I-276 Summer Reading List

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Reading Level Key:

K = kindergarten; 1 = 1st grade; 2 = 2

nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4

th grade … A = adult

SUMMER READING LIST

Title Author Level

A Big Ball of String Holland, Marion K-2

A Bug, A Bear, and a Boy McPhail, David K-2

A Gift-Bear for the King Memling, Carl K-2

A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions Krauss, Ruth K-2

A Little House of Your Own de Regniers, Beatrice K-2

A Picture for Harold’s Room Johnson, Crockett K-2

A Pocketful of Cricket Caudill, Rebecca K-2

A Question of Yams Repp, Gloria K-2

A Treasury of Children’s Literature Eisen, Armand K-2

A Tree is Nice Udry, Janice May K-2 A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver Aliki K-2

A Zooful of Animals Cole, William K-2

Abraham Lincoln d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2

Albert the Albatross Hoff, Syd K-2

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo K-2

All the Way Home Segal, Lore K-2

Amelia Bedelia – any book Parish, Peggy K-2

Amigo Baylor, Byrd K-2

An Anteater Named Arthur Waber, Bernard K-2

And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby K-2

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Fritz, Jean K-2

Angus and the Cat Flack, Marjorie K-2

Animals Colors Wildsmith, Brian K-2

Ant Plays Bear Byars, Betsy K-2

Apple and the Arrow, The Buff, Mary K-2

Are You My Mother? Eastman, Philip K-2

Arthur and the Golden Guinea Berwick, Jean K-2

Ask Mister Bear Flack, Marjorie K-2

B is for Betsy Haywood, Carolyn K-2

Baby Animals Williams, Garth K-2

Barney’s Horse Hoff, Syd K-2

Bear Circus du Bois, William Pène K-2

Beast of Monsieur Racine, The Ungerer, Tomi K-2

Beauty and the Beast Brett, Jan K-2

Beaver Pond, The Tresselt, Alvin K-2

Bed Book, The Plath, Sylvia K-2

Beginner’s Bible, The Henley, Karyn K-2

Benjamin Franklin d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2

Benjy’s Dog House Graham, Margaret K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Bertie’s Picture Day Brisson, Pat K-2

Best Friends Cohen, Miriam K-2

Best Nest, The Eastman, Philip K-2

Best Trick, The Lewis, Rebecca K-2

Best-Loved Doll, The Caudill, Rebecca K-2

Big Balloon Race, The Coerr, Eleanor K-2

Big Dog, Little Dog Eastman, Philip K-2

Big Snow, The Hader, Berta K-2

Biggest House in the World, The Lionni, Leo K-2

Billy and Blaze – any book Anderson, Clarence K-2

Blueberries for Sal McCloskey, Robert K-2

Book of Giant Stories Harrison, David K-2

Boston Coffee Party, The Rappaport, Doreen K-2

Bravest Dog Ever, The: The Ture Story of Balto Standiford, Natalie K-2

Broderick Ormondroyd, Edward K-2

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor K-2

Bundle Book, The Krauss, Ruth K-2

Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters Schwartz, Alvin K-2

Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? Fritz, Jean K-2

Captain Cat Hoff, Syd K-2

Chalk Box Story, The Freeman, Don K-2

Chang’s Paper Pony Coerr, Eleanor K-2

Chester Hoff, Syd K-2

Chick and the Duckling, The Ginsburg, Mirra K-2

Clara and the Bookwagon Levinson, Nancy K-2

Clifford the Big Red Dog – any book Bridwell, Norman K-2

Cloud Book, The De Paola, Tomie K-2

Columbus d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2

Come Again in the Spring Kennedy, Richard K-2

Come and Play, Hippo Thaler, Mike K-2

Corduroy – any book Freeman, Don K-2

Corgiville Fair Tudor, Tasha K-2

Cow in the House, The Ziefert, Harriet K-2

Crictor Ungerer, Tomi K-2

Curious George – any book Rey, H.A. K-2

Dandelion Freeman, Don K-2

Daniel’s Duck Bulla, Clyde Robert K-2

Danny and the Dinosaur – any book Hoff, Syd K-2

Dawn Shulevitz, Uri K-2

Day No Sheep Showed Up, The McPhail, David K-2

Day the Circus Came to Lone Tree, The Rounds, Glen K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, The Goudey, Alice K-2

Dick Whittington and His Cat Brown, Marcia K-2

Digby Hazen, Barbara K-2

Dinosaur Time Parish, Peggy K-2

Do You Know What I’ll Do? Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

Dogger Hughes, Shirley K-2

Dragon in the Clock Box, The Craig, M. Jean K-2

Dust for Dinner Turner, Ann K-2

Early Bird, The or any Step-into-Reading Scarry book Scarry, Richard K-2

Egermeier’s Bible Story Book Egermeier, Elsie K-2

Emma’s Magic Winter Little, Jean K-2

Emma’s Yucky Brother Little, Jean K-2

Eric the Red & Leif the Lucky Schiller, Barbara K-2

Evan’s Corner Hill, Elizabeth K-2

Exactly Alike Ness, Evaline K-2

Fables Lobel, Arthur K-2

Fair, The Craft, Ruth K-2

Family Under the Moon, The Jewell, Nancy K-2

Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Karlin, Nurit K-2

Father Bear Comes Home Minarik, Else K-2

Fire Cat, The Averill, Esther Holden K-2

Fish is Fish Lionni, Leo K-2

Five True Dog Stories Davidson, Margaret K-2

Flap Your Wings Eastman, Philip K-2

Four Frogs in a Box Mayer, Mercer K-2

Fox Eyes Brown, Margaret Wise K-2

Frances – any book Hoban, Russell K-2

Frederick Lionni, Leo K-2

Friend Monkey Travers, Pamela L. K-2

Frog and Toad – any book Lobel, Arthur K-2

Frog Went A-Courtin’ Langstaff, John K-2

From Arapesh to Zuni: A Book of Bibleless Peoples Lewis, Karen K-2

George and Martha – any book Marshall, James K-2

George the Drummer Boy Benchley, Nathaniel K-2

George Washington d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2

Gilberto and the Wind Ets, Marie Hall K-2

Go and Hush the Baby Byars, Betsy K-2

Go, Dog, Go! Eastman, Philip K-2

Gods Must be Angry, The Miller, Sheila K-2

Goggles! Keats, Ezra Jack K-2

Golly Sisters, The Byars, Betsy K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Granny – any book Parish, Peggy K-2

Granny Han’s Breakfast Groves, Sheila K-2

Greg’s Microscope Selsam, Millicent K-2

Grizzwold Hoff, Syd K-2

Hailstones and Halibut Bones O’Neill, Mary K-2

Harley Livingstone, Star K-2

Harry the Dirty Dog- any in series Zion, Gene K-2

Harvey’s Hideout Hoban, Russell K-2

Hector Protector Sendak, Maurice K-2

Hercules: The Story of an Old Fashioned Fire Engine Gramatky, Hardie K-2

Herman’s Hat Mendoza, Geroge K-2

Hi, Cat! Keats, Ezra Jack K-2

Higglety, Pigglety Pop Sendak, Maurice K-2

High Rise Private Eyes, The Rylant, Cynthia K-2

Hill of Fire Lewis, Thomas P. K-2

Horse in Harry’s Room, The Hoff, Syd K-2

Hot Fudge Hero Brisson, Pat K-2

How Do They Build It? Hildebrandt, Tim K-2

How the Forest Grew Jaspersohn, William K-2

How the Rooster Saved the Day Lobel, Arthur K-2

How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World McNulty, Faith K-2

I Like to Be Little Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

I Love You, Mouse Graham, John K-2

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Schwartz, Alvin K-2

Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo K-2

Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard K-2

Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur Hoban, Lillian K-2

Johnny Appleseed Kellogg, Steven K-2

Josefina Story Quilt, The Coerr, Eleanor K-2

Julius Hoff, Syd K-2

Just Me Ets, Marie K-2

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter K-2

Lazy Bear, The Wildsmith, Brian K-2

Lentil McCloskey, Robert K-2

Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert K-2

Lighthouse Children, The Hoff, Syd K-2

Lincoln – any book Fife, Dale K-2

Linnea in Monet’s Garden Bjork, Christina K-2

Listen & Read Favorite Poems of Childhood Smith, Philip K-2

Little Bear – any book Minarik, Else K-2

Little Chick’s Friend Duckling Kwitz, Mary K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Little Critter’s Read-It-Yourself Story Book Mayer, Mercer K-2

