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Recommended Readings in Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Eight Property of California Department of Education Copyright 1986, Published 1986 Bible, The (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Greek Mythology (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Norse Mythology (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Scenes from Shakespeare (anthology). Grade(s): 7-8 Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. Grade(s): 1-4 Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Grade(s): 1-4 Aardema, Verna (Reteller). Riddle of the Drum, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Aardema, Verna (Reteller). Who's in Rabbit's House? Grade(s): 2-5 Aaseng, Nathan. Winners Never Quit. Grade(s): 3-6 Ada, Alma Flor, and Maria del Pilar de Olave. Aserrín, aserrán. Grade(s): K-3 Adams, Adrienne. Poetry of Earth and Sky. Grade(s): 4-8 Adams, Edward B. (Editor). Two Brothers and Their Magic Gourds. Grade(s): 2-8 Adoff, Arnold. All the Colors of the Race. Grade(s): 4-6 Adoff, Arnold. Black Is Brown Is Tan. Grade(s): 5-6 Adoff, Arnold. Black Out Loud. Grade(s): 5-6 Adoff, Arnold. Malcolm X. Grade(s): 5-8 Adoff, Arnold. Outside-Inside Poems. Grade(s): 1-3 Adoff, Arnold. Sports Pages. Grade(s): 3-6 Aesop. Aesop's Fables. Grade(s): 2-6 Agree, Rose. How to Eat a Poem and Other Morsels. Grade(s): 3-6 Aiken, Conrad. Cats and Bats and Things with Wings. Grade(s): 3-6 Alcantara Sgarb, Ricardo. Guaragu. Grade(s): 4-6 Alcock, Vivien. Travelers by Night. Grade(s): 7-8 Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Grade(s): 7-8 Aldis, Dorothy. All Together. Grade(s): K-4 Aldis, Dorothy. Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter. Grade(s): 3-6 Alexander, Lloyd. Taran Wanderer. Grade(s): 6-8 Alexander, Lloyd. Wizard in the Tree, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Alexander, Martha. Bobo's Dream. Grade(s): K-2 Alexander, Sue. Small Plays for Special Days. Grade(s): K-6 Aliki. Corn Is Maize. Grade(s): 3-6 Aliki. Digging Up Dinosaurs. Grade(s): 1-3 Aliki. Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Aliki. Story of Johnny Appleseed, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Aliki. Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver, A. Grade(s): 2-4 Allard, Harry, and James Marshall. Miss Nelson Is Missing. Grade(s): 2-5 Alter, Judith M. Luke and the Van Zandt County War. Grade(s): 7-8 Amon, Aline. Earth Is Sore: Native Americans on Nature, The. Grade(s): K-6 Ancona, George. Bananas: From Manolo to Margie. Grade(s): 3-5 Ancona, George. Dancing Is. Grade(s): 2-4 Andersen, Hans Christian. Almendrita (Thumbelina). Grade(s): 4-6 Property of CDE ©1986 1

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Page 1: Recommended Readings in Literature: Kindergarten … Recommended... · Recommended Readings in Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Eight ... Black Is Brown Is Tan. Grade(s): 5-6

Recommended Readings in Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Eight

Property of California Department of Education Copyright 1986, Published 1986

Bible, The (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Greek Mythology (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Norse Mythology (selections). Grade(s): 7-8 Scenes from Shakespeare (anthology). Grade(s): 7-8 Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. Grade(s): 1-4 Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Grade(s): 1-4 Aardema, Verna (Reteller). Riddle of the Drum, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Aardema, Verna (Reteller). Who's in Rabbit's House? Grade(s): 2-5 Aaseng, Nathan. Winners Never Quit. Grade(s): 3-6 Ada, Alma Flor, and Maria del Pilar de Olave. Aserrín, aserrán. Grade(s): K-3 Adams, Adrienne. Poetry of Earth and Sky. Grade(s): 4-8 Adams, Edward B. (Editor). Two Brothers and Their Magic Gourds. Grade(s): 2-8 Adoff, Arnold. All the Colors of the Race. Grade(s): 4-6 Adoff, Arnold. Black Is Brown Is Tan. Grade(s): 5-6 Adoff, Arnold. Black Out Loud. Grade(s): 5-6 Adoff, Arnold. Malcolm X. Grade(s): 5-8 Adoff, Arnold. Outside-Inside Poems. Grade(s): 1-3 Adoff, Arnold. Sports Pages. Grade(s): 3-6 Aesop. Aesop's Fables. Grade(s): 2-6 Agree, Rose. How to Eat a Poem and Other Morsels. Grade(s): 3-6 Aiken, Conrad. Cats and Bats and Things with Wings. Grade(s): 3-6 Alcantara Sgarb, Ricardo. Guaragu. Grade(s): 4-6 Alcock, Vivien. Travelers by Night. Grade(s): 7-8 Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Grade(s): 7-8 Aldis, Dorothy. All Together. Grade(s): K-4 Aldis, Dorothy. Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter. Grade(s): 3-6 Alexander, Lloyd. Taran Wanderer. Grade(s): 6-8 Alexander, Lloyd. Wizard in the Tree, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Alexander, Martha. Bobo's Dream. Grade(s): K-2 Alexander, Sue. Small Plays for Special Days. Grade(s): K-6 Aliki. Corn Is Maize. Grade(s): 3-6 Aliki. Digging Up Dinosaurs. Grade(s): 1-3 Aliki. Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Aliki. Story of Johnny Appleseed, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Aliki. Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver, A. Grade(s): 2-4 Allard, Harry, and James Marshall. Miss Nelson Is Missing. Grade(s): 2-5 Alter, Judith M. Luke and the Van Zandt County War. Grade(s): 7-8 Amon, Aline. Earth Is Sore: Native Americans on Nature, The. Grade(s): K-6 Ancona, George. Bananas: From Manolo to Margie. Grade(s): 3-5 Ancona, George. Dancing Is. Grade(s): 2-4 Andersen, Hans Christian. Almendrita (Thumbelina). Grade(s): 4-6

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Andersen, Hans Christian. Emperor's New Clothes, The. Grade(s): 4-8 Andersen, Hans Christian. Nightingale, The. Grade(s): 4-8 Andersen, Hans Christian. Red Shoes, The. Grade(s): K-6 Andersen, Hans Christian. Snow Queen, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Andersen, Hans Christian. Steadfast Tin Soldier, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Andersen, Hans Christian. Thumbelina. Grade(s): 3-5 Andersen, Hans Christian. Ugly Duckling, The. Grade(s): 2-5 Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Alphabet: An Adventure in Imagination. Grade(s): K-3 Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting Book. Grade(s): K-3 Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting House. Grade(s): K-3 Anonymous. El gentil dragón rojo. Grade(s): 4-6 Anonymous. Grandfather's Stories-Philippines. Grade(s): K-3 Aquilera, Carmen. Citlalli y las estrellas. Grade(s): 4-6 Armijo, Carmen. Bam, bim, bom (arriba el telón). Grade(s): K-3 Armijo, Consuelo. Mone. Grade(s): K-3 Arnold, Caroline. Five Nests. Grade(s): 2-4 Arnosky, Jim. Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher. Grade(s): 3-6 Aruego, José. Look What I Can Do. Grade(s): K-3 Aruego, José, and Ariane Dewey. We Hide, You Seek. Grade(s): K-2 Asbjornsen, Peter Christian, and Jorgen E. Moe. East of the Sun and West of the

Moon and Other Tales. Grade(s): 4-6 Asbjornsen, Peter Christian, and Jorgen E. Moe. Man Who Kept House, The.

Grade(s): K-3 Asimov, Isaac (Editor). Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space. Grade(s): 7-8 Atkinson, Mary. Maria Teresa. Grade(s): 3-6 Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. Grade(s): 5-8 Bacon, Martha. Sophia Scrooby Preserved. Grade(s): 6-8 Baker, Olaf. Where the Buffaloes Begin. Grade(s): 5-6 Ballesta, Juan. Tommy y el elefante. Grade(s): K-3 Balzac, Honore de. Passion in the Desert. Grade(s): 7-8 Balzola, Ana. El camisón bordado. Grade(s): K-3 Bang, Molly G. Ten, Nine, Eight. Grade(s): K-1 Banks, Lynne R. Indian in the Cupboard, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Barnard, Jacqueline. Voices from the Southwest: Antonio Jose Martinez, Elfego

Baca, and Reies Lopez Tijerina. Grade(s): 4-6 Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Grade(s): 5-8 Barton, Byron. Airport. Grade(s): 1-3 Bate, Lucy. Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth. Grade(s): K-2 Baum, L. Frank. Wizard of Oz, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Baum, Willi. La expedición. Grade(s): K-3 Bawden, Nina. William Tell. Grade(s): 5-6 Bayley, Nicola. Canciones tontas. Grade(s): K-3 Baylor, Byrd. And It Is Still That Way. Grade(s): 1-4 Baylor, Byrd. Desert Is Theirs, The. Grade(s): K-3 Baylor, Byrd. Hawk, I'm Your Brother. Grade(s): K-3 Baylor, Byrd. They Put on Masks. Grade(s): K-5

