Primary
Family’s List of
Selected
Titles K-3
Fiction
Title Author
Cam Janson ..............................................................................................................Adler,
David
Freckle Juice ...........................................................................................................Blume,
Judy
An Arthur Adventure..............................................................................Brown,
Marc
Goodnight Moon......................................................................................Brown,
Margaret Wise
How Many Days to America?.................................................................Bunting,
Eve
Cross Country Cat...................................................................................Calhoun,
Mary
Stories Julian Tells ...................................................................................Cameron,
Ann
The Very Hungry Caterpillar..................................................................Carle,
Eric
The Family Under the Bridge ..................................................................Carlson,
Natalie Savage
Ten Little Monkeys..................................................................................Christelow,
Eileen
Muggie Maggie........................................................................................Cleary,
Beverly
Ramona Forever .......................................................................................Cleary,
Beverly
The Josefina Story Quilt ..........................................................................Coerr,
Eleanor
Magic School Bus Series..........................................................................Cole,
Joanna
Miss Rumphius........................................................................................Cooney,
Barbara
Now One Foot, Now the Other................................................................de
Paola, Tomie
Shaka: King of the Zulus ........................................................................Diane,
Stanley and Venna, Peter
Q is for Duck............................................................................................Elting,
Mary
Walking to the Road to Freedom..............................................................Ferris,
Eleanor
Ask Mr. Bear............................................................................................Flack,
Marjorie
Lincoln, A Photobiography ......................................................................Freedman,
Russell
Corduroy..................................................................................................Freeman,
Don
The Gingerbread Man..............................................................................Galdone,
Jean
Stone Fox .................................................................................................Gardiner,
John Reynolds
Polk Street
Series................................................................................................Giff,
Patricia Reilly
Honey I Love ............................................................................................Greenfield,
Eloise
Grandpa’s Face.........................................................................................Greenfield,
Eloise
Ox-Cart Man...........................................................................................Hall,
Donald
Arthur’s Honey Bee .................................................................................Hoban,
Lillian
Amazing Grace ........................................................................................Hoffman,
Mary
Pagoo........................................................................................................Holling,
Hollis
Class Clown .............................................................................................Hurwitz,
Johanna
The Doorbell Rang...................................................................................Hutchins,
Pat
Rip Van Winkle........................................................................................Irving,
Washington
Bently and Egg ........................................................................................Joyce,
William
Snowy Day...............................................................................................Keats,
Ezra Jack
Helen Keller .............................................................................................Keller,
Helen
Jelly Belly .................................................................................................Lee,
Dennis
The Day the Goose Got Loose ..................................................................Lindbergh,
Reeve
Pippi Longstocking ..................................................................................Lindgren,
Astrid
Frederick...................................................................................................Lionni,
Leo
Shh! We’re Writing the
Constitution......................................................Little,
Jean
The Hudson River....................................................................................Lourie,
Peter
Sarah, Plain and Tall................................................................................MacLachlan,
Patricia
Seven Chinese Brothers............................................................................Mahy,
Margaret
Knots on a Counting Rope.......................................................................Martin
Jr., Bill
Blueberries for Sal ....................................................................................McCloskey,
Robert
Winnie the Pooh.......................................................................................Milne,
A. A.
The Paperbag Princess.............................................................................Munsch,
Robert
Amelia Bedelia .........................................................................................Parish,
Peggy
Koko’s Story.............................................................................................Patterson,
Francine
The Keeping Quilt ...................................................................................Polacco,
Patricia
Do Animals Dream?................................................................................Pope,
Joyce
The Tale of Peter Rabbit ...........................................................................Potter,
Beatrix
New Kid on the Block...............................................................................Prelutsky,
Jack
Henry and Mudge....................................................................................Rylant,
Cynthia
Grandfather’s Journey .............................................................................Say,
Allen
The Giving Tree........................................................................................Silverstein,
Shel
Snakes ......................................................................................................Simon,
Seymour
Caps for Sale ............................................................................................Slobodkina,
Esphyr
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ...............................................................Steig,
William
Polar Express ...........................................................................................Van
Allsburg, Chris
Tales of Amanda Pig ................................................................................Van
Leuwen, Jean
Ira Sleeps Over.........................................................................................Waber,
Bernard
Charlotte’s Web........................................................................................White,
E. B.
Cherries and Cherry Pits .........................................................................Williams,
Vera B.