Little Eddie Haywood, Carolyn K-2

Little Engine That Could, The De Paola, Tomie K-2

Little Horse Byars, Betsy K-2

Little Red Hen, The Galdone, Paul K-2

Little Red Hen, The McQueen, Lucinda (Illus.) K-2

Little Sister, Big Sister Brisson, Pat K-2

Little Toot Gramatky, Hardie K-2

Little Wood Duck, The Wildsmith, Brian K-2

Lollipop Party, The Sonneborn, Ruth K-2

Long Way to a New Land, The Sandin, Joan K-2

Long Way Westward, The Sandin, Joan K-2

Lost Zoo, The Cullen, Countee K-2

Madeline – any book Bemelmans, Ludwig K-2

Magical Hands Barker, Marjorie K-2

Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert K-2

Marvin Redpost series – any book Sachar, Louis K-2

May I Bring a Friend? de Regniers, Beatrice K-2

Meet George Washington Heilbroner, Joan K-2

Meet Thomas Jefferson Barrett, Marvin K-2

Millions of Cats Gág, Wanda K-2

Milton the Early Riser Kraus, Robert K-2

Mitten, The Tresselt, Alvin K-2

Monkey and the Crocodile, The Galdone, Paul K-2

Mop Top Freeman, Don K-2

Morris Goes to School Wiseman, Bernard K-2

Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes Low, Joseph K-2

Mouse House Godden, Rumer K-2

Mouse Soup Lobel, Arthur K-2

Mouse Tales Lobel, Arthur K-2

Moy Moy Politi, Leo K-2

Mr. Grumpy’s Outing Burningham, John K-2

Mr. Putter and Tabby - any book Rylant, Cynthia K-2

Mr. Small or Little Books, The Lenski, Lois K-2

Mrs. Brice’s Mice Hoff, Syd K-2

Mud Flat April Fool Stevenson, James K-2

My Book About Hudson Miller, Sheila K-2

My Brother Ant Byars, Betsy K-2

New Boy on the Sidewalk, The Craig, M. Jean K-2

New Teacher, The Cohen, Miriam K-2

Nightingale, The Andersen, Hans Christian K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Nine Hundred Buckets of Paint Becker K-2

No Kiss for Mother Ungerer, Tomi K-2

Noah’s Ark – any book by this author Spier, Peter K-2

Norman the Doorman Freeman, Don K-2

North American Indians Gorsline, Douglas K-2

Not Too Small After All Clymer, Eleanor K-2

Nursery Rhymes for Certain Times De La mare, Walter K-2

Nutshell Library Sendak, Maurice K-2

Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog Galdone, Paul K-2

Old Woman and Her Pig Galdone, Paul K-2

Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle, The Godden, Rumer K-2

Oliver Hoff, Syd K-2

One Bad Thing About Father, The Monjo, F. N. K-2

One Monster After Another Mayer, Mercer K-2

One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert K-2

Open House for Butterflies Krauss, Ruth K-2

Oscar Otter Benchley, Nathaniel K-2

Otto and the Magic Potatoes du Bois, William Pène K-2

Owl at Home Lobel, Arthur K-2

Owliver Kraus, Robert K-2

Pajama Party Hest, Amy K-2

Peter’s Chair Keats, Ezra Jack K-2

Petunia – any book Duvoisin, Roder K-2

Pharaohs and Pyramids Allan, Tony K-2

Phoebe the Spy Griffin, Judith K-2

Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving, The McGovern, Ann K-2

Play With Me Ets, Marie K-2

Pocahontas d’Aulaire, Ingri K-2

Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert K-2

Poems & Prayers for the Very Young Alexander, Lloyd K-2

Poems to Read to the Very Young Frank, Josette K-2

Popcorn Dragon, The Thayer, Jane K-2

Prayers from the Ark Bernos deGasztold, Carmen K-2

Put Me in the Zoo Lopshire, Robert K-2

Quarrelling Book, The Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

Ready, Set, Go Stadler, John K-2

Red Fox and His Canoe Benchley, Nathaniel K-2

Richard Scarry’s Best Read-It-Yourself Book Ever Scarry, Richard K-2

Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman Henry, Marguerite K-2

Runaway Giant, The Holl, Adelaide K-2

Sable Hesse, Karen K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Sammy the Seal Hoff, Syd K-2

Seal and the Slick, The Freeman, Don K-2

Seasons Burningham, John K-2

Seven Little Monsters Sendak, Maurice K-2

Shadow Book, The de Regniers, Beatrice K-2

Silkworms Johnson, Sylvia K-2

Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny Hoban, Lillian K-2

Silly Tilly’s Thanksgiving Dinner Hoban, Lillian K-2

Silly Tilly’s Valentine Hoban, Lillian K-2

Simple Pictures are Best Willard, Nancy K-2

Skippack School De Angeli, Marguerite K-2

Sleepy Book Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

Snow Shulevitz, Uri K-2

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Burkert, Nancy K-2

Snowshoe Thompson Levinson, Nancy K-2

Snowy Day, The Keats, Ezra Jack K-2

Snuggle Bunny, The Jewell, Nancy K-2

Stanley Hoff, Syd K-2

Steamroller: A Fantasy, The Brown, Margaret Wise K-2

Stone Soup Brown, Marcia K-2

Stop that Ball! McClintock, Marshall K-2

Story About Ping, The Flack, Marjorie K-2

Story of Ferdinand, The Leaf, Munro K-2

Sun Up, Sun Down Gibbons, Gail K-2

Sunken Treasure Gibbons, Gail K-2

Surprises Hopkins, Lee K-2

Swimmy Lionni, Leo K-2

Tales of Amanda Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean K-2

Tales of Oliver Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean K-2

Then and Now Amery, Heather K-2

Theodore Ormondroyd, Edward K-2

There is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales Schwartz, Alvin K-2

Things People Do Usborne K-2

This Year’s Garden Rylant, Cynthia K-2

Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Brown, Marcia K-2

Thy Friend, Obadiah Turkle, Brinton K-2

Tico and the Golden Wings Lionni, Leo K-2

Time of Wonder McCloskey, Robert K-2

Treasure, The Shulevitz, Uri K-2

True Stories About Abraham Lincoln Gross, Ruth K-2

Two Good Friends Delton, Judy K-2


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Two is a Team Beim, Lorraine K-2

Two is Company Delton, Judy K-2

Usborne – any book Usborne K-2

Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara K-2

Walpole Hoff, Syd K-2

Walter, the Lazy Mouse Flack, Marjorie K-2

Water-Babies, The Kingsley, Charles K-2

Wee Gillis Leaf, Munro K-2

What Do You Do, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle K-2

What do You Hear When Cows Sing Maestro, Marco K-2

What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle K-2

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Fritz, Jean K-2

What’s Under the Sea Usborne K-2

When I Was Young in the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia K-2

When the Wind Stops Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains? Garelick, May K-2

Where’s Wallace? Knight, Hilary K-2

Who Will Be My Friends? Hoff, Syd K-2

Who’s that in the Mirror? Bernends, Polly K-2

Whobody There? Morse, Charles K-2

Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert K-2

Why Do Tigers Have Stripes? Usborne K-2

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Aardema, Verna K-2

Will I Have A Friend? Cohen, Miriam K-2

William’s Doll - any book by this author Zolotow, Charlotte K-2

Winter at Valley Forge Knight, James K-2

Yonder Johnston, Tony K-2

You Look Ridiculous, Said the Rhinoceros to the Hippopotamus Waber, Bernard K-2

Young Cam Jansen - any Adler, David K-2

Ancient Greeks in the Land of the Gods, The Descamps-Lequime, Sophie K-3

Beatrix Potter Books – any book Potter, Beatrix K-3

Chanticleer and the Fox Cooney, Barbara K-3

Drinking Gourd, The: A Story of the Underground RR Monjo, F. N. K-3

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate & the Wright Brothers Shea, George K-3

Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin K-3

How Many Days to America? Bunting, Eve K-3

I’ll Meet You at the Cucumbers Moore, Lilian K-3

If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake Levine, Ellen K-3

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution Levy, Elizabeth K-3

Katy No-Pocket Payne, Emmy K-3

Magic Tree House – any book Osborne, Mary Pope K-3


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Mice of the Herring Bone Davis, Tim K-3

