Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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100 Book Race: Hog Wild in the Reading Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1

4 Valentines In A Rainstorm Bond, Felicia 1 6 Titles: Eagles, Bees and Wasps, Alligators and Crocodiles, Morgan, Sally 1 Giraffes, Sharks, Tortoises and Turtles A Rock is Lively Aston, Diana Hutts 1

ABC Bunny, The Gag, Wanda 1

Across the Stream Ginsburg, Mirra 1

Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse Campbell, Marcy 1

A-Hunting We Will Go Langstaff, John 1

Air is All Around Us Branley, Franklyn 1

Albert the Alabatross Hoff, Syd 1

Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters Isenberg, Barbara 1

Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand (BOE approved Nov 2015)Scott, Liz and Jay 1

Alexander & The Terrible Horrible No Good… Viorst, Judith 1

Alexander & The Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo 1 Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Viorst, Judith 1 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Alistair's Elephant Sadler, Marilyn 1

All By Myself Mayer, Mercer 1

All Keyed Up Christopher, Matt 1

All My Toys Are On The Floor Blocksma, M. 1

Alligator Shoes Dorros, Arthur 1

Alligator With The Lean Mean Smile Nordlicht, Lillian 1

Alphabatics MacDonald, Suse 1

Amanda Pig & Her Big Brother Oliver Van Leeuwen, Jean 1

Amazing Gorillas! (BOE approved Nov 2015) Thomson, Sarah L. 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 1 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Amazing Mark Supraner, Robyn 1

Amazing Sharks Thomson, Sarah L. 1

Amelia Bedelia Series Parish, Peggy and Herman 1

American Holiday (10 book set) (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Nelson, Robin 1

Amigo Means Friend Everett, Louise 1

Aminal, The Balian, Lorna & Lecia 1

Anazi & The Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric 1

And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby 1

And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry St. Seuss, Dr. 1

Andy Pig's Great Flying Adventure Koci, Marta 1

Angus Series Flack, Marjorie 1

Animal Families Feinstein, J. 1

Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People Barrett, Judi 1

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett, Judi 1

Anna Banana And Me Blegvad, Lenore 1

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner Schwartz, Amy 1

Annie Bananie Komaiko, Leah 1

Ant and The Dove, The Aesop 1

Apple Tree, Apple Tree Blocksma, Mary 1

April Rabbits Cleveland, David 1

Are You There Bear? Maris, Ron 1

Arthur Series Brown, Marc 1

Arthur Series Hoban, Lillian 1

Ask Mr. Bear Flack, Marjorie 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 2 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1

Babar and The Ghost Brunhoff, Laurent de 1

Baby Animals Learn Chanko, Pamela 1

Back Yard Tent Daniel, Kira 1

Bad Bear Ahlberg, Allan. 1

Bag Full of Pups Gackenbach, Dick 1

Bag of Smiles, The Cowley, Joy 1

Barnetts, The Eggleton, Jill 1

Bartholomew and The Oobleck Seuss, Dr. 1

Baseball Ballerina Cristaldi, Kathryn 1

Bats Althea 1

Bear Facts Gentner, Norma L. 1

Bears Krauss, Ruth 1

Bears 1,2,3 Ziefert, Harriet 1

Bears Are Curious Milton, Joyce 1

Bears, Bears and More Bears Morris, Jackie 1

Bears, Bears Everywhere Connelly, Luella 1

Bears's Toothache McPhail, David 1

Beast in the Bathtub Stevens, Kathleen 1

Bedtime for Bear Stoddard, Sandol 1

Beetles Watts, Barrie 1

Begin at the Beginning Schwartz, Amy 1

Ben and The Bear Riddell, Chris 1

Benjamin Blair and the Case of the Missing Noun Hound Slocum, Allie 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 3 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Benji the Bug Olson, Marjorie 1

Benny's Bad Day Pellowski, Michael 1

Berenstain Bear Series Berenstain, Stan 1

Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, The (BOE approved Nov Berenstain, Stan & Jan 1 2015) Best Bug Parade, The Murphy Stuart Y. 1

Best Castle Ever, The Ziefert, Harriet 1

Best Dressed Bear, The Blocksma, Mary 1

Best Little Monkeys in the World Standiford, Natalie 1

Best Thanksgiving Book Whitehead, Patricia 1

Big Balloon Race Coerr, Eleanor 1

Big Bird Says Lerner, Sharon 1

Big Block of Chocolate, The Redhead, Janet 1

Big Fat Enormous Lie Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1

Big Fat Hen Daxer, Keith 1

Big Fat Pie Edwards, Pat 1

Big Max Platt, Kin 1

Big Orange Splot Pinkwater, D. Manus 1

Big Red Barn Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Big Something, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Giff, Patricia Reilly 1

Biggest Bear, The Ward, Lynd 1

Biggest Cookie in the World, The Hayward, Linda 1

Bill and Pete dePaola, Tomie 1

Binky Bros, Detectives Lawrence, James 1

Birds Canizares, Susan 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 4 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Birds (Now I Know) Kuchalla, Susan 1

Birds-Life Cycle Books Braithwaite, Althea 1

Birthday Present for Mama Lorian, Nicole 1

Blackbird's Nest Harvey, Olive 1

Blueberries For Sal McCloskey, Robert 1

Bobby's Zoo Lunn, Carolyn 1

Bony-Legs Cole, Joanna 1

Book of Animal Records, The Drew, David 1

Book Report from the Black Lagoon (BOE approved April 2014) Thaler, Mike 1

Brave Little Steam Shovel Evers, Alf 1

Bravest Cat!, The The True Story of Scarlett Driscoll, Laura 1

Bravest Dog Ever, The Standiford, Natalie 1

Bremen-Town Musicians Gross, Ruth Belov 1

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna 1

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Martin, Bill 1

Bubblegum Jorgensen, Gail 1

Bugs McKissack, Pat Fredrick 1

Bulb, The Garrard, Ian 1

Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies Mathews, Louise 1

Bunny Trouble Wilhelm, Hans 1

Bunny Who Found Easter Zolotow, Charlotte 1

Buster Loves Buttons! Manushkin, Fran 1

Busy Beavers Dabcovich, Lydia 1

But Not Like Mine Facklam, Margery 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 5 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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But Not Stanleigh Cloven, George 1

Butter Battle Book, The Suess, Dr. 1

Butterflies Braithwaite, Althea 1

Butterflies and Moths Bailey, Donna 1

Butterfly Canizares, Susan 1

Butterfly, The Nash, Pamela 1

Buzz Buzz Buzz Barton, Byron 1

C is for Colorado Shirley, Gayle 1

Cactus Hotel Guiberson, Brenda 1

Cake That Mack Ate Robart, Rose 1

Can You Hear Me, Grandad? Thomson, Pat 1

Canada Canizares, Susan 1

Caps for Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr 1

Caps, Hats, Socks & Mittens Borden, Louise 1 Krauss, Ruth and Carrot Seed, The 1 Johnson, Crockett Cars Rockwell, Anne 1

Case of the Scaredy Cats Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1

Cat In The Hat Suess, Dr. 1

Cat In The Hat Comes Back Suess, Dr. 1

Caterpillar and th Polliwog, The Kent, Jack 1

Celebrating the Powwow Kalman, Bobbie 1

Chair for My Mother Williams, Vera 1

Champ On Ice Peters, Sharon 1

Charlie Brown Series Schulz, Charles 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 6 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Charlie Needs A Cloak dePaola, Tomie 1

Chick and the Duckling Ginsburg, Mirra 1

Chick That Wouldn’t Hatch, The Daniel, Claire 1

Chicken Forgets Miles, Miska 1

Chicken Little Kellogg, Steven 1

Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice 1

Chicken's Aren't the Only Ones Keller, Ruth 1

Christopher Columbus Krensky, Stephen 1

Cinderella McKissack, Pat 1

Circus Days Pare, Roger 1

City Mouse, Country Mouse Wallner, John 1

Claude the Dog Gackenbach, Dick 1

Clean House for Mole & Mouse, A Ziefert, Harriet 1

Clifford Series Bridwell, Norman 1

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judi 1

Clue at the Zoo, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1

Clues in the Woods Parish, Peggy 1

Collecting Things Is Fun! Graves, Kimberly 1

Come Out & Play Little Mouse Kraus, Robert 1

Cookies Week Ward, Cindy 1

Corduroy Freeman, Don 1

Could Be Worse Stevenson, James 1

Country Mouse and City Mouse McKissack, Pat 1

Creepy Crawlies A to Z Aisworth, Louisa 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 7 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Crocodile Beat Jorgensen, Gail 1

Crocodiles and Alligators Seventy, V. 1

Cross Country Cat Calhoun, Mary 1

Curious George Series Rey, H.A. & M. 1

Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann 1

Dance Away Aruego, Jose 1

Dandelion Freeman, Don 1

Daniel's Duck Bulla, Clyde Robert 1

Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd 1

Dark Dark Tale Brown, Ruth 1

Day at Greenhill Farm, A Nicholson, Sue 1

Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Noble, Trinka Hakes 1

Day The Teacher Went Bananas, The Howe, James 1

Days With Frog and Toad Lobel, Arnold 1

Deep in the Forest Turkle, Brinton 1

Did You Ever See? Einsel, Walter 1

Did You Hear That? Blocksma, Mary 1

Did You Know? Hill, Sandi 1

Different Pond, A Phi, Bao 1

Dig a Dinosaur Gentner, Norma 1

Dinner at Alberta's Hoban, Russell 1

Dinosaur Day Donnelly, Liza 1

Dinosaur Days Milton, Joyce 1

Dinosaur Garden Donnelly, Liza 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 8 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Dinosaurs Elting, Mary 1

Dinousaurs' Halloween Donnelly, Liza 1

Dirty Beasts Dahl, Roald 1

Do Whales Have Belly Buttons? Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1

Doctor DeSoto Steig, William 1

Dolphin Morris, Robert 1

Dolphins Berger, Melvin 1

Dolphins Bokoske, Sharon 1

Dolphins and Porpoises Gordon, Sharon 1

Donkey's Tale Oppenheim, Joanne 1

Doorbell Rang Hutchins, Pat 1

Down By The Bay Raffi 1

Down on the Funny Farm King, Patrick 1

Dozen Dogs Ziefert, Harriet 1

Dragon Granowsky, Alvin 1

Drip Drop Gordon, Sharon 1

Drummer Hoff Emberley, Barbara 1

Duck Lloyd, David 1

Each Peach Pear Plum Ahlberg, Janet 1

Earthquack! Palatini, Margie 1

Echidna and the Shade Tree Lofts, Pamela 1

Eency Weency Spider Oppenheim, Joanne 1

Effles Bath Thompson, R. 1

Elephant in Trouble Crawford, Thomas 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 9 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Elephant is Child, The – Rudyard Kipling Medley, Linda, Ill. 1

Eli Peet, Bill 1

Ella Earns Her Own Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Bullard, Lisa 1

Elves and the Shoemaker, The Littledale, Freya 1

Enormous Crocodile Dahl, Roald 1

Enormous Turnip Hunia, Fran 1

Everybody Needs A Rock Baylor, Byrd 1

Excuses, Excuses Avitabile, Robert 1

Exploding Frog, The Aesop 1

Fantail, Fantail Mahy, Margaret 1

Farmer In The Dell, The Rae, Mary Maki 1

Farming Gibbons, Gail 1

Farmyard Cat, The Anello, Christine 1

Fast Frog Ahlbert, Allan 1

Feeling Things Fowler, Allan 1

Fire Flies Brinckloe, Julie 1

Fire, Fire, Said Mrs. McGuire Martin, Bill 1

First Thanksgiving, The Hayward, Linda 1

Fishy Color Story Wylie, Joanne 1

Five Little Ducks Raffl 1

Five Little Foxes & the Snow Johnston, Tony 1

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Christelow, Eileen 1

Five Minutes Peace Murphy, Jill 1

Flat Stanley Brown, Jeff 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 10 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Flip Series Dennis, Wesley 1

Flowers Braithwaite, Althea 1

Footprints In The Sand Benjamin, Cynthia 1

Forgetful Bears Weinberg, Larry 1

Forgetfuls Give a Wedding Weinberg, Larry 1

Fossils Tell of Long Ago Aliki 1

Four On The Shore Marshall, Edward 1

Four Scary Stories Johnston, Tony 1

Fox and His Friends Series Marshall, Edward 1

Fox Be Nimble Marshall, James 1

Fox On the Box, The Gregorich, Barbara 1

Fox Went Out on Chilly Night Spier, Peter 1

Foxes Braithwaite, Althea 1

Frances Series Hoban, Russell 1

Franklin in the Dark Bourgeois, Paulette 1

Freddie's Spaghetti Doyle, Catherine 1

Friend is Someone Who Likes You Anglund, Walsh 1

Friendly Book, The Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Friendly Snowman Gordon, Sharon 1

Friends Are a Special Part of Christmas Schulz, Charles 1

Frog & Toad Series Lobel, Arnold 1

Frog Prince, The Tarcov, Edith 1

Frog Prince, The Wang, Mary Lewis 1

Frog, The Nash, Pamela 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 11 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

Title Author Gr Canizares, Susan & Moreton, Frogs 1 Daniel Frog's Home Butterworth, C. 1

From Egg to Robin Canizares, Susan 1

From One to One Hundred Sloat, Teri 1

From Tadpole to Frog Kottke, Jan 1

Funny Feet Weiss, Leatie 1

Funny Fish Story, A Wylie, Joanne 1

Funny Little Woman, The Mosel, Arlene 1

Funny Old Man And Funny Old Woman, The Barber, Martha 1

Fur Mark, Jan 1

Fuzzy Rabbit Billam, Rosemary 1

George & Martha Series Marshall, James 1

George Washington and the General’s Dog Murphy, Frank 1

Georgie Bright, Robert 1

Geraldine's Big Snow Keller, Holly 1

Germs Make Me Sick Berger, Melvin 1

Giant Story Mouse Tale Fushchuber, A 1

Gingerbread Boy Galdone, Paul 1

Gingerbread Man Schmidt, Karen 1

Go and Hush the Baby Byars, Betsy 1

Goggles Keats, Ezra Jack 1

Golden Goose Grimm Brothers 1

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Marshall, James 1

Gone Fishing Long, Earlene R. 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 12 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Good Morning, Chick Ginsburg, Mirra 1

Good-Bye House Asch, Frank 1

Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Goodnight Owl Hutchins, Pat 1

Gorilla Did It, The Hazen, Barbara Shook 1

Grasshopper and Crickets Watts, Barrie 1

Great Attitude, A Hill, Sandi 1

Great Big Enornous Turnip, The Tolstoy, Alexei 1

Great Day For Up Suess, Dr. 1

Great Green Turkey Creek Monster Flora, James 1

Great Soap Bubble Ride Poskanser, Susan Cornell 1

Greedy Cat Cowley, Joy 1

Greedy Goat Bolton, Faye 1

Green Eggs and Ham Suess, Dr. 1

Green Thumbs Everyone Giff, Patricia Reilly 1

Gregory, the Terrible Eater Sharmat, Mitchell 1

Grizzwold Hoff, Syd 1

Grouchy Ladybug, The Carle, Eric 1

Growing Up Feet Cleary, Beverly 1

Growing Vegetable Soup Ehlert, Lois 1

Gum on The Drum, The Gregorich, Barbara 1

Halloween Dream Dolgin, Phyllis 1

Halloween Performance Bond, Felicia 1

Hansel & Gretel Gross, Ruth Belov 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 13 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Happy , Happy Mother's Day Tripp, Valerie 1

Happy Birthday To You Suess, Dr. 1

Happy Birthday, Dear Duck Bunting, Eve 1

Happy Birthday, Moon Asch, Frank 1

Happy Day Kraus, Ruth 1

Happy Easter, Little Critter Mayer, Mercer 1

Happy Hippopotami Martin Jr, Bill 1

Harry & the Terrible Whatzit Gackenbach, Dick 1

Harry the Dog Series Zion, Gene 1

Hating Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1

Hattie and the Fox Fox, Mem 1

Haunted House Parish, Peggy 1

Have You Seen Birds? Oppenheim, Joanne 1

Have You Seen My Cat? Carle, Eric 1

Have You Seen the Crocodile? West, Colin 1

Hearing Things Fowler, Allan 1

Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat Gelman, Rita Golden 1

Henny Penny Galdone, Paul 1

Henny Penny Zimmerman, H. Werner 1 Martin, Bill & Archambault, Here Are My Hands 1 John Here Comes Hungry Albert Whitehead, Patricia 1

Here Comes Winter Craig, Janet 1

Herman the Helper Kraus, Robert 1

Hi, Cat! Keats, Ezra Jack 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 14 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Hill of Fire Lewis, Thomas 1

Hip - Hippo - Ray Ahlbert/Amstutz 1

Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher Thaler, Mike 1

Hole is to Dig Krauss, Ruth 1

Holiday Handwriting School, The Pulver, Robin 1

Home Alone Schick, Eleanor 1

Home at Last Raschka, Chris & Williams, Vera 1

Home for a Puppy Gordon, Sharon 1

Homework Hassles Klein, Abby 1

Honey Bus Cutting, Brain & Jullian 1

Horton Hatches The Egg Seuss, Dr. 1

Horton Hears A Who Seuss, Dr. 1

House For a Hermit Crab Carle, Eric 1

House is a House For Me Hoberman, Mary Ann 1

House That Jack Built Cutts, David 1

House That Jack Built Simon, I. 1

How Much is A Million? Schwartz, David M. 1

How Spider Saved Easter Kraus, Robert 1

How Spider Saved Halloween Kraus, Robert 1

How The Grinch Stole Christmas Seuss, Dr. 1

How To Catch A Ghost Mitchell, Betty Jean (Noodles) 1

Hummingbird’s Life, A Himmelman, John 1

Hungry Crocodile Webb, Melissa 1

Hurry Up, Jessie Ziefert, Harriet 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 15 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Hush Little Baby Aliki 1

I Am A Leaf Marzollo, Jean 1

I Can Blink Asch, Frank 1

I Can Build A House Wantanabe, Shigeo 1

I Can Read About Creepy Crawly Creatures Naden, C. J. 1

I Can Read About Dinosaurs Howard, Linda 1

I Can Read About Spiders Merrians, Deborah 1

I Can Read About Trees and Plants Warren, Elizabeth 1

I Can Roar Asch, Frank 1

I Can Take A Walk Wantanabe, Shigeo 1

I Can't Said the Ant Cameron, Polly 1

I Go With My Family to Grandma's Levinson, Riki 1

I Just Forgot Mayer, Mercer 1

I Know a Lady Zolotow, Charlotte 1

I Know An Old Lady Boone, R. 1

I Like Books Browne, Anthony 1

I Like Me! Carlson, Nancy 1

I See Patterns Benton, Linda 1

I Spy Noonan, Diana 1

I Want A Pet Gregorich, Barbara 1

I Want To Be An Astronaut Barton, Byron 1

I Was Walking Down the Road Barchas, Sarah 1

I Will Not Wear That Sweater Marie, Susan 1

I Wish I Were A Butterfly Howe, James 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 16 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Ice Cream Soup Herman, Gail 1

