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KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Board Books

Top of the stack


Jamberry
By Bruce Degen



Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown


From the list "BEST" Board Books for 0 and up! from Amazon.com

A Child's Good Night Book  
By Margaret Wise Brown

Babies on the Go  
By Linda Ashman

Baby Play  
By Wendy Masi

Ducks in Muck  
By Lori Haskins

Feelings to Share  
By Todd & Peggy Snow

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed  
By Eileen Christelow

The Going to Bed Book(SP)  
By Sandra Boynton

Good Night Gorilla  
By Peggy Rathmann

Good Night Spot  
By Eric Hill

Goodnight Max  
By Rosemary Wells

Goodnight Moon  
By Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight My Duckling  
By Nancy Tafuri

Guess How Much I Love You  
By Sam McBratney

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes  
By Annie Kubler

Hush Little Baby  
By Marla Frazee

Hush Little Baby  
By Sylvia Long

Hush Little Ones  
By John Butler

I Kissed the Baby!  
By Mary Murphy

Jamberry  
By Bruce Degen

Kiss Good Night  
By Amy Hest

Little Toot Board Book  
By Hardie Gramatky

MamaI? CloiI-clo!  
By Keith Baker

Peek-A-Who?  
By Nina Laden

Read to Your Bunny  
By Rosemary Wells

Room on the Broom  
By Donaldson, Julia

The Runaway Bunny  
By Margaret Wise Brown

Time for Bed  
By Mem Fox

The Very Hungry Caterpillar  
By Eric Carle

Whoever You Are  
By Mem Fox

Won't You Be My Hugaroo?  
By Joanne Ryder

Won't You Be My Kissaroo?  
By Joanne Ryder

You Are Beautiful  
By Todd Snow

You Are Creative  
By Todd Snow

You Are Important  
By Todd Snow

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Preschool & Kindergarten

Top of the stack


Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes


2005 Caldecott Medal Winner

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing (SP) (AR)  
By Judi Barrett

Are You a Bee? (SP) (AR)  
By Judy Allen

Are You a Butterfly? (SP) (AR)  
By Judy Allen

Are You a Dragonfly? (SP) (AR)  
By Judy Allen

Arthur's Mystery Babysitter(SP) (AR)  
By Marc Brown

A-tisket, A-tasket (AR)  
By Ella Fitzgerald

Beatrice Doesn't Want To  
By Laura Numeroff

Bed Hogs (AR)  
By Kelly DiPucchio

Bear's Picture   
By Daniel Pinkwater

Big Chickens  
By Leslie Helakoski

Blue Goose   
By Nancy Tafuri

Cat the Cat, Who Is That? (N)   
By Mo Willems

Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear! (AR)  
By Nancy White Carlstrom

Cool Cat (N)   
By Nonny Hogrogian

Dance with Me   
By Charles R. Smith, Jr.

Did I Tell You I Love You Today? (AR)  
By Deloris Jordan

Fancy Nancy at the Museum   
By Jane O' Connor

The Firefighters   
By Sue Whiting

Fox Makes Friends  
By Adam Relf

The Giant Hug (AR)  
By Sandra Horning

Goodnight Moon(SP) (AR)  
By Margaret Wise Brown

The Grumpy Dump Truck (N)   
By Brie Spangler

Milk, Butter, and Cheese (Healthy Happy Eating Series)   
By Susan Martineau

Henry's Freedom Box   
By Ellen Levine

Hello Baby!   
By Mem Fox

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? (AR)   
By Jane Yolen

I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own   
By Lauren Child

I Love My Mommy: A Keepsake Storybook (N)   
By Lisa McCourt

I'm Not Scared  
By Jonathan Allen

In the Small, Small Pond (AR)  
By Denise fleming

It's All About Me!   
By Nancy Cote

It's Quacking Time (AR)  
By Martin Waddell

Jazz Baby   
By Lisa Wheeler

Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure (AR)  
By Mick Inkpen

Kitten's First Full Moon (SP) (AR)  
By Kevin Henkes

Knuffle Bunny (AR)  
By Mo Willems

Lion and the Mouse (N)   
By Jerry Pinkney

Little Bunny Foo Foo (AR)  
By Paul Brett Johnson

Little Spotted Cat (AR)  
By Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Little Quack's New Friend  
By Lauren Thompson

