger 550L 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Benjamin Franklin Abraham, Philip 150L P to 2 2 CCA Benjamin Franklin Mara, Wil 370L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR Beowulf, A Hero's Tale Retold Rumford, James 740L 4 to 7 4.3 CCS Berenstain Bears Play T-Ball Berenstain, Stan & Jan 200L P to 2 1.9 CCS Berenstain Bears: Inside, Outside, Upside Down Berenstain, Stan & Jan BR P to 2 1 CCA Best Bug Parade Murphy, Stuart J. 200L P to 2 2 CCA Best Camouflaged Animals Peterson, Megan Cooley NC670L P to 2 2.1 CCA Best In Show For Rotten Ralph Gantos, Jack K to 3 3 CCA Best Of Times: Math Strategies That Multiply Tang, Greg AD130L 1 to 4 3 CCA Best Place To Read Bertram, Debbie & Bloom, P to 2 2.2 CCA Best Time To Read Bertram, Debbie & Bloom, P to 2 1.9 CCA Betsy Ross And The Silver Thimble Greene, Stephanie 190L K to 3 2.3 CCA Between Earth & Sky: Legends Of Native American Sacred Places Bruchac, Joseph AD780L 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Beverly Billingsly Borrows A Book Stadler, Alexander 540L P to 2 3.1 CCA Beyond Old MacDonald: Funny Poems From Down On The Farm Hoce, Charles E. P to 2 4.3 CCA Beyond The Grave Watson, Jude 550L 4 to 7 4 CCR Big Brothers Are The Best Manushkin, Fran AD360L P to 2 1.6 CCA Big Cats Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 4.4 CCS Big Jabe Nolen, Jerdine 610L K to 3 4.5 CCA Big Nate In A Class By Himself Peirce, Lincoln 4 to 7 3.1 CCR Big Nate Strikes Again Peirce, Lincoln 430L 4 to 7 3 CCR Big Red Lollipop Khan, Rukhsana AD410L K to 3 2.2 CCA Big Show Stone, Adam 3 to 6 3.6 CCS Big Sisters Are The Best Manushkin, Fran AD350L P to 2 1.5 CCA Big Talk: Poems For Four Voices Fleischman, Paul NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints Selsam, Millicent E. 370L P to 2 2.7 CCR Big Truck And Car Word Problems Starring Multiplication And Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca 2 to 5 3 CCA Big, Bigger, Biggest Deen, Marilyn P to 2 1 CCA
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Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella Johnston, Tony 570L K to 3 3.3 CCA Bigger, Better, Best! Murphy, Stuart J. 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Jenkins, Steve AD840L K to 3 2.3 CCR Bink & Gollie DiCamillo 2 to 5 2.5 CCR Bird Nests Hopkins, Therese K to 3 2 CCA Birds Of A Feather Yolen, Jane 5 to 9 4.9 CCR Birmingham, 1963 Weatherford, Carole Boston 4 to 7 4.4 CCS Biscuit Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 190L P to 2 1.4 CCA Biscuit Goes To School Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 100L P to 2 0.9 CCA Biscuit's Big Friend Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 310L P to 2 0.8 CCA Bit Is A Bite Brimner, Larry Dane 280L K to 3 1 CCA Bitty Fish DeRubertis, Barbara 160L P to 2 1.3 CCA Black Circle Carman, Patrick 700L 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Lester, Julius 710L 2 to 5 4.5 CCR Black Duck Lisle, Janet Taylor 790L 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story Nelson, S. D. 770L 2 to 5 5 CCA Black Mamba Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.1 CCS Black Widow Spider Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.4 CCS Blacker The Berry: Poems Thomas, Joyce Carol P to 2 3 CCA Blackout Rocco, John BR P to 2 1 CCR Blacktip Reef Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.9 CCS Blast Off Kid! Driscoll, Laura 470L 1 to 4 2.8 CCA Blended Families Schuette, Sarah L. 380L P to 2 2 CCA Blind Men And The Elephant Backstein, Karen 280L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Blizzard Wright, Betty Ren 500L K to 3 3.4 CCA Blue Hostetter, Joyce 780L 4 to 7 4.9 CCA Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems Grandits, John 4 to 7 3.5 CCA Blue Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.7 CCS Blueberries For Sal McCloskey, Robert AD890L P to 2 4.1 CCR
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Blueberries For The Queen Paterson, Katherine & John 600L K to 3 3.4 CCA Blues Journey Myers, Walter Dean 4 to 7 5 CCA Body Talk Kalman, Bobbie 410L P to 2 2 CCA Bomb Squad Technician Gordon, Nick 780L 4 to 7 4.1 CCS Bone Poems Moss, Jeff NP K to 3 3 CCA Bones: The Skeletal System Houghton, Gillian 2 to 5 4.7 CCA Book Without Words: A Fable Of Medieval Magic Avi 960L 5 to 9 4.4 CCA Bootsie Barker Bites Bottner, Barbara 530L K to 3 2.6 CCA Bored Bella Learns About Fiction And Nonfiction Donovan, Sandra AD570L K to 3 3.8 CCA Born Yesterday: The Diary Of A Young Journalist Solheim, James AD500L P to 2 3.1 CCA Borreguita And The Coyote: A Tale From Ayutla, Mexico Aardema, Verna 560L K to 3 3.1 CCA Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats And Dogs Florian, Douglas NP 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Bowling Alley Adjectives Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 590L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Boy And The Ghost San Souci, Robert D. AD900L K to 3 4.3 CCA Boy Called Slow: The True Story Of Sitting Bull Bruchac, Joseph AD690L 2 to 5 4.3 CCR Boy Who Cried Wolf Ross, Tony K to 3 2.6 CCR Boy Who Dared Bartoletti, Susan Campbell 760L 5 to 9 4.9 CCA Boy Who Drew Cats Hodges, Margaret AD700L K to 3 4.5 CCA Boy Who Loved Words Schotter, Roni AD780L 1 to 4 4.2 CCR Boy, A Dog, A Frog, And A Friend Mayer, Mercer & Marianna P to 2 WL CCR Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! Kudlinski, Kathleen V. AD900L K to 3 5 CCR Brave Irene Steig, William AD630L P to 2 3.9 CCA Brazil Sexton, Colleen 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Bread And Roses, Too Paterson, Katherine 810L 5 to 9 4.9 CCA Bread, Bread, Bread Morris, Ann 30L P to 2 2 CCR Breaking Stalin's Nose Yelchin, Eugene 670L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Breath: The Respiratory System Houghton, Gillian 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Bremen-Town Musicians Gross, Ruth Belov 200L K to 3 2.2 CCA Brendan Buckley's Universe And Everything In It Frazier, Sundee Tucker 630L 4 to 7 4 CCA
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Brett Favre Savage, Jeff 700L 2 to 5 4.2 CCS Bridge To Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 810L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Bridges!: Amazing Structures To Design, Build & Test Johmann, Carol A. & Rieth, 2 to 5 3 CCR Bridget And Bo Build A Blog St. John, Amanda 500L 2 to 5 3.6 CCS Bright Eyes, Brown Skin Hudson, Cheryl Willis BR P to 2 1 CCA Bringing The Boy Home Nelson, N. A. 710L 4 to 7 4.4 CCS Bronzeville Boys And Girls Brooks, Gwendolyn NP 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Brooklyn Bridge Hesse, Karen NC680L 5 to 9 4.2 CCA Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message From Chief Seattle Seattle, Chief 740L K to 3 4.4 CCA Brothers In Hope: The Story Of The Lost Boys Of Sudan Williams, Mary 670L 2 to 5 4.7 CCA Brothers Of The Knight Allen, Debbie 560L K to 3 4.5 CCA Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Martin, Bill, Jr. AD440L P to 2 1 CCR Bubba The Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale Ketteman, Helen AD620L K to 3 3.8 CCA Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul 950L 5 to 9 5 CCR Buffalo Before Breakfast Osborne, Mary Pope 380L 2 to 5 3.3 CCR Buffalo Song Bruchac, Joseph 780L 1 to 4 4.9 CCA Bug In The Jug Wants A Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 1.3 CCA Bug, A Bear, And A Boy McPhail, David 110L P to 2 1.3 CCA Bugs Are Insects Rockwell, Anne F. AD590L P to 2 3.4 CCR Bugs In Flight Stout, Frankie P to 2 3.9 CCA Building A Bridge Macken, JoAnn Early 420L K to 3 2.3 CCS Building An Igloo Steltzer, Ulli 720L K to 3 2 CCR Bull Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 5 CCS Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow Howe, James 750L 3 to 6 4.5 CCA Bunnicula Strikes Again! Howe, James 860L 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale Of Mystery Howe, Deborah & James 700L 3 to 6 4.2 CCA Bunnies Sexton, Colleen K to 3 1 CCA Buster Goes To Cowboy Camp Fleming, Denise AD680L P to 2 3 CCA Busy Bugs: A Book About Patterns Harvey, Jayne P to 2 1.5 CCA
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But And For, Yet And Nor: What Is A Conjunction? Cleary, Brian P. 650L 2 to 5 3 CCA Butterfly Garden McNamara, Margaret AD380L 1 to 4 2.2 CCA Butterfly, Butterfly Horacek, Petr P to 2 2.7 CCS Buzzing Bees: Discovering Odd Numbers Tourville, Amanda Doering K to 3 2.8 CCA Cache Of Jewels And Other Collective Nouns Heller, Ruth 420L K to 3 4 CCR Cactus Hotel Guiberson, Brenda Z. 700L K to 3 4.7 CCR Cactus Soup Kimmel, Eric A. K to 3 3.5 CCA Cactuses Fowler, Allan 440L 1 to 4 2.3 CCR Caddy's World McKay, Hilary 770L 4 to 7 5 CCA California Gold Rush: Would You Go For The Gold? Landau, Elaine 2 to 5 4.1 CCA Cambodia Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Camels Borgert-Spaniol, Megan K to 3 1.9 CCS Can A Giraffe Cry Or Laugh? Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth K to 3 2.3 CCA Can It Rain Cats And Dogs? Questions And Answers About Berger, Melvin & Gilda 3 to 6 4.6 CCR Can You Count To A Googol? Wells, Robert E. 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Can You Hear Me From Here? Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.4 CCA Canada Sexton, Colleen A. 2 to 5 4.4 CCS Candy Corn Stevenson, James NP P to 2 1 CCR Canto Familiar Soto, Gary NP 4 to 7 4.9 CCA Caps For Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr AD480L K to 3 3.1 CCR Captain Cat Hoff, Syd 400L P to 2 2.2 CCA Carl And The Puppies Day, Alexandra 180L P to 2 0.8 CCA Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl & Bolin, Frances NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Carrot Seed Krauss, Ruth AD230L P to 2 1.9 CCR Cat + Fish = Catfish Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.7 CCA Cat In The Hat Seuss, Dr. 260L P to 2 2.1 CCS Cat The Cat, Who Is That? Willems, Mo AD20L P to 2 1 CCA Cat With The Yellow Star: Coming Of Age In Terezin Rubin, Susan Goldman 800L 3 to 6 5 CCS Catch That Cat! Meister, Cari BR K to 3 1 CCA
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Catch-A-Wave Compounds Herman, Gail 510L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred Vamos, Samantha R. NP K to 3 4.1 CCR Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred Vamos, Samantha R. P to 2 4.1 CCR Cecily G. And The Nine Monkeys Rey, H. A. P to 2 3.7 CCS Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella San Souci, Robert D. AD540L P to 2 3.7 CCA Centaurs Jeffrey, Gary 3 to 6 3.5 CCR Chameleon Wore Chartreuse Hale, Bruce 410L 3 to 6 3.5 CCA Chameleon, Chameleon Cowley, Joy AD310L P to 2 3 CCA Changes, Changes Hutchins, Pat NP P to 2 WL CCR Chanukah Trueit, Trudi Strain 450L K to 3 2.7 CCR Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 810L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Charlotte's Web White, E. B. 680L 3 to 6 4.4 CCR Chato And The Party Animals Soto, Gary AD440L K to 3 3 CCA Chato's Kitchen Soto, Gary 740L K to 3 3.6 CCR Cheat Koss, Amy Goldman 620L 5 to 9 4.2 CCA Check It Out! The Book About Libraries Gibbons, Gail AD860L K to 3 4.8 CCR Cheetahs Borgert-Spaniol, Megan K to 3 1.8 CCS Cherokee Rose: The Trail Of Tears Donlan, Leni 4 to 7 3.7 CCA Chester's Masterpiece Watt, Melanie P to 2 2.5 CCA Chester's Way Henkes, Kevin 570L P to 2 3.4 CCA Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Martin, Bill, Jr. P to 2 2 CCR Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Martin, Bill, Jr. & Archambault, 530L P to 2 2 CCR Chicken Little Emberley, Ed & Rebecca AD500L P to 2 2.3 CCR Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book Of Months Sendak, Maurice NP K to 3 3.2 CCR Chicken Sunday Polacco, Patricia 650L K to 3 3.7 CCA Chicken-Chasing Queen Of Lamar County Harrington, Janice N. AD620L K to 3 2.6 CCA Child's Calendar Updike, John NP K to 3 3.6 CCA Child's Garden Of Verses Stevenson, Robert Louis NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Children's Book Of Virtues Bennett, William J., ed. AD720L 4 to 7 5 CCR
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Children's Dictionary Wordsmyth Collaboratory 4 to 7 5 CCA Children's Thesaurus Wordsmyth Collaboratory 4 to 7 5 CCA Chile Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Chimp Math: Learning About Time From A Baby Chimpanzee Nagda, Ann Whitehead 2 to 5 4.8 CCA Chimpanzees Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.7 CCS Chinese New Year Marx, David F. 400L K to 3 2.4 CCR Chirping Crickets Berger, Melvin 590L K to 3 3.6 CCR Chocolate Moose For Dinner Gwynne, Fred AD630L 1 to 4 3 CCA Chris Jericho Brickweg, Jason 680L 3 to 6 3.7 CCS Christian Brickweg, Jason 700L 3 to 6 3.6 CCS Christmas In Camelot Osborne, Mary Pope 420L 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Christmas Tapestry Polacco, Patricia 490L K to 3 4.2 CCR Christopher Columbus Wade, Mary Dodson 360L 1 to 4 2.7 CCR Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin 460L P to 2 3.3 CCA Chuck Has A Big Truck Hanson, Anders P to 2 1.4 CCA Cinco De Mayo Wade, Mary Dodson 260L K to 3 2.3 CCR Cinder Edna Jackson, Ellen AD610L P to 2 4.5 CCA Cinder-Elly Minters, Frances NP K to 3 3.1 CCA Cinderella Perrault, Charles K to 3 2 CCR Cinderella Penguin Perlman, Janet 680L K to 3 4 CCR Circle Unbroken: The Story Of A Basket And Its People Raven, Margot Theis AD1050L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Circles Schuette, Sarah L. AD670L P to 2 2.5 CCA Cities Scheunemann, Pam P to 2 1 CCA City Mouse, Country Mouse And Two More Mouse Tales From Aesop AD500L K to 3 2 CCA City Of Ember DuPrau, Jeanne 680L 4 to 7 5 CCA City Of Orphans Avi HL570L 5 to 9 3.5 CCR Civil War On Sunday Osborne, Mary Pope 340L 2 to 5 3.4 CCR Clara Barton Mara, Wil 320L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Clara Caterpillar Edwards, Pamela Duncan AD660L P to 2 3.2 CCR
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Clara Lee And The Apple Pie Dream Han, Jenny 600L 4 to 7 3.8 CCR Clara Lee And The Apple Pie Dream Han, Jenny 4 to 7 3.8 CCR Clay Boy Ginsburg, Mirra AD320L K to 3 2.8 CCA Clean-Sweep Campers Penner, Lucille Recht 430L 1 to 4 2.5 CCA Clear And Simple Thesaurus Dictionary Wittels, Harriet & Greisman, 4 to 7 4 CCA Clemente! Perdomo, Willie NP 1 to 4 4.3 CCR Clementine Pennypacker, Sara 790L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Clementine's Letter Pennypacker, Sara 600L 2 to 5 4 CCA Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Cronin, Doreen AD160L K to 3 2.3 CCA Clothes In Colonial America Thomas, Mark 300L P to 2 1.8 CCA Cloud Book DePaola, Tomie 680L K to 3 3.7 CCR Cloud Dance Locker, Thomas AD490L K to 3 2.2 CCR Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Barrett, Judi AD730L K to 3 4.3 CCR Clown In The Gown Drives The Car With The Star: A Book About Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 1.9 CCA CM Punk Smith, Tony 3 to 6 4 CCS Coal Miner Gordon, Nick 580L 4 to 7 3.3 CCS Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Gordon, Nick 760L 4 to 7 4.1 CCS Code Blue Calling All Capitals! Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.5 CCA Cold Feet Dahl, Michael 370L K to 3 2.1 CCA Colombia Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Colonial Life January, Brendan 770L 2 to 5 5 CCR Color Camouflage: A Spot-It Challenge Schuette, Sarah L. NP P to 2 1 CCA Color Me Even, Color Me Odd Aboff, Marcie 410L K to 3 2.5 CCA Come On, Rain! Hesse, Karen AD780L P to 2 3.6 CCR Come Sunday Grimes, Nikki AD960L K to 3 4.6 CCA Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies Baker, Frank W. 700L 3 to 6 4.6 CCA Coming On Home Soon Woodson, Jacqueline 550L K to 3 2.9 CCA Comma Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.8 CCA Common Grammatical Mistakes Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA
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Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share Bang, Molly 740L K to 3 4.2 CCR Commotion In The Ocean Andreae, Giles NP P to 2 4.2 CCA Community Helpers From A To Z Kalman, Bobbie IG730L 1 to 4 4.5 CCR Como Mides El Peso? = How Do You Measure Weight? Adamson, Thomas K. P to 2 2 CCA Como Mides El Tiempo? = How Do You Measure Time? Adamson, Thomas K. & Heather P to 2 2 CCA Como Mides La Longitud Y La Distancia? = How Do You Measure Adamson, Thomas K. & Heather P to 2 2 CCA Como Mides Los Liquidos? = How Do You Measure Liquids? Adamson, Thomas K. & Heather P to 2 2 CCA Complete Tales And Poems Of Winnie The Pooh Milne, A. A. 3 to 6 4 CCR Confetti: Poems For Children Mora, Pat NP 1 to 4 3.7 CCR Congress Of The United States Taylor-Butler, Christine 2 to 5 5 CCR Constellations Rustad, Martha E. H. 380L P to 2 2.3 CCA Convicts Lawrence, Iain 720L 5 to 9 4.7 CCA Cook-A-Doodle Doo! Stevens, Janet & Crummel, AD420L K to 3 2.7 CCA Coral: Reef Builders George, Lynn 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Corduroy Writes A Letter Inches, Alison K to 3 2.2 CCA Corner Of The Universe Martin, Ann M. 750L 5 to 9 4.5 CCA Cornflakes: Poems Stevenson, James NP K to 3 2 CCA Could We Be Friends?: Poems For Pals Katz, Bobbi NP K to 3 3.1 CCA Count Of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre & Francis, 680L 5 to 9 4.6 CCR Count On Culebra: Go From 1 To 10 In Spanish Paul, Ann Whitford K to 3 2.3 CCA Count! Fleming, Denise BR P to 2 1 CCA Countdown Wiles, Deborah 800L 4 to 7 4.4 CCR Counting 1 To 10 Nunn, Daniel P to 2 1.6 CCA Counting Ants 1-2-3 Enslow, Brian K to 3 1 CCA Counting Bees 1-2-3 Enslow, Brian K to 3 1 CCA Counting Butterflies 1-2-3 Enslow, Brian K to 3 1 CCA Counting On Grace Winthrop, Elizabeth 760L 4 to 7 4.5 CCR Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever Frazee, Marla AD680L 1 to 4 3.4 CCA Cow Said Meow! Scheunemann, Pam P to 2 2 CCA
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Cowboy And The Black-Eyed Pea Johnston, Tony AD510L K to 3 3.6 CCR Cowboys Penner, Lucille Recht 550L K to 3 2 CCR Cowboys & Cowgirls: Yippee-Yay! Gibbons, Gail 830L P to 2 4.9 CCR Cowgirl Kate And Cocoa Silverman, Erica 400L 1 to 4 2.3 CCR Cowgirl Kate And Cocoa: Partners Silverman, Erica 390L 1 to 4 2.3 CCR Coyote Places The Stars Taylor, Harriet Peck 780L P to 2 4.3 CCR Coyote: A Trickster Tale From The American Southwest McDermott, Gerald 360L K to 3 2.6 CCR Crafty Chloe DiPucchio, Kelly K to 3 2.6 CCA Crazy Contraptions Martineau, Susan 3 to 6 4 CCA Crazy Horse's Vision Bruchac, Joseph 420L 1 to 4 4 CCR Created Equal: Women Campaign For The Right To Vote 1840- Rossi, Ann 4 to 7 5 CCR Cremation Of Sam McGee Service, Robert 2 to 5 4.5 CCR Cricket In Times Square Selden, George 780L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Crickwing Cannon, Janell AD590L 1 to 4 4.2 CCA Crispin: At The Edge Of The World Avi 730L 5 to 9 4.8 CCS Crispin: The Cross Of Lead Avi 780L 5 to 9 5 CCR Crispus Attucks: Black Leader Of Colonial Patriots Millender, Dharathula H. 750L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Crossing Bok Chitto Tingle, Tim AD800L 4 to 7 4.4 CCA Crossing The Wire Hobbs, Will 670L 5 to 9 4.3 CCR Crow And The Pitcher Brown, Stephanie Gwyn K to 3 2.5 CCA Crow Call Lowry, Lois AD750L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Cuba Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Cubes Olson, Nathan AD760L P to 2 2.6 CCA Curious Garden Brown, Peter AD840L P to 2 4.4 CCA Curious George And The Dump Truck Rey, Margret & H. A. P to 2 2.9 CCR Curious George And The Pizza Party Platt, Cynthia 420L P to 2 2.4 CCR Curious George Flies A Kite Rey, Margret & H. A. 450L P to 2 2.7 CCR Curious George Goes To The Hospital Rey, Margret & H. A. 520L P to 2 3.4 CCR Cylinders Olson, Nathan AD810L P to 2 3 CCA
