University of Kentucky
School of Library and Information Science
READING LIST-- LIS 510
A Note About This List: There is no definitive list of “good” books that teachers, parents, or library media specialists should feel compelled to follow in selecting titles to make available to children or to use in advising children in choosing books to read. The purpose of this list is to guide you in your reading for this course. Keep in mind that many of the titles listed below fit into more than the one category in which they appear.
Books for Children in Grades Preschool – Grade 6
ABC Books
(read 2 titles from this list)
Anno ANNO’S ALPHABET
Aylesworth OLD BLACK FLY
Base ANIMALIA
Burningham JOHN BURNINGHAM’S ABC
Cleary HULLABALOO ABC; illustrated by Ted Rand
Ehlert EATING THE ALPHABET
Emberley ED EMBERLEY’S ABC
Hepworth ANTICS! AN ALPHABETICAL ANTHOLOGY
Hoban A,B, SEE!
Lobel ALISON’S ZINNIA
Lobel ON MARKET STREET
Lyon A, B, CEDAR
MacDonald ALPHABATICS
McDonnell FLORA MCDONNELL’S ABC
Martin CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM
Oxenbury ABC OF THINGS
Provensen A PEACEABLE KINGDOM
Van Allsburg THE Z WAS ZAPPED
Wildsmith BRIAN WILDSMITH’S ABC
Counting Books
(read 2 titles from this list)
Anno ANNO’S COUNTING BOOK
Bang TEN, NINE, EIGHT
Carle THE VERY HUNGARY CATERPILLAR
Crews EACH ORANGE HAD 8 SLICES
Ehlert FISH EYES: A BOOK YOU CAN COUNT ON
Fleming COUNT!
Grossman MY LITTLE SISTER ATE ONE HARE
Grossman TEN LITTLE RABBITS
Hoban 1, 2, 3
Hutchins 1 HUNTER
Kellogg FROG JUMPS: A COUNTING BOOK
Kitchen ANIMAL NUMBERS
McGrath, Barbara THE M & M’S COUNTING BOOK
Pluckrose COUNTING
Ryan THE CRAYON COUNTING BOOK
Tafuri WHO’S COUNTING?
Concept Books
(Read 2 titles from this list)
Anno ANNO’S FACES
Crews FREIGHT TRAIN
Ehlert COLOR ZOO
Emberly CITY SOUNDS
Emberly JUNGLE SOUNDS
Fisher LOOK AROUND! A BOOK ABOUT SHAPES
Fleming LUNCH
Gibbons TRAINS
Hoban BIG ONES, LITTLE ONES
Hoban EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE
Hoban OVER, UNDER, THROUGH
Jonas COLOR DANCE
Kandoian IS ANYBODY UP?
McMillan GROWING COLORS
McMillan HERE A CHICK, THERE A CHICK
McMillan EATING FRACTIONS
Serfozo WHO SAID RED?
Tafuri THE BALL BOUNCED
Udrey A TREE IS NICE
Updike A CHILD’S CALENDAR
Walsh MOUSE PAINT
Wells BUNNY MONEY
Yabuuchi WHOSE BABY?
Patterned/Predictable Books
(read 2 titles from this list)
Brown GOODNIGHT MOON
Brown A DARK, DARK TALE
Carle THE VERY QUIET CRICKET
Carlstrom JESSE BEAR, WHAT WILL YOU WEAR?
Edwards FOUR FAMISHED FOXES AND FOSDYKE
Fleming IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND
Guarino IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA?
Mahy 17 KINGS AND 42 ELEPHANTS
Martin BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? (or POLAR BEAR…)
Numeroff IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE (or others in series)
Rosen WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT
Shaw SHEEP IN A SHOP (and others in the sheep series)
Taback THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY
Williams I WENT WALKING
Wood THE NAPPING HOUSE
Picture Story Books
(read the titles marked with an 5* and 5 additional titles)
This list contains both realistic and fanciful stories. Make sure to read some of each.
