KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
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
Babies on the Go
Baby Play
Ducks in Muck
Feelings to Share
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
The Going to Bed Book(SP)
Good Night Gorilla
Good Night Spot
Goodnight Max
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight My Duckling
Guess How Much I Love You
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Hush Little Baby
Hush Little Baby
Hush Little Ones
I Kissed the Baby!
Jamberry
Kiss Good Night
Little Toot Board Book
MamaI? CloiI-clo!
Peek-A-Who?
Read to Your Bunny
Room on the Broom
The Runaway Bunny
Time for Bed
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Whoever You Are
Won't You Be My Hugaroo?
Won't You Be My Kissaroo?
You Are Beautiful
You Are Creative
You Are Important
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
2005 Caldecott Medal Winner
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing (SP) (AR)
Are You a Bee? (SP) (AR)
Are You a Butterfly? (SP) (AR)
Are You a Dragonfly? (SP) (AR)
Arthur's Mystery Babysitter(SP) (AR)
A-tisket, A-tasket (AR)
Beatrice Doesn't Want To
Bed Hogs (AR)
Bear's Picture
Big Chickens
Blue Goose
Cat the Cat, Who Is That? (N)
Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear! (AR)
Cool Cat (N)
Dance with Me
Did I Tell You I Love You Today? (AR)
Fancy Nancy at the Museum
The Firefighters
Fox Makes Friends
The Giant Hug (AR)
Goodnight Moon(SP) (AR)
The Grumpy Dump Truck (N)
Milk, Butter, and Cheese (Healthy Happy Eating Series)
Henry's Freedom Box
Hello Baby!
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? (AR)
I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own
I Love My Mommy: A Keepsake Storybook (N)
I'm Not Scared
In the Small, Small Pond (AR)
It's All About Me!
It's Quacking Time (AR)
Jazz Baby
Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure (AR)
Kitten's First Full Moon (SP) (AR)
Knuffle Bunny (AR)
Lion and the Mouse (N)
Little Bunny Foo Foo (AR)
Little Spotted Cat (AR)
Little Quack's New Friend
Max's ABC
Max Counts His Chickens
Mis colores, mi mundo: My Colors, My World(SP)
Mother Goose, Numbers on the Loose
The Neighborhood Mother Goose (AR)
No Mirrors in My Nana's House
Old Bear
Olivia Forms a Band
Piggley's Tough Break
Rain Play
Shark in the Park! (AR)
The Sleepy Little Alphabet (N)
Stuck in the Mud
Suddenly! (AR)
Summer Sun Risin' (AR)
Ten Little Fish (AR)
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Boot (AR)
The Wheels on the Race Car
Violet's Music (AR)
What's Cookin'? A Happy Birthday Counting Book
Where the Wild Things Are (SP) (AR)
Who's That Baby?: New - Baby Songs (AR)
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
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)
Am I a Color Too?
The Ant Bully (AR)
Are You My Mother? (AR)
Baby Brains Superstar (AR)
Barn Dance
Bear Snores On (AR)
Beatle McGrady Eats Bugs! (N)
Being a Pig is Nice (N)
Big Little Elephant (AR)
Brianna, Jamaica, and the Dance of Spring (AR)
Boom Boom Go Away! (N)
Cerditos(SP)
Chicken Little (AR)
Class Two at the zoo
Clifford the Big Red Dog (AR)
Clothes I Love to Wear
Cow (AR)
Critter Jokes & Riddles
Dear Tooth Fairy (AR)
Earl the Squirrel (AR)
Eek! There's a Mouse in the House (AR)
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (AR)
Franklin and the Tin flute (AR)
Froggy Goes to the Doctor (AR)
Gladys Goes Out To Lunch (AR)
Green Wilma (AR)
The Gulps
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life (AR)
I.Q. Goes to the Library (AR)
If You Give a Pig a Party (AR)
Imogene's Antlers (AR)
Is Your Mama a Llama? (AR)
Little Bear (SP)
The Little Engine That Could (AR)
Luke Goes To Bat (AR)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (AR)
Messy Bessey's Garden
The Mitten (AR)
My Best Friend (AR)
My Big Brother (AR)
My First Ramadan
Nacho and Lolita (AR)
Noah's Ark (AR)
On the Way To the Pond
One Fish, Two Fish (AR)
Papa Tells Chita a Story (AR)
Pet Show (AR)
Picky Mrs. Pickle(AR)
Pipkin of Pepper (AR)
Read and Rise (AR)
A Seed Grows: My First Look at a Plants Life Cycle
