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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
SUMMER READING LIST
Title Author Level
A Big Ball of String Holland, Marion K-2
A Bug, A Bear, and a Boy McPhail, David K-2
A Gift-Bear for the King Memling, Carl K-2
A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions Krauss, Ruth K-2
A Little House of Your Own de Regniers, Beatrice K-2
A Picture for Harold’s Room Johnson, Crockett K-2
A Pocketful of Cricket Caudill, Rebecca K-2
A Question of Yams Repp, Gloria K-2
A Treasury of Children’s Literature Eisen, Armand K-2
A Tree is Nice Udry, Janice May K-2 A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver Aliki K-2
A Zooful of Animals Cole, William K-2
Abraham Lincoln d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2
Albert the Albatross Hoff, Syd K-2
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo K-2
All the Way Home Segal, Lore K-2
Amelia Bedelia – any book Parish, Peggy K-2
Amigo Baylor, Byrd K-2
An Anteater Named Arthur Waber, Bernard K-2
And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby K-2
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Fritz, Jean K-2
Angus and the Cat Flack, Marjorie K-2
Animals Colors Wildsmith, Brian K-2
Ant Plays Bear Byars, Betsy K-2
Apple and the Arrow, The Buff, Mary K-2
Are You My Mother? Eastman, Philip K-2
Arthur and the Golden Guinea Berwick, Jean K-2
Ask Mister Bear Flack, Marjorie K-2
B is for Betsy Haywood, Carolyn K-2
Baby Animals Williams, Garth K-2
Barney’s Horse Hoff, Syd K-2
Bear Circus du Bois, William Pène K-2
Beast of Monsieur Racine, The Ungerer, Tomi K-2
Beauty and the Beast Brett, Jan K-2
Beaver Pond, The Tresselt, Alvin K-2
Bed Book, The Plath, Sylvia K-2
Beginner’s Bible, The Henley, Karyn K-2
Benjamin Franklin d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2
Benjy’s Dog House Graham, Margaret K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Bertie’s Picture Day Brisson, Pat K-2
Best Friends Cohen, Miriam K-2
Best Nest, The Eastman, Philip K-2
Best Trick, The Lewis, Rebecca K-2
Best-Loved Doll, The Caudill, Rebecca K-2
Big Balloon Race, The Coerr, Eleanor K-2
Big Dog, Little Dog Eastman, Philip K-2
Big Snow, The Hader, Berta K-2
Biggest House in the World, The Lionni, Leo K-2
Billy and Blaze – any book Anderson, Clarence K-2
Blueberries for Sal McCloskey, Robert K-2
Book of Giant Stories Harrison, David K-2
Boston Coffee Party, The Rappaport, Doreen K-2
Bravest Dog Ever, The: The Ture Story of Balto Standiford, Natalie K-2
Broderick Ormondroyd, Edward K-2
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor K-2
Bundle Book, The Krauss, Ruth K-2
Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters Schwartz, Alvin K-2
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? Fritz, Jean K-2
Captain Cat Hoff, Syd K-2
Chalk Box Story, The Freeman, Don K-2
Chang’s Paper Pony Coerr, Eleanor K-2
Chester Hoff, Syd K-2
Chick and the Duckling, The Ginsburg, Mirra K-2
Clara and the Bookwagon Levinson, Nancy K-2
Clifford the Big Red Dog – any book Bridwell, Norman K-2
Cloud Book, The De Paola, Tomie K-2
Columbus d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2
Come Again in the Spring Kennedy, Richard K-2
Come and Play, Hippo Thaler, Mike K-2
Corduroy – any book Freeman, Don K-2
Corgiville Fair Tudor, Tasha K-2
Cow in the House, The Ziefert, Harriet K-2
Crictor Ungerer, Tomi K-2
Curious George – any book Rey, H.A. K-2
Dandelion Freeman, Don K-2
Daniel’s Duck Bulla, Clyde Robert K-2
Danny and the Dinosaur – any book Hoff, Syd K-2
Dawn Shulevitz, Uri K-2
Day No Sheep Showed Up, The McPhail, David K-2
Day the Circus Came to Lone Tree, The Rounds, Glen K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, The Goudey, Alice K-2
Dick Whittington and His Cat Brown, Marcia K-2
Digby Hazen, Barbara K-2
Dinosaur Time Parish, Peggy K-2
Do You Know What I’ll Do? Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
Dogger Hughes, Shirley K-2
Dragon in the Clock Box, The Craig, M. Jean K-2
Dust for Dinner Turner, Ann K-2
Early Bird, The or any Step-into-Reading Scarry book Scarry, Richard K-2
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book Egermeier, Elsie K-2
Emma’s Magic Winter Little, Jean K-2
Emma’s Yucky Brother Little, Jean K-2
Eric the Red & Leif the Lucky Schiller, Barbara K-2
Evan’s Corner Hill, Elizabeth K-2
Exactly Alike Ness, Evaline K-2
Fables Lobel, Arthur K-2
Fair, The Craft, Ruth K-2
Family Under the Moon, The Jewell, Nancy K-2
Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Karlin, Nurit K-2
Father Bear Comes Home Minarik, Else K-2
Fire Cat, The Averill, Esther Holden K-2
Fish is Fish Lionni, Leo K-2
Five True Dog Stories Davidson, Margaret K-2
Flap Your Wings Eastman, Philip K-2
Four Frogs in a Box Mayer, Mercer K-2
Fox Eyes Brown, Margaret Wise K-2
Frances – any book Hoban, Russell K-2
Frederick Lionni, Leo K-2
Friend Monkey Travers, Pamela L. K-2
Frog and Toad – any book Lobel, Arthur K-2
Frog Went A-Courtin’ Langstaff, John K-2
From Arapesh to Zuni: A Book of Bibleless Peoples Lewis, Karen K-2
George and Martha – any book Marshall, James K-2
George the Drummer Boy Benchley, Nathaniel K-2
George Washington d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2
Gilberto and the Wind Ets, Marie Hall K-2
Go and Hush the Baby Byars, Betsy K-2
Go, Dog, Go! Eastman, Philip K-2
Gods Must be Angry, The Miller, Sheila K-2
Goggles! Keats, Ezra Jack K-2
Golly Sisters, The Byars, Betsy K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Granny – any book Parish, Peggy K-2
Granny Han’s Breakfast Groves, Sheila K-2
Greg’s Microscope Selsam, Millicent K-2
Grizzwold Hoff, Syd K-2
Hailstones and Halibut Bones O’Neill, Mary K-2
Harley Livingstone, Star K-2
Harry the Dirty Dog- any in series Zion, Gene K-2
Harvey’s Hideout Hoban, Russell K-2
Hector Protector Sendak, Maurice K-2
Hercules: The Story of an Old Fashioned Fire Engine Gramatky, Hardie K-2
Herman’s Hat Mendoza, Geroge K-2
Hi, Cat! Keats, Ezra Jack K-2
Higglety, Pigglety Pop Sendak, Maurice K-2
High Rise Private Eyes, The Rylant, Cynthia K-2
Hill of Fire Lewis, Thomas P. K-2
Horse in Harry’s Room, The Hoff, Syd K-2
Hot Fudge Hero Brisson, Pat K-2
How Do They Build It? Hildebrandt, Tim K-2
How the Forest Grew Jaspersohn, William K-2
How the Rooster Saved the Day Lobel, Arthur K-2
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World McNulty, Faith K-2
I Like to Be Little Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
I Love You, Mouse Graham, John K-2
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Schwartz, Alvin K-2
Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo K-2
Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard K-2
Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur Hoban, Lillian K-2
Johnny Appleseed Kellogg, Steven K-2
Josefina Story Quilt, The Coerr, Eleanor K-2
Julius Hoff, Syd K-2
Just Me Ets, Marie K-2
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter K-2
Lazy Bear, The Wildsmith, Brian K-2
Lentil McCloskey, Robert K-2
Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert K-2
Lighthouse Children, The Hoff, Syd K-2
Lincoln – any book Fife, Dale K-2
Linnea in Monet’s Garden Bjork, Christina K-2
Listen & Read Favorite Poems of Childhood Smith, Philip K-2
Little Bear – any book Minarik, Else K-2
Little Chick’s Friend Duckling Kwitz, Mary K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Little Critter’s Read-It-Yourself Story Book Mayer, Mercer K-2
Little Eddie Haywood, Carolyn K-2
Little Engine That Could, The De Paola, Tomie K-2
Little Horse Byars, Betsy K-2
Little Red Hen, The Galdone, Paul K-2
Little Red Hen, The McQueen, Lucinda (Illus.) K-2
Little Sister, Big Sister Brisson, Pat K-2
Little Toot Gramatky, Hardie K-2
Little Wood Duck, The Wildsmith, Brian K-2
Lollipop Party, The Sonneborn, Ruth K-2
Long Way to a New Land, The Sandin, Joan K-2
Long Way Westward, The Sandin, Joan K-2
Lost Zoo, The Cullen, Countee K-2
Madeline – any book Bemelmans, Ludwig K-2
Magical Hands Barker, Marjorie K-2
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert K-2
Marvin Redpost series – any book Sachar, Louis K-2
May I Bring a Friend? de Regniers, Beatrice K-2
Meet George Washington Heilbroner, Joan K-2
Meet Thomas Jefferson Barrett, Marvin K-2
Millions of Cats Gág, Wanda K-2
Milton the Early Riser Kraus, Robert K-2
Mitten, The Tresselt, Alvin K-2
