grades pre k - 12 book list

Grades Pre K - 12 Book List

Title Author

17: A Novel in Prose Poems Liz Roseberg

A B C William Wegman

A Birthday for Frances Russell Hoban

A Bug, A Bear, and a Boy

A Color of His Own

A Lesson Before Dying Earnest T. Gaines

A Mango-Shaped Space Wendy Mass

A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy Caren Holtzman

A Single Shard J Park

A Step From Heaven An Na

A Story, A Story Gail E. Haley

A Time of Wonder R. McCloskey

A Tree Full of Pigs Arnold Lobel

A Wreathe for Emmett Til Marilyn Nelson

Abigail Takes the Wheel Avi

Abraham Lincoln Wil Mara

Acceleration Graham McNamee

Al Capone Does My Shirts J Choldenko

Alice in Pastaland Alexandra Wright


All-American Girl Meg Cabot

Almost to Freedom Vaunda Nelson

Amalia and the Grasshopper

Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day ER Vanleeuwen

Amazing Grace Mary Hofman

Amazing Grace

Amelia Bedelia ER Parish

American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults Lori Carlson

Ana Tole Paul Galdone

And I Mean It, Stanley

Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing

Annie Between the States Laura Elliott

Aquamarine Alice Hoffman

Are You My Mother?

Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne

Arthur’s Fire Drill ER Brown

Athletic Shorts Chris Crutcher

Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy

Autumn Gail Saunders-‐Smith

Babe Ruth Saves Baseball Frank Murphy


Babymouse: Queen of the World! J GN Babymouse

Backyard Angel Judy Delton

Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers

Becoming Naomi Leon J Ryan

Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan

BedNme Mouse

Best Friend Emma J Warner

Best Seat in Second Grade Katherine Kenah

Big Red Barn

Biscuit’s Day at the Farm ER Capulcilli

Black Duck Janet Taylor Lisle

Blaze Finds a Trail C. W. Anderson

Bleachers John Grisham

Blood of the River Elisa Carbone

Bloody Jack YA Meyer

Blue Moyer Hostetter

Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale Cheryl Whitesel

Bluish Virginia Hamilton

Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale

Book Thief Markus Zusak


Brave Irene William Steig

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis

Buzz Said the Bee

Calkin’s Creek Joyce Hostetter

Can’t Get There From Here Todd Strasser

Caps for Sale

Case of the Missing Marquess J Springer

Cat and Dog ER Minarik

Cat in the Bag ER Miller

Cats Add Up Marilyn Burns

Charlotte’s Web E. B. White

Chasing Vermeer J Balliett

Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett

Chickerella Mary Jane

Chocolate Fever J Smith

Chu Ju’s House YA Whelan

Class Clown J Hurwitz

Clementine J Pennypacker

Click, Clack, Moo, Duck for President, Doreen Cronin


Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Ron and Judy Barrett

Clown Around ER Rau

Code Talker Joseph Brachac

Colibri Ann Cameron

Color of Water James McBride

Coming of Age in Mississippi Ann Moody

Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper

Counting on Grace Elizabeth Winthrop

Country Fair

Crow Boy Taro Yashima

Cuba 15 Nancy Osa

Dancing in Cadillac Light Kimberly W Holt

Danny and the Dinosaur

Dark Sons Nikki Grimes

Diary of a Wimpy Kid J Kinney

Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin

Dim Sum for Everyone, The Seven Chinese Sisters

Grace Lin

Do You Know What I’ll Do Charlotte Zolotow

Double Dutch YA Draper

Double Helix Nancy Werlin


Double Identity YA Haddix

Double Life J Richards

Down the Rabbit Hole YA Abrahams

Dr. Seuss Books

Dragonling J Koller

Egg to Chick

Elephants AloS Kathy Appelt

Eleven Patricia Reilly

Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree J Tarshis

Encounter at Easton Avi

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective J Sobol

Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card

Eragon Christopher Paolini

Even Steven and Odd Todd Kathryn Cristaldi

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining J Mazer

Faerie Wars Herbie Brennan

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury

Fat Kid Rules the World K. L. Going

Feet ER Rau


Finding My Voice Marie G. Lee

Fire StaNon

Firegirl J Abbott

First Light Rebecca Stead

Five LiUle Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Flat Stanley J Brown