Think Big! (AR)
Think Cool Thoughts (AR)
True Friends: A Tale from Tanzania
Tumble Bunnies (AR)
Two Old Potatoes and Me (N)
What's That Awful Smell? (AR)
Where is the Green Sheep? (AR)
Who Will I Be, Lord? (N)
Yoko (AR)
The Zoo I Drew (N)
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

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)
Amelia Bedelia (AR)
An African Princess (AR)
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (AR)
Arthur's Homework (SP) (AR)
Bad Bear Detective (AR)
Bad Kitty (SP)
Beatrice's Goat
Beautiful Blackbird (AR)
Berenstain Bears and the
Missing Watermelon Money (AR)
Big Bear Hug (N)
Big Brown Bat (N)
Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery
Big and Small(SP) (AR)
Black All Around! (AR)
Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian (AR)
A Chair for My Mother (SP) (AR)
Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! (AR)
Coming on Home Soon (AR)
The Day I Saw My Father Cry (AR)
Franklin Says I Love You (AR)
Frida (AR)
Get Ready For Second Grade, Amber Brown (AR)
The Gingerbread Boy
Goin' Someplace Special (AR)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (AR)
Happy Birthday Bad Kitty (N)
Happy Healthy Monsters (N)
Harry, the Dirty Dog (AR)
Harvesting Hope (AR)
The Hatseller and the Monkeys: A West African Folktale (AR)
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands(N)
Hooray for fly Guy!
Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time (N)
I'm Gonna Like Me (AR)
John Henry (AR)
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (AR)
Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale (AR)
The Legend of Spud Murphy (AR)
Little Britches and the Rattlers (N)
Lucille Camps In (AR)
Miss Nelson is Missing (AR)
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth (AR)
Mr. Klutz is Nuts! (AR)
My First Book About Airplanes and Rockets
Norma Jean, Jumping Bean (AR)
Oh, Look! (AR)
The Other Side (AR)
The Polar Express (AR)
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood story from Africa
Rap A Tap Tap (AR)
The Relatives Came (AR)
Rocks in His Head (AR)
Salsa Stories (AR)
A Season for Mangoes (AR)
Secret Spies (N)
Sitting In My Box (N)
Sock Monkey (AR)
Squashed in the Middle (AR)
Stepping Out With Grandma Mac (AR)
Stink-o-pedia :Super Stink-y Stuff From A to Zzzzz (N)
Story of Ruby Bridges (AR)
Tailypo: A Ghost Story (AR)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (AR)
Too Much Noise (AR)
Wagon Wheels (AR)
What a Family! A Fresh Look at Family Trees (AR)
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (AR)
What is a Wise Bird Like You Doing In a Silly Tale Like This? (AR)
Where is My Tail? (AR)
Whoo Goes There? (N)
Wilson and Miss Lovely (N)
The Wolf's Chicken Stew (AR)
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery (AR)
Zomo the Rabbit: An African Trickster (AR)
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
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)
Alvin Ho (N)
The Amazing Trial of Seymour Snail (N)
Amelia's Notebook (AR)
Anansi and the Sky Kingdom
Angeline's Island
Anyone But Me(AR)
Arthur and the Race to Read(SP) (AR)
At Gleason's Gym
Attack of the Mutant Lunch Lady
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad (AR)
Author Day For Room 3T(SP) (AR)
Ballyhoo Bay
The Bat Boy and His Violin (AR)
Beauty, Her Basket (AR)
Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (N)
Bones and the Cupcake Mystery (SP)(AR)
President Barack Obama(SP) (N)
Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story
About Edna Lewis
Change Has Come (N)
Class Clown (AR)
The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid (AR)
Daisy Comes Home (AR)
The Day of Ahmed's Secret (AR)
Elephants of Africa (N)
Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny (N)
Enemy Spy (Shredderman series) (AR)
Firekeeper's Son (AR)
Fishing Day (AR)
flat Stanley (AR)
Frogs
Game Day (AR)
Gloria Rising (N)
A Good night for Ghost (N)
The Good, the Bad and the Goofy (AR)
Good Manners Can Be Contagious! (N)
Gooney Bird Greene (AR)
Gym Shorts: Track Attack (N)
Hair Dance!
