4 Year-Old Kindergarten

Recommendations

“The Most Important Time of Your Day”

“Every day, make a quiet, restful place. Put your child in your lap and read a book aloud. Reading to your little one is just like putting gold coins in the bank. It will pay you back tenfold. Your daughter will learn, and imagine, and be strong in herself. Your son will thrive, and give your love back forever.”

* Raymond Briggs – The Snowman

* Coffelt, Nancy - Big, Bigger, Biggest!

* Doreen Cronin – Thump, Quack, Moo! Bounce!, Click Clack Quackity Quack, Click Clack Moo,

* Alexandra Day – Carl’s Christmas, other Carl books

* Mary Englebreit - Mother Goose

* Greg Foley – Good Luck Bear, Thank You Bear

* Wanda Gag – The ABC Bunny, Millions of Cats

* Emily Gravett – The Odd Egg, others

* Eugene Field – Wynken, Blynken and Nod

* David Gordon – The Three Little Rigs

* Kevin Henkes – A Good Day, Old Bear, Birds

* Loren Long – Otis, Drummer Boy

* Margaret Mahy – Bubble Trouble

* Vicki Myron – Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library

* Tom Paxton - The Marvelous Toy

* Jerry Pinkney – The Lion and the Mouse

* Rosenthal, Amy Krouse Duck! Rabbit!

* Richard Scarry - What Do People Do All Day? Cars & Trucks & Things That Go, etc.

* Laura Vaccaro Seeger – First the Egg, Dog and Bear, Dog and Bear: Two’s Company, Three to Get Ready

* Sidman, Joyce Red Sings from Treetops

* Joseph Slate - Miss Bindergarten series

* Daska Slater – The Sea Serpent and Me

* Rosemary Wells – Yoko Writes Her Name, Voyage to the Bunny Planet series, Max and Ruby series, etc.

* Wilson, Karma – Bear Feels Scared, Bear Stays Up, Bear Feels Sick, etc.

* Yarrow, Peter - Day is Done

Kindergarten Recommended Authors

* Banks, Kate (That’s Papa’s Way, Max’s Dragon, Max’s Words, Fox, others)

* Bemelmans, Ludwig (Madeline Stories)

* Brett, Jan (Gingerbread Friends, The Three Snow Bears, Honey… Honey… Lion, The Mitten, etc.)

* Bloom, Suzanne (A Splended Friend Indeed, Treasure, No Place for A Pig, others)

* Bridwell, Norman (Clifford stories)

* Brown, Margaret Wise (The Runaway Bunny, Goodnight Moon, etc.)

* Carle, Eric (Ten Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, etc.)

* Ehlert, Lois (Wag A Tail, Leaf Man, Snowballs, etc.)

* Gorbachev, Valeri (The Missing Chick, Turtle’s Penguin Day, The Giant Hug, That’s What Friends Are For)

* Grey, Mini (Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog, Traction Man Is Here, etc)

* Horacek, Petr (Suzy Goose and the Christmas Star)

* James, Simon (Baby Brains, Baby Brains & Robomom)

* Kann, Elizabeth Purplicious, Pinkalicious, Goldilicious

* Keats, Ezra Jack (The Snowy Day, Dreams, etc.)

* Martin Jr., Bill (Big Book of Poetry, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What do You See? Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, etc.)

* Marzollo/Wick – (I Spy series)

* McCloskey, Robert (Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, etc.)

* McMullan, Kate – (I’m Bad, I’m Mighty, I’m Dirty, etc.)

* Numeroff, Laura (If You Give a Cat A Cupcake, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, others)

* Portis, Antoinette (Not A Box, Not a Stick)

* Rylant, Cynthia (Snow, In November)

* Scotton, Rob (Love, Splat, Splat the Cat)

* Shannon, David (Too Many Toys, No David! others)

* Seuss, Dr. (Ten Apples Up On Top, Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, etc.)

* Sciezka, Jon (Trucktown series)

* Taylor, Sean (When a Monster is Born)

* Willems, Mo (Knuffle Bunny, Leonardo and the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur, etc.)

First Grade Recommended Reading

Arnold, Tedd Fly Guy series

Berenstain, Stan and Jan Berenstain Bears series

Bourgeois, Paulette Franklin series

Brown, Charlotte – The Day the Dinosaurs Died, etc.

Brown, Marc Arthur series

Capucilli, Alyssa Biscuit series

Cazet, Denys Minnie and Moo series

Chaconas, Dori Cork and Fuzz series

D’Amico Carmela and Steven Ella the Elephant series

DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson series

Funke, Cornelia Wildest Brother, Pirate Girl, etc

George, Jean Craighead Goose and Duck

Henkes, Kevin Owen, Chrysanthemum, Lily series

Hoberman Mary Ann You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You

Jenkins, Steve Brothers and Sisters, Actual Size, Living Color, Dogs and Cats, Move!