Monkey and the Crocodile, The Galdone, Paul K-2
Mop Top Freeman, Don K-2
Morris Goes to School Wiseman, Bernard K-2
Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes Low, Joseph K-2
Mouse House Godden, Rumer K-2
Mouse Soup Lobel, Arthur K-2
Mouse Tales Lobel, Arthur K-2
Moy Moy Politi, Leo K-2
Mr. Grumpy’s Outing Burningham, John K-2
Mr. Putter and Tabby - any book Rylant, Cynthia K-2
Mr. Small or Little Books, The Lenski, Lois K-2
Mrs. Brice’s Mice Hoff, Syd K-2
Mud Flat April Fool Stevenson, James K-2
My Book About Hudson Miller, Sheila K-2
My Brother Ant Byars, Betsy K-2
New Boy on the Sidewalk, The Craig, M. Jean K-2
New Teacher, The Cohen, Miriam K-2
Nightingale, The Andersen, Hans Christian K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Nine Hundred Buckets of Paint Becker K-2
No Kiss for Mother Ungerer, Tomi K-2
Noah’s Ark – any book by this author Spier, Peter K-2
Norman the Doorman Freeman, Don K-2
North American Indians Gorsline, Douglas K-2
Not Too Small After All Clymer, Eleanor K-2
Nursery Rhymes for Certain Times De La mare, Walter K-2
Nutshell Library Sendak, Maurice K-2
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog Galdone, Paul K-2
Old Woman and Her Pig Galdone, Paul K-2
Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle, The Godden, Rumer K-2
Oliver Hoff, Syd K-2
One Bad Thing About Father, The Monjo, F. N. K-2
One Monster After Another Mayer, Mercer K-2
One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert K-2
Open House for Butterflies Krauss, Ruth K-2
Oscar Otter Benchley, Nathaniel K-2
Otto and the Magic Potatoes du Bois, William Pène K-2
Owl at Home Lobel, Arthur K-2
Owliver Kraus, Robert K-2
Pajama Party Hest, Amy K-2
Peter’s Chair Keats, Ezra Jack K-2
Petunia – any book Duvoisin, Roder K-2
Pharaohs and Pyramids Allan, Tony K-2
Phoebe the Spy Griffin, Judith K-2
Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving, The McGovern, Ann K-2
Play With Me Ets, Marie K-2
Pocahontas d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2
Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert K-2
Poems & Prayers for the Very Young Alexander, Lloyd K-2
Poems to Read to the Very Young Frank, Josette K-2
Popcorn Dragon, The Thayer, Jane K-2
Prayers from the Ark Bernos deGasztold, Carmen K-2
Put Me in the Zoo Lopshire, Robert K-2
Quarrelling Book, The Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
Ready, Set, Go Stadler, John K-2
Red Fox and His Canoe Benchley, Nathaniel K-2
Richard Scarry’s Best Read-It-Yourself Book Ever Scarry, Richard K-2
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman Henry, Marguerite K-2
Runaway Giant, The Holl, Adelaide K-2
Sable Hesse, Karen K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Sammy the Seal Hoff, Syd K-2
Seal and the Slick, The Freeman, Don K-2
Seasons Burningham, John K-2
Seven Little Monsters Sendak, Maurice K-2
Shadow Book, The de Regniers, Beatrice K-2
Silkworms Johnson, Sylvia K-2
Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny Hoban, Lillian K-2
Silly Tilly’s Thanksgiving Dinner Hoban, Lillian K-2
Silly Tilly’s Valentine Hoban, Lillian K-2
Simple Pictures are Best Willard, Nancy K-2
Skippack School De Angeli, Marguerite K-2
Sleepy Book Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
Snow Shulevitz, Uri K-2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Burkert, Nancy K-2
Snowshoe Thompson Levinson, Nancy K-2
Snowy Day, The Keats, Ezra Jack K-2
Snuggle Bunny, The Jewell, Nancy K-2
Stanley Hoff, Syd K-2
Steamroller: A Fantasy, The Brown, Margaret Wise K-2
Stone Soup Brown, Marcia K-2
Stop that Ball! McClintock, Marshall K-2
Story About Ping, The Flack, Marjorie K-2
Story of Ferdinand, The Leaf, Munro K-2
Sun Up, Sun Down Gibbons, Gail K-2
Sunken Treasure Gibbons, Gail K-2
Surprises Hopkins, Lee K-2
Swimmy Lionni, Leo K-2
Tales of Amanda Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean K-2
Tales of Oliver Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean K-2
Then and Now Amery, Heather K-2
Theodore Ormondroyd, Edward K-2
There is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales Schwartz, Alvin K-2
Things People Do Usborne K-2
This Year’s Garden Rylant, Cynthia K-2
Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Brown, Marcia K-2
Thy Friend, Obadiah Turkle, Brinton K-2
Tico and the Golden Wings Lionni, Leo K-2
Time of Wonder McCloskey, Robert K-2
Treasure, The Shulevitz, Uri K-2
True Stories About Abraham Lincoln Gross, Ruth K-2
Two Good Friends Delton, Judy K-2
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Two is a Team Beim, Lorraine K-2
Two is Company Delton, Judy K-2
Usborne – any book Usborne K-2
Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara K-2
Walpole Hoff, Syd K-2
Walter, the Lazy Mouse Flack, Marjorie K-2
Water-Babies, The Kingsley, Charles K-2
Wee Gillis Leaf, Munro K-2
What Do You Do, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle K-2
What do You Hear When Cows Sing Maestro, Marco K-2
What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle K-2
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Fritz, Jean K-2
What’s Under the Sea Usborne K-2
When I Was Young in the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia K-2
When the Wind Stops Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains? Garelick, May K-2
Where’s Wallace? Knight, Hilary K-2
Who Will Be My Friends? Hoff, Syd K-2
Who’s that in the Mirror? Bernends, Polly K-2
Whobody There? Morse, Charles K-2
Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert K-2
Why Do Tigers Have Stripes? Usborne K-2
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Aardema, Verna K-2
Will I Have A Friend? Cohen, Miriam K-2
William’s Doll - any book by this author Zolotow, Charlotte K-2
Winter at Valley Forge Knight, James K-2
Yonder Johnston, Tony K-2
You Look Ridiculous, Said the Rhinoceros to the Hippopotamus Waber, Bernard K-2
Young Cam Jansen - any Adler, David K-2
Ancient Greeks in the Land of the Gods, The Descamps-Lequime, Sophie K-3
Beatrix Potter Books – any book Potter, Beatrix K-3
Chanticleer and the Fox Cooney, Barbara K-3
Drinking Gourd, The: A Story of the Underground RR Monjo, F. N. K-3
First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate & the Wright Brothers Shea, George K-3
Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin K-3
How Many Days to America? Bunting, Eve K-3
I’ll Meet You at the Cucumbers Moore, Lilian K-3
If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake Levine, Ellen K-3
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution Levy, Elizabeth K-3
Katy No-Pocket Payne, Emmy K-3
Magic Tree House – any book Osborne, Mary Pope K-3
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Mice of the Herring Bone Davis, Tim K-3
Nate the Great – any in series Sharmat, Marjorie K-3
Ride on the Wind Dalgliesh, Alice K-3
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Ness, Evaline K-3
Seuss – any Dr. Seuss book Seuss, Dr. K-3
Tale of Peter Rabbit, the Potter, Beatrix K-3
Wall, The Bunting, Eve K-3
Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice K-3
White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt, Alvin K-3
A Certain Small Shepherd Caudill, Rebecca 2-3
A Lion to Guard Us Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3
Ancient Egypt Nicholson, Robert & Watts, Claire 2-3
Chalk Box Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? Caudill, Rebecca 2-3
Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll Branley, Franklyn 2-3
Horton Hatches an Egg Seuss, Dr. 2-3
Little House, The Burton, Virginia Lee 2-3
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee 2-3
Rome and Romans Amery, Heather 2-3
Sarah, Plain and Tall – any book MacLachlan, Patricia 2-3
Shoeshine Girl Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3
Stories Huey Tells, The Cameron, Ann 2-3
Titanic: Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 2-3
Trail of Apple Blossoms Hunt, Irene 2-3
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 2-3
Volcanoes Branley, Franklyn 2-3
White Stallion, The Shub, Elizabeth 2-3
Wizard of Menlo Park: Story of Thomas Alva Edison Davidison, Margaret 2-3
A Book of Coupons Morgenstern, Susie 2-4
A Dog Called Kitty Wallace, Bill 2-4
A Grain of Rice Pittman, Helena 2-4
Adopted by an Owl: The True Story of Jackson the owl van Frankenhuyzen, Robbyn Smith 2-4
Aesop for Children, The Winter, Milo 2-4
Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories Smith, Philip 2-4
All the Small Poems and Fourteen More Worth, Valerie 2-4
Amazing Bone, The Steig, William 2-4
American Adventures: True Stories of America’s Past Greenberg, Morrie 2-4
Amos and Boris Steig, William 2-4
An Arkful of Animals Cole, William 2-4
Arabs in the Golden Age Moktefi, Mokhtar 2-4
Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Dalgliesh, Alice 2-4
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Biggest Bear, The Ward, Lynd 2-4
Bobbsey Twins – any book Hope, Laura Lee 2-4
Boxcar Children, The – any book Warner, Gertrude C. 2-4
Canada: The Land Kalman, Bobbie 2-4
Carp in the Bathtub, The Cohen, Barbara 2-4
Charlotte’s Web White, E.B. 2-4
Cleopatra Stanley, Diane 2-4
Cornerstones of Freedom – any in series Various authors 2-4
Courage of Sarah Noble, The Dalgliesh, Alice 2-4
Crash Spinelli, Jerry 2-4
Crow Boy Yashima, Taro 2-4
Finding Buck Henry Slote, Alfred 2-4
Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire 2-4
Flip Dennis, Wesley 2-4
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, The Ransome, Arthur 2-4
Giant, The du Bois, William Pène 2-4
Great Geppy, The du Bois, William Pène 2-4
Green Book, The Walsh, Jill Paton 2-4
Hang Tough, Paul Mather Slote, Alfred 2-4
Hannah Whelan, Gloria 2-4
Helen Keller Davidson, Margaret 2-4
Hero Over Here Kudlinski, Kathleen 2-4
Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks, The Ciardi, John 2-4
Introducing Michelangelo Richmond, Robin 2-4
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – any book Waber, Bernard 2-4
Magic School Bus – any book Cole, Joanna 2-4
Martin Luther King, Jr: A Man to Remember McKissack, Pat 2-4
Minstrel in the Tower, The Skurzinsky, Gloria 2-4
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars MacGregor, Ellen 2-4
My Father’s Dragon - any in series Gannett, Ruth Stiles 2-4
Next Spring an Oriole Whelan, Gloria 2-4
Night of the Full Moon Whelan, Gloria 2-4
Old Ramon Schaefer, Jack 2-4
Owls in the Family Mowat, Farley 2-4
Paul Revere – any biography by this author Stevenson, Augusta 2-4
Rabbit Hill Lawson, Robert 2-4
Red Sails to Capri Weil, Ann 2-4
Roland, the Minstrel Pig Steig, William 2-4
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 2-4
Sarah Whitcher’s Story Yates, Elizabeth 2-4
Shadow of the Wolf Whelan, Gloria 2-4
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy Blumberg, Rhoda 2-4
Silver Whelan, Gloria 2-4
Song of the Swallows Politi, Leo 2-4
Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-4
Stone Fox Gardiner, John 2-4
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William 2-4
Three Dollar Mule Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-4
Tooter Pepperday Spinelli, Jerry 2-4
Tough Winter Lawson, Robert 2-4
Trojan Horse, The Little, Emily 2-4
Twenty and Ten Bishop, Claire 2-4
Two Tickets to Freedom Freedman, Florence 2-4
Umbrella Yashima, Taro 2-4
Undersea Pick, Christopher 2-4
Velveteen Rabbit, The Williams, Margery 2-4
We’ll Race Henry, A Story about Henry Ford Mitchell, Barbara 2-4
Yellow and Pink Steig, William 2-4
War of 1812, The Morris, Richard 2-4
Encyclopedia Brown – any book Sobol, Donald 3-4
Henry and Ribsy Cleary, Beverly 3-4
Henry Huggins Cleary, Beverly 3-4
Li Lun, Lad of Courage Treffinger, Carolyn 3-4
Life When Jesus was a Boy Maxwell, Cassandre 3-4
Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story About Levi Strauss Weidt, Maryann N. 3-4
My Brother Stevie Clymer, Eleanor 3-4
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest McGovern, Ann 3-4
Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly 3-4
Ali and the Golden Eagle Grover, Wayne 3-5
Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3-5
Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly 3-5
Diary of an Early American Boy Sloane, Eric 3-5
Ellen Tebbits Cleary, Beverly 3-5
Good Master, The Seredy, Kate 3-5
Leonardo da Vinci Marshall, Norman V. 3-5
Lion in the Box: A Christmas Story De Angeli, Marguerite 3-5
Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry 3-5
Mars Diaries - series Brouwer, Sigmund 3-5
My Daniel Conrad, Pam 3-5
Otis Spofford Cleary, Beverly 3-5
Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 3-5
Seabird Holling, Holling Clancy 3-5
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet Cwiklik, Robert 3-5
Socks Cleary, Beverly 3-5
Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry 3-5
Summer of the Swans, The Byars, Betsy 3-5
Toliver’s Secret Brady, Esther 3-5
A Bear Called Paddington – any book Bond, Michael 3-6
A Part of the Sky Peck, Robert Newton 3-6
A Swiftly Tilting Planet L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6
A Wind in the Door L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6
A Wrinkle in Time L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6
After the Goat Man Byars, Betsy 3-6
Alexander the Great Green, Peter 3-6
All Sail Set Sperry, Armstrong 3-6
Awesome Book of Bible Facts Silverthorne, Sandy 3-6
Bandit of Ashley Downs, The Jackson, Dave 3-6
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum Bryan, Ashley 3-6
Betsy and Tacy - any in series Lovelace, Maud Hart 3-6
Bingo Brown - series Byars, Betsy 3-6
Bolivar Guyatt, John 3-6
Bully for You, Teddy, Roosevelt! Fritz, Jean 3-6
By the Great Horn Spoon Fleischman, Sid 3-6
Cabin Faced West, The Fritz, Jean 3-6
Calico Bush Field, Rachel 3-6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 3-6
Children’s Homer, The Colum, Padraic 3-6
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Kalnay, Francis 3-6
Classic Myths to Read Aloud: Greek and Roman Myths Russell, William 3-6
Disappearing Acts, series Byars, Betsy 3-6
Eighteenth Emergency, The Byars, Betsy 3-6
Empty Schoolhouse, The Carlson, Natalie 3-6
Escape to the Jungle: Stories of Missionary Experiences Sonlight Cirriculum 3-6
Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie 3-6
Flames Across the Susquehanna Banner, Glenn 3-6
Flight of the Fugitive Jackson, Dave 3-6
Follow My Leader Garfield, James 3-6
Genghis Khan – Mongol Emperor Humphrey, Judy 3-6
George Washington Carver Collins, David 3-6
Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible, The Taylor, Paul S. 3-6
Great Wheel, The Lawson, Robert 3-6
Guns for General Washington Reit, Seymour 3-6
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse Selden, George 3-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Hidden Jewel, The Jackson, Dave 3-6
Homesick Fritz, Jean 3-6
I, Houdini Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6
Imprisoned in the Golden City Jackson, Dave 3-6
In Grandma’s Attic – any book in the series Richardson, Arleta 3-6
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao 3-6
Incas, Aztecs and Mayans Holzmann, John 3-6
Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6
Ink on His Fingers Vernon, Louise A. 3-6
James and the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 3-6
Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead 3-6
Jungle Book, The Kipling, Rudyard 3-6
Kildee House Montgomery, Rutherford 3-6
Land I Lost, The Huynh, Quang Nhuong 3-6
Land I Lost, The: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam Nhuong, Huynh Quang 3-6
Life of David Livingstone, The Worcester, Mrs. J. H. 3-6
Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman, Russell 3-6
Little House Books – any book Wilder, Laura Ingalls 3-6
Little House on Rocky Ridge MacBride, Roger Lea 3-6
Little Pear Lattimore, Eleanor F. 3-6
Little Pilgrim’s Progress Taylor, Helen 3-6
Midnight Fox, The Byars, Betsy 3-6
Miracles on Maple Hill Sorenson, Virginia 3-6
Misty of Chincoteague – any other in this series Henry, Marguerite 3-6
Mother West Wind’s Children - any in series Burgess, Thornton 3-6
My Side of the Mountain – any in Trilogy George, Jean Craighead 3-6
Not-Just-Anybody Family - series Byars, Betsy 3-6
On to Oregon! Morrow, Honoré 3-6
Ordinary Princess, The Kaye, Mary Margaret 3-6
Paddle to the Sea Holling, Holling Clancy 3-6
Plain Girl Sorensen, Virginia 3-6
Poem Stew Cole, William 3-6
Pompeii - Buried Alive! Kunhardt, Edith 3-6
Princess and Curdie, The MacDonald, George 3-6
Return of the Indian, The Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6
Roman Mysteries, The Lawrence, Caroline 3-6
Secret Language, The Nordstrom, Ursula 3-6
Secret of the Andes Clark, Ann Nolan 3-6
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons Cohen, Barbara 3-6