Icky, Sticky Gloop Matthews, Morgan 1

If At First You Do Not See Brown, Ruth 1

If I Ever Mayer, Mercer 1

If I Ran The Circus Seuss, Dr. 1

If I Ran The Zoo Seuss, Dr. 1

If the Dinosaurs Came Back Most, Bernard 1

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Numeroff, Laura Joffe 1

I'm King Of The Castle Watanabe, Shigeo 1

Imogene's Antlers Small, David 1

In 1492 Marzollo, Jean 1

In a Dark Dark Room Schwartz, Alvin 1

In Our Country Canizares, Susan 1

In The Attic Oram, Hiawyn 1

Indians Silver, D. 1

Ira Says Good-Bye Waber, Bernard 1

Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard 1

Is There Room For Me? Pigdon, Keith and Woolley 1

It Could Still Be a Bird Fowler, Allan 1

It Could Still Be a Fish Fowler, Allan 1

It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw, Charles 1

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox Maccarme, Grace 1

It's A Good Thing There Are Insects Fowler, Allan 1

Jack and The Beanstalk Various Authors 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 17 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Jackalope Stevens, Janet 1

Jamaica's Find Havill, Juanita 1

Jamberry Degen, Bruce 1

Janet's Thingamajigs Cleary, Beverly 1

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White 1

Jessica Henkes, Kevin 1

Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 1

Jim's Dog Muffins Cohen, Miriam 1

Jingle Bells Chartier, Normand 1

Joey The Jack-O'Lantern Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1

Jog Frog Jog Gregorich, Barbara 1

Jolly Monsters, The Gordon, Sharon 1

Josefina Story Quilt, The Coerr, Eleanor 1

Julius Hoff, Syd 1

Jump, Frog, Jump Kalan, Robert 1

Just a Rainy Day Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Camping Out Mayer, Mercer 1

Just For You Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Go to Bed Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Grandpa and Me Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Like Daddy Asch, Frank 1

Just Me & My Little Sister Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Me and My Puppy Mayer, Mercer 1

Just Shopping with Mom Mayer, Mercer 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 18 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Kangaroo Eggleton, Jill 1

Kangaroo, The Granowsky, Alvin 1

Katy & The Big Snow Burton, Virginia Lee 1

Keep Climbing, Girls Richards, Beah 1

Kevin's Grandma Williams, Barbara 1

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Wood, Audrey 1

King Midas Littledale, Freya 1

King's New Clothes, The McKissack, Pat & Fredrick 1

Kiss for Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund 1

Kites Sail High Heller, Ruth 1

Koko's Story Patterson, Francine 1

Lady Bugs Braithwaite, Althea 1

Lady Bugs Watts, Barrie 1

Lazy Bear, The Wildsmith, Brian 1

Leo And Emily Brandenberg, Franz 1

Leo-The Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert 1

Let's Be Enemies Udry, Janice May 1

Let's Get A Pet Cowley, Joy 1

Let's Get A Pet Greydanus, Rose 1

Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science Series Various Authors 1

Life in the Meadow Curran, Eileen 1

Life of a Butterfly, A Bernard, Robin 1

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Henkes, Kevin 1

Lindgren, Astrid Dubowski, Cathy 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 19 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Little Bear Series Minarik, Else Holmelund 1

Little Boy Who Loved Dirt & Almost Became Superslob Vigna, Judith 1

Little Christmas Star Craig, Janet 1

Little Critter Series Mayer, Mercer 1

Little Engine That Could Piper, Watty 1

Little Fish That Got Away Cook, B. 1

Little Gorilla Bornstein, Ruth 1

Little House Burton, Virginia Lee 1

Little Monster Series Mayer, Mercer 1

Little Old Man Who Could Not Read Black, Irma Simonton 1

Little Owl Leaves the Nest Leonard, Marcia 1

Little Pig's Birthday Leonard, Marcia 1

Little Prince de Saint-Exupery, Antoine 1

Little Rabbit's Baby Brother Manushkin, Fran 1

Little Rabbit's Baby Sister Leonard, Marcia 1

Little Raccoon & The Outside World Moore, Lilian 1

Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul 1

Little Red Hen McQueen, Lucinda 1

Little Red Riding Hood Hyman, Trina Schart 1

Little Tim & The Brave Sea Captain Ardizzone, Edward 1

Littlest Leaguer Hoff, Syd 1

Lizards Home Shannon, George 1

Lizard's Song Shannon, George 1

Loch Ness Monster (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 20 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Long Way Westward, The Sandin, Joan 1

Longest Journey in the World Morris, William 1

Look Out, He's Behind You Bradman, Tony 1

Lorax, The Seuss, Dr. 1

Lorenzo Waber, Bernard 1

Lost in the Storm Carrick, Carol 1

Love You Forever Munsch, Robert 1

Lucille Lobel, Arnold 1

Lucita Comes Home to Oaxaca Cano, Robin B. 1

Lucky Bear Phillips, Joan 1

Lucky's Choice Jeschke, Susan 1

Lulu Walks the Dogs (BOE approved Nov 2015) Viorst, Judith 1

M & M Series Ross, Pat 1

Madeline Series Bemelmans, Ludwig 1

Magic Fish Littledale, Freya 1

Magic Hat, The Fox, Mem 1

Magic School Bus Gets Caught in a Web, The Lane Jeanette 1

Magic School Bus Rides the Wind, The Capeci, Anne 1

Magic Spectacles, The Moore, Lilian 1

Mailing May Tunnell, Michael O. 1

Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert 1

Mammals Are Animals Holloway, Judith 1

Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes, The Krasilovsky, Phyllis 1

Manta Rays Berger, Melvin 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 21 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Map Is a Picture Rinkoff, Barbara 1

Maps and Globes Knowlton, Jack 1

Martiner K. Saves the Day Gelman, R. 1

Mary Wore Her Red Dress Peek, Merle 1

Maui Hooks Hawaii (BOE Approved April 2014) Scheu, Judy 1

Maybe Garden, The Burke-Weiner, Kimberly 1

May'naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea Belton, Sandra 1

Merry Christmas Mom and Dad Mayer, Mercer 1 Canizares, Susan & Chanko, Mexico 1 Pamela Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee 1

Millions of Cats Gag, Wanda 1

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain Lobel, Arnold 1

Miss Nelson Series Allard Jr., Harry G. 1

Mitchell is Moving Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1

Mitten Tresselt, Alvin 1

Mixed-Up Magic Cole, Joanna 1

Molly's Monsters Slater, Teddy 1

Molly's Wish To Molly's Special Wish Supraner, Robyn 1

Monday, Monday, I Like Monday Martin, Bill 1

Monkey See Monkey Do Gave, Marc 1

Monster & The Baby Mueller, Virginia 1

Monster Books, The (Series) Blance, Ellen & Cook, Ann 1

Monster Movie Cole, Joanna 1

Monster Tracks Delaney, A. 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 22 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Moonbear Series Asch, Frank 1

Mooncake Asch, Frank 1

More Spaghetti, I Say! Gelman, Rita Golden 1

Morning Dance Aruego, Jose 1

Morris & Boris Series Wiseman, Bernard 1

Mother Goose Various Authors 1

Mother Rabbit's Son Tom Gackenbach, Dick 1

Mother's Day Mice, The Brett, Jan 1

Mouse Box, The Cowley, Joy 1

Mouse Party (BOE Approved April 2014) Robinson, Fay 1

Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold 1

Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold 1

Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree Winer, Yvonne 1

Mr. Grumpy's John Burningham, John 1

Mrs. Brice's Mice Hoff, Syd 1

Mrs. Grimbles Eggleton, Jill 1

Mrs. Grimbles Grapevine Eggleton, Jill 1

Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah Dabcovich, Lydia 1

Mud Lewison, Wendy 1

Muffy and Fluffy Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1

Munch, Munch, Munch Gentner, Norma 1

Museum, The Cutting, Brain & Julian 1

My Five Senses Aliki 1

My Global Address Nunn, Tamara 1

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 23 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies Viorst, Judith 1

My Mom Travels a Lot Bauer, Caroline Feller 1

My New Boy Phillips, Joan 1

My Red Umbrella Bright, Robert 1

My Secret Hiding Place Greydanus, Rose 1

My Visit to the Dinosaurs Aliki 1

Mystery of the Haunted House, The Shannon, J. 1

Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten Kellogg, Steven 1

Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs dePaola, Tomie 1 Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Case of the Sneaky Keene, Carolyn 1 Snowman Napping House Wood, Audrey 1

Nate the Great Series Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1

Nest of Wood Ducks Shaw, Evelyn S. 1

Nicky's Christmas Surprise Ziefert, Harriet 1

No Fighting, No Biting! Minarik, Else Holmelund 1

No Flying in the House Brock, Betty 1

No Mail For Mitchell Siracusa, Catherine 1

No Room For A Sneeze Supraner, Robyn 1

Nobody Listens to Andrew Guilfoile, Elizabeth 1

Noisy Nora Wells, Rosemary 1

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean Cole, Joanna 1

Not Now, Said The Cow Oppenheim, Joanne 1

Not This Bear Myers, Bernice 1

Nursery School Rabbit Geras, Adele 1

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Title Author Gr Canizares, Susan & Chanko, Ocean 1 Pamela Octopus Berger, Melvin 1

Octopus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Oh, Were They Ever Happy! Spier, Peter 1

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Graboff, Abner 1

Old Mother Hubbard Provensen, Alice 1

Oliver Button Is A Sissy dePaola, Tomie 1

On Market Street Lobel, Arnold 1

Once Upon MacDonald's Farm Gammell, Stephen 1

Once: A Lullaby Nichol, B. P. 1

One Cold Wet Night Melser, June and Cowley, Joy 1

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Seuss, Dr. 1

One in The Middle is the Green Kangaroo Blume, Judy 1

One Little Monkey Calmenson, Stephanie 1

One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert 1

One Wooly Wombat Trinca, Rod 1

Oops Mayer, Mercer 1

Orange, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1

Oscar Otter Benchley, Nathaniel 1

Our Teacher Miss Pool Owen, Richard 1

Over In the Meadow Various Authors 1

Overnight At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1

Owl At Home Lobel, Arnold 1

Owl at School Nicoll, Helen 1

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Owl Moon Yolen, Jane 1

Owliver Kraus, Robert 1

Ox-Cart Man Hall, Donald 1

Pain And the Great One Blume, Judy 1

Paintbox Penguins: A Book about Colors Leonard, Marcia 1 Eberts, Marjorie and Gisler, Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza 1 Margaret Panda, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Paper Party, The Freeman, Don 1

Pardon Said the Giraffe West, Colin 1

Parrot, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Pat The Bunny Kunhardt, Dorothy 1

Patrick's Dinosaurs Carrick, Carol 1

Paul the Pitcher Sharp, Paul 1

Pegasus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Penguins Kaufman, Elizabeth Elias 1

Penguins Paint, The Tripp, Valerie 1

Penny and Her Marble (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 1

Perfect the Pig Jeschke, Susan 1

Pet Show Keats, Ezra Jack 1

Pete the Parakeet Gordon, Sharon 1

Peter and the North Wind Littledale, Freya 1

Peter Pan Barrie, Jim 1

Phil the Ventriloquist Kraus, Robert 1

Pickle Things Brown, Marc Tolon 1

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Pierre Sendak, Maurice 1

Pig Pig Grows Up (Series) McPhail, David 1

Piggy In The Puddle, The Pomerantz, Charlotte 1

Pigs in Hiding Dubonevich, Arlene 1

Pinky and Rex and the Bully Howe, James 1

Pippa Mouse Boegehold, Betty Virginia 1

Playground Fun Gordon, Sharon 1

Playhouse for Monster Mueller, Virginia 1

Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert 1

Pocket for Corduroy Freeman, Don 1

Pony, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Pookins Gets Her Way Lester, Helen 1

Poorly Pig Ahlberg, Allan 1

Poppy the Panda Gaokenback, Dick 1

Porcupine's Pajama Party Harshman, Terry 1

Postcards From Canada Dawson, Zoe 1

Praying Mantis (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Prince's Tooth Is Loose, The Ziefert, Harriet 1

Princess and the Pea, The Stevens, Janet 1

Pumpkin, Pumpkin Titherington, Jeanne 1

Quack Said The Billy Goat Causley, Charles 1

Quick As A Cricket Wood, Audrey 1

Rabbits On Roller Skates Wahl, Jan 1

Rain Kalan, Robert 1

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Rainbow of My Own Freeman, Don 1

Rat Is Dead and Ant Is Sad Baker, Betty 1

Real Hole Cleary, Beverly 1 Reason for A Flower, The : A Book About Flowers, Pollen Heller, Ruth 1 and Seeds Red Is Best Stinson, Kathy 1

Red White and Blue-The Story of the American Flag Herman, John 1

Rhinoceros Wakes Me Up in the Morning, A Goodspeed, Peter 1

Rigby Leveled Reader Collection: Rigby Flying Colors Various Authors 1

Rigby Leveled Reader Collection: Rigby PM Various Authors 1

Right Number of Elephants, The Sheppard, Jeff 1

Robot Series Cook, Ann and Mack, Herb 1 Rocks & Minerals (Scholastic True or False) Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1 (BOE Approved April 2013) Roll Over! A Counting Song Peek, Merle 1

Rooster and The Weather Vane Peters, Sharon 1

Rooster Who Went to His Uncle’s Wedding, The Ada, Alma Flor 1

Rooster's Off To See The World Carle, Eric 1

Rosie's Walk Hutchins, Pat 1

Rotten Ralph Gantos, Jack 1

Round Trip Jonas, Ann 1

Rub-A-Dub Dub: What's In The Tub? Blocksma, Mary 1

Rub-A-Dub-Suds Peters, Sharon 1

Rubber Rabbit Ahlberg, Allan 1

Runaway Bunny Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Russell Rides Again Hurwitz, Johanna 1

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Sacajawea Milton, Joyce 1

Sam and the Lucky Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Chinn, Karen 1

Sam The Minuteman Benchley, Nathaniel 1

Sand Cake Asch, Frank 1

Santa Clauses, The Broger, Achim 1

Sarah's Unicorn Coville, Bruce 1

Scientists Chanko, Pamela 1

Seabiscuit Dubowski, Cathy East 1

Seahorse, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1

Seahorses Berger, Melvin 1

Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree, The Gibbons, Gail 1

Seasons of the Farm Miller, Jane 1

Second-Grade Friends Cohen, Miriam 1

See How It Grows (Series) Nash, Pamela 1

See You In Second Grade Cohen, Miriam 1

See You Tomorrow Charles Cohen, Miriam 1

Seed, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1

Seven Little Rabbits Becker, John 1

Shake My Sakes & All Raffee Picture Books Raffi 1

Shake My Sillies Out Raffi 1

Sharks Berger, Melvin 1

Sharks Chessen, Betsey 1

Shawn and Keeper/Show-and-Tell London, Jonathan 1 Canizares, Susan & Moreton, Shelter 1 Daniel

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Sherman Is A Slowpoke Sharmat, Mitchell 1

Show and Tell Gordon, Sharon 1

Show and Tell Frog, The Oppenheim, Joanne 1

Silly Sheep Ahlberg, Allan 1

Six Foolish Fishermen Elkin, Benjamin 1

Sled Surprise, The Barron, Gifford 1

Sleepy Bear Dabcovich, Lydia 1

Sleepy Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1

Sloppy Kisses Winthrop, Elizabeth 1

Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth Carle, Eric 1

Smelling Things Fowler, Allan 1

Snail, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1

Snakes Broekel, Ray 1

Snakes Petty, Kate 1

Snakes and Their Young Bailey, Donna 1

Sneetches And Other Stories Seuss, Dr. 1

Snowman, The Briggs, Raymond 1

Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack 1

So Can I Facklam, Margery 1

So Sick Ziefert, Harriet 1

Soft Skull Sam Hoff, Syd 1

Song and Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 1

Space Case Marshall, Edward 1

Spelling Bee Gordon, Sharon 1

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Spider and the Fly Howitt, Mary 1

Spider, The Nash, Pamela 1

Spiders Gibbons, Gail 1

Spiders are Animals Holloway, Judith 1

Spider's First Day At School Kraus, Robert 1

Stanley Hoff, Syd 1

Stanley and Rhoda Wells, Rosemary 1

Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin to the Rescue Venn, Cecilia 1

Statue of Liberty , The Recht, Lucille 1

Stellaluna Cannon, Janell 1

Stone Soup McGovern, Ann 1

Story of Chicken Licken Ormerod, Jan 1

Story of Ferdinand, The Leaf, Munro 1

Story Of Johnny Appleseed, The Aliki 1

Story Snail, The Rockwell, Anne 1

Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck, The Benchley, Nathaniel 1

Sunshine Makes the Seasons Branley, Franklyn 1

Super Storms Simon, Seymour 1

Surprise Party Gordon, Sharon 1

Surprise Party, The Prager, Annabelle 1

Surprises Hopkins, Lee Bennett 1

Swamp Monsters Christian, Mary Blount 1

Sweet Touch Balian, Lorna 1

Swimmy Lionni, Leo 1

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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William 1

Tacky the Penguin Lester, Helen 1

Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Potter, Beatrix 1

Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Potter, Beatrix 1

Tale of the Bunny Picnic, The Hearn, Diane Dawson 1

Tales of Amanda Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1

Tales of Oliver Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1

Tall City, Wide Country Chwast, Seymour 1

Tallyho, Pinkerton! Kellogg, Steven 1

Teacher Who Could Not Count, The McKee, Craig 1

Teddy On Time Pellowski, Michael 1

Teeny Tiny Bennett, Jill 1

Teeny Tiny Woman O'Connor, Jane 1

Teeny Tiny Woman Seuling, Barbara 1

Tell-Tale Tiger Ahlberg, Allan 1

Ten Loopy Caterpillars Cowley, Joy 1

Thanksgiving Is … Borden, Louise 1

That's Not All Schneider, R. 1

That's Not Santa Kessler, Leonard 1

That's What A Friend Is Hallinan, P. K. 1

The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement C 1

There's A Dragon in My Garden Cutting, Brian 1

There's A Hippopotamus Under My Bed Thaler, Mike 1

There's A Nightmare In My Closet Mayer, Mercer 1

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There's An Alligator Under My Bed Mayer, Mercer 1

There's Someone in My Attic Mayer, Mercer 1

Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose Seuss, Dr. 1

Things Birds Eat, The Chessen, Betsey 1 Canizares, Susan & Moreton, This Bird Can Fly 1 Daniel This is the Bear Hayes, Sarah 1

Three Bears Galdone, Paul 1

Three Billy Goats Gruff Various Authors 1

Three Blind Mice Ivimey, John 1

Three By The Sea Marshall, Edward 1

Three Ducks Went Wandering Roy, Ron 1

Three Little Kittens, The Galdone, Paul 1

Three Little Pigs Galdone, Paul 1

Three Little Pigs, The Grace, Ellen 1

Three Little Witches Gordon, Sharon 1

Three Names MacLachlan, Patricia 1

Three Wishes Craig, M. Jean 1

Three-Hat Day Geringer, Laura 1

Through Grandpa's Eyes MacLachlan, Patricia 1

Thump, Bump: Tiny the Dancing Hippo Craig, Janet 1

Thy Friend, Obadiah Turkle, Brinton 1

Tiger is a Scaredy Cat Phillips, Joan 1

Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel, Arlene 1

Time for a Number Rhyme None 1

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Time for a Rhyme None 1

Tiny Seed, The Carle, Eric 1

Toad Hunt, The Chenery, Janet 1

Tog the Dog Hawkins, Colin 1

Tom and the Two Handles Hoban, Russell 1

Tomato, The Nash, Pamela 1

Too Many Rabbits Parish, Peggy 1

Too Much Junk Food Berenstain, Stan 1

Too Much Noise McGovern, Ann 1

Tooth Fairy, The Peters, Sharon 1

Tooth Trouble Klein, Abby 1

Tortoise & The Hare, The Stevens, Janet 1

Trains Gibbons, Gail 1

Traveler and the Farmer, The Cowley, Joy 1

Tree In The Trail Holling, Holling C. 1

Tree is a Home, A Kelley, Dr. Alden 1

Tree Is Nice, A Udry, Janice May 1

Tree, The Nash, Pamela 1

Trees Braithwaite, Althea 1

Truck Trouble Royston, Angela 1

True Story of Pocahontas, The Penner, Lucille 1

Trunk, The Wildsmith, Brian 1

Turtle and Tortoise Serventy, Vincent 1

Turtle Tale Asch, Frank 1

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Turtles (Now I Know) Craig, Janet 1