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Cylinders Mitten, Luana K. P to 2 1 CCA Czech Republic Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Dancing In The Wings Allen, Debbie 540L K to 3 3.5 CCA Danica Patrick Savage, Jeff 650L 2 to 5 4 CCS Daniel's Story Matas, Carol 720L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Danitra Brown, Class Clown Grimes, Nikki 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Danny And The Dinosaur Hoff, Syd 200L P to 2 2.3 CCA Danny And The Dinosaur Go To Camp Hoff, Syd 290L P to 2 1.8 CCA David Beckham Savage, Jeff 800L 2 to 5 4.6 CCS David Gets In Trouble Shannon, David BR P to 2 2 CCA Day In The Life Of A Child Care Worker Adamson, Heather 570L K to 3 2.7 CCA Day In The Life Of A Dentist Adamson, Heather NC630L K to 3 2.9 CCA Day In The Life Of A Doctor Adamson, Heather 560L K to 3 3 CCR Day In The Life Of A Farmer Adamson, Heather K to 3 2.7 CCA Day In The Life Of A Firefighter Adamson, Heather 610L K to 3 2.5 CCS Day In The Life Of A Police Officer Adamson, Heather NC650L K to 3 3.1 CCR Day In The Life Of A Teacher Adamson, Heather 580L K to 3 2.7 CCR Day In The Life Of A Zookeeper LeBoutillier, Nate K to 3 2.5 CCA Day Of Ahmed's Secret Heide, Florence Parry & AD810L 1 to 4 3.4 CCR Day Of Tears: A Novel In Dialogue Lester, Julius NP 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Day With Mail Carriers Shepherd, Jodie P to 2 1 CCA Days Of Summer Bunting, Eve AD360L K to 3 3.1 CCR Days Of The Knights Maynard, Christopher 760L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR Days With Frog And Toad Lobel, Arnold 320L 1 to 4 2.5 CCR Dazzling Dragonflies: A Life Cycle Story Glaser, Linda 450L K to 3 3.5 CCA Deadly Praying Mantises Goldish, Meish IG830L K to 3 4.1 CCA Deadly Sister Schrefer, Eliot HL720L 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Dealing With Someone Who Won't Listen Adams, Lisa K. 710L K to 3 3.7 CCA Dear Dragon Goes Camping Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.9 CCS
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Dear Dragon Goes To The Carnival Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.8 CCS Dear Dragon Goes To The Firehouse Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.8 CCS Dear Dragon Goes To The Market Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.7 CCS Dear Dragon Goes To The Zoo Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.7 CCS Dear Dragon's Colors 1, 2, 3 Hillert, Margaret K to 3 0.9 CCS Dear Dragon's Fun With Shapes Hillert, Margaret 50L K to 3 1 CCS Dear Mr. Blueberry James, Simon AD660L P to 2 2.9 CCA Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School Teague, Mark 500L K to 3 3.6 CCA Dear Tooth Fairy O'Connor, Jane K to 3 2.4 CCA Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is An Adverb? Cleary, Brian P. 860L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Deathstalker Scorpion Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.5 CCS Deep Sea Fisherman Gordon, Nick 710L 4 to 7 3.5 CCS Demeter & Persephone: Spring Held Hostage, A Greek Myth Fontes, Justine & Ron GN490L 4 to 7 3.3 CCR Derek Jeter Donovan, Sandra 740L 2 to 5 4.3 CCS Describing Words: Adjectives, Adverbs, And Prepositions Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Desert Mayer, Cassie 180L P to 2 1 CCA Deserts Benoit, Peter 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Designing America: The Constitutional Convention Price, Sean 490L 4 to 7 4.3 CCR Dessert First Durand, Hallie 750L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Devil's Arithmetic Yolen, Jane 730L 5 to 9 4.6 CCR Dexter Jackson And The Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Super Bowl Sandler, Michael 740L K to 3 4.1 CCS Diary Of A Worm Cronin, Doreen AD360L K to 3 2.8 CCA Diego Rivera: His World And Ours Tonatiuh, Duncan AD1040L K to 3 4.9 CCR Dim Sum For Everyone! Lin, Grace K to 3 1.3 CCR Dime = 10¢ Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Dinosaur ABCs Saviola, Ava P to 2 1 CCA Dinosaur Shapes Saviola, Ava P to 2 1 CCA Dinosaurs Count! Saviola, Ava P to 2 1 CCA Disappearing Alphabet Wilbur, Richard NP K to 3 5 CCR
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Discovering 2-D Shapes In Art Wall, Julia IG540L 1 to 4 2 CCA Diversity Of Species Bright, Michael 4 to 7 5 CCA Division Becker, Ann 620L K to 3 2 CCA Diwali Trueit, Trudi Strain 380L K to 3 2.8 CCR DK Children's Illustrated Dictionary McIlwain, John 4 to 7 3 CCA DK First Atlas Ganeri, Anita & Oxlade, Chris 1 to 4 3 CCR DK Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary DK Editors 4 to 7 4 CCA Do Animals Work Together? Brynie, Faith Hickman 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Do Like A Duck Does Hindley, Judy AD80L K to 3 1.6 CCA Do Stars Have Points?: Questions And Answers About Stars And Berger, Melvin & Gilda 700L 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners Keller, Laurie AD460L K to 3 2.7 CCA Do We By, Buy, Or Bye Tickets? Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.5 CCA Doctors Gorman, Jacqueline Laks P to 2 2 CCA Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too? Carle, Eric BR P to 2 1 CCS Dog And Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories Seeger, Laura Vaccaro AD320L P to 2 1.3 CCA Dog Breath! The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis Pilkey, Dav AD770L K to 3 3.4 CCR Dogku Clements, Andrew AD210L K to 3 1.1 CCA Dogs Simon, Seymour 870L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR Dogs Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers Numeroff, Laura Joffe NP K to 3 3.1 CCA Dollar = $1.00 Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Dollar Bill's Journey Slade, Suzanne 630L 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Dolph Ziggler Gordon, Nick 670L 3 to 6 3.6 CCS Dolphins Gregory, Josh 800L 2 to 5 5 CCS Dominican Republic Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Domino Addition Long, Lynette AD760L P to 2 2 CCA Don't Be A Copycat!: Write A Great Report Without Plagiarizing Bentley, Nancy 3 to 6 4 CCA Dot And Bob McPhail, David P to 2 0.5 CCA Double Identity Haddix, Margaret Peterson 5 to 9 5 CCA
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Double The Animals Trumbauer, Lisa P to 2 2.1 CCA Down The Rabbit Hole Abrahams, Peter 680L 5 to 9 4.3 CCR Dr. Seuss's ABC Book Seuss, Dr. NP P to 2 2.1 CCR Dragonflies Rissman, Rebecca AD500L P to 2 1.8 CCA Dragonfly Law, Felicia K to 3 2.4 CCA Drawing From Memory Say, Allen HL560L 5 to 9 4.1 CCR Dream Keeper And Other Poems Hughes, Langston NP 4 to 7 4 CCR Dreamer Ryan, Pam Munoz 650L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Drop Of Water Morrison, Gordon K to 3 3.9 CCA Duck Cecil, Randy AD630L P to 2 3.2 CCA Duck For President Cronin, Doreen AD680L K to 3 3.9 CCR Duck On A Bike Shannon, David AD240L P to 2 2 CCA Duckling Gets A Cookie!? Willems, Mo P to 2 1 CCR Ducks Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.2 CCS Dust Bowl Heinrichs, Ann 750L 4 to 7 4.9 CCA Dusty Locks And The Three Bears Lowell, Susan AD490L P to 2 4.3 CCA Dwarf Planets Kortenkamp, Steve 800L 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Dwyane Wade Savage, Jeff 720L 2 to 5 4.3 CCS Ea (Vowel Blend) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.5 CCA Eagle Song Bruchac, Joseph 680L 2 to 5 4.3 CCR Eagles Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.9 CCS Ear Is Not An Ear Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1.6 CCA Earrings! Viorst, Judith 470L K to 3 2.8 CCA Earth Owens, L. L. 610L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Earth Simon, Charnan 660L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Earth Landau, Elaine 720L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR Earth Taylor-Butler, Christine 1 to 4 2.4 CCR Earth Day Trueit, Trudi Strain 450L K to 3 3.4 CCR Earth Day-Hooray! Murphy, Stuart J. 2 to 5 3.7 CCA
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Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet Bruchac, Joseph K to 3 3 CCR Earth-Shaking Science Projects About Planet Earth Gardner, Robert 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Earth: Our Planet In Space Simon, Seymour 620L 2 to 5 3.9 CCR Earthdance Ryder, Joanne AD820L P to 2 3.5 CCA Earthquack! Palatini, Margie AD400L K to 3 3.7 CCA Earthshake: Poems From The Ground Up Peters, Lisa Westberg NP 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Eating The Alphabet Ehlert, Lois NP P to 2 2 CCR Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan & Bagert, Brod, NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Edge Stone, Adam 3 to 6 3.7 CCS Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big Breathed, Berke NP K to 3 3.4 CCA Ee (Vowel Blend) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.5 CCA Egg Is Quiet Aston, Dianna Hutts AD670L 2 to 5 2.9 CCA Egypt Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 5 CCS Egyptian Cinderella Climo, Shirley AD620L K to 3 4.5 CCR El Cucuy! = A Bogeyman: Cuento In English And Spanish Hayes, Joe 770L K to 3 3.7 CCA El Salvador Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Eleanor Cooney, Barbara AD810L 2 to 5 4.7 CCR Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life Of Eleanor Roosevelt Rappaport, Doreen AD670L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Elephant Games And Other Playful Poems To Perform Bagert, Brod 1 to 4 3 CCA Elevator Magic Murphy, Stuart J. 240L 1 to 4 1.8 CCA Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary Nolen, Jerdine 670L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor Henry, Joanne Landers 600L 4 to 7 4.2 CCR Elizabeth Leads The Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Right Stone, Tanya Lee AD700L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson 670L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale Of A Vocal Viruosa Pinkney, Andrea Davis 520L 1 to 4 3.5 CCR Ella Sarah Gets Dressed Chodos-Irvine, Margaret 930L P to 2 2.6 CCA Ellington Was Not A Street Shange, Ntozake NP 2 to 5 3 CCA Ellis Island Landau, Elaine 740L 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Emil And Karl Glatshteyn, Yankev 720L 5 to 9 4.7 CCA
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Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily & Bolin, NP 4 to 7 5 CCS Emma's Rug Say, Allen 450L K to 3 3.1 CCR Emperor's New Clothes Demi 2 to 5 2 CCR Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth Sobol, Donald J. 630L 4 to 7 4.4 CCA End Of The Beginning: Being The Adventures Of A Small Snail Avi 620L 3 to 6 3.8 CCR Energy From The Sun Fowler, Allan AD600L K to 3 2.9 CCR England Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Epossumondas Saves The Day Salley, Coleen K to 3 3.3 CCA Equal, Shmequal Kroll, Virginia AD440L K to 3 2.8 CCA Escape North! The Story Of Harriet Tubman Kulling, Monica 440L 2 to 5 3.6 CCR Estimating With The Newspaper McMillan, Dawn IG640L 1 to 4 2 CCA Ethiopia Frazel, Ellen 800L 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Europe Hirsch, Rebecca 480L P to 2 2.4 CCS Evaluating Information Pulver, Beth A. 4 to 7 5 CCA Eve Of The Emperor Penguin Osborne, Mary Pope 530L 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Even More Parts Arnold, Tedd NP P to 2 2 CCR Every Autumn Comes The Bear Arnosky, Jim AD410L K to 3 2 CCR Every Living Thing Rylant, Cynthia 870L 4 to 7 5 CCR Every Thing On It Silverstein, Shel 1 to 4 2 CCR Everybody Bakes Bread Dooley, Norah AD670L K to 3 3.4 CCR Everybody Cooks Rice Dooley, Norah AD690L K to 3 3.8 CCR Everybody Serves Soup Dooley, Norah 530L K to 3 3.2 CCR Exactly The Opposite Hoban, Tana P to 2 WL CCR Examining Backyard Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Examining Desert Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Examining Forest Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Examining Meadow Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Examining Pond Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 4 CCA Examining Tide Pool Habitats King, Zelda 2 to 5 4.7 CCA
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Exclamation Point Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.2 CCA Exercise Gordon, Sharon 90L K to 3 1.6 CCR Experiments With Heat Cook, Trevor 3 to 6 4 CCA Experiments With Plants Taylor-Butler, Christine 2 to 5 4.3 CCS Experiments With Solids, Liquids, And Gases Taylor-Butler, Christine 2 to 5 4.4 CCS Experiments With States Of Matter Cook, Trevor 3 to 6 4 CCA Exploring Titanic: An Isabel Soto History Adventure Biskup, Agnieszka GN620L 5 to 9 4.4 CCS Extraordinary Friends Rogers, Fred AD470L P to 2 2 CCA Eye For Color: The Story Of Josef Albers Wing, Natasha 680L 1 to 4 3.7 CCA Fables Lobel, Arnold 540L K to 3 4.2 CCR Fair Is Fair! Dussling, Jennifer 460L 1 to 4 2.8 CCA Falling For Rapunzel Wilcox, Leah K to 3 2.7 CCA Falling Up Silverstein, Shel NP 2 to 5 3 CCR Families Schuette, Sarah L. 190L P to 2 1.3 CCA Families Morris, Ann 40L P to 2 1 CCR Families Are Different Pellegrini, Nina 540L K to 3 2 CCR Family Matters: Plays About Family Changes Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 3.5 CCA Family Photo Rau, Dana Meachen K to 3 1.3 CCA Family Pictures = Cuadros De Familia Lomas Garza, Carmen AD750L 2 to 5 4.3 CCR Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore Joyce, William K to 3 3.7 CCA Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book About Interjections And Heller, Ruth K to 3 4 CCR Farm Cooper, Elisha AD590L K to 3 3.4 CCA Father Bear Comes Home Minarik, Else Holmelund 240L P to 2 2.1 CCS Feelings Aliki NP K to 3 2 CCR Fences Between Us: The Diary Of Piper Davis Larson, Kirby 730L 4 to 7 5 CCA Field Day Jones, Melanie Davis BR K to 3 2 CCA Fierce Yellow Pumpkin Brown, Margaret Wise P to 2 3.7 CCA Fig Pudding Fletcher, Ralph 620L 4 to 7 3.9 CCA Fighter Pilot Gordon, Nick 660L 4 to 7 3.7 CCS
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Find Your Function At Conjunction Junction Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.7 CCA Finding 3-D Shapes In New York City Wall, Julia IG540L 1 to 4 2 CCA Finding Home Markle, Sandra AD950L 1 to 4 4.5 CCA Fine, Fine School Creech, Sharon AD300L K to 3 3.3 CCA Fire Cat Averill, Esther 400L P to 2 2.9 CCR Fire On The Mountain Kurtz, Jane 550L K to 3 4.2 CCR Fire! Fire! Gibbons, Gail 590L K to 3 3.5 CCR Fireboy To The Rescue!: A Fire Safety Book Miller, Edward AD640L P to 2 3.4 CCR Firefighters A To Z Demarest, Chris L. IG310L P to 2 1.7 CCA Firefighters Help Us Murray, Aaron R. P to 2 1 CCA Fireflies! Brinckloe, Julie AD630L K to 3 3.2 CCR Firehouse Light Nolan, Janet P to 2 4.9 CCA Fireworks To Fruitcake: Reading, Writing, And Reciting Poems Freese, Susan M. 1 to 4 4 CCS First Flight: The Story Of Tom Tate And The Wright Brothers Shea, George 460L 2 to 5 2.9 CCA First The Egg Seeger, Laura Vaccaro NP P to 2 1 CCS Fish Had A Wish Garland, Michael AD330L K to 3 1 CCR Fishing In The Air Creech, Sharon AD570L P to 2 3.4 CCA Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire Huchet 710L K to 3 4.4 CCR Flash, Crash, Rumble, And Roll Branley, Franklyn M. 500L K to 3 3.3 CCR Flashpoints: Plays About Controlling Anger Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 3.4 CCA Flea's Sneeze Downey, Lynn NP P to 2 2.5 CCA Flight Bailey, Gerry IG750L 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Flight: The Journey Of Charles Lindbergh Burleigh, Robert AD570L 2 to 5 3.5 CCR Fly Away Home Bunting, Eve 450L K to 3 2.7 CCA Fly Can Fly Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1.4 CCA Fly High!: The Story Of Bessie Coleman Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary 710L 5 to 9 4.5 CCS Flyer Flew!: The Invention Of The Airplane Hill, Lee Sullivan 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Follow The Drinking Gourd Winter, Jeanette AD630L 1 to 4 4.3 CCR Follow The Money! Leedy, Loreen AD130L K to 3 2 CCA
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Follow The Water From Brook To Ocean Dorros, Arthur 600L K to 3 3.6 CCR Food And Energy: Striking A Healthy Balance Petrie, Kristin 750L 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Food As Fuel: Nutrition For Athletes Petrie, Kristin 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Food Buzz: Nutrition In The News Petrie, Kristin 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Food Culture: Celebrating Diverse Traditions Petrie, Kristin 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Food Options: Following Special Diets Petrie, Kristin 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Food Safety: Avoiding Hidden Dangers Petrie, Kristin 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Forensic Investigator: Measurement Glass, Susan 4 to 7 4.2 CCA Forever Friends Berger, Carin P to 2 1 CCR Formas De La Ciudad (City Shapes) Jacobs, Daniel K to 3 2 CCA Foster Families Schuette, Sarah L. 490L P to 2 2.3 CCA Found Haddix, Margaret Peterson 750L 4 to 7 5 CCA Four Feet, Two Sandals Williams, Karen Lynn & 620L 2 to 5 3.2 CCR Fourth Grade Rats Spinelli, Jerry 340L 3 to 6 2.6 CCR Fourth Of July Story Dalgliesh, Alice 790L K to 3 2 CCR Fox And The Grapes Long, Christopher E. K to 3 1.6 CCR Fox Tails: Four Fables From Aesop Lowry, Amy AD620L 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Foxy Fox DeRubertis, Barbara 530L P to 2 1.4 CCA Fraction Action Leedy, Loreen 330L K to 3 2 CCA Fraction Fun Adler, David A. 580L 1 to 4 2 CCA Fractions Dowdy, Penny 470L K to 3 2 CCA Fractions = Trouble! Mills, Claudia 760L 2 to 5 4.7 CCR Frail Snail On The Trail: Long Vowel Sounds With Consonant Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 2.1 CCA Freedom Struggle: The Anti-Slavery Movement 1830-1865 Rossi, Ann 4 to 7 5 CCA Freedom Summer Wiles, Deborah AD460L P to 2 3.2 CCR Freedom Train Coleman, Evelyn 650L 4 to 7 4.2 CCA Friend Or Foe? Plays About Bullying Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 3.6 CCA Friendly Four Greenfield, Eloise P to 2 3.5 CCA Frightful's Mountain George, Jean Craighead 640L 5 to 9 4.7 CCR