Nate the Great – any in series Sharmat, Marjorie K-3

Ride on the Wind Dalgliesh, Alice K-3

Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Ness, Evaline K-3

Seuss – any Dr. Seuss book Seuss, Dr. K-3

Tale of Peter Rabbit, the Potter, Beatrix K-3

Wall, The Bunting, Eve K-3

Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice K-3

White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt, Alvin K-3

A Certain Small Shepherd Caudill, Rebecca 2-3

A Lion to Guard Us Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3

Ancient Egypt Nicholson, Robert & Watts, Claire 2-3

Chalk Box Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3

Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? Caudill, Rebecca 2-3

Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll Branley, Franklyn 2-3

Horton Hatches an Egg Seuss, Dr. 2-3

Little House, The Burton, Virginia Lee 2-3

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee 2-3

Rome and Romans Amery, Heather 2-3

Sarah, Plain and Tall – any book MacLachlan, Patricia 2-3

Shoeshine Girl Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-3

Stories Huey Tells, The Cameron, Ann 2-3

Titanic: Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 2-3

Trail of Apple Blossoms Hunt, Irene 2-3

Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 2-3

Volcanoes Branley, Franklyn 2-3

White Stallion, The Shub, Elizabeth 2-3

Wizard of Menlo Park: Story of Thomas Alva Edison Davidison, Margaret 2-3

A Book of Coupons Morgenstern, Susie 2-4

A Dog Called Kitty Wallace, Bill 2-4

A Grain of Rice Pittman, Helena 2-4

Adopted by an Owl: The True Story of Jackson the owl van Frankenhuyzen, Robbyn Smith 2-4

Aesop for Children, The Winter, Milo 2-4

Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories Smith, Philip 2-4

All the Small Poems and Fourteen More Worth, Valerie 2-4

Amazing Bone, The Steig, William 2-4

American Adventures: True Stories of America’s Past Greenberg, Morrie 2-4

Amos and Boris Steig, William 2-4

An Arkful of Animals Cole, William 2-4

Arabs in the Golden Age Moktefi, Mokhtar 2-4

Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Dalgliesh, Alice 2-4


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Biggest Bear, The Ward, Lynd 2-4

Bobbsey Twins – any book Hope, Laura Lee 2-4

Boxcar Children, The – any book Warner, Gertrude C. 2-4

Canada: The Land Kalman, Bobbie 2-4

Carp in the Bathtub, The Cohen, Barbara 2-4

Charlotte’s Web White, E.B. 2-4

Cleopatra Stanley, Diane 2-4

Cornerstones of Freedom – any in series Various authors 2-4

Courage of Sarah Noble, The Dalgliesh, Alice 2-4

Crash Spinelli, Jerry 2-4

Crow Boy Yashima, Taro 2-4

Finding Buck Henry Slote, Alfred 2-4

Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire 2-4

Flip Dennis, Wesley 2-4

Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, The Ransome, Arthur 2-4

Giant, The du Bois, William Pène 2-4

Great Geppy, The du Bois, William Pène 2-4

Green Book, The Walsh, Jill Paton 2-4

Hang Tough, Paul Mather Slote, Alfred 2-4

Hannah Whelan, Gloria 2-4

Helen Keller Davidson, Margaret 2-4

Hero Over Here Kudlinski, Kathleen 2-4

Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks, The Ciardi, John 2-4

Introducing Michelangelo Richmond, Robin 2-4

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – any book Waber, Bernard 2-4

Magic School Bus – any book Cole, Joanna 2-4

Martin Luther King, Jr: A Man to Remember McKissack, Pat 2-4

Minstrel in the Tower, The Skurzinsky, Gloria 2-4

Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars MacGregor, Ellen 2-4

My Father’s Dragon - any in series Gannett, Ruth Stiles 2-4

Next Spring an Oriole Whelan, Gloria 2-4

Night of the Full Moon Whelan, Gloria 2-4

Old Ramon Schaefer, Jack 2-4

Owls in the Family Mowat, Farley 2-4

Paul Revere – any biography by this author Stevenson, Augusta 2-4

Rabbit Hill Lawson, Robert 2-4

Red Sails to Capri Weil, Ann 2-4

Roland, the Minstrel Pig Steig, William 2-4

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 2-4

Sarah Whitcher’s Story Yates, Elizabeth 2-4

Shadow of the Wolf Whelan, Gloria 2-4


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy Blumberg, Rhoda 2-4

Silver Whelan, Gloria 2-4

Song of the Swallows Politi, Leo 2-4

Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-4

Stone Fox Gardiner, John 2-4

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William 2-4

Three Dollar Mule Bulla, Clyde Robert 2-4

Tooter Pepperday Spinelli, Jerry 2-4

Tough Winter Lawson, Robert 2-4

Trojan Horse, The Little, Emily 2-4

Twenty and Ten Bishop, Claire 2-4

Two Tickets to Freedom Freedman, Florence 2-4

Umbrella Yashima, Taro 2-4

Undersea Pick, Christopher 2-4

Velveteen Rabbit, The Williams, Margery 2-4

We’ll Race Henry, A Story about Henry Ford Mitchell, Barbara 2-4

Yellow and Pink Steig, William 2-4

War of 1812, The Morris, Richard 2-4

Encyclopedia Brown – any book Sobol, Donald 3-4

Henry and Ribsy Cleary, Beverly 3-4

Henry Huggins Cleary, Beverly 3-4

Li Lun, Lad of Courage Treffinger, Carolyn 3-4

Life When Jesus was a Boy Maxwell, Cassandre 3-4

Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story About Levi Strauss Weidt, Maryann N. 3-4

My Brother Stevie Clymer, Eleanor 3-4

Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest McGovern, Ann 3-4

Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly 3-4

Ali and the Golden Eagle Grover, Wayne 3-5

Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3-5

Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly 3-5

Diary of an Early American Boy Sloane, Eric 3-5

Ellen Tebbits Cleary, Beverly 3-5

Good Master, The Seredy, Kate 3-5

Leonardo da Vinci Marshall, Norman V. 3-5

Lion in the Box: A Christmas Story De Angeli, Marguerite 3-5

Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry 3-5

Mars Diaries - series Brouwer, Sigmund 3-5

My Daniel Conrad, Pam 3-5

Otis Spofford Cleary, Beverly 3-5

Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 3-5

Seabird Holling, Holling Clancy 3-5


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet Cwiklik, Robert 3-5

Socks Cleary, Beverly 3-5

Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry 3-5

Summer of the Swans, The Byars, Betsy 3-5

Toliver’s Secret Brady, Esther 3-5

A Bear Called Paddington – any book Bond, Michael 3-6

A Part of the Sky Peck, Robert Newton 3-6

A Swiftly Tilting Planet L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6

A Wind in the Door L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6

A Wrinkle in Time L’Engle, Madeleine 3-6

After the Goat Man Byars, Betsy 3-6

Alexander the Great Green, Peter 3-6

All Sail Set Sperry, Armstrong 3-6

Awesome Book of Bible Facts Silverthorne, Sandy 3-6

Bandit of Ashley Downs, The Jackson, Dave 3-6

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum Bryan, Ashley 3-6

Betsy and Tacy - any in series Lovelace, Maud Hart 3-6

Bingo Brown - series Byars, Betsy 3-6

Bolivar Guyatt, John 3-6

Bully for You, Teddy, Roosevelt! Fritz, Jean 3-6

By the Great Horn Spoon Fleischman, Sid 3-6

Cabin Faced West, The Fritz, Jean 3-6

Calico Bush Field, Rachel 3-6

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 3-6

Children’s Homer, The Colum, Padraic 3-6

Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Kalnay, Francis 3-6

Classic Myths to Read Aloud: Greek and Roman Myths Russell, William 3-6

Disappearing Acts, series Byars, Betsy 3-6

Eighteenth Emergency, The Byars, Betsy 3-6

Empty Schoolhouse, The Carlson, Natalie 3-6

Escape to the Jungle: Stories of Missionary Experiences Sonlight Cirriculum 3-6

Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie 3-6

Flames Across the Susquehanna Banner, Glenn 3-6

Flight of the Fugitive Jackson, Dave 3-6

Follow My Leader Garfield, James 3-6

Genghis Khan – Mongol Emperor Humphrey, Judy 3-6

George Washington Carver Collins, David 3-6

Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible, The Taylor, Paul S. 3-6

Great Wheel, The Lawson, Robert 3-6

Guns for General Washington Reit, Seymour 3-6

Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse Selden, George 3-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Hidden Jewel, The Jackson, Dave 3-6

Homesick Fritz, Jean 3-6

I, Houdini Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6

Imprisoned in the Golden City Jackson, Dave 3-6

In Grandma’s Attic – any book in the series Richardson, Arleta 3-6

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao 3-6

Incas, Aztecs and Mayans Holzmann, John 3-6

Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6

Ink on His Fingers Vernon, Louise A. 3-6

James and the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 3-6

Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead 3-6

Jungle Book, The Kipling, Rudyard 3-6

Kildee House Montgomery, Rutherford 3-6

Land I Lost, The Huynh, Quang Nhuong 3-6

Land I Lost, The: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam Nhuong, Huynh Quang 3-6