Flowers Gail Saunders-Smith

Forces Around Us Sally Hewitt

Franklin books Bourgeios & Clark

Freaky Green Eyes Joyce Carol Oates

Frederick, Inch by Inch Leo Lionni

Free Baseball Sue Corbett

Frog and Toad are Friends ER Lobel

Frog and Toad, Mouse Tales Arnold Lobel

Froggy books Londan Jonathan

George and Martha books James Marshall

Get Up, Rick ER Green

Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story Delia Ray

Gideon the Cutpurse J Buckley-Archer

Gifted Hands Ben Carson


Gingerbread Rachael Cohn

Give Me Half

Go Free or Die Jeri Ferris

Gold-Threaded Dress J Marsden

Good Dog J Avi

Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown

Gooney Bird Greene

Goose Chase J Kindl

Gossamer J Lowry

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech

Gregor the Overlander J Collins

Grendel John Gardner

Halfway to the Sky Kimberly B. Bradley

Hanging on to Max Margaret Bechard

Hank the Cowdog John Erickson

Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur

Happy Go Lucky J Earhart

Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson

Harriet Tubman Follow the North Star Findley

Harry & the Lady Next Door Gene Zion


Hattie Big Sky Kirby Lawson

Heartbeat J Creech

Heaven Angela Johnson

Henny Penny Paul Galdone

Henry and Mudge ER Rylant

Henry’s Freedom Box Ellen Levine

Hiccups for Elephant

Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher Mike Thaler

Homes are For Living Ina Cumpiano

Hoops Walter Dean Myers

Hop, Skip, Run ER Leonard

Horrible Harry Suzy Kline

Houndsley and CaNna ER Howe

House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros

How Big is a Foot? Rolf Myller

Hush Jacqueline Woodson

I am Invited to a Party ER Willems

I am Rosa Parks Jim Haskins

I Hate English Ellen Levine

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou


I Need You ER Murphy

I, Houdini Lynne Reid Banks

Ida Bs J Hannigan

If You… Give a Pig a Pancake, Moose a Muffin, Mouse a Cookie

Laura Numeroff

If You’re Happy and You Know It Jane Cabrera

Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury

In Cold Blood Truman Capote

Inexcusable Chris Lynch

Insects Carolyn MacLulich

Into the Wild YA Hunter

Invention of Hugo Cabret J Selznick

Ira Sleeps Bernard Waber

Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie ER Guest

Ironman Chris Crutcher

Is This a House for Hermit Crab? Megan Macdonald

Island of the Blue Dolphin Scott O’Dell

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox

Ivy and Bean J Barrows

Jaberwocky Lewis Carroll

Jake, Reinvented Gordan Korman


James Madison Jill Mulhall

Jason & Kyra Dana Davidson

Jesse Gary Soto

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry Jason Glaser

Judy Moody J McDonald

Julie Jean Craighead George

Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George

Julie’s Wolfpack Jean Craighead George

Just a Minute Teddy Slater

Keeper Mal Peet

Kiki Strikes Inside the Shadow City J Miller

Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

Knights of the Kitchen Table J Sciesza

Lake and Pond Food Webs Paul Fliescher

Larry and Rita ER Brand

Lawn Boy J Paulsen

Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen

Leaves Gail Saunders-Smith

Leaves

Leaving Eden Annie D. LeClair


Let’s Read About Ruby Bridges Ruby and Grace Maccarone Bridges

Life as We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer

Light Year Tammar Stein

Lightning Thief Rick Riordan

Lily and the Purple PlasNc Purse, Jessica Kevin Henkes

Little Oh Jim LaMarche

Living Up the Street Gary Soto

Lizzie Bright & the Buckminister Boy Gary D. Schmidt

Local News Gary Soto

London Calling Bloor Edward

Look Out Jack the Giant is Back Tom Birdseye

Looking for Alaska John Green

Loser Jerry Spinelli

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Bernard Waber

Magic Paintbrush J Yep

Magyk J Sage

Maltida Roald Dahl

Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century Girl Tonya Bolden

Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm! J Kerrin

Marvin Redpost: Class President J Sachar


McBroom and the Great Race Sid Fleischman

Measuring Penny Loreen Leedy

Mercy Watson to the Rescue J DiCamillo

Messenger YA Lowry

Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo

Milkweed Jerry Spinelli

Millicent Min, Girl Genius J Yee

Millions of Cats Wanda Gag

Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater ER Cazet

Miss Daisy is Crazy J Gutman

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller Sarah E. Miller

Momotaro the Peach Boy Linda Shute

Moonbear’s Shadow and other books by Frank Asch

Mouse’s Hide-and-Seek Words ER Heling

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little J Gifford

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard Atwater

Mrs. Mack Patricia Polacco

Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Mufara’s Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe