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Frilled Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 5 CCS Frisky Brisky Hippity Hop Lurie, Susan P to 2 1 CCA Frog And Toad All Year Lobel, Arnold 300L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Frog And Toad Together Lobel, Arnold 330L 1 to 4 2.9 CCR Frog Prince Tarcov, Edith H. 380L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR Froggy Goes To Bed London, Jonathan 130L P to 2 2 CCA Froggy Goes To School London, Jonathan 490L P to 2 2.4 CCA Frogs And Toads All Sang Lobel, Arnold 520L 1 to 4 3 CCA Frogs And Toads And Tadpoles, Too Fowler, Allan 550L 1 to 4 2.4 CCR From Caterpillar To Butterfly Heiligman, Deborah 490L P to 2 2.9 CCR From Pictures To Words: A Book About Making A Book Stevens, Janet AD510L K to 3 2 CCA From Seed To Maple Tree Salas, Laura Purdie IG650L K to 3 3.7 CCR From Seed To Plant Gibbons, Gail 660L K to 3 3.4 CCR From Seed To Plant Fowler, Allan 1 to 4 2.3 CCR From Seed To Pumpkin Pfeffer, Wendy 640L P to 2 3.3 CCR From Tadpole To Frog Pfeffer, Wendy AD520L P to 2 3 CCR From Tadpole To Frog Slade, Suzanne IG800L K to 3 3.9 CCR From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L. 700L 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Fruit Is A Suitcase For Seeds Richards, Jean K to 3 3.6 CCR Galileo's Journal, 1609-1610 Pettenati, Jeanne 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Game Time Murphy, Stuart J. 390L 2 to 5 2.9 CCA Gazelles Borgert-Spaniol, Megan K to 3 1.7 CCS George Keating, Frank 660L K to 3 4.6 CCA George And Martha Marshall, James 500L K to 3 2.4 CCR George Did It Jurmain, Suzanne Tripp NC760L 1 to 4 4.7 CCA George Washington Mara, Wil 270L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR George Washington Abraham, Philip 80L P to 2 2 CCR George Washington And The General's Dog Murphy, Frank 380L 1 to 4 2.5 CCR George Washington Carver Bowdish, Lynea 350L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR
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George Washington Crosses The Delaware: Would You Risk The Landau, Elaine 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Georgia O'Keeffe Venezia, Mike 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Germany Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Gettysburg Address Lincoln, Abraham & McCurdy, 1340L 4 to 7 4.3 CCR Ghost Town At Sundown Osborne, Mary Pope 350L 2 to 5 3 CCR Ghost's Grave Kehret, Peg 790L 5 to 9 5 CCA Giant Pandas Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.9 CCS Giant Steps To Change The World Lee, Spike AD870L K to 3 2 CCS Giggle, Giggle, Quack Cronin, Doreen AD330L K to 3 2.3 CCA Gilgamesh The King Zeman, Ludmila K to 3 4.2 CCS Gingerbread Man Schmidt, Karen Lee 360L K to 3 2.6 CCR Giraffe Graphs Stewart, Melissa 1 to 4 3 CCA Giraffes Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.7 CCS Girl Is Murder Haines, Kathryn Miller 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goble, Paul 670L K to 3 4.1 CCR Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Truss, Lynne 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Give Me Half! Murphy, Stuart J. AD430L 1 to 4 2.2 CCA Give Me Wings: Poems Hopkins, Lee Bennett K to 3 4.1 CCR Giving Tree Silverstein, Shel 530L K to 3 2.6 CCA Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella Fleischman, Paul AD700L 1 to 4 4.4 CCA Global Warming Gunderson, Jessica 4 to 7 5 CCA Gloria's Way Cameron, Ann 410L 2 to 5 3.1 CCR Go, Go, Grapes! Sayre, April Pulley P to 2 1 CCR Goats Macken, JoAnn Early 400L P to 2 1.9 CCR Goblin Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.9 CCS Goha The Wise Fool Johnson-Davies, Denys AD860L 2 to 5 4.8 CCA Goin' Someplace Special McKissack, Patricia AD550L K to 3 4.3 CCR Going Home Bunting, Eve 480L K to 3 2.7 CCA Going North Harrington, Janice N. AD700L P to 2 3.4 CCA
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Gold Coin Ada, Alma Flor AD550L K to 3 3.9 CCA Gold-Threaded Dress Marsden, Carolyn 710L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Goldilocks And The Three Bears Brett, Jan AD880L K to 3 4.4 CCR Goldilocks And The Three Bears Spirin, Gennady P to 2 2.4 CCA Goldilocks Returns Ernst, Lisa Campbell 530L K to 3 3.8 CCA Good Books, Good Times! Hopkins, Lee Bennett, ed. NP K to 3 2 CCR Good Dog Gottfried, Maya K to 3 3 CCA Good Team: A Cooperation Story Suen, Anastasia K to 3 2.4 CCA Good Work, Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 220L 1 to 4 2.1 CCS Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise NP P to 2 1.8 CCA Gooney The Fabulous Lowry, Lois 690L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Gophers Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.6 CCS Gorillas Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.9 CCS Grace For President DiPucchio, Kelly S. 570L K to 3 4.6 CCA Grain Of Rice Pittman, Helena Clare 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Grandfather Counts Cheng, Andrea AD410L K to 3 3.6 CCR Grandfather's Journey Say, Allen AD650L 4 to 7 3.6 CCR Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip Hester, Denia P to 2 3.8 CCA Grandpa Green Smith, Lane AD360L K to 3 2.5 CCR Grandpa Never Lies Fletcher, Ralph K to 3 3.3 CCA Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 810L 4 to 7 4.2 CCA Grapes Of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles Tang, Greg NP 1 to 4 3.3 CCR Graphic Alphabet Pelletier, David NP P to 2 1 CCR Graphing Dowdy, Penny 450L K to 3 2 CCA Graphing With Pets James, Harry 690L 3 to 6 4.2 CCA Graphs Bader, Bonnie K to 3 2.3 CCA Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited Giovanni, Nikki 660L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Grasshoppers Robbins, Lynette K to 3 4.4 CCA Great Graph Contest Leedy, Loreen AD310L 1 to 4 3 CCA
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Great Graphs And Sensational Statistics: Games And Activities Long, Lynette 820L 3 to 6 4 CCA Great Migration: Journey To The North Greenfield, Eloise 730L P to 2 3.4 CCR Great Seal Of The United States DeGezelle, Terri K to 3 4 CCR Great White Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Great White Shark Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.8 CCS Greater Estimations Goldstone, Bruce 710L 2 to 5 4 CCA Greatest Baseball Records Doeden, Matt 890L 4 to 7 5 CCA Greedy Python Buckley, Richard P to 2 2.7 CCA Green Seeger, Laura Vaccaro NP P to 2 1 CCR Green Eggs And Ham Seuss, Dr. 30L P to 2 1.5 CCR Greetings From Nowhere O'Connor, Barbara 660L 5 to 9 4.2 CCA Gregor The Overlander Collins, Suzanne 630L 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Gregory The Terrible Eater Sharmat, Mitchell 490L K to 3 2.8 CCR Grid Coordinates By Land, Air, And Sea Anderson, Moira IG620L 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Grizzly Bear Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.4 CCS Grizzly Gazette Murphy, Stuart J. 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Grizzwold Hoff, Syd 220L P to 2 2 CCA Groovy Geometry: Games And Activities That Make Math Easy Long, Lynette 3 to 6 4 CCA Grouchy Ladybug Carle, Eric 560L P to 2 2.8 CCR Groundhog Gets A Say Swallow, Pamela Curtis 560L K to 3 3.1 CCA Grouping Words: Sentences Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Growing Like Me Rockwell, Anne F. AD550L P to 2 2.5 CCS Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers In Nature Campbell, Sarah C. 910L 3 to 6 5 CCA Guatemala Schuetz, Kari 2 to 5 4.5 CCS Gus And Grandpa And Show-And-Tell Mills, Claudia 450L 1 to 4 3.4 CCA Guts: The Digestive System Houghton, Gillian 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Guyku: A Year Of Haiku For Boys Raczka, Bob P to 2 2.6 CCR Habitats Hoe, Susan C. IG610L 1 to 4 3 CCA Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is An Adjective Cleary, Brian P. NP 2 to 5 3.9 CCA
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Half-Dollar = 50¢ Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Half-Pipe Homonyms Prokos, Anna 560L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Hamlet For Kids Burdett, Lois & Shakespeare, 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Hammerhead Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Hamster Champs Murphy, Stuart J. 2 to 5 2.8 CCA Hana's Suitcase Levine, Karen 730L 4 to 7 5 CCA Hannah's Journal: The Story Of An Immigrant Girl Moss, Marissa 730L 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Hansel And Gretel Lesser, Rika & Zelinsky, Paul O. AD680L P to 2 4.3 CCR Hard And Soft Mitten, Luana K. P to 2 1 CCA Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush Of 1859 Avi 740L 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Hardworking Puppies Reiser, Lynn P to 2 2 CCA Harold And The Purple Crayon Johnson, Crockett 490L K to 3 3 CCR Harriet The Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 760L 4 to 7 4.5 CCR Hate That Cat Creech, Sharon NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Hattie And The Fox Fox, Mem BR K to 3 1.8 CCA Haunted Hotels Parvis, Sarah IG800L 4 to 7 5 CCS Have You Seen My Duckling? Tafuri, Nancy 20L P to 2 2 CCA Having Fun At The White House Kennedy, Marge 550L 1 to 4 2.3 CCA Heartbeat Creech, Sharon NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Heavy-Duty Science Projects With Weight: How Much Does It Gardner, Robert 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Hedgehogs Schuetz, Kari 570L K to 3 1.6 CCS Helen Keller Adler, David A. 450L K to 3 3.1 CCA Helen Keller And The Big Storm Lakin, Patricia 410L P to 2 2.7 CCA Hello, Goodbye Window Juster, Norton P to 2 3.4 CCA Help Me Learn Addition Marzollo, Jean P to 2 1 CCA Helpful Ladybugs Smith, Molly IG830L K to 3 4.1 CCA Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors O'Connor, Jane 1 to 4 3.6 CCR Henry And Mudge Rylant, Cynthia 420L K to 3 2.7 CCR Henry And Mudge And The Snowman Plan Rylant, Cynthia 350L K to 3 2.5 CCR
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Henry's Freedom Box Levine, Ellen AD380L K to 3 3 CCR Henry's Heart: A Boy, His Heart, And A New Best Friend Harper, Charise Mericle P to 2 2.7 CCR Her Story, Her Words: Narrative Of Sojourner Truth Ruffin, Frances E. 4 to 7 4 CCR Hera: The Goddess And Her Glory O'Connor, George 4 to 7 3.7 CCR Here's A Little Poem: A Very First Book Of Poetry Yolen, Jane & Peters, Andrew P to 2 2 CCA Hero Beowulf Kimmel, Eric A. 2 to 5 4.1 CCA Hero For WondLa DiTerlizzi, Tony 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Hey Diddle Diddle & Other Mother Goose Rhymes DePaola, Tomie NP P to 2 1 CCS Hey, Little Ant Hoose, Phillip NP K to 3 2.5 CCA Hi, Fly Guy Arnold, Tedd K to 3 1.5 CCR Hidden Alphabet Seeger, Laura Vaccaro P to 2 1 CCR Hidden Walkingsticks Goldish, Meish IG760L K to 3 4 CCA Hiding Hippos: Counting From 1 To 10 Tourville, Amanda Doering K to 3 2 CCA Highway Cats Lisle, Janet Taylor 810L 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Hinky Pink McDonald, Megan AD610L K to 3 3.2 CCA Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat Giovanni, Nikki, ed. NP 3 to 6 3 CCA Hippopotamus Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4.6 CCS Hippopotamuses Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.5 CCS Hoggee Myers, Anna 700L 5 to 9 4.5 CCA Hold Your Horses!: (And Other Peculiar Sayings) Amoroso, Cynthia 2 to 5 3.3 CCA Hole-In-One Adverbs Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 650L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Home Of The Brave Applegate, Katherine 5 to 9 3.5 CCR Home Run Verbs Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 600L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Homework Machine Gutman, Dan 680L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Hondo & Fabian McCarty, Peter AD180L P to 2 1.2 CCA Honduras Frazel, Ellen 840L 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Honest-To-Goodness Truth McKissack, Patricia 450L P to 2 3.8 CCA Honey Makers Gibbons, Gail 770L K to 3 4.8 CCR
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Honey, I Love Greenfield, Eloise K to 3 2.4 CCS Honey, I Love: And Other Love Poems Greenfield, Eloise NP 2 to 5 3.5 CCR Honey... Honey... Lion!: A Story From Africa Brett, Jan 710L P to 2 3.5 CCA Hoop Kings Smith, Charles R., Jr. 3 to 6 5 CCA Hop On Pop Seuss, Dr. BR P to 2 1.5 CCA Horace And Morris But Mostly Dolores Howe, James AD410L P to 2 2.6 CCA Horace And Morris Join The Chorus (But What About Dolores?) Howe, James P to 2 2.6 CCA Horse In Harry's Room Hoff, Syd 470L P to 2 2.3 CCA Horse Song: The Naadam Of Mongolia Lewin, Ted & Betsy 870L 2 to 5 5 CCA Horses Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Hot Numbers, Cool Math Sargent, Brian 1 to 4 4.2 CCA Hot, Cold, Shy, Bold: Looking At Opposites Harris, Pamela NP P to 2 2 CCA House At Pooh Corner Milne, A. A. 830L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR House For Birdie Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 2 CCA House In The Night Swanson, Susan Marie 60L P to 2 1 CCA House That Jack Built Winter, Jeanette P to 2 1 CCA Houses And Homes Morris, Ann NP K to 3 2 CCR How A Caterpillar Grows Into A Butterfly Kant, Tanya IG750L K to 3 4.1 CCA How A Seed Grows Jordan, Helene J. 400L P to 2 2.6 CCR How An Egg Grows Into A Chicken Kant, Tanya IG750L K to 3 3.5 CCA How Did This Happen Here?: Japanese Internment Camps Donlan, Leni 4 to 7 3.9 CCA How Do Animals Stay Safe? Brynie, Faith Hickman 1 to 4 3.1 CCA How Do Birds Find Their Way? Gans, Roma 690L K to 3 3.9 CCR How Do You Know It's Fall? Fowler, Allan NC650L K to 3 2.7 CCR How Do You Know It's Fall? Herringto, Lisa M. K to 3 2.7 CCR How Do You Know It's Fall? Owen, Ruth K to 3 3.7 CCA How Do You Know It's Spring Herrington, Lisa M. K to 3 2.7 CCR How Do You Know It's Spring? Fowler, Allan 500L K to 3 2.7 CCR How Do You Know It's Summer? Fowler, Allan 520L K to 3 2.7 CCR
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How Do You Know It's Summer? Herrington, Lisa M. K to 3 2.7 CCR How Do You Know It's Winter? Herrington, Lisa M. K to 3 2.5 CCR How Do You Measure Length And Distance? Adamson, Thomas K. IG510L P to 2 2.8 CCA How Do You Measure Liquids? Adamson, Thomas K. NC680L P to 2 3.2 CCA How Do You Measure Time? Adamson, Thomas K. IG520L P to 2 2.8 CCA How Do You Measure Weight? Adamson, Thomas K. NC660L P to 2 3.5 CCA How High Can A Dinosaur Count?: And Other Math Mysteries Fisher, Valorie 1 to 4 3.5 CCA How I Learned Geography Shulevitz, Uri AD660L 1 to 4 4.4 CCR How I Spent My Summer Vacation Teague, Mark NP K to 3 2.8 CCR How Many Fish? Rubin, Alan P to 2 1.1 CCA How Many Pennies Make A Dollar? Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca 1 to 4 2 CCA How Many Spots Does A Leopard Have? Jones, Christianne C. K to 3 2.4 CCR How Much Does It Hold? Sargent, Brian 1 to 4 2 CCA How Much Is $1.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How Much Is $10.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How Much Is $100.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How Much Is $20.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How Much Is $5.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How Much Is $50.00? Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA How My Parents Learned To Eat Friedman, Ina R. 450L K to 3 2.9 CCR How Oliver Olson Changed The World Mills, Claudia 730L 2 to 5 4.7 CCA How Rocket Learned To Read Hills, Tad AD600L P to 2 2.9 CCR How Tall, How Short, How Faraway Adler, David A. 850L 1 to 4 4.4 CCA How Tia Lola Came To Visit/Stay Alvarez, Julia 740L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA How To Deal With Hurt Feelings Lynette, Rachel 2 to 5 3.9 CCS How To Write A Book Report Minden, Cecilia 490L 2 to 5 4 CCS How To Write A Report Minden, Cecilia 710L 2 to 5 4 CCS How To Write About Your Adventure Minden, Cecilia 650L 2 to 5 4 CCS How To Write An Ad Minden, Cecilia 590L 2 to 5 4 CCS
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How To Write An Email Minden, Cecilia 510L 2 to 5 4 CCS How To Write And Give A Speech Minden, Cecilia 590L 2 to 5 4 CCS Howard Pyle's King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table Mullarkey, Lisa 3 to 6 4.9 CCA Hurricane Wiesner, David AD460L K to 3 3.1 CCR Hurricane London, Jonathan AD460L K to 3 3.5 CCR I Am A Living Thing Kalman, Bobbie IG400L K to 3 2.8 CCA I Am America Smith, Charles R., Jr. K to 3 3 CCR I Am Phoenix: Poems For Two Voices Fleischman, Paul NP 4 to 7 4 CCR I Am Respectful Schuette, Sarah L. 90L P to 2 1.4 CCA I Am Respectful Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.9 CCA I Am Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa & Haskins, James 520L 1 to 4 3.3 CCR I Am The Book: Poems Hopkins, Lee Bennett AD690L K to 3 2 CCR I Am The Dog, I Am The Cat Hall, Donald NP P to 2 2 CCR I And You And Don't Forget Who: What Is A Pronoun? Cleary, Brian P. 2 to 5 3 CCA I Broke My Trunk! Willems, Mo P to 2 1.3 CCR I Can Add, It's Not So Bad! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Can Divide, I Need No Guide! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Can Measure Length, It Has No Strength! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Can Measure Weight At Any Rate Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Can Multiply, It's Not A Lie! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! Seuss, Dr. 380L P to 2 2.2 CCR I Can Subtract, It's Not An ACT! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Don't Want To Be A Pea! Bonwill, Ann P to 2 1.7 CCA I Dream Of Trains Johnson, Angela K to 3 3.6 CCA I Face The Wind Cobb, Vicki AD540L P to 2 3 CCA I Know About Money, It Is So Funny! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Know Fractions By Their Actions! Kompelien, Tracy P to 2 2 CCA I Love Cats Matthias, Catherine 360L K to 3 1.3 CCA I Love My New Toy! Willems, Mo 10L P to 2 0.5 CCA
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I Pledge Allegiance: The Pledge Of Allegiance Bellamy, Francis, Martin, Bill, & K to 3 4.9 CCR I Read Signs Hoban, Tana NP P to 2 1 CCR I Spy Shapes In Art Micklethwait, Lucy 450L K to 3 2 CCA I Spy: An Alphabet In Art Micklethwait, Lucy NP K to 3 2 CCR I Want My Hat Back Klassen, Jon 90L P to 2 1 CCR I Want To Be A Cowboy Firefly Editors 590L K to 3 2.6 CCR I Want To Be A Race Car Driver Franks, Katie 2 to 5 4.1 CCA I Will Try Janovitz, Marilyn BR K to 3 1 CCR I Wonder Why I Sleep: And Other Questions About My Body Avison, Brigid 800L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle And Other Questions About Space Stott, Carole IG860L 2 to 5 5 CCR I'm All Thumbs!: (And Other Odd Things We Say) Amoroso, Cynthia 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Icarus Mishkin, Dan 3 to 6 3.4 CCR Ice Road Tucker Gordon, Nick 740L 4 to 7 3.4 CCS Iceland Owings, Lisa 860L 2 to 5 4.7 CCS If Not For The Cat Prelutsky, Jack NP K to 3 3 CCR If The World Were A Village Smith, David 710L 2 to 5 5 CCR If You Give A Cat A Cupcake Numeroff, Laura Joffe P to 2 2.4 CCA If You Give A Moose A Muffin Numeroff, Laura Joffe AD590L P to 2 2.4 CCA If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Numeroff, Laura Joffe AD660L K to 3 2.7 CCR If You Give A Pig A Pancake Numeroff, Laura Joffe 570L P to 2 2.5 CCA If You Give A Pig A Party Numeroff, Laura Joffe P to 2 2.2 CCA If You Lived In Colonial Times McGovern, Ann 590L 2 to 5 4.1 CCR If You Lived With The Sioux Indians McGovern, Ann 690L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR If You Spent A Day With Thoreau At Walden Pond Burleigh, Robert AD900L 1 to 4 4.6 CCA If You Take A Mouse To School Numeroff, Laura Joffe AD190L P to 2 2.4 CCA If You Take A Mouse To The Movies Numeroff, Laura Joffe AD240L P to 2 2.1 CCA If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad Levine, Ellen 720L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR If You Were A Capital Letter Shaskan, Trisha Speed 670L 2 to 5 3.3 CCA If You Were A Circle Blaisdell, Molly 480L 1 to 4 2.5 CCA