Life of David Livingstone, The Worcester, Mrs. J. H. 3-6

Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman, Russell 3-6

Little House Books – any book Wilder, Laura Ingalls 3-6

Little House on Rocky Ridge MacBride, Roger Lea 3-6

Little Pear Lattimore, Eleanor F. 3-6

Little Pilgrim’s Progress Taylor, Helen 3-6

Midnight Fox, The Byars, Betsy 3-6

Miracles on Maple Hill Sorenson, Virginia 3-6

Misty of Chincoteague – any other in this series Henry, Marguerite 3-6

Mother West Wind’s Children - any in series Burgess, Thornton 3-6

My Side of the Mountain – any in Trilogy George, Jean Craighead 3-6

Not-Just-Anybody Family - series Byars, Betsy 3-6

On to Oregon! Morrow, Honoré 3-6

Ordinary Princess, The Kaye, Mary Margaret 3-6

Paddle to the Sea Holling, Holling Clancy 3-6

Plain Girl Sorensen, Virginia 3-6

Poem Stew Cole, William 3-6

Pompeii - Buried Alive! Kunhardt, Edith 3-6

Princess and Curdie, The MacDonald, George 3-6

Return of the Indian, The Banks, Lynne Reid 3-6

Roman Mysteries, The Lawrence, Caroline 3-6

Secret Language, The Nordstrom, Ursula 3-6

Secret of the Andes Clark, Ann Nolan 3-6

Seven Daughters and Seven Sons Cohen, Barbara 3-6

Shadrach De Jong, Meindert 3-6

Sisters in Time – any from this series Lutz, Norma Jean & others 3-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Snow Treasure McSwigan, Marie 3-6

South America Georges, D.V. 3-6

Star of Light St. John, Patricia 3-6

Story of the Great Depression, The Stein, R. Conrad 3-6

Swift Rivers Meigs, Cornelia 3-6

Tales of a Korean Grandmother Carpenter, Frances 3-6

Tales of the Odyssey Osborne, Mary Pope 3-6

Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor Watson, D. Jeanene 3-6

Terrible Wave, The Dahlstedt, Marden 3-6

Thieves of Tyburn Square Jackson, Dave 3-6

Tikta’liktak; An Eskimo Legend Houston, James 3-6

Time Traveler’s Omnibus Usborne 3-6

To the Top! Kramer, Sydelle 3-6

Trial by Poison Jackson, Dave 3-6

Turn Homeward, Hannalee Beatty, Patricia 3-6

Understood Betsy Fisher, Dorothy 3-6

Walk the World’s Rim Baker, Betty 3-6

Walkabout Marshall, James 3-6

Wally McDoogle – any book Myers, Bill 3-6

Water Sky George, Jean Craighead 3-6

Wheel on the School, The De Jong, Meindert 3-6

Whipping Boy, The Fleischman, Sid 3-6

White Queen: The Story of Mary Slessor McFarlan, Donald 3-6

White Stallion of Lipizza Henry, Marguerite 3-6

World Geography Usborne 3-6

Wright Brothers, The Reynolds, Quentin 3-6

You Can Change the World: Learning to Pray Spraggett, Daphne 3-6

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Lewis, Elizabeth 3-6

A Boy’s War Michell, David 4-6

A Day No Pigs Would Die Peck, Robert Newton 4-6

A Family Apart: The Orphan Train Quartet Nixon, Joan Lowry 4-6

A Jar of Dreams Uchida, Yoshiko 4-6

A Murder for Her Majesty Hilgartner, Beth 4-6

A Papa Like Everyone Else Taylor, Sydney 4-6

A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascal McPherson, Joyce 4-6

A Traitor Among Us Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth 4-6

A Tree for Peter Seredy, Kate 4-6

A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls Hawthorne, Nathaniel 4-6

A Year Down Yonder Peck, Richard 4-6

Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House North, Sterling 4-6

Abel’s Island Steig, William 4-6


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Abigail Adams: First Lady of Faith and Courage Witter, Evelyn 4-6

About the B-nai Bagles Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Adventure of Pinocchio, The Collodi, Carlo 4-6

Adventures of the Greek Heroes McLean/Wiseman 4-6

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 4-6

All of a Kind Family, any in series Taylor, Sydney 4-6

Alligator Case, The du Bois, William Pène 4-6

Along Came a Dog De Jong, Meindert 4-6

Altogether, One at a Time Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The Giblin, James Cross 4-6

America’s Paul Revere Forbes, Esther 4-6

American Tall Tales Stoutenburg, Adrien 4-6

Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 4-6

An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May 4-6

And Now Miguel Krumgold, Joseph 4-6

Andy Buckram’s Tin Men Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6

Apprentice, The Llorente, Pilar Molina 4-6

Arabian Nights Lang, Andrew 4-6

At the Back of the North Wind MacDonald, George 4-6

Babe, the Gallant Pig – or other animal stories King-Smith, Dick 4-6

Baby Island Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6

Bambi: A Life in the Woods Salten, Felix 4-6

Bartholomew Fair Stolz, Mary 4-6

Behind Rebel Lines Reit, Seymour 4-6

Ben and Me Lawson, Robert 4-6

Benjamin West And His Cat Grimalkin Henry, Marguerite 4-6

Big Red Kjelgaard, James A. 4-6

Big Wave, The Buck, Pearl 4-6

Birds, Beasts and Relatives Durrell, Gerald 4-6

Black Pearl, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Black Stallion – any book Farley, Walter 4-6

Black Star, Bright Dawn O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic Burleigh, Robert 4-6

Blind Colt, The Rounds, Glen 4-6

Blue Hills, The Goudge, Elizabeth 4-6

Blue Ridge Billy Lenski, Lois 4-6

Blue Willow Gates, Doris 4-6

Bold Journey: West with Lewis and Clark Bohner, Charles 4-6

Bonanza Girl Beatty, Patricia 4-6

Borrowers Avenged, The Norton, Mary 4-6

Borrowers, The Norton, Mary 4-6


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Boy’s King Arthur, The Lanier, Sidney 4-6

Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 4-6

Bright April De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6

Bright Freedom’s Song: A Story of the Underground Railroad Houston, Gloria 4-6

Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry, Marguerite 4-6

Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul 4-6

Buffalo Hunt Freedman, Russell 4-6

Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6

Call Me Charley Jackson, Jesse 4-6

Canyon Winter Morey, Walt 4-6

Capyboppy Peet, Bill 4-6

Carolina’s Courage Yates, Elizabeth 4-6

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee 4-6

Case of the Baker Street Irregular, The Newman, Robert 4-6

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Jacques, Brian 4-6

Castle in the Attic, The - series Winthrop, Elizabeth 4-6

Cat and Mrs. Cary, The Gates, Doris 4-6

Cay, The Taylor, Theodore 4-6

Celia and the Sweet Water Paterson, Katherine 4-6

Chestry Oak, The Seredy, Kate 4-6

Children of Green Knowe, The - series Boston, L. M. 4-6

Children of Noisy Village, The Lindgren, Astrid 4-6

Children of the Covered Wagon Carr, Mary Jane 4-6

Children of the Wild West Freedman, Russell 4-6

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang Fleming, Ian 4-6

Cinderella Evans, Charles Seddon 4-6

Coll and His White Pig Alexander, Lloyd 4-6

Complete Peterkin Papers, The Hale, Lucretia P. 4-6

Cotton in My Sack Lenski, Lois 4-6

Cranes in My Corral Hyde, Dayton 4-6

Cricket in Times Square, The Selden, George 4-6

Daddy Long Legs Webster, Jean 4-6

Darcy and Friends series Tada, Joni Eareckson 4-6

Death Walk Morey, Walt 4-6

Detectives in Togas Winterfield, Henry 4-6

Diving Bell, The Strasser, Todd 4-6

Dobry Shannon, Monica 4-6

Door in the Wall, The De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6

Dr. Dolittle – any book Lofting, Hugh 4-6

Early Thunder Fritz, Jean 4-6

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Freedman, Russell 4-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Elsie Dinsmore – any book Finley, Martha 4-6

Emily’s Runaway Imagination Cleary, Beverly 4-6

Enchanted Castle, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6

Erie Canal, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6

Escape from Warsaw Serraillier, Ian 4-6

Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, The MacLachlan, Patricia 4-6

Fairy Book: Red, Blue or Yellow Lang, Andrew 4-6

Fairy Tales Andersen, Hans Christian 4-6

Famous Men of the Middle Ages Haaren, John 4-6

Far Out the Long Canal De Jong, Meindert 4-6

Father’s Arcane Daughter Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Five Children and It Nesbit, Edith 4-6

