2018-19 Volunteer Reader Book Recommendations

Title Author Grade Level

Press Here Herve Tullet PreK

Goldfish on Vacation Sally Lloyd-Jones PreK to 1

You're Not My Best Friend Anymore Charlotte Pomerantz PreK to 1st

The Monster at the End of this Book Jon Stone PreK to 1st

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. PreK to 1st

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck: A Pop-Up Book Beatrix Potter PreK to 1st

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Candace Fleming PreK to 1st

Puddle Pug Kim Norman PreK to 1st

The Stinky Face series Lisa McCourt PreK to 1st

Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups Tadgh Bentley PreK to 1st

Tiny, the West Virginia Easter Bunny Eric James PreK to 1st

Ribbit Rodrigo Folgueira PreK to 1st

The Littlest Pilgrim Brandi Dougherty PreK to 1st

Farmer Dale's Red Pickup Truck Lisa Wheeler PreK to 1st

Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats PreK to 1st

The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster PreK to 1st

I Hear a Pickle Rachel Isadora PreK to 1st

Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter PreK to 1st

If You Give a Dog a Donut Laura Joff Numeroff PreK to 1st

Molly by Golly Dianne Ochiltree PreK to 2nd

Tractor Mac series Billy Steers PreK to 2nd

The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson PreK to 2nd

Little Critter series Mercer Mayer PreK to 2nd

The Frog and the Toad series Arnold Lobel PreK to 2nd

Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson PreK to 2nd

Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang PreK to 2nd

A Bargain for Frances series Russell Hoban PreK to 2nd

Pete the Cat series Eric Litwin PreK to 2nd

Charlie and Lola series Lauren Child PreK to 2nd

Those Darn Squirrels Adam Rubin PreK to 2nd

Robo-Sauce Adam Rubin PreK to 2nd

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything Elise Broach PreK to 2nd