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If You Were A Comma Blaisdell, Molly 690L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA If You Were A Compound Word Shaskan, Trisha Speed 820L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA If You Were A Conjunction Loewen, Nancy 740L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA If You Were A Contraction Shaskan, Trisha Speed 350L 2 to 5 2.6 CCA If You Were A Divided-By Sign Shaskan, Trisha Speed 680L 1 to 4 3.5 CCA If You Were A Fraction Shaskan, Trisha Speed 620L 1 to 4 3.1 CCA If You Were A Homonym Or A Homophone Loewen, Nancy 590L 2 to 5 2.9 CCA If You Were A Minute Shaskan, Trisha Speed 540L 1 to 4 3 CCA If You Were A Noun Dahl, Michael 650L 2 to 5 3.3 CCA If You Were A Period Healy, Nick 530L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA If You Were A Plural Word Shaskan, Trisha Speed 700L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA If You Were A Plus Sign Shaskan, Trisha Speed 750L 1 to 4 3.3 CCA If You Were A Polygon Aboff, Marcie 540L 1 to 4 2.6 CCA If You Were A Preposition Loewen, Nancy 580L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA If You Were A Pronoun Loewen, Nancy 440L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA If You Were A Quadrilateral Blaisdell, Molly 470L 1 to 4 2.5 CCA If You Were A Quart Or A Liter Aboff, Marcie 780L 1 to 4 4 CCA If You Were A Synonym Dahl, Michael 670L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA If You Were A Triangle Aboff, Marcie 580L 1 to 4 2.9 CCA If You Were A Verb Dahl, Michael 640L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA If You Were An Adjective Dahl, Michael 610L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA If You Were An Adverb Dahl, Michael 640L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA If You Were An Antonym Loewen, Nancy 570L 2 to 5 2.6 CCA If You Were An Apostrophe Lyons, Shelly 650L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA If You Were An Exclamation Point Lyons, Shelly 450L 2 to 5 2.2 CCA If You Were An Inch Or A Centimeter Aboff, Marcie 700L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA If You Were An Interjection Loewen, Nancy 480L 2 to 5 2.4 CCA If You're A Monster And You Know It... Emberley, Rebecca & Ed NP P to 2 2 CCR If You're Not From The Prairie... Bouchard, David NP 2 to 5 4.1 CCR
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If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School Dakos, Kalli NP 4 to 7 4.9 CCA If: A Father's Advice To His Son Kipling, Rudyard K to 3 2 CCR In A Pickle And Other Funny Idioms Terban, Marvin 1 to 4 4.5 CCR In One Ear, Out The Other Dahl, Michael 360L K to 3 2.2 CCA In The Land Of The Lawn Weenies And Other Warped And Creepy Lubar, David 570L 5 to 9 3.9 CCA In The Wild Elliott, David P to 2 2.8 CCR In The Wild Elliott, David P to 2 2.8 CCR In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao 730L 3 to 6 4.6 CCR In Too Deep Watson, Jude 550L 4 to 7 4 CCR Inch By Inch Lionni, Leo 210L K to 3 1.8 CCR Inchworm And A Half Pinczes, Elinor J. K to 3 3.3 CCA Inclined Planes Bodden, Valerie 1 to 4 3 CCA Incredible Me! Appelt, Kathi P to 2 1.9 CCA Independence Day Trueit, Trudi Strain K to 3 3.2 CCR India Bartell, Jim 2 to 5 4.9 CCS India And Iggy Doudna, Kelly P to 2 2 CCA Indonesia Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Insectlopedia: Poems And Paintings Florian, Douglas NP K to 3 3.3 CCR Inside An Ant Colony Fowler, Allan 550L 1 to 4 3.2 CCR Inside Out & Back Again Lai, Thanhha 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Internet Douglas, Julie 1 to 4 1 CCA Into The Gauntlet Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Invisible Me: Plays About Self-Image Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 3.8 CCA Ireland Sexton, Colleen 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Irish Cinderlad Climo, Shirley AD730L K to 3 4.2 CCR Iron Thunder: The Battle Between The Monitor & The Merrimac Avi 620L 3 to 6 4.3 CCA Is It Still A Number? Rosenberg, Pam 1 to 4 2.2 CCA Is It The Same Or Different? Kalman, Bobbie IG460L P to 2 2 CCA Is There Other Life In The Universe? Shuster, Kate 4 to 7 5 CCA
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Is Your Mama A Llama? Guarino, Deborah 290L K to 3 1.6 CCR It Could Always Be Worse Zemach, Margot AD650L K to 3 3.7 CCR It Could Still Be A Flower Fowler, Allan 1 to 4 2.1 CCR It Is Cloudy Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1 CCA It Is Raining Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1 CCA It's A Good Thing There Are Insects Fowler, Allan AD520L K to 3 2.3 CCR It's A Pattern! Penn, M. W. 180L K to 3 2 CCA It's A Shape! Penn, M. W. 620L K to 3 2 CCA It's About Time! Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 1 CCA It's Addition! Penn, M. W. 460L K to 3 2 CCA It's All About You: Writing Your Own Journal Loewen, Nancy 540L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA It's Duffy Time! Wood, Audrey & Don 600L K to 3 2.3 CCA It's Fall, Dear Dragon Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.7 CCS It's Snowing! It's Snowing!: Winter Poems Prelutsky, Jack 1 to 4 4.7 CCR It's Spring, Dear Dragon Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.8 CCS It's Subtraction! Penn, M. W. 390L K to 3 2 CCA It's Summer, Dear Dragon Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 2 CCS It's Winter, Dear Dragon Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.9 CCS Italy Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 5 CCS Itsy Bitsy Spider Trapani, Iza NP P to 2 2.7 CCR Ivy + Bean Barrows, Annie 510L 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Ivy + Bean And The Ghost That Had To Go Barrows, Annie 580L 1 to 4 3.6 CCA Jabberwocky Carroll, Lewis K to 3 3 CCR Jack And Rick McPhail, David P to 2 1 CCS Jack And The Beanstalk Crews, Nina AD450L P to 2 2.7 CCA Jack And The Beanstalk Kellogg, Steven AD660L K to 3 4.1 CCR Jack And The Beanstalk Nesbit, E. K to 3 4.9 CCR Jackie Robinson Mara, Wil 390L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR James And The Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 870L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR
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James Madison: Fourth President, 1809-1817 Venezia, Mike 810L 2 to 5 5 CCR Janice VanCleave's Geometry For Every Kid: Easy Activities That VanCleave, Janice Pratt 4 to 7 4 CCA Jazz Myers, Walter Dean NP 2 to 5 4 CCA Joe And Betsy The Dinosaur Hoban, Lillian 390L P to 2 2.3 CCA Joe Mauer Zuehlke, Jeffrey 710L 2 to 5 4.1 CCS Joey Pigza Loses Control Gantos, Jack 800L 4 to 7 4.9 CCA John Cena Stone, Adam 3 to 6 4 CCS John Henry Lester, Julius AD720L K to 3 4 CCR John Henry: An American Legend Keats, Ezra Jack 520L K to 3 3.4 CCR John, Paul, George & Ben Smith, Lane AD660L 1 to 4 3.7 CCR Johnny Appleseed Kellogg, Steven 920L K to 3 4.4 CCR Joining Words: Conjunctions Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Joseph Had A Little Overcoat Taback, Simms BR K to 3 1.7 CCA Journey Of The Sparrows Buss, Fran Leeper 760L 5 to 9 4.6 CCR Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices Fleischman, Paul NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Judy Moody McDonald, Megan 530L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Judy Moody Declares Independence McDonald, Megan 590L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Judy Moody Gets Famous! McDonald, Megan 490L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Judy Moody Predicts The Future McDonald, Megan 390L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA Judy Moody Saves The World! McDonald, Megan 500L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In McDonald, Megan 510L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Judy Moody: Around The World In 8 1/2 Days McDonald, Megan 540L 2 to 5 3.3 CCA Julius, The Baby Of The World Henkes, Kevin 460L P to 2 3 CCA Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! Murphy, Stuart J. 380L 2 to 5 2.6 CCA Jumping Spiders Goldish, Meish IG820L K to 3 4.2 CCA Junie B. First Grader: Aloha-Ha-Ha! Park, Barbara 380L 1 to 4 2.8 CCA Junie B. First Grader: Dumb Bunny Park, Barbara 410L 1 to 4 2.8 CCA Junie B. Jones Has A Monster Under Her Bed Park, Barbara 340L 1 to 4 2.7 CCA Jupiter Taylor-Butler, Christine 520L 1 to 4 2.2 CCR
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Jupiter Kazunas, Ariel 610L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA Jupiter Owens, L. L. 650L 1 to 4 4 CCA Jupiter Hansen, Rosanna 690L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Jupiter Richardson, Adele 710L K to 3 3.4 CCA Just A Dream Van Allsburg, Chris 550L 1 to 4 3.6 CCA Just A Few Words, Mr. Lincoln Fritz, Jean 390L 2 to 5 2.9 CCR Just Enough Carrots Murphy, Stuart J. 330L P to 2 2 CCA Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World Walter, Mildred Pitts 620L 3 to 6 3.9 CCR Kami And The Yaks Stryer, Andrea Stenn K to 3 4.2 CCA Kane Stone, Adam 3 to 6 3.8 CCS Kangaroos Up Close Bredeson, Carmen 1 to 4 2.3 CCA Karate Contractions Herman, Gail 490L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Kate And Nate Are Running Late! Egan, Kate AD370L K to 3 2 CCA Kate And The Beanstalk Osborne, Mary Pope AD440L P to 2 3.6 CCR Kate's Surprise Burg, Ann E. 320L K to 3 1.3 CCA Katy Duck Makes A Friend Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 380L P to 2 1 CCA Keep Your Distance! Herman, Gail 260L 1 to 4 1.9 CCA Keeping Quilt Polacco, Patricia 920L K to 3 4.4 CCR Keeping The Night Watch Smith, Hope Anita 4 to 7 3.6 CCA Kevin Garnett Zuehlke, Jeffrey 720L 2 to 5 4.1 CCS Kids Talk About Respect Finn, Carrie 610L P to 2 3.8 CCA Kids Talk About Sharing Finn, Carrie 550L P to 2 3.6 CCA Kids' Guide To Building Cool Stuff Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri IG730L 3 to 6 4 CCA Killer Bees Owings, Lisa 810L 3 to 6 4.6 CCS Killer Bees Goldish, Meish IG850L K to 3 4.2 CCA Kindergarten Diary Portis, Antoinette P to 2 2.8 CCA King Arthur And The Sword In The Stone Meister, Cari 330L K to 3 2.4 CCR King Midas And The Golden Touch Craft, Charlotte AD660L 1 to 4 4.7 CCR King Of The Middle March Crossley-Holland, Kevin 680L 5 to 9 4.2 CCA
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King Who Rained Gwynne, Fred AD580L 1 to 4 2.1 CCR Kipper's A To Z: An Alphabet Adventure Inkpen, Mick AD90L P to 2 2.1 CCA Kira-Kira Kadohata, Cynthia 740L 5 to 9 4.7 CCR Kiss For Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund 100L P to 2 1.4 CCR Kitchen Knight: A Tale Of King Arthur Hodges, Margaret 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Kite Day Hillenbrand, Will P to 2 1.1 CCR Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs Heller, Ruth AD600L K to 3 4 CCR Kitten's First Full Moon Henkes, Kevin 360L P to 2 2.3 CCR Knight Waits At Night Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.2 CCA Knights Of The Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon 630L 2 to 5 3.8 CCR Knots On A Counting Rope Martin, Bill, Jr. & Archambault, 480L K to 3 2.8 CCR Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case Of Mistaken Identity Willems, Mo AD690L P to 2 2.4 CCA Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Willems, Mo 120L P to 2 1.6 CCR Koala Lou Fox, Mem AD550L K to 3 3.2 CCR Koalas Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.4 CCS Kofi Kingston Gordon, Nick 730L 3 to 6 3.8 CCS Korean Cinderella Climo, Shirley 700L K to 3 4.1 CCR L Is For Lollygag: Quirky Words For A Clever Tongue. Chronicle Books Editors 5 to 9 5 CCA Lady Liberty: A Biography Rappaport, Doreen AD760L 5 to 9 4.8 CCR Ladybugs Gibbons, Gail 790L K to 3 4.3 CCA Lamp, The Ice, And The Boat Called Fish Martin, Jacqueline Briggs 810L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR Land Taylor, Mildred D. 760L 5 to 9 5 CCR Last Olympian Riordan, Rick 620L 5 to 9 4.3 CCA Late Nate In A Race: An I Like To Read Book McCully, Emily Arnold BR K to 3 1 CCA Laura Ingalls Wilder Mara, Wil 230L 1 to 4 2.1 CCR Leaf Can Be Salas, Laurie Purdie AD170L K to 3 2 CCR Leaf Man Ehlert, Lois 310L P to 2 2 CCR Leaping Grasshoppers Goldish, Meish IG730L K to 3 4 CCA Leaping Lizards Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 2 CCA
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Learning About Earth's Cycles With Graphic Organizers Nadeau, Isaac 3 to 6 4.4 CCA Learning About Heat And Temperature With Graphic Organizers Fiedler, Julie 3 to 6 5 CCA Learning About Percentages At The Mall McMillan, Dawn 620L 3 to 6 3.7 CCA Learning About The Effects Of Natural Events With Graphic Estigarribia, Diana 3 to 6 4.7 CCA Learning About The Water Cycle With Graphic Organizers Nadeau, Isaac 3 to 6 5 CCA Learning About Weather With Graphic Organizers Estigarribia, Diana 3 to 6 4.6 CCA Learning Algebra With Pizza McMillan, Dawn IG700L 3 to 6 4.7 CCA Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Irving, Washington 1460L 1 to 4 5 CCR Lemonade Club Polacco, Patricia AD740L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Lemonade Standoff Aboff, Marcie 480L K to 3 2.7 CCA Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed From A Single Word Raczka, Bob NP 3 to 6 1 CCR Leo The Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert 120L P to 2 1.2 CCA Leon's Story Tillage, Leon Walter 970L 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Leopards Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 350L K to 3 1.4 CCS Lesson For Martin Luther King Jr. Patrick, Denise Lewis 440L K to 3 2.2 CCA Let's Add Coins Doudna, Kelly K to 3 2 CCA Let's Add Money Doudna, Kelly K to 3 2 CCA Let's Count Hoban, Tana P to 2 1 CCA Let's Count Goats! Fox, Mem AD540L P to 2 2 CCA Let's Debate! Paulk, Greg 5 to 9 4 CCA Let's Look At Monarch Butterflies Waxman, Laura Hamilton 510L K to 3 3 CCR Let's Subtract Bills Doudna, Kelly K to 3 2 CCA Let's Subtract Coins Doudna, Kelly K to 3 2 CCA Let's Subtract Money Doudna, Kelly K to 3 2 CCA Let's Visit Greece Brooks, Susie 2 to 5 4.2 CCS Letter From Phoenix Farm Yolen, Jane 2 to 5 4 CCA Lewis And Clark And Me: A Dog's Tale Myers, Laurie 470L 4 to 7 4 CCR Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis & Mendelson, NP 4 to 7 5 CCR Liang And The Magic Paintbrush Demi AD480L K to 3 3.2 CCR
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Liberty Bell Douglas, Lloyd G. 370L P to 2 2.2 CCR Liberty Bell Firestone, Mary IG720L K to 3 4.3 CCR Librarian Of Basra: A True Story From Iraq Winter, Jeanette AD640L 1 to 4 3.2 CCR Librarians At Work Kenney, Karen Latchana P to 2 3.3 CCA Library Stewart, Sarah NP K to 3 3.3 CCR Library Card Spinelli, Jerry 690L 5 to 9 4.3 CCR Library Lion Knudsen, Michelle 470L K to 3 2.8 CCA Lies And Other Tall Tales Myers, Christopher & Hurston, 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Life Cycle Of A Crocodile Linde, Barbara M. 2 to 5 3.3 CCA Life Cycle Of A Honeybee Linde, Barbara M. 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Life Cycle Of The Sea Turtle Kingston, Anna 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Life Doesn't Frighten Me Angelou, Maya NP K to 3 2 CCR Life In A Colonial Town Isaacs, Sally Senzell IG680L 1 to 4 3.9 CCR Life In A Pond Lindeen, Carol K. 310L P to 2 1.5 CCR Life In A Rain Forest Lindeen, Carol K. 460L P to 2 1.8 CCA Life In A Wetland Lindeen, Carol K. 420L P to 2 1.8 CCA Life In The Boreal Forest Guiberson, Brenda Z. 860L P to 2 4.2 CCA Life In The Desert Auch, Alison 530L P to 2 2.5 CCA Life In The Pond Hammersmith, Craig 420L P to 2 2 CCA Life Like Mine DK Editors 4 to 7 5 CCR Life Of Abraham Lincoln Nelson, Maria K to 3 2.9 CCR Lift Every Voice And Sing Johnson, James Weldon P to 2 3 CCR Light In The Attic Silverstein, Shel NP 3 to 6 4 CCR Light: Super Cool Science Experiments Rau, Dana Meachen 4 to 7 5 CCA Lighthouse Family: The Storm Rylant, Cynthia 700L 2 to 5 4.4 CCR Lighthouse Family: The Whale Rylant, Cynthia 670L 2 to 5 3.8 CCR Lightning Thief Riordan, Rick 740L 5 to 9 4.7 CCR Lightship Floca, Brian AD600L P to 2 2.7 CCA Lilly's Big Day Henkes, Kevin AD660L P to 2 3.6 CCA
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Henkes, Kevin 540L P to 2 3.1 CCA Lily And Miss Liberty Stevens, Carla 550L 2 to 5 3.6 CCR Lincoln And His Boys Wells, Rosemary 730L 4 to 7 4.4 CCA Line, Bar, And Circle Graphs Piddock, Claire 610L K to 3 2 CCA Lion & The Mouse Pinkney, Jerry P to 2 WL CCR Lion And The Mouse: An Aesop Fable Watts, Bernadette AD360L P to 2 3.1 CCR Lion's Share: A Tale Of Halving Cake And Eating It, Too McElligott, Matthew AD550L P to 2 3.4 CCR Lions Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.9 CCS Lions Zeiger, Jennifer 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Lions And Tigers And Graphs! Oh My! Besel, Jennifer M. 560L K to 3 2 CCA Lions Leaving: Counting From 10 To 1 Tourville, Amanda Doering K to 3 2 CCA Listen, Buddy Lester, Helen 520L K to 3 2.7 CCA Little Audrey White, Ruth 630L 4 to 7 3.8 CCA Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund 370L P to 2 2.4 CCR Little Bear's Friend Minarik, Else Holmelund 300L P to 2 2.2 CCS Little Bear's Visit Minarik, Else Holmelund 290L P to 2 2.3 CCR Little Beauty Browne, Anthony K to 3 1.9 CCA Little Black Crow Raschka, Christopher P to 2 2 CCA Little Dog And Duncan George, Kristine O'Connell NP P to 2 2 CCA Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Story San Souci, Robert D. AD640L K to 3 4.6 CCR Little House On The Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls 760L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Little Lost Bat Markle, Sandra AD880L P to 2 4.2 CCA Little Match Girl Pinkney, Jerry & Andersen, AD950L K to 3 4.7 CCR Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything Williams, Linda AD710L P to 2 3.5 CCA Little Pierre: A Cajun Story From Louisiana San Souci, Robert D. AD790L K to 3 4 CCA Little Polar Bear Beer, Hans De AD590L K to 3 3.4 CCA Little Prince Saint-Exupery, Antoine de 710L 4 to 7 5 CCR Little Raccoon's Big Question Schlein, Miriam AD400L P to 2 1.9 CCA Little Red Cowboy Hat Lowell, Susan AD310L K to 3 3 CCR