My Contract with Henry YA Vaupel

My name is not Angelica J O’Dell

My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult

NASA Steve Kortenkamp

Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion Michael Burgan

Nate the Great and the Big Sniff ER Sharmat

Needful Things Stephen King

Niagara Falls, Or Does it? J Winkler

Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell

No David David Shannon

No Talking Andrew Clements

Noisy Nora

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean

North, South, East, West

Not Now Said the Cow

Nothing But the Truth Avi

Off To School Teresa Bateman

Old Hat, New Hat ER Berenstain

Olive’s Ocean Kevin Henkes

On the Dog J Greenburg


One LiUle Chicken David EllioU

One Nosy Pup Carol Wallace

One-Handed Catch J Auch

Ordeal by Hunger George Stewart

Out of the Dust Karen Hesse

Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist J Greene

Paperquake: A Puzzle YA Reiss

Parzivals The Quest of the Grail Knight J Paterson

Peanut and Pearl’s Picnic Adventure ER Dotlich

Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale Steven Kellogg

Peter and the Starcatchers J Barry

Peter Pan J. M. Barrie

Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia R. Giff

Pink and Say Patricia Polacco

Pip Squeak ER Weeks

Punished David Lubar

Push and Pull ER Schaefe

Quite Enough Hot Dogs ER Mara

Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein

Ralph S. Mouse Beverly Cleary


Ready Freddy Abby Klein

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-Li Jiang

Richard Scarry’s Watch Your Step Mr. Rabbit ER Scarry

Riding the Flume Pat Pfitsch

River Between Us Richard Peck

Romiette and Julio Sharon Draper

Rules J Lord

Rules Cynthia D Lord

Sacrifice Kathleen B Duble

Safe at Home J Robinson

Sahara Special J Codell

Sam Bangs and Moonshine Evaline Ness

Sammy Sosa, He’s the Man Laura Driscoll

Sammy the Seal ER Hoff

Sandpiper Ellen Wittlinger

Sarah Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan

Sarah, Plain and Tall J Mac Lachlan

Satch and Me J Gutman

Savvy Ingri Law

Scat Cats ER Holub


Scorpians Walter Dean Myers

Season of Promise Patricia Hermes

Secret Identity J Van Draanen

Secret Soldier, The Story of Deborah Sampson Ann McGovern

Senioritis Tate Thompson

Shadow Spinner YA Fletcher

Shattering Glass Gail Giles

Sheep in a Jeep

Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Silly Sally Audrey Wood

Silverwing J Oppel

Skinnybones Barbara Park

Skylark Patricia McLachlan

Slam Walter Dean Myers

Slower than a Snail Ann Schreiber

So Be It Sarah Weeks

Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers

Song Lee in Room 2B J Kline

Song of the Swallows Leo Politi

Soup Robert Newton Park


Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time Lisa Yee

Starring Grace J Hoffman

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher

Stone Fox J Gardiner

Stone Fox John Gardiner

Strega Nona Tommy DiPaulo

Stuart Little E. B. White

Surviving the Applewhites YA Tolan

Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie Tolan

Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas James Patterson

Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper

Ten in a Bed Allan Ahlberg

The Amazing Voyage of Jackie Grace Matt Faulkner

The Big Wave Pearl S. Buck

The Biggest Bear Lynn Ward

The Bingo Palace Louise Erdrich

The Black Stallion (Series) Walter Earley

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Freya LiUledale

The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder

The Children Who Smelled a Rat J Ahlberg


The Christopher Killer Alane Ferguson

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Mark Haddon

The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid J Geronimo

The Doll in the Garden Mary Downing Hahn

The Drinking Gourd F. N. Monjo

The Easter Egg Farm Mary Jane Auch

The Enormous Turnip

The Fairy-Tale Detectives J Buckley

The Field Guide J Black

The First Part Last Angela Johnson

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean J McCall Smith

The Friendship Tree Kathy Caple

The Gadget YA Zindel

The Game of Sunken Places YA Anderson

The Ghost’s Grave Peg Kehret