The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt PreK to 2nd

What Do You Do With an Idea? Kobi Yamada PreK to 2nd

Olivia series Ian Falconer PreK to 2nd

How I Became a PIrate Melinda Long PreK to 2nd

Good Night, Good Knight Shelley Moore Thomas PreK to 2nd

Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey PreK to 2nd

Remembering Vera Patricia Pollaco PreK to 2nd

Those Darn Squirrels and the Cats Next Door Adam Rubin PreK to 2nd

Stephanie's Ponytail Robert Munsch PreK to 2nd

We Are Whoooo We Are Melinda Chambers PreK to 2nd

Bark, George Julies Feiffer PreK to 2nd

The Pig is in the Pantry, the Cat is on the Shelf Sirley Mozelle PreK to 3rd

Edwared the Emu Sheena Knowles PreK to 3rd

The Biggest Bear Lynne Ward PreK to 3rd

The Narrative of the Life of Charlie Box Brown Charlie Box Brown PreK to 3rd

We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen PreK to 3rd

Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin PreK to 3rd

We Are the Gardeners Joanna Gaines Prek to 3rd

Chester Melanie Watt PreK to 3rd

Three Grumpy Trucks Todd Tarpley PreK to 3rd

Duck on a Tractor David Shannon PreK to 3rd

Bizzy Mizz Lizzy Davis Shannon PreK to 3rd

The Great Puppy Invasion Alastair Heim PreK to 3rd

The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco PreK to 3rd

The Ugly Five Julia Donaldson PreK to 3rd

Dinosaurumpus Tony Mitton PreK to 3rd

The Penguin Who Wanted to be Different Maria O'Neill PreK to 3rd

The Rainbow Fish Marucs Pfiser PreK to 3rd

One Grain of Rice Demi PreK to 3rd

The Empty Pot Demi PreK to 3rd

Off We Go! Jane Yolen PreK to 3rd

Lon Po Po Ed Young PreK to 3rd

Stranger in the Woods Carl R. Sams II PreK to 3rd

A Big Mooncake for Little Star Grace Lin PreK to 3rd

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Erin Carle PreK to K

Once I Was a Pollywog Douglas Florian PreK to K

Swamp Song Helen Ketterman PreK to K

The Pout-Pout Fish Deborah Diesen PreK to K

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! Maureen Wright PreK to K

Giraffes Can't Dance Giles Andreae PreK to K

The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn PreK to K

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Mo WIllems PreK to K

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. PreK to K

The Rabbit Listened Cori Doerrfeld PreK to K

The Koala Who Could Rachel Bright PreK to K

Elbow Grease John Cena PreK to K

We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgens PreK to K

Otis Loren Long PreK to K

Pig the Fibber Aaron Blabey PreK to K

Silly Tilly Eileen Spinelli PreK to K

Slugs in Love Susan Pearson PreK to K

We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins PreK to K

Parker Picks Deborah A. Levine PreK to K

Is Your Mama a Llama? Deborah Guarino PreK to K

Go Away, Big Green Monster! Ed Emberley PreK to K

Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingles Wilder PreK to 3rd

10 Rules of the Birthday Wish Beth Ferry PreK to 3rd

Philomena's New Glasses Brenna Maloney PreK to 3rd

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Chris van Allsburg PreK to 3rd

Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney PreK to 4th

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin K to 1st

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Audrey Wood K to 1st

Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson K to 1st

Harry the Dirty Dog Gene Zion K to 1st

Can You Make a Scary Face? Jan Thomas K to 1st

There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea Jennifer Ward K to 1st

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Eugene Trivizas K to 1st

"There are Rocks in My Socks!" said the Ox to the Fox

Patricia Thomas K to 1st

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Mo Willems K to 1st

I Know a Rhino Charles Fuge K to 1st

The Friendship Egg Megan E. Bryant K to 1st

Because You Are My Teacher Sherry North K to 1st

The Mitten Jan Brett K to 1st

Beauty and the Beast Cynthia Rylant K to 1st

Willie and the Tomato Garden Jane Helen Cooper K to 2nd

Martha Speaks: Martha Bakes a Cake Susan Meddaugh K to 2nd

Interrupting Chicken David Ezra Stein K to 2nd

Fancy Nancy series Jane O' Connor K to 2nd

Duck on a Bike David Shannon K to 2nd

Riki Tiki Tavi Rudyard Kipler K to 2nd

Ollie's Odyssey William Joyce K to 2nd

The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein K to 2nd

The Market Square Dog James Herriot K to 2nd

Counting is For the Birds Frank Mazzola Jr. K to 2nd

The Easter Egg Jan Brett K to 2nd

Don't Fidget a Feather! Erica Silverman K to 2nd

The Princess in Black series Shannon Hale K to 2nd

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes Mark Pett K to 2nd

Elephant and Piggie series Mo Willems K to 2nd

Heckedy Peg Audrey Wood K to 2nd

How Big is a Million Anna Milbourne K to 2nd

A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue Julia Cook K to 2nd

Lying Up a Storm Julia Cook K to 2nd

Milo's Hat Trick Jon Agee K to 2nd

Amos and Boris William Steig K to 2nd

Secret Pizza Party Adam Rubin K to 2nd

Pop's Bridge Eve Bunting K to 2nd

Hattie the Bad Jane Devlin K to 2nd

The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt K to 2nd

The Great Fuzz Frenzy Janet Stevens K to 2nd

Rot, the Cutest in the World Ben Clanton K to 2nd

Ricky the Rock That Couldn't Roll Jay Miletsky K to 2nd

The Funny Little Woman Arlene Mosel K to 2nd

The Last Christmas Tree Stephen Krensky K to 2nd

Ugly Pie Lisa Wheeler K to 2nd

The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant K to 2nd

Epossumandus Coleen Salley K to 2nd

In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak K to 2nd

Inspector Hopper Doug Cushman K to 2nd

This is Not a Good Idea! Mo Willems K to 2nd

The Name Jar Yangsook Choi K to 2nd

Too Many Mangos Tammy Paikai K to 2nd

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! Karen Beaumont K to 2nd

The Very Lonely Firefly Eric Carle K to 2nd

Alison's Zinnia Anita Lobel K to 2nd

Big Words for Little People Jamie Lee Curtis K to 2nd

The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! Carmen Agra Deedy K to 2nd