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Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul 510L P to 2 2.9 CCR Little Red Hen (Makes A Pizza) Sturges, Philemon AD320L K to 3 3 CCA Little Red Hen And The Passover Matzah Kimmelman, Leslie AD530L K to 3 3.4 CCA Little Red Riding Hood Hyman, Trina Schart & Brothers 800L K to 3 4.4 CCR Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue At Dunkirk In World War II Borden, Louise AD690L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Lives: Poems About Famous Americans Hopkins, Lee Bennett, ed. NP 2 to 5 5 CCR Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life Bang, Molly & Chisholm, Penny AD610L P to 2 3.4 CCR Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems Hoberman, Mary Ann NP P to 2 3 CCS LMNO Peas Baker, Keith AD390L P to 2 1 CCR Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China Young, Ed 670L 1 to 4 3.5 CCR Long Way From Chicago Peck, Richard 750L 5 to 9 5 CCR Long Way To A New Land Sandin, Joan 340L 1 to 4 2.7 CCR Look At My Book: How Kids Can Write & Illustrate Terrific Books Leedy, Loreen IG410L 2 to 5 3 CCA Look Book Hoban, Tana P to 2 WL CCR Look How It Changes Young, June 1 to 4 5 CCR Look Out, Jack! The Giant Is Back! Birdseye, Tom AD560L 1 to 4 4.4 CCA Looking At Earth: How Does It Change? Gaff, Jackie 1 to 4 4 CCA Looking At Life Cycles: How Do Plants And Animals Change? Royston, Angela 1 to 4 3.4 CCA Looking At Solids, Liquids, And Gases: How Does Matter Change? Gaff, Jackie 1 to 4 3.7 CCA Looking At Weather And Seasons: How Do They Change? Royston, Angela 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye Stilton, Geronimo 530L 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Lots Of Spots Ehlert, Lois AD800L P to 2 1 CCA Louie The Layabout Healy, Nick 380L K to 3 2.7 CCA Louisiana Purchase: Would You Close The Deal? Landau, Elaine 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes Palatini, Margie AD340L P to 2 2 CCR Love And Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale From The Andes Knutson, Barbara AD570L K to 3 3.1 CCR Love That Dog Creech, Sharon 1010L 4 to 7 4.5 CCR Love To Langston Medina, Tony NP 1 to 4 4.5 CCA Loving Morris, Ann AD590L K to 3 2 CCR
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Lucky Duck DeRubertis, Barbara 530L P to 2 1.4 CCA Lulu And The Brontosaurus Viorst, Judith 910L 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Lumberjack Gordon, Nick 750L 4 to 7 3.8 CCS M Is For Music Krull, Kathleen AD530L 2 to 5 4 CCA M. C. Higgins, The Great Hamilton, Virginia 620L 4 to 7 4.4 CCR Macbeth For Kids Burdett, Lois & Shakespeare, 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Machines Go To Work Low, William P to 2 2.7 CCA Macmillan First Dictionary Morris, Christopher G., ed. K to 3 2 CCA Mad As A Wet Hen! And Other Funny Idioms Terban, Marvin 1 to 4 2 CCR Magic Paintbrush Yep, Laurence 440L 4 to 7 3.8 CCR Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge Cole, Joanna & Degen, Bruce 610L K to 3 4.2 CCA Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge Cole, Joanna K to 3 4.2 CCA Magic School Bus Inside The Human Body Cole, Joanna AD520L K to 3 4.6 CCR Magic Squares: Learning the Inverse Relationships Between Adams, Colleen 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Magical Garden Of Claude Monet Anholt, Laurence AD710L K to 3 3.5 CCR Magician's Elephant DiCamillo, Kate 730L 3 to 6 5 CCA Magnets Blevins, Wiley K to 3 1 CCA Mail Carriers At Work Kenney, Karen Latchana P to 2 3.5 CCA Make Me Giggle: Writing Your Own Silly Story Loewen, Nancy 600L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Make Way For Ducklings McCloskey, Robert AD630L K to 3 4.1 CCR Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt! St. George, Judith 690L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Make-A-Splash Writing Rules Herman, Gail 500L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Mako Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai And The Trees Of Kenya Napoli, Donna Jo AD710L P to 2 4.5 CCR Man Who Walked Between The Towers Gerstein, Mordicai AD480L K to 3 3.7 CCR Manga Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 4.7 CCS Manners Aliki BR K to 3 2.3 CCR Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives Heller, Ruth NP K to 3 3.9 CCR Mardi Gras And Carnival Aloian, Molly NC750L K to 3 3.9 CCA
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Margaret And Margarita = Margarita Y Margaret Reiser, Lynn AD180L P to 2 1.1 CCR Marimba!: Animales From A To Z Mora, Pat K to 3 2.4 CCR Mark Henry Gordon, Nick 690L 3 to 6 3.9 CCS Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Enderle, Dotti 3 to 6 3.7 CCA Marley: A Dog Like No Other Grogan, John 760L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Mars Simon, Charnan 630L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Mars Owens, L. L. 670L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Martin's Big Words: The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rappaport, Doreen AD410L 2 to 5 3.4 CCR Martina The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Deedy, Carmen Agra AD720L K to 3 3.1 CCR Marvelous Me: Inside And Out Bullard, Lisa 510L P to 2 2.3 CCA Marvelous Multiplication: Games And Activities That Make Math Long, Lynette 3 to 6 4 CCA Marven Of The Great North Woods Lasky, Kathryn AD620L 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures O'Connor, Jane 660L 1 to 4 3.7 CCA Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Engelbreit, Mary P to 2 4.5 CCR Mary McLeod Bethune Greenfield, Eloise 750L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick 360L 1 to 4 2.9 CCR Mary Wore Her Red Dress, And Henry Wore His Green Sneakers Peek, Merle NP P to 2 2 CCR Masterpiece Broach, Elise NC700L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Math Curse Scieszka, Jon 560L 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Math Fair Blues Kassirer, Sue 300L 1 to 4 2.6 CCA Math Of Baseball Mahaney, Ian F. 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Math Of Basketball Mahaney, Ian F. 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Math Of Football Mahaney, Ian 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Math Of Hockey Mahaney, Ian F. 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Math Of NASCAR Mahaney, Ian F. 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Math Of Soccer Mahaney, Ian F. 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food Tang, Greg NP 1 to 4 3 CCA Math Words And Symbols Peppas, Lynn 480L K to 3 2 CCA Math-Terpieces Tang, Greg NP 1 to 4 3.5 CCR
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Mathew Brady: Photographing The Civil War Donlan, Leni 4 to 7 4.2 CCA Matthew A.B.C. Catalanotto, Peter 350L P to 2 2 CCA Max's Words Banks, Kate 420L P to 2 2.6 CCA Maya Moore Savage, Jeff NC720L 2 to 5 4.3 CCS Mayor Of Central Park: A Told Tale Of Many Tails Avi 570L 4 to 7 4.1 CCR Maze Of Bones Riordan, Rick 610L 4 to 7 4.3 CCR McElderry Book Of Greek Myths Kimmel, Eric A. 1 to 4 4 CCR Me And My Family Tree Sweeney, Joan 160L K to 3 1.5 CCR Me And The Measure Of Things Sweeney, Joan 1 to 4 2.9 CCA Me First Lester, Helen 550L K to 3 3 CCA Me On The Map Sweeney, Joan 280L P to 2 1.8 CCR Me... Jane McDonnell, Patrick AD740L K to 3 3.2 CCR Measurement Mania: Games And Activities That Make Math Easy Long, Lynette 3 to 6 4 CCA Measuring And Sharks Lockyer, John IG750L 2 to 5 4 CCA Measuring At The Fire Station Irving, Dianne 790L 1 to 4 2 CCA Measuring Penny Leedy, Loreen AD500L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Measuring Time At A Race Irving, Dianne 700L 1 to 4 2 CCA Medieval Feast Aliki 840L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR Mee-An And The Magic Serpent: A Folktale From Mali Diakite, Baba Wague AD800L P to 2 4.4 CCA Meerkats Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.7 CCS Meet Mr. And Mrs. Green Baker, Keith 1 to 4 2.7 CCA Meet My Neighbor: The Dentist Crabtree, Marc NC730L K to 3 2.7 CCA Meet President Barack Obama Falk, Laine 360L 1 to 4 2.2 CCA Memory Coat Woodruff, Elvira AD650L 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Memory String Bunting, Eve AD290L K to 3 2.9 CCR Meow Ruff: A Story In Concrete Poetry Sidman, Joyce 1 to 4 3 CCA Mercury Owens, L. L. 620L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Mercury Richardson, Adele 640L K to 3 3.7 CCA Mercury Vogt, Gregory 700L 2 to 5 4.7 CCA
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Mercury Kazunas, Ariel 710L 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Mercury Taylor-Butler, Christine 1 to 4 2.5 CCR Merlin And The Dragons Yolen, Jane 640L 4 to 7 4.2 CCR Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns Heller, Ruth NP K to 3 4 CCR Messy Bessey McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick K to 3 2 CCA Messy Bessey's Closet McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick 160L K to 3 1.7 CCA Messy Bessey's Family Reunion McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick K to 3 2.4 CCA Messy Bessey's Holidays McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick 630L K to 3 2.3 CCA Metric System Challen, Paul 560L K to 3 2 CCA Michelangelo Venezia, Mike 840L 2 to 5 5 CCR Middle Ages Lassieur, Allison 680L 3 to 6 3 CCR Midnight Magic Avi 660L 5 to 9 4.7 CCR Midnight On The Moon Osborne, Mary Pope 320L 2 to 5 2.8 CCR Midsummer Night's Dream For Kids Burdett, Lois & Shakespeare, 2 to 5 4.5 CCA Mightier Than The Sword: World Folktales For Strong Boys Yolen, Jane 720L 4 to 7 5 CCR Mighty Maddie Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 1.9 CCA Migration Of A Butterfly Kant, Tanya IG730L K to 3 4.3 CCA Migration Of A Whale Kant, Tanya IG860L K to 3 4 CCA Mike's Mystery Aboff, Marcie 530L K to 3 2.9 CCA Milk To Ice Cream Herrington, Lisa M. 500L 1 to 4 2.2 CCS Milkweed Spinelli, Jerry 510L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR Milky Way Kortenkamp, Steve 720L K to 3 3.8 CCA Millie Waits For The Mail Steffensmeier, Alexander AD530L P to 2 2.5 CCA Millions To Measure Schwartz, David M. 470L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns Heller, Ruth 480L K to 3 4 CCR Ming Lo Moves The Mountain Lobel, Arnold AD600L K to 3 3.6 CCR Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate 700L 3 to 6 4.4 CCS Mirror, Mirror: A Book Of Reversible Verse Singer, Marilyn NP 2 to 5 3 CCR MirrorMask (Children's Ed.) Gaiman, Neil & McKean, Dave 4 to 7 5 CCA
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Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't) Bottner, Barbara AD470L P to 2 2.4 CCA Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara 680L K to 3 3.8 CCA Missing Mittens Murphy, Stuart J. AD190L P to 2 1.9 CCA Mission: Addition Leedy, Loreen 410L P to 2 2 CCA Mitten Aylesworth, Jim AD580L P to 2 2.9 CCA Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale (20th Edition) Brett, Jan 800L K to 3 3.9 CCR Mockingbird Erskine, Kathryn 630L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot Stevenson, Augusta 420L 4 to 7 3.4 CCR Molly's Pilgrim Cohen, Barbara 450L K to 3 3 CCR Mommies Say Shhh! Polacco, Patricia P to 2 2 CCA Monarch And Milkweed Frost, Helen AD970L K to 3 4.9 CCA Monarch Butterfly Gibbons, Gail AD650L K to 3 3.4 CCR Money Dowdy, Penny 560L K to 3 2 CCA Money Hall, Margaret IG730L 1 to 4 4.4 CCA Monkey Business Edwards, Wallace 1 to 4 3.9 CCS Monkey Business Edwards, Wallace 1 to 4 3.9 CCS Monsters Eppard, Jon 4 to 7 4.9 CCS Months Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.2 CCA Moon Simon, Seymour 730L 2 to 5 4.4 CCR Moon Over Star Aston, Dianna Hutts 1 to 4 4.3 CCA Moon Rope = Un Lazo A La Luna Ehlert, Lois AD430L K to 3 2.3 CCR Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11 Floca, Brian AD990L P to 2 4.8 CCR Moonstick: The Seasons Of The Sioux Bunting, Eve AD490L K to 3 2.9 CCR Mooove Over! A Book About Counting By Twos Beil, Karen Magnuson AD510L P to 2 2.1 CCA More Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 430L 2 to 5 2.9 CCR More, Fewer, Less Hoban, Tana P to 2 WL CCA Morocco Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.5 CCS Morris Goes To School Wiseman, Bernard 190L P to 2 2 CCR Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom Weatherford, Carole Boston AD660L K to 3 4 CCR
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Mother For Choco Kasza, Keiko 390L K to 3 2.2 CCA Mouse And Lion Burkert, Rand AD570L P to 2 2.9 CCA Mouse Count Walsh, Ellen Stoll AD490L P to 2 2 CCA Mouse Makes Words Heling, Kathryn & Hembrook, 310L P to 2 1 CCA Mouse Shapes Walsh, Ellen Stoll AD370L P to 2 1.7 CCA Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold 240L 1 to 4 2.4 CCR Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold 440L 1 to 4 3 CCR Move It! Work It!: A Song About Simple Machines Salas, Laura Purdie 710L K to 3 2 CCA Move! Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin AD450L P to 2 1.9 CCA Moving Day Cabot, Meg 850L 2 to 5 5 CCA Mr. Lincoln's Way Polacco, Patricia 450L K to 3 3.7 CCA Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers Winnick, Karen B. 420L 2 to 5 2.7 CCR Mrs. Katz And Tush Polacco, Patricia 530L K to 3 3.1 CCA Muddy As A Duck Puddle And Other American Similes Lawlor, Laurie K to 3 3 CCA Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale Steptoe, John AD720L K to 3 4.3 CCR Multiplication Becker, Ann 480L K to 3 2 CCA Multiplying And Dividing At The Bake Sale Hyland, Tony 620L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Multiplying Menace: The Revenge Of Rumpelstiltskin Calvert, Pam 650L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Muscle-Bound Compounds Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.1 CCA Muscles: The Muscular System Houghton, Gillian 2 to 5 4.8 CCA My America: A Poetry Atlas Of The United States Hopkins, Lee Bennett, ed. NP 4 to 7 4.9 CCR My Big Brother Fisher, Valorie P to 2 1.5 CCA My Big Dog Stevens, Janet & Crummel, 180L P to 2 1.4 CCA My Book By Me Rau, Dana Meachen K to 3 1.5 CCA My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With The Farris, Christine King 1 to 4 5 CCA My Crayons Talk Hubbard, Patricia AD310L P to 2 1 CCA My Dear Husband: Important Letters Of Abigail Adams McPherson, Stephanie 4 to 7 4.3 CCA My Deer Is A Dear Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.3 CCA My Dog May Be A Genius: Poems Prelutsky, Jack K to 3 4 CCA
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My First Dictionary Root, Betty 1 to 4 2 CCA My Five Senses Aliki 590L P to 2 2 CCR My Friend Is Sad Willems, Mo BR P to 2 0.7 CCA My Friend Rabbit Rohmann, Eric BR K to 3 2 CCA My Great-Aunt Arizona Houston, Gloria AD660L 1 to 4 4 CCA My Light Bang, Molly 690L K to 3 3 CCR My Lucky Day Kasza, Keiko P to 2 2.3 CCA My Many Colored Days Seuss, Dr. AD190L P to 2 2 CCR My Momma Likes To Say Brennan-Nelson, Denise AD830L P to 2 4.5 CCR My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait Winter, Jeanette AD580L 2 to 5 3.4 CCR My Name Is Yoon Recorvits, Helen 320L K to 3 2.3 CCR My Teacher For President Winters, Kay 370L K to 3 1.8 CCR My Teacher Likes To Say Brennan-Nelson, Denise 2 to 5 4.4 CCR My Travels With Capts. Lewis And Clark, By George Shannon McMullan, Kate 4 to 7 4.5 CCA My Uncle Martin's Big Heart Watkins, Angela Farris AD820L K to 3 4.9 CCA My Very First Mother Goose Opie, Iona, ed. NP P to 2 2 CCS Naming Words: Nouns And Pronouns Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Nanas De Abuelita = Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes Jaramillo, Nelly Palacio P to 2 1 CCR Napping House Wood, Audrey NP K to 3 2.8 CCA Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story From Afghanistan Winter, Jeanette AD630L 1 to 4 4.2 CCR National Geographic Beginner's World Atlas National Geographic Editors P to 2 2 CCR National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia: The Most Lessem, Don 2 to 5 5 CCR National Geographic United States Atlas For Young Explorers National Geographic Editors 4 to 7 5 CCS National Geographic World Atlas For Young Explorers (3rd Ed.) National Geographic Editors 4 to 7 5 CCS Native American Baskets Cherrington, Janelle K to 3 2.2 CCA Near And Far Johnson, Tami AD600L P to 2 2.7 CCA Neighborhood Mother Goose Crews, Nina 670L P to 2 3.8 CCR Neighborhood Odes Soto, Gary NP 4 to 7 4.9 CCA Nelson Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom Van Wyk, Chris & Mandela, AD840L 2 to 5 3 CCA
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Neptune Fleisher, Paul 570L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Neptune Kazunas, Ariel 620L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Neptune Owens, L. L. 670L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Neptune Winrich, Ralph 720L K to 3 3.4 CCA Neptune Chrismer, Melanie 1 to 4 2.3 CCR Nest Full Of Eggs Jenkins, Priscilla Belz 630L P to 2 3.1 CCR Netherlands Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Nettie's Trip South Turner, Ann 860L 2 to 5 3.6 CCR Never Forgotten McKissack, Patricia C. P to 2 4.1 CCR New Kid On The Block Prelutsky, Jack NP K to 3 3 CCR New Zealand Frazel, Ellen 840L 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Nice Mice In The Rice: A Long Vowel Sound Book Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 1.8 CCA Nickel = 5¢ Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Nigeria Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.6 CCS Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses The Atlantic Burleigh, Robert AD500L P to 2 3.5 CCR Night Has Ears: African Proverbs Bryan, Ashley AD420L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Night Running: How James Escaped With The Help Of His Faithful Carbone, Elisa Lynn AD640L K to 3 3.3 CCA Nightmare At The Bookfair Gutman, Dan 610L 3 to 6 4.3 CCA Nile River Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure Wojahn, Rebecca Hogue 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Nino Cuervo (Crow Boy) Yashima, Taro K to 3 3.9 CCA No Pigs On The Farm! Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.2 CCA No Talking Clements, Andrew 820L 3 to 6 5 CCA No, David! Shannon, David BR P to 2 2 CCA Noel Johnston, Tony P to 2 2.7 CCA North America Hirsch, Rebecca 530L P to 2 2.5 CCS Northward To The Moon Horvath, Polly 750L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Norway Zobel, Derek 2 to 5 5 CCS Nory Ryan's Song Giff, Patricia Reilly 600L 5 to 9 4.3 CCS Nouns Doudna, Kelly K to 3 1.1 CCA
