Recommended Readings by Grade Level
Listed alphabetically by author's last name.
(NF - Non-Fiction)
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Pre-Kindergarten
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Janet Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum
Maya Ajmera. To Be a Kid.
Frank Asch. Goodbye House
Linda Ashman. To the Beach!
Bruce Balan. Cows Going Past
Kelly Bennett. Not Norman: A Goldfish Story
Debbie Bertram. The Best Time to Read
Cari Best. Are You Going to Be Good?
Stella Blackstone. Who are You, Baby Kangaroo?
Anne Bowen. When You Visit Grandma & Grandpa.
Stephanie Calmenson. Dinner at the Panda Palace
Eric Carle. 10 Little Rubber Ducks.
Peter Catalanotto. Daisy 1, 2, 3
Peter Catalanotto. Matthew A. B. C.
Lorinda Bryan Cauley. Clap Your Hands
Chih-Yuan Chen. Guji Guji
Paul Collicutt. This Boat
Trish Cooke. Full, Full, Full of Love
Elisha Cooper. A Good Night Walk
Carol Foskett Cordsen. The Milkman
Nancy Cote. It��s All about Me!
Doreen Cronin. Click Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabet Adventure
Lynley Dodd. Hairy Maclary, Scattercat
Dayle Ann Dodds. Hello, Sun
Olivier Dunrea. BooBoo (Gossie & Friends)
Jane Dyer. Little Brown Bear and the Bundle of Joy
Fred Ehrlich. Does a Yak Get a Haircut?
Lindsay Barrett George. Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse
Jean Gralley. The Moon Came Down on Milk Street
Kevin Henkes. Wemberly Worried
Mary Ann Hoberman. Whose Garden Is It?
Petr Horacek. A New House for Mouse.
Robert Kraus. Leo the Late Bloomer
Julie Markes. Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping
Jean Marzollo. I Spy Lightning in the Sky.
Bill Martin Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Todd Parr. Reading Makes You Feel Good.
LeUyen Pham. Big Sister, Little Sister.
Anne Rockwell. Growing Like Me.
Shelley Rotner. Everybody Works
Rob Scotton. Russell the Sheep.
Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Lemons Are Not Red
Nancy Tafuri. Goodnight, My Duckling
Kaye Umansky. A Chair for Baby Bear
Margaret Wild. Little Humpty
Audrey Wood. The Deep Blue Sea: A Book of Colors.
Jane Yolen. How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
Alex Zane. The Wheels on the Race Car.
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Kindergarten
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Anna Alter. Francine's Day
Stan and Jan Berenstain. The Berenstain Bears Go to School
Brook Berg. What Happened to Marion's Book?
Nick Bruel. Bad Kitty
Toni Buzzeo. Ready or Not, Dawdle Duckling
Denys Cazet. Born in the Gravy
Nancy Evans Cooney. The Blanket That Had to Go
Paula M. Craig. Mr. Wiggle's Book
Doreen Cronin. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin. Duck for President
Cynthia DeFelice. Casey in the Bath
Pamela Duncan Edwards. McGillycuddy Could!
Paul Galdone. The Little Red Hen
Paul Galdone. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Zoe Hall. The Apple Pie Tree
Zoe Hall. Fall Leaves Fall!
S. E. Hinton. Big David, Little David
Joan Holub. The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School
Jana Novotny Hunter. Little Ones Do!
Mollie Katzen. Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for
Preschoolers & Up (NF)
Holly Keller. Harry and Tuck
Helen Lester. Tacky the Penguin
Margaret Read MacDonald. Mabela the Clever
Robert McCloskey. Make Way for Ducklings
Alison McGhee. Countdown to Kindergarten
Ann Morris. Bread, Bread, Bread (NF)
Stuart J. Murphy. 3 Little Firefighters
Amy Schwartz. Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner
Amy Schwartz. Bea and Mr. Jones
Mary Serfozo. Benjamin Bigfoot
David Shannon. David Goes To School
David Shannon. Duck On A Bike
David Shannon. Good Boy, Fergus!
Joseph Slate. Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten
Irene Smalls-Hector. Beginning School
Alexander Stadler. Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book
Janet Stevens. The Great Fuzz Frenzy
Virginia Walter. Hi, Pizza Man!