Twelve Bells for Santa Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1

Two Times the Fun Cleary, Beverly 1

Tyrannosaurus Rex Granowsky, Alvin 1

Uncle Elephant Lobel, Arnold 1

Unusual Spiders Bailey, Donna 1

Usborne Book of Space Facts, The Becklake, Sue 1

Velveteen Rabbit, The Williamss, Margery 1

Very Busy Spider, The Carle, Eric 1

Very Hungrey Caterpillar, The Carle, Eric 1

Very Worst Monster, The Hutchins, Pat 1

Visiting Day Wooodson, Jacqueline 1

Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara 1

Wait Till the Moon is Full Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Waiting for Sunday Blackburn, C. 1

Wake Up, Sun Harrison, David 1

Watch Out, Ronald Morgan Giff, Patricia Reilly 1

Water For Dinosaurs And You Gans, Roma 1

Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle Paul, Miranda 1

Way To Start The Day, The Baylor, Byrd 1

We Are Best Friends Aliki 1

We Can Make Graphs Williams, Rozanne Lanozak 1

We Sing Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies Beall, Pamela Conn 1

We Wish You A Merry Christmas Traditional 1

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Wet Cats Gelman, Rita Golden 1

Whales Berger, Melvin 1

Whales & Dolphins (I Can Read About) Anderson, J. I. 1

What A Good Lunch Watanabe, Shigeo 1 Canizares, Susan & Berger, What Do Artists Do? 1 Samantha What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? Mayer, Mercer 1

What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 1

What I Did Last Summer Prelutsky, Jack 1

What is a Mammal? Day, Jenifer W. 1

What Makes Day and Night? Branley, Franklyn M. 1

What Next, Baby Bear? Murphy, Jill 1

What Spot? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1

What's Claude Doing? Gackenbach, Dick 1

What's In Fox's Sack? Galdone, Paul 1

Wheels On The Bus Raffi 1

When I Get Bigger Mayer, Mercer 1

When I Was Young In the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia 1

Where Did My Mother Go? Preston, Edna Mitchell 1

Where Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice 1

Where's My Easter Egg? Ziefert, Harriet 1

Where's Spot? Hill, Eric 1

Where's The Halloween Treat? Ziefert, Harriet 1

Whistle For Willie Keats, Ezra Jack 1

Who Said Red? Serfozo, Mary 1

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Who Sank the Boat? Allen, Pamela 1

Who Stole The Apples? Heuck, Sigrid 1

Who Took the Farmer's Hat? Nodset, Joan L. 1

Who Wants A Cheap Rhinoceros? Silverstein, Shel 1

Who’s Hiding? Lanczak Williams, Rozanne 1

Who's Afraid of the Dark? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1

Who's That? Stevens, Harry 1

Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert 1

Why Can't I Fly? Gelman, Rita Golden 1

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's E Aardema, Verna 1

Wild, Wild Wolves Milton, Joyce 1

William, Where Are You? Gerstein, M. 1

Willy The Wimp Browne, Anthony 1

Wind Blew, The Hutchins, Pat 1

Winter Day, A Florian, Douglas 1

Wish-Washy Day Cowley, Joy 1

Witch's Christman Bridwell, Norma 1

Wizard, the Fairy, & The Magic, The Lester, Helen 1

Wobbly Tooth, The Cooney, Nancy Evans 1

Yertle The Turtle Seuss, Dr. 1

You and Me, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 1

You Look Funny! Kim, Joy 1

You Look Ridiculous Waber, Bernard 1

Young Cam Jansen (Series) Adler, David 1

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Young Kangaroo Brown, Margaret Wise 1

Young Wolf and Spirit Horse Shelelman, Janice 1

Yummers Marshall, James 1

Yummers, Too Marshall, James 1

Yummy, Yummy Grey, Judith 1

Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways (BOE approved Nov 2015) Kvasnosky, Laura McGee 1

12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve 2

26 Fairmount Avenue dePaola, Tomie 2

A, My Name Is Alice Bayer, Jane 2

Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington Harness, Cheryl 2

Abe Lincoln's Hat Brenner, Martha 2

Abigail Adams, Girl of Colonial Days Wagoner, Jean Brown 2

Abraham Lincoln Cashore, Kristen 2

Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer, Leader, Legend Fontes, Justine & Ron 2

Absolutely Lucy Cooper, Ilene 2 Adventure of the Bailey School Kids: Dragons Don’t Cook Dadey, Debbie 2 Pizza Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The Hurwitz, Johanna 2

Adventures of Isabel, The Nash, Ogden 2

Albert's Toothache Williams, Barbara 2

Alexander Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Viorst, Judith 2

Aliens for Breakfast Spinner, Stephanie 2

All About Alligators Arnosky, Jim 2

All About Seeds Berger, Melvin 2

Always Inventing: The True Story of Thomas Alva Edison Murphy, Frank 2

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Always Room for One More Leodhas, Sorche Nic 2

Amazing Rescues Shea, George 2

Amazing World of Spiders Craig, Janet 2

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Danziger, Paula 2

Amigo Baylor, Byrd 2

Amos & Boris Steig, William 2

An Elf for Christmas Hollands, Judith 2

Anansi the Spider McDermott, G. 2

Anelina Ballerina Holabird, Katharine 2

Angel Child, Dragon Child Surat, Michele Marie 2

Animal Ark Series Baglio, Ben 2

Anna's Garden Songs Steele, Mary Q. 2

Annie and the Old One Miles, Miska 2 Another Point of View Series The Little Red Hen/ Help Granowsky, Alvin 2 Yourself Little Red Hen Antarctica Cowcher, Helen 2

Anteater Named Arthur Waber, Benard 2

April’s Kitten Newberry, Clare 2

Apt. 3 Keats, Ezra Jack 2

Armies of Ants Retan, Walter 2

Arthur Meets the President Brown, Marc 2

Arthur’s Teacher Trouble Brown, Marc 2

Arthur's Birthday Brown, Marc 2

Arthur's Pet Business Brown, Marc 2

At Home in the Rain Forest (BOE Approved April 2013) Willow, Diane 2

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Attaboy, Sam! Lowry, Lois 2

Australia Santrey, Laurence 2

Avalanche! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2

Babe: The Gallant Pig King-Smith, Dick 2

Baby Who Got All the Blame, The Nelson, JoAnne 2

Baby Zoo Animals Kaufman, Elizabeth 2

Bah! Humbug? Balian, Lorna 2

Banza Wolkstein, Diane 2

Barry the Bravest Saint Bernard Hall, Lynn 2

Baseball Counting Book, The McGrath, Barbara Barbieri 2

Basil Series Titus, Eve 2

Bat Loves the Night (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Davies, Nicola 2

Bat Zamboree Appelt, Kathi 2

Battle of the Class Clowns Baer, Jacqueline A. 2

Bea & Mr.Jones Schwartz, Amy 2

Bears on Hemlock Mountain Dalgliesh, Alice 2

Beast & The Halloween Horror Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Beast in Ms Rooney's Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Beats Me, Claude Nixon, Joan Lowery 2

Beezus & Ramona Cleary, Beverly 2

Ben Franklin and the Magic Square Murphy, Frank 2

Benjamin & Tulip Wells, Rosemary 2

Best Enemies Leverich, Kathleen 2

Best Friends Hollaner, Cass 2

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Best Friends Kellogg, Steven 2

B-e-s-t Friends Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Best Teacher in the World Chardie, Bernice 2

Best Town in the World, The Baylor, Byrd 2

Betsy & the Circus Haywood, Carolyn 2 Masestro, Betsy Big City Port 2 Delvecchio, Ellen Big Mamma's Crews, Donald 2

Bigger Giant, The Green, Nancy 2

Billy Jo Jive, Super Private Eye Shearer, John 2

Billy the Bird King-Smith, Dick 2

Blizzard! Snowstorm Fury Turck, Mary C. 2

Blue Hill Meadows, The Rylant, Cynthia 2

Boa Constrictors Bargar & Johnson 2

Bobsledding and the Luge Brimner, Larry Dane 2

Body Facts Drew, David 2

Book About Planets & Stars Reigot, Betty Polisar 2

Boss For a Week Handy, Libby 2

Boxcar Children Warner, Gertrude Chandler 2

Boy and the Ghost, The San Souci, Robert 2

Boy in the Doghouse, A , (1991) Duffey, Betsy 2

Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Littledale, Freya 2

Bread and Jam for Frances Hoban, Russell 2

Broderick Ormondroyd, Edward 2

Brontosaurus Redhead, J. 2

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Buck Stops Here Provensen, Alice 2

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor 2

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Dussling, Jennifer 2

Bully Trouble Cole, Joanna 2

Bumps In The Night Allard, Harry 2

Bunnicula Howe, James 2

Buster’s Dino Dilemma Brown, Marc 2

Busybody Nora Hurwitz, Johanna 2

Button Box, The Reid, Margarette 2

Buz Egielski, Richard 2

Caleb & Kate Steig, William 2

Caleb's Story (BOE Approved November 2014) MacLachlan, Patricia 2

Cam Jansen Series Adler, David 2

Can We Get That Here? Foley, Donna 2

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2

Candy Corn Contest, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Capybobby Peet, Bill 2

Carnival Burden-Patmon, Denise 2

Case of the Cat's Meow Bonsall, Crosby 2

Case of the Cool Itch Kid Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Case of the Dumb Bells Bonsall, Crosby 2

Case of the Hungry Stranger Bonsall, Crosby 2

Case of the Lost Boy, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Hillestad Butler, Dori 2

Case of The Missing Cat Palazzo-Craig, Janet 2

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Casey Jones York, Carol Beach 2

Cat’s Burglar, The Parish, Peggy 2

Catwings LeGuin, Ursula 2

Cave Boy Dubowski, Cathy 2

Chalk Box Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2

Charlie & Frog Kane, Karen 2

Cherries and Cherry Pits Williams, Vera 2

Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride Selden, George 2

Chester The Wordly Pig Peet, Bill 2

Chicken Pox Party, The Wyeth, Sharon Dennis 2

Chicken Squad, The Cronin, Doreen 2

Chinese New Year's Dragon Sing, Rachel 2

Choose Your Own Adventure Series Various Authors 2

Christmas Secret Lexau, Joan 2

Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin 2

Cinderella Karlin, Barbara 2

Cinder-Ella Minters, Frances 2

City Rhythms Nayer, Judy 2

City Storm Parker, Mary 2

Clara and the Book Wagon Levison, Nancy 2

Cloud Book dePaola, Tomie 2

Cobras Bargar & Johnson 2

Comets and Meteor Showers Sipiera, Paul 2

Commander Toad Series Yolen, Jane 2

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Copperheads Bargar, Sherie 2

Crash, Bang, Boom Spier, Peter 2

Cream of Creature from the School Cafeteria Thaler, Mike 2

Crictor Ungerer, Tom 2

Crow Boy Yashima, Taro 2

Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo, The Fuchshuber, Annegert 2

Dancing Teepees Sneve, Virginia 2

Dandelions Bunting, Eve 2

Daring Resue of Marlon the Swimming Pig, The Saunders, Susan 2

Day of the Blizzard (BOE Approved November 2014) Moskin, Marieta 2

Dear Garbage Man Zion, Gene 2

Dear Levi (Letters From the Overland Trail) Woodruff, Elvira 2

December Secrets Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

DeDe Takes Charge Hurwitz, Johanna 2

Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers Rosenbloom, Joseph 2

Destination Everest Glenn, Karen 2

Diagnostic System, The Stille, Darlene R. 2

Diary of a Sunflower (BOE Approved April 2014) Pugliano, Carol 2

Diego Rivera Vasquez, Sarah 2

Digging Up Dinosaurs Aliki 2

Dinosaur Dream Nolan, Dennis 2

Dinosaur Habitat Griffith, Helen 2

Dinosaur Hunters McMullan, Kate 2

Dinosaur Named Sue, A Robinson, Fay 2

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Dinosaur Story Cole, Joanna 2

Dinosaur Time Parish, Peggy 2

Dinosaur Who Wouldn't Go to School Salmon, Michael 2

Dinosaurs Charlesworth, Liza 2

Dinosaurs Alive and Well! Brown, Laurie & Marc 2

Dinosaurs Before Dark Osborne, Mary Pope 2

Dinosaurs Travel Brown, Laurie & Marc 2

Disaster at Sea Donkin, Andrew 2

Discovery of the Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2

Diving Dolphins Wallace, Karen 2 Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices Larson, Jennifer S. 2 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Do Not Open Turkle, Brinton 2

Do You Love Me? Gackenbach, Dick 2

Does 3rd Grade Last Forever? Schanback, Mindy 2

Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter, The Christopher, Matt 2

Dolphin Treasure (BOE Approved November 2014) Grover, Wayne 2

Dolphins at Daybreak Osborne, Mary Pope 2

Don’t Call Me Beanhead! Wejciechowski, Susan 2

Doodles of Sam Dibble, The Press, J 2

Dorrie Series Coombs, Patricia 2

Drinking Gourd, The Monjo, F. N. 2

Eagle Feather Bulla, Clyde Robert 2

Earth Brandt, Keith 2

Eclipse Darkness In Daytime Branley, Franklyn Mansfield 2

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Eleanor Everywhere-The Life of Eleanore Roosevelt Kulling, Monica 2

Elihu the Elephant Brennan, Gale 2

Ella the Bad Speller Kraus, Robert 2

Ellen Tebbitts Cleary, Beverly 2

Ellis Island Quiri, Patricia 2

Elmer And The Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles 2

Emil the Eagle LeFleur, Thomas 2

Emma Stevenson, Juliet 2 Emmanuel's Dream - The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Quall, Dean & Thompson, Laurie Ann2 Yeboah Emma's Pet McPhail, David 2

Emmett's Pig Stolz, Mary 2 Anderson, Hans Christian Emperor's New Clothes 2 Westcott, Nadine Empty Pot, The Demi 2

Encyclopedia Brown Series Sobol, Donald 2

Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes Ganeri, Anita 2

Euphonia and the Flood Calhoun, Mary 2

Everest - Reaching for the Sky Masoff, Joy 2

Extreme Machines Maynard, Christopher 2

Eye of the Needle Sloat, Teri 2

Fables Lobel, Arnold 2

Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl, Roald 2

Fat Cat Kent, Jack 2

Father Fox's Pennyrhymes Watson, Clyde 2

Febold Feboldson- The Fix-it Farmer York, Carol Beach 2

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First American Colonies Oney, Yannick 2

First Clay Gathering, A Naranjo-Morse, N. 2

First Day Jitters Danneberg, Julie 2

First Dinosaurs, The Dixon, Dougal 2

First Flight McPhail, David 2

First Flight Shea, George 2

First Passover, A Swartz, Leslie 2

Five Chinese Brothers, The Bishop, Claire Huchet 2

Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Suess, Dr. 2

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll Branley, Franklyn 2

Floating in Space Branley, Franklyn M. 2

Floods Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2

Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush Cherry, Lynne 2

Flutterby Cosgrove, Stephen 2

Fly Away Home Bunting, Eve 2

Follow a Raindrop: The Water Cycle Ward, Elsie 2

Follow Me Ziefert, Harriet 2

Follow The Dream Sis, Peter 2

Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake Martin, Rafe 2

Football That Won, The Sampson, Michael 2

Forecast Hall, Malcolm 2

Forever Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2

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Foundling Fox Korshunow, Irina 2

Freckle Juice Blume, Judy 2

Fried Feathers for Thanksgiving Stevenson, James 2

Frog Prince Continued, The Scieszka, Jon 2

Frog Went A-Courtin' Langstaff, John 2

Funnybones Ahlberg, Allan 2

Fury Witch Freeman, D. 2

Gadget War, The Duffey, Betsy 2

Garbage Juice for Breakfast Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Garden For A Groundhog, A Balian, Lorna 2

George the Drummer Boy Benchley, Nathaniel 2

George Washington, Our First Leader Stevenson, Augusta 2

George Washington, Soldier, Hero, President Fontes, Justine & Ron 2

Ghost of Windy Hill Bulla, Clyde Robert 2

Ghost With The Halloween Hiccups, The Mooser, Stephen 2 Martin, Bill & Archambault, Ghost-Eye Tree 2 John Giant Dinosaurs Rowe, Erna 2

Gift for Tia Rosa Taha, Karen 2

Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The Dahl, Roald 2

Girl Named Helen Keller, A Lundell, Margo 2

Giving Tree, The Silverstein, Shel 2

Gloomy Gus the Hippopotamus Brennan, Gale 2

Gobble, Growl, Grunt Spier, Peter 2

Godzilla Ate My Homework Jones, Marcia Thornton 2

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Going West Van Leeuwen, Jean 2

Gold Fever McMorrow, Catherine 2

Golly Sisters Go West Byars, Betsy 2

Good Hunting, Blue Sky Parish, Peggy 2

Good News Brenner, Barbara 2

Good Work, Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 2

Goodnight, Goodnight Rice, Eve 2

Gooney Bird Greene Lowry, Lois 2

Gorilla Browne, Anthony 2

Gorillas Demuth, Patrica 2

Grasshopper and the Ants Franklin, P. 2

Gravity Is A Mystery Branley, Franklyn 2

Great Easter Egg Mystery Sabin, Fran 2 Great Houdini – World Famous Magician and Escape Artist, Kulling, Monica 2 The Greatest Treasure, The Demi 2

Great-Grandpa’s in the Litter Box Greenburg, Dan 2

Green Lion of Zion Street, The Fields, Julia 2

Greg's Microscope Selsam, Millicent 2

Growl! Berger, Melvin 2

Gus the Greedy Puppy Dale, Jenny 2

Gus Was a Real Dumb Ghost Thayer, Jane 2

Hannah Whelan, Gloria 2

Hanukkah! Schotter, Roni 2

Happy Birthday, Dr. King! Jones, Kathryn D. 2

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Harold & the Dinosaur Mystery Frost, Erica 2

Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster Clifford, Eth 2

Helen Keller Graff, Stewart 2

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Hurwitz, Johanna 2

Helga High Up Neuhaus, D. 2

Helga's Dowry dePaola, Tomie 2

Henry and Mudge Series Rylant, Cynthia 2

Henry Bear's Park McPhail, David 2

Here Comes the Strikeout Kessler, Leonard 2

Heron Street Turner, Ann 2

Hey, Get Off Our Train Burningham, John 2

Hey, Kid! Gelman, Rhonda 2

Higglety Pigglety Pop Sendak, Maurice 2

Hiwawatha and the Peacemaker Robertson, Robbie & Shannin, David2

Homer Price McCloskey, Robert 2

Hoop Heroes Kramer, Sydelle 2

Horrible Harry Series Kline, Suzy 2

How and Why Animals Hatch From Eggs Pascoe, Elaine 2

How and Why Spiders Spin Silk Pascoe, Elaine 2

How Big Is A Brachiosaurus? Carroll, Susan 2

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head Peet, Bill 2

How I Survived the Oregon Trail Wilson, Laura 2

How Many Days to America Bunting, Eve 2

How Pizza Came to Queens Khalsa, Dayal Kaur 2

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Humbug Rabbit Balian, Lorna 2