Owl Moon................................................................................................Yolen,
Jane
Nonfiction
Fossils Tell of Long Ago ...........................................................................Aliki
Tree of Life ................................................................................................Bash,
Barbara
The Discovery of America........................................................................Maestro,
Betsy
Humphrey the Lost Whale..........................................................Tukuda,
Wendy and Hall, Richard
Nonfiction: Biographies
* Easiest*
*A Picture book of_____________
by David Adler
(Many titles available: Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Owens; Florence Nightingale, Abraham Lincoln, George
Washington, Helen Keller and others.
*Young Rosa Parks by Anne Benjamin
Babe Ruth by Keith Brandt
The Story of Alexander Graham
Bell by Margaret Davidson
George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
Amelia Earhart by Mona Kerby
*Emma by Wendy Kesselman
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
Adventures of the Shark Lady by Ann McGovern
Thomas Alva Edison by Nancy Smiler Levinson
The Glorious Flight Across the
Channel by Alice Provensen
Roberto Clemente by Louis Sabin
Wilbur and Orville Wright by Louis Sabin
Willie Mays by Louis Sabin
Folklore 2 -3
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s
Ears by Aardema, Verna
The Ugly Duckling ..................................................................................Andersen,
Hans Christian
The Mitten: A Ukrainian
Folktale ...........................................................Brett,
Jan
A Telling of the Tales................................................................................Brooke,
William J.
The First Strawberries .............................................................................Bruchac,
Joseph
From Sea to Shining Sea (A Collection of
Stories)..............................Cohn, Amy T.
Three Perfect Peaches...............................................................................DeFelice,
Cynthia
The Three Billy Goats Gruff ....................................................................Galdone,
Paul
The Golden Goose ...............................................................................Grimm,
Wilhelm and Jacob
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...................................................................Irving,
Washington
John Henry...............................................................................................Keats,
Ezra Jack
Paul Bunyan ............................................................................................Kellogg,
Steven
The Rough Faced Girl ..............................................................................Martin,
Rafe
Stone Soup ...............................................................................................McGovern,
Ann
The Turnip: An Old Russian Folktale..................................................Morgan, Pierre
The Talking Eggs......................................................................................San
Souci, Robert
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.................................................................Steptoe,
John
Sleeping Ugly ..........................................................................................Yolen,
Jane
Lon PoPo: A Red Riding Hood
Story from China...................................Young,
Ed
Fantasy
and Science Fiction
A House for Hermit Crab ........................................................................Carle,
Eric
Big Old Bones ..........................................................................................Carrick,
Carol
Magic School Bus Series..................................................................Cole,
Joanna and Egen, Bruce
Hattie and the Fox ...................................................................................Fox,
Mem
Catwings....................................................................................................Le
Guin, Ursula
On Market Street.....................................................................................Lobel,
Arnold
Dinosaur Dream ......................................................................................Nolan,
Dennis
The Little Engine That Could ..................................................................Piper,
Watty
Knights of the Kitchen Table....................................................................Scieszka,
Jon
Where the Wild Things Are.....................................................................Sendak,
Maurice
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ...............................................................Steig,
William
Polar Express ...........................................................................................Van
Allsburg, Chris
Commander Toad - Series..................................................................................Yolen,
Jane
Grade 2
Poetry
Each Peach, Pear Plum ............................................................................Ahlberg,
Janet and Allan
The Eensy Weensy Spider:
Fingerplays
and Action Rhymes............................................................Calmenson,
Stephanie and Cole, Joanna
A Treasury of Best Loved Rhymes
...........................................................Mother
Goose
Chicken Soup with Rice ...........................................................................Sendak,
Maurice
Where the Sidewalk Ends.........................................................................Silverstein,
Shel
A Child’s Garden of Verses ......................................................................Stevenson,
Robert Louis
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens...............................................................Yolen,
Jane
Publications 2-3
Cricket
Highlights
Kids Discover
Ranger Rick
Sports Illustrated for Kids
World Magazine
Grades 3 –
Best Christmas Pageant Ever ..................................................................Robinson,
Barbara
Appalachia: Voices of the
Sleeping Birds.................................................Rylant,
Cynthia
Wayside School ........................................................................................Sacher,
Louis
Knights of the Kitchen Table ....................................................................Scieszka,
Jon
Time Warp Trio Series .............................................................................Scieszka,
Jon
The Nate the Great Series ........................................................................Sharmat,
Marjorie
Mostly Michael ........................................................................................Smith,
Robert Kimmel
Sign of the Beaver ....................................................................................Speare,
Elizabeth George
The Widow’s Broom.................................................................................Van
Allsburg, Chris
Charlotte’s Web........................................................................................White,