Max's ABC  
By Rosemary Wells

Max Counts His Chickens   
By Rosemary Wells

Mis colores, mi mundo: My Colors, My World(SP)   
By Maya Gonzalez

Mother Goose, Numbers on the Loose  
By Leo Dillon

The Neighborhood Mother Goose (AR)  
By Nina Crews

No Mirrors in My Nana's House  
By Ysaye M. Barnwell

Old Bear   
By Kevin Henkes

Olivia Forms a Band  
By Ian Falconer

Piggley's Tough Break  
By Jodi Huelin

Rain Play   
By Cynthia Cotten

Shark in the Park! (AR)  
By Mary Botham

The Sleepy Little Alphabet (N)   
By Judy Sierra

Stuck in the Mud  
By Jane Clarke

Suddenly! (AR)  
By Colin McNaughton

Summer Sun Risin' (AR)  
By W. Nikola-Lisa

Ten Little Fish (AR)  
By Audrey Wood

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Boot (AR)  
By Linda Smith

The Wheels on the Race Car  
By Alex Zane

Violet's Music (AR)  
By Angela Johnson

What's Cookin'? A Happy Birthday Counting Book   
By Nancy Coffelt

Where the Wild Things Are (SP) (AR)  
By Maurice Sendak

Who's That Baby?: New - Baby Songs (AR)  
By Sharon Creech

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 1

Top of the stack


Selections by . . .
Joy Weiss
Arizona Teacher of the Year 2010
Balsz Elementary
1st Grade-ELD
Technology Mentor/Trainer
Phoenix



One Fish, Two Fish (AR)
By Dr. Seuss

An old classic that refreshes a child's love for reading. Creates the magic of the expression and gives children the confidence to be readers.



The Ant Bully
By John Nickle

A great read to show children the effects of being a bully and being bullied. Allows families to have great conversations about being the kind of people that society needs. Great moral message



Eek! There's a Mouse in the House (AR)
By Wong Herbert Yee

A wonderfully funny tale about a mouse who is discovered. This book is a rhyming book and provides children with amusement and phonemic awareness skills that enhance a child's reading rhythm. Children love to watch animals in trouble and the rhyme of the book keeps kids glued to their seats.

All God's critters (N)  
By Bill Staines

Am I a Color Too?  
By Heidi Cole

The Ant Bully (AR)  
By John Nickle

Are You My Mother? (AR)  
By P.D. Eastman

Baby Brains Superstar (AR)  
By Simon James

Barn Dance  
By Pat Hutchins

Bear Snores On (AR)  
By Karma Wilson

Beatle McGrady Eats Bugs! (N)  
By Megan McDonald

Being a Pig is Nice (N)   
By Sally Lloyd-Jones, Karma Wilson

Big Little Elephant (AR)   
By Valeri Gorbachev

Brianna, Jamaica, and the Dance of Spring (AR)   
By Juanita Havill

Boom Boom Go Away! (N)   
By Laura Geringer

Cerditos(SP)   
By Don Wood

Chicken Little (AR)  
By Steven Kellogg

Class Two at the zoo  
By Julia Jarman

Clifford the Big Red Dog (AR)  
By Norman Bridwell

Clothes I Love to Wear   
By Cheryl Hudson

Cow (AR)  
By Malachy Doyle

Critter Jokes & Riddles  
By Janet Nuzum Myers

Dear Tooth Fairy (AR)  
By Karen Gray Ruelle

Earl the Squirrel (AR)  
By Don Freeman

Eek! There's a Mouse in the House (AR)  
By Wong Herbert Yee

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (AR)  
By Margaret Chodos-Irvine

Franklin and the Tin flute (AR)  
By Sharon Jennings

Froggy Goes to the Doctor (AR)  
By Jonathan London

Gladys Goes Out To Lunch (AR)  
By Derek Anderson

Green Wilma (AR)  
By Tedd Arnold

The Gulps  
By Rosemary Wells

Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life (AR)  
By Jerdine Nolen