Flight of the White Wolf Ellis, Mel 4-6

Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places Collins, Michael 4-6

Four-Story Mistake, The Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedman, Russell 4-6

Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman Sterling, Dorothy 4-6

Frindle Clements, Andrew 4-6

From Anna Little, Jean 4-6

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Frozen Summer Auch, Mary Jane 4-6

Gawgon, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-6

Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 4-6

George MacDonald – any book MacDonald, George 4-6

George Washington. Any historical figure. Giblin, James Cross 4-6

George Washington’s Breakfast Fritz, Jean 4-6

Ginger Pye Estes, Eleanor 4-6

Give Me Liberty: Story of the Declaration of Independence Freedman, Russell 4-6

Gloomy Gus Morey, Walt 4-6

Go Team Go Tunis, John R. 4-6

Golden Key, The MacDonald, George 4-6

Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

Good-bye, Mr. Chips Hilton, James 4-6

Great Brain – any book Fitzgerald, John 4-6

Guns of Naverone, The MacLean, Alistair 4-6

Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4-6

Henry Reed, Inc. Robertson, Keith 4-6

Her Majesty Grace Jones Langton, Jane 4-6

Hero Tales Jackson, Dave and Neta 4-6

Hero Tales: How Common Lives Reveal the Uncommon

Genius of America

Roosevelt, Theodore & Lodge,

Henry Cabot 4-6


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Hittite Warrior Williamson, Joanne 4-6

Hitty – Her First Hundred Years Field, Rachel 4-6

Homer Price McCloskey, Robert 4-6

House at Pooh Corner, The Milne, A.A. 4-6

House of Sixty Fathers, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6

House of the Swan, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6

House of Wings, The Byars, Betsy 4-6

How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsman Hoban, Russell 4-6

Hundred Dresses, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6

Hunted Horses Rounds, Glen 4-6

I, Juan de Pareja De Trevino, Elizabeth 4-6

I’m Sorry, Almira Ann Kurtz, Jane 4-6

In Search of Honor Hess, Donnalynn 4-6

In Spite of All the Terror Burton, Hester 4-6

Jakarta Missing Kurtz, Jane 4-6

Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy Pringle, Patrick 4-6

Jon the Unlucky Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6

Journey to Jo’Burg: A South African Story Naidoo, Beverley 4-6

Journey to Nowhere Auch, Mary Jane 4-6

Journeyman, The Yates, Elizabeth 4-6

Judy’s Journey Lenski, Lois 4-6

Kavik The Wolf Dog Morey, Walt 4-6

King of the Wind Henry, Marguerite 4-6

King’s Equal, The Paterson, Katherine 4-6

King’s Shadow, The Alder, Elizabeth 4-6

Lassie Come Home Knight, Eric 4-6

Last Little Cat, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6

Life and Death of Crazy Horse, The Freedman, Russell 4-6

Light Princess, The MacDonald, George 4-6

Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances 4-6

Little Prince, The de Saint Exupery, Antoine 4-6

Little Riders, The Shemin, Margaretha 4-6

Little Vic Gates, Doris 4-6

Little White Horse Goudge, Elizabeth 4-6

Loner, The Wier, Ester 4-6

Long Secret, The Fitzhugh, Louise 4-6

Look Through My Window Little, Jean 4-6

Luther the Leader Robinson, Virgil E. 4-6

Magic Bicycle, The - any in series Bibee, John 4-6

Magical Melons Brink, Carol Ryrie 4-6

Man Who Laid the Egg, The: The Story of Erasmus Vernon, Louise A. 4-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Mandy – any book Edwards, Julie Andrews 4-6

Many Moons Thurber, James 4-6

Martian Chronicles, The Bradbury, Ray 4-6

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Farjeon, Eleanor 4-6

Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope Meltzer, Milton 4-6

Mary Poppins – any book Travers, Pamela L. 4-6

Matchlock Gun, The Edmonds, Walter D. 4-6

Me Tarzan Byars, Betsy 4-6

Melindy’s Medal Faulkner, Georgene 4-6

Memory String, The Bunting, Eve 4-6

Men of Iron Hitchner, Earle 4-6

Middle Ages, The Cootes, R. J. 4-6

Middle Ages, The Corbishley, Mike 4-6

Middle Moffat, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6

Mine for Keeps Little, Jean 4-6

Minn of Mississippi Holling, Holling Clancy 4-6

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The DiCamillo, Kate 4-6

Mischievous Meg Lindgren, Astrid 4-6

Moffats, The Estes, Eleanor 4-6

Monk Who Shook the World, The: Martin Luther Davey, Cyril 4-6

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater, Richard 4-6

Mr. Revere and I Lawson, Robert 4-6

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O’Brien, Robert C. 4-6

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle – any book MacDonald, Betty 4-6

Mysterious Miss Slade King-Smith, Dick 4-6

Mystery of the Homeless Treasure, The – any in series Bibee, John 4-6

Naya Nuki Thomasma, Kenneth 4-6

Now We Are Six Milne, A.A. 4-6

Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton McPherson, Joyce 4-6

Old Greek Fairy Tales Green, Roger Lancelyn 4-6

Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 4-6

Om-kas-toe of the Blackfeet Thomasma, Kenneth 4-6

On the Way Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4-6

Once on This Island series Whelan, Gloria 4-6

Onion John Krumgold, Joseph 4-6

Otto of the Silver Hand Pyle, Howard 4-6

Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille Freedman, Russell 4-6

Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen 4-6

Pagoo Holling, Holling Clancy 4-6

Patty Reed’s Doll Laurgaard, Rachel K. 4-6

Paul Bunyan Shephard, Esther 4-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Paul, the Mighty Logger Rounds, Glen 4-6

Pedro’s Journal Conrad, Pam 4-6

Perilous Road, The Steele, William 4-6

Phantom Tollbooth, The Juster, Norton 4-6

Phoenix and the Carpet, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6

Pippi Longstocking – any book Lindgren, Astrid 4-6

Pollyanna Porter, Eleanor 4-6

Prairie School Lenski, Lois 4-6

Princess and the Lion, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 4-6

Princess Bride, The Golding, William 4-6

Queen’s Own Fool Yolen, Jane 4-6

Rasmus and the Vagabond Lindgren, Astrid 4-6

Reluctant Dragon, The Grahame, Kenneth 4-6

Road to Damietta, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Road to Home, The Auch, Mary Jane 4-6

Rufus M. Estes, Eleanor 4-6

Runaway St. John, Patricia 4-6

Runaway Stallion Morey, Walt 4-6

Sarah Bishop O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Saturdays, The Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

School Story, The Clements, Andrew 4-6

Seacrow Island Lindgren, Astrid 4-6

Second Mrs. Giaconda, The Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Secret at Pheasant Cottage, The St. John, Patricia 4-6

Secret Garden, The Burnett, Frances 4-6

Serpent Never Sleeps, The O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Seventeenth Swap, The McGraw, Eloise 4-6

Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn 4-6

Shadow of a Bull Wojciechowska, Maia 4-6

Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution Fritz, Jean 4-6

Shiloh - three in the series Naylor, Phyllis R. 4-6

Sign of the Beaver Speare, Elizabeth George 4-6

Silver Chief: Dog of the North O’Brien, John 4-6

Sing Down the Moon O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Singing Hill, The De Jong, Meindert 4-6

Singing Tree, The Seredy, Kate 4-6

Smoke Above the Lane De Jong, Meindert 4-6

Smoky: The Cow Horse James, Will 4-6

Song and Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 4-6

Sounder Armstrong, William H. 4-6

Spiderweb for Two Enright, Elisabeth 4-6


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Reading Level Key:


nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Spring Begins in March Little, Jean 4-6

Star Island Boy Rich, Louise Dickinson 4-6

Stonewall Jackson Fritz, Jean 4-6

Story of My Life, The Keller, Hellen 4-6

Story of the Amulet, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6

Story of the Golden Spike Stein, R. Conrad 4-6

Story of the Lone Star Republic, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6

Story of the Monitor and the Merrimac Stein, R. Conrad 4-6

Story of the Panama Canal, The Stein, R. Conrad 4-6

Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Nesbit, Edith 4-6

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: Sacagawea O’Dell, Scott 4-6

Stuart Little White, E. B. 4-6

Sun and Spoon Henkes, Kevin 4-6

Tale of Despereaux, The DiCamillo, Kate 4-6

Tanglewood Secrets St. John, Patricia 4-6

Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel 4-6

Tatsinda Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

Thank You, Jackie Robinson Cohen, Barbara 4-6

Thee, Hannah! De Angeli, Marguerite 4-6

Then There Were Five Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children Roosevelt, Theodore 4-6