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Baylor, Byrd. Way to Start a Day, The. Grade(s): 2-6 Baylor, Byrd. When Clay Sings. Grade(s): K-5 Beatty, Patricia. Lupita Mañana. Grade(s): 5-7 Beatty, Patricia. Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee. Grade(s): 5-6 Behn, Harry (Translator). More Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku. Grade(s): 3-6 Behrens, June. Feast of Thanksgiving. Grade(s): K-6 Bell, Clare. Ratha's Creature. Grade(s): 7-8 Belting, Natalia. Whirlwind Is a Ghost Dancing. Grade(s): 5-9 Bemmelmans, Ludwig. Madeline. Grade(s): K-3 Benchley, Nathaniel. George the Drummer Boy. Grade(s): 3-5 Benchley, Nathaniel. Oscar Otter. Grade(s): 1-3 Benchley, Nathaniel. Sam the Minuteman. Grade(s): 4-5 Benet, Rosemary, and Stephen Benet. Book of Americans, A. Grade(s): 3-6 Benet, Stephen, and Rosemary Benet. America Is Not All Traffic Lights. Grade(s):

3-6 Bennett, Jack. Voyage of the Lucky Dragon. Grade(s): 7-8 Bennett, Rowena. Creative Plays and Programs for Holidays. Grade(s): K-6 Bernstein, Margery, and Janet Kobrin. Coyote Goes Hunting for Fire: A California

Indian Myth. Grade(s): K-3 Bertol, Roland. Charles Drew. Grade(s): 4-6 Bierhorst, John (Editor). Girl Who Married a Ghost and Other Tales from the North

American Indian, The. Grade(s): 5-9 Bierhorst, John (Editor). In the Trail of the Wind: American Indian Poems and Ritual

Orations. Grade(s): 5-6 Bierhorst, John (Editor). Ring in the Prairie. Grade(s): 4-6 Blair, Walter. Tall Tale America. Grade(s): 4-6 Blishen, Edward (Editor). Oxford Book of Poetry for Children. Grade(s): 6-8 Bodecker, N. M. Hurry, Hurry Mary Dear! And Other Nonsense. Grade(s): 2-5 Bodecker, N. M. Let's Marry Said the Cherry. Grade(s): 2-5 Boiko, Claire. Children's Plays for Creative Actors. Grade(s): K-6 Bolognese, Don. New Day, A. Grade(s): 2-4 Bond, Michael. Bear Called Paddington, A. Grade(s): 4-6 Bonsall, Crosby N. Case of the Cat's Meow, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Bourne, Miriam A. Emilio's Summer Day. Grade(s): 2-4 Bowman, James C. Pecos Bill. Grade(s): 7-8 Bradbury, Ray. Dandelion Wine. Grade(s): 7-8 Bravo-Villansante, Carmen. Adivina, adivinanza. Grade(s): K-3 Brenner, Barbara. On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon. Grade(s): 5-8 Brenner, Barbara. Snake-Lover's Diary, A. Grade(s): 4-6 Brenner, Barbara. Wagon Wheels. Grade(s): 2-5 Brewton, Sara (Compiler). My Tang's Tungled and Other Ridiculous Situations.

Grade(s): 2-6 Brewton, Sara, and John Brewton (Editors). America Forever New: A Book of

Poems. Grade(s): 2-6 Briggs, Raymond. Jim and the Beanstalk. Grade(s): 3-5 Briggs, Raymond. Snowman, The. Grade(s): K-3

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Briggs, Raymond (Editor/Illustrator). Mother Goose Treasury, The. Grade(s): K-4 Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn. Grade(s): 4-6 Broger, Achim, and Gisela Kalow. Buenos días, querida ballena. Grade(s): K-3 Brookes, Polly. Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World.

Grade(s): 7-8 Brooks, Bruce. Moves Make the Man, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Brooks, Gwendolyn. Bronzeville Boys and Girls. Grade(s): 2-6 Brown, Marcia. All Butterflies: An ABC. Grade(s): K-2 Brown, Marcia. Once a Mouse. Grade(s): 1-4 Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup. Grade(s): 1-4 Brown, Marcia, and Charles Perrault. Cinderella. Grade(s): 1-4 Brown, Margaret W. Fox Eyes. Grade(s): K-3 Brown, Margaret W. Runaway Bunny. Grade(s): K-3 Bryan, Ashley. Beat the Story-Drum, Purn-Purn. Grade(s): 5-6 Bryant, Sara Cone. Burning Rice Fields, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Buck, Pearl S. Big Wave, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Bulla, Clyde Robert. Riding the Pony Express. Grade(s): 4-5 Bulla, Clyde Robert. Shoeshine Girl. Grade(s): 3-5 Bunting, Eve. Happy Funeral, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Bunting, Eve. Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island. Grade(s): 5-6 Burack, A. S. (Editor). One Hundred Plays for Children. Grade(s): K-6 Burch, Robert. Queenie Peavy. Grade(s): 5-6 Burchard, Peter. Bimby. Grade(s): 5-6 Burnett, Frances H. Secret Garden, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Burnford, Sheila. Incredible Journey, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Burningham, John. Harquin. Grade(s): 4-6 Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpy's Outing. Grade(s): K-2 Burningham, John. Trubloff, el ratón que quería tocar la balalaika. Grade(s): 4-6 Burton, Virginia L. Katy and the Big Snow. Grade(s): 1-3 Burton, Virginia L. Little House, The. Grade(s): K-2 Burton, Virginia L. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Grade(s): K-2 Butterworth, Emma M. As the Waltz Was Ending. Grade(s): 7-8 Butterworth, Oliver. Enormous Egg, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Byars, Betsy C. Midnight Fox. Grade(s): 4-6 Byars, Betsy C. Summer of the Swans, The. Grade(s): 5-8 Byars, Betsy C. Trouble River. Grade(s): 5-8 Caballero, Fernán. El pájaro de la verdad y otros cuentos. Grade(s): 4-6 Cameron, Eleanor. Court of the Stone Children, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Cameron, Eleanor. Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Canal, Ramirez G., and German Ramos. El robo de las aves. Grade(s): 4-6 Cardenas, Magolo. Celestino y el tren. Grade(s): 4-6 Carle, Eric. Do You Want to Be My Friend? Grade(s): K-2 Carle, Eric. One, Two, Three, to the Zoo. Grade(s): K-2 Carle, Eric. Very Busy Spider, The. Grade(s): K-2 Carle, Eric. Very Hungry Caterpillar, The. Grade(s): K-2 Carpenter, Frances. Tales of a Korean Grandmother. Grade(s): K-2

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Cassedy, Mary. Wall in the Attic, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Charlip, Remy, and Mary Beth. Handtalk: An ABC of Finger Spelling and Sign

Language. Grade(s): 2-6 Chase, Richard. Jack Tales, The. Grade(s): 4-8 Cheatham, Val R. Skits and Spoofs for Young Actors. Grade(s): K-6 Chenery, Janet. Toad Hunt, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Childress, Alice. When the Rattlesnake Sounds: A Play About Harriet Tubman.

Grade(s): K-8 Ching, Annie. Birthday Party (and Other Tales). Grade(s): K-6 Chorpenning, Charlotte B. Alice in Wonderland. Grade(s): K-6 Chorpenning, Charlotte B. Hansel and Gretel. Grade(s): K-6 Chorpenning, Charlotte B. Rip Van Winkle. Grade(s): K-6 Christie, Agatha. Selected novels. Grade(s): 7-8 Christopher, John. City of Gold and Lead, The. Grade(s): 5-8 Christopher, John. Pool of Fire, The. Grade(s): 6-8 Christopher, John. White Mountains, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Ciardi, John. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You. Grade(s): 1-3 Clapp, Patricia. I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution.

Grade(s): 5-6 Claret, Maria. La ratita blasa. Grade(s): K-3 Clark, Ann Nolan. Along Sandy Trails. Grade(s): K-3 Clark, Ann Nolan. Raco's Miracle. Grade(s): 4-6 Clark, Ann Nolan. Year Walk. Grade(s): 2-4 Clayton, Edward. Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior. Grade(s): 4-6 Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Grade(s): 5-6 Cleary, Beverly. Henry and Beezus. Grade(s): 3-5 Cleary, Beverly. Mouse and the Motorcycle, The. Grade(s): 4-5 Cleary, Beverly. Ramona and Her Father. Grade(s): 3-5 Cleary, Beverly. Ramona the Pest. Grade(s): 3-5 Cleaver, Vera, and Bill Cleaver. Lady Ellen Grae. Grade(s): 5-6 Cleaver, Vera, and Bill Cleaver. Queen of Hearts. Grade(s): 6-8 Cleaver, Vera, and Bill Cleaver. Where the Lilies Bloom. Grade(s): 7-8 Clifton, Lucille. Amifika. Grade(s): 1-3 Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Nine Month Long. Grade(s): K-2 Clifton, Lucille. Some of the Days of Everett Anderson (and other titles). Grade(s):

K-2, 4-6 Cobb, Vicki, and Kathy Darling. Bet You Can't! Science Impossibilities to Fool You.