I.Q. Goes to the Library (AR)  
By Mary Ann Fraser

If You Give a Pig a Party (AR)  
By Laura Numeroff

Imogene's Antlers (AR)  
By David Small

Is Your Mama a Llama? (AR)  
By Deborah Guarino

Little Bear (SP)   
By Else Minarik

The Little Engine That Could (AR)  
By Watty Piper

Luke Goes To Bat (AR)  
By Rachel Isadora

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (AR)   
By Doreen Rappaport

Messy Bessey's Garden  
By Patricia McKissack

The Mitten (AR)  
By Jan Brett

My Best Friend (AR)  
By Mary Ann Rodman

My Big Brother (AR)  
By Miriam Cohen

My First Ramadan  
By Karen Katz

Nacho and Lolita (AR)  
By Pam Munoz Ryan

Noah's Ark (AR)  
By Jerry Pinkney

On the Way To the Pond  
By Angela Shelf Madearis

One Fish, Two Fish (AR)  
By Dr. Seuss

Papa Tells Chita a Story (AR)  
By Elizabeth F. Howard

Pet Show (AR)  
By Ezra Jack Keats

Picky Mrs. Pickle(AR)  
By Christine M. Schneider

Pipkin of Pepper (AR)  
By Helen Cooper

Read and Rise (AR)  
By Sandra Pinkney

A Seed Grows: My First Look at a Plants Life Cycle  
By Pamela Hickman

Think Big! (AR)  
By Nancy Carlson

Think Cool Thoughts (AR)  
By Elizabeth Perry

True Friends: A Tale from Tanzania   
By John Kilaka

Tumble Bunnies (AR)  
By Kathryn Lasky

Two Old Potatoes and Me (N)   
By John Coy

What's That Awful Smell? (AR)   
By Heather Tekavec

Where is the Green Sheep? (AR)  
By Mem Fox

Who Will I Be, Lord? (N)   
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Yoko (AR)  
By Rosemary Wells

The Zoo I Drew (N)   
By Todd H. Doodler

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 2

Top of the stack



Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
By Eric Kimmel


From A Teacher's List: Books for Kindergarten Kids from Amazon.com

Amazing Grace (SP) (AR)  
By Mary Hoffman

Amelia Bedelia (AR)  
By Peggy Parish

An African Princess (AR)  
By Lyra Edmonds

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (AR)   
By Eric Kimmel

Arthur's Homework (SP) (AR)  
By Marc Brown

Bad Bear Detective (AR)  
By Daniel Pinkwater

Bad Kitty (SP)  
By Nick Bruel

Beatrice's Goat  
By Page McBride

Beautiful Blackbird (AR)  
By Ashley Bryan

Berenstain Bears and the  
By Stan Berenstain

Missing Watermelon Money (AR)  
By

Big Bear Hug (N)   
By Nicholas Oldland

Big Brown Bat (N)   
By Rick Chrustowski

Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery  
By David Alder

Big and Small(SP) (AR)  
By Lisa Bullard

Black All Around! (AR)  
By Patricia Hubbell

Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian (AR)   
By Jessica Spanyol

A Chair for My Mother (SP) (AR)  
By Vera B. Williams

Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! (AR)  
By Pat Cummings

Coming on Home Soon (AR)  
By Jacqueline Woodson

The Day I Saw My Father Cry (AR)  
By Bill Cosby

Franklin Says I Love You (AR)  
By Paulette Bourgeois

Frida (AR)  
By Jonah Winter

Get Ready For Second Grade, Amber Brown (AR)  
By Paula Danziger

The Gingerbread Boy   
By Paul Galdone

Goin' Someplace Special (AR)  
By Patricia McKissack

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (AR)   
By Jim Aylesworth

Happy Birthday Bad Kitty (N)  
By Nick Bruel

Happy Healthy Monsters (N)  
By Naomi Kleinberg

Harry, the Dirty Dog (AR)  
By Gene Zion

Harvesting Hope (AR)  
By Kathleen Krull

The Hatseller and the Monkeys: A West African Folktale (AR)   
By s Baba Wague Diakite

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands(N)   
By Kadir Nelson

Hooray for fly Guy!   
By Tedd Arnold

Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time (N)   
By James Howe

I'm Gonna Like Me (AR)  
By Jamie Lee Curtis

John Henry (AR)  
By Julius Lester

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (AR)  
By Simms Taback

Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale (AR)  
By David Gershator