Thimble Summer Enright, Elisabeth 4-6

Time at the Top Ormondroyd, Edward 4-6

Timothy of the Cay Taylor, Theodore 4-6

To Be a Slave Lester, Julius 4-6

Touch of Light: The Story of Louis Braille Neimark, Anne 4-6

Tower of Geburah, The series White, John 4-6

Treasures of the Snow St. John, Patricia 4-6

Troll, The Hovarth,Polly 4-6

Trumpet of the Swan White, E.B. 4-6

Tucker’s Countryside Selden, George 4-6

Usborne Book of the Earth, The Stockley & Watts 4-6

View from Saturday, The Konigsburg, E.L. 4-6

Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, The Lofting, Hugh 4-6

Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee Beatty, Patricia 4-6

Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa Gordon, Sheila 4-6

Welcome to Starvation Lake series Whelan, Gloria 4-6

West From Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4-6

Westing Game, The Raskin, Ellen 4-6

When We Were Very Young Milne, A.A. 4-6

Where the River Begins St. John, Patricia 4-6


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

White Fang London, Jack 4-6

Whitey Ropes and Rides Rounds, Glen 4-6

Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Fritz, Jean 4-6

Wide Awake Princess, The Paterson, Katherine 4-6

Wind in the Willows, The Grahame, Kenneth 4-6

Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A.A. 4-6

World at Her Fingertips, The: The Story of Helen Keller Dash, Joan 4-6

Wright Brothers, The: How They Built the Airplane Freedman, Russell 4-6

Young Huguenots, The Floyer, Edith 4-6

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th

of May? Fritz, Jean 4-6

Weather and the Bible: 100 Questions and Answers De Young, Donald 4-6

After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret 4-8

Circles of Seven Davis, Bryan 4-8

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun Blumberg, Rhoda 4-8

Enoch's Ghost Davis, Bryan 4-8

Eye of the Oracle Davis, Bryan 4-8

Gallant Christian Soldier Robert E. Lee Roddy, Lee 4-8

Golden Goblet, The McGraw, Eloise 4-8

Great Gilly Hopkins, The Paterson, Katherine 4-8

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Lenski, Lois 4-8

Iron Ring, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8

Kjelgaard Dog Stories – any book Kjelgaard, James A. 4-8

Last of the Nephilim Davis, Bryan 4-8

Mara, Daughter of the Nile McGraw, Eloise 4-8

Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8

Master Corhill McGraw, Eloise 4-8

Moccasin Trail McGraw, Eloise 4-8

Nothing Daunted: The Story of Isobel Kuhn Repp, Gloria 4-8

Railway Children, The Nesbit, Edith 4-8

Raising Dragons Davis, Bryan 4-8

Rescuers, The Sharp, Margery 4-8

Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 4-8

Story of King Arthur and His Knights, The Pyle, Howard 4-8

Story of Sir Lancelot and His Companions, The Pyle, Howard 4-8

Summer of the Monkeys Rawls, Wilson 4-8

Swallows and Amazons series – any book Ransome, Arthur 4-8

Tears of a Dragon Davis, Bryan 4-8

The Bones of Makaidos Davis, Bryan 4-8

The Candlestone Davis, Bryan 4-8

Trails to Poosey Cook, Olive R. 4-8

Truthful Harp, The Alexander, Lloyd 4-8


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 4-8

Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Aiken, Joan 4-8

Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, The Curtis, Christopher Paul 4-8

A Child’s History of the World Hillyer, V. M. 4-A

And the Word Came with Power Shetler, Joanne 4-A

Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt Henty, G. A. 4-A

Child’s Garden of Verses, A Stevenson, Robert Louis 4-A

Chronicles of Narnia – any book Lewis, C. S. 4-A

Eagle of the Ninth, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Great Women in American History Janney, Rebecca 4-A

Hobbit, The Tolkien, J. R. R. 4-A

Jo’s Boys Alcott, Louisa May 4-A

Lantern Bearers, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Little Men Alcott, Louisa May 4-A

Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 4-A

Outcast – any book Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Shining Company, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Silver Branch, The Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Sword Song Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Warrior Scarlet Sutcliff, Rosemary 4-A

Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest Henty, G. A. 4-A

China’s Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger Fritz, Jean 4-A

A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 5-8

A Gathering of Days Blos, Joan W. 5-8

A Girl of the Limberlost Stratton-Porter, Gene 5-8

A Lantern in Her Hand Aldrich, Bess Streeter 5-8

A Little Princess Burnett, Frances H. 5-8

A Parcel of Patterns Walsh, Jill Paton 5-8

Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 5-8

Adam of the Road Vining, Elizabeth Gray 5-8

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Twain, Mark 5-8

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur 5-8

Air Raid – Pearl Harbor! Taylor, Theodore 5-8

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Looking Glass Carroll, Lewis 5-8

Angel on the Square Whelan, Gloria 5-8

April Morning Fast, Howard 5-8

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds Adamson, Joy 5-8

Borrowers Afield, The Norton, Mary 5-8

Borrowers Afloat, The Norton, Mary 5-8

Borrowers Aloft, The Norton, Mary 5-8

Brothers of the Heart Blos, Joan W. 5-8


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Calico Captive Speare, Elizabeth George 5-8

Call It Courage Sperry, Armstrong 5-8

Call of the Wild, The London, Jack 5-8

Called to Die: The Story of American Linguist Chet Bitterman Estes, Steve 5-8

Catch Colt, The O’Hara, Mary 5-8

Charlotte Sometimes Farmer, Penelope 5-8

Children of the Fox Walsh, Jill Paton 5-8

City of Gold and Lead, The Christopher, John 5-8

Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth Clapp, Patricia 5-8

Custer and Crazy Horse: A Story of Two Warriors Razzi, Jim 5-8

Dark Canoe, The O’Dell, Scott 5-8

Daughter of the Mountains Rankin, Louise 5-8

Day Ft. Sumter was Fired On, The Haskins, Jim 5-8

Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 5-8

Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne 5-8

Favorite Poems Old and New Ferris, Helen 5-8

Flaming Arrows Steele, William 5-8

Freckles Stratton-Porter, Gene 5-8

Gentle Annie Shura, Mary Francis 5-8

Gettysburg Kantor, MacKinlay 5-8

God’s Adventurer: Hudson Taylor Thompson, Phyllis 5-8

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales Grimm, Jacob 5-8

Incredible Journey, The Burnford, Sheila 5-8

Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott 5-8

It’s a Jungle Out There! – any in the series Snell, Ron 5-8

Joel: A Boy of Galilee Johnston, Annie 5-8

Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther 5-8

Just So Stories Kipling, Rudyard 5-8

Lad: A Dog Terhune, Tichard 5-8

Leon’s Story Tillage, Leon Walter 5-8

Light in the Forest, The Richter, Conrad 5-8

Lone Hunt, The Steele, William 5-8

Master Puppeteer, The Paterson, Katherine 5-8

Mission to Cathay Polland, Madeleine 5-8

Moonshiner’s Son Reeder, Carolyn 5-8

Morning Star of the Reformation: John Wycliffe Thomson, Andy 5-8

Moves Make the Man, The Brooks, Bruce 5-8

Mrs. Mike Freedman, Benedict 5-8

My Friend Flicka O’Hara, Mary 5-8

North to Freedom Holm, Anne 5-8

Nothing to Fear Koller, Jackie 5-8


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rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Number the Stars Lowry, Lois 5-8