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Nouns And Pronouns Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA Now And Long Ago Blevins, Wiley K to 3 1.9 CCA Number Patterns At My Lemonade Stand Einspruch, Andrew 560L 1 to 4 2 CCA Number The Stars Lowry, Lois 670L 5 to 9 4.5 CCR Numbers In Science Schrier, Allyson Valentine 710L K to 3 4.2 CCA Nurses Macken, JoAnn Early P to 2 2 CCA Oa (Vowel Blend) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.6 CCA Ocean Mayer, Cassie P to 2 1 CCA Ocean Counting: Odd Numbers Pallotta, Jerry AD630L K to 3 3.4 CCA Ocean Of Animals Scott, Janine 460L P to 2 2.7 CCA Oceanic Whitetip Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Odd And Even Socks Chrismer, Melanie 470L 1 to 4 2 CCA Odd And The Frost Giants Gaiman, Neil 820L 4 to 7 5 CCA Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein Brown, Don K to 3 4.6 CCS Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden Of Verses Cyrus, Kurt NP K to 3 2.7 CCA Odyssey Homer & Francis, Pauline 5 to 9 4.7 CCR Officer Buckle And Gloria Rathmann, Peggy 510L K to 3 3.4 CCR Old Black Fly Aylesworth, Jim AD400L P to 2 1.4 CCA Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats Eliot, T. S. NP 3 to 6 5 CCR Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 910L 5 to 9 5 CCA Olive's Ocean Henkes, Kevin 680L 5 to 9 4.7 CCA Olivia Falconer, Ian AD270L P to 2 2 CCA On Beyond A Million: An Amazing Math Journey Schwartz, David M. IG440L K to 3 2 CCA On Meadowview Street Cole, Henry 500L K to 3 2.5 CCA On The Go Morris, Ann AD480L K to 3 2 CCR On The Scale: A Weighty Tale Cleary, Brian P. 780L K to 3 3 CCA On The Wings Of Heroes Peck, Richard 730L 5 to 9 4.6 CCS Once A Mouse Brown, Marcia AD530L K to 3 3.2 CCR Once Around The Sun Katz, Bobbi 1 to 4 4.7 CCA
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Once I Ate A Pie: 13 Dogs Tell All! MacLachlan, Patricia AD230L P to 2 1.9 CCA Once Upon A Time: Writing Your Own Fairy Tale Loewen, Nancy 570L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Once Upon A Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses Lewis, J. Patrick 2 to 5 3.3 CCA One Boy Seeger, Laura Vaccaro P to 2 1 CCS One Cent, Two Cent, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money Worth, Bonnie K to 3 3.9 CCA One Checkered Flag: A Counting Book About Racing Dahl, Michael AD460L P to 2 1.6 CCA One Crazy Summer Williams-Garcia, Rita 750L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR One Day In The Prairie George, Jean Craighead 800L 2 to 5 5 CCR One False Note Korman, Gordon 680L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR One Fine Day Hogrogian, Nonny AD1080L 2 to 5 3.5 CCR One Fine Day: A Radio Play Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth 4 to 7 4.1 CCA One Green Apple Bunting, Eve 450L K to 3 2.6 CCR One Happy Classroom Simon, Charnan 200L P to 2 1 CCA One Hen: How One Small Loan Made A Big Difference Milway, Katie Smith 810L 2 to 5 4.6 CCA One Hundred Days (Plus One) McNamara, Margaret 430L P to 2 2.2 CCA One Is A Snail, Ten Is A Crab Sayre, April Pulley 210L P to 2 2 CCR One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert AD830L K to 3 4.4 CCR One Thousand Tracings: Healing The Wounds Of World War II Judge, Lita K to 3 3.4 CCA One Voice, Please McBratney, Sam 2 to 5 3 CCA One... Two... Three... Sassafras! Murphy, Stuart J. P to 2 2.2 CCA Ones And Twos Jocelyn, Marthe P to 2 1 CCA Opossums Macken, JoAnn Early 260L P to 2 1.5 CCA Orange Pear Apple Bear Gravett, Emily P to 2 1 CCS Orangutans Are Ticklish: Fun Facts From An Animal Photographer Davis, Jill & Grubman, Steve K to 3 4.5 CCR Orangutans Up Close Bredeson, Carmen 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Organizing And Using Information Pulver, Beth A. 4 to 7 5 CCA Origami: Identifying Right Angles In Geometric Figures Linde, Barbara 5 to 9 4.4 CCA Orphan Of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure Woodruff, Elvira 810L 3 to 6 4.9 CCR Ostriches Schuetz, Kari 530L K to 3 1.9 CCS
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Other Felix Graff, Keir 630L 3 to 6 4.3 CCR Other Side Woodson, Jacqueline AD300L K to 3 2.7 CCR Ou (Vowel Blend) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.7 CCA Our Earth Making Less Trash Hock, Peggy 590L 1 to 4 2 CCA Our Library Bunting, Eve 390L P to 2 2.4 CCR Our New Fish Tank: Learning to Estimate and Round Numbers Collins, Kathleen 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Out And About At The Public Library Shea, Kitty NC760L P to 2 4.3 CCA Out Of My Mind Draper, Sharon M. 700L 5 to 9 4.3 CCR Ovals Schuette, Sarah L. AD590L P to 2 2.2 CCA Over In The Meadow Langstaff, John NP K to 3 2.6 CCR Owl And The Pussycat Lear, Edward & Brett, Jan NP P to 2 2.5 CCS Owl At Home Lobel, Arnold 370L 1 to 4 2.7 CCR Owl Moon Yolen, Jane 630L P to 2 3.2 CCR Owls Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.6 CCS Oxford Illustrated Book Of American Children's Poems Hall, Donald, ed. NP 2 to 5 5 CCR Pablo Picasso: Breaking All The Rules Kelley, True 1 to 4 3.6 CCR Pajaro Cu = The Cu Bird Herrmann, Marjorie E. K to 3 2.2 CCR Pancakes For Breakfast DePaola, Tomie P to 2 WL CCR Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Martin, Bill, Jr. NP P to 2 2 CCA Pandas Zeiger, Jennifer 770L 2 to 5 4.7 CCA Pandora Reed, Gary 3 to 6 2.8 CCR Papa And Me Dorros, Arthur AD250L P to 2 1.7 CCA Paper Crane Bang, Molly 790L K to 3 3.6 CCR Paper Money Rau, Dana Meachen 1 to 4 3.8 CCA Parents Marks, Jennifer 190L P to 2 1.2 CCA Partes De Un Entero (Parts Of A Whole) Reed, Janet K to 3 2 CCA Patterns In Peru: An Adventure In Patterns Neuschwander, Cindy 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Patterns Outside Nunn, Daniel P to 2 2.1 CCA Patty Cat DeRubertis, Barbara 480L P to 2 1.4 CCA
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Paul Gauguin Venezia, Mike 830L 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Paul Revere And The Bell Ringers Winter, Jonah 640L K to 3 3.3 CCA Peaches On The Beaches: A Book About Inflectional Endings Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 2.4 CCA Peepers Bunting, Eve 310L K to 3 2.7 CCR Penderwicks: A Summer Tale Of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, And A Birdsall, Jeanne 4 to 7 4.7 CCA Penguins Raatma, Lucia 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Penny = 1¢ Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Penny From Heaven Holm, Jennifer L. 4 to 7 4 CCA Penny Hen DeRubertis, Barbara 490L P to 2 1.6 CCA People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Hamilton, Virginia 660L 4 to 7 4.3 CCR Percentage Arvoy, Marsha 570L K to 3 2 CCA Perimeter And Area At The Amusement Park Irving, Dianne IG730L 3 to 6 4.4 CCA Period Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.6 CCA Peru Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.5 CCS Pet Store Subtraction Ribke, Simone T. 1 to 4 2.6 CCA Pets At The White House Kennedy, Marge 470L 1 to 4 1.9 CCA Philippines Zobel, Derek 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Phrases, Clauses And Conjunctions Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA Picnic In October Bunting, Eve AD310L K to 3 3.1 CCR Pictographs Bodach, Vijaya Khisty AD480L P to 2 2.1 CCA Picture Book Of Abraham Lincoln Adler, David A. AD630L K to 3 3.8 CCR Picture Book Of Benjamin Franklin Adler, David A. AD730L K to 3 4.3 CCR Picture Book Of Christopher Columbus Adler, David A. AD710L K to 3 3.9 CCR Picture Book Of Eleanor Roosevelt Adler, David A. AD680L K to 3 4.1 CCR Picture Book Of George Washington Adler, David A. AD750L K to 3 4.1 CCR Picture Book Of Harriet Tubman Adler, David A. AD760L K to 3 4.3 CCR Picture Book Of Jesse Owens Adler, David A. AD930L K to 3 5 CCR Picture Book Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Adler, David A. AD680L K to 3 3.8 CCR Picture Book Of Thomas Jefferson Adler, David A. AD700L K to 3 4.5 CCR
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Pied Piper Of Hamelin Piumini, Roberto AD640L P to 2 3.8 CCR Pig-Boy: A Trickster Tale From Hawaii McDermott, Gerald AD520L K to 3 2.4 CCA Pigs Macken, JoAnn Early 370L P to 2 1.4 CCR Pigs Gibbons, Gail 720L K to 3 3.7 CCR Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore McPhail, David NP P to 2 2 CCA Pigs In The Pantry: Fun With Math And Cooking Axelrod, Amy AD650L K to 3 3.2 CCA Pigs, Cows, And Probability Aboff, Marcie NC640L K to 3 2 CCA Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving McGovern, Ann 460L K to 3 3.4 CCR Pine Trees Fowler, Allan 620L 1 to 4 2.5 CCR Pinky And Rex And The School Play Howe, James 530L 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Pinky And Rex And The Spelling Bee Howe, James 480L 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Pioneers To The West Bliss, John NC770L 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Pit Stop Prefixes Ruscoe, Michael 510L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA Pitch And Throw, Grasp And Know: What Is A Synonym? Cleary, Brian P. 510L 2 to 5 2.8 CCA Pizza Counting Dobson, Christina AD930L K to 3 4.7 CCA Pizza Palace Aboff, Marcie 580L K to 3 3 CCA Pizza The Size Of The Sun Prelutsky, Jack NP 4 to 7 4 CCR Place My Words Are Looking For: What Poets Say About And Janeczko, Paul B. NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Place Value Dowdy, Penny 380L K to 3 2 CCA Places Along The Way Sargent, Brian 1 to 4 2 CCA Planets Gibbons, Gail AD660L K to 3 4.1 CCR Planets! Time For Kids Editors & Rudy, 1 to 4 3.3 CCR Plants That Eat Animals Fowler, Allan 1 to 4 2.7 CCR Plastic Bottle's Journey Slade, Suzanne 660L 1 to 4 3.3 CCA Plays From Fairy Tales: Grades K-3 McCullough, L. E. K to 3 3 CCA Pledge Of Allegiance Bellamy, Francis K to 3 4 CCS Pluto And Other Dwarf Planets Owens, L. L. 720L 1 to 4 4.3 CCA Pluto: A Dwarf Planet Winrich, Ralph 670L K to 3 3.5 CCA Pluto: A Dwarf Planet Vogt, Gregory 710L 2 to 5 4.4 CCA
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Pocketful Of Posies: A Treasury Of Nursery Rhymes Mavor, Salley P to 2 4.2 CCR Poison Dart Frogs Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 5 CCR Poison Dart Frogs Up Close Bredeson, Carmen 1 to 4 2.7 CCA Poland Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Polar Bear Owings, Lisa 3 to 6 4 CCS Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Martin, Bill, Jr. 450L P to 2 2.1 CCA Polar Bears Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.7 CCS Police Officers Gorman, Jacqueline Laks P to 2 2 CCA Police Officers At Work Kenney, Karen Latchana P to 2 3.8 CCA Police Officers Help Us Murray, Aaron R. P to 2 1 CCA Polly's Pen Pal Murphy, Stuart J. 520L 2 to 5 3 CCA Pop's Bridge Bunting, Eve AD630L K to 3 3.4 CCR Popcorn Stevenson, James NP 4 to 7 4 CCR Poppy Avi 670L 3 to 6 4.5 CCR Por Que Medimos? (Why We Measure?) Trumbauer, Lisa K to 3 2 CCA Porch Lies: Tales Of Slicksters, Tricksters, And Other Wily McKissack, Patricia 790L 3 to 6 4.8 CCR Position And Direction Piddock, Claire 390L K to 3 2 CCA Possum Magic Fox, Mem 530L K to 3 3 CCR Post Office Book Gibbons, Gail AD840L K to 3 3.6 CCR Pot O' Gold: A Treasury Of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, And (Of Krull, Kathleen 2 to 5 4 CCA Prairie Mayer, Cassie P to 2 1 CCA Prairies Endres, Hollie J. 610L K to 3 2.4 CCA Precious And The Boo Hag McKissack, Patricia & Moss, AD710L K to 3 3.7 CCA President George Washington Adler, David A. 500L K to 3 3.3 CCA Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story From Africa Daly, Niki AD640L K to 3 3.2 CCR Prince And The Pauper Bogart, Shirley & Twain, Mark 550L 4 to 7 5 CCR Prince Cinders Cole, Babette AD630L K to 3 3.2 CCR Princess And The Pea Andersen, Hans Christian & AD580L K to 3 3.4 CCR Princess And The Pea Isadora, Rachel K to 3 2.9 CCA
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Probability Cohen, Marina 500L K to 3 2 CCA Project Mulberry Park, Linda Sue 690L 4 to 7 4.3 CCR Pronouns Doudna, Kelly K to 3 1 CCA Proper Nouns Doudna, Kelly K to 3 1.3 CCA Prudence Wants A Pet Daly, Cathleen P to 2 2.3 CCR Pumpkin Soup Cooper, Helen AD310L P to 2 3.1 CCA Punctuation Station Cleary, Brian P. AD690L K to 3 3 CCA Punctuation Takes A Vacation Pulver, Robin 370L 1 to 4 3.9 CCR Punctuation: Commas, Periods, And Question Marks Ganeri, Anita 1 to 4 1 CCA Punk-Tuation Celebration Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.2 CCA Push Or Pull? Blevins, Wiley K to 3 2.1 CCA Pushing Up The Sky: Seven Native American Plays For Children Bruchac, Joseph NP K to 3 3 CCA Pyramids Olson, Nathan AD770L P to 2 3 CCA Pythagoras And The Ratios: A Math Adventure Ellis, Julie AD680L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Qq Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1 CCA Quarter = 25¢ Molter, Carey K to 3 2 CCA Question Mark Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.7 CCA Quilt Story Johnston, Tony AD400L P to 2 2.6 CCA Quinn And Penny Investigate How To Research Troupe, Thomas Kingsley AD610L K to 3 3.6 CCA Quirky, Jerky, Extra-Perky: More About Adjectives Cleary, Brian P. 790L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Quotation Marks Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth 1 to 4 1.9 CCA Rabbit And Hare Divide An Apple Ziefert, Harriet 80L P to 2 1.8 CCA Rabbits Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.6 CCS Race Of The Century Downard, Barry & Aesop P to 2 2.8 CCA Racecar Alphabet Floca, Brian P to 2 2.4 CCA Racing Around Murphy, Stuart J. 470L 1 to 4 2.6 CCA Raft LaMarche, Jim AD540L K to 3 4.1 CCR Ragweed Avi 690L 3 to 6 4.4 CCR Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant Sayre, April Pulley P to 2 1 CCR
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Rain Forest Mayer, Cassie P to 2 1 CCA Rain Forest Animals Leber, Nancy K to 3 1.5 CCA Rain Forest Life Scott, Janine 490L P to 2 3.1 CCA Rain Forests: Gardens Of Green Salas, Laura Purdie IG770L K to 3 4.4 CCA Rain Player Wisniewski, David AD530L K to 3 3.8 CCR Rainbow Crow Van Laan, Nancy AD760L P to 2 4.3 CCR Rainbow Soup: Adventures In Poetry Cleary, Brian P. NP 3 to 6 4 CCA Ramadan Marx, David F. 350L K to 3 2.3 CCR Ramona's World Cleary, Beverly 750L 2 to 5 4.8 CCA Random House Book Of Poetry For Children Prelutsky, Jack, ed. NP 4 to 7 4 CCR Randy Orton Stone, Adam 3 to 6 3.9 CCS Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles, Think Of That Dillon, Leo & Diane AD300L K to 3 1.9 CCR Rapunzel Zelinsky, Paul O. AD700L K to 3 4.6 CCR Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale Roberts, Lynn K to 3 4.5 CCA Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest McDermott, Gerald AD380L K to 3 2.5 CCR Read A Rhyme, Write A Rhyme Prelutsky, Jack, ed. 2 to 5 3 CCA Read All About It! Bush, Laura & Jenna P to 2 3.3 CCA Ready Or Not, Dawdle Duckling Buzzeo, Toni P to 2 1.6 CCA Real Story Of Stone Soup Compestine, Ying Chang 650L K to 3 3 CCR Reasons For Seasons Gibbons, Gail AD620L K to 3 4.2 CCR Recognizing Patterns In Nature Hyland, Tony 530L 2 to 5 3.3 CCA Recycling Goldsmith, Dr. Mike 680L K to 3 4.1 CCA Red Book Lehman, Barbara NP 1 to 4 WL CCR Red Is A Dragon: A Book Of Colors Thong, Roseanne NP P to 2 1.8 CCS Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Ehlert, Lois AD680L P to 2 2.6 CCR Red Ridin' In The Hood And Other Cuentos Marcantonio, Patricia 700L 2 to 5 4.4 CCR Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir Of The Cultural Revolution Jiang, Ji-li 780L 5 to 9 5 CCR Red Sings From Treetops: A Year In Colors Sidman, Joyce AD570L K to 3 3.2 CCA Red-Eyed Tree Frog Cowley, Joy AD350L P to 2 1.3 CCR
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Red, White, And Blue: The Story Of The American Flag Herman, John 390L K to 3 3.2 CCR Remarkable Farkle McBride Lithgow, John NP K to 3 4.4 CCA Remember: The Journey To School Integration Morrison, Toni 660L 4 to 7 5 CCA Rene Magritte Venezia, Mike 840L 2 to 5 5 CCR Respect Riehecky, Janet K to 3 2.8 CCA Respect Counts Bender, Marie 2 to 5 4.8 CCA Revolting Rhymes Dahl, Roald 4 to 7 4.4 CCR Revolution Is Not A Dinner Party Compestine, Ying Chang 740L 5 to 9 4.7 CCS Rey Mysterio Trejo, Aaron 3 to 6 3.7 CCS Ride Into Morning: The Story Of Tempe Wick Rinaldi, Ann 690L 5 to 9 4.8 CCR Riding Freedom Ryan, Pam Munoz 720L 4 to 7 4.5 CCA Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Pinkney, Jerry & Kipling, AD810L 2 to 5 4.4 CCA River Of Words: The Story Of William Carlos Williams Bryant, Jennifer AD820L 3 to 6 4.6 CCR Robert Smalls Sails To Freedom Brown, Susan Taylor 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Robin Hood: Outlaw Of Sherwood Forest Storrie, Paul D. GN560L 4 to 7 3.2 CCR Robin Hood: The Tale Of The Great Outlaw Hero Bull, Angela 600L 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Rocket Writes A Story Hills, Tad AD540L P to 2 3.1 CCA Rocks In His Head Hurst, Carol Otis 440L K to 3 3.5 CCR Rodeo Clown Gordon, Nick 630L 4 to 7 3.3 CCS Romeo And Juliet For Kids Burdett, Lois & Shakespeare, 660L 2 to 5 4.4 CCA Room For Ripley Murphy, Stuart J. 570L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Rory Learns A Lesson: A Story Of Family Davies, Gill P to 2 2 CCS Rosa Giovanni, Nikki 900L 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Rosa Parks Mara, Wil 430L 1 to 4 2.5 CCR Rosa Parks Amoroso, Cynthia P to 2 2 CCS Rose's Journal: The Story Of A Girl in The Great Depression Moss, Marissa 820L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Rotten Ralph Feels Rotten Gantos, Jack 520L K to 3 3.2 CCA Ruby Lu, Empress Of Everything Look, Lenore 560L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard & Gillooly, NP 4 to 7 5 CCR
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Rufus And Friends: School Days Trapani, Iza NP P to 2 2 CCR Rules Lord, Cynthia 780L 4 to 7 3.9 CCA Rumpelstiltskin Galdone, Paul K to 3 4 CCR Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook Silverstein, Shel 2 to 5 4.2 CCR Russia Bartell, Jim 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Sacagawea Erdrich, Lise AD840L 2 to 5 5 CCA Sacagawea And The Bravest Krensky, Stephen K to 3 3 CCA Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 630L 2 to 5 4.1 CCR Safari Adventure: Charts, Graphs, And Tables Underwood, Deborah 770L 4 to 7 3.2 CCA Safari Journal: The Adventures In Africa Of Carey Monroe Talbott, Hudson 4 to 7 4.5 CCS Safari Park Murphy, Stuart J. 2 to 5 2.6 CCA Salamanders Borgert-Spaniol, Megan K to 3 1.6 CCS Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett Kellogg, Steven 820L K to 3 5 CCR Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey From Darkness Into Light Tingle, Tim 2 to 5 3.7 CCR Sam's Sneaker Squares Gabriel, Nat 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Sammy The Seal Hoff, Syd 120L P to 2 2 CCA Sand Tiger Shark Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 4 to 7 4.8 CCS Sand, Leaf, Or Coral Reef: A Book About Animal Habitats Stockland, Patricia M. K to 3 3.8 CCA Santino Marella Brickweg, Jason 750L 3 to 6 3.8 CCS Sarah Morton's Day: A Day In The Life Of A Pilgrim Girl Waters, Kate 700L K to 3 3.4 CCR Sarah, Plain And Tall MacLachlan, Patricia 560L 4 to 7 3.4 CCR Saturn Kazunas, Ariel 640L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Saturn Waxman, Laura Hamilton 650L 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Saturn Richardson, Adele 680L K to 3 3.5 CCA Saturn Owens, L. L. 680L 1 to 4 4 CCA Saturn Landau, Elaine 800L 2 to 5 4.5 CCR Saudi Arabia Owings, Lisa 750L 2 to 5 4.4 CCS Saving Sweetness Stanley, Diane AD660L P to 2 3.9 CCA Saving The Liberty Bell McDonald, Megan AD820L K to 3 4 CCR