Grade(s): 2-4 Cobum, Jewell R. Encircled Kingdom: Legends and Folktales of Laos. Grade(s): 4-

6 Coerr, Eleanor B. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Grade(s): 4-8 Cohen, Barbara. Thank You, Jackie Robinson. Grade(s): 4-6 Cohen, Miriam. Starring First Grade. Grade(s): K-1 Cohen, Miriam. Will I Have a Friend? Grade(s): K-1 Cole, William. Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls. Grade(s): 5-6 Cole, William. Birds and the Beasts Were There, The. Grade(s): K-3

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Cole, William. Book of Animal Poems, A. Grade(s): 2-6 Cole, William (Editor). Poem Stew. Grade(s): 5-6 Collier, James L., and Christopher Collier. My Brother Sam Is Dead. Grade(s): 7-8 Connell, Richard. Most Dangerous Game, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Cooke, John (Photographer). Butterfly Cycle, The. Grade(s): 3-4 Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius. Grade(s): K-3 Cooper, Susan. Greenwitch. Grade(s): 6-8 Cooper, Susan. Grey King, The. Grade(s): 6-8 Courlander, Harold. Crest and the Hide and Other African Stories, The. Grade(s):

4-6 Courlander, Harold, and George Herzog. Cow-tail Switch and Other West African

Stories, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Coutant, Helen. First Snow. Grade(s): 1-3 Coville, Bruce, and Katherine Coville. Sarah's Unicorn. Grade(s): 1-3 Craven, Margaret. I Heard the Owl Call My Name. Grade(s): 7-9 Crews, Donald. Freight Train. Grade(s): K-1 Cross, Gillian. On the Edge. Grade(s): 7-8 Cunningham, Julia. Dorp Dead. Grade(s): 4-8 Daguio. Wedding Dance, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. Grade(s): 4-6 Dalgliesh, Alice. Courage of Sarah Noble, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Darling, Kathy. Pecos Bill Finds a Horse. Grade(s): 7-8 Daugherty, James. Andy and the Lion. Grade(s): 2-5 D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar P. D'Aulaire. Columbus. Grade(s): 3-6 D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar P. D'Aulaire. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. Grade(s):

4-6 D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar P. D'Aulaire. D'Aulaires' Trolls. Grade(s): 4-6 D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar P. D'Aulaire. Norse Gods and Giants. Grade(s): 3-5 Davis, Daniel S. Behind Barbed Wire. Grade(s): 4-6 Davis, Ossie. Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass.

Grade(s): K-6 Dayrell, Elphinstone. Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky. Grade(s): 1-5 De Angeli, Marguerite. Marguerite de Angeli's Book of Nursery and Mother Goose

Rhymes. Grade(s): K-2 De Brunhoff, Jean. Story of Babar, The. Grade(s): 1-3 De Brunhoff, Jean, and Laurent De Brunhoff. Babar's Anniversary Album. Grade(s):

1-3 De Garza, Patricia. Chicanos: The Story of Mexican-Americans. Grade(s): 4-7 de Gerez, Toni (Translator). My Song Is a Piece of Jade: Poems of Ancient Mexico

in English and Spanish. Grade(s): 3-6 De La Vara, Armida. El tronaviaje. Grade(s): 4-6 De Maupassant, Guy. Necklace, The. Grade(s): 7-8 De Pauw, Linda G. Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary

Era. Grade(s): 3-5 De Pauw, Linda G. Seafaring Women. Grade(s): 3-6 De Regniers, Beatrice S. May I Bring a Friend. Grade(s): K-2

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De Saint-Exupery, Antonie. Little Prince, The. Grade(s): 2-5 De Trevino, Elizabeth B. I, Juan de Pareja. Grade(s): 7-8 Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Grade(s): 7-8 DeJong, Meindert. House of Sixty Fathers. Grade(s): 6 DeJong, Meindert. Wheel on the School, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Del Amo, Montserrat. El fuego y el oro. Grade(s): 7-8 Demuth, Patricia. Joel: Growing Up a Farm Man. Grade(s): 3-9 DePaola, Tomie. Cloud Book, The. Grade(s): K-3 DePaola, Tomie. Lady of Guadalupe, The. Grade(s): 4-6 DePaola, Tomie. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. Grade(s): 2-4 DePaola, Tomie. Popcorn Book, The. Grade(s): K-3 DePaola, Tomie. Quicksand Book, The. Grade(s): 2-5 DePaola, Tomie. Representación navideña. Grade(s): K-3 DePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona. Grade(s): 1-4 DeRoin, Nancy (Editor). Jataka Tales. Grade(s): 3-4, 7-8 Dickinson, Emily. I'm Nobody! Who Are You? Grade(s): 5-6 Domanska, Janina. Turnip, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Doyle, Arthur Conan. Hound of the Baskervilles, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Du Bois, William P. II. Lion. Grade(s): 5-6 Dumas, Alexandre. Count of Monte Cristo. Grade(s): 7-8 Dunnahoo, Terry. Who Needs Espie Sanchez? Grade(s): 4-6 Dunne, Mary Collins. Reach Out Ricardo. Grade(s): 4-8 Durrell, Gerald. My Family and Other Animals. Grade(s): 7-8 Duvoisin, Roger. Petunia. Grade(s): K-2 Duvoisin, Roger. White Snow, Bright Snow. Grade(s): 1-3 Eichenberg, Fritz. Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals. Grade(s): 1-4 Enright, Elizabeth. Gone-Away Lake. Grade(s): 4-6 Enright, Elizabeth. Saturdays. Grade(s): 4-6 Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer. Grade(s): 4-5 Epstein, Beryl, and Samuel Epstein. Doctor Beaumont and the Man with the Hole in

His Stomach. Grade(s): 3-5 Erickson, Russell. Toad for Tuesday, A. Grade(s): K-2 Estes, Eleanor. Hundred Dresses, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Estes, Eleanor. Moffats, The. Grade(s): 3-4 Evemden, Margery. King Arthur's Sword. Grade(s): K-6 Evemden, Margery. Rumpelstiltskin. Grade(s): K-6 Faber, Doris. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. Grade(s): 3-6 Faber, Doris. Oh, Lizzie! The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Grade(s): 5-7 Facklam, Margery. Wild Animals, Gentle Women. Grade(s): 4-6 Fall, Thomas. Jim Thorpe. Grade(s): 3-5 Farley, Walter. Black Stallion, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Farmer, Penelope. Daedalus and Icarus. Grade(s): 4-6 Farmer, Penelope, and Chris Conner. Serpent's Teeth: The Story of Cadmus, The.

Grade(s): 7-8 Fatio, Louise. Happy Lion, The. Grade(s): K-2 Feelings, Muriel. Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. Grade(s): 3-6

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Feelings, Muriel. Moja Means One. Grade(s): 2-5 Feinberg, Barbara S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gallant President. Grade(s): 5-6 Ferran, Jaime. Tarde del circo. Grade(s): 4-6 Filstrup, Chris, and Janie Filstrup. Beadazzled. Grade(s): K-3 Fisher, Aileen. Holiday Programs for Boys and Girls. Grade(s): K-6 Fisher, Aileen. Out in the Dark and Daylight. Grade(s): 2-6 Fisher, Anne B. Stories California Indians Told. Grade(s): 5-9 Fitch, Lanne, and Bob Fitch. Soy Chicano: I Am Mexican-American. Grade(s): 3-6 Fitzgerald, John D. Great Brain, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy. Grade(s): 5-6 Fitzhugh, Louise. Nobody's Family Is Going to Change. Grade(s): 5-8 Flack, Marjorie. Ask Mr. Bear. Grade(s): K-1 Fleischman, Sid. By the Great Horn Spoon. Grade(s): 5-6 Fleischman, Sid. Humbug Mountain. Grade(s): 4-6 Forbes, Esther. America's Paul Revere. Grade(s): 2-4 Fox, Mary V. Jane Goodall: Living Chimp Style. Grade(s): 3-5 Fox, Paula. One-Eyed Cat. Grade(s): 6 Fox, Paula. Slave Dancer. Grade(s): 5-6 Fox, Phyllis, and David Coleman. Cinderella. Grade(s): K-6 Franchere, Ruth. Cesar Chavez. Grade(s): 3-6 Frank, Anne. Diary of a Young Girl, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Frasconi, Antonio. House That Jack Built: A Picture Book in Two Languages, The.

Grade(s): K-2 Freedman, Russell. Children of the Wild West. Grade(s): 5-8 Freeman, Don. Bearymore. Grade(s): K-3 Freeman, Don. Corduroy. Grade(s): K-2 Freeman, Don. Dandelion. Grade(s): K-2 Freeman, Ethel. Heidi. Grade(s): K-6 Freyre, De Matos. ABC de Puerto Rico. Grade(s): K-3 Fritz, Jean. And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Grade(s): 3-6 Fritz, Jean. Homesick: My Own Story. Grade(s): 5-8 Fritz, Jean. What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Grade(s): 3-6 Fritz, Jean. Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? Grade(s): 3-5 Fritz, Jean. Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Grade(s): 3-5 Froman, Robert. Seeing Things. Grade(s): 4-6 Froman, Robert. Street Poems. Grade(s): 4-6 Frost, Robert. You Come Too. Grade(s): 3-8 Fuertes, Gloria. Aurora, Brigida y Carlos. Grade(s): K-3 Gackenbach, Dick. Harry and the Terrible Whatzit. Grade(s): K-2 Gag, Wanda. ABC Bunny, The. Grade(s): K-1 Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. Grade(s): K-2 Gag, Wanda. Tales from Grimm. Grade(s): 4-6 Galarza, Emesto. Poemas párvulos. Grade(s): K-3 Galbraith, Claire K. Victor. Grade(s): 2-5 Galdone, Paul. Jack and the Beanstalk. Grade(s): 1-4 Galdone, Paul. Little Red Hen, The. Grade(s): K-2

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Galdone, Paul. Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. Grade(s): 1-3 Galdone, Paul. Three Bears, The. Grade(s): K-2 Galdone, Paul. Three Billy Goats Gruff, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Gasset, Angeles. La princesa cautiva. Grade(s): 4-6 Gates, Doris. Blue Willow. Grade(s): 4-5 Gates, Doris. Golden God: Apollo, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Gates, Doris. Lord of the Sky: Zeus. Grade(s): 6 Gates, Doris. Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter. Grade(s): 5-6 Gates, Doris. Warrior Goddess: Athena, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Gemming, Elizabeth. Lost City in the Clouds: The Discovery of Machu Picchy.

