I’m Going To Read – series by Sterling Publishing

First Grade

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world.  Love of books is the best of all.”

- Jacqueline Kennedy

Arnold, Tedd Fly High Fly Guy, others

Chaconas, Dori Cork and Fuzz, others

Elwell, Peter Adios, Oscar!

Frazee, Marla A Couple of Books Have The Best Week Ever!

George, Jean Craighead Goose and Duck

Grant, Judy Chicken said “Cluck”

Howe, James Houndsley and Catina

Hughes, Ted My Brother, Bert

Keller, Laurie The Scrambled States of America

Kimmel, Elizabeth The Top Job

Larsen, Andrew The Imaginary Garden

McCarthy, Meghan Astronaut Handbook

McLimans, David Gone Fishing

O’Neil, Catharine Annie and Simon

Oppel, Kenneth The King’s Taster

Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia

Seuss, Dr. The Lorax, others

Stevens, Janet The Great Fuzz Frenzy, others

Urbanovic, Jackie Duck Soup

Watt, Melanie Scaredy Squirrel

The following series are written for newly independent readers.

  Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library (Random House)

  Top Readers (Barnes and Noble)                           

  I Can Read (Harper Collins)

  All Aboard Reading Station (Penguin Group)

  Easy Reader Classics (Sterling Publishing)

  DK Readers – (Dorling Kindersley)

  Step Into Reading (Random House)

  Ready-To-Read (Simon and Shuster)

  Toon Books (RAW Junior, LLC)

Second Grade

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.”

                               - May Ellen Chase

Allard, Harry Miss Nelson series

Best, Cari Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen

Barrows, Annie Ivy and Bean series

Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop Spiders, Nic Bishop Frogs

Blade, Adam Beast Quest series

Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley series

Christopher, Matt – Sports chapter books

Cooper, Ilene Lucy on the Loose

Dale, Jenny Puppy Patrol and other series

DeGroat, Diane Gilbert and Friends series

Deutsch, Stacia – Blast to the Past series

Greene, Stephanie Owen Foote series

Greenburg, J. C. Andrew Lost, Maximum Boy series

Hatkoff, Juliana Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World

Hopkinson, Deborah Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek

Jenkins, Steve Sisters and Brothers

Kennemore, Tim Alice’s Birthday Pig

Leedy, Loreen The Edible Pyramid

Look, Lenore Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything, others

Lubar, David Punished, others

MacDonald, Alan Trolls Go Home

McGee, Marni Winston the Book Wolf

Meadows, Daisy Fairy Series

Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones series

Pennypacker, Sara The Talented Clementine, others

Prelutsky, Jack My Dog May Be A Genius

Press, Judy The Little Hands Big Craft Book

Rawlinson, Julia Fletcher and the Falling Leaves

Roy, Ron A-Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries

VanAllsburg, Chris Probuditi

Wood, Audrey The Bunyans

Yee, Wong Herbert Abracadabra

Third Grade

“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

-Dr. Seuss

American Girl Chrissa, Mia, others

Barber, Tiki Go Long, Kick Off

Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Deutsch, Stacia Blast to the Past series

Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses

Fleischman, Sid McBroom tall tales

Floca, Brian Moonshot: the Flight of Apollo 11

Friedman, Laurie Mallory series

Funke, Cornelia Ghosthunters series

Gannett, Ruth My Fathers Dragon series

Gifford, Peggy Moxy Maxwell series

Gould, Robert Time Soldiers series

Grindley, Sally Bravo Max, Dear Max

Hale, Bruce Chet Gecko mysteries

Harper, Charise Just Grace series

Hearne, Betsy Seven Brave Women

Holm, Jennifer Babymouse graphic novels

Howe, Deborah Bunnicula, others

MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series

Martin, Bill The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry

Mazer, Anne The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series

McKissack, Patricia Home-Run King

Montgomery, R. A Choose Your Own Adventure series

Pennypacker, Sara Clementine series

Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever

Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms

Scieszka, Jon Time War Trio series

Simon, Seymour Einstein Anderson series

Smith, Robert Kimmel Chocolate War

Sobel, Donald Encyclopedia Brown series

Wallace, Carol The Flying Flea, Callie and Me

Warner, Gertrude Boxcar Children mysteries

Warner, Sally Super Emma, others

Winter, Jonah You Never Heard of Sandy Kofax?