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Scholastic Children's Thesaurus Bollard, John K. 4 to 7 4 CCA Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms Terban, Marvin 4 to 7 5 CCR Scholastic Dictionary Of Spelling Terban, Marvin 4 to 7 5 CCA Scholastic Dictionary Of Synonyms, Antonyms, And Homonyms Scholastic Editors 5 to 9 5 CCA Scholastic First Dictionary Levey, Judith S. 1 to 4 2 CCA Scholastic Ultimate Guide To Football: Facts, Stats, Stars, And Buckley, James, Jr. 930L 5 to 9 4 CCA School Bus Crews, Donald BR P to 2 1 CCR School In Colonial America Thomas, Mark 320L P to 2 2.1 CCA School! Adventures At The Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School McMullan, Kate & Booth, 660L 1 to 4 3.9 CCR Science Measurements: How Heavy? How Long? How Hot? Eboch, Chris 610L K to 3 3.9 CCA Science Of A Glass Of Water: The Science Of States Of Matter Claybourne, Anna IG780L 3 to 6 5 CCA Scotland Zobel, Derek 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish In The Sea Butterworth, Christine AD930L 1 to 4 4.3 CCA Sea Of Monsters Riordan, Rick 740L 5 to 9 4.6 CCA Sea Of Trolls Farmer, Nancy 670L 5 to 9 4.7 CCA Seahorses And Sea Dragons Rhodes, Mary Jo 1 to 4 4.8 CCR Seashore Book Zolotow, Charlotte AD840L K to 3 3.8 CCA Season Of Gifts Peck, Richard 690L 5 to 9 4.6 CCA Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree Gibbons, Gail AD580L K to 3 2.6 CCR Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson & 560L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR Secret Of Sarah Revere Rinaldi, Ann 530L 5 to 9 3.7 CCR Secret Soldier: The Story Of Deborah Sampson McGovern, Ann 590L 2 to 5 4.1 CCR Secret To Freedom Vaughan, Marcia 520L K to 3 3.7 CCS See Inside The White House Kennedy, Marge 420L 1 to 4 2 CCA See Me Run Meisel, Paul P to 2 0.3 CCR See What You Say = Ve Lo Que Dices Tabor, Nancy AD550L K to 3 3.4 CCR Seeds Of Change: Planting A Path To Peace Johnson, Jen Cullerton 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Seeds: Super Cool Science Experiments Gray, Susan Heinrichs 4 to 7 5 CCA Seeing Stone DiTerlizzi, Tony & Black, Holly 560L 2 to 5 4 CCS
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Seeing Stone DiTerlizzi, Tony 2 to 5 4 CCS Sentence Types And Punctuation Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Rumford, James AD700L K to 3 3.7 CCR Seven Blind Mice Young, Ed AD350L K to 3 1.9 CCR Seven Continents Mara, Wil K to 3 2.5 CCR Seven Spunky Monkeys Koller, Jackie French AD1020L P to 2 4.5 CCA Seven Wonders Of Sassafras Springs Birney, Betty G. 790L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Shades Of People Rotner, Shelley P to 2 2 CCR Shadow Cendrars, Blaise 550L K to 3 3.2 CCR Shape up! Adler, David A. 560L K to 3 2 CCA Shapes Around Us Nunn, Daniel P to 2 1 CCA Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Hoban, Tana NP P to 2 2 CCA Share A Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story Loewen, Nancy 470L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Sharing The Seasons: A Book Of Poems Hopkins, Lee Bennett NP 3 to 6 3 CCR She Sang Promise: The Story Of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Annino, Jan Godown AD820L 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Sheamus Dinzeo, Paul 3 to 6 3.6 CCS Shells Hopkins, Therese K to 3 2 CCA Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 890L 4 to 7 4.4 CCR Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC Sobel, June P to 2 2.4 CCA Shoeless Joe And Black Betsy Bildner, Phil 790L K to 3 4.8 CCA Shoes, Shoes, Shoes Morris, Ann 100L P to 2 2 CCR Shout! Shout It Out! Fleming, Denise P to 2 1 CCR Show Me A Story: Writing Your Own Picture Book Loewen, Nancy 510L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA Show-And-Tell Lion Abercrombie, Barbara AD560L P to 2 2.4 CCA Show, Don't Tell!: Secrets Of Writing Nobisso, Josephine 3 to 6 5 CCA Showdown At The Food Pyramid Barron, Rex 310L P to 2 3.1 CCR Sick Day For Amos McGee Stead, Philip C. P to 2 3 CCR Sign Painter Say, Allen 250L P to 2 3.3 CCR Sign Painter Say, Allen P to 2 3.3 CCR
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Silent Music: A Story Of Baghdad Rumford, James AD830L P to 2 3.8 CCR Silhouetted By The Blue Jones, Traci L. 720L 5 to 9 4.6 CCR Simple Machines Rau, Dana Meachen 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Sincerely Yours: Writing Your Own Letter Loewen, Nancy 650L 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Sing A Song Of Piglets Bunting, Eve P to 2 2.1 CCA Single-Parent Families Schuette, Sarah L. 230L P to 2 1.5 CCA Sir Cumference And The First Round Table: A Math Adventure Neuschwander, Cindy AD600L 2 to 5 4.3 CCR Sir Cumference And The Great Knight Of Angleland: A Math Neuschwander, Cindy AD450L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Sir Cumference And The Sword In The Cone: A Math Adventure Neuschwander, Cindy 630L 2 to 5 4.1 CCA Sister Anne's Hands Lorbiecki, Marybeth AD580L K to 3 4 CCA Sitti's Secrets Nye, Naomi Shihab AD590L K to 3 3.9 CCA Skeleton Inside You Balestrino, Philip 600L K to 3 3.8 CCR Skin Caster, Shannon 2 to 5 5 CCA Skin Like Milk, Hair Of Silk: What Are Similes And Metaphors? Cleary, Brian P. 560L 2 to 5 3 CCR Skunkdog Jenkins, Emily AD800L P to 2 4.1 CCA Slam-Dunk Pronouns Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 630L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Slap Shot Synonyms And Antonyms Prokos, Anna 640L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Sluggers' Car Wash Murphy, Stuart J. 1 to 4 3 CCA Small Adventure Of Popeye And Elvis O'Connor, Barbara 750L 3 to 6 4.5 CCR Smashing Science Projects About Earth's Rocks And Minerals Gardner, Robert 2 to 5 4.8 CCA Smile Telgemeier, Raina GN410L 4 to 7 2.6 CCR Smoke Jumper Gordon, Nick 690L 4 to 7 3.4 CCS Smoky Night Bunting, Eve 360L K to 3 2.4 CCA Snow Shulevitz, Uri 220L P to 2 1.6 CCR Snow Bauer, Marion Dane 440L P to 2 2 CCA Snow Music Perkins, Lynne Rae NP P to 2 1.6 CCA Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Grimm, Brothers & Jarrell, AD830L K to 3 5 CCR Snowballs Ehlert, Lois 300L K to 3 1.3 CCR Snowboarding Similes And Metaphors Herman, Gail 600L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA
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Snowed In With Grandmother Silk Fenner, Carol 690L 2 to 5 4.2 CCR Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline Briggs AD830L K to 3 4.4 CCR Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story Waldman, Neil 1 to 4 3 CCR Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack AD500L P to 2 2.5 CCR So Happy! Henkes, Kevin P to 2 1.5 CCA So You Want To Be An Inventor? St. George, Judith 840L 2 to 5 4.9 CCR So You Want To Be President? St. George, Judith 730L 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Soccer Goal Suffixes Ruscoe, Michael 650L 2 to 5 3.6 CCA Solar System Waxman, Laura Hamilton 650L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Sometimes I'm Bombaloo Vail, Rachel AD450L P to 2 2.8 CCA Song And Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 780L P to 2 4 CCR Song Of The Water Boatman And Other Pond Poems Sidman, Joyce NP 2 to 5 5 CCA Sorting Peppas, Lynn 450L K to 3 2 CCA Sorting Fur, Feathers, Tails, And Scales Aboff, Marcie 590L K to 3 2 CCA Sorting Money Marks, Jenny L. AD600L P to 2 3.6 CCA Soul Looks Back In Wonder Feelings, Tom NP 4 to 7 4.4 CCA South Africa Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.6 CCS South America Hirsch, Rebecca 450L P to 2 2.2 CCS South Korea Zobel, Derek 2 to 5 4.8 CCS South Sudan Owings, Lisa 820L 2 to 5 4.5 CCS Space Cat Cushman, Doug 420L P to 2 2.1 CCA Space Explorers Moore, Eva 560L 2 to 5 4.2 CCR Spaceheadz, Vol. 1 Scieszka, Jon 580L 2 to 5 4.2 CCR Spaceheadz, Vol. 2 Scieszka, Jon 730L 2 to 5 4.4 CCR Spelling Bee Scheunemann, Pam P to 2 2.9 CCA Spheres Olson, Nathan AD890L P to 2 3.1 CCA Spheres Mitten, Luana K. P to 2 1 CCA Spider And The Fly Howitt, Mary NP 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Spiders Are Not Insects Fowler, Allan 550L 1 to 4 2.8 CCR
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Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture? Brocket, Jane AD610L P to 2 2 CCR Splendid Friend, Indeed Bloom, Suzanne P to 2 2 CCA Splish! Splash: A Book About Rain Sherman, Josepha IG560L K to 3 2.8 CCA Splitting The Herd: A Corral Of Odds And Evens Harris, Trudy 620L P to 2 3.7 CCA Spoon For Every Bite = Cada Bocado Con Nueva Cuchara Hayes, Joe 700L K to 3 3.7 CCA Sports Word Problems Starring Decimals And Percents Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca 2 to 5 3 CCA Springtime In Bugland! Carter, David A. 630L 1 to 4 1.9 CCA Squanto's Journey: The Story Of The First Thanksgiving Bruchac, Joseph 560L 2 to 5 4.2 CCA Square? A Rectangle! Karapetkova, Holly & K to 3 1 CCA Squares Schuette, Sarah L. P to 2 2.2 CCA Ss Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1.1 CCA Stagestruck DePaola, Tomie 810L P to 2 3 CCA Stand-In Pronouns Save The Scene! Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.1 CCA Star In My Orange: Looking For Nature's Shapes Rau, Dana Meachen K to 3 1.8 CCA Star Of The Week Saltzberg, Barney K to 3 2.5 CCA Star-Spangled Banner Kallen, Stuart A. 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Starfish Hurd, Edith Thacher 170L P to 2 2.3 CCR Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry 590L 5 to 9 4.2 CCR Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei Sis, Peter 830L K to 3 4.8 CCR Stars Schuette, Sarah L. AD540L P to 2 1.8 CCA Statue Of Liberty Douglas, Lloyd G. 510L P to 2 2.9 CCR Stellaluna Cannon, Janell 550L K to 3 3.5 CCA Steve Nash Savage, Jeff 730L 2 to 5 4.2 CCS Stone Soup McGovern, Ann 480L K to 3 3.1 CCR Stone Soup Muth, Jon J. 480L K to 3 3.6 CCR Stone Soup Forest, Heather AD310L P to 2 3.3 CCR Stone Soup: An Old Tale Brown, Marcia 480L K to 3 3.3 CCR Stop, Drop, And Flop In The Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 2.4 CCA Stories Huey Tells Cameron, Ann 470L 2 to 5 3.1 CCR
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Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 520L 2 to 5 3.4 CCR Stories To Solve: Folktales From Around The World Shannon, George 790L 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Storm Warning Park, Linda Sue 630L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Story About Ping Flack, Marjorie & Weise, Kurt AD920L K to 3 4.3 CCR Story Of Apple Gilbert, Sara 5 to 9 4 CCR Story Of Ferdinand Leaf, Munro NC710L K to 3 3.7 CCR Story Of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend Steptoe, John AD500L K to 3 3.8 CCR Story Of Pocahontas Jenner, Caryn 290L 1 to 4 3 CCR Story Of Ruby Bridges Coles, Robert AD730L K to 3 4.4 CCR Story Of Snow: The Science Of Winter's Wonder Cassino, Mark 870L P to 2 4.8 CCA Story Of The Statue Of Liberty Maestro, Betsy AD740L K to 3 4.3 CCR Story Of The White House Kennedy, Marge 490L 1 to 4 2.2 CCA Story, A Story: An African Tale Haley, Gail E. AD590L K to 3 4.2 CCR Straight And Curvy, Meek And Nervy: More About Antonyms Cleary, Brian P. 750L 2 to 5 3 CCA Strange Case Of Origami Yoda Angleberger, Tom 760L 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Strange Happenings: Five Tales Of Transformation Avi 670L 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 650L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Stray Dog Simont, Marc 60L P to 2 1.7 CCA Strega Nona DePaola, Tomie 800L K to 3 3.9 CCR Strega Nona: Her Story DePaola, Tomie AD700L P to 2 3.7 CCA Strega Nona's Harvest DePaola, Tomie AD690L K to 3 3.3 CCA Stuck On Earth Klass, David 740L 5 to 9 4.9 CCR Stunt Performer Gordon, Nick 710L 4 to 7 3.5 CCS Subtraction Becker, Ann 500L K to 3 2 CCA Sue Threw The Goop Through The Hoop Rondeau, Amanda P to 2 1.2 CCA Summer Birds: The Butterflies Of Maria Merian Engle, Margarita K to 3 3.2 CCA Summer My Father Was Ten Brisson, Pat NC1040L K to 3 4.2 CCA Summer Treasure McNamara, Margaret P to 2 1.7 CCA Sun Simon, Seymour 870L 3 to 6 4 CCR
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Sun Landau, Elaine 2 to 5 4.8 CCR Sunflower House Bunting, Eve 530L K to 3 2.4 CCR Sunshine Makes The Seasons Branley, Franklyn M. AD510L K to 3 3.6 CCR SuperHero ABC McLeod, Bob NP K to 3 2.4 CCA Supermarket Krull, Kathleen AD630L K to 3 4.8 CCA Susan B. Anthony: Champion Of Women's Rights Monsell, Helen Albee 570L 4 to 7 3.7 CCR Susan B. Anthony: Fighter For Freedom And Equality Slade, Suzanne 620L K to 3 3.8 CCR Sweden Koestler-Grack, Rachel 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Sweet Clara And The Freedom Quilt Hopkinson, Deborah AD680L 1 to 4 3.8 CCR Sweet Smell Of Roses Johnson, Angela AD710L K to 3 3 CCR Sweetest Fig Van Allsburg, Chris AD530L K to 3 3.7 CCR Swimmy Lionni, Leo AD640L K to 3 2.9 CCR Switzerland Zobel, Derek 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Sword Thief Lerangis, Peter 660L 4 to 7 4.4 CCR Tacky The Penguin Lester, Helen AD810L P to 2 3.3 CCR Take The Lead, George Washington! St. George, Judith 570L 1 to 4 4.1 CCS Tale Dark And Grimm Gidwitz, Adam 5 to 9 4.6 CCS Tale Of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, DiCamillo, Kate 670L 4 to 7 4.7 CCR Tale Of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix AD660L K to 3 4.2 CCR Talented Clementine Pennypacker, Sara 660L 2 to 5 4 CCA Tales For Very Picky Eaters Schneider, Josh 1 to 4 2.9 CCR Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 470L 4 to 7 3.3 CCR Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 4 to 7 3.3 CCR Tales Of Greek Mythology II Owens, L. L. 450L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR Tales Of Heroes Hall, Peg 490L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR Tales Of Uncle Remus: The Adventures Of Brer Rabbit Lester, Julius 760L 4 to 7 4 CCR Talking Eggs: A Folktale From The American South San Souci, Robert D. AD940L K to 3 4.4 CCR Tallest Snowman Aboff, Marcie 490L K to 3 2.7 CCA Tap Dancing On The Roof: Sijo (Poems) Park, Linda Sue 4 to 7 3.7 CCA
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Tar Beach Ringgold, Faith AD790L K to 3 3.4 CCR Tea With Milk Say, Allen AD450L K to 3 3.7 CCR Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts Peck, Richard 5 to 9 4.7 CCA Teachers At Work Kenney, Karen Latchana P to 2 3.4 CCA Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems Grandits, John 4 to 7 3.4 CCR Telling Time: How To Tell Time On Digital And Analog Clocks! Older, Jules AD330L 1 to 4 3.2 CCA Temperate Forests Benoit, Peter 800L 2 to 5 5 CCS Tempest For Kids Burdett, Lois & Shakespeare, NP 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Ten Apples Up On Top! LeSieg, Theo (Dr. Seuss Writing P to 2 2 CCR Ten Black Dots Crews, Donald AD270L P to 2 2 CCR Ten Tiny Babies Katz, Karen AD220L P to 2 1 CCA Ten-Gallon Bart And The Wild West Show Crummel, Susan Stevens AD470L K to 3 2.4 CCS Ten, Nine, Eight Bang, Molly NP P to 2 1.3 CCR Tennis Court Conjunctions Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 650L 2 to 5 3.4 CCA Testing The Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson Robinson, Sharon 800L K to 3 3.9 CCR Thailand Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Thank You, Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 410L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Thank You, Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia AD650L K to 3 4.1 CCR Thanksgiving Then And Now Gunderson, Jessica NC670L K to 3 3.8 CCA That Book Woman Henson, Heather AD920L P to 2 4.3 CCR Then Again, Maybe I Won't Blume, Judy 590L 5 to 9 3.6 CCR There Is A Flower At The Tip Of My Nose Smelling Me Walker, Alice NP K to 3 3 CCA There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Taback, Simms NP P to 2 3 CCR There's A Frog In My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings A Little Bird Leedy, Loren & Street, Pat 2 to 5 3 CCR Thermometers Richardson, Adele D. K to 3 3.6 CCA Thesaurus Rex Steinberg, Laya P to 2 1.8 CCA They're There In Their Boat Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.5 CCA Thing On The Wing Can Sing: Short Vowel Sounds & Consonant Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 2.3 CCA Things That Are Most In The World Barrett, Judi AD840L P to 2 2.8 CCA
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Things Will Never Be The Same DePaola, Tomie 700L 2 to 5 4 CCA Thirteen Moons On Turtle's Back: A Native American Year Of Bruchac, Joseph & London, 960L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR This Is Just To Say: Poems Of Apology And Forgiveness Sidman, Joyce 4 to 7 3.9 CCA This Is The Dream Shore, Diane ZuHone 1 to 4 4.6 CCA This Is The House That Jack Built Taback, Simms AD670L P to 2 2 CCA This Land Is Your Land Guthrie, Woody NP 4 to 7 4.7 CCR This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games, And Yolen, Jane, ed. P to 2 3 CCA Thomas Alva Edison Mara, Wil 390L 1 to 4 2.4 CCR Thomas Edison Kesselring, Susan P to 2 2 CCA Thomas Edison To The Rescue Goldsmith, Howard K to 3 2.2 CCA Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor DeMauro, Lisa 680L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR Thor's Wedding Day Coville, Bruce 850L 4 to 7 5 CCA Three Billy Goats Gruff Galdone, Paul 500L K to 3 3 CCR Three Billy Goats Gruff Stevens, Janet 530L K to 3 2 CCA Three Billy-Goats Gruff Appleby, Ellen 340L K to 3 2 CCR Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe Williams, Vera B. AD560L K to 3 3.5 CCR Three Little Javelinas Lowell, Susan 740L K to 3 3.7 CCR Three Little Kittens And Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes Ross, Tony P to 2 3 CCR Three Little Pigs Marshall, James 560L P to 2 3.3 CCR Three Little Pigs Kellogg, Steven AD640L P to 2 4.5 CCR Three Little Pigs And Little Red Riding Hood: Two Tales And Their Brown, Carron, ed. P to 2 4.5 CCA Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig Trivizas, Eugene AD700L 2 to 5 4.6 CCR Three Pigs Wiesner, David NP K to 3 2.3 CCR Three Snow Bears Brett, Jan AD680L P to 2 3.1 CCA Through Georgia's Eyes Rodriguez, Rachel 450L 1 to 4 2.6 CCA Through Grandpa's Eyes MacLachlan, Patricia 560L K to 3 3.2 CCR Throw Your Tooth On The Roof Beeler, Selby AD770L K to 3 4.2 CCR Thumbelina Blackaby, Susan K to 3 2.4 CCA Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure Cronin, Doreen AD590L P to 2 2.8 CCA
