Books for Elementary Grade Levels

Grades K-1

A Bear for Miguel – Elaine Marie Alphin

When Will I Read – Eleanor Cohen

Cat Traps – Molly Coxe

What Do You Hear When Cows Sing – Marco Maestro

Fox Outfoxed – James Marshall

Grandma’s at Bat – Emily Arnold McCully

Beezy – Megan McDonald

Gus and Grandpa – Claudia Mills

Zack’s Alligator – Shirley Mozelle

            Newt – Matt Novak

A Year on My Street – Mary Quattlebaum

Ready...Set...Read! – Joanna Cole

Addie Runs Away – Joan Robins

Rover – Michael Rosen

Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea – Cynthia Rylant

Detective Dinosaur – James Skofield

Wizard and Wart at Sea – Janice Lee Smith

Ready, Set, Go! – John Stadler

Surprises – Poetry

Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl – Jean Van Leeuwen

Princess and the Pea – Harriet Ziefert

Grades 2 and 3

Finding Providence – Avi

Going Home – Eve Bunting

Tornado – Betsy Byars

Chang’s Paper Pony – Eleanor Coerr

The Gator Girls – Joanna Cole

My Big Lie – Bill Cosby

Splish Splash – Joan Graham

Boundless Grace – Mary Hoffman

Good Rhymes, Good Times – Lee Bennett Hopkins

Julius – Angela Johnson

The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea – Tony Johnston

The Wagon – Tony Johnston

Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs – Patricia Lauber

Nine for California – Sonia Levitin

Martha Speaks – Susan Meddaugh

Lulu Goes to Witch School – Jane O’Connor

My Brother is From Outer Space – Vivian Ostrow

Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia – Herman Parrish

Cendrillon – Robert San Souci

Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folk-lore – Alvin Schwartz

How Much is a Million – David Schwartz

Nate the Great – Marjorie Sharmat

Young Wolf and Spirit Horse – Janice Shefelman

Chato’s Kitchen – Gary Soto

Dust for Dinner – Ann Turner

Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks – Walter Wick

Grades 3 and 4

More than Anything Else – Marie Bradby

Train to Somewhere – Eve Bunting

Stories Julian Tells – Ann Cameron

The Chocolate Touch – Patrick Catling

The Dog the Pitched a No-Hitter –  Matt Christopher

Ramona’s World – Beverly Cleary

Sees Behind Trees – Michael Dorris

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere – Jean Fritz

Sami and the Time of the Troubles – Florence Parry Heide

Oh Grow Up! – Florence Parry Heide

Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex – John R. Horner

The Bone Detectives – Donna Jackson

The Tales of Uncle Remus  – Julius Lester

Stargone John – Ellen McKenzie

Rats on the Roof and Other Stories – James Marshall

The Rough-Face Girl – Rafe Martin

The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Dav Pilkey

Bill Pickett, Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy – Andrea Pinkney

Addy Learns a Lesson – Connie Porter

Why Alligator Hates Dog –  J.J. Reneaux

Minty:  A Story of Young Harriet Tubman – Alan Schroeder

The Stinky Cheese Man... – Jon Scieszka 

Mary on Horseback – Rosemary Wells

Grades 5 and 6

The Arkadians – Lloyd Alexander

Black-Eyed Susan – Jennifer Armstrong

Egg-Drop Blues – Jacqueline Banks

Bingo Brown’s Guide to Romance – Betsy Yars

The Kidnapped Prince – Ann Cameron

The Big Bazoohley – Peter Carey

The Year of Impossible Goodbyes – Sook Nyul Choi

Morning Girl – Michael Dorris

The Music of Dolphins – Karen Hess

Three Terrible Trins – Dick King-Smith

Author:  A True Story – Helen Lester

Anastasia at this Address – Lois Lowry

The Boys’ War:  Union and Confederate Soldiers Talk About the Civil War – Jim Murphy

Scorpions – Walter Dean Myers

The Great Gilly Hopkins –  Katherine Patterson

The Voyage of the Frog – Gary Paulson

A Long Way from Chicago – Richard Peck

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule – Harriette Robinet

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J. K. Rowling

Neighborhood Odes – Gary Soto

Shabanu – Suzanne Staples

The Junkyard Dog – Erika Tamar

Cat Mummies – Kelly Trumble

101 Ways to Bug Your Parents – Lee Wardlaw

Sad Underwear and Other Complications – Judith Viorst

Orphan Train Rider:  One Boy’s True Story – Andrea Warren