The Legend of Spud Murphy (AR)  
By Eoin Colfer

Little Britches and the Rattlers (N)  
By Eric Kimmel

Lucille Camps In (AR)  
By Kath Lasky

Miss Nelson is Missing (AR)  
By Harry Allard

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth (AR)  
By Alison McGhee

Mr. Klutz is Nuts! (AR)  
By Dan Gutman

My First Book About Airplanes and Rockets   
By Kama Einhorn

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean (AR)  
By Joanna Cole

Oh, Look! (AR)  
By Patricia Polacco

The Other Side (AR)  
By Jacqueline Woodson

The Polar Express (AR)  
By Chris Van Allsburg

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood story from Africa  
By Niki Daly

Rap A Tap Tap (AR)  
By Leo Dillon

The Relatives Came (AR)  
By Cynthia Rylant

Rocks in His Head (AR)  
By Carol Otis Hurst

Salsa Stories (AR)  
By Lulu Delacre

A Season for Mangoes (AR)  
By Regina Hanson

Secret Spies (N)   
By Adrienne Mason

Sitting In My Box (N)   
By Dee Lillegard

Sock Monkey (AR)  
By Cece Bell

Squashed in the Middle (AR)   
By Elizabeth Winthrop

Stepping Out With Grandma Mac (AR)   
By Nikki Grimes

Stink-o-pedia :Super Stink-y Stuff From A to Zzzzz (N)   
By Megan McDonald

Story of Ruby Bridges (AR)  
By Robert Coles

Tailypo: A Ghost Story (AR)  
By Joanna Galdone

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (AR)  
By Jon Scieszka

Too Much Noise (AR)  
By Ann McGovern

Wagon Wheels (AR)  
By Barbara Brenner

What a Family! A Fresh Look at Family Trees (AR)   
By Rachel Isadora

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (AR)   
By Steve Jenkins

What is a Wise Bird Like You Doing In a Silly Tale Like This? (AR)   
By Uri Shulevitz

Where is My Tail? (AR)  
By Susan Schafer

Whoo Goes There? (N)   
By Jennifer A. Ericsson

Wilson and Miss Lovely (N)   
By John Stadler

The Wolf's Chicken Stew (AR)  
By Keiko Kasza

Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery (AR)  
By David Adler

Zomo the Rabbit: An African Trickster (AR)   
By Gerald McDermott

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 3

Top of the stack


Selections by . . .
Joanne Carter
3rd Grade Teacher
Sunshine Elementary, Title 1
Lehigh Acres, FL



Meet Samantha, An American Girl
by Susan S. Adler


Samantha is a Victorian girl. She is an orphan whose Grandmother takes her in. Eventually, she moves to New York, where her Aunt and Uncle adopt her. While she is with her Grandmother, she makes new friends, plays tricks on the spoiled neighbor, and goes on lots of exciting adventures.



Meet Kit, An American Girl
by Valarie Tripp


In this book, Kit's father's business closes and her family is forced to make changes because of the Great Depression. Nine-year-old Kit responds with resourcefulness.



Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney


Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a school where he and his friend Rowley hope to survive as undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily. And when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take measures to save their friendship. #1



Going West: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Laura Ingalls Wilder


A young pioneer girl and her family prepare to leave the Big Woods of Wisconsin and travel west in their covered wagon.



Ramona and Her Father
by Beverly Cleary


In this adventure with Beezus and Ramona, two of the best-loved characters in children's literature, Mr. Quimby loses his job, and the entire family learns to cope with hardship.

Abuela (SP) (AR)  
By Arthur Dorros

Alvin Ho (N)   
By Lenore Look

The Amazing Trial of Seymour Snail (N)  
By Lynn E. Hazen

Amelia's Notebook (AR)  
By Marissa Moss

Anansi and the Sky Kingdom   
By Bobby & Sherry Norfolk

Angeline's Island   
By Jeanette Winter

Anyone But Me(AR)  
By Nancy Krulik

Arthur and the Race to Read(SP) (AR)  
By Stephen Krensky

At Gleason's Gym   
By Ted Lewin

Attack of the Mutant Lunch Lady   
By Scott Nickel

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad (AR)  
By Faith Ringgold

Author Day For Room 3T(SP) (AR)  
By Robin Pulver

Ballyhoo Bay   
By Judy Sierra

The Bat Boy and His Violin (AR)  
By Gavin Curtis

Beauty, Her Basket (AR)  
By Sandra Belton

Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (N)   
By Carole Weatherford