Lionni, Leo Frederick, Swimmy, others

Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad series

Long, Melinda How I Became A Pirate, others

Mayer, Mercer Little Critter, others

McCarty, Peter Jeremy Draws a Monster

Miller, Sara Swan Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog and others

Minarek, Else Holmlund Little Bear series

O’Connor, Jane Fancy Nancy series

Portis, Antoinette A Penguin Story

Rey, Margaret and HA – Curious George series

Rylant, Cynthia Annie and Snowball, Henry and Mudge Series, Mr. Putter and Tabby Series, others

Seuss, Dr. Your Favorite Suess: A Baker’s Dozen By The One and Only Dr. Seuss, others

Schachner, Judy Skippyjon Jones books

Silverman, Erica and Betsy Lewin Cowgirl Kate series

Van Leeuwen, Jean Amanda Pig series

Varon, Sara Chicken and Cat series

Willems, Mo Pigeon series, Elephant and Piggie series

Second Grade

Third Grade Recommended Reading

* American Girl Series

* Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott

* Ivy and Bean series by Ann Barrows

* Beast Quest series by Adam Blade

* Arthur Chapter books by Marc Brown

* Matt Christopher Sports Series

* Cork & Fuzz series by Dori Chaconas

* Mouse and the Motorcycle series by Beverly Cleary

* Ramona series by Beverly Cleary

* Legend of Spud Murphy series by Eoin Colfer

* Blast to the Past series by Stacia Deutsch

* Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

* The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo

* Time Soldiers series by Kathleen Duey

* Hank the Cowdog Series by John Erickson

* Maximum Boy/Andrew Lost series by Dan Greenburg

* Dear Max and Bravo Max by Sally Grindley

* Just Grace, others by Charise Mericle Harper

* Jack Stalwart series by Elizabeth Singer Hunt

*Toy Dance Party, Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

* Horrible Harry series by Suzie Kline

* Ruby Lu, Alvin Ho by Lenore Look

* Judy Moody/Stink series by Megan McDonald

* Puppy Place series by Ellen Miles

* Milo and Jazz Mysteries by Lewis B. Montgomery

*Three Cousins Detective Club by Elspeth Murphy

* Jack Russell Detective series by Darryl Odgers

* Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

* Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

* Clementine by Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee

* The Littles series by John Peterson

* Time Spies series by Candice Ransom

* Capital Mysteries and A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

* Wayside School books by Louis Sachar

* Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka

* Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald Sobol

Fourth Grade Genres

Biography

* Who Was…? Biography series

* History Maker Bios Biography series

Fantasy

* The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech

* James and the Giant Peach, others by Roald Dahl

* The Magician by Kate DiCamillo

* Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

* Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

Forklore/Mythology

* Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

* The McElderry Book of Greek Myths by Eric Kimmel

Historical Fiction

* Born to Fly By Michael Ferrari

* Sluggers series by Loren Long

* The Dollshop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough

* Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Non-Fiction

* For Boys Only by Marc Aronson

*Things to Do with Mom – by Alison Maloney

Poetry

* The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry

* Where The Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, by Shel Silverstein

Mysteries

* American Girl Mysteries

* 39 Clues series

* A to Z, Calendar and Capitol Mysteries by Ron Roy

* Boxcar Children Mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Animal Stories

* The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa, others Bill Wallace

* Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, others by E. B. White

Realistic Fiction

* Extra Credit, No Talking, others by Andrew Clements

* The Pain and the Great One, Fudge series by Judy Blume

*Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff

*Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan

*Wild Card, Kick Off and Go Long by Tiki and Ronde Barber

* Calvin Coconut by Graham Salisbury

*Super Emma, others by Sally Warner

* Swindle, Zoobreak by Gordon Korman

* Choose Your Own Adventure series

Humor

* My Weird School series by Dan Gutman

*Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney

Fifth Grade Battle of the Books

Realistic Fiction

The Report Card by Andrew Clements

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Niagara Falls or Does It? By Henry Winkler

Fantasy

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Edwards

Honus and Me by Dan Gutman

Guardians of Ga’Hoole, the Capture by Kathryn Lasky

Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Oglivy

Science Fiction

Among the Hidden by Lois Lowry

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Mystery

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Ballett

Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach

Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Kongisburg

Historical Fiction

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Honus and Me by Dan Gutman

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett

Adventure

Swindle by Gordon Korman

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Solomon Snow and the Silver Spoon by Kaye Umansky