Monica Wellington. Zinnia��s Flower Garden.
Mo Willems. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Mo Willems. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
Vera B. Williams. A Chair for My Mother
Vera B. Williams. Something Special for Me
Audrey Wood. Alphabet Adventure
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1st Grade
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Jennifer Armstrong. Moonshine
Jan Brett. Gingerbread Baby
Jan Brett. The Mitten
Erik Brooks. The Practically Perfect Pajamas
Stephanie Calmenson. The Principal's New Clothes
Miriam Cohen and Lillian Hoban. See You in Second Grade
Sharon Creech. A Fine, Fine School
Margery Cuyler. 100th Day Worries
Carmen Agra Deedy. The Library Dragon
Tomie DePaola. Strega Nona takes a vacation
Arthur Dorros. Alligator Shoes
P.D. Eastman. Go, Dog. Go!
Lisa Campbell Ernst. Zinnia and Dot
Scott Flansburg. Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises
from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy (NF)
Linda Glaser. Our Big Home
Kevin Henkes. Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes. Lilly's Big Day
Kevin Henkes. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes. Sheila Rae, the Brave
Katharine Holabird. Angelina and Alice
Jackie Hopkins. The Shelf Elf With Library Lessons
Eric A. Kimmel. I Took My Frog to the Library
Dick King-Smith. Sophie's Tom
MaryAnn F. Kohl. Science Arts: Discovering Science Through Art Experiences
(NF)
Helen Lester. Hooway for Wodney Wat
Celeste Mannis. One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden
Patricia McKissack. Flossie and the Fox
Arlene Mosel. Tikki Tikki Tembo
Stuart J. Murphy. 100 Days of Cool
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. King Of The Playground
Alexis O'neill. The Recess Queen
Edith Pattou and Tricia Tusa. Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
Nancy Poydar. Last Day, Hooray!
Robert D. San Souci. The Talking Eggs
Dr. Seuss. Cat In The Hat
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. Nate The Great
Ulana Snihura. I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles
Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook-a-Doodle-Doo
James Stevenson. "Could Be Worse!"
Sarah Stewart. The Library
Gregory Tang. Math For All Seasons (Gr. 1-3) (NF)
Rosemary Wells. Emily's First 100 Days of School
Natasha Wing. The Night Before the 100th Day of School
Ed Young. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
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2nd Grade
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Caroline Feller Bauer. Too Many Books
Ehud Ben-Ezer. Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale
Marc Brown. Arthur Chapter Books
Beverly Cleary. Ramona series
Beverly Cleary. Henry Huggins series
Demi. In the Eyes of the Cat: Japanese Poetry For All Seasons
Dan Gutman. My Weird School series
Carolyn Haywood. B is for Betsy series
Florence Parry Heide. House of Wisdom
Rebecca Hickox. The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story
Rukhsana Khan. Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems
(NF)
Eric A. Kimmel. Rimonah of the Flashing Sword: A North African Tale
Dick King-Smith. Martin's Mice
Dick King-Smith. Dick King-Smith's Animal Friends: Thirty-two Stories
Suzy Kline. Horrible Harry in Room 2B
Grace Lin. The Ugly Vegetables
Jonathan London. Ali, Child of the Desert
Betty MacDonald. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series
Mary Matthews. Magid Fasts for Ramadan
Claire Sidhom Matze. The Stars in My Geddoh's Sky
Angela Shelf Medearis. The 100th Day of School
Naomi Shihab Nye. Sitti's Secrets
Barbara Park. Junie B. Jones series
Florence H. Parry. Day of Ahmed's Secret
Cynthia Rylant. Mr. Putter & Tabby Catch the Cold
Cynthia Rylant. Mr. Putter & Tabby Paint the Porch
Cynthia Rylant. Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup
Cynthia Rylant. Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book
Gail Sakurai. Peach Boy
Coleen Salley. Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail
William Steig. Abel's Island
Shelley Moore Thomas. Get Well, Good Knight
Ann Tompert. Grandfather Tang's Story
Valerie Tripp. Hopscotch Hill School series
John Winch. The Old Woman Who Loved to Read
Angela Wood. Muslim Mosque (Where We Worship) (NF)
Jonny Zucker. Fasting and Dates: A Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr Story
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3rd Grade
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Tony Abbott. Secrets Of Droon series
Sally Bahous Allen. Sitti and the Cats: A Tale of Friendship
Mary Jane Auch. I Was a Third Grade Science Project
Barbara Baker. Third Grade is Terrible
Jan Bradford. Caroline Zucker series
Betsy Byars. The Golly Sister series
Deborah Da Costa. Snow in Jerusalem
Alice Dalgliesh. The Courage of Sarah Noble
Paula Danziger. Amber Brown series
Demi. One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