Ackerman THE SONG AND DANCE MAN
Ahlberg EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM
Ahlberg THE JOLLY POSTMAN
Alexander, L THE FORTUNE-TELLERS
Aliki NOBODY ASKED ME IF I WANTED A BABY SISTER
Allard MISS NELSON IS MISSING (or other Miss Nelson books)
Allard THE STUPIDS STEP OUT
Babbitt BUB: OR THE VERY BEST THING
Bang WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY—REALLY, REALLY ANGRY
Browne GORILLA
Bunting FLY AWAY HOME
Bunting NIGHT OF THE GARGOYLES
Bunting SCARY, SCARY HALLOWEEN
Burningham COME AWAY FROM THE WATER SHIRLEY
Burningham GRANPA
Burton THE LITTLE HOUSE
Buzzeo THE SEA CHEST
Clifton MY FRIEND JACOB
Cohen WILL I HAVE A FRIEND?
Collier UPTOWN
Cooney MISS RUMPHIUS
Cronin CLICK, CLACK, MOO COWS THAT TYPE or GIGGLE, GIGGLE, QUACK
Darrow OLD THUNDER AND MISS RANEY
DePaola THE ART LESSON
DePaola NANA UPSTAIRS, NANA DOWNSTAIRS
DePaola STREGA NONA
DeRegniers MAY I HAVE A FRIEND?
Dillon RAP A TAP TAP: HERE’S BOJANGLES—THINK OF THAT
DiTerlizzi THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
Falconer OLIVIA or OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS
Fleming MAMA CAT HAS THREE KITTENS
Flournoy THE PATCHWORK QUILT
Fox POSSUM MAGIC
Fox WILFORD GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE
Fox SOPHIE
Freeman CORDUROY or A POCKET FOR CORDUROY
Hawkes MY LITTLE SISTER ATE ONE HARE
Henkes CHRYSANTHEMUM
Henkes JULIUS, THE BABY OF THE WORLD
Henkes *LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
Henkes OWEN
Henkes SHEILA RAE, THE BRAVE
Hindley DO LIKE A DUCK DOES
Hoban BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES (or any of the Frances books)
Hoffman AMAZING GRACE
Howard AUNT FLOSSIE’S HATS (AND CRAB CAKES LATER)
Hughes ALFIE GETS IN FIRST (or any Alfie books)
Hurst ROCKS IN HIS HEAD
Isadora AT THE CROSSROADS
Isadora BEN’S TRUMPET
Johnson THE COW WHO WOULDN’T COME DOWN
Jukes LIKE JAKE AND ME
Keats PETER’S CHAIR
Keats THE SNOWY DAY
Kellogg ISLAND OF THE SKOG
Kellogg PINKERTON BEHAVE (or any Pinkerton book)
Kuskin THE PHILHARMONIC GETS DRESSED
Lester Hooway for Wodney Wat!
Lester Tacky the Penguin
Levine I HATE ENGLISH!
Lewin CLICK, CLACK, MOO COWS THAT TYPE
Lionni FISH IS FISH
Lionni FREDERICK
Lyon *COME A TIDE
Lyon FIVE LIVE BONGOS
Lyon DREAMPLACE
Lyon MAMA IS A MINER
Mahy THE GOOD FORTUNES GANG
Mayer THERE’S A NIGHTMARE IN MY CLOSET
Melmed RAINBABIES
McCloskey BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL
McCully MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE
McKissack MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND
McKissack NETTIE JO’S FRIENDS
Muth THE THREE QUESTIONS
Myers BLACK CAT
Ness SAM, BANGS, AND MOONSHINE
Patrick RED DANCING SHOES
Peet BIG BAD BRUCE.
Pinkney NOAH’S ARK
Polacco BABUSHKA’S DOLL
Polacco THE BEE TREE
Polacco THUNDERCAKE
Polacco UNCLE VOLVA’S TREE
Polacco WHEN LIGHTNING COMES IN A JAR
Rohmann MY FRIEND RABBIT
Raschka YO YES!