Humbug Witch Balian, Lorna 2

Hungry Thing Slepian, Jan 2

Hungry, Hungry Sharks Cole, Joanna 2

Hunter of Fossils, A Baylor, B. 2

Hunting the Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals Dixon, Dougal 2

Hurricanes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2

I Can Be a Baseball Player Greene, Carol 2

I Hate My Brother Harry Dragonwagon, Crescent 2

I Love You Mary Jane Balian, Lorna 2

I Was a Second Grade Werewolf Pinkwater, Danial 2

I, Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2

I’m Sorry, Almira Ann Kurtz, Jane 2

I'd Like to Be Kroll, Steven 2

If I Could Nayer, Judy 2

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days Brenner, Barbara 2

If You Were An Animal Doctor Levine, Ellen 2

I'll Fix Anthony Viorst, Judith 2

Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa Burden-Patmon, Denise 2 Cristini, Ermanno and In My Garden 2 Puricelli In the Dinosaur's Paw Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Cristini, Ermanno and In the Pond 2 Puricelli Indian School, The Whelan, Gloria 2

Inside the Titanic Marschau, Ken 2

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Invisible Boy, The (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Ludwig, Trudy 2

Invisible Stanley Brown, Jeff 2

Is Your Mama a Llama? Guarino, Deborah 2

It Came From Beneath the Bed Howe, James 2

It's Christmas! Prelutsky, Jack 2

It's Halloween Prelutsky, Jack 2

It's So Nice To Have A Wolf Around the House Allard, Harry 2

It's Valentine's Day Prelutsky, Jack 2

Ivy + Bean Barrows, Annie 2

J.T. Wagner, Jane 2

Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball O’Connor, Jim 2

Jake Drake, Know it All Clements, Andrew 2

James Meets the Prairie Allen, Katy 2

Jenius: the Amazing Guinea Pig King-Smith, Dick 2

Jennifer, Tom Hamill, Juanita 2

Jeremy Bean's St. Pastrick's Day Schertle, Alice 2

Jigsaw Jones Mystery, A (Series) Preller, James 2

Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash Noble, Trinka Hakes 2

John Henry Naden, Corinne 2

Johnny Appleseed Moore, Eva 2

Johnny Appleseed York, Carol Beach 2

Julius - The Baby of the World Henkes, Kevin 2

Junie B. Jones Series Park, Barbara 2

Jurassic Dinosaurs Dixon, Dougal 2

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Katie’s Trunk Turner, Ann 2

Katy No-Pocket Payne, Emma 2

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter 2

Key to the Treasure Parish, Peggy 2

Knights of the Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon 2 Martin, Bill & Archambault, Knots On A Counting Rope 2 John Koalo Lou Fox, Mem 2

Korean Children's Day Suyenaga, Ruth 2

Laila's Wedding Sakakeeny, Kaleel 2

Lance Armstrong – The Race of His Life Armstrong, Kristin 2

Last Dinosaur, The Murphy, Jim 2

Last Look Bulla, Clyde Robert 2

Legand of the India's Paintbrush dePaula, Tomie 2

Legend Of The Blue Bonnet, The dePaola, Tomie 2

Lemonade Trick Corbett, Scott 2

Lemonade War, The (BOE Approved April 2013) Davies, Jacqueline 2

Lentil McCloskey, Robert 2

Leo and Emily and the Dragon Brandenberg, Franz 2

Leo the Lop Cosgrove, Stephen 2

Leo the Lucky Kitten Dale, Jenny 2

Leprechauns Never Lie Balian, Lorna 2

Let’s Go Home, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2

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Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began Penner, Lucille Recht 2

Lily and Miss Liberty Stevens, Carla 2

Lily the Lost Puppy Dale, Jenny 2

Lionel At Large Krensky, Stephen 2 Martin, Bill & Archambault, Listen to the Rain 2 John Little Beaver and the Echo MacDonald, Amy 2

Little Bunny's Lunch Nelson, JoAnne 2

Little Fox Goes to the End of the World Tompert, A. 2

Little House Chapter Book Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2

Little House on the Prairie Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2

Little Mouse Makes a Mess Leonard, Marcia 2

Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth Bate, Lucy 2

Little Shopping, A Rylant, Cynthia 2

Little Soup’s Birthday Peck, Robert Newton 2

Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley Spinner, Stephanie 2

Little Witch’s Big Night Hautzig, Deborah 2

Living in Space Daynes, Katie 2

Locked in the Library Brown, Marc 2

Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard 2

Look To The North – A Wolf Pup Diary George, Jean Craighead 2

Looking At Animals in Cold Places Butterfield, Moira 2

Looniverse Stranger Things Lubar, David 2

Lost in the Museum Cohen, Miriam 2

Lots of Rot Cobb, Vicki 2

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Lucky Stone, The Clifton, Lucille 2

Magic Finger Dahl, Roald 2

Magic in the Park Chew, Ruth 2

Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Cole, Joanna 2

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Cole, Joanna 2

Magic School Bus, The Cole, Joanna 2

Magic School Bus, The : The Wild Whale Watch Moore, Eva 2

Magic Tree House (Series) Osborne, Mary Pope 2

Mars: The Red Planet Demuth, Patricia 2

Marvin Redpost “Alone in His Teacher’s House” Sachar, Louis 2

Marvin Redpost “Class President” Sachar, Louis 2

Marvin Redpost “Is He a Girl” Sachar, Louis 2

Marvin Redpost “Kidnapped at Birth” Sachar, Louis 2

Marvin Redpost “Why Pick Me” Sachar, Louis 2

Mary Had a Little Lamb Hale, Sarah 2

Masai & I Krou, Virginia 2

Math In The Bath (and other fun places, too!) Atherlay, Sara 2

Matthew's Dream Lionni, Leo 2

Max Malone Make a Million Herman, Charlotte 2

Max's Christmas Wells, Rosemary 2

Meet …(Series) Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Various Authors 2

Meet the Lincoln Lions Band Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Merry Christmas from Eddie Haywood, Carolyn 2

Mia Hamm Dougherty, Terri 2

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Mice Twice Low, Joseph 2

Mike and the Magic Cookies Buller, Jon 2

Mike Fink Kellogg, Steven 2

Mike Fink (Folk Tales of America) York, Carol Beach 2

Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara 2

Miss Spider’s Wedding Kirk, David 2

Missing Tooth, The Cole, Joanna 2

Molly's Pilgrim Cohen, Barbara 2

Molly's Wish Supraner, Robyn 2

Monarch Butterfly’s Life, A Himmelman, John 2

Monster Valentines Cole, Joanna 2

More Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2

More Than Anything Else (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Bradby, Marie 2

Morris's Disappearing Bag Wells, Rosemary 2

Mother's Day, El Dia de las Madres Matiella, Ana Consuelo 2

Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly 2

Mr. Popper's Penguins Atwater, Richard 2 Mr. Putter and Tabby Series, Bake the Cake, Pick the Rylant, Cynthia 2 Pears, Walk the Dog, Row the Boat, Fly the Plane, Pour the Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy Rayner, Mary 2

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John 2

My Father's Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles. 2

My First Easter dePaola, Tomie 2

My Prairie Year (Based on the Diary of Elenore Plaisted) Harvey, Brett 2

My Teacher Sleeps in School Weiss, Leatie 2

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Mysterious Tadpole Kellogg, Steven 2

Mystery in the Night Woods Peterson, John Lawrence 2

Mystery of Pirate Ghost, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2

Mystery of the Lost Ring Supraner, Robyn 2

Mystery of the PB & J Jam, The Cosson, M.J. 2

Nasty Stinky Sneakers Bunting, Eve 2

National Anthem, The Quiri, Patricia 2

Nell the Naughty Kitten Dale, Jenny 2

New Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2

New Coat for Anna Ziefert, Harriet 2

Night After Christmas Stevenson, James 2

Night of the Full Moon Whelan, Gloria 2

No Carrots for Harry Lungerman, Jean 2

No Toothe, No Quarter Buller, Jon & Schade, Susan 2

Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street Schotter, Roni 2

Not-So-Buried Treasure Berenstain, Stan 2

Now One Foot, Now the Other dePaola, Tomie 2

Obon Suyenaga, Ruth 2

Oh Beans! Weiss, Ellen 2

Oh, Kojo! How Could You! Aardema, Verna 2

Old Bear Hissey, Jane 2

Old Henry Blos, Joan 2

Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog Marshall, James 2

Old Stormalong York, Carol Beach 2

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Olden Days Mathieu, Joe 2

Oliver and the Lucky Duck McBrier, Page 2

On Christmas Eve Brown, Margaret Wise 2

Once Upon A Springtime Marzollo, Jean 2

One Cool Friend Buzzeo, Toni 2

One Fine Day Hogrogian, Nonny 2

One Hungry Monster O’Keefe, Susan Heyboer 2

One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, The Blume, Judy 2

One Zillion Valentines Modell, Frank 2

Orphan Train Series Nixon, Joan Lowery 2

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Blume, Judy 2

Over the River and Through the Wood Child, Lycia Maria 2 Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Hatkoff, Isabella & Craig and 2 Friendship (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Kahumbu, Dr. Paula Paint Brush Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2

Patchwork Quilt, The Flournoy, Valerie 2

Paul Bunyan Various Authors 2

Pea Patch Jig, The Hurd, Thacher 2

Pearl and Wagner One Funny Day McMullan, Kate 2

Pearl Harbor Krensky, Stephen 2

Pecos Bill (Folk Tales of America) Lyman, Nanci 2

Pee Wee Scouts Series Delton, Judy 2

Pick-A-Path Dinosaur Adventure Logan, Nora 2

Picnic with Piggins Yolen, Jane 2

Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, A Adler, David 2

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Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, A Adler, David 2

Picture Book of George Washington, A Adler, David 2

Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson, A Adler, David 2

Picture the Past - Life on a Pioneer Homestead Isaacs, Sally Senzell 2

Pig Who Saved the Day, The Crawford, Thomas 2

Piggins Yolen, Jane 2

Pigs Might Fly King-Smith, Dick 2

Pigs Will Be Pigs Axelrod, Amy 2

Pinky and Rex and the Spelling Bee Howe, James 2

Pioneer Cat Hooks, William H. 2

Pippi on the Run Lindgren, Astrid 2

Pirates! Maynard, Christopher 2

Pizza Monster, The Sharmat, Majorie and Mirchell 2

Plains Indians Ansary, Mir Tamim 2

Planets In Our Solar System, The Branley, Franklyn M. 2

Polka Dot Private Eye Series Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Pony Express Bailer, Darice 2

Pony Express, The Mercati, Cynthia 2

Pony Pals “Detective Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 2

Popcorn Book dePaola, Tomie 2

Popcorn Popper, The Nelson, JoAnne 2

Poppleton Everyday Rylant, Cynthia 2

Poppleton In Spring Rylant, Cynthia 2

Poppy and the Outdoors Cat Haas, Dorothy 2

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Post Office Book, Mail and How Its Moves Gibbons, Gail 2

Postcards From… Series Arnold, Helen 2

Powwow Coombs, Linda 2 Dubowski, Mark and Cathy Pretty Good Magic 2 East Prince of the Pond, The Napoli, Donna Jo 2

Princess Academy, The Hale, Shannon 2

Principal's New Clothes, The Calmenson, Stephanie 2

Printer’s Apprentice, The Krensky, Stephen 2

Punished!, 2006 Lubar, David 2

Purple Climbing Days Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Q is for Duck Elting, Mary 2

Quakes McMorrow, Catherine 2

Quiet Place, The Stewart, Sarah 2

Quilt Story, The Johnstone, Tony 2

Rain Forest Ride Andrews, Julia 2

Rain Forest Secrets Dorros, Arthur 2

Ramona Series Cleary, Beverly 2

Rattlesnakes: The Snake Discovery Library Bargar, Sharie 2

Ravi's Diwali Surprise Kacker, Anisha 2

Records and Oddities Hopkins, John 2

Red Riding Hood Marshall, James 2

Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington 2

River Parade Day, Alexandra 2

Robbery At the Diamond Dog Diner, The Christelow, Eileen 2

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Robert & The Hairy Disaster Seuling, Barbara 2

Rockets & Spaceships Wallace, Karen 2

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs Applegate, Katherine 2 (BOE Approved April 2014) Rose in My Garden, The Lobel, Arnold 2

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer May, Robert 2

Rumpelstiltskin Zelinsky, Paul 2

Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly 2

Sagebrush Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 2

Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt Ernst, Lisa Campbell 2

Sam Patch-The Big Time Jumper York, Carol Beach 2

Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Ness, Evaline 2

Sarah Morton's Day Waters, Kate 2

Sarah, Plain and Tall Maclachlan, Patricia 2

Sassafras Cosgrove, Stephen 2

Save That Raccoon Miklowitz, Gloria 2

School Days Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2

Schoolhouse on the Prairie Mercati, Cynthia 2

Sea Songs Livingston, Myra Cohn 2

Season of Promise Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Hermes, Patricia 2

Secret of Foghorn Island, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2

Seed is a Promise, A. Merrill, Claire 2

Shark Lady McGovern, Ann 2

Sheila Rae The Brave Henkes, Kevin 2

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Silver Whelan, Gloria 2

Simon Ellis, Spelling Bee Champ Ferguson, Margaret 2

Simple Pictures Are Best Willard, Nancy 2

Sitting Bull Recht Penner, Lucille 2

Skateboard Party English, Karen 2

Skelton Inside You, The Blaestrino, Phillip 2

Skyfire Asch, Frank 2

Sleep Out Carrick, Carol 2

Sleeping Ugly Yolen, Jane 2

Slinky, Scaly Snakes Dussling, Jennifer 2

Small Pig Lobel, Arnold 2

Smarter than Squirrels Nolan, Lucy 2

Snail's Spell, The Ryder, Jonne 2

Snake That Went to School Moore, Lilian 2

Snakes Gross, Ruth Belov 2

Snakes! Penner, Lucille 2

Snow Child, The Littledale, Freya 2

Snow Lion McPhail, David 2

Soccer Sam Marzollo, Jean 2

Socks Cleary, Beverly 2

Socksnatchers, The Balian, Lorna 2

Solomon the Rusty Nail Steig, William 2

Something Queer Series Levy, Elizabeth 2

Sometimes It's Turkey; Sometimes It's Feathers Balian, Lorna 2

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Space Rock Buller, Jon 2

Space Witch Freeman, Don 2

Spectacles Raskin, Ellen 2

Spirit of the Wild West, The Owens, L.L. 2

Square Against the World: Story of a Sod House Mercati, Cynthia 2

Stacy Says Good-bye Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Star Spangled Banner, The Spier, Peter 2

Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin’s Fate Cerasini, Marc 2

Star Wars, Episode I: Danger of the Core Thomas, Jim 2

Star Wars, Luke’s Fate Thomas, Jim 2

Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2

Story of Ping, The Flack, Marjorie 2

Story of the Christmas Rose Richardson, I. M. 2

Story of the Kind Wolf, The Nickel, Peter 2

Strange Creatures That Really Lived Selsam, Millicent 2

Strawberry Thanksgiving Jennings, Paulla 2

Strega Nona dePaola, Tomie 2

Strega Nona: Her Story dePaola, Tomie 2

Stringbean's Trip To The Shining Sea Williams, Vera 2

Stuart Little White, E. B. 2

Stupids Series Allard, Harry 2

Summer Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2

Surprise, Surprise Pascal, Francine 2

Swim With the Dolphins Kranking, Kathleen W. 2

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Tale of Despereaux, The* DiCamillo, Kate 2

Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse & Other Mouse Stories Potter, Beatrix 2

Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, The Paterson, Katherine 2

Taste of Blackberries Smith, Doris Buchanan 2

Teacher From The Black Lagoon, The Thaler, Mike 2

Teacher’s Funeral, The Peck, Richard 2 Moore, Lilian & Adelson, Terrible Mr. Twitmeyer 2 Leone Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House Blaine, Marge 2

Terror Below – True Shark Stories del Prado, Dana 2

Tet: The New Year Tran, Kim-Lan 2

Thanksgiving Meachen Rau, Dana 2

That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom Cox, Judy 2

There's A Witch Under the Stairs Smith, Maggie 2

There's No Such Thing as a Dragon Kent, Jack 2

Third-Story Cat, The Baker, Leslie 2

This is the Place For Me Cole, Joanna 2

Those Mysterious Dinasaurs Ingoglia, Gina 2

Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe Williams, Vera 2

Three King's Day Zapater, Beatriz McConnie 2 Frivazas, Eugine and Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig 2 Oxenbury, Helen Tight Times Hazen, Barbara Shook 2

Tilly Witch Freeman, Don 2

TIME for Kids Nonfiction Reader Series (BOE Approved April Various Authors 2 2015) To The Top! Kramer, Sydelle 2

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Today Was A Terrible Day Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Tommy at the Grocery Store Grossman, Bill 2

Tornado Byars, Betsy 2

Tornadoes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2

Tortoise & the Hare, The: Friends At the End Granowsky, Alvin 2

Trail of the Screaming Teenager, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Treeful of Pigs Lobel, Arnold 2

Trouble With Dad, The Cole, Babette 2

Trouble With Mom, The Cole, Babette 2 Trouble With Tuck, The: The Inspiring Story of a Dog Who Taylor, Theodore 2 Triumphs Against All Odds True Blue Elste, Joan 2

True Book, A – Geysers Brimner, Larry Dane 2

True Book, A – Glaciers Brimner, Larry Dane 2

True Books on Geography Series Peterson, David 2

True Story of Corky the Blind Seal Irvine, Georgeanne 2

Twelve Days of Christmas Brett, Jan 2

Twister on Tuesday Osborne, Mary Pope 2

Twisters! Recht Penner, Lucille 2

Two Bad Ants Van Allsburg, Chris 2

Two of Them Aliki 2

Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast Prelutsky, Jack 2

Tyrone the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater Wilhelm, Hans 2

Under the Lemon Moon Fine, Edith Hope 2

Valentine Bears, The Bunting, Eve 2

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Vanishing Pumpkin, The Johnston, Tony 2

Vincent Van Gogh Lucas, Eileen 2

Volcano! Hopping, Lorraine 2

Volcanoes-Mountains that Blow Their Tops Nirgiotis, Nicholas 2

Volcanos! Mountains of Fire Arnold, Eric 2

Wagon Train Kramer, Sydelle 2

Wagons Ho! A Diary of the Oregon Trail Mercati, Cynthia 2

Washington Irvings, The Headless Horseman Standiford, Natalie 2

Watch Out for the Chicken Feet In dePaola, Tomie 2

Watch Out, Man-Eating Snake Giff, Patricia Reilly 2

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Sacher, Louis 2

Weather - Poems for All Seasons Hopkins, Lee Bennett 2

Weather Words and What They Mean Gibbons, Gail 2

Wednesday Surprise, The Bunting, Eve 2

Wee Gillis Leaf, Munro 2

We're Back ! A Dinosaur's Story Talbott, Hudson 2

Whale In The Sky Siberell, Anne 2

Whales, The Gentle Giants Milton, Joyce 2 What Can You Do with Money? Earning, Spending and Larson, Jennifer S. 2 Saving (BOE approved Nov 2015) What Do We Buy?: A Look at Goods and Services Nelson, Robin 2 (BOE approved Nov 2015) What Do You Do, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 2