We Were Tired of Living in a House Liesel Moak Skorpen K to 2nd

Builder Mouse Sofia Eldarova K to 2nd

Skinny Brown Dog Kimberly Willis Holt K to 2nd

Count the Monkeys Mac Barnett K to 2nd

Dr. Goat Georgiana K to 2nd

The Dinosaur Who Lived in my Backyard B.G. Hennessey K to 2nd

My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza K to 2nd

This Moose Belongs to Me Oliver Jeffers K to 2nd

Art Dog Thacher Hurd K to 2nd

The Digging-Est Dog Al Perkins K to 2nd

It's Not Easy Being a Bunny Marlilyn Sadler K to 2nd

Only One Woof James Herriot K to 2nd

Henry and Mudge series Cynthia Rylant K to 2nd

The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch K to 2nd

Mortimer Bob Munsch K to 2nd

Mercy Watson series Kate DiCamillo K to 2nd

Interstellar Cinderlla Deborah Underwood K to 2nd

I Like Myself Karen Beaumont K to 2nd

When I was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant K to 3rd

The Cat in the Hat Dr. Suess K to 3rd

Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Suess K to 3rd

The Notebook of Doom series Troy Cummings K to 3rd

How to Babysit a Grandma Jean Reagen K to 3rd

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Eric Litwin K to 3rd

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Leo Lionni K to 3rd

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Drew Daywalt K to 3rd

Nibbles: The Book Monster Emma Yarlett K to 3rd

Miss Maple's Seeds Eliza Wheeler K to 3rd

Puppy Pirates series Erin Soderberg K to 3rd

The Frog Who Lost his Underpants Juliette MacIver K to 3rd

Do Not Open This Book Michael Muntean K to 3rd

Miss Nelson is Missing Harry Allard K to 3rd

Johnny Appleseed Steven Kellogg K to 3rd

I'm Growing! Aliki K to 3rd

The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians Carla Morris K to 3rd

What Do You Do With a Tail Like this Steve Jenkin K to 3rd

My Journey to the Stars Scott Kelly K to 3rd

Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt K to 3rd

The Bookshop Dog Cynthia Rylant K to 3rd

Nate the Great series

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

K to 3rd

Wolf! Becky Bloom K to 3rd

Duck for President Doreen Cronin K to 3rd

New Clothes for New Year's Day Hyun-Joo Bae K to 3rd

The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams Bianco K to 3rd

Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks Robert Kinerk K to 3rd

Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney K to 5th

Animal Facts to Make You Smile Grace Hansen K to 5th

Honeysmoke Monique Fields K to 5th

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Rashin Kheiriyeh K to 5th

GoldenLocks and the Three Pirates April Jones Prince 1st to 2nd

The Relatives Come Cynthia Rylant 1st to 2nd

Creepy Pair of Underwear! Aaron Reynolds 1st to 2nd

I am Jane Gooddall Brad Meltzer 1st to 2nd

Aesop's Fables Aesop 1st to 3rd

The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey 1st to 3rd

Mousenet Prudence Breitrose 1st to 3rd

Mars Needs Moms! Berkeley Breathed 1st to 3rd

Sweet Pickles series Jacquelyn Reinarch 1st to 3rd

A Wish for Wings That Work Berkeley Breathed 1st to 3rd

Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathmann 1st to 3rd

Sylar and the Sycamore Leaves Don Sager 1st to 3rd

My Weird School series Dan Gutman 1st to 3rd

A Book Like Sergio's Maribeth Boelts 1st to 3rd

The Wish Tree Kyo Maclear 1st to 3rd

Ninja Red Riding Hood Corey Rosen Schwartz 1st to 3rd

Give Bees a Chance Bethany Barton 1st to 3rd

The Happy Dromedary Berniece Freschet 1st to 3rd

Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann 1st to 3rd

The Legend of the Blue Bonnets Tomie DePaola 1st to 3rd

Rude Ramsey and the Roaring Radishes Margaret Atwood 1st to 3rd

Degas and the Little Dancer Laurence Anholt 1st to 3rd

Cezanne and the Apple Boy Laurence Anholt 1st to 3rd

Help! We Need a Title! Herve Tullet 1st to 3rd

Princess on the Run Smiljana Coh 1st to 3rd

The Princess and the PIckup Truck Bil Lepp 1st to 3rd

8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel / = Chaos Vivian Vande Velde 1st to 4th