Grade(s): 5-7 George, Jean Craighead. Cry of the Crow. Grade(s): 7-8 George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. Grade(s): 7-8 George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. Grade(s): 4-8 Gibbons, Gail. Fire! Fire! Grade(s): 2-4 Gibbons, Gail. Post Office Book, The. Grade(s): 2-5 Giblin, James C. Chimney Sweeps. Grade(s): 4-7 Gibson, William. Miracle Worker. Grade(s): 7-8 Gimenez Pastor, Marta. Respetable público. Grade(s): 4-6 Ginester-Maestres. El sombrero de Juan. Grade(s): K-3 Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller. Grade(s): 5-8 Giraudoux, Jean. Apollo of Bellac. Grade(s): 7-8 Glennon, William. Ali Baba and the Magic Cave. Grade(s): K-6 Glennon, William. Jack and the Beanstalk. Grade(s): K-6 Glubok, Shirley (Editor). Fall of the Aztecs, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Goble, Paul. Buffalo Woman. Grade(s): 3-6 Goble, Paul. Gift of the Sacred Dog, The. Grade(s): K-3 Goble, Paul. Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The. Grade(s): 4-8 Goble, Paul. Star Boy. Grade(s): 1-3 Goble, Paul, and Dorothy Goble. Lone Bull's Horse Raid. Grade(s): 6-8 Goble, Paul, and Dorothy Goble. Red Hawk's Account of Custer's Last Battle.

Grade(s): 5-8 Godden, Rumer. Doll's House, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Godden, Rumer. Mousewife, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Gonzales, Gloria. Gaucho. Grade(s): 7-8 Goodall, John S. Adventures of Paddy Pork, The. Grade(s): 1-4 Goodman, Robert B. Momotaro. Grade(s): K-2 Goodman, Saul. Baryshnikov: A Most Spectacular Dancer. Grade(s): 4-6 Goor, Ron, and Nancy Goor. Shadows: Here, There, and Everywhere. Grade(s): K-3 Graham, Ada, and Frank Graham. Changing Desert, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Grahame, Kenneth. Wind in the Willows, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Gray, Elizabeth J. Adam of the Road. Grade(s): 5-7 Greene, Bette. Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe. Grade(s): 4-6 Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier. Grade(s): 5-8 Greene, Constance C. Girl Called Al, A. Grade(s): 4-6 Greenfeld, Howard. Bar Mitzvah. Grade(s): 6-8

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Greenfeld, Howard. Marc Chagall: An Introduction. Grade(s): 5-7 Greenfield, Eloise. Honey I Love: And Other Love Poems. Grade(s): 1-3 Greenfield, Eloise. Sister. Grade(s): 5-8 Griego, Margot C., and others. Tortillas para mamá: And Other Spanish Nursery

Rhymes. Grade(s): K-3 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Blanca nieves y los siete enanos. Grade(s): 4-6 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Bremen Town Musicians, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Devil with the Three Golden Hairs, The.

Grade(s): 3-5 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Fisherman and His Wife, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Grimms' Golden Goose. Grade(s): 3-5 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Little Red Riding Hood. Grade(s): 2-5 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Rapunzel. Grade(s): 2-5 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Seven Ravens, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Shoemaker and the Elves, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. Grade(s):

3-6 Guilfoile, Elizabeth. Nobody Listens to Andrew. Grade(s): K-4 Guillen, Nicolas. Por el mar de las antillas anda un barco de papel. Grade(s): 4-6 Guy, Rosa. Mother Crocodile. Grade(s): 4-6 Hague, Kathleen, and Michael Hague. Man Who Kept House, The. Grade(s): K-3 Hahn, Jae Hyun. Seven Korean Sisters. Grade(s): 1-3 Hahn, Jae Hyun, and Han Hahn. Special Korean Birthday. Grade(s): 1-3 Hale, Janet C. Owl's Song, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Hale, Pat. Adventures of Brer Rabbit, The. Grade(s): K-6 Hale, Pat. Ballad of Robin Hood, The. Grade(s): K-6 Hale, Pat. Bremen Town Musicians, The. Grade(s): K-6 Haley, Gail. Jack Jouett's Ride. Grade(s): 3-5 Haley, Gail. Story, a Story, A. Grade(s): 1-4 Hall, Donald. Ox-Cart Man, The. Grade(s): 3-4 Hall, Lynn. Danza. Grade(s): 7-8 Hall, Lynn. Just One Friend. Grade(s): 7-8 Hamilton, Virginia. House of Dies Drear. Grade(s): 5-6 Hamilton, Virginia. Junius Over Far. Grade(s): 7-8 Hamilton, Virginia. Zeely. Grade(s): 4-6 Hamilton, Virginia, and others. People Could Fly, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Han, Mieko. Marriage of a Mouse, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Han, Mieko. Turtle Power-Chinese (and other stories). Grade(s): 1-6 Han, Mieko. Turtle Power-Vietnamese (and other stories). Grade(s): 1-6 Hap, Le Huy. Vietnamese Legends. Grade(s): 3-8 Harris, Geraldine. Seven Citadels (series). Grade(s): 7-8 Harris, Jacqueline. Martin Luther King, Jr. Grade(s): 7-8 Hastings, Selina. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Grade(s): 5-6 Hastings, Selina. Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Grade(s): 5-6 Haugaard, Erik Christian. Hakon of Rogen's Saga. Grade(s): 6-8 Haugaard, Erik Christian. Samurai Tale, The. Grade(s): 7-8

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Hautzig, Esther. Endless Steppe: A Girl in Exile. Grade(s): 5-8 Hautzig, Esther. Gift for Mama, A. Grade(s): 3-5 Haviland, Virginia (Editor). North American Legends. Grade(s): 3-6 Hazen, Nancy. Los adultos también Iloran. Grade(s): 1-3 Henderson, Nancy. Celebrate America. Grade(s): K-6 Henry, Marguerite. Brighty of the Grand Canyon. Grade(s): 4-5 Henry, Marguerite. Justin Morgan Had a Horse. Grade(s): 3-4 Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind. Grade(s): 5-6 Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague. Grade(s): 4-6 Hernandez, Juan Jose. Julian. Grade(s): 7-8 Herriott, James. All Creatures Great and Small. Grade(s): 7-8 Hess, Lilo. Amazing Earthworm, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Hewett, Joan. Watching Them Grow. Grade(s): 1-4 Heyert, Murray. New Kid, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Hien, Nguyen Thi Duc. Doi song moi/A New Life in a New Land. Grade(s): 3-6 Highwater, Jamake. Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey. Grade(s): 6-9 Highwater, Jamake. Legend Days. Grade(s): 7-8 Hillerman, Tony. Boy Who Made Dragonfly, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Hillerman, Tony. Dance Hall of the Dead. Grade(s): 6-9 Hinton, S. E. Outsiders, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Hirsch, Marilyn. Could Anything Be Worse. Grade(s): 3-6 Hoban, Russell. Baby Sister for Frances. Grade(s): K-3 Hoban, Russell. Bargain for Frances. Grade(s): 1-3 Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances. Grade(s): K-3 Hoban, Russell. Nothing to Do. Grade(s): K-3 Hoban, Tana. A, B, See. Grade(s): K-1 Hoban, Tana. Children's Zoo, A. Grade(s): 1-3 Hoban, Tana. Look Again. Grade(s): 2-6 Hoban, Tana. Over, Under and Through and Other Spatial Concepts. Grade(s): K-

3 Hoban, Tana. Push Pull, Empty Full: A Book of Opposites. Grade(s): K-3 Hodges, Margaret. Fire Bringer: A Paiute Indian Legend, The. Grade(s): K-3 Hodges, Margaret. Saint George and the Dragon. Grade(s): 4-6 Hodges, Margaret. Wave, The. Grade(s): 1-4 Hoff, Syd. Danny and the Dinosaur. Grade(s): 1-3 Hogrogian, Nonny. Always Room for One More. Grade(s): K-5 Hogrogian, Nonny. One Fine Day. Grade(s): 1-4 Holling, Holling C. Paddle-to-the-Sea. Grade(s): 5-6 Holling, Holling C. Tree in the Trail. Grade(s): 5-6 Holloway, Dorothy. Steadfast Tin Soldier, The. Grade(s): K-6 Holman, Felice. Slake's Limbo. Grade(s): 5-6 Hongo, Florence, and Miyo Burton (Editors). Japanese American Journey: The Story

of a People, The. Grade(s): 5-8 Hopkins, Lee B. Sky Is Full of Song, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Hopkins, Lee B. (Editor). Surprises. Grade(s): 2-3 Horn, Bernice. Story of Sequoyah, The. Grade(s): 5-8