Fourth Grade

“So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.”

 - Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Bowe, Julie My New Best Friend

Cabot, Meg Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series

Clements, Andrew No Talking, others

Crosby, Jeff Little Lions, Bull Baiters and Hunting Hounds: A History of Dog Breeds

Dahl, Roald The BFG, Matilda, others

DiTerlizzi, Tony Kenny and the Dragon

Dyer, Heather Ibby’s Magic Weekend

Goldstone, Bruce Greater Estimations

Gutman, Dan The Homework Machine

Hesse, Karen Music of the Dolphins

Holt, Kimberly Piper Reed series

Ibbotson, Eva Island of the Aunts, others

Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet (graphic novel)

Kinney, Greg Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Korman, Gordon Swindle, others

Levine, Gail C. Ella Enchanted

Look, Lenore Alvin Ho series

Martin, Ann Main Street series, Dollhouse series

Mass, Peggy Every Soul a Star

McCloskey, Robert Homer Price

McGhee, Alison Julia Gillian series

Moss, Marissa Amelia series, Young American Voices

Naylor, Phyllis Boys vs. Girls series

O’Connor Barbara How to Steal a Dog

Pitchford, Dean The Big One-Oh

Rees, Douglas Uncle Pirate

Riordan, Rick and others 39 Clues series

Smith, Jeff Bone graphic novel series

Stadler, Alex Julian Rodriquez, Trash Crisis

Wallace, Bill Goosed, No Dogs Allowed

Wallace, Rich Winning Season series

White, E.B. Stuart Little, others

Fifth Grade

“Today A Reader, Tomorrow A Leader”

- Margaret Fuller

Anderson, Janet The Last Treasure

Barry, Dave Peter and the Starcatchers series

Berlin, Eric The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Buckley, Michael The Sisters Grimm series

Cassidy, Cathy Scarlett, Indigo Blue, Izzy

Connolly, Sean Book of Totally Irresponsible Science

Creech, Sharon Hate that Cat, Castle Corona

Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach, others

Dowd, Siebhon The London Eye Mystery

Dowell, Frances Shooting the Moon

Feldman, Jody The Gollywhopper Games

Frederick, Heather The Mother-Daughter Book Club

Gordon, Roderick Tunnels, Deeper

Hamilton, Virginia The House of Dies Drear

Hardinge, Frances Well-Wished, Fly By Night

Henkes, Kevin Bird Lake Moon

Ibbotson, Eva Dragonfly Pool, others

Jonell, Lynne Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Kinglsey, Kaza Erec Rex series

Kladstrop, Kristin The Book of Story Beginnings

Lin, Grace Year of the Dog, Year of the Rat

Lorey, Dean Nightmare Academy series

MacHale, D. J. Pendragon series

Mull, Brandon Fablehaven

Park, Linda Sue Keeping Score

Parry, Roseanne Heart of a Shepard

Pinkwater, Daniel The Neddiad

Prineas, Sarah The Magic Thief

Reisman, Michael Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper series

Sanderson, Brandon Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians

Smith, Roland I.Q. Independence Hall, Elephant Run

Snow, Alan Here Be Monsters

St. John, Lauren The White Giraffe, Dolphin Song

Stone, Jeff Five Ancestors series

Tocher, Timothy Bill Pennant, Babe Ruth, and Me

 

Sixth Grade

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”

- Joseph Addison

Alexander, Lloyd The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio

Balliett, Blue The Calder Game

Berkley, Jon Palace of Laughter

Broach, Elise Masterpiece

Bryant, Annie Beacon Street Girls series

Bruchac, Joseph The Bearwalker, Jim Thorpe, others

Creech, Sharon The Wanderer

Deming, Sarah Iris, Messenger

Erdrich, Louise The Game of Silence, others

Ferrailolo, Jack The Big Splash

Ferris, Jean Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon…..