Shadrach De Jong, Meindert 3-6
Sisters in Time – any from this series Lutz, Norma Jean & others 3-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Snow Treasure McSwigan, Marie 3-6
South America Georges, D.V. 3-6
Star of Light St. John, Patricia 3-6
Story of the Great Depression, The Stein, R. Conrad 3-6
Swift Rivers Meigs, Cornelia 3-6
Tales of a Korean Grandmother Carpenter, Frances 3-6
Tales of the Odyssey Osborne, Mary Pope 3-6
Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor Watson, D. Jeanene 3-6
Terrible Wave, The Dahlstedt, Marden 3-6
Thieves of Tyburn Square Jackson, Dave 3-6
Tikta’liktak; An Eskimo Legend Houston, James 3-6
Time Traveler’s Omnibus Usborne 3-6
To the Top! Kramer, Sydelle 3-6
Trial by Poison Jackson, Dave 3-6
Turn Homeward, Hannalee Beatty, Patricia 3-6
Understood Betsy Fisher, Dorothy 3-6
Walk the World’s Rim Baker, Betty 3-6
Walkabout Marshall, James 3-6
Wally McDoogle – any book Myers, Bill 3-6
Water Sky George, Jean Craighead 3-6
Wheel on the School, The De Jong, Meindert 3-6
Whipping Boy, The Fleischman, Sid 3-6
White Queen: The Story of Mary Slessor McFarlan, Donald 3-6
White Stallion of Lipizza Henry, Marguerite 3-6
World Geography Usborne 3-6
Wright Brothers, The Reynolds, Quentin 3-6
You Can Change the World: Learning to Pray Spraggett, Daphne 3-6
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Lewis, Elizabeth 3-6
A Boy’s War Michell, David 4-6
A Day No Pigs Would Die Peck, Robert Newton 4-6
A Family Apart: The Orphan Train Quartet Nixon, Joan Lowry 4-6
A Jar of Dreams Uchida, Yoshiko 4-6
A Murder for Her Majesty Hilgartner, Beth 4-6
A Papa Like Everyone Else Taylor, Sydney 4-6
A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascal McPherson, Joyce 4-6
A Traitor Among Us Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth 4-6
A Tree for Peter Seredy, Kate 4-6
A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls Hawthorne, Nathaniel 4-6
A Year Down Yonder Peck, Richard 4-6
Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House North, Sterling 4-6
Abel’s Island Steig, William 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Abigail Adams: First Lady of Faith and Courage Witter, Evelyn 4-6
About the B-nai Bagles Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Adventure of Pinocchio, The Collodi, Carlo 4-6
Adventures of the Greek Heroes McLean/Wiseman 4-6
Aesop’s Fables Aesop 4-6
All of a Kind Family, any in series Taylor, Sydney 4-6
Alligator Case, The du Bois, William Pène 4-6
Along Came a Dog De Jong, Meindert 4-6
Altogether, One at a Time Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The Giblin, James Cross 4-6
America’s Paul Revere Forbes, Esther 4-6
American Tall Tales Stoutenburg, Adrien 4-6
Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 4-6
An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May 4-6
And Now Miguel Krumgold, Joseph 4-6
Andy Buckram’s Tin Men Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6
Apprentice, The Llorente, Pilar Molina 4-6
Arabian Nights Lang, Andrew 4-6
At the Back of the North Wind MacDonald, George 4-6
Babe, the Gallant Pig – or other animal stories King-Smith, Dick 4-6
Baby Island Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6
Bambi: A Life in the Woods Salten, Felix 4-6
Bartholomew Fair Stolz, Mary 4-6
Behind Rebel Lines Reit, Seymour 4-6
Ben and Me Lawson, Robert 4-6
Benjamin West And His Cat Grimalkin Henry, Marguerite 4-6
Big Red Kjelgaard, James A. 4-6
Big Wave, The Buck, Pearl 4-6
Birds, Beasts and Relatives Durrell, Gerald 4-6
Black Pearl, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Black Stallion – any book Farley, Walter 4-6
Black Star, Bright Dawn O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic Burleigh, Robert 4-6
Blind Colt, The Rounds, Glen 4-6
Blue Hills, The Goudge, Elizabeth 4-6
Blue Ridge Billy Lenski, Lois 4-6
Blue Willow Gates, Doris 4-6
Bold Journey: West with Lewis and Clark Bohner, Charles 4-6
Bonanza Girl Beatty, Patricia 4-6
Borrowers Avenged, The Norton, Mary 4-6
Borrowers, The Norton, Mary 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Boy’s King Arthur, The Lanier, Sidney 4-6
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 4-6
Bright April De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6
Bright Freedom’s Song: A Story of the Underground Railroad Houston, Gloria 4-6
Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry, Marguerite 4-6
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul 4-6
Buffalo Hunt Freedman, Russell 4-6
Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6
Call Me Charley Jackson, Jesse 4-6
Canyon Winter Morey, Walt 4-6
Capyboppy Peet, Bill 4-6
Carolina’s Courage Yates, Elizabeth 4-6
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee 4-6
Case of the Baker Street Irregular, The Newman, Robert 4-6
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Jacques, Brian 4-6
Castle in the Attic, The - series Winthrop, Elizabeth 4-6
Cat and Mrs. Cary, The Gates, Doris 4-6
Cay, The Taylor, Theodore 4-6
Celia and the Sweet Water Paterson, Katherine 4-6
Chestry Oak, The Seredy, Kate 4-6
Children of Green Knowe, The - series Boston, L. M. 4-6
Children of Noisy Village, The Lindgren, Astrid 4-6
Children of the Covered Wagon Carr, Mary Jane 4-6
Children of the Wild West Freedman, Russell 4-6
Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang Fleming, Ian 4-6
Cinderella Evans, Charles Seddon 4-6
Coll and His White Pig Alexander, Lloyd 4-6
Complete Peterkin Papers, The Hale, Lucretia P. 4-6
Cotton in My Sack Lenski, Lois 4-6
Cranes in My Corral Hyde, Dayton 4-6
Cricket in Times Square, The Selden, George 4-6
Daddy Long Legs Webster, Jean 4-6
Darcy and Friends series Tada, Joni Eareckson 4-6
Death Walk Morey, Walt 4-6
Detectives in Togas Winterfield, Henry 4-6
Diving Bell, The Strasser, Todd 4-6
Dobry Shannon, Monica 4-6
Door in the Wall, The De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6
Dr. Dolittle – any book Lofting, Hugh 4-6
Early Thunder Fritz, Jean 4-6
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Freedman, Russell 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Elsie Dinsmore – any book Finley, Martha 4-6
Emily’s Runaway Imagination Cleary, Beverly 4-6
Enchanted Castle, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6
Erie Canal, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6
Escape from Warsaw Serraillier, Ian 4-6
Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, The MacLachlan, Patricia 4-6
Fairy Book: Red, Blue or Yellow Lang, Andrew 4-6
Fairy Tales Andersen, Hans Christian 4-6
Famous Men of the Middle Ages Haaren, John 4-6
Far Out the Long Canal De Jong, Meindert 4-6
Father’s Arcane Daughter Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Five Children and It Nesbit, Edith 4-6
Flight of the White Wolf Ellis, Mel 4-6
Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places Collins, Michael 4-6
Four-Story Mistake, The Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedman, Russell 4-6
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman Sterling, Dorothy 4-6
Frindle Clements, Andrew 4-6
From Anna Little, Jean 4-6
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Frozen Summer Auch, Mary Jane 4-6
Gawgon, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-6
Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 4-6
George MacDonald – any book MacDonald, George 4-6
George Washington. Any historical figure. Giblin, James Cross 4-6
George Washington’s Breakfast Fritz, Jean 4-6
Ginger Pye Estes, Eleanor 4-6
Give Me Liberty: Story of the Declaration of Independence Freedman, Russell 4-6
Gloomy Gus Morey, Walt 4-6
Go Team Go Tunis, John R. 4-6
Golden Key, The MacDonald, George 4-6
Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
Good-bye, Mr. Chips Hilton, James 4-6
Great Brain – any book Fitzgerald, John 4-6
Guns of Naverone, The MacLean, Alistair 4-6
Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4-6
Henry Reed, Inc. Robertson, Keith 4-6
Her Majesty Grace Jones Langton, Jane 4-6
Hero Tales Jackson, Dave and Neta 4-6
Hero Tales: How Common Lives Reveal the Uncommon
Genius of America
Roosevelt, Theodore & Lodge,
Henry Cabot 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Hittite Warrior Williamson, Joanne 4-6
Hitty – Her First Hundred Years Field, Rachel 4-6
Homer Price McCloskey, Robert 4-6