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Thunder Cake Polacco, Patricia 630L K to 3 3.5 CCR Tia Tape Measure Klein, Adria F. 340L K to 3 1.7 CCA Tiger Math: Learning To Graph From A Baby Tiger Nagda, Ann Whitehead 810L 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Tiger Shark Green, Sara 4 to 7 4.9 CCS Tigers Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.7 CCS Tightwad Tod Skinner, Daphne 340L 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Time To Recycle Weber, Rebecca 630L P to 2 2.8 CCA Time Zones Adler, David A. AD920L 1 to 4 4.9 CCR Timothy Of The Cay Taylor, Theodore 860L 5 to 9 5 CCR Tiny Seed Carle, Eric 400L K to 3 2.7 CCR Titan's Curse Riordan, Rick 630L 5 to 9 4.2 CCA To Market, To Market Miranda, Anne AD350L P to 2 1.7 CCA To Root, To Toot, To Parachute: What Is A Verb? Cleary, Brian P. NP 2 to 5 3.7 CCA Tobacco Lynette, Rachel 2 to 5 4 CCA Togo Blake, Robert J. 420L K to 3 3.8 CCA Tom DePaola, Tomie AD530L K to 3 3.3 CCA Tomas And The Library Lady Mora, Pat 440L K to 3 2.7 CCR Tomas Rivera Medina, Jane 300L K to 3 1.5 CCA Tomatoes To Ketchup Herrington, Lisa M. 570L 1 to 4 2.4 CCS Too Many Fairies: A Celtic Tale MacDonald, Margaret Read P to 2 1.9 CCS Too Many Tamales Soto, Gary 670L K to 3 3.4 CCR Toot & Puddle Hobbie, Holly AD320L K to 3 2.2 CCA Toothpaste Millionaire Merrill, Jean 820L 3 to 6 5 CCR Tops And Bottoms Stevens, Janet 580L K to 3 3.2 CCR Touch Blue Lord, Cynthia 750L 4 to 7 4.4 CCA Touchdown Nouns Fisher, Doris & Gibbs, D. L. 630L 2 to 5 3.5 CCA Toughest Cowboy, Or How The Wild West Was Tamed Frank, John AD900L 1 to 4 4.6 CCR Tour De France: Solving Addition Problems Involving Regrouping Saviola, Joseph 5 to 9 4.8 CCA Town Mouse, Country Mouse Brett, Jan AD530L K to 3 4 CCR
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Trading Places Mills, Claudia 770L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Trail Of Tears Bruchac, Joseph 610L 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Trainstop Lehman, Barbara P to 2 WL CCR Traveling Man: The Journey Of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 Rumford, James AD650L 2 to 5 4 CCR Treasure Shulevitz, Uri 490L K to 3 3 CCR Treat Me Right!: Kids Talk About Respect Loewen, Nancy 1 to 4 4.3 CCA Tree Is A Plant Bulla, Clyde Robert 290L P to 2 2.3 CCR Tree Is Nice Udry, Janice May 420L P to 2 2.2 CCR Trees To Paper Herrington, Lisa M. 570L 1 to 4 2.7 CCS Tres Cerditos (Three Pigs) Wiesner, David K to 3 2.9 CCA Triangles Schuette, Sarah L. AD560L P to 2 1.8 CCA Tricky Trapdoor Spiders Goldish, Meish IG840L K to 3 4.4 CCA Triple H Stone, Adam 3 to 6 4 CCS Tropical Rain Forests Benoit, Peter 2 to 5 4.7 CCS Truck Crews, Donald NP P to 2 WL CCR Truckery Rhymes Scieszka, Jon P to 2 3.4 CCA True Lies Shannon, George 660L 4 to 7 4 CCS True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs Scieszka, Jon AD570L K to 3 3 CCR Truthful Biographies Bodden, Valerie 5 to 9 5 CCA Tsunami! Kajikawa, Kimiko NC620L P to 2 3.4 CCA Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 770L 5 to 9 5 CCR Tuko And The Birds: A Tale From The Philippines Climo, Shirley AD650L P to 2 3.5 CCA Tundras: Frosty, Treeless Lands Salas, Laura Purdie IG810L K to 3 4.7 CCA Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! (A Palestinian Folktale) MacDonald, Margaret Read 420L K to 3 1.7 CCA Turkey Owings, Lisa 2 to 5 4.5 CCS Turtle In Paradise Holm, Jennifer L. 610L 4 to 7 3.7 CCR Twelfth Night For Kids Burdett, Lois & Coburn, 2 to 5 4 CCA Twelve Dancing Princesses Isadora, Rachel P to 2 4.1 CCA Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! Truss, Lynne 1 to 4 3 CCA
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Twister On Tuesday Osborne, Mary Pope 310L 2 to 5 3.2 CCR Tyrannosaurus Rex Mara, Wil 240L P to 2 1 CCA U.S. Landforms Rau, Dana Meachen 820L 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors Sidman, Joyce NC1300L 1 to 4 3 CCR Uck As In Duck Tuminelly, Nancy P to 2 1.9 CCA Ugly Duckling Pinkney, Jerry & Andersen, AD650L P to 2 4.5 CCR Ultimate Guide To Baseball Buckley, James, Jr. 970L 5 to 9 4 CCA Unbeelievables: Honeybee Poems And Paintings Florian, Douglas 2 to 5 4 CCA Uncle Elephant Lobel, Arnold 330L 1 to 4 2.6 CCR Under The Blood-Red Sun Salisbury, Graham 640L 5 to 9 4 CCR Under, Over By The Clover: What Is A Preposition? Cleary, Brian P. 420L 2 to 5 3.2 CCA Underground Evans, Shane BR P to 2 2 CCR Underground Railroad Lassieur, Allison 620L 3 to 6 3 CCA Understanding Angles With Basketball Wall, Julia IG790L 3 to 6 5 CCA Understanding Animal Graphs McMillan, Dawn IG650L 1 to 4 2 CCA Understanding The Importance Of Information Pulver, Beth A. 1040L 4 to 7 5 CCA Undertaker Stone, Adam 3 to 6 3.8 CCS Underwear Salesman: And Other Jobs For Better Or Verse Lewis, J. Patrick 2 to 5 3 CCA Unfinished Angel Creech, Sharon 810L 4 to 7 4.4 CCA Up, Up And Away: A Book About Adverbs Heller, Ruth 480L K to 3 4 CCR Up, Up, Up, Dear Dragon Hillert, Margaret BR K to 3 0.7 CCS Uranus Adamson, Thomas K. 660L K to 3 3.3 CCA Uranus Kazunas, Ariel 680L 2 to 5 3.3 CCA Uranus Owens, L. L. 700L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Uranus Vogt, Gregory 700L 2 to 5 4.3 CCA Uranus Landau, Elaine 800L 2 to 5 4.7 CCR Uranus Taylor-Butler, Christine 1 to 4 2 CCR Using 3-D Shapes To Build Houses Anderson, Moira 580L 2 to 5 3.9 CCA Using A Calculator Arvoy, Marsha 580L K to 3 2 CCA
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Using Decimals To Plan Our Vacation Einspruch, Andrew 600L 1 to 4 2 CCA Uu (Long Vowel) Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.9 CCA Van Keller, Holly P to 2 1 CCA Van Gogh Venezia, Mike 2 to 5 4.4 CCR Varian Fry: A Hero Of The Holocaust Price, Sean 4 to 7 3.2 CCA Venezuela Schuetz, Kari 2 to 5 5 CCS Venus Kazunas, Ariel 580L 2 to 5 3.1 CCA Venus Fleisher, Paul 590L 2 to 5 4 CCA Venus Owens, L. L. 650L 1 to 4 4.1 CCA Venus Richardson, Adele 680L K to 3 3.5 CCA Verbs Doudna, Kelly K to 3 1 CCA Verbs And Adverbs Riggs, Ann 5 to 9 4 CCA Very Clumsy Click Beetle Carle, Eric AD210L P to 2 2.8 CCR Very First Americans Ashrose, Cara AD670L K to 3 4 CCR Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric AD460L P to 2 2.9 CCR Very Lonely Firefly Carle, Eric AD530L K to 3 2.4 CCS Very Quiet Cricket Carle, Eric AD430L P to 2 3 CCR Vespers Rising Riordan, Rick; Lerangis, Peter; 690L 4 to 7 5 CCR Veterans Day Cotton, Jacqueline S. 620L K to 3 3.5 CCR Veterinarian Thomas, William David 700L 5 to 9 4.4 CCR Vietnam Simmons, Walter 2 to 5 4.9 CCS Village Of Round And Square Houses Grifalconi, Ann AD850L 1 to 4 4.4 CCR Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers And Swirly Stars Holub, Joan 1 to 4 3.1 CCR Viper's Nest Lerangis, Peter 590L 4 to 7 4.1 CCR Visual Dictionary Of Victorian Life Kalman, Bobbie IG810L 3 to 6 3 CCA Volcanoes Landau, Elaine 850L 2 to 5 4.9 CCA Volume And Hot Air Balloons Irving, Dianne IG840L 3 to 6 4.9 CCA Vote! Christelow, Eileen 420L 1 to 4 3.8 CCR Vowel Family: A Tale Of Lost Letters Walker, Sally M. NP P to 2 2 CCA
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Vulture View Sayre, April Pulley K to 3 1.1 CCA Vv Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1 CCA Wacky Word Problems: Games And Activities That Make Math Long, Lynette 3 to 6 4 CCA Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 770L 5 to 9 4.9 CCR Walt Disney Mattern, Joanne 560L 1 to 4 3.2 CCS Wanda's Monster Spinelli, Eileen 480L K to 3 2.7 CCA Wangari's Trees Of Peace: A True Story From Africa Winter, Jeanette AD730L K to 3 3.7 CCA War Comes To Willy Freeman Collier, James Lincoln & 800L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Warthogs Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 380L K to 3 1.8 CCS Was That Fun? Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1.4 CCA Watch Out!: Science Tools And Safety Glass, Susan 4 to 7 4 CCA Watch The Stars Come Out Levinson, Riki 460L K to 3 2.6 CCR Water Music: Poems For Children Yolen, Jane NP 4 to 7 4.2 CCA Water Seeker Holt, Kimberly Willis 730L 5 to 9 4.8 CCR Way To Go! Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 1.1 CCA Way Up And Over Everything McGill, Alice AD730L K to 3 4.2 CCA We Are In A Book! Willems, Mo BR P to 2 0.9 CCA We Need Child Care Workers Trumbauer, Lisa P to 2 2 CCA We Need Fire Fighters Schaefer, Lola M. 740L P to 2 1.8 CCA We Planted A Tree Muldrow, Diane AD620L P to 2 2.7 CCR We See The Beach! Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth P to 2 2 CCA We The Kids: The Preamble To The Constitution Of The United Catrow, David K to 3 3 CCR We're Going On A Bear Hunt Rosen, Michael BR P to 2 1.3 CCA Wear A Silly Hat: Sign Language For Clothing Prochovnic, Dawn Babb P to 2 3 CCA Weather: Poems For All Seasons Hopkins, Lee Bennett, ed. NP 1 to 4 4.1 CCR Webster's New World Children's Dictionary Agnes, Michael, ed. 4 to 7 5 CCA Wedges Bodden, Valerie 1 to 4 3 CCA Weed Is A Flower: The Life Of George Washington Carver Aliki AD640L 1 to 4 4.3 CCR Weedflower Kadohata, Cynthia 750L 5 to 9 4.8 CCR
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Wemberly Worried Henkes, Kevin 170L P to 2 2.7 CCA Weslandia Fleischman, Paul AD820L K to 3 4.8 CCA Wetland Animals Hodge, Deborah P to 2 3.7 CCA Wetlands Benoit, Peter 2 to 5 4.8 CCS Whale Shark Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 4 to 7 5 CCS What A Day It Was At School! Prelutsky, Jack K to 3 4.6 CCA What Are Earth's Biomes? Kalman, Bobbie 1 to 4 4.3 CCA What Bluebirds Do Kirby, Pamela F. 870L 1 to 4 5 CCA What Can We Do About Acid Rain? Jakubiak, David J. 2 to 5 4.5 CCA What Can You Do With An Old Red Shoe?: A Green Activity Book Alter, Anna P to 2 3 CCA What Do We Buy?: A Look At Goods And Services Nelson, Robin 500L K to 3 2 CCA What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You? Jenkins, Steve AD580L K to 3 4 CCR What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin 740L P to 2 3 CCR What Happened On Fox Street Springstubb, Tricia 4 to 7 4.5 CCR What Happens To A Hamburger? Showers, Paul 520L K to 3 3.7 CCR What Is Density? Barkan, Joanne 1 to 4 2 CCA What Is Electricity? Trumbauer, Lisa 440L 1 to 4 2.4 CCR What Is Mass? Curry, Don L. 230L 1 to 4 2 CCA What Is Money Anyway?: Why Dollars And Coins Have Value Larson, Jennifer S. 490L K to 3 2 CCA What Is Money? Rissman, Rebecca P to 2 2 CCA What Is Up When You Are Down? Marx, David F. K to 3 1 CCA What Is Volume? Trumbauer, Lisa 1 to 4 2 CCA What Lives In A Shell? Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner 460L P to 2 2.8 CCR What The World Eats Menzel, Peter & D'Aluisio, Faith 1150L 5 to 9 5 CCR What's It Like To Be A Fish? Pfeffer, Wendy 680L P to 2 3.9 CCR What's The Difference Between A Butterfly And A Moth? Koontz, Robin Michal AD770L K to 3 4.2 CCA What's The Difference Between A Frog And A Toad? Firestone, Mary AD710L K to 3 3.6 CCA What's The Difference?: Plays About Tolerance Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 4 CCA What's The Weather Inside? Wilson, Karma 1 to 4 2 CCA
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What's Your Angle Pythagoras?: A Math Adventure Ellis, Julie AD670L 2 to 5 3.8 CCA What's Your Source?: Questioning The News Botzakis, Stergios 720L 3 to 6 4.8 CCA Wheel Of Subject-Verb Agreement Hall, Pamela P to 2 3.9 CCA When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir Of Her Youth Curtis, Jamie Lee AD640L K to 3 2.3 CCA When Jessie Came Across The Sea Hest, Amy 470L 2 to 5 3.2 CCR When Ratboy Lived Next Door Woodworth, Chris 720L 4 to 7 4.2 CCA When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry Bang, Molly BR K to 3 1.4 CCR When You Reach Me Stead, Rebecca 750L 4 to 7 4.5 CCA When You Reach Me Stead, Rebecca 4 to 7 4.5 CCA Where Are The Night Animals? Fraser, Mary Ann AD460L P to 2 3.5 CCR Where Do Chicks Come From? Sklansky, Amy E. AD640L K to 3 3.3 CCR Where Do I Belong?: Plays About Fitting In Gourley, Catherine NP 3 to 6 3.7 CCA Where Do We Keep Money?: How Banks Work Larson, Jennifer S. 580L K to 3 2 CCA Where Horses Run Free: A Dream For The American Mustang Cowley, Joy 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Where Is Dear Dragon? Hillert, Margaret K to 3 0.8 CCS Where The Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings Silverstein, Shel NP 3 to 6 4 CCR Where The Streets Had A Name Abdel-Fattah, Randa 740L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Where The Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice AD740L K to 3 3.4 CCR Where's Spot? Hill, Eric P to 2 1 CCA Which Animals Are The Best Athletes? Brynie, Faith Hickman 1 to 4 3.1 CCA Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid 570L 4 to 7 3.9 CCR White House Douglas, Lloyd G. 480L P to 2 2.3 CCR Whittington Armstrong, Alan W. 760L 4 to 7 4.9 CCA Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar? Lass, Bonnie NP P to 2 2 CCA Who Took The Farmer's Hat? Nodset, Joan L. 210L P to 2 1.7 CCA Who Was Amelia Earhart? Jerome, Kate Boehm 610L 4 to 7 4.3 CCS Who Was Anne Frank? Abramson, Ann 660L 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Who Was Ben Franklin? Fradin, Dennis B. 540L 4 to 7 4.4 CCS Who Was Claude Monet? Waldron, Ann 740L 4 to 7 4.7 CCS
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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? Thompson, Gare 620L 4 to 7 4.5 CCS Who Was Elvis Presley? Edgers, Geoff 610L 4 to 7 4.2 CCS Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? Kramer, Sydelle 710L 4 to 7 4.9 CCR Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? Frith, Margaret 710L 4 to 7 5 CCS Who Was Harriet Tubman? McDonough, Yona Zeldis 650L 4 to 7 4.6 CCS Who Was Helen Keller? Thompson, Gare 570L 4 to 7 4.1 CCS Who Was Pablo Picasso? Kelley, True 700L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Who Was William Shakespeare? Mannis, Celeste Davidson 690L 4 to 7 4.8 CCR Who's Buying? Who's Selling?: Understanding Consumers And Larson, Jennifer S. 560L K to 3 2 CCA Whoever You Are Fox, Mem AD280L K to 3 3.2 CCR Whoosh Went The Wind! Derby, Sally K to 3 3.4 CCA Whopper Cake Wilson, Karma P to 2 2.6 CCA Whose Hat Is This?: A Look At Hats Workers Wear-Hard, Tall, & Katz Cooper, Sharon AD700L P to 2 3.4 CCR Whose Shoes Would You Choose?: A Long Vowel Sounds Book Cleary, Brian P. NP P to 2 2 CCA Whose Shoes?: A Shoe For Every Job Swinburne, Stephen R. P to 2 2 CCR Whose Tools Are These?: A Look At Tools Workers Use-Big, Sharp, Katz Cooper, Sharon AD670L P to 2 3.5 CCR Why Do Birds Sing? Holub, Joan 1 to 4 3.8 CCA Why Do Leaves Change Color? Maestro, Betsy 580L K to 3 3.7 CCR Why Do Rabbits Hop? Holub, Joan 730L 1 to 4 3.8 CCA Why Do Snakes Hiss? Holub, Joan 730L 1 to 4 3.9 CCA Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears Aardema, Verna 770L K to 3 4 CCR Widget McFarland, Lyn Rossiter BR P to 2 1.5 CCA Wild About Books Sierra, Judy NP P to 2 4.1 CCA Wild West Lassieur, Allison 630L 3 to 6 3 CCA William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William & Kastan, NP 4 to 7 5 CCA Willie And Uncle Bill Schwartz, Amy 360L 1 to 4 2.4 CCA Willoughby & The Lion Foley, Greg P to 2 3.2 CCA Wind Blew Hutchins, Pat 50L P to 2 2.9 CCR Windows, Rings, And Grapes: A Look At Different Shapes Cleary, Brian P. 740L K to 3 3.6 CCA
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Winnie-The-Pooh Milne, A. A. 790L 4 to 7 4.6 CCR Winter Lights: A Season In Poems And Quilts Hines, Anna Grossnickle K to 3 2.7 CCA With The Might Of Angels: The Diary Of Dawnie Rae Johnson Pinkney, Andrea Davis 740L 4 to 7 4.8 CCA Wolf's Story: What Really Happened To Little Red Riding Hood Forward, Toby AD440L P to 2 2.7 CCA Wolves Simon, Charnan 800L 2 to 5 5 CCS Woman Who Outshone The Sun = La Mujer Que Brillaba Mas Aun Cruz, Alejandro AD860L 2 to 5 4.5 CCR Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told In Haiku Wardlaw, Lee P to 2 1.9 CCR Woodpeckers Schuetz, Kari K to 3 1.7 CCS Woolbur Helakoski, Leslie AD270L P to 2 2.3 CCA Word Wizard Falwell, Cathryn AD250L K to 3 2.2 CCA Work And Play Meltzer Kleinhenz, Sydnie 60L K to 3 1 CCA Work In Colonial America Thomas, Mark 260L P to 2 1.9 CCA Working For Change: The Struggle For Women's Right To Vote Donlan, Leni 4 to 7 4 CCR Working Together Scheunemann, Pam P to 2 2.2 CCA Working With Fractions Adler, David A. 690L 2 to 5 3 CCA World Of Wonders: Geographic Travels In Verse And Rhyme Lewis, J. Patrick NP 1 to 4 4.1 CCA World's Greatest Basketball Players Doeden, Matt IG710L 4 to 7 4 CCA World's Greatest Football Players Doeden, Matt NC760L 4 to 7 4.1 CCA World's Greatest Soccer Players Doeden, Matt NC790L 4 to 7 4 CCA Wrinkle In Time L'Engle, Madeleine 740L 5 to 9 4.7 CCR Writing Kind Of Day: Poems For Young Poets Fletcher, Ralph 4 to 7 4.6 CCA Written Anything Good Lately? Allen, Susan 2 to 5 3 CCA X Marks The Spot Penner, Lucille Recht 190L 1 to 4 2 CCA Year Down Yonder Peck, Richard 610L 5 to 9 4.5 CCR Year With Grandma Moses Nikola-Lisa, W. AD920L 2 to 5 4.6 CCA Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary Larios, Julie Hofstrand 1 to 4 2.7 CCA Yo, Jo! Isadora, Rachel P to 2 2 CCA Yo! Yes? Raschka, Chris BR P to 2 1 CCR Yoko Wells, Rosemary AD350L P to 2 2.9 CCR
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You And Me Together: Moms, Dads, And Kids Around The World Kerley, Barbara K to 3 3 CCA You Can Write Awesome Stories Fandel, Jennifer 420L 1 to 4 1 CCR You Can Write Cool Poems Fandel, Jennifer 430L 1 to 4 1 CCR You Can Write Excellent Reports Fields, Janis 500L 1 to 4 1 CCR You Can Write Great Letters And E-Mails Fields, Janis 500L 1 to 4 1 CCR You Can, Toucan, Math: Word Problem-Solving Fun Adler, David A. P to 2 2 CCA You Have To Write Wong, Janet S. 2 to 5 3.4 CCA You Read To Me, I'll Read To You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales Hoberman, Mary Ann NP P to 2 2.8 CCR You Read To Me, I'll Read To You: Very Short Scary Tales To Read Hoberman, Mary Ann K to 3 2.4 CCR You Read To Me, I'll Read To You: Very Short Stories To Read Hoberman, Mary Ann NP K to 3 1.9 CCR You Wouldn't Want To Be A Worker On The Statue Of Liberty!: A Malam, John IG870L 3 to 6 4.8 CCR You Wouldn't Want To Be An American Pioneer!: A Wilderness Morley, Jacqueline 3 to 6 5 CCR You Wouldn't Want To Be Mary Queen Of Scots!: A Ruler Who MacDonald, Fiona 3 to 6 5 CCR You Wouldn't Want To Live In A Wild West Town!: Dust You'd Hicks, Peter IG790L 3 to 6 4.6 CCR You Wouldn't Want To Live In Pompeii!: A Volcanic Eruption Malam, John IG810L 3 to 6 4.6 CCR You're A Grand Old Flag Cohan, George M. NP K to 3 3.2 CCS You're All My Favorites McBratney, Sam AD900L P to 2 3 CCA Young Zeus Karas, G. Brian AD570L K to 3 3.2 CCR Zack Ryder Brickweg, Jason 650L 3 to 6 3.3 CCS Zebras Zobel, Derek K to 3 1.7 CCS Zen Shorts Muth, Jon J. 540L P to 2 2.9 CCR Zeus: King Of The Gods O'Connor, George GN640L 4 to 7 3.5 CCR Zin! Zin! Zin!: A Violin Moss, Lloyd NP K to 3 3.3 CCR Zombies!: Evacuate The School Holbrook, Sara 1 to 4 3 CCR Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale From West Africa McDermott, Gerald 370L K to 3 2.3 CCS Zoo Day, Ole!: A Counting Book (Bilingual Ed.) Gershator, Phillis P to 2 1 CCA Zoo In The Sky: A Book Of Animal Constellations Mitton, Jacqueline 750L 1 to 4 4.5 CCR Zoola Palooza: A Book Of Homographs Barretta, Gene K to 3 3 CCA Zz Doudna, Kelly P to 2 1 CCA
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