Recommended Reading
Picture Books New(ish)
Agee, Jon : Terrific
Nothing
Ahlberg, Allan & Ingman, Bruce: The Pencil
Armstrong, Jennifer: Magnus at the Fire
Barton, Chris and Lichtenheld, Tom: Shark vs. Train
Borden, Louise: The Greatest Skating Race
Bridges, Shirin Yim: Ruby’s Wish
Bruel, Nick: Bad Kitty
Who is Melvin Bubble?
Cabatingan, Erin: A is for Musk Ox
Cronin, Doreen: Diary of a Fly
Diary of a Worm
Diakite, Penda: I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Donaldson, Julia: The Snail and the Whale
Feiffer, Jules: Meanwhile . . .
Fleischman, Paul: Weslandia
Fleming, Candace: Sunny Boy!: The Life and Times of a Tortoise
Fleming, Candace: Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Gerstein, Mordicai: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Gerstein, Mordicai: The Mountains of Tibet
Gravett, Emily: Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears
Grey, Mini: Traction Man is Here!
Grimes, Nikki: Danitra Brown, Class Clown
Hopkinson, Deborah: Apples to Oregon
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody: The Top Job
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie: Nora’s Ark
Kloske, Geoffrey: Once Upon a Time, the End
Laden, Nina: Romeow and Drooliet
Lasky, Kathryn: Marven of the Great North Woods
Lindbergh, Reeve: Our Nest
Mahy, Margaret: The Great White Man-Eating Shark
McCully, Emily Arnold: Mirette on the High Wire
McKissack, Patricia C.: Precious and the Boo Hag
Ogburn, Jacqueline: The Bake Shop Ghost
Palatini, Margie: The Web Files
Palatini, Margie: Sweet Tooth
Priceman, Marjorie: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Rathmann, Peggy: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Reynolds, Aaron: Creepy Carrots!
Rylant, Cynthia: The Old Woman Who Named Things
Say, Allen: Kamishibai Man
Say, Allen: Grandfather’s Journey
Shulevitz, Uri: How I Learned Geography
Smith, Lane: The Happy Hocky Family
Smith, Lane: John, Paul, George & Ben
Snicket, Lemony & Kalman, Maira: 13 Words
Stanley, Diane: Saving Sweetness
Stein, David Ezra: Interrupting Chicken
Thomas, Jan: Rhyming Dust Bunnies
Valckx, Catharina: Lizette’s Green Sock
Wells, Rosemary: Hazel’s Amazing Mother
Wiesner, David: Flotsam
Willems, Mo: Knuffle Bunny
Willems, Mo: Knuffle Bunny Too
Woodruff, Elvira: The Memory Coat
Woodson, Jacqueline: Show Way
Picture Book Classics
Allard, Harry: Miss Nelson is Missing!
Miss Nelson is Back
Ardizzone, Edward: Tim All Alone
Barrett, Judi: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Bemelmans, Ludwig: Madeline
Brown, Margaret Wise: Goodnight Moon
Burningham, John: Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car
Burton, Virginia Lee: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Carle, Eric: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cohen, Miriam: When Will I Read?
Charlip, Remy: Fortunately
dePaola, Tomie: Strega Nona
Freeman, Don: Fly High Fly Low
George, Jean Craighead: Nutik, the Wolf Pup
Henkes, Kevin: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Hoban, Russell: Bedtime for Frances
Hoban, Russell: Bread and Jam for Frances
Jeschke, Susan: Perfect the Pig
Johnson, Crockett: Harold and the Purple Crayon
Keats, Ezra Jack: The Snowy Day
Kimmel, Eric: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Leaf, Munro: The Story of Ferdinand
Lionni, Leo: Frederick
Lionni, Leo: Swimmy
McCloskey, Robert: Blueberries for Sal
McLerran, Alice: Roxaboxen
Meddaugh, Susan: Martha Speaks
Sendak, Maurice: Where the Wild Things Are
Seuss, Dr.: Horton Hatches the Egg
Slobodkina, Esphyr: Caps for Sale
Steig, William: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Steig, William: Doctor De Soto
Swift, Hildegarde H.: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Titus, Eve: Anatole
Turkle, Brinton: Do Not Open
Turkle, Brinton: Obadiah the Bold
Van Allsburg, Chris: The Widow’s Broom
Van Allsburg, Chris: The Wreck of the Zephyr
Ward, Lynd: The Biggest Bear
Williams, Jay: Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
Yashima, Taro: Crow Boy
Leveled Readers
Cole, Joanna: Bony-Legs
Gerstein, Mordicai: Arnold of the Ducks
Hoff, Syd: Sammy the Seal
Palmer, Helen: A Fish Out of Water
Parish, Peggy: No More Monsters for Me!