Oxford Book of Children’s Verse, The Opie, Peter & Iona 5-8

Peter Pan (unabridged) Barrie, James Matthew 5-8

Pool of Fire, The Christopher, John 5-8

Preacher’s Boy Paterson, Katherine 5-8

Princess and the Goblin, The MacDonald, George 5-8

Rascal North, Sterling 5-8

Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 5-8

Redwall – any book Jacques, Brian 5-8

Rifles for Watie Keith, Harold 5-8

Roller Skates Sawyer, Ruth 5-8

Samuel F. B. Morse: Artist With a Message Tiner, John Hudson 5-8

Shakespeare Stealer, The Blackwood, Gary 5-8

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Armstrong, Jennifer 5-8

Slopes of War, The Perez, Norah 5-8

So Dear to My Heart North, Sterling 5-8

Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 5-8

Thirteen Clocks, The Thurber, James 5-8

Thunderhead O’Hara, Mary 5-8

Tom’s Midnight Garden Pearce, Philippa 5-8

Torches of Joy: A Stone Age Tribe and the Gospel Dekker, John 5-8

Twenty-One Balloons du Bois, William Pène 5-8

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Maybury, Richard J. 5-8

White Mountains, The Christopher, John 5-8

White Stag, The Seredy, Kate 5-8

William of Orange: The Silent Prince Van de Hulst, W. G. 5-8

Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist Severance, John 5-8

Winter Danger Steele, William 5-8

Wishing Tree, The Faulkner, William 5-8

Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5-8

Wizard of Oz, The - any book Baum, Lyman Frank 5-8

Yearling, The Rawlings, Marjorie 5-8

A Long Way from Chicago Peck, Richard 5-9

Anne of Green Gables series – any book Montgomery, Lucy M. 5-9

Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The Cushman, Karen 5-9

Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 5-9

Bronze Bow, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5-9

Chestnut King, The Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9

Dandelion Fire Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9

Daniel Boone Daugherty, James 5-9

Emily of New Moon Montgomery, Lucy M. 5-9


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Heidi Spyri, Johanna 5-9

Leepike Ridge Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9

Little Britches Moody, Ralph 5-9

Man of the Family Moody, Ralph 5-9

Pushcart War, The Merrill, Jean 5-9

Whalesong Trilogy - any Siegel, Robert 5-9

100 Cupboards Wilson, Nathan D. 5-9

Beauty: A Retelling of …Beauty and the Beast McKinley, Robin 5-A

Bruchko Olson, Bruce 5-A

Children of the River Crew, Linda 5-A

Emperor’s Winding Sheet, The Walsh, Jill Paton 5-A

Fire Upon the Earth Langford, Norman 5-A

God’s Smuggler Brother Andrew 5-A

Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis 5-A

Lord of the Rings Trilogy – any book Tolkien, J. R. R. 5-A

Men of Iron Pyle, Howard 5-A

My Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising Hopkins, Claude 5-A

Pilgrim’s Progress in Today’s English Bunyan/Thomas 5-A

Scottish Chiefs; or, The Life of Sir William Wallace Porter, Jane 5-A

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo Tolkien, J. R. R. 5-A

Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 5-A

William Booth Bennett, David M. 5-A

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Fritz, Jean 5-A

A Lovely Tomorrow Allan, Mabel Esther 6-8

A Wizard of Earthsea Le Guin, Ursula 6-8

Adventures of Robin Hood Vivian, E. Charles 6-8

Black Cauldron, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8

Book of Three, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8

Castle of Llyr, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8

Cress Delahanty West, Jessamyn 6-8

Endless Steppe, The: Growing Up in Siberia Hautzig, Esther 6-8

Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, The O’Dell, Scott 6-8

High King, The Alexander, Lloyd 6-8

I Heard the Owl Call My Name Craven, Margaret 6-8

King’s Fifth, The O’Dell, Scott 6-8

Mouse and His Child, The Hoban, Russell 6-8

Napoleon Bonaparte, Importance of Carroll, Bob 6-8

Samurai’s Tale, The Haugaard, Erik 6-8

Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles & Mary 6-8

Taran Wanderer Alexander, Lloyd 6-8

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Colum, Padraic 6-8


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Tombs of Atuan, The Le Guin, Ursula 6-8

A Time to Love Benary-Isbert, Margot 6-9

Adam of the Road Gray, Elizabeth Janet 6-9

Belle Prater’s Boy White, Ruth 6-9

Boston Jane Holm, Jennifer 6-9

Color of My Words, The Joseph, Lynn 6-9

Dave at Night Levine, Gail Carson 6-9

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Sidney, Margaret 6-9

Goodbye Vietnam Whelan, Gloria 6-9

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Dodge, Mary Mapes 6-9

Hero and the Crown, The McKinley, Robin 6-9

Light a Single Candle Butler, Beverly 6-9

Lily’s Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly 6-9

Meet the Austins series L’Engle, Madeleine 6-9

Miranda’s Last Stand Whelan, Gloria 6-9

My Escape from the Auto De Fe De La Mina, Don F. 6-9

My Louisiana Sky Holt, Kimberly Willis 6-9

New Worlds for Josie Worth, Kathryn 6-9

Our Only May Amelia Holm, Jennifer 6-9

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Wiggin, Kate Douglas 6-9

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - series Taylor, Mildred D. 6-9

Slave Dancer Fox, Paula 6-9

Stowaway Hesse, Karen 6-9

They Loved to Laugh Worth, Kathryn 6-9

Wild Berries Should Grow: The Story of a Summer Whelan, Gloria 6-9

Wish, The Levine, Gail Carson 6-9

Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Twain, Mark 6-A

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne 6-A

Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 6-A

Hiding Place, The ten Boom, Corrie 6-A

In the Heart of the Rockies Henty, G. A. 6-A

Ivanhoe Scott, Sir Walter 6-A

Killer Angels, The Shaara, Michael 6-A

Lord of the Flies Golding, William 6-A

Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar Verne, Jules 6-A

More to be Desired than Gold Wilson, Christy 6-A

Prince and the Pauper, The Twain, Mark 6-A

Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Johann D 6-A

Sword in the Stone, The - series White, T. H. 6-A

Ten Fingers for God: Life and Work of Dr. Paul Brand Wilson, Dorothy Clarke 6-A

Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 6-A


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rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith 6-A

William Carey Miller, Basil 6-A

A Little Boy Lost Hudson, W.H. 7-8

A Morbid Taste for Bones Peters, Ellis 7-8

A Necessary End – A Novel of World War II Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8

Adventures of Richard Hannay Buchan, John 7-8

An Episode of Sparrows Godden, Rumer 7-8

Andromeda Strain, The Crichton, Michael 7-8

Arilla Sun Down Hamilton, Virginia 7-8

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Gaines, Ernest 7-8

Black Hearts in Battersea Aiken, Joan 7-8

Bright Candles Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Brown, Dee 7-8

Captains Courageous Kipling, Rudyard 7-8

Cheaper by the Dozen Gilbreth, Frank 7-8

Chesterton – any book Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-8

Clear for Action Meader, Stephen 7-8

Danger to Windward* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8

Dark Tower and Other Stories, The Lewis, C. S. 7-8

Deerslayer, The Cooper, James 7-8

Farthest Shore, The Le Guin, Ursula 7-8

Father Brown Mystery Stories Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-8

First Woman Doctor, The Baker, Rachel 7-8

Fish Hawk’s Nest, The Meader, Stephen 7-8

Frozen Fire* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8

Gone and Back Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8

Green Mansions Hudson, W.H. 7-8

Herriot – any book on animals Herriot, James 7-8

Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur 7-8

House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 7-8

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Greene, Hannah 7-8

In This Sigh Greenberg, Joanne 7-8

Ivanov Seven Janeway, Elizabeth 7-8

Kim Kipling, Rudyard 7-8

Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Irving, Washington 7-8

Lindbergh: a Biography Mosley, Leonard 7-8

Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph 7-8

Lorna Doone Blackmore, Richard D. 7-8

Lost Horizons Hilton, James 7-8

M.C. Higgins, The Great Hamilton, Virginia 7-8

Mister God, This is Anna Fynn 7-8


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Nightbirds on Nantucket Aiken, Joan 7-8

Oceanography Boy Scout Merit Book 7-8

Only Earth and Sky Last Forever Benchley, Nathaniel 7-8

Out of the Silent Planet Lewis, C. S. 7-8

Perelandra Lewis, C. S. 7-8

Pond, The Murphy, Robert 7-8

Profiles in Courage Kennedy, John F. 7-8

Red Horse Hill Meader, Stephen 7-8

Shadow in the Pines Meader, Stephen 7-8

Shardik Adams, Richard 7-8

Tessie Jackson, Jesse 7-8

That Hideous Strength Lewis, C. S. 7-8

Thunder Country* Sperry, Armstrong 7-8

Trouble River Byars, Betsy 7-8

Up a Road Slowly Hunt, Irene 7-8

Well at the World’s End, The Morris, William 7-8

Whaler ‘Round the Horn Meader, Stephen 7-8

Whispering Mountain, The Aiken, Joan 7-8

Who Rides in the Dark? Meader, Stephen 7-8

Wild Geese Calling Murphy, Robert 7-8

Wood Beyond the World, The Morris, William 7-8

Zeely Hamilton, Virginia 7-8

Boy on the Rooftop Szabó, Tamás 7-9

Contender, The Lipsyte, Robert 7-9

Lion’s Paw, The Sherman, D. R. 7-9

Many Dimensions Williams, Charles 7-9

Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen 7-9

A Chance to Die Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Twain, Mark 7-A A Taste of Chaucer, Selections from the Canterbury Tales Malcomson, Anne 7-A