House at Pooh Corner, The Milne, A.A. 4-6
House of Sixty Fathers, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6
House of the Swan, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6
House of Wings, The Byars, Betsy 4-6
How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsman Hoban, Russell 4-6
Hundred Dresses, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6
Hunted Horses Rounds, Glen 4-6
I, Juan de Pareja De Trevino, Elizabeth 4-6
I’m Sorry, Almira Ann Kurtz, Jane 4-6
In Search of Honor Hess, Donnalynn 4-6
In Spite of All the Terror Burton, Hester 4-6
Jakarta Missing Kurtz, Jane 4-6
Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy Pringle, Patrick 4-6
Jon the Unlucky Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6
Journey to Jo’Burg: A South African Story Naidoo, Beverley 4-6
Journey to Nowhere Auch, Mary Jane 4-6
Journeyman, The Yates, Elizabeth 4-6
Judy’s Journey Lenski, Lois 4-6
Kavik The Wolf Dog Morey, Walt 4-6
King of the Wind Henry, Marguerite 4-6
King’s Equal, The Paterson, Katherine 4-6
King’s Shadow, The Alder, Elizabeth 4-6
Lassie Come Home Knight, Eric 4-6
Last Little Cat, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6
Life and Death of Crazy Horse, The Freedman, Russell 4-6
Light Princess, The MacDonald, George 4-6
Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances 4-6
Little Prince, The de Saint Exupery, Antoine 4-6
Little Riders, The Shemin, Margaretha 4-6
Little Vic Gates, Doris 4-6
Little White Horse Goudge, Elizabeth 4-6
Loner, The Wier, Ester 4-6
Long Secret, The Fitzhugh, Louise 4-6
Look Through My Window Little, Jean 4-6
Luther the Leader Robinson, Virgil E. 4-6
Magic Bicycle, The - any in series Bibee, John 4-6
Magical Melons Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6
Man Who Laid the Egg, The: The Story of Erasmus Vernon, Louise A. 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Mandy – any book Edwards, Julie Andrews 4-6
Many Moons Thurber, James 4-6
Martian Chronicles, The Bradbury, Ray 4-6
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Farjeon, Eleanor 4-6
Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope Meltzer, Milton 4-6
Mary Poppins – any book Travers, Pamela L. 4-6
Matchlock Gun, The Edmonds, Walter D. 4-6
Me Tarzan Byars, Betsy 4-6
Melindy’s Medal Faulkner, Georgene 4-6
Memory String, The Bunting, Eve 4-6
Men of Iron Hitchner, Earle 4-6
Middle Ages, The Cootes, R. J. 4-6
Middle Ages, The Corbishley, Mike 4-6
Middle Moffat, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6
Mine for Keeps Little, Jean 4-6
Minn of Mississippi Holling, Holling Clancy 4-6
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The DiCamillo, Kate 4-6
Mischievous Meg Lindgren, Astrid 4-6
Moffats, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6
Monk Who Shook the World, The: Martin Luther Davey, Cyril 4-6
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater, Richard 4-6
Mr. Revere and I Lawson, Robert 4-6
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O’Brien, Robert C. 4-6
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle – any book MacDonald, Betty 4-6
Mysterious Miss Slade King-Smith, Dick 4-6
Mystery of the Homeless Treasure, The – any in series Bibee, John 4-6
Naya Nuki Thomasma, Kenneth 4-6
Now We Are Six Milne, A.A. 4-6
Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton McPherson, Joyce 4-6
Old Greek Fairy Tales Green, Roger Lancelyn 4-6
Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 4-6
Om-kas-toe of the Blackfeet Thomasma, Kenneth 4-6
On the Way Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4-6
Once on This Island series Whelan, Gloria 4-6
Onion John Krumgold, Joseph 4-6
Otto of the Silver Hand Pyle, Howard 4-6
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille Freedman, Russell 4-6
Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen 4-6
Pagoo Holling, Holling Clancy 4-6
Patty Reed’s Doll Laurgaard, Rachel K. 4-6
Paul Bunyan Shephard, Esther 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Paul, the Mighty Logger Rounds, Glen 4-6
Pedro’s Journal Conrad, Pam 4-6
Perilous Road, The Steele, William 4-6
Phantom Tollbooth, The Juster, Norton 4-6
Phoenix and the Carpet, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6
Pippi Longstocking – any book Lindgren, Astrid 4-6
Pollyanna Porter, Eleanor 4-6
Prairie School Lenski, Lois 4-6
Princess and the Lion, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6
Princess Bride, The Golding, William 4-6
Queen’s Own Fool Yolen, Jane 4-6
Rasmus and the Vagabond Lindgren, Astrid 4-6
Reluctant Dragon, The Grahame, Kenneth 4-6
Road to Damietta, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Road to Home, The Auch, Mary Jane 4-6
Rufus M. Estes, Eleanor 4-6
Runaway St. John, Patricia 4-6
Runaway Stallion Morey, Walt 4-6
Sarah Bishop O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Saturdays, The Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
School Story, The Clements, Andrew 4-6
Seacrow Island Lindgren, Astrid 4-6
Second Mrs. Giaconda, The Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Secret at Pheasant Cottage, The St. John, Patricia 4-6
Secret Garden, The Burnett, Frances 4-6
Serpent Never Sleeps, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Seventeenth Swap, The McGraw, Eloise 4-6
Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn 4-6
Shadow of a Bull Wojciechowska, Maia 4-6
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution Fritz, Jean 4-6
Shiloh - three in the series Naylor, Phyllis R. 4-6
Sign of the Beaver Speare, Elizabeth George 4-6
Silver Chief: Dog of the North O’Brien, John 4-6
Sing Down the Moon O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Singing Hill, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6
Singing Tree, The Seredy, Kate 4-6
Smoke Above the Lane De Jong, Meindert 4-6
Smoky: The Cow Horse James, Will 4-6
Song and Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 4-6
Sounder Armstrong, William H. 4-6
Spiderweb for Two Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Spring Begins in March Little, Jean 4-6
Star Island Boy Rich, Louise Dickinson 4-6
Stonewall Jackson Fritz, Jean 4-6
Story of My Life, The Keller, Hellen 4-6
Story of the Amulet, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6
Story of the Golden Spike Stein, R. Conrad 4-6
Story of the Lone Star Republic, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6
Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac Stein, R. Conrad 4-6
Story of the Panama Canal, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6
Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6
Streams to the River, River to the Sea: Sacagawea O’Dell, Scott 4-6
Stuart Little White, E. B. 4-6
Sun and Spoon Henkes, Kevin 4-6
Tale of Despereaux, The DiCamillo, Kate 4-6
Tanglewood Secrets St. John, Patricia 4-6
Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel 4-6
Tatsinda Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
Thank You, Jackie Robinson Cohen, Barbara 4-6
Thee, Hannah! De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6
Then There Were Five Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children Roosevelt, Theodore 4-6
Thimble Summer Enright, Elisabeth 4-6
Time at the Top Ormondroyd, Edward 4-6
Timothy of the Cay Taylor, Theodore 4-6
To Be a Slave Lester, Julius 4-6
Touch of Light: The Story of Louis Braille Neimark, Anne 4-6
Tower of Geburah, The series White, John 4-6
Treasures of the Snow St. John, Patricia 4-6
Troll, The Hovarth,Polly 4-6
Trumpet of the Swan White, E.B. 4-6
Tucker’s Countryside Selden, George 4-6
Usborne Book of the Earth, The Stockley & Watts 4-6
View from Saturday, The Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6
Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, The Lofting, Hugh 4-6
Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee Beatty, Patricia 4-6
Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa Gordon, Sheila 4-6
Welcome to Starvation Lake series Whelan, Gloria 4-6
West From Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4-6
Westing Game, The Raskin, Ellen 4-6
When We Were Very Young Milne, A.A. 4-6
Where the River Begins St. John, Patricia 4-6
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
White Fang London, Jack 4-6
Whitey Ropes and Rides Rounds, Glen 4-6
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Fritz, Jean 4-6