Seuss, Dr. : The Cat in the Hat
Seuss, Dr. : Green Eggs and Ham
Leveled Readers Series Books
Adler, David: Cam Jansen
Arnold, Tedd: Fly Guy
Baker, Keith: Mr. and Mrs. Green
Chaconas, Dori: Cork & Fuzz
Hall, Katy and Eisenberg, Lisa: Riddles
Howe, James: Pinky and Rex
Lobel, Arnold: Frog and Toad
Marshall, Edward: Fox and His Friends
Osborne, Mary Pope: Magic Tree House
Parish, Peggy: Amelia Bedelia
Roy, Ron: A to Z Mysteries
Rylant, Cynthia: Mr. Putter & Tabby
Rylant, Cynthia: Henry and Mudge
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman: Nate the Great
Thomas, Shelley Moore: Good Knight
Van Leeuwen, Jean: Amanda Pig
West, Tracey: Pixie Tricks
Willems, Mo: Elephant & Piggie
Chapter Books New
Angleberger, Tom: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Buyea, Rob: Because of Mr. Terrupt
Draper, Sharon M.: Out of My Mind
Preus, Margi: Heart of a Samurai
Chapter Books New(ish)
Appelt, Kathi: The Underneath
Appelt, Kathi: Keeper
Applegate, Katherine: The One & Only Ivan
Avi: Hard Gold
Balliett, Blue: Chasing Vermeer
Broach, Elise: Masterpiece
Broach, Elise: Shakespeare’s Secret
Buyea, Rob: Because of Mr. Terupt
Chapter Book Classics
Barrie, J.M.: Peter Pan
Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden
Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Caudill, Rebecca: Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?
Dahl, Roald: James and the Giant Peach
Henry, Marguerite: Misty of Chincoteague
Holling, Holling Clancy: Paddle-to-the-Sea
Field, Rachel: Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield: Understood Betsy
Fitzhugh, Louise: Harriet the Spy
Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows
Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories
Konigsburg, E.L.: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Lawson, Robert: Ben and Me
L’Engle, Madeleine: A Wrinkle in Time
McCloskey, Robert: Homer Price
Milne, A.A.: Winnie-the-Pooh
Selden, George: The Cricket in Times Square
Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island
Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
White, E.B.: Charlotte’s Web
Chapter Book Series (Classics)
Banks, Lynne Reid: The Indian in the Cupboard
Baum, L. Frank: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Cleary, Beverly: Romona
Cooper, Susan: The Dark is Rising Sequence
Dixon, Franklin W.: The Hardy Boys
Eager, Edward: Tales of Magic
Gannett, Ruth Stiles: My Father’s Dragon
Keene, Carolyn: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Lewis, C.S.: The Chronicles of Narnia
Lindgren, Astrid: Pippi Longstocking
Lovelace, Maud Hart: Betsy-Tacy
Montgomery, L.M.: Anne of Green Gables
Norton, Mary: The Borrowers
Taylor, Sydney: All-of-a-Kind Family
Warner, Gertrude Chandler: The Boxcar Children
Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Little House Books
Folk and Fairy Tales
The Arabian Nights
Babbitt, Natalie: Ouch!
Craig, M. Jean: The Donkey Prince
Deedy, Carmen Agra: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Demi: One Grain of Rice
Forest, Heather: The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies
Gerstein, Mordicai: Jonah and the Two Great Fish
Gerstein, Mordicai: Tales of Pan
Hodges, Margaret: The Boy Who Drew Cats
Hodges, Margaret: Saint George and the Dragon
Homer retold by Lupton, Hugh: The Adventures of Odysseus
Homer retold by Osborne, Mary Pope: Tales from the Odyssey
Huck, Charlotte: Princess Furball
Kimmel, Eric A.: The Jar of Fools
Kimmel, Eric A.: Three Samurai Cats
Lurie, Alison: Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales
Martin, Rafe: The Rough-Face Girl
San Souci, Robert D.: The Talking Eggs
Talbott, Hudson: O’Sullivan Stew
Willey, Margaret: Clever Beatrice
Yolen, Jane: Greyling
Young, Ed: Seven Blind Mice
Poetry
Clements, Andrew: Dogku
Florian, Douglas: Bing Bang Boing
Issa, Kobayashi: Today and Today: Haiku
Janeczko, Paul B.: A Kick in the Head
Katz, Susan: Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems
Kuskin, Karla: Moon, Have You Met My Mother?