Holy Guacamole!: And Other Scrumptious Snacks
Hope! A Story Of Change In Obama's America (N)
Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom (AR)
How to (Almost) Ruin Your School Play (AR)
How to Lose Your Class Pet (AR)
How to Take the Grrrr Out of Angel
Hungry, Hungry Sharks! (N)
I Want to Be Free
Ivy and Bean Bound to Be Bad (N)
Jazzy Miz Mozetta (AR)
Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In! (AR)
Julian, Secret Agent (AR)
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (AR)
Kamishibai Man (SP) (AR)
Katie Meets the Impressionists (AR)
Langston's Train Ride (AR)
Little Swan (N)
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (AR)
Lunch Walks Among Us (AR)
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (AR)
Miss Spider's Tea Party (N)
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers
My People
The Mystery in the Fortune Cookie (AR)
Mr. Macky is Wacky!
Night Running: How James Escaped With Help of His Faithful Dog
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Pictures for Miss Josie (AR)
Pop! A Book About Bubbles (AR)
President Barack Obama(SP) (N)
Rosa (A.R.)
Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name
Scooby-Doo! and the Groovy Ghost (AR)
Shiloh Season (AR)
Stink: The Super-Incredible
Sweet Potato Pie (AR)
Saxby Smart Private Detective (N)
The Sisters: (Series) (N)
The Tale of The Magic Okra Seeds: How Gumbo Came from Africa
That's What Leprechauns Do(SP) (AR)
This Gum for Hire: Chet Gecko Series
Three Hungry Pigs and the Wolf Who Came to Dinner (AR)
Unwilling Umpire (AR)
The Well of Truth
When Lightning Comes in a Jar (AR)
Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail (AR)
The Wish Giver
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
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)
Barack Obama: President for a New Era
Befiddled (SP) (AR)
Best Joke Book Ever
Coretta Scott
The Civil Rights Movement
Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit (AR)
Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray (AR)
Donavan's Word Jar (AR)
Double Fudge
Dragonbreath (N)
Float and Sting! One Round with Muhannad Ali (N)
Gloria Rising (AR)
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (AR)
Herbie Jones and Hamburger Head (AR)
How to Eat Fried Worms (AR)
James and the Giant Peach (AR)
Jazz on Saturday Night
Justin and the Best Biscuits In the World (AR)
Knights of the Kitchen Table (AR)
Legend of the Petoskey Stone (AR)
Let's Talk Race (AR)
Little Pear: The Story of a Little Chinese Boy (SP) (AR)
Little Stevie Wonder (AR)
Look at Lucy! (N)
Marvin Redpost: A Magic Crystal (AR)
Meet Kaya (AR)
Mr. Williams (AR)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Staurt Little
My People (N)
The People Could fly: The Picture Book
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America (AR)
The Real Lucky Charm (AR)
The Real Slam Dunk (AR)
A Room with a Zoo (AR)
Rosetta, Rosetta Sit By Me! (AR)
The Report Card (AR)
Same Stuff as Stars (AR)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (AR)
Secret Identity (AR)
7 x 9 = Trouble! (AR)
The Skirt (AR)
The Spider Weaver (AR)
Stone Soup (AR)
Superdog: Heart of a Hero (AR)
Sure as Sun Rise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends
Tea at the Treedome (AR)
Thank You, Mr. Falker (AR)
Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop's Fables (AR)
The Warriors (AR)
Wild Card (N)
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
Kira - Kira
By Cynthia Kadohata
2005 Newberry Medal Winner
Akikio on the Planet Smoo (AR) (Series)
Animals Helping With Special Needs (AR)
Because of Winn Dixie(SP) (AR)
Boys Rock! (AR)
The Bus Ride That Changed History: the Story of Rosa Parks (AR)
The Calder Game (N)
Call it Courage(SP) (AR)
Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit
Celeste's Harlem Renaissance
Come All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks In The Revolutionary War (AR)
Crafty Bags for Stylish Girls: Uniquely Chic Purses, Pouches and Pocketbooks
Elijah of Buxton (N)
Finger Art: Dazzling Fingers and Terrific Toes
Gravity Buster: Journal A##2 of a Cardboard Genius (AR)