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Houston, Jeanne W., and James Houston. Farewell to Manzanar. Grade(s): 6-8 Howard, Coralie. First Book of Short Verse, The. Grade(s): 2-6 Howe, Deborah, and James Howe. Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery. Grade(s):

1-5 Hughes, Langston. Don't You Turn Back. Grade(s): 5-6 Hughes, Langston. Dream Keeper, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Hughes, Monica. Devil on My Back. Grade(s): 7-8 Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. Grade(s): 7-8 Hunter, Edith F. Child of the Silent Night: The Story of Laura Bridgeman. Grade(s):

5-6 Hunter, Mollie. Stranger Came Ashore, A. Grade(s): 5-6 Hunter, Mollie. Thirteenth Member, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Hunter, Mollie. You Never Knew Her As I Did. Grade(s): 7-8 Hutchins, Pat. Changes, Changes. Grade(s): 2-5 Hutchins, Pat. Rosie's Walk. Grade(s): K-6 Hyman, Trina S. Self-Portrait. Grade(s): 5-6 Inouye, Daniel K., with Lawrence Elliott. Journey to Washington. Grade(s): 6-8 Irving, Washington. Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Grade(s): 7-8 Isenbart, Hans-Heinrich. Duckling Is Born, A. Grade(s): 2-4 Ishigo, Estelle. Lone Heart Mountain. Grade(s): 6-8 Jackson, Jesse. Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord: The Life of Mahalia Jackson,

Queen of Gospel Singers. Grade(s): 6-8 Jacobs, W. W. Monkey's Paw; The. Grade(s): 7-8 Janeczko, Paul B. (Editor). Strings: A Gathering of Family Poems. Grade(s): 5-6 Jaquith, Priscilla. Bo Rabbit Smart for True/Folktales from the Gullah. Grade(s): 4-

6 Jarrell, Randall. Animal Family, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Jimenez, Emma, and Conchita Puncel. Para chiquitines. Grade(s): K-3 Jones, Hettie. Trees Stand Shining: Poetry of the North American Indian, The.

Grade(s): 5-6 Jones, Weynan. Edge of Two Worlds. Grade(s): 6-8 Jonson, Marian. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Grade(s): K-6 Jukes, Mavis. Like Jake and Me. Grade(s): 4-6 Juster, Norton. Phantom Tollbooth, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Kalb, Jonah, and Laura Kalb. Easy Ice Skating Book, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Children's Plays from Favorite Stories. Grade(s): K-6 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Dramatized Folk Tales of the World. Grade(s): K-6 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Fifty Plays for Junior Actors. Grade(s): K-6 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Little Plays for Little Players. Grade(s): K-6 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Patriotic and Historical Plays for Young People.

Grade(s): K-6 Kamerman, Sylvia E. (Editor). Treasury of Christmas Plays. Grade(s): K-6 Kantrowitz, Mildred. Maxie. Grade(s): 2-4 Keats, Ezra J. John Henry. Grade(s): 2-5 Keats, Ezra J. Snowy Day. Grade(s): K-1

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Keller, Helen. Story of My Life, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Kellogg, Steven. Island of the Skog. Grade(s): 3-4 Kellogg, Steven. Mysterious Tadpole, The. Grade(s): K-3 Kellogg, Steven. Pinkerton Behave. Grade(s): K-2 Kellogg, Steven (Reteller). Chicken Little. Grade(s): 1-3 Kellogg, Steven (Reteller). Paul Bunyan. Grade(s): 3-5 Kelly, Eric P. Trumpeter of Krakow. Grade(s): 7-8 Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage. Grade(s): 7-8 Kennedy, X. J., and Dorothy Kennedy (Editors). Knock at a Star: A Child’s

Introduction to Poetry. Grade(s): 3-6 Kerr, Judith. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. Grade(s): 5-6 Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon. Grade(s): 7-8 Kipling, Rudyard. Elephant's Child, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle Book, The. Grade(s): 4-8 Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. Grade(s): 3-8 Kipling, Rudyard. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Grade(s): 7-8 Knight, Hilary. Hilary Knight's the Twelve Days of Christmas. Grade(s): K-3 Koebner, Linda. From Cage to Freedom: A New Beginning for Laboratory

Chimpanzees. Grade(s): 3-5 Kohl, Herbert, and Judith Kohl. View from the Oak, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Kohn, Bernice. Talking Leaves, the Story of Sequoyah. Grade(s): 3-6 Konigsburg, E. L. About the B'nai Bagels. Grade(s): 5-7 Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Grade(s):

5-6 Konigsburg, E. L. Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth.

Grade(s): 5-6 Konigsburg, E. L. Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, A. Grade(s): 7-8 Korty, Carole. Plays from African Folktales: With Ideas for Acting, Dance,

Costumes, and Music. Grade(s): K-6 Korty, Carole. Silly Soup. Grade(s): K-6 Krahn, Fernando. Hilderita y Maximiliano. Grade(s): K-3 Kraus, Joanna Halpert. Mean to Be Free. Grade(s): K-6 Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer. Grade(s): 2-4 Kraus, Robert. Milton the Early Riser. Grade(s): K-3 Kraus, Robert. Whose Mouse Are You? Grade(s): K-2 Krauss, Ruth. Carrot Seed, The. Grade(s): K-2 Krementz, Jill. Very Young Rider, A. Grade(s): 3-6 Kroeber, Theodora. Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian

Legends, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Kroeber, Theodora. Ishi, Last of His Tribe. Grade(s): 5-9 Krumgold, Joseph. And Now Miguel. Grade(s): 5-6 Kurusa. La calle es libre. Grade(s): 4-6 Kuskin, Karla. Philharmonic Gets Dressed, The. Grade(s): 2-5 L 'Engle, Madeleine. Wrinkle in Time, A. Grade(s): 5-6 Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. Grade(s): 7-8 Lampman, Evelyn S. Go Up the Road. Grade(s): 4-8

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Lampman, Evelyn S. Potlatch Family, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Lang, Andrew. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Grade(s): 4-6 Larrick, Nancy (Editor). Crazy to Be Alive in Such a Strange World. Grade(s): 3-6 Larrick, Nancy (Editor). On City Streets: An Anthology of Poetry. Grade(s): 5-8 Larrick, Nancy (Editor). Piping Down the Valleys Wild. Grade(s): 3-6 Lasker, Joe. Merry Ever After: The Story of Two Medieval Weddings. Grade(s): 3-6 Lasky, Kathryn. Sugaring Time. Grade(s): 5-6 Lasky, Kathryn. Weaver's Gift, The. Grade(s): 5-7 Latshaw, George. Pinocchio. Grade(s): K-6 Lauber, Patricia. Seeds: Pop Stick Glide. Grade(s): K-3 Lauber, Patricia. What's Hatching Out of That Egg? Grade(s): 1-3 Lawrence, D. H. Birds, Beasts and the Third Thing: Poems. Grade(s): 4-7 Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me. Grade(s): 5-6 Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill. Grade(s): 5-6 Leaf, Munro. Ferdinando, el toro. Grade(s): K-3 Lear, Edward. Complete Nonsense Book, The. Grade(s): 2-6 Lear, Edward. How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear! Grade(s): 4-6 Lear, Edward, and Ogden Nash. Scroobius Pip, The. Grade(s): 2-6 LeCain, Errol. Twelve Dancing Princesses, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Lee, Dennis. Garbage Delight. Grade(s): 3-6 Lepscky, Ibi. Amadeo. Grade(s): K-3 Lester, Julius. Knee-High Man and Other Tales, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Grade(s): 6-9 Levitin, Sonia. Journey to America. Grade(s): 5-8 Levoy, Myron. Alan and Naomie. Grade(s): 7-8 Lewis, C. S. Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Lewis, Thomas P. Hill of Fire. Grade(s): 2-3 Lexau, Joan M. Benjie on His Own. Grade(s): K-2 Lim, Sing. West Coast Chinese Boy. Grade(s): 4-6 Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking. Grade(s): 4-5 Lindstrom, Aletha J. Sojourner Truth: Slave, Abolitionist, Fighter for Women’s

Rights. Grade(s): 6-8 Lionni, Leo. Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Grade(s): 1-3 Lionni, Leo. Biggest House in the World, The. Grade(s): K-3 Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Grade(s): K-3 Lionni, Leo. Nadarín (Swimmy). Grade(s): K-3 Lipsyte, Robert. Contender, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Lipsyte, Robert. Free to Be Muhammad Ali. Grade(s): 4-6 Lipsyte, Robert. Muhammad Ali. Grade(s): 7-8 Livingston, Myra C. Circle of Seasons. Grade(s): 2-4 Livingston, Myra C. Monkey Puzzle and Other Poems. Grade(s): 6-8 Livingston, Myra C. (Editor). Listen, Children, Listen: An Anthology of Poems for

the Very Young. Grade(s): K-3 Lobel, Anita. Pancake, The. Grade(s): K-3 Lobel, Arnold. Fables. Grade(s): 3-5 Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends. Grade(s): K-3