Bones and the Cupcake Mystery (SP)(AR)  
By David Adler

President Barack Obama(SP) (N)   
By Jennifer Marks

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story   
By Robbin Gourley

About Edna Lewis  
By Robbin Gourley

Change Has Come (N)   
By Kadir Nelson

Class Clown (AR)  
By Johanna Hurwitz

The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid (AR)  
By Geronimo Stilton

Daisy Comes Home (AR)  
By Jan Brett

The Day of Ahmed's Secret (AR)  
By florence Heide

Elephants of Africa (N)  
By Gail Gibbons

Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny (N)  
By Patricia Hermes

Enemy Spy (Shredderman series) (AR)  
By Wendelin V. Draanen

Firekeeper's Son (AR)  
By Linda Sue Park

Fishing Day (AR)  
By Andrea Pinkney

flat Stanley (AR)  
By Jeff Brown

Frogs   
By Nic Bishop

Game Day (AR)   
By Tiki Barber

Gloria Rising (N)   
By Ann Cameron

A Good night for Ghost (N)  
By Mary Pope Osborne

The Good, the Bad and the Goofy (AR)  
By Jon Scieszka

Good Manners Can Be Contagious! (N)   
By Mij Kelly

Gooney Bird Greene (AR)  
By Lois Lowry

Gym Shorts: Track Attack (N)  
By Betty Hicks

Hair Dance!  
By Dinah Johnson

Holy Guacamole!: And Other Scrumptious Snacks   
By Nick Fauchald

Hope! A Story Of Change In Obama's America (N)   
By Eric Stevens

Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom (AR)  
By Suzy Kline

How to (Almost) Ruin Your School Play (AR)  
By Valerie Wesley

How to Lose Your Class Pet (AR)  
By Valerie Wesley

How to Take the Grrrr Out of Angel  
By Elizabeth Verdick

Hungry, Hungry Sharks! (N)   
By Joanna Cole

I Want to Be Free   
By Joseph Slate

Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad (N)   
By Annie Barrows

Jazzy Miz Mozetta (AR)  
By Brenda Roberts

Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In! (AR)  
By Megan McDonald

Julian, Secret Agent (AR)   
By Ann Cameron

Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (AR)   
By Barbara Park

Kamishibai Man (SP) (AR)  
By Allen Say

Katie Meets the Impressionists (AR)  
By James Mayhew

Langston's Train Ride (AR)  
By Robert Burleigh

Little Swan (N)   
By Jonathan London

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (AR)  
By Ed Young

Lunch Walks Among Us (AR)  
By Jim Benton

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (AR)  
By Mordicai Gerstein

Miss Spider's Tea Party (N)  
By David Kirk

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers   
By Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (AR)  
By Christine King Farris

My People   
By Langston Hughes

The Mystery in the Fortune Cookie (AR)  
By Gertrude Warner

Mr. Macky is Wacky!  
By Dan Gutman

Night Running: How James Escaped With Help of His Faithful Dog  
By Elisa Lynn Carbone

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference  
By Katie Milway

Pictures for Miss Josie (AR)  
By Sandra Belton

Pop! A Book About Bubbles (AR)  
By Kimberly B. Bradley

President Barack Obama(SP) (N)  
By Jennifer Marks

Rosa (A.R.)  
By Nikki Giovanni

Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name   
By Sharon Draper

Scooby-Doo! and the Groovy Ghost (AR)  
By James Gelsey

Shiloh Season (AR)  
By Phyllis R. Naylor

Stink: The Super-Incredible   
By Megan McDonald

Sweet Potato Pie (AR)  
By Kathleen Lindsey

Saxby Smart Private Detective (N)   
By Simon Cheshire

The Sisters: (Series) (N)   
By Lauren Baratz-Logsted

The Tale of The Magic Okra Seeds: How Gumbo Came from Africa  
By Kaye Washington

That's What Leprechauns Do(SP) (AR)  
By Eve Bunting

This Gum for Hire: Chet Gecko Series   
By Bruce Hale

Three Hungry Pigs and the Wolf Who Came to Dinner (AR)  
By Charles Santore

Unwilling Umpire (AR)  
By Ron Roy

The Well of Truth  
By Martha Hamilton

When Lightning Comes in a Jar (AR)   
By Patricia Polacco

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail (AR)  
By Coleen Salley

The Wish Giver   
By Bill Brittain

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 4

Top of the stack

Selections by . . .
Vince Rosato
4-5 master teacher
Searles Elementary
Union City, CA



James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl



Double Fudge by Judy Blume



Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLauchlan


"Each is from a consistently good author, two have sequels or prequels and while the first two are fanciful fictions the third is historical fiction and fits right into a 4th to 5th grade transition in History Social Studies standards-based input."