Wide Awake Princess, The Paterson, Katherine 4-6
Wind in the Willows, The Grahame, Kenneth 4-6
Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A.A. 4-6
World at Her Fingertips, The: The Story of Helen Keller Dash, Joan 4-6
Wright Brothers, The: How They Built the Airplane Freedman, Russell 4-6
Young Huguenots, The Floyer, Edith 4-6
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th
of May? Fritz, Jean 4-6
Weather and the Bible: 100 Questions and Answers De Young, Donald 4-6
After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret 4-8
Circles of Seven Davis, Bryan 4-8
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun Blumberg, Rhoda 4-8
Enoch's Ghost Davis, Bryan 4-8
Eye of the Oracle Davis, Bryan 4-8
Gallant Christian Soldier Robert E. Lee Roddy, Lee 4-8
Golden Goblet, The McGraw, Eloise 4-8
Great Gilly Hopkins, The Paterson, Katherine 4-8
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Lenski, Lois 4-8
Iron Ring, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8
Kjelgaard Dog Stories – any book Kjelgaard, James A. 4-8
Last of the Nephilim Davis, Bryan 4-8
Mara, Daughter of the Nile McGraw, Eloise 4-8
Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8
Master Corhill McGraw, Eloise 4-8
Moccasin Trail McGraw, Eloise 4-8
Nothing Daunted: The Story of Isobel Kuhn Repp, Gloria 4-8
Railway Children, The Nesbit, Edith 4-8
Raising Dragons Davis, Bryan 4-8
Rescuers, The Sharp, Margery 4-8
Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 4-8
Story of King Arthur and His Knights, The Pyle, Howard 4-8
Story of Sir Lancelot and His Companions, The Pyle, Howard 4-8
Summer of the Monkeys Rawls, Wilson 4-8
Swallows and Amazons series – any book Ransome, Arthur 4-8
Tears of a Dragon Davis, Bryan 4-8
The Bones of Makaidos Davis, Bryan 4-8
The Candlestone Davis, Bryan 4-8
Trails to Poosey Cook, Olive R. 4-8
Truthful Harp, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 4-8
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Aiken, Joan 4-8
Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, The Curtis, Christopher Paul 4-8
A Child’s History of the World Hillyer, V. M. 4-A
And the Word Came with Power Shetler, Joanne 4-A
Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt Henty, G. A. 4-A
Child’s Garden of Verses, A Stevenson, Robert Louis 4-A
Chronicles of Narnia – any book Lewis, C. S. 4-A
Eagle of the Ninth, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Great Women in American History Janney, Rebecca 4-A
Hobbit, The Tolkien, J. R. R. 4-A
Jo’s Boys Alcott, Louisa May 4-A
Lantern Bearers, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Little Men Alcott, Louisa May 4-A
Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 4-A
Outcast – any book Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Shining Company, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Silver Branch, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Sword Song Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Warrior Scarlet Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest Henty, G. A. 4-A
China’s Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger Fritz, Jean 4-A
A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 5-8
A Gathering of Days Blos, Joan W. 5-8
A Girl of the Limberlost Stratton-Porter, Gene 5-8
A Lantern in Her Hand Aldrich, Bess Streeter 5-8
A Little Princess Burnett, Frances H. 5-8
A Parcel of Patterns Walsh, Jill Paton 5-8
Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 5-8
Adam of the Road Vining, Elizabeth Gray 5-8
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Twain, Mark 5-8
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur 5-8
Air Raid – Pearl Harbor! Taylor, Theodore 5-8
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Looking Glass Carroll, Lewis 5-8
Angel on the Square Whelan, Gloria 5-8
April Morning Fast, Howard 5-8
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds Adamson, Joy 5-8
Borrowers Afield, The Norton, Mary 5-8
Borrowers Afloat, The Norton, Mary 5-8
Borrowers Aloft, The Norton, Mary 5-8
Brothers of the Heart Blos, Joan W. 5-8
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
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Calico Captive Speare, Elizabeth George 5-8
Call It Courage Sperry, Armstrong 5-8
Call of the Wild, The London, Jack 5-8
Called to Die: The Story of American Linguist Chet Bitterman Estes, Steve 5-8
Catch Colt, The O’Hara, Mary 5-8
Charlotte Sometimes Farmer, Penelope 5-8
Children of the Fox Walsh, Jill Paton 5-8
City of Gold and Lead, The Christopher, John 5-8
Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth Clapp, Patricia 5-8
Custer and Crazy Horse: A Story of Two Warriors Razzi, Jim 5-8
Dark Canoe, The O’Dell, Scott 5-8
Daughter of the Mountains Rankin, Louise 5-8
Day Ft. Sumter was Fired On, The Haskins, Jim 5-8
Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 5-8
Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne 5-8
Favorite Poems Old and New Ferris, Helen 5-8
Flaming Arrows Steele, William 5-8
Freckles Stratton-Porter, Gene 5-8
Gentle Annie Shura, Mary Francis 5-8
Gettysburg Kantor, MacKinlay 5-8
God’s Adventurer: Hudson Taylor Thompson, Phyllis 5-8
Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales Grimm, Jacob 5-8
Incredible Journey, The Burnford, Sheila 5-8
Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott 5-8
It’s a Jungle Out There! – any in the series Snell, Ron 5-8
Joel: A Boy of Galilee Johnston, Annie 5-8
Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther 5-8
Just So Stories Kipling, Rudyard 5-8
Lad: A Dog Terhune, Tichard 5-8
Leon’s Story Tillage, Leon Walter 5-8
Light in the Forest, The Richter, Conrad 5-8
Lone Hunt, The Steele, William 5-8
Master Puppeteer, The Paterson, Katherine 5-8
Mission to Cathay Polland, Madeleine 5-8
Moonshiner’s Son Reeder, Carolyn 5-8
Morning Star of the Reformation: John Wycliffe Thomson, Andy 5-8
Moves Make the Man, The Brooks, Bruce 5-8
Mrs. Mike Freedman, Benedict 5-8
My Friend Flicka O’Hara, Mary 5-8
North to Freedom Holm, Anne 5-8
Nothing to Fear Koller, Jackie 5-8
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
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Number the Stars Lowry, Lois 5-8
Oxford Book of Children’s Verse, The Opie, Peter & Iona 5-8
Peter Pan (unabridged) Barrie, James Matthew 5-8
Pool of Fire, The Christopher, John 5-8
Preacher’s Boy Paterson, Katherine 5-8
Princess and the Goblin, The MacDonald, George 5-8
Rascal North, Sterling 5-8
Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 5-8
Redwall – any book Jacques, Brian 5-8
Rifles for Watie Keith, Harold 5-8
Roller Skates Sawyer, Ruth 5-8
Samuel F. B. Morse: Artist With a Message Tiner, John Hudson 5-8
Shakespeare Stealer, The Blackwood, Gary 5-8
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Armstrong, Jennifer 5-8
Slopes of War, The Perez, Norah 5-8
So Dear to My Heart North, Sterling 5-8
Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 5-8
Thirteen Clocks, The Thurber, James 5-8
Thunderhead O’Hara, Mary 5-8
Tom’s Midnight Garden Pearce, Philippa 5-8
Torches of Joy: A Stone Age Tribe and the Gospel Dekker, John 5-8
Twenty-One Balloons du Bois, William Pène 5-8
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Maybury, Richard J. 5-8
White Mountains, The Christopher, John 5-8
White Stag, The Seredy, Kate 5-8
William of Orange: The Silent Prince Van de Hulst, W. G. 5-8
Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist Severance, John 5-8
Winter Danger Steele, William 5-8
Wishing Tree, The Faulkner, William 5-8
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5-8
Wizard of Oz, The - any book Baum, Lyman Frank 5-8
Yearling, The Rawlings, Marjorie 5-8
A Long Way from Chicago Peck, Richard 5-9
Anne of Green Gables series – any book Montgomery, Lucy M. 5-9
Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The Cushman, Karen 5-9
Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 5-9
Bronze Bow, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5-9
Chestnut King, The Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9
Dandelion Fire Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9
Daniel Boone Daugherty, James 5-9
Emily of New Moon Montgomery, Lucy M. 5-9
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rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Heidi Spyri, Johanna 5-9