Ringold TAR BEACH
Rohmann MY FRIEND RABBIT
Rylant CAT HEAVEN or DOG HEAVEN
Rylant THE RELATIVES CAME
Scieszka THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Schwartz ANNABELLE SWIFT, KINDERGARTNER
Sendak IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
Sendak *WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Seymour HUNTING THE WHITE COW
Seymour POLE DOG
Shannon A BAD CASE OF STRIPES
Shannon *NO, DAVID!, DAVID GOES TO SCHOOL, OR DAVID GETS IN TROUBLE
Small IMOGENE’S ANTLERS
Steig BRAVE IRENE
Steig DOCTOR DESOTO
Steig SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE
Stewart THE JOURNEY
Turkle DO NOT OPEN
Van Allsburg THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GAZASI
Van Allsburg JUMANJI
Van Allsburg THE POLAR EXPRESS
Van Allsburg THE STRANGER
Van Allsburg THE WIDOW’S BROOM
Viorst *ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO…
Viorst EARRINGS
Viorst THE TENTH GOOD THING ABOUT BARNEY
Weber IRA SLEEPS OVER
Weber LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE
Wells HOORAY FOR MAX (or any of the Max and Ruby books)
Wells SHY CHARLES
Wild LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN!
Wild OUR GRANNY
Williams, V. A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER
Williams, V. MUSIC MUSIC EVERYWHERE
Williams, S. WORKING COTTON
Wood HECKEDY PEG
Wood KING BIDGOOD’S IN THE BATHTUB
Wood PIGGIES
Wyeth SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
Yolen HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOODNIGHT?
Yolen OWL MOON
Yorinks HEY AL
Zolotow WILLIAM’S DOLL
Wordless Picture Books
(Read 2 titles from this list)
Anno ANNO’S USA
Baker THE BEAST
Baker HIDE AND SNAKE
Baker WINDOW
Briggs SNOWMAN
Collington A SMALL MIRACLE
Crews TRUCK
Day GOOD DOG, CARL (or any of the Carl books)
Hutchins CHANGES, CHANGES
Hutchins ROSIE’S WALK
McCully PICNIC
Martin WILL’S MAMMOTH
Mayer FROG GOES TO DINNER
Rohmann TIME FLIES
Spier NOAH’S ARK
Steptoe BABY SAYS
Tafuri HAVE YOU SEEN MY DUCKLING?
Wiesner FREE FALL
Weisner SECTOR 7
Wiesner TUESDAY
Picture Books for Older Readers
(Read 2 titles from this list)
Agee THE INCREDIBLE PAINTING OF FELIX CLOUSSEAU
Bang THE GREY LADY AND THE STRAWBERRY SNATCHER
Baylor HAWK, I’M YOUR BROTHER
Bjork LINNEA IN MONET’S GARDEN
Browne CHANGES
Bunting SMOKY NIGHT
Crew THE WATERTOWER
Fleishman WESTLANDIA
Goble DEATH OF IRON HORSE
Innocenti ROSE BLANCHE
Lyon CECIL’S STORY
Lyon PINK AND SAY
Locker MARE ON THE HILL
McAfee THE VISITORS WHO CAME TO STAY
Macaulay BLACK AND WHITE
Maruki HIROSHIMA NO PIKA
Myers HARLEM
Noyes THE HIGHWAYMAN
Price AIDA
Scieszka THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER…
Sendak OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Sendak WE’RE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY
Van Allsburg THE MYSTERIES OF HARRIS BURDICK
Van Allsburg THE WRECK OF THE ZEPHYR
Wiesner JUNE 29, 1999
Winter EMILY DICKINSON'S LETTERS TO THE WORLD
Wisniewski GOLEM
Yin COOLIES
Easy- to- Read Books
(read 2 titles from this list)
Bang WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN
Bulla THE CHALK BOX KID
Byars HOORAY FOR THE GOLLY SISTERS (& other Golly Sister titles)
Hoban ARTHUR’S HONEY BEAR (or any Arthur title)
Lobel FROG AND TOAD (series)
Lobel MOUSE SOUP
Marshall FOX ON THE JOB
Miniark LITTLE BEAR (series)
Parish AMELIA BEDELIA (series)
Rylant HENRY AND MUDGE (series)
Rylant MR. PUTTER AND TABBY (series)
Seuss THE CAT IN THE HAT
Seuss FOX IN SOCKS
Sharmat NATE THE GREAT (series)
Van Leeuwen OLIVER, AMANDA, AND GRANDMOTHER PIG
Yolen COMMANDER TOAD IN SPACE
Transitional Books
(Read 2 titles from this list)
Blume THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE GREEN KANGAROO
Cameron Gloria’s Way
MORE STORIES JULIAN TELLS (or other Julian titles)
Cleary RAMONA AND HER FATHER (or other Ramona titles)
Coombs DORRIE (series)
Fleischman MCBROOM (series)
Gardiner STONE FOX
Giff KIDS OF POLK STREET SCHOOL (series)
Hurwitz CLASS CLOWN
Lindgren PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
McDonald JUDY MOODY or JUDY MOODY GETS FAMOUS