Milne, A. A.: The World of Christopher Robin
Reibstein, Mark: Wabi Sabi
Rex, Adam: Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Ruddell, Deborah: A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems
Sidman, Joyce: Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems
Sierra, Judy: Monster Goose
Singer, Marilyn: Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
Non-Fiction
Agee, Jon: Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons
Beeler, Selby: Throw Your Tooth on the Roof
Bishop, Nic: Frogs
Bolden, Tonya: Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl
Borden, Louise: The Journey That Saved Curious George
Brenner, Barbara: The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West
Brown, Laurie Krasny: How to Be a Friend
Burton, Virginia Lee: Life Story
Cole, Joanna: Magic School Bus (Series)
Cook, Sally and Charlton, James: Hey Batta Batta Swing! : The Wild Old Days of Baseball
Curlee, Lynn: Capital
D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin: Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
Demi: Gandhi
Fleming, Candace: The Lincolns
Fleming, Thomas: Everybody’s Revolution
Floca, Brian: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo II
Fradin, Dennis Brindell: Duel! Burr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words
Fritz, Jean: George Washington’s Breakfast
Gates, Phil: The History News: Medicine
Gibbons, Gail: Coral Reefs
Giff, Patricia Reilly: Don’t Tell the Girls: A Family Memoir
Gourley, Catherine: Welcome to Felicity’s World, 1774
Griffin, Judith Berry: Phoebe The Spy
Hatkoff, Isabella, Hatkoff, Craig and Kahumbu, Dr. Paula: Owen & Mzee
Helfer, Ralph: The World’s Greatest Elephant
Hofmeyr, Dianne and Daly, Jude: the Star-Bearer
Hopkinson, Deborah and Ransome, James E.: Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
Hutchins, Hazel: A Second is a Hiccup
Jones, Charlotte Foltz: Mistakes That Worked
Kerley, Barbara: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Kindersley, Barnabas & Anabel: Children Just Like Me
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.: I Have a Dream
Kurlansky, Mark: The Story of Salt
Leedy, Loreen: Measuring Penny
Luenn, Nancy: Celebrations of Light
Lunde, Darrin: Hello, Bumblebee Bat
McNulty, Faith: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
Millard, Dr. Anne: A Street Through Time: A 12,000-Year Walk Through History
Montgomery, Sy: The Tarantula Scientist
Morrison, Taylor: The Buffalo Nickel
Nagda, Ann Whitehead: Panda Math
Nagda, Ann Whitehead and Bickel, Cindy: Tiger Math
Nelson, Kadir: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Neuschwander, Cindy: Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
O’Connor, Jane: If the Walls Could Talk: Family Life at the White House
Rappaport, Doreen: Abe’s Honest Words
Rubin, Susan Goldman: Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud
Rylant, Cynthia: The Journey: Stories of Migration
St. George, Judith: So You Want to Be President?
Sayre, April Pulley: Vulture View
Schwartz, David M. and Schy, Yael: Where in the Wild?
Scott, Elaine: When Is a Planet Not a Planet?
Sis, Peter: Starry Messenger
Sis, Peter: The Wall
Stiles, David: The Tree House Book
Talbott, Hudson: River of Dreams
Talbott, Hudson: United Tweets of America
Thimmesh, Catherine: Team Moon
Various Authors: Eyewitness Books Series
Winters, Kay: Colonial Voices Hear Them Speak
Yolen, Jane and Stemple, Heidi Elisabet Yolen: Roanoke: The Lost Colon
Clements, Andrew: Frindle
Creech, Sharon: Ruby Holler
Curtis, Christopher Paul: Bud, Not Buddy
DiCamillo, Kate: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate: Tale of Despereaux
Donaldson, Julia: The Giants and the Joneses
Draper, Sharon: Out of My Mind
Fleischman, Sid: The Whipping Boy
Gaiman, Neil: The Graveyard Book
Gutman, Dan: The Homework Machine
Hurwitz, Johanna: PeeWee & Plush
Jenkins, Emily: Toys Go Out
Jones, Diana Wynne: Witch Week
Levine, Gail Carson: Dave at Night
Lin, Grace: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Lombard, Jenny: Drita, My Homegirl
Look, Lenore: Alvin Ho
O’Connor, Barbara: How to Steal a Dog
Rex, Adam: The True Meaning of Smekday
Ryan, Pam Munoz: The Dreamer
Seidler, Tor: Gully’s Travels
Selznick, Brian: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Selznick, Brian: Wonderstruck
Stead, Rebecca: Liar & Spy
Weeks, Sarah: Oggie Cooder
Wiles, Deborah: Countdown
Wiles, Deborah: Each Little Bird That Sings
Chapter Book Series New(ish)
Barrows, Annie: Ivy + Bean
Benton, Jim: Franny K. Stein
Birney, Betty G.: According to Humphrey
Byng, Georgia: Molly Moon
DiCamillo, Kate: Mercy Watson
DiTerlizzi & Black: The Spiderwick Chronicles
DuPrau, Jeanne: The City of Ember
Funke, Cornelia: Inkheart
Gantos, Jack: Joey Pigza
Haddix, Margaret Peterson: The Missing
Herge: The Adventures of Tintin
Holm, Jennifer L. & Holm, Matthew: Babymouse
Kinney, Jeff: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Lasky, Kathryn: Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Martin, Ann M. & Godwin, Laura: The Doll People
McDonald, Megan: Judy Moody
McDonald, Megan: Stink
Pennypacker, Sara: Clementine
Richler, Mordecai: Jacob Two-Two
Riordan, Rick: Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Rodda, Emily: Deltora Quest
Rowling, J. K.: Harry Potter
Sage, Angie: Septimus Heap
Scieszka, Jon: The Time Warp Trio
Smith, Jeff: Bone
Stilton, Geronimo: Geronimo Stilton
Various Authors: The 39 Clues