-- Vince Rosato

Amber Brown Is Green with Envy (AR)  
By Paula Danziger

Barack Obama: President for a New Era   
By Marlene Targ Brill

Befiddled (SP) (AR)  
By Pedro Alcantara

Best Joke Book Ever  
By Charles Keller

Coretta Scott   
By Ntozake Shange

The Civil Rights Movement   
By Heather Adamson

Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit (AR)   
By Johnathan Rand

Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray (AR)  
By Ann M. Martin

Donavan's Word Jar (AR)  
By Monalisa DeGross

Double Fudge   
By Judy Blume

Dragonbreath (N)   
By Ursula Vernon

Float and Sting! One Round with Muhannad Ali (N)   
By Davis Miller

Gloria Rising (AR)  
By Ann Cameron

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (AR)  
By Lynne Cherry

Herbie Jones and Hamburger Head (AR)  
By Suzy Kline

How to Eat Fried Worms (AR)  
By Thomas Rockwell

James and the Giant Peach (AR)  
By Roald Dahl

Jazz on Saturday Night   
By Leo Dillon

Justin and the Best Biscuits In the World (AR)  
By Mildred Pitts Walter

Knights of the Kitchen Table (AR)  
By Jon Scieszka

Legend of the Petoskey Stone (AR)  
By Kathy Jo Wargin

Let's Talk Race (AR)  
By Julius Lester

Little Pear: The Story of a Little Chinese Boy (SP) (AR)   
By Eleanor Lattimore

Little Stevie Wonder (AR)  
By Quincy Troupe

Look at Lucy! (N)   
By Ilene Cooper

Marvin Redpost: A Magic Crystal (AR)  
By Louis Sachar

Meet Kaya (AR)  
By Janet Shaw

Mr. Williams (AR)  
By Karen Barbour

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom   
By Carole Weatherford

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Staurt Little   
By Peggy Gifford

My People (N)  
By Langston Hughes

The People Could fly: The Picture Book  
By Virgina Hamilton

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America (AR)  
By Sharon Robinson

The Real Lucky Charm (AR)  
By Charisse Richardson

The Real Slam Dunk (AR)  
By Charisse Richardson

A Room with a Zoo (AR)  
By Jules Feiffer

Rosetta, Rosetta Sit By Me! (AR)  
By Linda Walvoord

The Report Card (AR)  
By Andrew Clements

Same Stuff as Stars (AR)  
By Katherine Paterson

Sarah, Plain and Tall (AR)  
By Patricia MacLachlan

Secret Identity (AR)  
By Wendelin V. Draanen

7 x 9 = Trouble! (AR)  
By Claudia Mills

The Skirt (AR)  
By Gary Soto

The Spider Weaver (AR)  
By Margaret Musgrove

Stone Soup (AR)  
By Heather Forest

Superdog: Heart of a Hero (AR)  
By Caralyn Buehner

Sure as Sun Rise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends   
By Alice McGill

Tea at the Treedome (AR)  
By Terry Collins

Thank You, Mr. Falker (AR)  
By Patricia Polacco

Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop's Fables (AR)   
By Helen Ward

The Warriors (AR)  
By Joseph Bruchac

Wild Card (N)   
By Tiki Barber

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 5

Top of the stack


Kira - Kira
By Cynthia Kadohata


2005 Newberry Medal Winner

Akikio on the Planet Smoo (AR) (Series)  
By Mark Crilley

Animals Helping With Special Needs (AR)  
By Clare Oliver

Because of Winn Dixie(SP) (AR)  
By Kate DiCamillo

Boys Rock! (AR)  
By Phyllis R. Naylor

The Bus Ride That Changed History: the Story of Rosa Parks (AR)  
By Pamela D. Edwards