Mills 7 X 9 = TROUBLE
Park SKINNYBONES
Peck SOUP (series)
Smith A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES
Sobol ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN (series)
Traditional Literature/Literary Tales
(Read the titles marked with an * and 3 additional titles)
Aardema BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN
Aardema *WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS
Anderson THE NIGHTINGALE (illus. By Zweger)
Anderson THE UGLY DUCKLING (illus. By Locker)
DePaola THE CLOWN OF GOD
DePaola THE LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET
Fisher JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Fitchett THE TWELVE PRINCESSES
Goble THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES
Grimm Brothers LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (illus. By Hyman)
Grimm Brothers RUMPLESTILTSKIN (retold and illus. By Zelinsky)
Grimm Brothers WATER OF LIFE (retold by B. Rogasky, illus. By Hyman)
Hamilton IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM …
Haley A STORY, A STORY
Harris JUMP! THE ADVENTURES OF BRER RABBIT
(adapted by Parks and Jones; illus. By Moser)
Hasting SIR GAWAIN AND THE LOATHLY LADY
Huck THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY: A SCOTTISH TALE.
Huck PRINCESS FURBALL
Isaacs SWAMP ANGEL
Kellogg PECOS BILL or PAUL BUNYON
Louie YE-SHIN: A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA
MacDonald MABELA THE CLEVER
Marshall THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Mayer BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
McDermott ARROW TO THE SUN
McKissack FLOSSIE AND THE FOX
Paterson THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCK
Perrault PUSS IN BOOTS
Pinkney THE UGLY DUCKLING
San Souci THE TALKING EGGS
Steptoe MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS
Taback * JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT
Yolen KING LONG SHANKS
Yolen TAM LIN
Young LON PO PO
Weisner THE THREE PIGS
Zelinsky RAPUNZEL or RUMPLESTILTSKIN
Zemach DUFFY AND THE DEVIL
Classics
(read 1 title marked with an * and 1 other title from this list)
Baum THE WIZARD OF OZ
Burnett THE SECRET GARDEN
Carroll ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Collodi THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
Dodge HANS BRINKER
Grahame WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Kipling THE JUNGLE BOOK
Kipling JUST SO STORIES
Lofting THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE
Milne WINNIE-THE-POOH
Rawlings THE YEARLING
Travers MARY POPPINS
Sewell BLACK BEAUTY
Spryi HEIDI
Wilder LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
Williams *THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
(Read 1 title from this list)
Bemelmans MADELINE (or others in the series)
Burton MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
deBrunhoff THE STORY OF BABAR
Flack THE STORY ABOUT PING
Gag MILLIONS OF CATS
Leaf THE STORY OF FERDINAND
McCloskey MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Potter THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Rey CURIOUS GEORGE (or any book in this series)
Fantasy
(Read titles marked with an * and 3 additional titles from this list)
Alexander THE BOOK OF THREE
Almond SKELLIG
Babbitt TUCK EVERLASTING
Bellairs THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN THE WALL
Billingsley WELL WISHED
Black THE FIELD GUIDE, BOOK 1 (or any book in the Spiderwick Chronicles)
Bond A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON
Boston THE CHILDREN OF GREEN KNOWE
Christopher THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Cleary THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE
Conrad STONEWORDS
Cooper THE BOGGART
Cooper THE DARK IS RISING (or any in this series)
Corbett 12 AGAIN
Dahl JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Dahl MATILDA
Farmer THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
Gaiman CORALINE
Griffin SWITCHING WELL
Hahn THE DOLL IN THE GARDEN
Howe BUNNICULA (or any in this series)