What Do You See? Nayer, Judy 2

What Happend to Patrick's Dinosaur? Carrick, Carol 2

What Happens to a Hamburger? Showers, Paul 2

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What if You’d Been at Jamestown? Keller, Ellen 2 What is Money Anyway?: Why Dollars and Coins Have Larson, Jennifer S. 2 Value (BOE approved Nov 2015) When It Snows Nelson, JoAnne 2

When Marian Sang Munoz Ryan, Pam 2

When Small is Tall Reit, Seymour 2

When The Alligator Came To Class Hollander, Cass 2 Where Do We Keep Money?: How Banks Work Larson, Jennifer S. 2 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Whingdingdilly Peet, Bill 2

Whispering Cloth, The Deitz Shea, Pegi 2

White Dynamite & Curly Kidd Martin,Archambault 2

White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt, Alvin 2

White Stallion, The Shub, Elizabeth 2

Who Am I? Jenness, Aylette 2

Who Said Boo? Hollaner, Cass 2

Who Was Dr. Seuss? (BOE Approved November 2014) Pascal, Janet B. 2

Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? (BOE Approved November 2014) Demuth, Patricia 2

Who Was Louis Braille? (BOE Approved November 2014) Frith, Margaret 2 Who's Buying Who's Selling?: Understanding Consumers Larson, Jennifer S. 2 and Producers (BOE approved Nov 2015) Who's In Rabbit's House? Aardema, Verna 2

Wild Weather Tornados Hopping, Lorraine 2

William's Doll Zolotow, Charlotte 2

Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender Ransom, Candace 2

Wind Bacon, Ron 2

Winter Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2

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Wise Old Woman, The Uchida, Yoshiko 2

Wobble, the Witch Cat Calhoun, Mary 2

Woggle of Witches Adams, Adrienne 2

Wolf's Chicken Stew, The Kasza, Keiko 2

Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 2

Wonders of the Desert Sabin, Louis 2

Wonders of the Sea Sabin, Louis 2

Wuggie Norple, The Pinkwater, Daniel M. 2

Wump World, The Peet, Bill 2

Yankee Doodle and the Secret Society Bolin, J. J. 2

Year Down Yonder, A Peck, Richard 2

Year of Billy Miller, The Henkes, Kevin 2

Year of Billy Miller, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 2

Year of the Panda, The Schlein, Miriam 2

Young Abe Lincoln- The Frontier Days Harness, Cheryl 2

Young Mozart Isadora, Rachel 2

Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats Earle, Ann 2

Zucchini Dana, Barbara 2

10 for Dinner Bogart, Jo Ellen 3

3D Modeling Zizka, Theo 3

3D Printing O'Neill, Ternece 3

Abandoned Puppy Costello, Emily 3

Abel's Island Steig, William 3

Accident, The Carrick, Carol 3

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Adventure in Alaska Kramer, Sydelle 3

Adventure in the Haunted House McBrier, Page 3

Adventure of Backyard Sleepout McArthur, Nancy 3 Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Zombies Don’t Play Dadey, Debbie 3 Soccer Aesop's Fables Watson, Carol 3

Africa Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3

Alaska and Hawai'i Howse, Jennfer 3

Aldo Applesauce Hurwitz, Johanna 3

All About Deserts: The Question and Answer Book Sanders, John 3

All about Inclined planes Howse, Jennfer 3

All about Levers Howse, Jennfer 3

All about Pulleys Howse, Jennfer 3

All about Screws Howse, Jennfer 3

All about Wedges Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3

All about Wheels and Axels Banting, Erinn 3

All New Jonah Twist Honeycutt, N. 3

Alligators Gillespie, Katie 3

Alligators and Crocodiles Stone, Lynn 3

Amazing Bats Greenway, Frank 3

Amazing Bears Greenway, T. 3

Amazing Birds Parsons, Alexandra 3

Amazing Bone Steig, William 3

Amazing Butterflies and Moths Still, John 3

Amazing Crocodiles and Reptiles Ling, Mary 3

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Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, The Mazer, Anne 3

Amazing Lizards Smith, Trevor 3

Amazing Monkeys Steedman, Scott 3

Amazing Snakes Parsons, Alexandra 3

Amazing Spiders Parsons, Alexandra 3

Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths Sabin, Louis 3

Amelia's Road Altman, Linda Jacobs 3

Amphibians Zayarny, Jack 3

Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 3

Andromeda Rose, Simon 3

Animal Defenses Grambo, Rebecca 3

Animal Inn Vail, Virginia 3

Antarctica Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3

Antarctica Land of Endless Water George, Michael 3

Asia Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3

At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices (BOE approved Nov 2015)Peacock, Louise 3

At the Seashore Schwartz, David M. 3

Aunt Clara Brown, Official Pioneer Lowery, Linda 3

Australia Hudak, Heather 3

Avalanches Kopp, Megan 3

Baby Alligator Clarke, Ginger L. 3

Babysitters Little Sister #1 “Karen’s Witch” Martin, Ann M. 3

Ballad of the Civil War, A Stolz, Mary 3

Balto and the Great Race Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 70 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Barefoot – Escape on the Underground Railroad Duncan, Pamela 3

Barn, The 1994 Avi 3

Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki, Ken 3

Be A Perfect Person In Just 3 Days Manes, Stephen 3

Bear Called Paddington Bond, Michael 3

Bears Gillespie, Katie 3

Beautiful Christmas Tree Zolotow, Charlotte 3

Beauty and the Beast Various Authors 3

Because of Mr. Terupt Buyea, Rob 3

Because of Winn Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3

Behavior Goldsworthy, Steve 3

Ben and Me Lawson, Robert 3

Ben and the Porcupine Carrick, Carol 3

Benjamin Franklin Roop, Peter and Connie 3

Bermuda Triangle Donkin, Andrew 3

Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt Love, D. Anne 3

Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 3

Best Friends Albright, Molly 3

BFG Dahl, Roald 3

Big Bad Bruce Peet, Bill 3

Big Bunny & the Magic Show Kroll, Steven 3

Biggest Pumpkin Ever Kroll, Steven 3

Binky Brothers & the Fearless Four Lawrence, James 3

Birds Goldsworthy, Steve 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 71 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Bison Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3

Black Bear Adventures Hansen, Mary Lewis 3

Blackberries in the Dark Jukes, Mavis 3

Blended Draper, Sharon 3

Blind Flight Milton, Hilary 3

Blind Outlaw Rounds, Glen 3

Blizzards Wiseman, Blaine 3

BMX Hudak, Heather 3

Bobbsey Twins, Mystery On the Mississippi Hope, Laura Lee 3

Body Maps Drew, David 3

Boreal Forests Miller-Schroeder, Patricia 3

Boston Coffee Party, The Rappaport, Doreen 3

Boy Who Spoke Chimp, The Yolen, Jane 3

Boy Who Wanted a Family, The Gordon, Shirley 3

Brain on Quartz Mountain Anderson, Margaret 3

Brave Irene Steig, William 3

Bravest Blacksmith, The Owens, Thomas 3

Bread & Butter Journey Colver, Anne 3

Broccoli Tapes, The Slepian, Jan 3

Bubba: The Cowboy Prince Ketteman, Helen 3

Buffalo Knife Steele, William O. 3 Buried Bones Mystery, The (Clubhouse Mysteries #1) Draper, Sharon M. 3 (BOE Approved Nov 2014) But Names Will Never Hurt Me Waber, Bernard 3

Buttermilk Cosgrove, Stephen 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 72 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Cacti Rae, Rowena 3

Camouflage Zayarny, Jack 3

Can We Be Friends? Wright, Alexandra 3

Canada Geese Quilt, The Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie 3

Can't You Make them Behave King George? Fritz, Jean 3

Cardboard Kingdom, The Sell, Chad 3

Carnivorous Plants Willis, John 3

Carol Reef Hideway-The Story of a Clown Anemonefish Boyle, Doc 3

Cartoon World of Jeff Kinney, The Webster, Christine 3

Case of the Missing Dinosaur Brandt, Keith 3

Cat Walk Stolz, Mary 3

Cat Who Went to Heaven, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 3

Caves Banting, Erinn 3

Celery Stalks at Midnight Howe, James 3

Changes Creyling 3

Chaparrals De Medeiros, Michael 3

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 3

Charlotte's Web White, E.B. 3

Chick Challenge Baglio, Ben 3

Child's Garden of Verses, A Stevenson, Robert 3

Chocolate Fever Smith, Robert Kimmel 3

Chocolate Touch Catling, Patrick 3

Christmas Cup, The Patterson, Nancy Ruth 3

Christopher Columbus McGavern, Ann 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 73 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Cinco de Mayo Tait, Leia 3

Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween Lattimore, Deborah Nourse 3

Class Clown Hurwitz, Johanna 3

Class President Hurwitz, Johanna 3

Clue Junior “The Case of the Chocolate Fingerprints” Hinter, Parker 3

Coal Daly, Ruth 3

Coral Reef Berger, Melvin 3

Cougars Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3

Counting Is For The Birds Mazzola, Frank Jr. 3

Courage of Sarah Noble, The Dalgliesh, Alice 3

Crack-Of-Dawn Walkers Hest, Amy 3

Crane Wife, The Yagawa, Sumiko 3

Cricket in Times Square Selden, George 3

Crystals Rose, Simon 3

Custard Kid, The Deary, Terry 3

Cygnus the Swan Rose, Simon 3

Dancing with Manatees McNulty, Faith 3

Danger on Midnight River Paulsen, Gary 3

Dar Tellum:Stranger from a Distant Planet Berry, James 3

Dark and Full of Secrets Carrick, Carol 3

Day's Work, A Bunting, Eve 3

Dear America My America – The Starving Time Hermes, Patricia 3

Dear America Our Strange New Land Hermes, Patricia 3

Debra Sampson Goes to War Stevens, Bryna 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 74 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Deciduous Forests Hurtig, Jennifer 3

Decomposers Lappi, Megan 3

Deer Webster, Christine 3

Deserts Banting, Erinn 3

Dick Whittington Brown, Marcia 3

Dive! Berger, Melvin 3

Dog on Barkham Street Stolz, Mary 3

Dolphin Named Bob, A George, Twig C. 3

Double Dragon Trouble McMullan, Kate 3

Drita, My Homegirl Lombad, Jenny 3

Eagels Baker, Lucy 3

Eagles Gillespie, Katie 3

Earthquakes Nault, Jennifer 3

Eddie's Happenings Haywood, Carolyn 3

Eddie's Menagerie Haywood, Carolyn 3 Ellis Island (We the People: Modern America) Raatma, Lucia 3 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Ellray Jakes Walks the Plank Warner, Sally 3

Emily's Runaway Imagination Cleary, Beverly 3

Emma's Christmas Trivas, Irene 3

Emma's Poem Glasser, Linda 3

Endangered Animals-Zoobooks Wexo, John Bonnett 3

Escape From Slavery:Five Journeys to Freedom Rappaport, Doreen 3

Escape on the Missouri Thomasma, Kenneth 3

Europe Watson, Galadriel Findlay 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 75 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Fables Ginsburg, Mirra 3

Fallen Spaceman, The Harding, Lee 3

Family Groups Rose, Simon 3

Fanny Cosgrove, Stephen 3

Farewell To Shady Glade Peet, Bill 3

Fat Men From Space Pinkwater, Daniel 3

Fighting Fish (Life Cycles) Schwartz, David M. 3

Finding the Titanic Ballard, Robert D. 3

Fir Tree, The Andersen, Hans Christian 3

Fire! Raging Destruction Bondar, Barbara 3

Firefly Named Torchy Waber, Bernard 3

Fish Zayarny, Jack 3

Fish in a Tree Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 3

Flag for Our Country, A Spencer, Eve 3

Flight McDowell, Pamela 3

Flora and Ulysses (BOE Approved November 2014) DiCamillo, Kate 3

Flunking of Joshua T. Bates Shreve, Susan 3

Flying Flea, Callie, and Me, The Wallace, Carol & Bill 3

For the Love of the Game – Michael Jordan & Me Greenfield, Eloise 3

Forces & Motion Trumbauer, Liza 3

Forests McClure, Jason 3

Fossils Lappi, Megan 3

Foundling, The Carrick, Carol 3

Foxes Yasuda, Anita 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 76 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Foxes and Wolves Ripper, Charles 3

Fraction Fun Adler, David 3

Frankenstein Moved in on the 4th Floor Levy, Elizabeth 3

Free At Last Bull, Angela 3

Fresh Waters Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3

Frindle Clements, Andrew 3

Fruits Quinn, Lauren D. 3

Fudge-a-mania Blume, Judy 3

Futuristic World of Suzanne Collins, The Kopp, Megan 3

Game Design Austic, Greg 3

Garden in My Mind, The McCumbee 3

Gas Giants, The Drew, David 3

Gemstones Friesen, Helen Lepp 3

George Washington, Our First President Jackson, Garrett 3

George Washington, Young Leader Santrey, Laurence 3

George Washington's Breakfast Fritz, Jean 3

George's Marvelous Medicine Dahl, Roald 3

Ghost Named Rhonda, A Greenburg, Dan 3

Ghost On The Hill Maccarone, Grace 3

Ghosts of the White House Harness, Cheryl 3

Gift Of The Sacred Dog Goble, Paul 3

Girl Called Al, A Greene, Constance C. 3

Girl Who Knew It All Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Goble, Paul 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 77 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Glaciers Webster, Christine 3

Gold McClure, Jason 3

Good-Bye, My Wishing Star Grove, Vicki 3

Gooseberry Park Rylant, Cynthia 3

Gorillas Simon, Seymour 3

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 3

Grasslands Erlic, Lily 3

Great Race Of The Birds & Animals Goble, Paul 3

Green Book, The Walsh, Jill Paton 3

Green Ghost of Appleville, The Marzollo, Jean 3

Guinea Pig Gang Baglio, Ben 3

Hamster Hotel Baglio, Ben 3

Hangman's Ghost Trick Corbett, Scott 3

Hannah’s Journal Moss, Marissa 3

Haunting of Grade Three Maccarone, Grace 3

Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw? Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Heat Waves Corbett, Sean 3

Henry Series Cleary, Beverly 3

Herbie Jones Series Kline, Suzy 3

Herbivores Forgan, Jill 3

Hercules Rose, Simon 3

Here Is The Tropical Rainforest Dunphy, Madeleine 3

Herman the Great Olsen, Zora 3

Hibernation McDowell, Pamela 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 78 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Hoboken Chicken Emergency Pinkwater, Danial 3

Hot Air Henry Calhoun, Mary 3

House Mouse - Senate Mouse Barnes, Peter & Cheryl 3

How America Works Holmes, Nigel 3

How do things Grow? Althea 3

How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell, Thomas 3

Hugh Pine Van de Wetering, Janwillem 3

Hula Hoopin Queen, The Godin, Thelma Lynne 3

Human Body Riddle Book, The Fleming, Maria 3

Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor 3

Hunting With My Camera Enting, Brian 3

Hurricanes Zayarny, Jack 3

I Can Read About Christopher Columbus Knight, David 3 I was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Lawlor, Veronica 3 Ellis Dubowski, Mark and Cathy Ice Mummy 3 East Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain Burch, Robert 3

If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln McGovern, Ann 3

If You Grew Up With George Washington Gross, Ruth Belov 3

If You Had Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Moore, Kay 3

If You Made a Million (BOE approved Nov 2015) Schwartz, David M. 3

If You Say So Claude Nixon, Joan Lowery 3

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution Levy, Elizabeth 3

Iggie's House Blume, Judy 3

Igneous Rocks Daly, Ruth 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 79 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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I'll Meet You At The Cucumbers Moore, Lilian 3

I'm Terrific Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 3

Immigrant Kids (BOE approved Nov 2015) Freedman, Russell 3

Independence Day Foran, Jill 3

Islander, The Rylant, Cynthia 3

It is the Law Magalnick, Barbara 3

Jackie Robinson Brandt, Keith 3

James & the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 3

Jeanie Blair, Author Extrodinaire Slocum, Allie 3

Jelly Belly Smith, Robert Kimmel 3 Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Konigsburg, E.L. 3 Elizabeth Jim and the Beanstalk Briggs, Raymond 3 Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Denenberg, Barry 3 Patriot, The (My Name is America) Journey Into A Black Hole Branley, Franklyn Mansfield 3

Journey to Ellis Island Bierman, Carol 3

Judge Benjamin Series McInerney, Judith 3

Judy Moody Goes to College, 2008 McDonald, Megan 3

Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World Walter, Mildred Pitts 3

Kate's Book Shura, Mary Francis 3

Kermit the Hermit Peet, Bill 3

Kit Carson Burke, Rick 3

Kitten Crowd Baglio, Ben 3

Koko's Kitten Patterson, Francine 3

Landry News, The Clements, Andrew 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 80 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Landslides McDowell, Pamela 3

Laura Ingalls Wilder Walker, Pamela 3

Left-Handed Shortstop Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Legend Of The Milky Way Lee, Jeanne 3

Letter for Mr. Lincoln, A Cunningham, Alvin Robert 3

Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A (1999) DeYoung, C. Coco 3

Liar, Liar Ethan McWyer Slocum, Allie 3

Life in the Desert Baker, Lucy 3

Life in the Oceans: Animals, People, Plants Baker, Lucy 3

Lightning Hopping, Lorraine Jean 3

Like Bug Juice on a Burger Sternberg, Julie 3

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie Sternberg, Julie 3

Lion and the Mouse Aesop 3

Listening Silence, The Root, Phyllis 3

Littles Go Exploring, The Peterson, John 3

Littles Have A Wedding, The Peterson, John 3

Littles Seno's, The Peterson, John 3

Littles Take a Trip, The Peterson, John 3

Littles, The Peterson, John 3

Lon Po Po Young, Ed 3

Long Ago in Oregon Lewis, Claudia Louise 3

Look…What do you see? Rye, Jennifer 3

Louis Braille Davidson, Margaret 3

Lovable Lyle Waber, Bernard 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 81 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Lowji Discovers America, 2005 Fleming, Candace 3

Lucky Lottery, The Roy, Ron 3

Lunch Money Clements, Andrew 3

Lyle Finds His Mother Waber, Bernard 3

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Waber, Bernard 3

Magic School Bus Gets Programmed, The Cole, Joanna 3

Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Cole, Joanna 3

Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor Cole, Joanna 3

Magic Top Mystery O'Connor, Jim and Jane 3

Magical World of J.K. Rowling, The Pezzi, Bryan 3

Making a Law Magalnick, Barbara 3

Mammals Zayarny, Jack 3

Man Who Dropped From the Sky, The Shyne, Kevin 3

Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The (BOE Approved Gerstein, Mordicai 3 Apr 2016) Martin Luther King Jr. Day Foran, Jill 3

Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out of Control Sachar, Louis 3

Matt Christopher Sports Series Christopher, Matt 3

Maurice's Room Fox, Paula 3

May Flower McGovern, Ann 3

Maybe a Mole Cunningham, Julia 3

McBroom Tells The Truth Fleischman, Sid 3

Memorial Day Hamilton, Lynn 3

Memory Coat, The Woodruff, Elvira 3

Mesa Verde Goldish, Meish 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 82 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Metamorphic Rocks Wiseman, Blaine 3

Metamorphosis Zayarny, Jack 3

Midwest, The Wiseman, Blaine 3

Migration Kopp, Megan 3

Million Dollar Shot, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Gutman, Dan 3

