Approved Literary Titles for Grades K-5

Aardema

Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears?

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Kellogg

Johnny Appleseed

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Adler

Cam Jansen series

Reserved 2

Kellogg

Paul Bunyan –A Tall Tale

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Adler

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones

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Kellogg

Ralph’s Secret Weapon

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Adler

Cam Jansen/Mystery of the UFO

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Kellogg

The Boy Who Was Followed Home

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Adler

Cam Jansen/Mystery of the Monkey House

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Kellogg

Chicken Little

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Adler

Cam Jansen

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Kellogg

Pecos Bill – A Tall Tale

.

Ahlberg

The Jolly Postman

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Kendall/Hunt Pub.

The Big Book of Poetry

Core K

Albom

Mitch Albom IV

Reserved 7

Kent

The Caterpillar and Polliwog

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Alexander

The Black Cauldron

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Keyes

Flowers For Algernon

Core 8 and
8 Honors

Aliki

We are Best Friends

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King

Martin L. King Jr. His Life and Dreams

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Allard

Miss Nelson has a Field Day

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King-Smith

Babe the Gallant Pig

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Kinsey-Warnaock

The Canada Geese Quilt

K-8

Allard

Miss Nelson is Missing

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Kipling

How The Camel Got His Hump

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Allsburg

Two Bad Ants

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Kipling

Just So Stories

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Anderson

Fever, 1793

Reserved 4/5 Magnet

Kline

Horrible Harry and the Green Slime

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Anderson

The First Thanksgiving

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Kongisburg

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth

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Arkin

The Lemming Condition

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Kongisburg

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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Armstrong

Sounder

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Konigsburg

Proud Taste for Scarlet and Minerver

Reserved 6 Honors

Arthur

Mystery of the Screaming Clock

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L’Engle

Wrinkle in Time

Reserved 6

Asch

Milk and Cookies

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Lauber

Volcanoes

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Asch

Bear Shadow

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Lawson

Ben and Me

Reserved 5

Asch

Bear’s Bargain

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Leaf

Wee Gillis

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Atwater

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

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Leonard

Hannah the Hamster Hunter

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Avi

Nothing But The Truth

Reserved 7 Honors

Leonard

Jeffrey Lee

.

Avi

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Core 7 and
7 Honors

Lester

To Be a Slave

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Avi

Wolf Rider

Reserved 7

Levine

Ella Enchanted

Reserved 4/5 Magnet

Avi

Fighting Ground

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Levoy

The Witch of Fourth Street

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Babbitt

Tuck Everlasting

Reserved 5

Lewis

The Treasury of Fairy Tales

Core 3 and ¾ Magnet

Baer

This is the Way We Go to School

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Lewis

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Reserved 4

Banks

The Fairy Rebel

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Lindgren

Pippi Longstockings

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Banks

Indian in the Cupboard

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Lionni

Little Blue and Yellow

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Banks

Return of the Indian

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Lobel

Frog and Toad

Reserved 1

Barchas

I was Walking Down the Road

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Lobel

Frog and Toad Are Friends

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Barrett

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

.

Lobel

Rose in My Garden

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Base

Animalia

.

Lobel

Days With Frog and Toad

.

Bauer

On My Honor

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Lobel

Mouse Tales

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Baum

The Wizard of Oz

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Lobel

Frog and Toad Together

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Bellairs

Letter, Witch and the Ring

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Lobel

Fables

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Bemelmans

Madeline

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Lobel

Mouse Soup

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Bemelmans

Madeline’s Rescue

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Lofting

Story of Doctor Doolittle

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Bemelmans

Madeline’s Christmas

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London

The Call of the Wild

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Berenstein

Berenstein Bears

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Lord

Night To Remember

Reserved 8

Blos

Brothers of the Heart

Reserved 4/5 Magnet

Lord

In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson

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Blos

Gathering of Days

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Lorvitz

Pilgrim’s Party

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Blume

Freckle Juice

Reserved 2

Lowry

The Giver

Reserved 7 Honors

Blume

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

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Lowry

Number The Stars

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Blume

Freckle Juice

Reserved 2

MacDonald

Mrs Piggle-Wiggle

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Blume

One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo

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MacLachlan

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Reserved 3

Bolton

Animal Shelters

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MacLachlan

Arthur, for the Very First Time

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Bond

Paddington

.

Mahy

My Wonderful Aunt

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Borden

Caps, Hats, Socks

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Manes

Be A Perfect Person in Just 3 Days

.

Brett

The Mitten Book

.

Mann

There Are Two Kinds of Terrible

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Brett

Beauty and the Beast

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Marshall

Miss Nelson is Back

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Bridwell

Clifford Books

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Martin

Sounds of Numbers

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Bridwell

Clifford’s Birthday Party

.

Martin

Sounds of Home

.

Bridwell

Clifford’s Halloween

.

Martin

Bill Martin Instant Readers

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Bridwell

Clifford

.

Martin

Sounds I Remember

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Bridwell

Witch Grows Up

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Martin

Sounds Around the Clock

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Briggs

Jim and the Beanstalk

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Martin

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

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Brink

Caddie Woodlawn

Reserved 4

Martin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

.