Hunter A STRANGER CAME ASHORE
King-Smith BABE: THE GALLANT PIG
Lawson RABBIT HILL
L’Engle A WRINKLE IN TIME
Levine ELLA ENCHANTED
Lewis THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE (Narnia series)
Lowry THE GIVER
Lunn THE ROOT CELLAR
McKinley BEAUTY: A retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast
Mahy THE HAUNTING
Martin THE DOLL PEOPLE
Norton THE BORROWERS (or any of this series)
O’Brien MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIHM
Pearce TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN
Rowling *HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
Selden A CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
Tolkien THE HOBBIT; LORD OF THE RINGS (or any in this series)
White CHARLOTTE’S WEB
Winthrop THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC
Woodruff DEAR NAPOLEON, I KNOW YOU’RE DEAD BUT…
Realistic Fiction
(Read the title marked with an * and 3 additional titles from this list)
Anderson SAFE AT HOME
Avi NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Bauer ON MY HONOR
Bauer STICKS
Blume ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Blume TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
Burnford THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Byars CRACKER JACKSON
Byars THE PINBALLS
Byars THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS
Christopher TACKLE WITHOUT A TEAM (or any Christopher sports titles)
Cleary RAMONA THE PEST (or other Ramona books)
Cleary DEAR MR. HENSHAW
Cole THE GOATS
Conly CRAZY LADY!
Creech LOVE THAT DOG
Creech RUBY HOLLER
Creech WALK TWO MOONS
Dahl DANNY CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
DiCamillo *BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE
DiCamillo TIGER RISING
Ellis THE BREADWINNER
Estes THE HUNDRED DRESSES
Fitzhugh HARRIET THE SPY
Fox MONKEY ISLAND
Fox THE ONE-EYED CAT
Fox VILLAGE BY THE SEA
Gantos JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY or JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL
George MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
Giff PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS
Greene PHILLIP HALL LIKES ME, I RECKON MAYBE
Grove REACHING DUSTIN
Henkes PROTECTING MARIE
Henkes WORDS OF STONE
Henkes THE ZEBRA WALL
Hiaasen HOOT
Konigsburg JENNIFER, HECATE, MACBETH, WILLIAM MCKINLEY…
Konigsburg FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS BASIL E…
Lisle AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES
Lord IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON
Lowry ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (or other Anastasia books)
Lowry GOONEY BIRD GREENE
Lowry RABBLE STARKEY
MacLachlan ARTHUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
MacLachlan BABY
MacLachlan JOURNEY
Martin A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE
McKay SAFFY’S ANGEL
Mowat OWLS IN THE FAMILY
Myers SCORPIONS
Naylor ALICE IN RAPTURE, SORT OF (or other Alice books)
Naylor FEAR PLACE
Naylor SHILOH
Park SKINNYBONES
Paterson BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Paterson FLIP-FLOP GIRL
Paterson THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS
Paterson THE SAME STUFF AS STARS
Paulson HATCHET
Peck SOUP (or other Soup stories)
Raskin THE WESTING GAME
Rawls WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS
Rylant A FINE WHITE DUST
Rylant MISSING MAY
Sachar HOLES
Sachar THERE’S A BOY IN THE GIRLS’ BATHROOM
Sachs THE BEARS HOUSE
Shreve BLISTER
Smith RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME
Snyder LIBBY ON WEDNESDAY
Sperry CALL IT COURAGE
Spinelli MANIAC MAGEE
Spinelli WRINGER
Spinelli LOSER
Staples SHABANU; DAUGHTER OF THE WIND
Voight DICEY’S SONG
Voight HOMECOMING
Willson BRINGING NETTIE BACK
Woodson HUSH
Yep CHILD OF THE OWL
Historical Fiction
(Read 4 titles from this list)
Avi THE BARN
Avi CRISPIN; THE CROSS OF LEAD
Avi THE FIGHTING GROUND
Avi THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE
Avi WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN ANYWAY?