Leepike Ridge Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9
Little Britches Moody, Ralph 5-9
Man of the Family Moody, Ralph 5-9
Pushcart War, The Merrill, Jean 5-9
Whalesong Trilogy - any Siegel, Robert 5-9
100 Cupboards Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9
Beauty: A Retelling of …Beauty and the Beast McKinley, Robin 5-A
Bruchko Olson, Bruce 5-A
Children of the River Crew, Linda 5-A
Emperor’s Winding Sheet, The Walsh, Jill Paton 5-A
Fire Upon the Earth Langford, Norman 5-A
God’s Smuggler Brother Andrew 5-A
Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis 5-A
Lord of the Rings Trilogy – any book Tolkien, J. R. R. 5-A
Men of Iron Pyle, Howard 5-A
My Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising Hopkins, Claude 5-A
Pilgrim’s Progress in Today’s English Bunyan/Thomas 5-A
Scottish Chiefs; or, The Life of Sir William Wallace Porter, Jane 5-A
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo Tolkien, J. R. R. 5-A
Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 5-A
William Booth Bennett, David M. 5-A
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Fritz, Jean 5-A
A Lovely Tomorrow Allan, Mabel Esther 6-8
A Wizard of Earthsea Le Guin, Ursula 6-8
Adventures of Robin Hood Vivian, E. Charles 6-8
Black Cauldron, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8
Book of Three, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8
Castle of Llyr, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8
Cress Delahanty West, Jessamyn 6-8
Endless Steppe, The: Growing Up in Siberia Hautzig, Esther 6-8
Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, The O’Dell, Scott 6-8
High King, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8
I Heard the Owl Call My Name Craven, Margaret 6-8
King’s Fifth, The O’Dell, Scott 6-8
Mouse and His Child, The Hoban, Russell 6-8
Napoleon Bonaparte, Importance of Carroll, Bob 6-8
Samurai’s Tale, The Haugaard, Erik 6-8
Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles & Mary 6-8
Taran Wanderer Alexander, Lloyd 6-8
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Colum, Padraic 6-8
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Tombs of Atuan, The Le Guin, Ursula 6-8
A Time to Love Benary-Isbert, Margot 6-9
Adam of the Road Gray, Elizabeth Janet 6-9
Belle Prater’s Boy White, Ruth 6-9
Boston Jane Holm, Jennifer 6-9
Color of My Words, The Joseph, Lynn 6-9
Dave at Night Levine, Gail Carson 6-9
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Sidney, Margaret 6-9
Goodbye Vietnam Whelan, Gloria 6-9
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Dodge, Mary Mapes 6-9
Hero and the Crown, The McKinley, Robin 6-9
Light a Single Candle Butler, Beverly 6-9
Lily’s Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly 6-9
Meet the Austins series L’Engle, Madeleine 6-9
Miranda’s Last Stand Whelan, Gloria 6-9
My Escape from the Auto De Fe De La Mina, Don F. 6-9
My Louisiana Sky Holt, Kimberly Willis 6-9
New Worlds for Josie Worth, Kathryn 6-9
Our Only May Amelia Holm, Jennifer 6-9
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Wiggin, Kate Douglas 6-9
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - series Taylor, Mildred D. 6-9
Slave Dancer Fox, Paula 6-9
Stowaway Hesse, Karen 6-9
They Loved to Laugh Worth, Kathryn 6-9
Wild Berries Should Grow: The Story of a Summer Whelan, Gloria 6-9
Wish, The Levine, Gail Carson 6-9
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Twain, Mark 6-A
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne 6-A
Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 6-A
Hiding Place, The ten Boom, Corrie 6-A
In the Heart of the Rockies Henty, G. A. 6-A
Ivanhoe Scott, Sir Walter 6-A
Killer Angels, The Shaara, Michael 6-A
Lord of the Flies Golding, William 6-A
Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar Verne, Jules 6-A
More to be Desired than Gold Wilson, Christy 6-A
Prince and the Pauper, The Twain, Mark 6-A
Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Johann D 6-A
Sword in the Stone, The - series White, T. H. 6-A
Ten Fingers for God: Life and Work of Dr. Paul Brand Wilson, Dorothy Clarke 6-A
Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 6-A
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith 6-A
William Carey Miller, Basil 6-A
A Little Boy Lost Hudson, W.H. 7-8
A Morbid Taste for Bones Peters, Ellis 7-8
A Necessary End – A Novel of World War II Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8
Adventures of Richard Hannay Buchan, John 7-8
An Episode of Sparrows Godden, Rumer 7-8
Andromeda Strain, The Crichton, Michael 7-8
Arilla Sun Down Hamilton, Virginia 7-8
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Gaines, Ernest 7-8
Black Hearts in Battersea Aiken, Joan 7-8
Bright Candles Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Brown, Dee 7-8
Captains Courageous Kipling, Rudyard 7-8
Cheaper by the Dozen Gilbreth, Frank 7-8
Chesterton – any book Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-8
Clear for Action Meader, Stephen 7-8
Danger to Windward* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8
Dark Tower and Other Stories, The Lewis, C. S. 7-8
Deerslayer, The Cooper, James 7-8
Farthest Shore, The Le Guin, Ursula 7-8
Father Brown Mystery Stories Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-8
First Woman Doctor, The Baker, Rachel 7-8
Fish Hawk’s Nest, The Meader, Stephen 7-8
Frozen Fire* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8
Gone and Back Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8
Green Mansions Hudson, W.H. 7-8
Herriot – any book on animals Herriot, James 7-8
Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur 7-8
House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 7-8
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Greene, Hannah 7-8
In This Sigh Greenberg, Joanne 7-8
Ivanov Seven Janeway, Elizabeth 7-8
Kim Kipling, Rudyard 7-8
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Irving, Washington 7-8
Lindbergh: a Biography Mosley, Leonard 7-8
Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph 7-8
Lorna Doone Blackmore, Richard D. 7-8
Lost Horizons Hilton, James 7-8
M.C. Higgins, The Great Hamilton, Virginia 7-8
Mister God, This is Anna Fynn 7-8
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
Title Author Level
Nightbirds on Nantucket Aiken, Joan 7-8
Oceanography Boy Scout Merit Book 7-8
Only Earth and Sky Last Forever Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8
Out of the Silent Planet Lewis, C. S. 7-8
Perelandra Lewis, C. S. 7-8
Pond, The Murphy, Robert 7-8
Profiles in Courage Kennedy, John F. 7-8
Red Horse Hill Meader, Stephen 7-8
Shadow in the Pines Meader, Stephen 7-8
Shardik Adams, Richard 7-8
Tessie Jackson, Jesse 7-8
That Hideous Strength Lewis, C. S. 7-8
Thunder Country* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8
Trouble River Byars, Betsy 7-8
Up a Road Slowly Hunt, Irene 7-8
Well at the World’s End, The Morris, William 7-8
Whaler ‘Round the Horn Meader, Stephen 7-8
Whispering Mountain, The Aiken, Joan 7-8
Who Rides in the Dark? Meader, Stephen 7-8
Wild Geese Calling Murphy, Robert 7-8
Wood Beyond the World, The Morris, William 7-8
Zeely Hamilton, Virginia 7-8
Boy on the Rooftop Szabó, Tamás 7-9
Contender, The Lipsyte, Robert 7-9
Lion’s Paw, The Sherman, D. R. 7-9
Many Dimensions Williams, Charles 7-9
Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen 7-9
A Chance to Die Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Twain, Mark 7-A A Taste of Chaucer, Selections from the Canterbury Tales Malcomson, Anne 7-A
Alas, Babylon Frank, Pat 7-A
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity Cwiklik, Robert 7-A
All Creatures Great and Small Herriot, James 7-A
Ambassadors for Christ Woodbridge, John D. 7-A
Animal Farm Orwell, George 7-A
Archon Conspiracy, The Hunt, David 7-A
Around the World in Eighty Days Verne, Jules 7-A
Astronomy and the Bible De Young, Donald 7-A
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Wallace, Lew 7-A
Beowulf Beowulf 7-A
Best of Father Brown, The Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-A
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rd grade; 4 = 4
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Beyond the Next Mountain: Story of Rochunga Pudaite Pudaite, Mawii 7-A
Black Arrow Stevenson, Robert Louis 7-A
Bloomability Creech, Sharon 7-A
C.T. Studd Cricketer Pioneer Grubb, Norman 7-A