Funke, Cornelia The Thief Lord

Greene, Tim Football Hero, Baseball Great

Haddix, Margaret Found, others

Hale, Shannon Rapunzel’s Revenge, Goose Girl, others

Hesse, Karen Brooklyn Bridge

Hobbs, Will Go Big or Go Home, others

Holm, Jennifer Penny from Heaven

Holmes, Elizabeth Tracktown Summer

Kadohata, Cynthia Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam

Landy, Derek Skullduggary Pleasant

LeFevers, R.I. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

Llewellyn, Sam Lyonesse

Law, Ingrid Savvy

Murphy, Pat The Wild Girls

Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest Brsinger

Pearsall, Shelley All Shook Up

Riordan, Rick The Lightening Thief, others

Ryan, Pam Munoz Painting the Wind

Sage, Angie Magyk, others

Schmidt, Gary First Boy, others

Shahan, Sherry Death Mountain

Skye, Obert Leven Thumps series

Stone, Tanya Almost Astronauts

Uehashy, Nahoko Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Winerip, Michael Adam Canfield of the Slash

Seventh Grade

“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read”

-S. I. Hayakawa

Allen, Thomas Mr. Lincoln’s High Tech War

Almond, David Skellig

Abrahams, Peter Echo Falls mystery series

Alexander, Sally She Touched the World

Bartoletti, Susan The Boy Who Dared

Berry Julie The Amaranth Experiment

Colfer, Eoin Airman, others

Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons, others

Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series

Hiassen, Carl Scat, Flush, Hoot

Horowitz, Anthony Necropolis, others

Kadohata, Cynthia Weedflower

Korman, Gordon Schooled, others

Levine, Gail Fairest, Ever, others

Lisle, Janet Black Duck

Lupica Mike Big Field, Summer Ball others

Mass, Wendy Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Meehan, Kierin Hannah’s Winter

Nanji, Shenaaz Child of Dandelions

Naylor, Phyllis Faith, Hope and Ivy June

Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, Starclimber

Padian, Maria Brett McCarthy: Work in Process

Paulsen, Gary Lawn Boy, Legend of Bass Reeves, others

Reeve, Philip Here Lies Arthur

Ritter, John The Boy Who Saved Baseball

St. Anthony, Jane The Summer Sherman Loved Me

Schmidt, Gary Wednesday Wars

Slayton, Fran When the Whistle Blows

Sonnenblick, Jon Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie

Spinnelli, Gary Smiles to Go

Stanley, Diane Bella At Midnight

Stroud, Jonathan Heroes of the Valley

Thomson, Sarah Three Cups of Tea

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings series

Walker, Sally Written in Bone

Eighth Grade

“Many time the reading of a book has made the future of a man.”               

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Cooney, Caroline If the Witness Lied, others

Cummings, Priscilla Red Kayak

Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe

Draper, Sharon Fire from the Rock

Durbin, William The Winter War: A Novel

Farmer, Nancy House of the Scorpion, others

Farr, Richard Emperors of the Ice:…

Goodman, Alison Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

Gratz, Alan Samurai Shortstop, others

Green, Tim Baseball Great, Football Genius, others

Hoffman, Mary The Falconer’s Knot:…

Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air…

Larbalestier, Justine How to Ditch Your Fairy

McClafferty, Carla In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry

Muchamore, Robert The Recruit, others

Murdock, Catherine Princess Ben…

Myers, Walter Sunrise over Fallujah, others

Owen, James Here, There Be Dragons, others

Pfeffer, Susan Life As We Knew It, others

Pratchett, Terry Nation

Schmidt, Gary Trouble, Others

Sheth, Kashmira Keeping Corner, others

Smelcer, John The Trap

Smith, Sherri Flygirl

Sniegoski, Tom Sleeper Code, Sleeper Agenda

Sonnenblick, Jordan Notes from a Midnight Driver

Sorrels, Walter First Shot

Sparks, Nicholas A Walk To Remember

Westerfeld, Scott Uglies, Specials, Pretties, etc.

Zusak, Markus The Book Thief