Bishop TWENTY AND TEN
Blos A GATHERING OF DAYS
Bradley RUTHIE’S GIFT
Coerr SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES
Collier MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD
Conrad PRAIRIE SONGS
Conrad MY DANIEL
Cushman CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY
Curtis BUD, NOT BUDDY
Curtis The WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM…1963
DeAngeli THE DOOR IN THE WALL
Doyle MARY ANN ALICE
Fleishman BULL RUN
Fleishman BANDIT’S MOON
Fletcher SHADOW SPINNER
Forbes JOHNNY TREMAIN
Fox THE SLAVE DANCER
Hesse OUT OF THE DUST
Hunt ACROSS FIVE APRILS
Holt MY LOUISIANA SKY
Holt WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN
Holm OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA
Holm BOSTON JANE
Levoy ALAN AND NAOMI
Lowry NUMBER THE STARS
Lyon BORROWED CHILDREN
Lyon HERE AND THEN
MacLachlan SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
Magorian GOOD NIGHT, MR. TOM
Martin BELLE TEAL
McSwigan SNOW TREASURE
O’Dell ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
Orlev THE ISLAND ON BIRD STREET
Paulson NIGHTJOHN
Peck A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO
Peck A YEAR DOWN YONDER
Peck FAIR WEATHER
Reeder SHADES OF GRAY
Reiss THE UPSTAIRS ROOM
Ryan ESPERANZA RISING
Snyder GIB RIDES HOME
Speare SIGN OF THE BEAVER
Speare THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
Taylor ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY
Taylor, T. THE CAY
Wells MARY ON HORSEBACK: THREE MOUNTAIN STORIES
Wilder LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS (or any Little House books)
Wolff, Virginia BAT 6
Yep DRAGON’S GATE
Yolen THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC
Historical Picture Books
(Read at least 2 titles from this list)
Bartone PEPPE THE LAMPLIGHTER
Bradby MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
Coerr SADAKO
Cohen MOLLY’S PILGRIM
Cooney HATTIE AND THE WILD WAVES
Goble DEATH OF IRON HORSE
Hall OX-CART MAN
Hopkinson SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT
Houston THE YEAR OF THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE
Howard VIRGIE GOES TO SCHOOL WITH US BOYS
Kurelek A PRAIRIE BOY’S WINTER
Lester Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: a true story
Lester From Slave Ship to Freedom RoaD
Lorbiecki SISTER ANNE’S HANDS
Lyon CECIL’S STORY
Monjo THE DRINKING GOURD
McKissack GOIN’ SOMEPLACE SPECIAL
Polacco PINK AND SAY
Rapport FREEDOM RIVER
Ringgold AUNT HARRIET’S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY
Ringgold DINNER AT AUNT CONNIE’S HOUSE
Rylant SILVER PACKAGES
Rylant WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS
Say GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY
Tsuchiya FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS
Turner DRUMMER BOY MARCHING TO THE CIVIL WAR
Turkle OBADIAH THE BOLD
Wild LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN
Woodson THE OTHER SIDE
Yolen ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD
Popular Series
(Read 2 titles, one each from any two of the following series; do not read 2 from the same series)
Amber Brown (by Paula Danziger)
American Girl Collection (Felicity, Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, and Addy)
Baby-Sitters Club (by Ann M. Martin)
Bailey School Kids (by Debbie Dadey)
Black Lagoon (by Mike Thayler) as in The Librarian From the Black Lagoon
Boxcar Children (by Warner)
Dear America diary series (Scholastic)
Goosebumps (by R. L. Stine)
High Rise Private Eyes (by Cynthia Rylant)
Judy Moody (by Megan McDonald)
Junie B. Jones (by Barbara Parks)
Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers (by Bill Cosby)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (by Lemony Snicket)
My America (Scholastic)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (by Cynthia Rylant)
Poppleton (by Cynthis Rylant)
Royal Diaries (Scholastic)
Time Warp Trio (by Jon Scieszka)
26 Fairmount Avenue (autobiographical series by Tomie De Paola)
Magic Treehouse series (by Mary Pope Osborne)
Royal Diaries (Scholastic)
Wayside School series (by Louis Sachar)
Biography
(Read 1 biography by Russell Freedman and one other title from this list)
Christensen WOODY GUTHRIE: POET OF THE PEOPLE.