Mishmash Cone, Moly 3

Miss Hickory Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin 3

Miss Know-It-All York, Carol 3

Miss Know-It-All Returns York, Carol 3

Missing Piece Meets Big O Silverstein, Shel 3

Misty of Chincoteague Henry, Marguerite 3

Monkeys and Apes Morris, Dean 3

Moonwalk The First Trip to the Moon Donnelly, Judy 3

Moose Winnick, Nick 3

Most Beautiful Place In the World, The Cameron, Ann 3

Mostly Michael Smith, Robert Kimmel 3

Moto X Hudak, Heather 3

Mountain Goats Pratt, Laura 3

Mountains Banting, Erinn 3

Mouse Magic Baglio, Ben 3

Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers Wennick, Karen 3

Mr. Peabody's Apples Madonna 3

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series MacDonald, Betty 3

Mudshark (BOE Approved November 2014) Paulsen, Gary 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 83 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Muggie Maggie Cleary, Beverly 3

Mumkin Cosgrove, Stephen 3

Mustard Graeber, Charlotte 3

My Diray From Here to There Perez, Armada Irma 3

My Name is Sangoel Mohammed & Williams 3

My Robot Buddy Slote, Alfred 3

My Trip to Alpha 1 Slote, Alfred 3

Mystery at the Jelly Bean Factory Sabin, Francene 3

Mythical World of Rick Riordan, The Yasuda, Anita 3

NASCAR Sprint Cup, The Howse, Jennifer 3

Natural Disasters - Earthquakes Thompson, Luke 3

Natural Gas McClure, Jason 3

New Kid Craft, Jerry 3

New Kid at School, The McMullan, Kate 3

New Kid on the Block Prelutsky, Jack 3

Next Spring an Oriole Whelan, Gloria 3

Nightingale, The Anderson, Hans Christian 3

Nighty Nightmare Howe, James 3

No Such Thing As A Witch Chew, Ruth 3

No Talking Clements, Andrew 3

Norman the Doorman Freeman, Don 3

North America Banting, Erinn 3

North American Indians Gorsline, Douglas 3

Northeast, The Wiseman, Blaine 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 84 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Not-Just-Anybody Family Byars, Betsy 3

Not-So-Jolly Roger, The Scieszka, Jon 3

Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers Ostopowich, Melanie 3

Oh, What a Thanksgiving! Kroll, Steven 3

Oil McClure, Jason 3

Oliver & The Runaway Alligator McBrier, Michael 3

Omnivores Hudak. Heather 3

On My Honor Bauer. Marion Dane 3

On The Banks Of Plum Creek Wilder, Laura Ingalls 3

One and Only Ivan, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Applegate, Katherine 3

One Day In The Prairie George, Jean Craighead 3

Operation: Dump the Chump Park, Barbara 3

Opossum and the Great Firemaker Mike, Jan M. 3

Orion Rose, Simon 3

Orphan and the Doll Friedman, Tracy 3 Orphan of Ellis Island, The (Time Travel Adventures) Woodruff, Elvira 3 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Otters Goldsworthy, Kaite 3

Our Journey West Thompson, Gare 3 Our New Life in America (National Geographic Reading Thompson, Gare 3 Expeditions)* (BOE Approved April 2015) Owen Foote: Mighty Scientist Greene, Stephanie 3

Owls In the Family Mowat, Farley 3

Paddle To The Sea Holling, Holling C. 3

Parasites Kopp, Megan 3

Park Bench, The Takeshita, Fumiko 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 85 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Pathki Nana, Kootenai Girl Thomasma, Kenneth 3

Paul Revere Sullivan, George 3

Peanut Butter & Jelly Haas, Dorothy 3

Pecos Bill Kellogg, Steven 3

Pegasus Rose, Simon 3

Peter's Chair Keats, Ezra Jack 3

Phoebe's Revolt Babbitt, Natalie 3

Physical Characteristics Goldsworthy, Steve 3

Picture Book of Anne Frank, A Adler, David 3

Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin, A Adler, David 3

Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, A Adler, David 3

Picture Book of Helen Keller, A Adler, David 3

Picture Book of Martin Luther King, A Adler, David 3

Pictures of Hollis Woods Reilly Giff, Patricia 3

Pioneer Girl – The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Anderson, William 3

Pippi Longstocking Lindgren, Astrid 3

Plain Girl Sorensen, Virginia 3

Pokemon – I Choose You West, Tracy 3

Polar Bears Baker, Lucy 3

Polar Express, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Van Allsburg, Chris 3

Polk St. Series Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Pompeii "Buried Alive"! Kunhardt Davis, Edith 3

Pony Pals “A Pony in Trouble” Betancourt, Jeanne 3

Pony Pals “Runaway Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 86 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Pony Pals “The Missing Pony Pal” Betancourt, Jeanne 3

Pony Pals “The Wild Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 3

Pony Parade Baglio, Ben 3

Poppy, 1995 Avi 3

Pueblo Storyteller Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane 3

Puppy Puzzle Baglio, Ben 3

Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, The Thayer, Jane 3

Rabbit Race Baglio, Ben 3

Rachel Landon, Felling Abandoned Slocum, Allie 3

Rachel’s Journal Moss, Marissa 3

Ragweed, 1999 Avi 3

Railroad! A Story of the Transcontinental Railroad Bailer, Darice 3

Ralph S. Mouse Cleary, Beverly 3

Rascal* North, Sterling 3

Real Thief Steig, William 3

Red Hawk and the Sky Sisters Dominic, Gloria 3

Rent a Third Grader Hiller, B. B. 3

Report Card, The Clements, Andrew 3

Revolutionary War on Wednesday Osborne, Mary Pope 3

Ribsy Cleary, Beverly 3

Riddle of the Red Purse Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Riding Freedom Ryan, Pam Munoz 3

Rocks & Minerals (Wonders of our World) (BOE Approved April Morris, Neil 3 2013) Rocky Mountain Summer Baxter, Linda 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 87 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Rosie's Razzle Dazzle Harris, Robie H. 3

Runt, 2002 Bauer, Marion Dane 3

S.O.R. Avi 3 Thompson, Kathleen & Sacagawea 3 Gleiter, Jan Sadako & The Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 3

Saguard Cactus Berquist, Paul & Shirley 3

School Days According to Humphrey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3

School Story, The Clements, Andrew 3

Schoolhouse Mystery Warner, Gertrude 3

Scruffy Stonley, Jack 3

Sea of Ice/The Wreck of the Endurance Keelling, Monica 3

Seals Baker, Lucy 3

Secret Soldier, The: Story of Deborah Sampson McGovern, Ann 3

Shadow Nose Levy, Elizabeth 3

Shadow of the Wolf Whelan, Gloria 3

Sharks McGovern, Ann 3

Sharks Sheikh-Milles, Jonathan 3

Sideway Stories from Wayside School Sachar, Louis 3

Sign Painter’s Secret, The: Story of a Revolutionary Girl Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas 3

Simple Machines Bains, Rae 3

Skeletons Wood, Lily 3

Skinnybones Park, Barbara 3

Sky is Full of Stars Branley, Franklyn M. 3

Skylark, Sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall Maclachlan, Patricia 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 88 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Snakes and Lizards Morris, Dean 3 St. George, Judith & Small, So You Want to Be President 3 David Soccer Rosenthal, Bert 3

Solar System Vogt, Gregory 3

Song Lee and the “I Hate You” Notes Kline, Suzy 3

Soun Tetoken Thomasma, Kenneth 3

Squanto Friend Of Pilgrims Bulla, Clyde Robert 3

Square Against the World Mercati, Cynthia 3

Star Wars, Attack of the Clones Arnold, Eric 3

Stock Car Kings Gutelle, Andrew 3

Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds 3

Stories In Stone Kittinger, Jo S. 3

Storm Chasers – Tracking Twisters Herman, Gail 3

Story of Anne Frank, The Lewis, Brenda Ralph 3

Story of Christopher Columbus Osborne, Mary Pope 3

Story of Holly and Ivy, The Godden, Rumer 3

Story Of Jumping Mouse, The Steptoe, John 3

Story of Sacajawea, The Rowland, Della 3

Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 3

Struggle for a Continent Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 3

Super Fudge Blume, Judy 3

Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride Amstel, Marsha 3

Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 3

Tales of Olga da Polga Bond, Michael 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 89 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Tales of the American Revolution Hall, Peg 3

Teddy Bear's Scrapbook Howe, Deborah 3

Terror on the Amazon – The Quest for El Dorado Gates, Phil 3

Thank you Mr. Falker Polocca, Patricia 3

Third Grade Angels (BOE Approved November 2014) Spinelli, Jerry 3

Through the Medicine Cabinet Greenburg, Dan 3

Tiger Woods/Golf’s Young Master Kramer, S.A. 3 Time Twister: Journal #3 of a Cardboard Genius Asch, Frank 3 (BOE Approved November 2014) Titanic Lost.. and Found, The Donnelly, Judy 3

Toad Food and Measle Soup McDonnell, Christine 3

Top Secret Gardiner, John Reynolds 3

Touch – What do you feel? Wood, Nicholas 3

Tough to Tackle Christopher, Matt 3

Trail of Tears, The Bruckac, Joseph 3

Trojan Horse, The: How the Greeks won the War Little, Emily 3

Trolley Car Family, The Clymer, Eleanor Lowenton 3

Trouble for Lucy Stevens, Carla 3

Trouble River Byars, Betsy 3 True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, The Appelt, Kathi 3 (BOE Approved November 2014) True Book, A – The Bill of Rights Quiri, Patricia 3

True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Scieszka, Jon 3

Trumpet of the Swan, The White, E.B. 3

Tut's Mummy...Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 3

TV Kid, The Byars, Betsy 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 90 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

Title Author Gr Upchuck and the Rotten Willy: The Great Escape Wallace, Bill 3 (BOE Approved November 2014) War Party Steele, William O. 3

Warton and Morton Series Erickson, Russell E. 3

Washout, The Carrick, Carol 3

Whale - Gentle Giant Langford, Milton 3

Whales Simon, Seymour 3

What About Exploring Space Aims, Leslie 3

What If They Knew? Hermes, Patricia 3

What is a Biome? Kalman, Bobbie 3

What Makes an Ocean Wave? Berger, Melvin and Gilda 3

What the Witch Left Chew, Ruth 3

What to Do About Alice? Kerley, Barbara 3

When Jessie Came Across the Sea (BOE approved Nov 2015) Hest, Amy 3

When the Mountain Meets the Moon Lin, Grace 3

Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid 3

White Bird Bulla, Clyde Robert 3

Who Was Thomas Jefferson Fardin, Dennis 3

Wild Swans, The Andersen, H. C. 3

Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species Wright, Alexandra 3

Winter According to Humphrey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3

Winter Worm Business Giff, Patricia Reilly 3

Wishing Tree, The Chew, Ruth 3

Witch's Garden, The Chew, Ruth 3

Wolves For Kids Wolpert, Tom 3

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 91 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom, The Cameron, Eleanor 3

Woodrow, the White House Mouse Barnes, Peter & Cheryl 3

World According to Humphrey, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3

Worm Day (Mr. Rose's Class) Ziefert, Harriet 3

Year of the Book, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Cheng, Andrea 3

You Wouldn’t Want to Sail with Chris Columbus McDonald, Fiona 3

Your Allowance Hall, Margaret 3

Your Very Own Robot Montgomery, R. A. 3

Zeppelin – The Age of the Airship Donkin, Andrew 3

11 Birthdays Mass, Wendy 4

A Likely Place Fox, Paula 4

Abraham Lincoln: Our 16th President Luciano, Barbara L. 4

Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon 4

Across the Wild River Gutman, Bill 4

Addie Across the Prairie Lawler, Laurie 4

Afternoon of the Elves Lisle, Janet Taylor 4

Al Capone Does My Shirts (BOE approved April 2014) Choldenko, Gennifer 4

All-of-A-Kind Family Taylor, Sydney 4

Almost Starring Skinnybones Park, Barbara 4

Along the Dangerous Trail Gutman, Bill 4

Amazing Power of Ashur Fine, The Sobol, Donald 4

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Ryan, Pam Munoz 4

American Girls Series Shaw-Adler-Tripp 4

Among the Hidden, 1998* Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 92 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Fritz, Jean 4

Animal, the Vegetable & John D. Jones Byars, Betsy 4

Arctic and Antarctic Regions Sabin, Francene 4

Atlantis, The Lost City Donklin, Andrew 4

Avalanche Roth, Arthur 4

Back to Paul Revere Gormley, Beatrice 4

Back to the Day Lincoln was Shot Gormley, Beatrice 4

Backyard Players Present: Abracadabra, The Spencer, Bevin Rolfs 4

Badger in the Basement Baglio, Ben 4

Banana Twist Heide, Florence Parry 4

Battles of Lexington and Concord, The Peacock, Judith 4

Beardance Hobbs, Will 4

Bearstone Hobbs, Will 4

Becoming Naomi Leon Ryan, Pam Munoz 4

Benjamin Franklin Davidson, Margaret 4

Benjy & the Power of Zingies Van Leeuwen, Jean 4

Big Red Kjelgaard, Jim 4

Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 4

Black Stallion Farley, Walter 4

Blubber Blume, Judy 4

Blue Ridge Summer Naice, M. 4

Book About Your Skeleton, A Gross, Ruth Belor 4

Borrowers, The Norton, Mary 4

Boston Tea Party, The Furstinger, Nancy 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 93 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

Title Author Gr Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, The (picture book) (BOE Kamkwamba, William 4 Approved Apr 2016) Boy who Saved Baseball, The Ritter, John 4

Buffalo Hunt Freedman, Russell 4

Buried City of Pompeii, The Tanaka, Shelly 4

C.O.L.A.R. Slote, Alfred 4

Cabin in Cripple Creek, A Luxa, Sue 4

Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol 4

Call it Courage Sperry, Armstrong 4 Can You Hear a Shout in Space? Questions and Answers Berger, Melvin and Gilda 4 About Space Exploration Captive Indian Boy Hafer, Flora Van Buren 4

Case of the Nervous Newsboy Hildick, E. W. 4

Castle in the Attic Winthrop, Elizabeth 4

Change and Resilience Duhig, Holly 4

Charlie’s Raven George, Jean Craighead 4

Charlotte Sometimes Farmer, Penelope 4

Chasing Verneer Balliett, Blue 4

Child of the Silent Night Hunter, Edith 4

Chisholm Trail, The Mercati, Cynthia 4

Circle of Gold Boyd, Candy Dawson 4

City of Ember, The DuPrau, Jeanne 4

Comeback Dog Thomas, Jane Resh 4

Crisis in Space Apollo 13 Beyer, Mark 4

Cub in the Cupboard Baglio, Ben 4

Dactyl Hill Squad Older, Daniel Jose 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 94 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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David’s Journey on the Underground Railroad Sibley, Linda 4

Day It Snowed Tortillas, The Hayes, Joe 4

Day We Walked on the Moon, The Sullivan, George 4

Deadly Powers of Medusa Osborne, Will 4

Dear America Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Gregory, Kristiana 4

Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly 4

Denver Days Luxa, Sue 4

Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? Caudill, Rebecca 4

Digging Up the Past (The Adventure of Wishbone) Sathre, Vivian 4

Dollhouse Murders, The Wright, Betty Ren 4

Don't Make Me Smile Park, Barbara 4

Dragon Rider Funke, Cornelia 4

Drift Mayne, William 4

Eating Ice Cream with a Werewolf Green, Phyllis 4

Enormous Egg, The Butterworth, Oliver 4

Escape to Witch Mountain Key, Alexander 4

Esperanza Rising* Ryan, Pam Munoz 4

Everybody Say Cheese Bates, Betty 4

Everything on a Waffle Horvath, Polly 4

Exploration and Conquest Maesto, Betsy and Giulio 4

Explorers from Columbus to Armstrong Everett, Felicity 4

Exploring and Mapping the Am. West Alter, Judy 4

Extreme Sports Platt, Richard 4

Family Under the Bridge, The Carlson, Natalie Savage 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 95 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Far North* Hobbs, Will 4

Ferrell Davis Peterson, Brian C. 4 Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Mattick, Lindsay 4 Bear (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Fog Magic Sauer, Julie 4

Follow My Leader Garfield, James 4

Fourth Grade Celebrity Giff, Patricia Reilly 4

Freedom Summer (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Wiles, Deborah 4

Friendship, The Taylor, Mildred 4

Front Desk Yang, Kelly 4

Galactic Warlord Hill, Douglas 4

George Bush-Story of 41st Presdent Sufrin, M. 4

George Washington's Socks Woodruff, Elvira 4

Ghost Cadet Alphin, Elaine Marie 4

Ghost Canoe Hobbs, Will 4

Ghost Town Treasure Bulla, Clyde Robert 4

Ghost Wore Gray, The Coville, Bruce 4

Ghosts Beneath Our Feet Wright, Betty Ren 4

Glorious Flight: Across The Channel, The Provensen, Alice 4

Goat in the Garden Baglio, Ben 4

Gold Rush – Life in the Old West, The Kalman, Bobbie 4

Golden Fleece & Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Colum, Padraic 4

Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elizabeth 4

Good Dog, The Avi 4

Gray Boy Arnosky, Jim 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 96 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Great Brain Series Fitzgerald, John 4

Great Cheese Conspiracy Van Leeuwen, Jean 4

Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper Van Leeuwen, Jean 4

Greek Gods, The Evslin, Benard 4

Green Book Paton-Walsh, Jill 4

Grimm's Fairy Tales Kramer, Nora 4

Gus, A Beaver Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4

Hang Tough, Paul Mather Slote, Alfred 4

Harbor Me Woodson, Jaqueline 4

Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 Avi 4

Hardy Boys Dixon, Franklin 4

Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4

Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 4

Hate that Cat Creech, Sharon 4

Haunting of Cabin 13 Holl, Kristi 4

Heartbeat Creech, Sharon 4

Hedgehogs in the Hall Baglio, Ben 4

Helen Keller Keller, Helen 4

Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library Clifford, Eth 4

Henry Huggins Cleary, Beverly 4

Henry Reed Series Robertson, Keith 4

Holes* Sachar, Louis 4

Home of the Brave (BOE Approved November 2014) Applegate, Katherine 4

Hoot* Hiaasen, Carl 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 97 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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House On Hackman's Hill, The Nixon, Joan Lowery 4

House Without a Christmas Tree Rock, Gail 4

How A Plant Grows Kalman, Bobbie 4

Howliday Inn Howe, James 4

Hurricane Sorneson, Margo 4

If You Lived At The Great San Francisco Earthquake Levine, Ellen 4

Imagine a Day (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Thomson, Sarah L. 4

Imagine a Night (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Thomson, Sarah L. 4

In A Pickle and Other Funny Idioms Terban, Marvin 4

In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao 4

Indian In the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 4

Inside Out and Back Again Lai, Thanhha 4

Into the Dream Sleator, William 4

Invaders from Outer Space Kindersley, Porling 4

Izzy Kline has Butterflies Ain, Beth 4

Jacob's Rescue, A Holocaust Story Drucker, M. & Halperin, M. 4

Jar of Dreams, A Uchida, Yoshiko 4

Journey Home* Uchida, Yoshiko 4

Juan Ponce de Leon Sakurai, Gail 4

Kid in the Red Jacket, The Park, Barbara 4

Kid Who Ran For President, The Gutman, Dan 4

Kitten in the Cold Baglio, Ben 4

Kittens in the Kitchen Baglio, Ben 4

Klondike Gold Rush, The Sheperd, Donna Walsh 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 98 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Knee - Knock Rise Babbitt, Natalie 4