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Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Together (and other titles). Grade(s): K-3 Lobel, Arnold. Gregory Griggs and Other Nursery Rhyme People. Grade(s): 2-6 Lobel, Arnold. Mouse Tales. Grade(s): K-3 Lobel, Arnold. On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town. Grade(s): 1-4 London, Jack. Call of the Wild. Grade(s): 7-8 Loof, Jan. Mi abuelo es pirata. Grade(s): K-3 Lopez, Salinas. El pincel mágico. Grade(s): 4-6 Lord, Bette B. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Grade(s): 4-6 Louie, Ai-Lang. Yeh Shen. Grade(s): 3-6 Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik (and other titles). Grade(s): 4-6 Luenn, Nancy. Dragon Kite, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Macaulay, David. House on Spruce Street, The. Grade(s): 5-9 Macauley, David. Grandes creaciones del hombre (series). Grade(s): 4-8 MacDonald, Golden. Little Island, The. Grade(s): 1-4 MacLachlan, Patricia. Arthur, for the Very First Time. Grade(s): 4-6 MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Grade(s): 4-6 Macy, Ann Sullivan. Silent Storm. Grade(s): 7-8 Mahlmann, Lewis, and David Jones. Puppet Plays from Favorite Stories. Grade(s):

K-6 Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Grade(s): 4-6 Mann, Peggy. My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel. Grade(s): 3-5 Mannetti, William. Dinosaurs in Your Backyard. Grade(s): 3-5 Marshall, James. George and Martha, What Do You See? Grade(s): 1-4 Marshall, James V. Walkabout. Grade(s): 7-8 Marti, Jose. La edad de oro. Grade(s): 4-6 Martin Jr., Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Grade(s): K-2 Marzot, Janet, and Livio Marzot. Las liebres blancas. Grade(s): K-3 Math, Irwin. Morse, Marconi and You: Understanding and Building Telegraph,

Telephone and Radio Sets. Grade(s): 3-6 Mathis, Sharon B. Hundred Penny Box, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Matsuno, Masako. Pair of Red Clogs, A. Grade(s): K-2 Maury, Inez. My Mother the Mail Carrier. Grade(s): 2-4 Mayer, Marianna (Reteller). Beauty and the Beast. Grade(s): 3-6 Mayer, Mercer. Ah-Choo. Grade(s): K-2 Mayer, Mercer. Boy, a Dog and a Frog, A. Grade(s): K-3 Mayer, Mercer. There's a Nightmare in My Closet. Grade(s): K-4 McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Grade(s): K-3 McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price. Grade(s): 4-5 McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. Grade(s): K-6 McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder. Grade(s): 3-6 McClung, Robert M. America's Endangered Birds: Programs and People Working

to Save Them. Grade(s): 5-6 McCord, David. Away and Ago. Grade(s): 4-6 McCord, David. One at a Time (and other titles). Grade(s): 2-6 McCunn, Ruthanne L. Pie-Biter. Grade(s): 4-8 McCunn, Ruthanne L. Thousand Pieces of Gold. Grade(s): 5-8

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McDearmon, Kay. Foxes. Grade(s): K-3 McDearmon, Kay. Rocky Mountain Bighorns. Grade(s): 2-5 McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale. Grade(s): 3-5 McDermott, Gerald (Reteller/Illustrator). Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti.

Grade(s): 3-6 McGaw, Jessie B. Chief Red Horse Tells About Custer. Grade(s): 6-9 McGovern, Ann. Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson, The. Grade(s): 4-

6 McPhail, David. Pig Pig Grows Up. Grade(s): K-2 McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure. Grade(s): 3-5 Meadowcroft, Enid. By Secret Railway. Grade(s): 4-6 Medero, Marines. Al otro lado de la puerta. Grade(s): 4-6 Meltzer, Milton. Dorothea Lange: A Photographer’s Life. Grade(s): 4-6 Menotti, G. C. Amahl y los Reyes Magos. Grade(s): 7-8 Merriam, Eve. Independent Voices. Grade(s): 1-3 Merriam, Eve. There Is No Rhyme for Silver. Grade(s): 3-6 Merrill, Jean. Superlative Horse, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Meyers, Susan. Pearson, a Harbor Seal Pup. Grade(s): 4-8 Michel, Anna. Story of Nim, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Miles, Bernard. Favorite Tales from Shakespeare. Grade(s): 7-8 Miles, Miska. Annie and the Old One. Grade(s): 2-8 Miller, Helen L. First Plays for Children. Grade(s): K-6 Miller, Helen L. Short Plays for Children. Grade(s): K-6 Milne,A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Grade(s): K-4 Minarik, Else. Little Bear. Grade(s): K-1 Mitgustch, Ali. De la arcilla alladrillo (and other titles). Grade(s): K-3 Moeri, Louise. Save Queen of Sheba. Grade(s): 5-6 Monjo, Ferdinand N. Drinking Gourd, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Monjo, Ferdinand N. Letters to Horseface: Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart’s Journey to Italy, 1769-70, When He Was a Boy of Fourteen. Grade(s): 5-6

Monjo, Ferdinand N. Me and Willie and Pa. Grade(s): 4-6 Monjo, Ferdinand N. One Bad Thing About Father, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Montegomery, Jean. Wrath of Coyote. Grade(s): 6-9 Moore, Clement. Night Before Christmas, The. Grade(s): 1-6 Moore, Lilian. Go with the Poem. Grade(s): 4-6 Moore, Lilian. See My Lovely Poison Ivy. Grade(s): 3-6 Moore, Lilian. Something New Begins (and other titles). Grade(s): 3-6 Morey, Walt. Gentle Ben. Grade(s): 5-7 Morrison, Dorothy N. Under a Strong Wind: The Adventures of Jessie Benton

Fremont. Grade(s): 6-8 Morrow, Honore. On to Oregon. Grade(s): 4-8 MoseI, Arlene. Funny Little Woman, The. Grade(s): 2-5 Mowat, Farley. Dog Who Wouldn't Be, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Munari, Bruno. Bruno Munari's ABC. Grade(s): K-1 Musgrove, Margaret. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. Grade(s): 3-6

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Myers, Walter D. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff. Grade(s): 7-8 Nance, John. Lobo of the Tasaday: A Stone Age Boy Meets the Modern World.

Grade(s): 3-6 Narcissa, Whitman. Pioneer of Oregon. Grade(s): 4-6 Nesbit, Edith. Railway Children, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Ness, Evaline. Sam, Bangs and Moonshine. Grade(s): 2-4 Neville, Emily C. It's Like This, Cat. Grade(s): 6-8 Newlon, Clarke. Famous Mexican Americans. Grade(s): 5-8 Newman, Deborah. Holiday Plays for Little Players. Grade(s): K-6 Nguyen, Lan. Vietnamese Folktales. Grade(s): 3-8 Nhuong, Huynh Quang. Land I Lost. Grade(s): 4-7 Niggli, Josephina. Ring of General Macias. Grade(s): 7-8 Niggli, Josephina. Sunday Costs Five Pesos. Grade(s): 7-8 Noble, Trinka H. Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, The. Grade(s): K-3 Norton, Mary. Borrowers, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Nye, Robert. Beowulf. Grade(s): 7-8 O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Grade(s): 5-7 O'Dell, Scott. Black Pearl, The. Grade(s): 4-6 O'Dell, Scott. Carlota. Grade(s): 4-8 O'Dell, Scott. Child of Fire. Grade(s): 4-6 O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Grade(s): 5-6 O'Dell, Scott. King's Fifth, The. Grade(s): 4-6 O'Dell, Scott. Road to Damietta, The. Grade(s): 7-8 O'Dell, Scott. Sing Down the Moon. Grade(s): 6-9 O'Dell, Scott. Zia. Grade(s): 4-6 Oldenburg, E. W. Potawatomi Indian Summer. Grade(s): 6-9 O'Neill, Mary. Hailstones and Halibut Bones. Grade(s): 3-6 Orlev, Uri. Island on Bird Street, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Osborn, Paul. On Borrowed Time. Grade(s): 7-8 Pace, Mildred. Wrapped for Eternity: The Story of the Egyptian Mummy. Grade(s):

5-8 Parrish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia. Grade(s): 2-5 Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. Grade(s): 5-6 Paterson, Katherine. Great Gilly Hopkins, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved. Grade(s): 7-8 Patterson, Francine. Koko's Kitten. Grade(s): 2-6 Paul, Paula G. You Can Hear a Magpie Smile. Grade(s): 4-6 Paz, Marcela. Papelucho (and other titles). Grade(s): 4-6 Peck, Richard. Ghost Belonged to Me, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Peck, Robert N. Soup on Ice. Grade(s): 7-8 Peet, Bill. Big Bad Bruce. Grade(s): K-3 Peet, Bill. Chester the Worldly Pig. Grade(s): 2-4 Peet, Bill. Huge Harold. Grade(s): 3-5 Pelegrain, Ana (Editor). Poesía española para niños. Grade(s): 7-8 Pellicer Lopez, Carlos. Juan y sus zapatos. Grade(s): K-3 Perez, N. A. One Special Year. Grade(s): 7-8