Conrad PRAIRIE VISIONS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOLOMON BUTCHER
Blos THE HEROINE OF THE TITANIC: A TALE BOTH TRUE AND OTHERWISE.
DePaola 26 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE or ON MY WAY
Ehrlich WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE; ORIGINAL STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP
Filipi ZLATA’S DIARY
Freedman LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY
Freedman ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY
Freedman MARTHA GRAHAM: A DANCER’S LIFE
Fritz AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE?
Fritz HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY
Fritz THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS
Fritz THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE
Hyman SELF-PORTRAIT: TRINA SCHART HYMAN
Lester AUTHOR: A TRUE STORY
Lester PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER : A NOVEL OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Lyon A WORDFUL CHILD
Macey BULL’S EYE: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANNIE OAKLEY
Paulsen WOODSONG
Paulsen MY LIFE IN DOG YEARS
Pinkney LET IT SHINE! STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Stanley the bard of avon: the story of william shakespeare
Stanley cleopatra
Timmesh GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING: STORIES OF INGENIOUS INVENTIONS...
Venezia PICASSO
Biographical Picture Books
(Read 1 title from this list)
Adler CHILD OF THE WARSAW GHETTO
Adler A PICTURE BOOK OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (or any of this series)
Anderson HANDEL: WHO KNEW WHAT HE LIKED
Brown ACROSS A DARK AND WILD SEA
Chocolate THE PIANO MAN
Crews BIGMAMA’S
Foreman WAR BOY
Golenboch TEAMMATES
Golenboch HANK AARON: BRAVE IN EVERY WAY
Haskins CHAMPION; THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Hurst ROCKS IN HIS HEAD
Greenberg ACTION JACKSON
Grimes TALKIN’ ABOUT BESSIE
Kellogg JOHNNY APPLESEED
Krull LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS : FAME, SHAME, AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT or other biographic collections by Krull
Martin SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY
Provensen THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT
Rockwell ONLY PASSING THROUGH: THE STORY OF SOJOURNER TRUTH
Ryan WHEN MARIAN SANG; THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON
Schroeder MINTY: A STORY OF YOUNG HARRIET TUBMAN
Winter EMILY DICKINSON'S LETTERS TO THE WORLD
Information Books (Read 2 titles from this list)
Appelbaum GIANTS IN THE LAND
Bolden TELL ALL THE CHILDREN OUR STORY: MEMORIES AND MEMENTOS OF BEING YOUNG AND BLACK IN AMERICA
Blumberg SHIPWRECKED! THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF A JAPANESE BOY
Cobb BET YOU CAN’T: SCIENCE IMPOSSIBILITIES TO FOOL YOU
Cohen FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A TREASURY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE…
Cole LARGE AS LIFE ANIMALS
Curlee BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Freedman CHILDREN OF THE WILD WEST
George LOOK TO THE NORTH: A WOLF PUP DIARY
Goodall THE CHIMPANZEES I LOVE: SAVING THEIR WORLD AND OURS.