The Calder Game (N)   
By Blue Balliett

Call it Courage(SP) (AR)  
By Armstrong Sperry

Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit   
By Kadir Nelson

Celeste's Harlem Renaissance   
By Eleanora Tate

Come All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks In The Revolutionary War (AR)  
By Clinton Cox

Crafty Bags for Stylish Girls: Uniquely Chic Purses, Pouches and Pocketbooks   
By Elizabeth Hauser

Elijah of Buxton (N)  
By Christopher Curtis

Finger Art: Dazzling Fingers and Terrific Toes  
By Thiranut Boonyadhistarn

Gravity Buster: Journal A##2 of a Cardboard Genius (AR)  
By Frank Asch

The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun Of Finding Out Who You Are (AR)   
By Lila Perl

Finding Your Faith (N)   
By Stephanie Perry Moore

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent   
By Thomas B. Allen

Hispanic-American Crafts Kids Can Do!(SP)   
By Fay Robinson

I've Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall (AR)  
By Bette Greene

Jazmin's Notebook (AR)  
By Nikki Grimes

Joey Pigza Loses Control (AR)  
By Jack Gantos

The Kid Who Ran For President (AR)  
By Dan Gutman

Manga for the Beginner Chibis (N)  
By Christopher Hart

Kira - Kira (AR)  
By Cynthia Kadohata

Langston Hughes: American Poet (AR)  
By Alice Walker

The Last Straw: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (AR)  
By Jeff Kinney

LeBron James (AR)  
By John Hareas

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (SP) (AR)   
By C.S. Lewis

Longhouses (AR)  
By Raymond Bial

Maritcha: A Nineteenth - Century American Girl (AR)   
By Tonya Bolden

Mississippi Bridge (AR)  
By Mildred Taylor

Missy Violet and Me (AR)  
By Barbara Hathaway

The Negro Speaks of Rivers   
By Langston Hughes

Numbering All the Bones (AR)  
By Ann Rinaldi

One More Valley, One More Hill: The Story Of Aunt Clara Brown (AR)  
By Linda Lowery

Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story (AR)  
By Andrea Warren

Pink And Say (SP) (AR)  
By Patricia Polacco

Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters (AR)  
By Pat McKissack

Remember Little Rock   
By Paul Robert Walker

Scraps of Time, 1928:   
By Patricia C. McKissack

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (AR)  
By Eleanor Coerr

Secrets of Dripping Fang (AR)   
By Dan Greenburg

The 2nd International Cookbook For Kids   
By Matthew Loricchio

Sideways Stories From Wayside School (AR)   
By Louis Sachar

Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson (N)  
By Sharon Robinson

Three Good Deeds (AR)  
By Vivian Vande Velde

When Marian Sang (AR)  
By Pam Munoz Ryan

The Whipping Boy (SP) (AR)  
By Sid fleischman

Words To My Life's Song   
By Ashley Bryan

Yankee Girl   
By Mary Ann Rodman

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 6

Top of the stack

Selections by . . .
Rita Lockridge
8th Grade teacher
Noble Elementary and Middle School
Detroit



Wringer
by Jerry Spinelli



Cousins
by Virginia Hamilton



Feathers
by Jacqueline Woodson

Baseball in April (AR)  
By Gary Soto

Becoming Naomi Leon (AR)  
By Pam Munzo Ryan

Bud Not Buddy (AR)  
By Christopher P. Curtis

Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863 - 1877(AR)   
By Tonya Bolden

Centsibility: The Planet Girl Guide to Money (N)  
By Stacey Roderick

Closed for the Season : a mystery story (N)   
By Mary Downing Hahn

A Corner of the Universe (AR)  
By Ann M. Martin

Cousins (AR)Virginia Hamilton

Dragonsong (AR)  
By Anne McCaffrey

Dunk Under Pressure  
By Rich Wallace

Fight On: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration (AR)  
By Dennis Fradin

Feathers  
By Jacqueline Woodson

Free at Last! Stories and Songs of Emancipation (AR)  
By Doreen Rappaport

Gabriel's Triumph )  
By Alison Hart

Ghosts of Cutler Creek (AR)  
By Cynthia DeFelice

The Golden Hour (AR)  
By Maiya Williams

Hatchet (AR)  
By Gary Paulsen

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat   
By Nikki Giovanni

Hour of the Cobra (AR) (Series)  
By Maiya Williams

Keesha's House (N)   
By Helen Frost

Kids at Work (AR)  
By Russell Freedman

Julie of the Wolves' (SP) (AR)   
By Jean Creighead George

Jimi & Me (AR)  
By Jaime Adoff

Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist (AR)  
By Lesa Cline-Ransome