Alas, Babylon Frank, Pat 7-A

Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity Cwiklik, Robert 7-A

All Creatures Great and Small Herriot, James 7-A

Ambassadors for Christ Woodbridge, John D. 7-A

Animal Farm Orwell, George 7-A

Archon Conspiracy, The Hunt, David 7-A

Around the World in Eighty Days Verne, Jules 7-A

Astronomy and the Bible De Young, Donald 7-A

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Wallace, Lew 7-A

Beowulf Beowulf 7-A

Best of Father Brown, The Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 7-A


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Beyond the Next Mountain: Story of Rochunga Pudaite Pudaite, Mawii 7-A

Black Arrow Stevenson, Robert Louis 7-A

Bloomability Creech, Sharon 7-A

C.T. Studd Cricketer Pioneer Grubb, Norman 7-A

Cancer Ward, The Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

Chosen, The Potok, Chaim 7-A

Christy Marshall, Catherine 7-A

Church History in Plain Language Shelley, Bruce 7-A

Church of the East, The Holzmann, John 7-A

Church of the East, The Stewart & Holzmann 7-A

Circuit, The Jimenez, Francisco 7-A

Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre 7-A

Country Editor’s Boy Borland, Hal 7-A

Cross and the Switchblade, The Wilkerson, David 7-A

Cry, the Beloved Country Paton, Alan 7-A

Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door McDowell, Josh 7-A Don’t Let Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an

American Surgeon in Napal Hale, Thomas 7-A

Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved Van Stone, Doris 7-A

Dragon King Trilogy, The Lawhead, Stephen 7-A

Earthquake at Dawn Gregory, Kristiana 7-A

Faith of Our Founding Fathers LaHaye, Tim 7-A

First Circle, The Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

For the Good of the Cause Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

Four-Minute Mile, The Bannister, Roger 7-A

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs Foxe, John 7-A

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A History of Missions Tucker, Ruth A. 7-A

George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker Hein, Rolland 7-A

Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie Rølvaag, Ole Edvart 7-A

Gilgamesh David Ferry 7-A

Gladys Aylward: The Courageous English Missionary Swift, Catherine 7-A

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman Aylward, Gladys & Hunter, Christine 7-A

God at the Controls Johnson, Jean Dye 7-A

God’s Joyful Runner: Eric Liddell Ramsey, Russell 7-A

Gold Bug and Other Tales Poe, Edgar Allan 7-A

Gone with the Wind Mitchell, Margaret 7-A

Good Morning, Miss Dove Patton, Frances 7-A

Great Expectations Dickens, Charles 7-A

Great Leaders of the Christian Church Woodbridge, John D. 7-A

Greek Gods, The Evslin, Bernard 7-A

Gulag Archipelago Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

Gulliver’s Travels Swift, Jonathan 7-A


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nd grade; 3 = 3

rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Hawk and the Dove, The - trilogy Wilcock, Penelope 7-A

How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn, Richard 7-A

I Had Seen Castles Rylant, Cynthia 7-A

In His Steps Sheldon, Charles 7-A

In the Beginning Potok, Chaim 7-A

In the Steps of the Apostle Paul Bruce, Frederick Fyvie 7-A

Indestructible Book: The Bible, Its Translators… Connolly, Kenneth 7-A

Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte 7-A

Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography Murray, Iain 7-A

Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni 7-A

Joni’s Story Tada, Joni Eareckson 7-A

Journey to the Center of the Earth Verne, Jules 7-A

Just What the Doctor Ordered Wilson, Walter L. 7-A

King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales Thomas Malory 7-A

Know What You Believe or Know Why You Believe Little, Paul 7-A

Kon-Tiki Heyerdahl, Thor 7-A

Labor’s Untold Story Boyer, Richard & Morais, Herbert 7-A

Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom Jicai, Feng 7-A

Life and Diary of David Brainerd, The Edwards, Jonathan 7-A

Life on the Mississippi Twain, Mark 7-A

Living On the Devil’s Doorstep McClung, Floyd 7-A

Lords of the Earth Richardson, Don 7-A

Luther the Reformer Kittleson, James 7-A

Man with the Noisy Heart, The* Steven, Hugh 7-A

Massacre at Fall Creek, The West, Jessamyn 7-A

Mover of Men and Mountains Le Tourneau, Robert G. 7-A

Murder on the Orient Express Christie, Agatha 7-A

My Antonia Cather, Willa 7-A

My Lord, What a Morning Anderson, Marian 7-A

My Name is Asher Lev Potok, Chaim 7-A

Mythology Hamilton, Edith 7-A

Northwest Passage Roberts, Kenneth 7-A

Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 7-A

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

Passion and Purity Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A

Peace Child Richardson, Don 7-A

Pendragon Cycle – any book Lawhead, Stephen 7-A

Piercing the Darkness Peretti, Frank 7-A

Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 7-A

Promise, The Potok, Chaim 7-A

Quest for Love Elliot, Elisabeth 7-A


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rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Rabble in Arms Roberts, Kenneth 7-A

Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington 7-A

Road from Home, The Story of an Armenian Girl Kherdian, David 7-A

Robe, The Douglas, Lloyd C. 7-A

Scarlet Pimpernel, The Orczy, Emmuska 7-A

Screwtape Letters, The Lewis, C. S. 7-A

Shakespeare's Sonnets Shakespeare, William 7-A

Snow Goose, The Gallico, Paul 7-A

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis 7-A

Sun is Shining on the Other Side, The Jensen, Margaret 7-A

This Present Darkness Peretti, Frank 7-A

This was John Calvin Van Halsema, Thea 7-A

Three Musketeers, The Dumas, Alexandre 7-A

Till We Have Faces Lewis, C. S. 7-A

To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 7-A

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean 7-A

Travels of Marco Polo, The: The Venetian Polo, Marco 7-A

Tread Upon the Lion De la Haye, Sophie 7-A

Troilus and Creseyde Chaucer, Geoffrey 7-A

Trumpeter of Krakow, The Kelly, Eric P. 7-A

Twelfth Night Shakespeare, William 7-A

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Stowe, Harriet Beecher 7-A

Valley of the Shadow, The Hickman, Janet 7-A

Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 7-A

War of the Worldviews De Mar, Gary 7-A

Watership Down Adams, Richard 7-A

Westward Ho! Kingsley, Charles 7-A

What if Jesus Had Never Been Born? Kennedy, D. James 7-A

What the Bible is All About Handbook Mears, Henrietta 7-A

Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories, The MacDonald, George 7-A

You Come Too, Favorite Poems for Young Readers Frost, Robert 7-A

Permanent Book of the 20th

Century, The Lewis, Jon E. 7-A

What Everyone Should Know About the 20th

Century Axelrod, Alan & Philips, Charles 7-A

30 Days to Understanding Church History Anders, Max; Lunsford, Judith 7-A

Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 7-A

August 1914 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 7-A

A Night to Remember Lord, Walter 8-A

Anna Karenina Tolstoy, Leo 8-A

Bridge of San Luis Rey Wilder, Thornton 8-A

Descent into Hell Williams, Charles 8-A

Great Short Stories by American Women Ward, Candace (Editor) 8-A


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rd grade; 4 = 4


Title Author Level

Last of the Mohicans, The Cooper, James 8-A

Mother Carey’s Chickens Wiggin, Kate Douglas S. 8-A

Old Man and the Sea, The Hemingway, Ernest 8-A

Shadows of Ecstasy Williams, Charles 8-A

War in Heaven Williams, Charles 8-A

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 8-A

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories O’Connor, Flannery 9-A

A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles 9-A

All Quiet on the Western Front Ramarque, Erich Maria 9-A

Atlas Shrugged Rand, Ayn 9-A

Brave New World Huxley, Aldous 9-A

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 9-A

Exodus Uris, Leon 9-A

Fallen Angels Myers, Walter 9-A

For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest 9-A

God Owns My Business Tam, Stanley 9-A

Great Short Works of Herman Melville Melville, Herman 9-A

Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 9-A

Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hugo, Victor 9-A

Les Miserables Hugo, Victor 9-A

Metamorphosis, The Kafka, Franz 9-A

Moby Dick Melville, Herman 9-A

Pascal's Pensées Pascal, Blaise 9-A

Place of the Lion, The Williams, Charles 9-A

Poems by Emily Dickinson Dickenson, Emily 9-A

Quo Vadis Sienkiewicz, Henryk 9-A

Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 9-A

Run, Baby, Run! Cruz, Nicky 9-A

Short Stories of Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 9-A

Spy Who Came in From the Cold, The Le Carré, John 9-A

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series Donaldson, Stephen 9-A

Things Fall Apart Achebe, Chinua 9-A

Who Moved the Stone? Morison, Frank 9-A

Wuthering Heights Bronte, Charlotte 9-A

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