Granfield EXTRA! EXTRA! THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY OF NEWSPAPERS
Hamilton MANY THOUSAND GONE
Harris IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL: A BOOK ABOUT CHANGING BODIES…
Isaacson A SHORT WALK AROUND THE PYRAMIDS & THROUGH THE WORLD…
Kramer HIDDEN WORLDS: LOOKING THROUGH A SCIENTIST’S MICROSCOPE
Krementz HOW IT FEELS TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
Lauber the news about dinosaurs
McKissack THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN FROM 1865…
Macaulay THE WAY THINGS WORK
Maestro THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
Meltzer BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
Murphy THE BOYS’ WAR
Owings RATTLESNAKE DANCE
Platt STEPHEN BIESTY’S CROSS-SECTIONS MAN OF WAR
Pringle THE ANIMAL RIGHTS CONTROVERSY
Pringle GLOBAL WARMING: ASSESSING THE GREENHOUSE…
Ray A NATION TORN: A STORY OF HOW THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN
Rogasky SMOKE AND ASHES: THE STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
Rosenthal WHERE ON EARTH: A GEOGRAFUNNY GUIDE TO THE GLOBE
Sandler INVENTORS
Walker BIGFOOT AND OTHER LEGENDARY CREATURES
Informational Picture Books (Read 1 title from this list)
Aliki A MEDIEVAL FEAST
Aliki DINOSAUR BONES or DIGGING UP DINOSAURS
Bang COMMON GROUND: THE WATER, EARTH, AND AIR WE SHARE
Bash DESERT GIANT: THE WORLD OF THE SAGUARO CACTUS
Brown ACROSS A DARK AND WILD SEA
Catrow E THE KIDS
Cole THE MAGIC SCHOOLBUS series
Feelings JAMBO MEANS HELLO
Feelings MOJA MEANS ONE
Gibbons WEATHER WORDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN or any of her many titles
Grover DOLPHIN ADVENTURE
Heller MINE, ALL MINE: A BOOK ABOUT PRONOUNS or other Heller word books
Hoyt-Goldsmith CELEBRATING RAMADAN
Kerley THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS
King I HAVE A DREAM
Kurtz WATER HOLE WAITING
Leedy THE FURRY NEWS
Macaulay CASTLE
Martin THE LAMP, THE ICE, AND THE BOAT CALLED FISH
Martin TENTACLES
Munro THE INSIDE-OUTSIDE BOOK OF WASHINGTON, D. C. or similar titles
Murphy THE LAST DINOSAUR
Parsons AMAZING MAMMALS
Simon GALAXIES (or any in his space series)
Simon WINTER ACROSS AMERICA
Simon THEY SWIM THE SEAS or other Seymour Simon science titles
Small SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?
Steele THE BEST BOOK OF MUMMIES
Tafuri SPOTS, FEATHERS, AND CURLY TAILS
Tomecek DIRT
Zoehfeld DINOSAUR PARENTS, DINOSAUR YOUNG
Anthologies – compiled from a variety of authors (Read 1 title from this list)
Blishen THE OXFORD BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN
Cole A NEW TREASURY OF CHILDREN’S POETRY
DeRegniers SING A SONG OF POPCORN
Dunning REFLECTIONS ON A GIFT OF WATERMELON PICKLE
Hall THE OXFORD BOOK OF CHILDREN’S VERSE IN AMERICA
Hopkins SIDE BY SIDE
Kennedy KNOCK AT A STAR
Larrick PIPING DOWN THE VALLEYS WILD
Prelutsky THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY
Schwartz MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE
Collections – by the same author
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Bryant Is It Far to Zanzibar? : Poems About Tanzania
Carlson COOL SALSA: BILINGUAL POEMS ON GROWING UP LATINO IN THE U.S.
Ciardi YOU READ TO ME, I’LL READ TO YOU
Esbensen WHO SHRANK MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE?
Fleischman JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES
Greenfield HONEY, I LOVE
Kuskin DOGS & DRAGONS, TREES & DREAMS: A COLLECTION OF POEMS
McCord EVERYTIME I CLIMB A TREE
Merriam HALLOWEEN ABC
Myers BROWN ANGELS
Nye 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE
Prelutsky THE DRAGONS ARE SINGING TONIGHT
Prelutsky THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Prelutsky SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE
Siebert HEARTLAND
Silverstein WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
Willard A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE’S INN
Winter EMILY DICKINSON'S LETTERS TO THE WORLD
Worth STILL MORE SMALL POEMS
Yolen BIRD WATCH
Single poems
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Adoff BLACK IS BROWN IS TAN
Dillon TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON
Elliot MR. MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Frost STOPPING BY THE WOODS… (ill by Susan Jeffers)
Hoberman A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR ME
Howlitt THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
Lyon TOGETHER
Sendak CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE
Siebert MOTORCYCLE SONG
Thayer CASEY AT THE BAT (illus by Bing)
Willard PISH POSH, SAID HIERONYMOUS BOSCH (illus by Dillon)
Williams AMBER WAS BRAVE, ESSIE WAS SMART
Yolen OWL MOON