The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun Of Finding Out Who You Are (AR)
Finding Your Faith (N)
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Hispanic-American Crafts Kids Can Do!(SP)
I've Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall (AR)
Jazmin's Notebook (AR)
Joey Pigza Loses Control (AR)
The Kid Who Ran For President (AR)
Manga for the Beginner Chibis (N)
Kira - Kira (AR)
Langston Hughes: American Poet (AR)
The Last Straw: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (AR)
LeBron James (AR)
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (SP) (AR)
Longhouses (AR)
Maritcha: A Nineteenth - Century American Girl (AR)
Mississippi Bridge (AR)
Missy Violet and Me (AR)
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Numbering All the Bones (AR)
One More Valley, One More Hill: The Story Of Aunt Clara Brown (AR)
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story (AR)
Pink And Say (SP) (AR)
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters (AR)
Remember Little Rock
Scraps of Time, 1928:
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (AR)
Secrets of Dripping Fang (AR)
The 2nd International Cookbook For Kids
Sideways Stories From Wayside School (AR)
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson (N)
Three Good Deeds (AR)
When Marian Sang (AR)
The Whipping Boy (SP) (AR)
Words To My Life's Song
Yankee Girl
Board Books | Preschool & Kindergarten | Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book
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)
Becoming Naomi Leon (AR)
Bud Not Buddy (AR)
Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863 - 1877(AR)
Centsibility: The Planet Girl Guide to Money (N)
Closed for the Season : a mystery story (N)
A Corner of the Universe (AR)
Cousins (AR)
Dragonsong (AR)
Dunk Under Pressure
Fight On: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration (AR)
Feathers
Free at Last! Stories and Songs of Emancipation (AR)
Gabriel's Triumph )
Ghosts of Cutler Creek (AR)
The Golden Hour (AR)
Hatchet (AR)
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat
Hour of the Cobra (AR) (Series)
Keesha's House (N)
Kids at Work (AR)
Julie of the Wolves' (SP) (AR)
Jimi & Me (AR)
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist (AR)
The Marvelous Effect
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money (AR)
Music of the Dolphins (AR)
The Old African (AR)
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (AR)
Poems to Dream Together (AR)
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and The Little Rock Nine (AR)
Profiles of the Presidents Barack Obama (N)
Pyramids (AR)
The Rock and the Rive
Run Away Home (AR)
Sarny: A Life Remembered (AR)
Stuff to Hold Your Stuff
Standing Against the Stuff (Planet Girl)
The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco (AR)
When You Reach Me (N)
Willow Run (AR)
Wilma Unlimited (AR)
Witch Catcher (AR)
Wringer (AR)
Young Pele: Soccer First Star
KEY: (AR) = Accelerated Reader | (SP) = Also in Spanish | (N) = New Book

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
At Her Majesty's Request (AR)
Black Storm Comin' (AR)
Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique Series)
Broken China (N)
Double Identity (AR)
The Black Pearl (AR)
Bluish (AR)
The Bronx Masquerade (AR)
Chasing Vermeer (AR)
Dave at Night (AR)
Esperanza Rising (AR)
flush (AR)
Freak the Mighty (AR)
The Giver (AR)
The Golden Hour (AR)
Granny
Hush (AR)
Injeanuity (Planet Girl)
Jazz
Jazz A-B-Z
Joseph
The Journal of Jesse Smoke (AR)
Miracle's Boys (AR)
Miss Crandall's School For Young Ladies &Little Misses of Color
Money Hungry (AR)
Never Mind! (AR)
One Left Behind (AR)
Out of the Dust (AR)
Peter and the Starcatchers (AR)
Pretty Skyy Series
Snakehead
Rewind (AR)
Self Portrait (AR)
Shrink To Fit (N)
Still I Rise
Summer Ball
There Will Be Wolves (AR)
Twelve Travelers Twenty Horses (AR)
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Helped Us Succeed (AR)
When the Black Girl Sings
Wrango (AR)
You Don't Know Me
Book list provided by Detroit Public Library