Brittain

The Wish Giver

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Martin

Sounds of a Pow Wow

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Brooks, ed.

Tales of King Arthur

Reserved 6

Martin

Sounds of the Wind

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Brown

Runaway Bunny

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Martin

Sounds of a Hound Dog

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Brown

Pickle Things

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Matas

Adventure in Legoland

.

Brown

The Button Box

.

Matthias

The Hundred Penny Box

.

Brown

All Arthur Books

Mazer

Silver

.

Brown

Author Study

2

McArthur

Plant That ate Dirty Socks

Reserved 2/3 Magnet

Brown

Stone Soup

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McCarthy

Buffalo Girls

.

Brown

Arthur’s Nose

.

McCloskey

Lentil

.

Brown

Arthur’s Eyes

.

McCloskey

Time of Wonder

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Brown, Marc

Author study

.

McCloskey

Homer Price

.

Buchanan

Taste of Blackberries

Reserved 3

McCloskey

Blueberries for Sale

.

Buck

The Big Wave

.

McCloskey

One Morning in Maine

.

Buff

The Apple and the Arrow

.

McCloskey

Make Way for Ducklings

.

Bulla

Chalk Box Kid

Core 2

McCormick

Paul Bunyan

.

Bulla

Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims

.

McGovern

If You Lived in Colonial Times

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Bunting

Matilda

.

McGovern

If You Sailed on the Mayflower

.

Burnett

Secret Garden

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McGovern

Secret Soldier

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Burnford

The Incredible Journey

.

McGovern

Aesop’s Fables

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Burton

The Little House

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McMullan

Story of Harriet Tubman

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Burton

Katy and the Big Snow

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McSwigen

Snow Treasure

.

Butterworth

Enormous Egg

.

Minarik

Little Bear

Reserved 1

Byars

Computer Nut

Reserved 2/3 Magnet

Minarik

Kiss for Little Bear

.

Byars

Midnight Fox

.

Mitchell

We’ll Race You, Henry: A Story About Henry Ford

Core 3 and

2/3 Magnet

Byars

Trouble River

.

Mitumaso

Anno’s Counting Book

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Byars

Pinballs

.

Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables

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Byers

Summer of the Swans

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Morris

The Kid Who Ran for Principal

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Byron

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

.

Moss

The Butterfly Jar

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Cameron

"I Can’t" Said the Ant

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Mueller

Monster Can’t Sleep

.

Cano

Rebuses

.

Naidoo

Journey to Jo’burg

.

Carle

A House for Hermit Crab

.

Nelson

Animals Change Clothes

.

Carle

A Very Hungry Catepillar

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Neufeld

Edgar Allan

.

Carle

The Very Busy Spider

.

Nissen

Sam on the Jolly Blue

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Carle

Grouchy Lady Bug

.

Noble

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash

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Carle

Tiny Seed

.

Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Carlson

The Family Under The Bridge

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O’Brien

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM

Reserved 5

Catling

Chocolate Touch

Reserved 2/3 Magnet

O’Dell

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Reserved 5

Celsi

Rosa Parks

.

O’Dell

Sing Down the Moon

.

Chall

Fire Flies

.

O’Dell

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea

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Chase

The New Baby Calf

.

O’Henry

The Gift of the Magi

.

Chew

No Such Thing as a Witch

.

Osborne

American Tall Tales

Reserved 4

Christopher

The White Mountains

.

Parish

Good Work Amelia Bedelia

.

Clapp

Constance

.

Parish

Amelia Bedelia

.

Cleary

Author study

2/3 Magnet

Parish

Amelia Bedelia Books

.

Cleary

Ramona Quimby, Age Eight

.

Park

Junie B. Jones

Reserved 2

Cleary

Ellen Tebbits

.

Park

Skinnybones

.

Cleary

Ramona Books

.

Park

Kid in the Red Jacket

.

Cleary

Dear Mr. Henshaw

.

Park

Almost Starring Skinnybones

.

Cleary

Socks

.

Parrish

Dinosaur Time

.

Cleary

Muggie Maggie

.

Parrish

Amelia Bedelia Helps Out

.

Cleary

Ramona and her Father

.

Paterson

Park’s Quest

.

Cleary

Ramona the Brave

.

Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia

Reserved 5

Cleary

Mouse and the Motorcycle

.

Paterson

Lyddie

Reserved 5 and 4/5 Magnet

Clymer

The Glass Mermaid

.

Patterson

The Great Gilly Hopkins

.

Coerr

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

.

Paulsen

Hatchet

.

Cohn

Molly’s Pilgrim

.

Paulsen

Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights

Core 4/5 Magnet

Cohn

Thank You, Jackie Robinson

.

Paulsen

Hatchet

Reserved 5

Cole

The Missing Tooth

.

Payne

Katy No-Pocket

.

Cole

Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System

.

Pearce

Big Book Magazine

.

Cole

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

.

Peck

Soup on Ice

.

Cole

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body

.

Peck

Soup’s Goat

.

Cole

This is the Place for Me

.

Peck

Soup on Wheels

.