Cancer Ward, The Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
Chosen, The Potok, Chaim 7-A
Christy Marshall, Catherine 7-A
Church History in Plain Language Shelley, Bruce 7-A
Church of the East, The Holzmann, John 7-A
Church of the East, The Stewart & Holzmann 7-A
Circuit, The Jimenez, Francisco 7-A
Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre 7-A
Country Editor’s Boy Borland, Hal 7-A
Cross and the Switchblade, The Wilkerson, David 7-A
Cry, the Beloved Country Paton, Alan 7-A
Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door McDowell, Josh 7-A Don’t Let Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an
American Surgeon in Napal Hale, Thomas 7-A
Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved Van Stone, Doris 7-A
Dragon King Trilogy, The Lawhead, Stephen 7-A
Earthquake at Dawn Gregory, Kristiana 7-A
Faith of Our Founding Fathers LaHaye, Tim 7-A
First Circle, The Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
For the Good of the Cause Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
Four-Minute Mile, The Bannister, Roger 7-A
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs Foxe, John 7-A
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A History of Missions Tucker, Ruth A. 7-A
George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker Hein, Rolland 7-A
Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie Rølvaag, Ole Edvart 7-A
Gilgamesh David Ferry 7-A
Gladys Aylward: The Courageous English Missionary Swift, Catherine 7-A
Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman Aylward, Gladys & Hunter, Christine 7-A
God at the Controls Johnson, Jean Dye 7-A
God’s Joyful Runner: Eric Liddell Ramsey, Russell 7-A
Gold Bug and Other Tales Poe, Edgar Allan 7-A
Gone with the Wind Mitchell, Margaret 7-A
Good Morning, Miss Dove Patton, Frances 7-A
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles 7-A
Great Leaders of the Christian Church Woodbridge, John D. 7-A
Greek Gods, The Evslin, Bernard 7-A
Gulag Archipelago Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
Gulliver’s Travels Swift, Jonathan 7-A
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rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
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Hawk and the Dove, The - trilogy Wilcock, Penelope 7-A
How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn, Richard 7-A
I Had Seen Castles Rylant, Cynthia 7-A
In His Steps Sheldon, Charles 7-A
In the Beginning Potok, Chaim 7-A
In the Steps of the Apostle Paul Bruce, Frederick Fyvie 7-A
Indestructible Book: The Bible, Its Translators… Connolly, Kenneth 7-A
Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte 7-A
Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography Murray, Iain 7-A
Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni 7-A
Joni’s Story Tada, Joni Eareckson 7-A
Journey to the Center of the Earth Verne, Jules 7-A
Just What the Doctor Ordered Wilson, Walter L. 7-A
King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales Thomas Malory 7-A
Know What You Believe or Know Why You Believe Little, Paul 7-A
Kon-Tiki Heyerdahl, Thor 7-A
Labor’s Untold Story Boyer, Richard & Morais, Herbert 7-A
Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom Jicai, Feng 7-A
Life and Diary of David Brainerd, The Edwards, Jonathan 7-A
Life on the Mississippi Twain, Mark 7-A
Living On the Devil’s Doorstep McClung, Floyd 7-A
Lords of the Earth Richardson, Don 7-A
Luther the Reformer Kittleson, James 7-A
Man with the Noisy Heart, The* Steven, Hugh 7-A
Massacre at Fall Creek, The West, Jessamyn 7-A
Mover of Men and Mountains Le Tourneau, Robert G. 7-A
Murder on the Orient Express Christie, Agatha 7-A
My Antonia Cather, Willa 7-A
My Lord, What a Morning Anderson, Marian 7-A
My Name is Asher Lev Potok, Chaim 7-A
Mythology Hamilton, Edith 7-A
Northwest Passage Roberts, Kenneth 7-A
Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 7-A
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
Passion and Purity Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A
Peace Child Richardson, Don 7-A
Pendragon Cycle – any book Lawhead, Stephen 7-A
Piercing the Darkness Peretti, Frank 7-A
Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 7-A
Promise, The Potok, Chaim 7-A
Quest for Love Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A
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nd grade; 3 = 3
rd grade; 4 = 4
th grade … A = adult
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Rabble in Arms Roberts, Kenneth 7-A
Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington 7-A
Road from Home, The Story of an Armenian Girl Kherdian, David 7-A
Robe, The Douglas, Lloyd C. 7-A
Scarlet Pimpernel, The Orczy, Emmuska 7-A
Screwtape Letters, The Lewis, C. S. 7-A
Shakespeare's Sonnets Shakespeare, William 7-A
Snow Goose, The Gallico, Paul 7-A
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis 7-A
Sun is Shining on the Other Side, The Jensen, Margaret 7-A
This Present Darkness Peretti, Frank 7-A
This was John Calvin Van Halsema, Thea 7-A
Three Musketeers, The Dumas, Alexandre 7-A
Till We Have Faces Lewis, C. S. 7-A
To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 7-A
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean 7-A
Travels of Marco Polo, The: The Venetian Polo, Marco 7-A
Tread Upon the Lion De la Haye, Sophie 7-A
Troilus and Creseyde Chaucer, Geoffrey 7-A
Trumpeter of Krakow, The Kelly, Eric P. 7-A
Twelfth Night Shakespeare, William 7-A
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Stowe, Harriet Beecher 7-A
Valley of the Shadow, The Hickman, Janet 7-A
Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 7-A
War of the Worldviews De Mar, Gary 7-A
Watership Down Adams, Richard 7-A
Westward Ho! Kingsley, Charles 7-A
What if Jesus Had Never Been Born? Kennedy, D. James 7-A
What the Bible is All About Handbook Mears, Henrietta 7-A
Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories, The MacDonald, George 7-A
You Come Too, Favorite Poems for Young Readers Frost, Robert 7-A
Permanent Book of the 20th
Century, The Lewis, Jon E. 7-A
What Everyone Should Know About the 20th
Century Axelrod, Alan & Philips, Charles 7-A
30 Days to Understanding Church History Anders, Max; Lunsford, Judith 7-A
Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 7-A
August 1914 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A
A Night to Remember Lord, Walter 8-A
Anna Karenina Tolstoy, Leo 8-A
Bridge of San Luis Rey Wilder, Thornton 8-A
Descent into Hell Williams, Charles 8-A
Great Short Stories by American Women Ward, Candace (Editor) 8-A
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rd grade; 4 = 4
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Last of the Mohicans, The Cooper, James 8-A
Mother Carey’s Chickens Wiggin, Kate Douglas S. 8-A
Old Man and the Sea, The Hemingway, Ernest 8-A
Shadows of Ecstasy Williams, Charles 8-A
War in Heaven Williams, Charles 8-A
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 8-A
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories O’Connor, Flannery 9-A
A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles 9-A
All Quiet on the Western Front Ramarque, Erich Maria 9-A
Atlas Shrugged Rand, Ayn 9-A
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous 9-A
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 9-A
Exodus Uris, Leon 9-A
Fallen Angels Myers, Walter 9-A
For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest 9-A
God Owns My Business Tam, Stanley 9-A
Great Short Works of Herman Melville Melville, Herman 9-A
Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 9-A
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hugo, Victor 9-A
Les Miserables Hugo, Victor 9-A
Metamorphosis, The Kafka, Franz 9-A
Moby Dick Melville, Herman 9-A
Pascal's Pensées Pascal, Blaise 9-A
Place of the Lion, The Williams, Charles 9-A
Poems by Emily Dickinson Dickenson, Emily 9-A
Quo Vadis Sienkiewicz, Henryk 9-A
Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 9-A
Run, Baby, Run! Cruz, Nicky 9-A
Short Stories of Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 9-A
Spy Who Came in From the Cold, The Le Carré, John 9-A
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series Donaldson, Stephen 9-A
Things Fall Apart Achebe, Chinua 9-A
Who Moved the Stone? Morison, Frank 9-A
Wuthering Heights Bronte, Charlotte 9-A