Poetry

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

6th Grade Book Battle of the Books

REALISTIC FICTION

Abbott, Tony Firegirl

Green, Tim Football Genius

Henkes, Kevin Olive’s Ocean

Lupica, Mike Travel Team

Lord, Cynthia Rules

Schmidt, Gary The Wednesday Wars

Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee

Tarshis, Lauren Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

FANTASY

Flanagan, John Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan

Funke, Cornelia Inkheart

Hale, Shannon Princess Academy

Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker

Nix, Garth Mister Monday

O’Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH

Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief

Scott, Michael The Alchemyst

HISTORICAL FICTION

Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Carbone, Elisa Lynn Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607

Roy, Jennifer Yellow Star

SCIENCE FICTION

DuPrau, Jeanne City of Ember

Forester, Victoria The Girl Who Could Fly

ADVENTURE

George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain

Korman, Gordon Everest: Book One: The Contest

O’Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins

Paulsen, Gary Brian’s Winter

MYSTERY

Balliet, Blue The Wright 3

Bruchac, Joseph Skeleton Man

Cooney, Carline Face on the Milk Carton

Feinstein, John Last Shot

Seventh Grade Book Recommendations

Abrahams, Peter Echo Falls Mystery series

Allison, Jennifer Gilda Joyce mystery series

Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793

Avi, Murder at Midnight

Barry, Dave Science Fair

Bell, Tedd Nick of Time

Berlin, Eric The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Bradford, Chris Young Samurai

Broach, Elise Masterpiece

Carman, Patrick Atherton series

Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Clements, Andrew Things Not Seen, Things Hoped For

Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series

Dowell, Frances O’Roark Shooting the Moon

Flanagan, John Ranger’s Apprentice series

Feinstein, John Last Shot, Cover Up, Vanishing Act

Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord, Inkheart, Dragon Rider

Harding, Frances Well-witched

Hiaasen, Carl Scat

Holm, Jennifer L. Penny From Heaven

Horowitz, Anthony Alex Rider series

Ibbotson, Eva The Star of Kazan, The Dragonfly Pool, others

L.A. LaFaye Stella Stands Alone

Lafevers, R.L. Theodosia and the Serpants of Chaos

MacHale, D.J. Pendragon series

Moss, Marissa The Pharaoh’s Secret

Mull, Brandon Fablehaven series

Nicholson, William Wind on Fire Trilogy

Nix, Garth Keys to the Kingdom series

O’Dell Kathleen Agnes Parker.. Keeping Cool in Middle School

Peck, Richard A Long Way From Chicago, others

Pearson, Ridley Kingdom Keepers series, Steel Trapp

Reeve, Phillip Larklight, Starcross

Riordan, Rick 39 Clues – Maze of Bones

Ryan, Pamela M. Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi Leon

Sage, Angie Septimus Heap fantasy series

Schmidt, Gary Trouble, Wednesday Wars, First Boy, others

Skye, Obert Leven Thumps series

Smith, Roland Elephant Run, Jack’s Run, Peak, I.Q.

Sonnenblick, Jordan Zen and the Art of Faking It

Spinelli, Jerry Smiles to Go

Springer, Nancy Enola Holmes mystery series

Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes mysteries

Eighth Grade Book Recommendations

Bauer, Joan Peeled, Hope Was Here, others

Bradley, Kimberly B. Leap of Faith

Brashares, Ann 3 Willows: the Sisterhood Grows

Bruchac, Joseph March Toward Thunder

Bunce, Elizabeth A Curse Dark As Gold

Carman, Patrick Skeleton Creek, Ghost in the Machine

Collins, Suzanne Hunger Games, Catching Fire

Cooney, Caroline If the Witness Lied, others

Durbin, William The Winter War: A Novel

Farr, Richard Emperors of the Ice

Frost, Helen Diamond Willow, Crossing Stones

Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book

Goodman, Alison Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

Gratz, Alan Samurai Shortstop, others

Green, Tim Baseball Great, Football Genius, others

Hale, Shannon Forest Born, Rapunzel’s Revenge

Hautman, Pete Snatched

Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air…

Larbalestier, Justine How to Ditch Your Fairy

Larsen, Kirby Hattie Big Sky

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared

Muchamore, Robert The Recruit, others

Murdock, Catherine Princess Ben…

Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go

Owen, James Here, There Be Dragons, others

Pfeffer, Susan Life As We Knew It, others

Reeve, Philip Here Lies Arthur

Schmidt, Gary Trouble, The Wednesday Wars

Scott, Michael The Alchemyst, The Magician

Smith, Sherri Flygirl

Sonnenblick, Jordan Notes from a Midnight Driver

Stroud, Jonathan Heroes of the Valley

Ursu, Ann The Shadow Thieves

Westerfeld, Scott Uglies, Leviathan, others

Weyn , Suzanne Distant Waves

Zusak, Markus The Book Thief

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