Tomie dePaola. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Norah Dooley. Everybody Bakes Bread
Betsy Duffey. Cody books
Jonathan Etra. Aliens for Breakfast
Jonathan Etra. Aliens for Lunch
Susan Hightower. Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and
Measurement
Natalie Honeycutt. The All New Jonah Twist
Johanna Hurwitz. Class Clown
Johanna Hurwitz. Teacher's Pet
Peg Kehret. Shelter Dogs Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
David Kirkby. Measures & Space (NF)
Suzy Kline. Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade
Jane Kurtz. I'm Sorry, Almira Ann
Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill
Loreen Leedy. Measuring Penny
Ted Lewin. The Storytellers
Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Snowflake Bentley
Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna. Good Grief, Third Grade
Jim Murphy. Blizzard! The Snowstorm that changed America (NF)
Rolf Myller. How Big Is a Foot?
Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House books
Gary Paulsen. Woodsong
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. One of the Third Grade Thonkers
David M. Schwartz. How Much Is a Million?
David M. Schwartz. Millions to Measure
Steve Seskin. Don't Laugh at Me
Idries Shah. The Man with Bad Manners
Nancy Smiler Levinson. Clara and the Book wagon
James Solheim. It's Disgusting and We Ate It! : True Food Facts from Around
the World and Throughout History (NF)
Laurie Myers. Lewis and Clark, and Me: A Dog's Tale
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House series
Jeanette Winter. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
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4th Grade
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Joan Aiken. The Wolves Chronicles
Philip Ardagh. Eddie Dickens trilogy
Philip Ardagh. The Fall of Fergal: The First Unlikely Exploit
Philip Ardagh. Heir of Mystery: The Second Unlikely Exploit
Richard Atwater. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Lynne Reid Banks. The Indian in the Cupboard
Judi Barrett. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
John Bellairs. The House with a Clock in its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt)
Holly Black. The Spiderwick Chronicles
Judy Blume. Superfudge
Judy Blume. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Hugh Brewster. 882 1/2 Amazing Answers To Your Questions About The Titanic
(NF)
Bill Brittain. The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree
Pearl S. Buck. The Big Wave
Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden
Guy Byars. The Computer Nut
Patrick Skene Catling. The Chocolate Touch
Eleanor Coerr. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Bruce Coville. My Teacher is an Alien
Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl. James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl. Matilda
Cynthia DeFelice. Weasel
Dan Elish. Jason and the Baseball Bear
Deborah Ellis. Breadwinner
Louise Fitzhugh. Harriet the Spy
Paul Fleischman. The Half-a-Moon Inn
John Reynolds Gardiner. Stone Fox
Jean Craighead George. My Side of the Mountain trilogy
Virginia Hamilton. House of Dies Drear
Holling C. Holling. Paddle-To-The-Sea
Robert R. Ingpen. Folk tales & fables of the Middle East and Africa
Peg Kehret. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (NF)
Gordon Korman. I Want to Go Home!
Martin Lee. 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day (Gr. 4-8) (NF)
Katherine Paterson. The Master Puppeteer
James Rumford. Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
Louis Sachar. Sideways Stories from Wayside School
E.B. White. Charlotte's Web
M. White. Sing A Song Of Popcorn: Every Child's Book Of Poems
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5th Grade
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Avi. Night Journeys
Avi. Poppy
Avi. True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Natalie Babbitt. Tuck Everlasting
Betsy Byars. The Summer of the Swans
Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw
Andrew Clements. Frindle
Bruce Coville. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Roald Dahl. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Barthe DeClements. Nothing's Fair in 5th Grade
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist
John Fleischman. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
(NF)
Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy
Susan Fletcher. The Dragon Chronicles series
Jamie Gilson. Wagon Train 911
Mary Downing Hahn. Dead man in Indian creek
Polly Horvath. Everything on a waffle
H.J. Hutchins. The Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid
Robert Lawson. Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His
Good Mouse Amos
C.W. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia books
Lois Lowry. Number the Stars
David Macaulay. Mosque (NF)
Ann M. Martin. P.S. Longer Letter Later
Jim Murphy. The Great Fire (NF)
Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.H.M.
Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia
Gary Paulsen. My Life in Dog Years
J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Books
Louis Sachar. Holes
Anna Sewell. Black Beauty
Paul Stewart. The Edge Chronicles
Patricia Wrede. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
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6th Grade
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Richards Adams. Watership Down
Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793
Katherine A. Applegate. Animorphs series
Joshua Blum, Bob Holman, and Mark Pellington. United States of Poetry
John Christopher. Tripods trilogy (White Mountains; The City of Gold and
Lead; The Pool of Fire)
Andrew Clements. Lunch Money
Eoin Colfer. Artemis Fowl books
Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons
Karen Cushman. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Franklin W. Dixon. Hardy Boys series
William Gibson. The Miracle Worker: A Play in Three Acts (NF)
Florence Parry Heide. Sami and the Time of the Troubles
Carol Edgemon Hipperson. Belly Gunner
Anthony Horowitz. Alex Rider Adventure series
Brian Jacques. Redwall series
Ji-Li Jiang. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Carolyn G. Keene. Nancy Drew series
E. L. Konigsburg. The View from Saturday
Gordon Korman. Everest trilogy (The Contest; The Climb; The Summit)
Gordon Korman. Island trilogy (Shipwreck; Survival; Escape)
Ann Matthews Martin. The Doll People
Cindi Mitchell. Math Skills Made Fun: Dazzling Math Line Designs (Gr. 6-8)
(NF)
L. M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables series
Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Richard Peck. A Long Way from Chicago
Wilson Rawls. Where the Red Fern Grows
Emily Rodda. Deltora Quest series
Pam Munoz Ryan. Esperanza Rising
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The Little Prince
Lemony Snicket. A Series of Unfortunate Events series
Elizabeth Speare. Sign of the Beaver
Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee
R. L. Stine. Goosebumps series
Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus trilogy (The Amulet of Samarkand; The
Golem's Eye; Ptolemy's Gate)
Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Theodore Taylor. The Cay
J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien. Lord of the Rings
Vivian Vande Velde. Heir Apparent
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7th Grade
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Joan Abelove. Go And Come Back
Avi. Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel
Melba Pattillo Beals. Warriors Don't Cry
James Bennet. Dakota Dream
Gary Blackwood. Shakespeare Stealer
Edward Bloor. Tangerine
Carolyn Coman. What Jamie Saw
Caroline Cooney. Driver's Ed
Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice
Christopher Paul Curtis. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Jeanne Duprau. The City of Ember
Deborah Ellis. Parvana's Journey
Nancy Farmer. A Girl Named Disaster
Karen Hesse. Phoenix Rising
Will Hobbs. The Maze
Felice Holman. Slake's Limbo
H.M. Hoover. Away Is A Strange Place To Be
Irene Hunt. Across Five Aprils
Gordon Korman. Something Fishy At MacDonald Hall
Gail Carson Levine. Ella Enchanted
Marilyn Levy. Run For Your Life
Jack London. Call of the Wild
Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
(NF)
Elsa Marston. Figs and Fate: Stories About Growing Up in the Arab World
Today (NF)
Anne McCaffrey. Black Horses For The King
Geraldine McCaughrean. The Pirate's Son
Robin McKinley. The Hero And The Crown
Robin McKinley. Spindle's End
Martha Moore. Under The Mermaid Angel
Kyoko Mori. Shizuko's Daughter
Donna Jo Napoli. Sirena
Joan Lowery Nixon. Spirit Seeker
Richard Peck. A Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories
W. D. Philbrick. Freak, the Mighty
Philip Pullman. The Golden Compass
Evelyn Raab. Clueless in the Kitchen: A Cookbook for Teens and other
Beginners (NF)
Ann Rinaldi. A Break With Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (NF)
Laura Roybal. Billy
Laura Scandiffio. Escapes! (True Stories from the Edge)
Jerry Spinneli. Stargirl
Todd Strasser. How I Changed My Life
Mildred Taylor. The Road To Memphis
Megan Whalen Turner. The Thief
Wendelin Van Draanen. Flipped
Cynthia Voigt. Jackaroo: A Novel of the Kingdom
Will Weaver. Hard Ball
Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville. Armageddon Summer
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8th Grade
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Louisa May Alcott. Little Men
Louisa May Alcott. Little Women
Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima
Erik E. Esckilsen. Offsides
Laurie Halse Andersen. Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson. Speak
Joan Bauer. Hope Was Here
Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451
Olive Ann Burns. Cold Sassy Tree
Robert Cormier. I Am the Cheese
Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations
Nancy Farmer. The House of the Scorpion
Anne Frank. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Margaret Peterson Haddix. Shadow Children series
Libby Hathorn. Thunderwith
Homer H. Hickam. Rocket Boys: a memoir
S.E. Hinton. That was Then, This Is Now
S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders
Kimberly Willis Holt. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Homer. The Odyssey
Jeanne Houston. Return to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American
Experience During and After the World War II Internment (NF)
Ryan Ann Hunter. In Disguise!: Stories of Real Women Spies
Daniel Keyes. Flowers for Algernon
Iain Lawrence. High Seas trilogy (The Smuggler; The Buccaneers; The Wreckers)
Frederick Libby. Horses Don't Fly: A Memoir of World War I (NF)
George Orwell. Animal Farm
Gary Paulsen. Hatchet
Alexandre Dumas Pere. The Count of Monte Cristo
Fred Ramen. Albucasis Aka Al-zahrawi: Renowned Surgeon of the Arab World
Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation (NF)
John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck. The Pearl
Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island
Stephanie S. Tolan. Surviving the Applewhites
Mark Twain. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Cynthia Voigt. Homecoming
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9th Grade
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Lloyd Alexander. The Iron Ring
Rachel Anderson. The Bus People
Jennifer Armstrong. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary
True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance (NF)
Ann Brashares. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Corona Brezina. Al-Khwarizmi: The Inventor Of Algebra
Andrea Campbell. Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues and Investigation (NF)
Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-
1850 (NF)
Forrest Carter. The Education of Little Tree
Sarah Conover. Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom
for Children and Parents
Chris Crutcher. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Ross E. Dunn. Ibn Battuta - Calliope: Muslim Scholar And Traveler
Susan Dworkin and Charlotte Lopez. Lost in the System
Bill Haduch. Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why
You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch (NF)
Donna Jackson. The Bone Detectives: how forensic anthropologists solve
crimes and uncover mysteries of the dead (NF)
Charlotte Foltz Jones. Fingerprints and Talking Bones: How real-life crimes
are solved (NF)
Gershen Kaufman, Lev Raphael, and Pamela Espeland. Stick Up for Yourself!
(NF)
Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem
Aisha Khan. Avicenna (Ibn Sina): Muslim Physician And Philosopher of the
Eleventh Century (NF)
Jan Krakauer. Into Thin Air (NF)
Jim Murphy. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow
Fever Epidemic of 1793 (NF)
Walter Dean Myers. The Glory Field
Walter Dean Myers. Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
Kristen D. Randle. The Only Alien on the Planet
Gillian Rubenstein. Galax-Arena
Cynthia Rylant. But I'll Be Back Again (NF)
Bill Scheppler. Al-biruni: Master Astronomer And Influential Muslim Scholar
of Eleventh-century Persia (NF)
Betty Smith. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Liz Sonneborn. Averroes/ibn Rushd: Muslim Scholar, Philosopher, And
Physician of Twelfth-century Al-andalus (NF)
Theodore Taylor. The Bomb
Don Trembath. The Tuesday Cafe
Cynthia Voigt. Wings Of A Falcon
Virginia Euwer Wolff. Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff. True Believer
Virginia Euwer Wolff. Rooster
Richard Wormser. American Islam: Growing Up Muslim in America (NF)
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10th Grade
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Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Eleanor H. Ayers. Parallel Journeys
Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish
Famine,1845-1850 (NF)
Joan Bauer. Rules of the Road
Fiona Buckley. To Shield The Queen
Emma Bull. Finder: A Novel of the Borderland
Michael Cadnum. Rundown
Robert Cormier. We All Fall Down
Margaret Craven. I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Chris Crutcher. Ironman
Chris Crutcher. Stotan!