The Marvelous Effect  
By Troy Cle

Mr. Chickee's Funny Money (AR)  
By Christopher P. Curtis

Music of the Dolphins (AR)  
By Karen Hesse

The Old African (AR)   
By Julius Lester

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (AR)  
By E.L. Konigsburg

Poems to Dream Together (AR)  
By Francisco X. Alarcon

The Power of One: Daisy Bates and The Little Rock Nine (AR)   
By Judith Bloom Fradin

Profiles of the Presidents Barack Obama (N)   
By Don Nardo

Pyramids (AR)  
By Peter Mellet

The Rock and the Rive  
By r Kekla Magoon

Run Away Home (AR)  
By Patricia McKissack

Sarny: A Life Remembered (AR)  
By Gary Paulsen

Stuff to Hold Your Stuff  
By (N) Ellen Warwick

Standing Against the Stuff (Planet Girl)  
By Ellen Warwick

The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco (AR)  
By Janice Repka

When You Reach Me (N)   
By Rebecca Stead

Willow Run (AR)  
By Patricia Reilly Giff

Wilma Unlimited (AR)  
By Kathleen Krull

Witch Catcher (AR)   
By Mary D. Hahn

Wringer (AR)  
By Jerry Spinelli

Young Pele: Soccer First Star   
By Lesa Cline-Ransome

KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

Grade 7

Top of the stack



Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse


1998 Newberry Medal Winner

Ain't Nothing But A Man: My Quest To Find the Real John Henry  
By Marc Aronson

At Her Majesty's Request (AR)  
By Walter Dean Myers

Black Storm Comin' (AR)  
By Diane L. Wilson

Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique Series)  
By Lisi Harrison

Broken China (N)   
By Lori Aurelia Williams

Double Identity (AR)   
By Margaret Haddix

The Black Pearl (AR)  
By Scott O'Dell

Bluish (AR)  
By Virginia Hamilton

The Bronx Masquerade (AR)  
By Nikki Grimes

Chasing Vermeer (AR)  
By Blue Balliett

Dave at Night (AR)  
By Gail Carson Levine

Esperanza Rising (AR)  
By Pam Munoz Ryan

flush (AR)  
By Carl Hiaasen

Freak the Mighty (AR)  
By W. R. Philbrick

The Giver (AR)  
By Lois Lowry

The Golden Hour (AR)  
By Maiya Williams

Granny   
By Anthony Horowitz

Hush (AR)  
By Jacqueline Woodson

Injeanuity (Planet Girl)  
By Ellen Warwick

Jazz   
By Walter Myers

Jazz A-B-Z   
By Wynton Marsalis

Joseph   
By Shelia P. Moses

The Journal of Jesse Smoke (AR)  
By Joseph Bruchac

Miracle's Boys (AR)  
By Jacqueline Woodson

Miss Crandall's School For Young Ladies &Little Misses of Color  
By Elizabeth Alexander

Money Hungry (AR)  
By Sharon flake

Never Mind! (AR)  
By Avi

One Left Behind (AR)  
By Willo Davis Roberts

Out of the Dust (AR)  
By Karen Hesse

Peter and the Starcatchers (AR)  
By Dave Barry

Pretty Skyy Series   
By Stephanie Perry Moore

Snakehead   
By Anthony Horowitz

Rewind (AR)  
By William Sleator

Self Portrait (AR)  
By Jeanne Betancourt

Shrink To Fit (N)   
By Dona Sarkar

Still I Rise   
By Roland Laird

Summer Ball   
By Mike Lupica

There Will Be Wolves (AR)  
By Karleen Bradford

Twelve Travelers Twenty Horses (AR)  
By Harriette Robinet

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Helped Us Succeed (AR)  
By Sampson Davis

When the Black Girl Sings   
By Bill Wright

Wrango (AR)  
By Brian Burks

You Don't Know Me   
By Sharon Blake

Summer Reading Program Offers Cool Choices for All Ages

Book list provided by Detroit Public Library