The Gingerbread Man Kimmell

The Giver Lois Lowry

The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein

The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls

The Golly Sisters Go West Betsy Byars


The Good-‐Bye Book Judith Viorst

The Goose Girl YA Hale

The Great Race ER Awdry

The Growing Up Tree Vera Rosenger

The Gunnywolf A. Delaney

The Hat Jan BreU

The Homework Machine Dan Gutman

The Hot Zone Richard Preston

The Inch Boy Junko Morimoto

The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks

The Jamestown Colony Gail Sukuri

The Jungle Upton Sinclair

The Last Juror John Grisham

The Last Knight Hilarie Bell

The Legend of Spud Murphy J Colfer

The Lemonade War Jacqueline Davies

The Liberation of Gabriel King J Going

The Lightning Thief YA Riordan

The Lion and the Mouse ER Herman

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis


The LiUle Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry BearThe Little Red Hen Harriet Ziefert

The Littles J Peterson

The Loud Silence of Francine Green YA Cushman

The Mailbox Audrey Shafer

The Mess ER Jensen

The Monster in Harry’s Back Yard Karen Ruelle

The Narrow Escapes of Davy Crockett Ariane Dewey

The Onts J Greenburg

The Outcast of 19 Schuyler Place J Konigsburg

The Pact Davis, Jenkins & Hunt

The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flourney

The Piggins Books Jane Yolen

The Powhatan and their History Natalie Rosinsky

The Pup Speaks Up ER Hays

The Red Pony John Steinbeck

The RelaNves Came, Poppleton, Henry and Mudge

Cynthia Rylant

The Report Card J Clements

The Revolutionary War Brendan January

The Rule of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason


The Runaway Bunny

The School Bus Inside the Earth Joanna Cole

The Sea Trolls Nancy Farmer

The Seed, The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle

The Singing Man Angela Shelf Medearis

The Stand Stephen King

The Starplace Vicki Grove

The Stories Julian Tells J Cameron

The Teacher’s Funerals YA Peck

The Thief J Turner

The Thief Lord J Funke

The Three Little Pigs ER Hillert

The Time Machine H. G. Wells

The Tooth Missing Joanna Cole

The Trap John Smelcler

The Trial Jennifer Bryant

The Truth About Sparrows YA Hale

The Very Busy Spider

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle

The Village of Round and Square Houses Ann Grifelconi


The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame

The Wreck of the Ethie Hillary Hyland

The Year of Secret Assignments Jaclyn Moriarty

The Young Man and the Sea J Philbrick

The Young Man and the Sea Rodman Philbrick

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

Third Grade Stinks J McKenna

Tim All Alone E. Ardizzone

Time for Andrew Mary Downing Hahn

Toes J Seidler

Togo J Blake

Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck

Tracker YA Paulsen

Trickster’s Choice Tamora Pierce

Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt

Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom

Uglies Scott Westerfeld

Undaunted Courage Stephen E. Ambrose

Vampire High Douglas Rees

Violet Bing and the Grand House J Paros


Wait Til Helen Comes Mary Downing Hahn

We are Patriots Kristina Gregory

We Beat the Street Davis, Jenkins & Hunt

We Look ER Dick

We Rode the Orphan Trains Andrea Warren

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

West Side Kids/The Pet Sitters Ellen Schecter

Whales on Stilts J Anderson

What Happened to Lani Garver Carol Plum-Ucci

What Happened to Patrick’s Dinosaur Carol Carrick

What Jamie Saw Carolyn Coman

Wheelchair Warrior Melvin Juette & Ronald Berger

Where the Buffalos Begin Olaf Baker

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein

Where the Wild Things Are

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz Avi

Wish List Eoin Colfer

Wish You Well David Baldacci

Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman Zac Unger

Worth A. LaFaye


Wrinkle in Time J L’Engle

Year of the Dog J Lin

Young Cam Jenson and the Baseball Mystery ER Adler

Zoya’s Story: An Afghan Woman’s Struggle John Follain & Rita Cristofari

Zucchini Barbara Dana

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