Freckle Juice Judy Blume 1st to 4th

Fortunately, the Milk Neil Gaiman 1st to 4th

Who Was Jackie Robinson? Gail Herman 1st to 4th

The Crayon Man Natascha Biebow 1st to 4th

Counting on Katherine Helaine Becker 1st to 4th

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-UPs David Wisniewski 1st to 5th

The Tale of Urso Brunov Brian Jacques 1st to 5th

Words With Wings Nikki Grimes 1st to 5th

The Book With No Pictures B.J. Novak 2nd

A Bad Case of the Stripes David Shannon 2nd to 3rd

Minnie's Diner Dayle Ann Dodds 2nd to 3rd

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble 2nd to 3rd

The President's Stuck in the Bathrub Susan Katz 2nd to 3rd

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Tomie DePaola 2nd to 3rd

Chicken Squad series Daureen Cronin 2nd to 4th

Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nemmo 2nd to 5th

Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo 2nd to 5th

Brighty of the Grand Canyon Marguerite Henry 2nd to 5th

Captain Underpants series Dave Pilkey 2nd to 5th

Rob and Bob and Corn on the Cob Todd McQueen 2nd to 5th

American Girls Collection Valerie Tripp 2nd to 5th

Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish 2nd to 5th

Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies 2nd to 5th

The Boy and the Whale Mordicai Gerstein 2nd to 5th

The Sign Painter's Dream Roger Roth 2nd to 5th

The Boys Start the War, the Girls Get Even Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 2nd to 5th

Amelia Bedelia series Peggy Parish 2nd to 5th

The Classroom at the End of the Hall Douglas Evans 2nd to 5th

Hoop Genius John Coy 2nd to 6th

Fish in a Tree Linda Mullaly Hunt 2nd to 8th

There's a Mouse About the House Richard Fowler 3 yrs & up

Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder 3rd to 10th

The Great Redwall Feast Brian Jacques 3rd to 12th

Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater 3rd to 4th

The Greatest Game Ever Played Mark Frost 3rd to 4th

The Boxcar Children series

Gertrude Chandler Warren

3rd to 4th

The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate 3rd to 5th

The World According to Humphrey Betty J. Birney 3rd to 5th

Wonder R.J. Palacio 3rd to 5th

The Magician's Newphew C.S. Lewis 3rd to 5th

The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis 3rd to 5th

Pax Sara Pennypacker 3rd to 5th

Clementine series Sara Pennypacker 3rd to 5th

Hank the Cowdog series John R. Erickson 3rd to 5th

How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell 3rd to 5th

The Junkyard Wonders Patricia Polacco 3rd to 5th

Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln Patricia Polacco 3rd to 5th

The Herdman's series Barbara Robinson 3rd to 5th

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 3rd to 5th

Toys Go Out series Emily Jenkins 3rd to 5th

Lulu and the Brontosaurus Judith Viorst 3rd to 5th

Lunch Money Andrew Clements 3rd to 5th

The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 3rd to 5th

Turtle Trackers Samantha Wheeler 3rd to 5th

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 3rd to 5th

Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary 3rd to 5th

Sarah Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 3rd to 5th

Something Big Has Been Here Jack Prelutsky 3rd to 5th

My Brother Dan's Delicious Steven L. Layne 3rd to 5th

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer Lamar Giles 3rd to 5th

A Dog's Life Ann Martin 3rd to 5th

Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater 3rd to 5th

A Giraffe and a Half Shel Silverstein 3rd to 5th

How to Steal a Dog Barbara O'Connor 3rd to 5th

Poppy Avi 3rd to 5th

The Boy on the Porch Sharon Creech 3rd to 5th

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink Diane deGroat 3rd to 5th