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Perrault, Charles. La cenicienta. Grade(s): 4-6 Perrault, Charles. Sleeping Beauty, The. Grade(s): 1-4 Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railway. Grade(s): 7-8 Phillips, Betty Lou. Chris Evert: First Lady of Tennis. Grade(s): 2-5 Pierce, Mildred. Dark Angel, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Piper, Watty. Little Engine That Could, The. Grade(s): K-3 Plotz, Helen (Editor). Gift Outright: America to Her Poets, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Poe, Edgar Allan. Cask of Amontillado, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Poe, Edgar Allan. Tell-Tale Heart, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Politi, Leo. Milko's Gift. Grade(s): 1-3 Politi, Leo. Nicest Gift, The. Grade(s): K-12 Politi, Leo. Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street. Grade(s): 2-4 Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows. Grade(s): 1-5 Politi, Leo. Three Stalks of Corn. Grade(s): K-2 Pomerantz, Charlotte. If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages. Grade(s): K-3 Potter, Beatrix. Tale of Peter Rabbit, The. Grade(s): K-2 Prelutsky, Jack. New Kid on the Block. Grade(s): 3-6 Prelutsky, Jack. Random House Book of Poetry for Children. Grade(s): 3-6 Preston, Carol. Trilogy of Christmas Plays for Children, A. Grade(s): K-6 Price, Christine. Dancing Masks of Africa. Grade(s): 1-4 Provensen, Alice, and Martin Provensen. Glorious Flight Across the Channel with

Louis Bleriot. Grade(s): 2-4 Provensen, Alice, and Martin Provensen (Illustrators). Peaceable Kingdom, A.

Grade(s): 3-6 Proysen, Alf. Señora Cucharita Story Collection. Grade(s): K-3 Pushkin, Alexander. El cuento del gallo de oro. Grade(s): K-3 Pyle, Howard. Men of Iron. Grade(s): 7-8 Pyle, Howard (Editor). Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, The. Grade(s): 6-8 Quackenbush, Robert. Mark Twain? What Kind of Name Is That? A Story of

Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Grade(s): 2-4 Raboff, Ernest. Pablo Picasso. Grade(s): 5-7 Ransome, Arthur. Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Raskin, Ellen. Spectacles. Grade(s): 2-5 Raskin, Ellen. Westing Game, The. Grade(s): 5-7 Rawlings, Marjorie K. Yearling, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows. Grade(s): 5-8 Rees, Ennis. Brer Rabbit and His Tricks. Grade(s): 3-5 Reeves, James. Trojan Horse, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Reiss, Johanna. Journey Back, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Reiss, Johanna. Upstairs Room, The. Grade(s): 6-8 Reiss, John J. Numbers. Grade(s): K-2 Rey, Hans A. Curious George. Grade(s): K-3 Richter, Hans Peter. Friedrich. Grade(s): 7-8 Roberts, Naurice. Barbara Jordan: The Great Lady from Texas. Grade(s): 4-6 Robinson, Barbara. Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The. Grade(s): 3-4

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Rockwell, Anne. Paintbrush and Peacepipe: The Story of George Catlin. Grade(s): 5-6

Rockwell, Anne. Toolbox. Grade(s): 3-5 Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms. Grade(s): K-6 Rockwood, Joyce. To Spoil the Sun. Grade(s): 6-9 Rodgers, Mary. Freaky Friday. Grade(s): 5-7 Rohmer, Harriet. Legend of Food Mountain, The (La Montana del alimento).

Grade(s): 4-6 Rosario, Idalia. Idalia's Project ABC – Proyecto ABC: An Urban Alphabet Book in

English and Spanish. Grade(s): K-2 Rose, Pete. Pete Rose: My Life in Baseball. Grade(s): 2-5 Rose, Reginald. Dino. Grade(s): 7-8 Rounds, Glen. Ol' Paul: The Mighty Logger. Grade(s): 4-6 Roxlo, Conrado Nale. La escuela de las hadas. Grade(s): K-3 Rudeen, Kenneth. Roberto Clemente. Grade(s): 3-5 Sachs, Marilyn. Bear's House, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Sachs, Marilyn. Pocket Full of Seeds, A. Grade(s): 5-6 Sachs, Marilyn. Veronica Ganz. Grade(s): 4-6 Saiki, Patsy Sumie. Sachie, a Daughter of Hawaii. Grade(s): 4-6 Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Grade(s): 7-8 Sandburg, Carl. Rainbows Are Made: Poems by Carl Sandburg. Grade(s): 6-8 Sandin, Joan. Long Way to a New Land. Grade(s): 3-5 Sandoz, Mari. Horsecatcher, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Sandoz, Mari. Story Catcher, The. Grade(s): 6-9 Santa Elena, Antonio E. Mahinhin: A Tale of the Philippines. Grade(s): 4-8 Santrey, Laurence. Young Frederick Douglass. Grade(s): 4-6 Sastre, Alfonso. Historia de una muñeca abandonada. Grade(s): 7-8 SattIer, Helen R. Dinosaurs of North America. Grade(s): 3-6 Sawyer, Ruth. Roller Skates. Grade(s): 5-7 Schaaf, Peter. Apartment House Close Up, An. Grade(s): 4-6 Schlesinger, Sarah. Tom Sawyer. Grade(s): K-6 Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Fire Plume: Legends of the American Indians, The.

Grade(s): 4-6 Schultz de Mantovani, Fryda. Leyendas argentines. Grade(s): 7-8 Schweitzer, Byrd B. Amigo. Grade(s): 3-5 Schweitzer, Byrd B. One Small Blue Bead. Grade(s): K-3 Scott, Ann H. Sam. Grade(s): K-3 Scott, Jack D. Book of the Pig, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Scott, Jack D. Moose. Grade(s): 2-4 Sebestyen, Ouida. Words by Heart. Grade(s): 7-8 Selden, George. Cricket in Times Square, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Selsam, Millicent E. Cotton. Grade(s): 3-5 Selsam, Millicent E. How to Be a Nature Detective (and other titles). Grade(s): 4-6 Selsam, Millicent E. Maple Tree, The. Grade(s): 2-5 Selsam, Millicent E. Plants We Eat. Grade(s): 1-3 Selsam, Millicent E. Popcorn. Grade(s): K-3

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Selsam, Millicent E. See Through the Forest. Grade(s): 2-4 Selsam, Millicent E., and Jerome Wexler. Amazing Dandelion, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Sendak, Maurice. Pierre. Grade(s): 2-6 Sendak, Maurice. Sign on Rosie's Door, The. Grade(s): K-3 Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. Grade(s): K-3 Serling, Rod. Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Grade(s): 7-8 Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Grade(s): K-3 Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). Cat in the Hat, The. Grade(s): K-3 Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.

Grade(s): 2-4 Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). Horton Hatches the Egg. Grade(s): 2-4 Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). Horton Hears a Who. Grade(s): 2-5 Sewell, H., and Thomas Bulfinch. Book of Myths, A. Grade(s): 5-6 Shecter, Ben. Conrad's Castle. Grade(s): 1-4 Sherriff, Robert Cedric. Home at Seven. Grade(s): 7-8 Sherwood, Robert. Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Grade(s): 7-8 Shub, Elizabeth. White Stallion, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Shulevitz, Uri. Magician, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Shulevitz, Uri. Treasure, The. Grade(s): 4-5 Silverstein, Shel. Light in the Attic, A. Grade(s): 2-6 Simon, Seymour. Animal Fact: Animal Fable. Grade(s): 3-6 Simon, Seymour. Long Journey from Space, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Simon, Seymour. Secret Clocks: Time Senses of Living Things, The. Grade(s): 4-5 Singer, Isaac B. Cuentos judíos de la aldea de Chelm. Grade(s): 4-6 Singer, Isaac B. Fools of Chelm and Their History, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Singer, Isaac B. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. Grade(s): 6-8 Sleator, William. Singularity. Grade(s): 7-8 Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale. Grade(s): K-2 Small, Ernest, and Blair Lent. Baba Yaga. Grade(s): 4-6 Snyder, Zilpha K. Changeling, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Snyder, Zilpha K. Egypt Game, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace. Grade(s): 4-5 Sobol, Rose. Woman Chef. Grade(s): 6-8 Sonneborn, Ruth. Friday Night Is Papa Night. Grade(s): 2-4 Speare, Elizabeth. Sign of the Beaver. Grade(s): 4-6 Speare, Elizabeth. Witch of Blackbird Pond, The. Grade(s): 5-8 Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage. Grade(s): 4-6 Spier, Peter. Noah's Ark. Grade(s): K-3 Spier, Peter. Peter Spier's Rain. Grade(s): K-3 Spier, Peter (Illustrator). London Bridge Is Falling Down. Grade(s): K-3 St. George, Judith. Brooklyn Bridge: They Said It Couldn’t Be Built, The. Grade(s):

5-9 Stamm, Claus. Three Strong Women. Grade(s): 3-5 Starbird, Kaye. Covered Bridge House and Other Poems, The. Grade(s): 5-8 Steig, William. Abel's Island. Grade(s): 4-6