Lamb in the Laundry Baglio, Ben 4

Leanin Dog, The Nuzum, KA 4

Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A De Young, C. Coco 4

Lewis And Clark Stein, R. Conrad 4

Lewis and Clark Expedition, The Bursell, Susan 4

Lightning Thief, The 2005 Riordan, Rick 4

Lily's Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly 4

Limestone Caves Gallant, Roy A. 4

Lion to Guard, A Bulla, Clyde Robert 4

Listen! Tolan, Stephanie 4

Little Fox’s Secret Finky, Mary Peace 4

Lizzie Lies a Lot Levy, Elizabeth 4

Longest Night, The Guest, Jacqueline 4

Loser Spinelli, Jerry 4

Lost Star-The Story of Amelia Earhart Lauber, Patricia 4

Louisa May Alcott McGill, Marci R. 4

Louisiana Purchase, The Jaffe, Elizabeth 4

Louisiana's Way Home DiCamillo, Kate 4

Love that Dog Creech, Sharon 4

Love, From the Fifth Grade Celebrity Giff, Patricia Reilly 4

Maggie Marmelstein Series Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 4

Marching to Freedom Story of Martin Luther King Milton, Joyce 4

Mariah Delany Lending Library Disaster Greenwald, Sheila 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 99 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Mary Anning: The Girl Who Cracked Open the World Pearson, Debora 4

May B Rose, Caroline Starr 4

Me and the Weirdos Sutton, Jane 4

Meet Kirsten Shaw, Janet 4 Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Rockliff, Mara 4 Baffled All of France (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Midnight Fox Byars, Betsy 4

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The DiCamillo, Kate 4

Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Eco Mystery, The George, Jean Craighead 4

Misty and Me Girion, Barbara 4

Mitzi and Frederick the Great Williams, Barbara 4

Mitzi and the Terrible Tyrannosaurus Williams, Barbara 4

Moffat Series Estes, Eleanor 4

Mom, You're Fired! Robinson, Nancy 4

Mr. Tucket, 1995 Paulsen, Gary 4

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert 4

Muscles and Bones Usborne Science 4

My Daniel Conrad, Pam 4

My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 4

Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Author Conan 4

Mystery of the Alamo Ghost, The Marsh, Carole 4

Mystery of the California Mission Trail, The Marsh, Carole 4

Mystery of the Rocky Mountains, The Marsh, Carole 4

Mystery of the Underground Railroad, The Marsh, Carole 4

Natural Disasters - Volcanoes Thompson, Luke 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 100 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Naya Nuki Thomasma, Kenneth 4

Night of the Twisters Ruckman, Ivy 4

Nothing Here But Stones Oswald, Nancy 4

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade DeClements, Barthe 4

Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family Johnson, Dolores 4

Number The Stars* Lowry, Lois 4

Nutty Can't Miss Hughes, Dean 4

Oh, Honestly Angela Robinson, Nancy 4

Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 4

Olga Carries On Bond, Michael 4

Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 4

Om-Kas-Toe of the Blackfeet Thomasma, Kenneth 4

On the field with … Emmitt Smith Christopher, Matt 4

On The Way Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4

One Day in the Alpine Tundra George, Jean C. 4

One Day in the Desert George, Jean C. 4

One Day in the Woods George, Jean Craighead 4

One Golden Summer Luxa, Sue 4

Orphan Journey Home Ketchum, Liza 4

Out of the Bug Jar Thomas, Kathleen 4

Over the Rugged Mountain Gutman, Bill 4

Owl in the Office Baglio, Ben 4

Paddington Helps Out Bond, Michael 4

Pearl Harbor is Burning! Kudlinski, Kathleen 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 101 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Perry, A Pronghorn Antelope Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4 Pearson, Ridley and Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers 4 Dave Phantom Tollbooth Juster, Norton 4

Phoebe The Spy Griffin, Judith 4

Picture Book of Amelia Earhart, A Adler, David 4

Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A Adler, David 4

Piglet in a Playpen Baglio, Ben 4

Pike of Pike's Peak Baker, Nina 4

Pilot Down, Presumed Dead Phleger, Majorie 4

Pinballs Byars, Betsy 4

Pinky Pye Estes, Eleanor 4

Pioneers, The Gorsline, Marie 4

Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The McArthur, Nancy 4

Ponies at the Point Baglio, Ben 4

Pony on the Porch Baglio, Ben 4

Porposies in Peril Hooks, Gwendolyn 4

Powder Puff Puzzle Giff, Patricia Reilly 4

Princess Academy Hale, Shannon 4

Puppies in the Pantry Baglio, Ben 4

Rabbit Hill Lawson, Robert 4

Reconstruction Peacock, Judith 4

Remember the Alamo! Mercati, Cynthia 4

Room One (BOE Approved October 2011) Clements, Andrew 4

Rules* Lord, Cynthia 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 102 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Samantha Slade: Monster Sitter Smith, Susan 4

Savvy, 2008 Law, Ingrid 4

Seabird Holling, Holling C. 4

Secession Peacock, Judith 4

Secret Garden, The* Burnet, Frances Hodgson 4

Secret School, The* Avi 4

Seeing Earth from Space Lauber, Patricia 4

Shackleton Expedition, The Fine, Jill 4

Shadow Maker, The Hansen, Ron 4

Shadow of a Bull Wojciechowska, Maia 4

Sheepdog in the Snow Baglio, Ben 4

Sherluck Bones Mystery Book 1 Razzi, Jim 4

Shoeshine Girl Bulla, Clyde Robert 4

Sign of the Beaver Speare, Ellizabeth George 4

Silver Dollar Girl Ayres, Katherine 4

Simon A Red Fox Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4

Sing Down the Moon O'Dell, Scott 4

Skeletons Inside and Out Daniel, Claire 4

Sleepover Friends Series Saunders, Susan 4

Snow Treasure McSwigan, Marie 4

Son For A Day Gerson, Corinne 4

Song of the Hermit Thrush-An Iroquois Legend Dominic, Gloria 4

Song of the Trees Taylor, Mildred 4

Soup Series Peck, Robert Newton 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 103 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Space Station - Accident on Mir Royston, Angela 4

Spacebusters - A Race to the Moon Wilkinson, Philip 4

Stage Fright Martin, Ann 4

Stealing Home Denenberg, Barry 4

Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Jourey Ruurs 4

Stinker From Space Service, Pamela 4

Stinker's Return Service, Pamela 4

Story of Anne Sullivan, The Selden, Bernice 4

Story of George Washington Quiet Hero Milton, Joyce 4

Story of Jackie Robinson: The Bravest Man in Baseball, The Davidson, Margaret 4

Streams to the River, River to the Sea* O'Dell, Scott 4

Summer of Riley, The Bunting, Eve 4

Tales From Silver Lands Finger, Charles 4

Tales of Greek Heroes Green, Roger Lancelyn 4

Tales of Trickery From the Land of Spook Schwartz, Alvin 4 Tales, Trails & Tommyknockers: Stories from Colorado's Friggens, Myriam 4 Past Lane, Sheila and Kemp, The Last of the Mohicans (Take Part 4 Marion There’s an Owl in the Shower George, Jean Craighead 4

Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub Gilson, Jamie 4

Three Native Nations Manos, John K. 4

Three Pennies Crowder, Melanie 4

Tough Luck Karen Hurwitz, Johanna 4

Travels Across America Series Leacock, Elspeth 4

Trouble At The Mines Rappaport, Donna 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 104 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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True Life Treasure Hunts Donnelly, Judy 4

United States Constitution, The Leebrick, Kristal 4

Upstairs Room, The* Reiss, Johanna 4

Us and Uncle Frank Lowry, Lois 4

Veronica Ganz Sachs, Marilyn 4

Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Hahn, Mary Downing 4

Wanderer, The Creech, Sharon 4

Wanted, Mud Blossom Byars, Betsy 4

War that Saved My Life, The Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 4

War With Grandpa, The Smith, Robert Kimmel 4

Water at the Blue Earth Creel, Ann Howard 4

Watsons Go to Birmingham Curtis, Chirstopher P. 4

Wayside School is Falling Down Scher, Louis 4

Well, The Taylor, Mildred 4

West, The Thompson, Gare 4

What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin Fritz, Jean 4

While Mrs. Caverlet Was Away Nash, Mary 4

Who Has the Lucky-Duck in Class 4? Twohill, Maggie 4

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams Fritz, Jean 4

Why the Sea is Salty Meharry, Dot 4

Wild Cat Peck, Robert Newton 4

Will You Sign Here John Hancock? Fritz, Jean 4

Windcatcher Avi 4

Wizard Of Oz Baum, Lyman Frank 4

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 105 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Woodsong Paulsen, Gary 4

Wright Brothers, The Sullivan, George 4

5th of March Rinaldi, Ann 5

A Long Walk to Water Park, Linda Sue 5

A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust 1933-1945 Chaikin, Miriam 5

Abraham Lincoln: Great Man, Great Words Cashore, Kristen 5

Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 5

Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 5

An Even Break Hite, Sid 5

And Now Miguel Krumgold, Joseph 5

Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, Lucy Maud 5

Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky Ringgold, Faith 5

Autumn Street Lowry, Lois 5

Babysitting Is A Dangerous Job Roberts, Willo Davis 5

Beetles, Lightly Toasted Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 5

Behind Rebel Lines Reit, Seymour 5

Behind the Attic Wall Cassidy, Sylvia 5

Best Man, The Peck, Richard 5

Big Tree Buff, Conrad 5

Bill Peet: an autobiography Peet, Bill 5

Bingo Brown & The Language of Love Byars, Betsy 5

Black Pearl O'Dell, Scott 5

Black Star, Bright Dawn* O'Dell, Scott 5

Blair's Nightmare Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 106 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Blizzard’s Wake Reynolds Naylor, Phyllis 5

Blood Brothers: Four Men of Science Sterne, Emma Gelders 5

Blood on the River (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Carbone, Elisa 5

Blue and the Gray, The Bunting, Eve 5

Blue or Gray? A Family Divided Connell, Kate 5

Blue Willow Gates, Doris 5

Boat to Nowhere Wartski, Maureen Crane 5

Bollo Caper Buchwald, Art 5

Boy Who Remembered Everything Abbott, Jennie 5

Brady Fritz, Jean 5

Breadwinner, The Ellis, Deborah 5

Brian's Winter Paulsen, Gary 5

Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 5

Bright Freedom's Song Houston, Gloria 5

Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry, Marguerite 5

Bull Run Fleischman, Paul 5

Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! Fritz, Jean 5

Bully of Barkham Street Stolz, Mary 5

Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The Byars, Betsy 5

Cabin Faced West Fritz, Jean 5

Captive, The Hansen, Joyce 5

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee 5

Case of the Lost Lookalike Farley, Carol 5

Cassie Binegar MacLachlan, Patricia 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 107 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Cat Ate My Gymsuit Danziger, Paula 5

Cay Taylor,. Theodore 5

Cells and Systems Wallace, Holly 5

Chains (BOE Approved October 2011) Halse Anderson, Laurie 5

Changes in Latitudes Hobbs, Will 5

Charley Skedaddle Beatty, Patricia 5

Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator Dahl, Roald 5

Chester Cricket's New Home Selden, George 5

Children Of Green Knowe Boston, Lucy M. 5

Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 5

Christmas with Ida Early Burch, Robert 5

Chronicles of Narnia Lewis, C. S. 5 Conquistadores: Building a Spanish Empire in the Americas, Stein, Conrad 5 The Corn Raid, The (A Story of the Jamestown Settlement) Collier, James Lincoln 5

Cybil War Byars, Betsy 5

Dabcovich, Lydia D'adamo, Francesco 5

Danger On Panther Peak Wallace, Bill 5

Dangerous Promise, A - The Orphan Train Adventure Nixon, Joan Lowry 5

Daphne's Book Hahn, Mary 5

Deadly Promise, A Nixon, Joan Lowery 5

Death in the Afternoon, 1996 Chester, Kate 5

Destination: Antarctica Swan, Robert 5

Dogsong Paulsen, Gary 5

Doll Bones (BOE Approved April 2014) Black, Holly 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 108 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Door In the Wall de Angeli, Marguerite 5

Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 5

Drop Dead Cunningham, Julia 5

Early Thunder Fritz, Jean 5

Egypt Game, The Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5

El Deafo Bell, Cece 5

Electricity and Magnetism Adamczyk, Peter 5

Empty School House Carlson, Natalie Savage 5

Encounter Yolen, Jane 5

Every Soul a Star Mass, Wendy 5

Family Apart, A Nixon, Joan Lowery 5

Fantastic Voyage* Asimov, Isaac 5

Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge Wallace, Bill 5

Fever 1793 Anderson, Laurie Halse 5

Fifth Grade Magic Gormley, Beatrice 5

Fighting Ground, The Avi 5

Five Notable Inventors Hudson, Wade 5

Flight of the White Wolf Ellis, Melvin Richard 5

Flight to Freedom Veciana-Suarez, Ana 5

Flush Hiaasen, Carl 5

Flying Solo Fletcher, Ralph 5

Following the Mystery Man Hahn, Mary Downing 5

Forgotten Door Key, Alexander 5

Four Feet, Two Sandles Mohammed, Khadra & Williams, Karen5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 109 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Fourteenth Goldfish, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Holm, Jennifer 5

Freaky Friday Rodgers, Mary 5

Frederick Douglass Patterson, Lillie 5

Freedom Crossing Goff Clark, Margaret 5

Freedom Train Sterling, Dorothy 5

Friendship, The Wallace, B. 5

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Konigsburg, E. L. 5

Gammage Cup, The Kendall, Carol 5

Gathering Of Days:New England Girls Journal* Blos, Joan 5

Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 5

George Konigsburg, E. L. 5

George Washington Carver Eliot, T.S. 5

Ghost in the Big Brass Bed Coville, Bruce 5

Ghost in the Third Row Coville, Bruce 5

Girl Who Owned a City Nelson, O.T. 5

Girl With the Silver Eyes, The Roberts, Willo Davis 5

Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman Ferris, Jeri 5

Gold Cadillac, The Taylor, Mildred 5

Graduation of Jake Moon, The Park, Barbara 5

Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, Katherine 5

Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne 5

Grizzly Johnson, Annabel and Edgar 5

Grover Cleaver, Vera and Bill 5

Guns for General Washington Reit, Seymour 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 110 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Harriet Tubman Sabin, Francene 5

Heavenly Zoo; Legends and Tales Lurie, Alison 5

Helen Keller Davidson, Margaret 5

Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs Gilson, Jamie 5

High Trail to Danger Nixon, Joan Lowery 5

High Wizardry Duane, Diane 5

Homesick, My Own Story Fritz, Jean 5

House on the Gulf, The Haddix, Margaret Peterson 5

How Could You Do It, Diane Pevsner, Stella 5

I am Not a Number Dupius & Kay 5

Iceberg Hermit Roth, Arthur 5 Ida B… and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and Hannigan, Katherine 5 (Possibly) Save the World Milne, A. A. and Mayer, Images of Beauty: Ugly Duckling, Beauty & Beast 5 Marianna Important People of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5

Incident at Hawk's Hill Eckert, Allan 5

Incredible Journey Burnford, Sheila 5

Invasion from Below the Earth Curtis, Philip 5

Iqbal (BOE Approved Apr 2016) D'Adamo, Francesco 5

Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott 5

It's Not the End of the World Blume, Judy 5

Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther Hoskins 5

Journey to the River Sea Ibbotson, Eva 5

Kate Little, Jean 5

Kid's Money Book, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) McGillian, Jamie Kyle 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 111 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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King Arthur Pyle, Howard 5

Knots in My Yo-Yo String Spinelli, Jerry 5

Land Battles of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5

Last Silk Dress, The Rinaldi, Ann 5

Last Treasure, The Anderson, Janet S. 5

Legend of Sleepy Hollow Irving, Washington 5

Lewis and Clark Sabin, Francene 5

Libby On Wednesday Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5

Light A Single Candle Butler, Beverly 5

Light In The Forest, The * Richter, Conrad 5

Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman, Russell 5

Little Britches (The Wild Country) Moody, Ralph 5

Lizard Music Pinkwater, Daniel 5

Long Secret Fitzhugh, Louise 5

Look Through My Window Little, Jean 5

Lottery Rose Hunt, Irene 5

Lotus Caves Christopher, John 5

Maniac Magee* Spinelli, Jerry 5

Max the Dog That Refused to Die Wayne, Kyra Petrovskaya 5

Megan's Island Roberts, Willo Davis 5

Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 5

Miracles on Maple Hill Sorensen, Virginia 5

Mississippi Bridge Taylor, Mildred 5

Mitch and Amy Cleary, Beverly 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 112 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Moon and I, The Byars, Betsy 5

Mummy, The Will and The Crypt Bellairs, John 5

My Brother Sam Is Dead Collier, James Lincoln 5

Mystery of Death Trap Mine Carey, Mary V. 5

Mystery of the Coughing Dragon West, Nick 5

Mystery of the Haunted Trail Loarimer, Janet 5

Naked Mole-Rat Letters Amato, Mary 5

Nancy Drew Mysteries Keene, Carolyn 5

Naval Warfare of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5

Nettie’s Trip South Turner, Ann 5

Night Gardener, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Auxier, Jonathan 5

Night Journeys Avi 5

Night Swimmers Byars, Betsy 5

Night Walkers, The Coontz, Otto 5

Nine, Ten: a September 11 Story Baskin, Nora Raleight 5

North by Night Ayres, Katherine 5

Odd and the Frost Giants Gaiman, Neil 5

On the Far Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 5

Once Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean 5 One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference Milway, Katie Smith 5 (BOE approved Nov 2015) One-Eyed Cat Fox, Paula 5

Onion John Krumgold, Joseph 5

Orphaned Pup Lapp, Eleanor 5

Out of My Mind (BOE Approved April 2013) Draper, Sharon M. 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 113 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Peak Smith, Roland 5

Peppermints in the Parlor Wallace, Barbara Brooks 5

Perilous Road, The Steele, William O. 5 Perspectives: Language Arts Grades 4-5 by College of Dullaghan, Barbara 5 William & Mary Center for Gifted Ed (BOE approved Nov 2015) Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Greene, Bette 5

Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 5

Proud Taste For Scarlet & Miniver Konigsburg, E.L. 5

Pushcart War Merrill, Jean 5

Racing the Sun Pitts, Paul 5

Red Dog Wallace, Bill 5

Red: A Crayon's Story Hall, Michael 5

Refugees Gratz, Alan 5

Reluctant Dragon, The Shepard, Ernest 5

Return of the Indian Banks, Lynne Reid 5

Revolutionary War Home Front, The Smolinski, Diane 5

Revolutionary War Soldiers Smolinski, Diane 5

Riddle of Penncroft Farm, The Jansen, Dorothea 5

Rifles for Watie Keith, Harold 5

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred 5

Root Cellar, The Lunn, Janet 5

Rose Beyond The Wall, The Holl, Kristi 5

Runaway To Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad Shucker, Barbara 5

Sarah Bishop O'Dell, Scott 5

Saving The President Brenner, Barbara 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 114 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Schooled Korman, Gordon 5

Scrub Dog Of Alaska Morey, Walt 5

Secret of the Andes Clark, Ann Nolan 5

Shadow In Hawthorn Bay Lunn, Janet 5

Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution Fritz, Jean 5

Shipwrecks of the Explorers Smith, KC 5

Single Shard, A* Park, Linda Sue 5

Slake's Limbo Holman, Felice 5

Slave Dancer Fox, Paula 5

Snowshoe Trek to Otter River Budbill, David 5

Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears Cornelissen, Cornealia 5

Solve Them Yourself Mysteries Hitchcock, Alfred 5

Something Upstairs Avi 5

Sound the Jubilee Forrester, Sandra 5

Sounder Armstrong, William H. 5

Space Busters Space Mysteries Parker, Steve 5

Starplace, The Grove, Vicki 5

Summer of the Monkeys Rawls, Wilson 5

Summer of the Swans Byars, Betsy 5

Summer to Die Lowry, Lois 5

Susan B. Anthony Tremain, J 5

Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Jean Rudolph 5

Tails of the Bronx Pinkwater, Jill 5

Tales of the Old West Hall, Peg 5

Updated November 20, 2019 *previously approved at higher grade level 115 Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade

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Talking Earth George, Jean Craighead 5

Terrible Wave Dahlstedt, Marden 5

Thanksgiving Treasure Rock, Gail 5

There's A Boy In the Girl's Bathroom Sacher, Louis 5

Thief Lord, The Funke, Cornelia 5

Thomas 1778-Patriots on the Run Pryor, Bonnie 5

Three Times Lucky (BOE Approved November 2014) Turnage, Sheila 5

Through My Eyes Bridges, Ruby 5

Tiger Rising, The* (BOE Approved April 2015) DiCamillo, Kate 5

Toliver’s Secret Wood-Brady, Ester 5

Tracker* Paulsen, Gary 5

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean 5

Tree of Freedom Caudill, Rebecca 5

Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 5

Turn Homeward, Hanalee Beatty, Patricia 5

Turnabout Haddix, Margaret 5

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 5

Twenty-One Ballons du Bois, William Pene 5

Two-Thousand Pound Goldfish, The Byars, Betsy 5

Up a Road Slowly Hunt, Irene 5

View from Saturday, The Konigsburg, E.L. 5

View From the Cherry Tree, The Roberts, Willo Davis 5

Wagon, The Johnston, Tony 5

Walk In Wolf Wood Stewart, Mary 5

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Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 5

War Within, The Matas, Carol 5

Week in the Woods Clements, Andrew 5

Welcome Home Jellybean Shyer, Marlene Fanta 5

Westing Game, The Raskin, Ellen 5

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith 5

Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 5

White Mountains, The Christopher, John 5

White Stag, The Seredy, Kate 5

White Water, Still Water Bosworth, J. Allan 5

Who Comes with Cannons? Beatty, Patricia 5

Why Not, Lafayette? Fritz, Jean 5

Willy Wong: American Oakes, Vanya 5

Wind in the Willows, The Grahame, Kenneth 5

Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The Byars, Betsy 5

Wish Giver, The Brittain, Bill 5

Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5

Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Aiken, Joan 5

Wonder (BOE Approved April 2013) Palacio, R.J. 5

Wright 3 , The Balliett, Blue 5

Wrinkle in Time, A L'Engle, Madeleine 5 You're Going Out There A Kid, But You're Coming Back a Hirsch, Linda 5 Star!