Macaroni Boy Katherine Ayers 3rd to 5th

The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare 3rd to 5th

My Father's Dragon series Ruth Stiles Gannet 3rd to 5th

Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain Robert Burch 3rd to 5th

The Magician's Elephant Kate DiCamillo 3rd to 5th

The Twits Roald Dahl 3rd to 5th

Third Grade is Terrible Barbara Baker 3rd to 5th

Apple Island Douglas Evans 3rd to 5th

Rechenka's Eggs Patricia Polacco 3rd to 5th

Out of my Mind Sharon Draper 3rd to 5th

Way Down Deep series Ruth White 3rd to 5th

The Dirty Cowboy Amy Timberlake 3rd to 5th

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 3rd to 5th

Nancy Drew series Carolyn Keene 3rd to 6th

Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 3rd to 6th

The Freedom Riddle Angela Shelf medearis 3rd to 6th

The Fox Ate My Cake David Blaze 3rd to 6th

Raymie Nightingale Kate DiCamillo 3rd to 6th

Bear Snores On Karma Wilson 3rd to 6th

Goosebumps series R.L. Stine 3rd to 7th

Timmy Failure series Stephanie Pastis 3rd to 7th

Black Beauty Anna Sewell 3rd to 7th

The Reptile Room Lemony Snicket 3rd to 7th

Nancy Drew series Carolyn Keene 3rd to 7th

Who Was Ulysses S. Grant Megan Stine 3rd to 7th

Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? Margaret Frith 3rd to 7th

Who Was Abraham Lincoln Janet B. Pascal 3rd to 7th

Wishtree Katherine Applegate 3rd to 8th

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Jeff Kinney 3rd to 8th

Rosie Revere, Engineer Andrea Beaty 4 to 6yrs

Iggy Peck, Architect Andrea Beaty 4 to 6yrs

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom Louis Sachar 4th to 5th

James and the Giant Peach Robert Dahl 4th to 6th

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Robert Dahl 4th to 6th

The Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm 4th to 6th

Turtle's in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm 4th to 6th

Sees Behind Trees Michael Dorris 4th to 6th

The Crossover Kwame Alexander 4th to 6th

Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary 4th to 6th

Wish Barbara O'Connor 4th to 6th

The Secret Zoo series Bryan Chick 4th to 7th

Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Nayer 4th to 7th

Crenshaw Katherine Applegate 4th to 7th

Extra Credit Andrew Clements 4th to 7th

George's Marvelous Medicine Robert Dahl 4th to 7th

Inkheart Cornelia Funke 4th to 7th

Frindle Andrew Clements 4th to 7th

Flying Solo Ralph Fletcher 4th to 7th

King George: What Was His Problem? Steve Sheinkin 4th to 7th

Hatchet Gary Paulsen 4th to 8th

Missing May Cynthia Rylant 4th to 8th

Holes Louis Sachar 4th to 8th

Because of Mr. Terupt Rob Buyea 4th to 8th

Knucklehead Jon Scieszka 4th to 8th

Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Foltz Jones 4th to 8th

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 4th to 8th

Rebound Kwame Alexander 4th to 8th

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 4th to 8th

Junie B. Jones series Barbara Park 5 to 9 yrs

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 5th to 12th

A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park 5th to 12th

I Funny series James Patterson 5th to 12th

Number the Stars Lois Lowry 5th to 6th

Loser Jerry Spinelli 5th to 6th

All That's Missing Sarah Sullivan 5th to 7th

Serafina and the Black Cloak Robert Beatty 5th to 7th

When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 5th to 7th

Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell 5th to 7th

Serafina series Robert Beatty 5th to 7th

City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau 5th to 8th

Glory Be Augusta Scattergood 5th to 8th

I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 5th to 8th

Scat Carl Hiaasen 5th to 9th

The Watson's Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis 6th to 7th

Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls 6th to 8th

Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt 6th to 8th

Chasing Vermeer series Blue Balliet 6th to 8th

Dragon Post Emma Yarlett 6th to 8th

Blue Jasmine Kashmira Sheth 6th to 8th

The House With the Clock in its Walls John Bellairs 6th to 8th

Eliza's Cherry Trees Andrea Zimmerman 6th to 8th

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Julie Andrews Edwards 6th to 8th

Hoot Carl Hiaasen 6th to 8th

Lost Boy Tim Green 6th to 8th

Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan 6th to 8th

The Witches Roald Dahl 6th tp 9th

The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkein 7th to 12th

Silver Packages Cynthia Rylant 7th to 9th

The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene Catling 7th to 9th

Flush Carl Hiiasen 8th to 12th

The Weirdo Theodore Taylor 8th to 12th