Carl Deuker. Painting The Black
Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities
Sylviane A. Diouf. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the
Americas
Lois Duncan. Night Terrors: Stories Of Shadow And Substance : Stories Of
Shadow And Substance
Paul Fleischman. Whirligig
Pat Frank. Alas, Babylon
Sherry Garland. Shadow Of The Dragon
John Gilstrap. At All Cost
Thomas D. Jones. Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir (NF)
David Klass. California Blue
Steve Kluger. Last Days Of Summer
John Knowles. A Separate of Peace
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird
Julius Lester. Othello
Robert Lipsyte. The Contender
Anne McCaffrey. The Renegades Of Pern
Walter Dean Myers. Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers. Monster
Gary Paulsen. A Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due
Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers (NF)
Ruth Pennebaker. Don't Think Twice
Randy Powell. Dean Duffy
Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet on the Western Front
Shakespeare. Julius Caesar
Will Shetterly. Nevernever
Sophocles. Antigone
Larry Watson. Montana 1948: A Novel
Rita Williams-Garcia. Like Sisters On The Homefront
August Wilson. The Piano Lesson
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11th Grade
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Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre
Pearl Buck. The Good Earth
Orson Scott Card. Ender's Game
Tracy Chevalier. Girl With A Pearl Earring
James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans
Laurie R. King. Beekeeper's Apprentice
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath
Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club
Alice Walker. The Color Purple
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Recommended Magazine Titles
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Cobblestone
Crafts 'n Things
Cricket
Discover
Highlights
Muse
National Geographic for Kids
Odyssey
Popular Science
Spider
Time for Kids
Zoo Books
Award Winning, Recommended Books and E-Books
Coretta Scott King Book Award - The award (or awards) is given to an African
American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly
inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding
and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the
realization of the American dream. The Award is further designed to
commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor
Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the
work for peace and world brotherhood. (Description from ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/abouttheawarda/cskabout.htm
Newbery Medal Award - The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century
British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association
for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to
American literature for children. (Description from ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Caldecott Medal Award - The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-
century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by
the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American
Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American
picture book for children. (Description from ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award - The award, a bronze medal, honors an author or
illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a
period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for
children. (Description from ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
American Library Association (ALA) Notable Children's Books - Identified by
the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm
ALA Notable Children's Recordings - Identified by the Association for
Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecreclist/currentnotable.htm
ALA Notable Children's Videos List - Identified by the Association for
Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecvidlist/currentnotable.htm
ALA Notable Children's Computer Software Lists - Identified by the
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecsoftlist/currentnotable.htm
2 X 2 Reading List - Age 2 to Grade 2 (Texas Library Association)
http://www.txla.org/groups/crt/2x2intro.htm
Texas Bluebonnet Award - Third through sixth grade (Texas Library
Association)
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html
Lone Star Reading List - Sixth through Eighth Grade (Texas Library
Association)
http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/lonestarlists.html
Tayshas Reading List - High School (Texas Library Association)
http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/tayshaslists.html
Austin Public Library Reading Lists & Award
http://www.wiredforyouth.com/reading/youth_bloo.cfm
Recommended Reading for Young Children
http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/parenting/fathering/fred/fred_reading.php
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - provides a collection of reviews
of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and
collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum
areas, themes and professional topics.
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/curriculum.html
California Department of Education Recommended Literature Search - Reading
and Language Arts
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/ap/litsearch.asp
100 Best books for Children - You can find a list of one hundred books
selected by the National Education Association as great reading for children
and young people on this web site.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
Bartleby.com - Free e-books.
http://www.bartleby.com/
Read Print - offers free e-books.
http://www.readprint.com/
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
The Online Books Page - Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
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