Important Information / Recommended Books

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
Are You My Mother?	P.D. Eastman	I
Green Eggs and Ham	Dr. Seuss	J
Put me in the Zoo	Robert Lopshire
Frog and Toad Together (I Can Read Picture Book)	Arnold Lobel	K
Owl at Home (I Can Read Book 2)	Arnold Lobel	J
Pancakes for Breakfast	Tomie dePaola
Hi! Fly Guy	Tedd Arnold	I
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog (Boy, Dog, Frog)	Mercer Mayer

Informational Text	Author	Level
A Tree Is a Plant (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science)	Clyde Robert Bulla	I
My Five Senses (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)	Aliki	H
Starfish (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science)	Edith Thacher Hurd	I
Truck	Donald Crews
I Read Signs (Reading Rainbow Books)	Tama Hoban
Let’s Find Out About Ice Cream	Mary Ebeltoft Reid
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
My Father’s Dragon	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
“The Fire Cat,”	Esther Averill	J
Amos and Boris	William Steig	L
The Treasure	Uri Shulevitz
The Stories Julian Tells	Ann Cameron	N
Sarah, Plain and Tall,	Patricia MacLachlan	R
Tops and Bottoms	Janet Stevens	L
The Raft	Jim LaMarche	O
Poppleton in Winter	Cynthia Rylant	J
The Lighthouse Family: The Storm	Cynthia Rylant	M
The One-Eyed Giant	Mary Pope Osborne	P
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa	Erica Silverman	J

Informational Text	Author	Level
A Medieval Feast	Aliki	Q
From Seed to Plant or any Gail Gibbons book	Gail Gibbons	M
Bats: Creatures of the Night	Joyce Milton	K
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World	Selby Beeler	M
Art around the World	Heather Leonard
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington	Frances E. Ruffin	N
So You Want to Be President?	Judith St. George	S
Crittercam	Andrew Einspruch
Boy, We Were Wrong About Dinosaurs	Kathleen V. Kudlinski	P
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11	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
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll	V
The Black Stallion	Walter Farley	T
The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	X
Zlateh the Goat	Isaac Bashevis Singer
M.C. Higgins, the Great	Virginia Hamilton	X
The Birchbark House	Louise Erdrich	T
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon	Grace Lin

Informational Text	Author	Level
Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet	Melvin Berger
Let’s Investigate Marvelously Meaningful Maps	Madelyn Wood Carlisle
Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms	Patricia Lauber	P
The Kid’s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It	Steven Otfinoski
Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions	Don Wulffson
Good Pet, Bad Pet	Elizabeth Schleichert
Ancient Mound Builders	E. Barrie Kavash
About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks	Bruce Koscielniak
England the Land	Erinn Banting
A History of US	Joy Hakim	W
My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World	Margriet Ruurs	Q
Horses	Seymour Simon	R
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea	Sy Montgomery	U
Volcanoes	Seymour Simon
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball	Kadir Nelson
Kenya’s Long Dry Season	Nellie Gonzalez Cutler
Seeing Eye to Eye	Leslie Hall
Telescopes	Colin A. Ronan
Underground Railroad	Henrietta Buckmaster

Last Modified on September 6, 2013