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Books for Kindergarten and First grades from Common Core Recommended list and teachersuggestions
Literature
Author
Level
Clifford series
Norman Birdwell
K
Hendry and Mudge series
Cynthia Rylant
J
Mr. Putter & Tabby series
Cynthia Rylant
J
Curious George series
Margaret Rey and H. A. Rey
J
Little Bear series
Else Holmelund Minarik
J
I
Dr. Seuss
J
Robert Lopshire
Frog and Toad Together (I Can Read Picture Book)
Arnold Lobel
K
Arnold Lobel
J
Pancakes for Breakfast
Tomie dePaola
Hi! Fly Guy
Tedd Arnold
I
Mercer Mayer
Informational Text
Author
Level
Clyde Robert Bulla
I
My Five Senses (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
Aliki
H
Edith Thacher Hurd
I
Donald Crews
I Read Signs (Reading Rainbow Books)
Tama Hoban
Garden Helpers
National Geographic Young Explorers
Wind Power
National Geographic Young Explorers
Books for 2nd and 3rd grades from Common Core Recommended list and teacher suggestions
Series
Author
Level
Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne
M
Marvin Redpost
Louis Sachar
L
Cam Jansen Mysteries
David A. Adler
L
Amber Brown
Paul Danzinger
N
Magic School Bus
P
Arthur
Marc Brown
M
Boxcar Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner
O
Ready Freddy
Abby Klein
L
Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo Stilton
N
The Bailey School Kids
Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey
M
My Weir School
Dan Gutman
L
Tales from the Odyssey
Mary Pope Osborne
P and W, V
Picture Book Biography “Picture Book of…..”
David A Adler
M
Sports Chapter books Fiction and Biographies
Matt Christopher
M-Q
Ruth Stiles Gannett
L-M
Literature
Author
Level
Riding Freedom
Pam Munoz Ryan
P
Skinnybones
Leo Lionni and Barbara Park
O
Freckle Juice
Judy Blume
M
Esther Averill
J
William Steig
L
Uri Shulevitz
Ann Cameron
N
Patricia MacLachlan
R
Janet Stevens
L
Jim LaMarche
O
Cynthia Rylant
J
Cynthia Rylant
M
Mary Pope Osborne
P
Erica Silverman
J
Informational Text
Author
Level
Aliki
Q
From Seed to Plant or any Gail Gibbons book
Gail Gibbons
M
Joyce Milton
K
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World
Selby Beeler
M
Art around the World
Heather Leonard
Frances E. Ruffin
N
Judith St. George
S
Crittercam
Andrew Einspruch
Kathleen V. Kudlinski
P
Brian Floca
N
Books for 4th and 5th grades from Common Core Recommended and teacher suggestions
Series
Author
Level
Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket
V
39 Clues
Various authors
S-W
Animporphs
K. A. Applegate
T-U
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
Anne Mazer
Q
Warriors
Erin W. Hunter
S
Island Trilogy
Gordon Korman
Q
Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
T
Tales from the Odyssey
Mary Pope Osborne
P and W,V
You Wouldn’t Want to Be… (NF)
Various authors
most R some W
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Q
Infinity Ring
James Dashner
V
Literature
Authors
Level
Superfudge
Judy Blume
Q
Tales of the Forth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
Q
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
R
The Secret Harden
France's Burnett
U
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Scott O'dell
V
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
U
Maniac McGee
Jerry Spinelli
Crash -
Jerry Spinelli
V
Savvy
Ingrid Law
Scumble
Ingrid Law
Wonder
Rachel Vail
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
W
Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
R
Bud not buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
U
Watsons go to Birmingham
Christopher Paul Curtis
U
Bridge to Terebithia
Katherine Paterson
T
Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo
T
Football Genius
Tim Green
Football Hero
Tim Green
Y
A Taste of Blackberries
Doris Buchanan Smith
S
Holes
Louis Sachar
V
Anne Frank, The Diary of a young girl
Anne Frank
Y
The Tale of Despereaux-
Kate DiCamillo
U
BFG
Roald Dahl
U
Witches
Roald Dahl
R
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
W
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Y
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
V
Lewis Carroll
V
Walter Farley
T
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
X
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Virginia Hamilton
X
Louise Erdrich
T
Grace Lin
Informational Text
Author
Level
Melvin Berger
Madelyn Wood Carlisle
Patricia Lauber
P
The Kid’s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It
Steven Otfinoski
Don Wulffson
Good Pet, Bad Pet
Elizabeth Schleichert
Ancient Mound Builders
E. Barrie Kavash
Bruce Koscielniak
Erinn Banting
Joy Hakim
W
My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World
Margriet Ruurs
Q
Seymour Simon
R
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Sy Montgomery
U
Seymour Simon
Kadir Nelson
Kenya’s Long Dry Season
Nellie Gonzalez Cutler
Seeing Eye to Eye
Leslie Hall
Telescopes
Colin A. Ronan
Henrietta Buckmaster