Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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 Title Author Gr 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.