Big Wave, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Buck, Pearl S. 3*

Homework Machine, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Gutman, Dan 3*

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Shiloh (BOE approved Nov 2015) Reynolds-Naylor, Phyllis 3*

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (BOE Approved November Grabenstein, Chris 4* 2015) Alamo, The Goldsworthy, Steve K

Alison’s Wings, 1996 Bauer, Marion Dane K

All About Seeds Kuchalla, Susan K

All are Welcome Kaufman, Suzanne & Penfold, AlexandraK

Alma and How She Hot Her Name Martinez-Neal, Juana K

Alpha Kids Series Sundance Publishers K

American Flag Kissock, Heather K

Amphibians Are Animals Holloway, Judith K

An Extraordinary Egg Lionni, Leo K

Animal Strike at the Zoo Wilson, Karma K

Animals Carle, Eric K

Animals At Night Peters, Ralph K

Anno's Journey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Anno, Mitsumasa K Ant and the Grasshopper, The: An Aesop's Fable Paxton, Tom K (BOE approved Nov 2015) Ants Siemens, Jared K

Astronaut Kissock, Heather K

Autumn Leaves are Falling Fleming, Maria K

Baby Animals Kuchalla, Susan K

Baby Whales Drink Milk Esbensen, Barbara Juster K

Bad Case of Stripes, A Shannon, David K

Bald Eagle Kissock, Heather K

Barn Cat Saul, Carol P. K

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Baseball Kissock, Heather K

Basketball Kissock, Heather K

Bear and the Fly, The Winter, Paula K

Bear Ate Your Sandwich, The (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Sarcone-Roach, Julia K

Bear Shadow Asch, Frank K

Bear’s Busy Year, 1990 Leonard, Marcia K

Bear’s New Friend Wilson, Karma K

Bears Kuchalla, Susan K

Bedtime For Frances Hoban, Russell K

Berenstain Bear’s New Pup, The Berenstain, Stan K

Big Red Apple Johnston, Tony K

Big Shark’s Lost Tooth Metzger, Steve K

Big Snow, The Hader, Berta K

Bird Siemens, Jared K

Bird Watch Jennings, Terry K

Birds Kuchalla, Susan K

Birds Nests Curran, Eileen K

Bison Siemens, Jared K

Boom Town, 1998 Levitin, Sonia K

Buildings Chessen, Betsy K

Bumblebees Siemens, Jared K

Butterfly Siemens, Jared K

Button Soup Disney, Walt K

Buzz Said the Bee Lewison, Wendy K

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Case of the Two Masked Robbers, The Hoban, Lillian K

Cat Nugent, Samantha K

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day-Dreaming of Change Kupperstein, Joel K Jardano, Kimberly & Callella- Celebrating Presidents’ Day K Jones, Trisha Celebrating Thanksgiving Kupperstein, Joel K

Centipedes Siemens, Jared K

Changes, Changes Hutchins, Pat K

Changing Seasons Greydanus, Donald K

Character Education Series Various Authors K

Chickens Siemens, Jared K

Children Around the World Wilkins, Verna K

Chinese New Year Siemens, Jared K

Cinco de Mayo Carr, Aaron K

Clementine Pennypacker, Sara K

Clownfish Kissock, Heather K

Cock-a-doodle-hoooooo! Manning, Mick K

Columbus Day Carr, Aaron K

Come Away from the Water, Shirley (BOE approved Nov 2015) Burningham, John K

Come On Up! Kim, Joy K

Communities All Over Foley, Donna K

Cows Siemens, Jared K

Crabs Kissock, Heather K

Creature Features Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin K

Danger! Volcanoes Simon, Seymour K

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Day you Begin, The Woodson, Jacqueline K

Diary of a Worm Cronin, Doreen K

Digby Shook Hazen, Barbara K

Dinosaur Explorer Dixon, Dougal K

Dinosaurs, 1987 Gibbons, Gail K

Do You Want to be My Friend? Carle, Eric K

Dog Siemens, Jared K

Dolphins Siemens, Jared K

Dr. Seuss's ABC Seuss, Dr. K

Dragonflies Siemens, Jared K

Drawn Together Le, Minh K

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building (BOE Approved Apr Hale, Christy K 2016) Ducks Siemens, Jared K

Each Orange Has Eight Slices Giganti, Paul K

Earth Kissock, Heather K

Elephants (BOE Approved October 2011) Depree, Helen K

Elephants Can Paint Too! (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Arnold, Katya K

Elephants Swim Riley, Linda Capus K

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (BOE approved Nov 2015) Chodos-Irvine, Margaret K

Elmer McKee, David K

Everett Anderson's Goodbye Clifton, Lucille K

Fall Kissock, Heather K

Families Share Williams, Roxanne Lanizak K

Fancy Nancy at the Museum (BOE Approved April 2014) O'Conner, Jane K

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Fantastic Frogs Robinson, Fay K

Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, The Karlin, Nurit K

Feathers For Lunch Ehlert, Lois K

Ferret Siemens, Jared K

Fire Station, The Carr, Aaron K

First Experiences: Going to the Dentist Hewitt, Sally K

First Snow McCully, Emily Arnold K

Fish Nugent, Samantha K

Flotsam (BOE approved Nov 2015) Wiesner, David K

Flying Saucer Full of Spaghetti, A Krahn, Fernando K

Football Kissock, Heather K

Four Black Puppies Grindley, Sally K

Frederick Lionni, Leo K

Freight-Train Crews, Donald K

Frog Siemens, Jared K

Frog Goes to Dinner Mayer, Mercer K

Frosty the Snowman Bedford, Annie North K

Funny Fingers, Funny Toes Damon, Laura K

Gases Siemens, Jared K Gingerbread Man, Loose in School, The (BOE Approved April Murray, Laura K 2013) Gnome from Nome, The Cosgrove, Stephen K

Go Tell Aunt Rhody Aliki K

Goats Siemens, Jared K

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Buehner, Caralyn K

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Goliath Beetles Siemens, Jared K

Grandpa, Grandpa Cowley, Joy K

Grasshoppers Siemens, Jared K

Gravity Whelan, Piper K

Great Seal Kissock, Heather K

Guinea Pig Siemens, Jared K

Gymnastics Kissock, Heather K

Hamster Nugent, Samantha K

Happy Honey: The Best Fall of All Godwin, Laura K

Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Fox, Mem K

Have You Seen My Duckling? Tafuri, Nancy K

Hearing Kissock, Heather K

Hedgehog Siemens, Jared K

Hello Goodbye Dog Gianferrari, Maria K

Herbie Jones and the Second Grade Slippers Kline, Suzy K

Hibernation (Scholastic Reader Level 2) (BOE Approved April Kosara, Tori K 2013) High-Rise Private Eyes # 4: The Case of the Troublesome Rylant, Cynthia K Turtle Hockey Durrie, Karen K

Hop on Pop Seuss, Dr. K

Horse in Harry’s Room, The Hoff, Syd K

Horses Siemens, Jared K

Hospital Carr, Aaron K

How Do We Move Morgan, Sally K

How Many Snails? Giganti, Paul K

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Humpback Whales Siemens, Jared K

I Went Walking Williams, Sue K

I Wish You More (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Krouse Rosenthal, Amy K

Ice Whelan, Piper K

If I Were An Ant Moses, Amy K

Iguana Siemens, Jared K

In A Dark, Dark Wood Melser, June K

In the Garden McDougall, Jim K

Insects Are Animals Holloway, Judith K

Ish Reynolds, Peter K

Island Boy Cooney, Barbara K

Island of the Skog, The Kellogg, Steven K

It’s a Fruit, It’s a Vegetable, It’s a Pumpkin Fowler, Allan K

It’s Mine! Lionni, Leo K

Jabari Jumps Cornwall, Gaia K

Jacket I Wear in the Snow, The Neitzel, Shirley K

Jacobs Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Various Authors K

Jake Baked the Cake Hennessy, B. G. K

Jellyfish Kissock, Heather K

Jigaree, The Cowley, Joy K

Jobs People Do Ganeri, Anita K

John Patrick Norman McHennessey Burningham, John K

Johnny Appleseed Demuth, Patricia K

Johnny Appleseed, 1988 Kellogg, Steven K

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Johnny Lions Book Thacher Hurd, Edith K

Julian is a Mermaid Love, Jessica K

Keep Your Mouth Closed, Dear Aliki K

Keeping Healthy Hewitt, Sally K Kids Throughout History: Kids During the American Civil Wroble, Lisa A. K War (BOE Approved October 2011) Kids Throughout History: Kids During the Renaissance Wroble, Lisa A. K (BOE Approved October 2011) Kids Throughout History: Kids in Colonial Times Wroble, Lisa A. K (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in Ancient Greece Wroble, Lisa A. K (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in Pioneer Times Wroble, Lisa A. K (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in the Middle Ages Wroble, Lisa A. K (BOE Approved October 2011) King and King Haan, Linda de & Nijland, Stern K

Kissing Hand, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Penn, Audrey K

Kitten's First Full Moon (BOE approved Nov 2015) Henkes, Kevin K

Ladybugs Siemens, Jared K

Lamb Who Came to Dinner, The Smallman, Steve K

Let’s Go Apple Picking! Lakin, Patricia K

Liberty Bell Kopp, Megan K

Library Carr, Aaron K

Life Cycles: Caterpillar to Butterfly Hewitt, Sally K

Life In The Forest Curran, Eileen K

Life In The Pond Curran, Eileen K

Life of the Butterfly, The Drew, David K

Lily Learns About Wants and Needs (BOE approved Nov 2015) Bullard, Lisa K

Lincoln Memorial Kissock, Heather K

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Liquids Rodriguez, Cindy K

Little Ghost French, Vivian K

Little Quack’s New Friend Thompson, Lauren K

Llamas Siemens, Jared K

Look What I Can Do Aruego, Jose K

Look...A Butterfly Cutts, David K

Magic School Bus Fights Germs, The Egan, Kate K

Manta Rays Kissock, Heather K

Maps Cicciarelli, Joellyn Thrall K

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Carr, Aaron K

Math for the Real World Nonfiction Leveled Books Rosen Publisher K

Maxie the Mutt Peters, Sharon K

May I Bring a Friend? De Regniers, Beatrice K

Meet Our Families Perkins, G.L. K

Meet the Baboon Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Cheetah Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Elephant Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Giraffe Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Hippo Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Hyena Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Impala Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Leopard Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Lion Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Rhino Gillespie, Katie K

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Meet the Warthog Gillespie, Katie K

Meet the Zebra Gillespie, Katie K

Memorial Day Carr, Aaron K

Mermaid's Purse, The Polacco, Patricia K

Might Mizzling Mouse Henstra, Frisco K

Mighty Machines Oxlade, Chris K

Mondo “Book Shop” Series Level A - I Various Authors K

Monkeys Whitehead, Patricia K

Monster Under My Bed, The Gruber, Suzabbe K

Moo Moo, Brown Cow Wood, Jakki K

Moon Kissock, Heather K

Moonlight Ormerod, Jan K

Mosquitoes Siemens, Jared K

Motion: Push and Pull, Fast and Slow (Amazing Science) Stille, Darlene K

Mount Rushmore Goldsworthy, Kaite K

Mouse Count Stollwalsh, Ellen K

Mouse Paint Walsh, Ellen Stoll K

Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash Weeks, Sarah K

Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm Cowley, Joy K

My Brother, Ant, 1996 Byars, Betsy K

Mystery of the Giant Footprints, The Krahn, Fernandoi K

National Geographic Readers: Frogs Carney, Elizabeth K

National Geographic Science Readers Series (BOE Approved Various Authors K April 2013) Never Ride Your Elephant to School Johnson, Doug K

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Never, Ever Shout in the Zoo Wilson, Karma K

Nitter Pitter Cosgrove, Stephen K

No Jumping on the Bed Arnold, Tedd K

Noah's Ark Spier, Peter K

Obadiah Melser, June K

Octopuses Kissock, Heather K

Of Colors and Things Hoban, Tana K

Old Black Fly Aylesworth, Jim K

On the Move, 2000 Strandling, Jan K

Orcas Kissock, Heather K

Organisms Siemens, Jared K

Our Communities Foley, Donald K

Owen (BOE approved Nov 2015) Henkes, Kevin K

Patchwork Bike Clarke, Maxine Beneba K

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Litwin, Eric K

Picking Apples and Pumpkins Mills, Liz K

Picnic McCully, Emily Arnold K

Pigs Siemens, Jared K

Pilgrim Children Had Many Chores Lems-Tardif, Gina K

Pink is for Boys Pearlman, Robb K

Pinky and Rex and the School Play (BOE Approved April 2013) Howe, James K

Please Don’t Go! Wilhelm, Hans K

Pocket Full of Kisses, A (BOE Approved April 2013) Penn, Audrey K

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Martin Jr, Bill Carle, Eric K

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Police Station Carr, Aaron K

Ponies Siemens, Jared K

Poor Old Polly Melser, June K

Popcorn Dragon, The Thayer, Jane K

Porcupine Named Fluffy, A Lester, Helen K

Potbellied Pig Siemens, Jared K

Presidents' Day Carr, Aaron K

Rain Spier, Peter K

Raindrops Roll (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Sayre, April K

Raising a Seeing Eye Dog (BOE Approved October 2011) Glassman, Jackie K

Red Book, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Lehman, Barbara K

Reptiles Are Animals Holloway, Judith K

Revolutionary War, The January, Brendan K

Rigby: Literacy Tree Series Various Authors K

Rocket Siemens, Jared K

Roller Skates Calmenson, Stephanie K

Sails Literacy Series Eggleton, Jill K

Sam Who Never Forgets (BOE Approved October 2011) Rice, Eve K

Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers Series Various Authors K

School Carr, Aaron K

Science Vocabulary Readers series by Scholastic Various Authors K

Scorpions Siemens, Jared K

Sea Creatures Faundez, Anne K

Sea Lions Siemens, Jared K

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Sea Otters Siemens, Jared K

Sea Turtles Siemens, Jared K

Seasons, The Smith, Ian K

See How It Grows Graves, Kimberly K

Senses Kopp, Megan K

Sharks Siemens, Jared K

Sheep Siemens, Jared K

Shoo, Fly Guy Arnold, Tedd K

Sick Day for Amos McGee, A (BOE approved Nov 2015) Stead, Philip K

Sight Carr, Aaron K

Silly Tilly’s Valentine Hoban, Lillian K

Sing, Sam, Sing Larkin, Bruce K

Skeleton Hiccups Cuyler, Margery K

Skip to My Lou Westcott, Nadine Bernard K

Soccer (BOE Approved October 2011) Herzog, Brad K

Storm is Coming Tekavec, Heather K

Story of Dinosaurs (Now I Know) Eastman, David K

Stray Dog, The Simont, Marc K

Strongest One of All, The Choi, Y. Kim K

Super Cluck O’Connor, Jane and Robert K

Tacky-Three Cheers for Tack Lester, Helen K

Thanksgiving Mice Roberts, Bethany K Berger, Samantha & Moreton, Then and Now K Daniel There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy* Arnold, Tedd K

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There’s a Dragon in my Sleeping Bag, 1994 Howe, James K

Things I Like Browne, Anthony K

Three Yellow Dogs Cohen, Caron Lee K

Too Many Toys, 2008 Shannon, David K

Tornado Alert Branley, Franklyn M. K

Tornadoes Cassie, Brian K

Town Mouse, Country Mouse Brett, Jan K

Trees Gordon, Sharon K Dadey, Debbie and Marcia Triplet Trouble and the Field Day Disaster, 1996 K Thornton Jones Ty's One-Man Band Pitts, Mildred K

Valentine Express, The Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth K

Very First Thanksgiving Day, The Gowler Greene, Rhonda K

Wake Up, Groundhog! Hill, Susanna Leonard K

Water Princess, The Verde, Susan K

We Gather Together… Now Please Get Lost! deGroat, Diane K

We Need Directions! DeCapua, Sarah K

Weather Fleisher, Julian K

Weekly Reader Series: Let's Read About Animals Various Authors K

Wemberly Worried (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Henkes, Kevin K

What Is A Reptile? Kuchalla, Susan K

What Whiskers Did Carroll, Ruth K

What Will the Weather Be? DeWitt, Lynda K

What’s in the Sky? Smith, Ian K

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything Broach, Elise K

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Where Does the Garbage Go? Showers, Paul K Wilson, Karma & Chapman, Where is Home, Little Pip?, 2008 K Jane White Crow Frederick, Shirley K

Who is the Beast? Baker, Keith K

Who Will Be My Friends Hoff, Syd K

Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes? (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Smith, Katherine K

Woosh! A Read-Together Book Melser, June K

Writing Places Chanko, Pamela K

You’ll Soon Grow Into Them Titch Hutchins, Pat K

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