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Steig, William. Amazing Bone, The. Grade(s): 1-3 Steig, William. Amos and Boris. Grade(s): K-2 Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Grade(s): 1-3 Steinbeck, John. Red Pony, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Steptoe, John. Stevie. Grade(s): 2-3 Steptoe, John. Story of Jumping Mouse, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Stevenson, James. Could Be Worse! Grade(s): 2-5 Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped. Grade(s): 7-8 Stoutenburg, Adrien. American Tall Tales. Grade(s): 4-7 Stuart, Ellen. Beauty and the Beast. Grade(s): K-6 Sutcliff, Rosemary. Song for a Dark Queen. Grade(s): 7-8 Sutcliff, Rosemary. Sword and the Circle. Grade(s): 7-8 Sutherland, Zena, and Myra Livingston. Scott, Foresman Anthology of Children's

Literature, The. Grade(s): 2-6 Swinburne, Irene, and Lawrence Swinburne. Behind the Sealed Door: The Discovery

of the Tomb and Treasures of Tutankhamun. Grade(s): 4-6 Syme, Ronald. Geronimo: The Fighting Apache. Grade(s): 4-6 Syme, Ronald. Magellan: First Around the World. Grade(s): 4-6 Takashima, Shizuye. Child in Prison Camp, A. Grade(s): 4-6 Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Grade(s): 5-8 Taylor, Sidney. All-of-a-Kind Family. Grade(s): 4-6 Taylor, Theodore. Cay, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Taylor, Theodore. Trouble with Tuck, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Thane, Adele. Plays from Famous Stories and Fairy Tales. Grade(s): K-6 Thayer, Ernest L. Casey at the Bat. Grade(s): 3-8 Thong, Le Tinh. Popular Stories from Vietnam (Volume I). Grade(s): 3-8 Tobias, Tobi. Isamu Noguchi: The Life of a Sculptor. Grade(s): 3-6 Tobias, Tobi. Maria Tallchief. Grade(s): 3-6 Tobias, Tobi. Quitting Deal, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Todd, Barbara K. Juan Patricio. Grade(s): 2-3 Tolkien, J. R. R. Hobbit, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Toye, William. Loon's Necklace, The. Grade(s): K-3 Traven, B. Assembly Line. Grade(s): 7-8 Tripp, Wallace. Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason from

Mother Goose. Grade(s): K-6 Tripp, Wallace. Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me: A Book of

Nonsense Verse, A. Grade(s): 3-6 Tunis, Edwin. Frontier Living. Grade(s): 4-6 Turin, Adela, and Nella Bosnia. Arturo y Clementina. Grade(s): K-3 Turin, Adela, and Nella Bosnia. Una feliz catástrophe. Grade(s): 4-6 Turkle, Brinton. Deep in the Forest. Grade(s): K-4 Turkle, Brinton. Do Not Open. Grade(s): 3-6 Tusquets, Esther. La conejita Marcela. Grade(s): 4-6 Twain, Mark. Prince and the Pauper, The. Grade(s): 7-8 Uchida, Yoshiko. Best Bad Things, The (part of a trilogy). Grade(s): 4-8 Uchida, Yoshiko. Happiest Ending, The (part of a trilogy). Grade(s): 4-8

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Uchida, Yoshiko. Jar of Dreams, A (part of a trilogy). Grade(s): 4-8 Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey Home. Grade(s): 4-6 Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz. Grade(s): 4-6 Uchida, Yoshiko. Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from Japan. Grade(s): 1-4 Uchida, Yoshiko. Sea of Gold and Other Tales from Japan. Grade(s): 1-4 Udry, Janice M. Tree Is Nice, A. Grade(s): K-3 Udry, Janice M. What Mary Jo Shared. Grade(s): K-1 Ungerer, Tomi. Crictor. Grade(s): 3-6 Uribe, Maria de la Luz. Cuenta que te cuento. Grade(s): 4-6 Uribe, Maria de la Luz. La señorita Amelia. Grade(s): K-3 Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji. Grade(s): 4-6 Van Allsburg, Chris. Mysteries of Harris Burdick. Grade(s): 2-5 Van Duong, Quyen, and Jewell R. Coburn. Beyond the East Wind: Legends and

Folktales of Vietnam. Grade(s): 4-8 Van Leeuwen, Jean. Tales of Oliver Pig. Grade(s): 1-4 Vega, Blanca de la. Antología de la poesía infantil. Grade(s): 4-6 Ventura, Piero. Christopher Columbus. Grade(s): 3-5 Ventura, Piero. Marco Polo. Grade(s): 4-6 Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. Grade(s): 7-8 Verne, Jules. Journey to the Center of the Earth. Grade(s): 7-8 Vinke, Herman. Short Life of Sophie Scholl, The. Grade(s): 3-5 Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Grade(s): 1-6 Viorst, Judith. If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries. Grade(s): 3-6 Viorst, Judith. Tenth Good Thing About Barney, The. Grade(s): K-3 Voig, Cynthia T. Dicey's Song. Grade(s): 7-8 Waber, Bernard. Anteater Named Arthur. Grade(s): 2-4 Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over. Grade(s): 1-3 Wagner, Jenny. John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat. Grade(s): K-4 Walker, Barbara M. Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls

Wilder’s Classic Stories, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Walsh, Maria Elena. Tutu maramba. Grade(s): 4-6 Ward, Lynd. Biggest Bear, The. Grade(s): K-3 Ward, Lynd. Silver Pony: A Story in Pictures, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Wartski, Maureen C. Boat to Nowhere. Grade(s): 7-8 Watson, Clyde. Father Fox's Pennyrhymes. Grade(s): K-1 Weaver, Harriett E. Frosty: A Raccoon to Remember. Grade(s): 5-6 Weber, William J. Care of Uncommon Pets. Grade(s): 3-5 Weiss, Harvey. Hammer and Saw. Grade(s): 3-6 Wells, H. G. War of the Worlds. Grade(s): 7-8 White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web. Grade(s): 4-6 White, E. B. Stuart Little. Grade(s): 4-6 Whitney, Alex. Stiff Ears. Grade(s): 2-4 Wibberley, Leonard. Dawn in the Trees: The Thomas Jefferson Years, 1776 to

1789, A. Grade(s): 4-6

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Wibberley, Leonard. Young Man from Piedmont: The Youth of Thomas Jefferson. Grade(s): 4-6

Wiesner, William. Turnabout. Grade(s): 3-6 Wilde,Oscar. El principe feliz. Grade(s): 4-6 Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. Grade(s): 2-4 Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie. Grade(s): 4-8 Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On the Banks of Plum Creek. Grade(s): 5-6 Wildsmith, Brian. Brian Wildsmith's ABC. Grade(s): K-1 Wildsmith, Brian (Adaptor/Illustrator). Miller, the Boy and the Donkey, The. Grade(s):

3-6 Wildsmith, Brian (Illustrator). Lion and the Rat: A Fable by La Fontaine, The.

Grade(s): 2-6 Willard, Nancy. Simple Pictures Are Best. Grade(s): K-2 Williams, Jay. Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like. Grade(s): 3-6 Williams, Jay. Practical Princess and Other Stories, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Williams, Margery. Velveteen Rabbit, The. Grade(s): 2-4 Williams, Vera. Chair for My Mother (and other titles). Grade(s): 2-4 Wilner, Isabel. Poetry Troupe, The. Grade(s): 2-6 Wiseman, David. Jeremy Visick. Grade(s): 5-6 Wojciechowska, Maia. Shadow of a Bull. Grade(s): 6-8 Wolf, Bernard. Don't Feel Sorry for Paul. Grade(s): 5-8 Wolf, Bernard. In This Proud Land: The Story of a Mexican-American Family.

Grade(s): 4-8 Wolkstein, Diane. Banza, The. Grade(s): K-3 Woods, Harold, and Geraldine Woods. Bill Cosby: Making America Laugh and

Learn. Grade(s): 2-5 Worth, Valerie. Small Poems. Grade(s): 1-4 Wrightson, Patricia. Racecourse for Andy, A. Grade(s): 6-8 Wyndham, Robert. Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes. Grade(s): K-2 Yagawa, Sumiko. Crane Wife, The. Grade(s): 4-6 Yarbrough, Camille. Corn Rows. Grade(s): 3-6 Yashima, Mitsu, and Taro Yashima. Momo’s Kitten. Grade(s): K-3 Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy. Grade(s): 2-3 Yashima, Taro. Umbrella. Grade(s): K-3 Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man. Grade(s): 6-8 Yee, Diane C. Gung hay fat choy. Grade(s): K-3 Yep, Laurence. Child of the Owl. Grade(s): K-3, 7-8 Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. Grade(s): 5-6 Yolen, Jane. Emperor and the Kite, The. Grade(s): 3-6 Yue, Charlotte. Tipi: A Center of Native American Life, The. Grade(s): 5-6 Zemach, Harve. Duffy and the Devil. Grade(s): 3-5 Zemach, Harve. Nail Soup. Grade(s): 3-6 Zemach, Margot. It Could Always Be Worse. Grade(s): 1-4 Zemach, Margot. Self-Portrait. Grade(s): 5-6 Zion, Gene. Harry, the Dirty Dog. Grade(s): K-3 Zolotow, Charlotte. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. Grade(s): K-3

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Zolotow, Charlotte. My Grandson Lew. Grade(s): K-3 Zolotow, Charlotte. Quarreling Book, The. Grade(s): K-3 Zolotow, Charlotte. William's Doll. Grade(s): K-2