E. B.
Stuart Little .............................................................................................White,
E. B.
Little House on the Prairie.......................................................................Wilder,
Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods.................................................................Wilder,
Laura Ingalls
The Velveteen Rabbit................................................................................Williams,
Marjorie
Fantasy
and Science Fiction
Poppy .......................................................................................................Avi
Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs .........................................................Barrett,
Jan
Alice in Wonderland................................................................................Carroll,
Lewis
The White Mountains..............................................................................Christopher,
John
Monster’s Ring ........................................................................................Coville,
Bruce
James and the Giant Peach.......................................................................Dahl,
Roald
This Place Has No Atmosphere ...............................................................Danziger,
Paula
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.................................................................Farmer,
Nancy
Wait Till Helen Comes.............................................................................Hahn,
Mary
AWrinkle in Time ...................................................................................L’Engle,
Madeleine
The Fledgling ..........................................................................................Langton,
Jean
Cat Wings ................................................................................................Le
Guin, Ursula
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe....................................................Lewis,
C.S.
The Giver .................................................................................................Lowry,
Lois
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of
NIMH.........................................................O’Brien,
Robert C.
Gooseberry Park.......................................................................................Rylant,
Cynthia
Journey to the Center of the
Earth ...........................................................Verne,
Jules
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.................................................................Verne,
Jules
Time Machine ..........................................................................................Wells,
H.G.
Poetry
From Sea to Shining Sea..........................................................................Cohn,
Amy T.
Sing a Song of Popcorn............................................................................de
Regnier, Beatrice Schenk
Joyful Noise—Poems for Two
Voices .......................................................Fleischman,
Paul
In a River Valley......................................................................................Frank,
Josette
Nathaniel’s Talking ..................................................................................Greenfield,
Eloise
An American History Through
Poetry....................................................Hopkins,
Lee Bennett
Bringing Me News ..................................................................................O’Neill,
Mary
The New Kid on the Block........................................................................Prelutsky,
Jack
Pierre........................................................................................................Sendak,
Maurice
Where the Sidewalk Ends.........................................................................Silverstein,
Shel
Bird Watch...............................................................................................Yolen,
Jane
Publications
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Suggested Reading from the
American Library
Association
Notable Children’s Books, 1995
Acommittee of the
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the
American Library
Association (ALA), compiled this list of Notable Children’s Books for 1995.
Byars, Betsy. The Golly Sisters Ride Again.
Illus. by Sue Truesdell. HarperCollins.
Energetic, expressive
cartoon-style illustrations humorously convey the joys, fears, and
squabbles of two wacky sisters
as they sing and dance their way through the Old West
in this easy reader.
Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter.
Henry Holt.
The barnyard is alive with
activity, but where is goose? An exuberant rhyming text and
vibrant illustrations add to the
delight of this hide-and-seek game.
Fox, Mem. Tough Boris. Illus. by Kathryn
Brown. Harcourt Brace.
No pirate is tougher than Boris;
“but when his parrot died, he cried and cried.”
Mahy, Margaret. The Rattlebang Picnic.
Illus. by Steven Kellogg. Dial.
Granny McTavish’s homemade pizza
is always too tough to eat, but it saves the day
when a family outing turns into
a race to escape an erupting volcano.
Nolen, Jerdine. Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm.
Illus. by Mark Buehner. Lothrop Lee & Shepard.
Achild finds Harvey growing
balloons in the middle of the night in this magical fantasy.
Bold and bright illustrations
seem to glow with a life of their own.
Priceman, Marjorie. How to make an apple pie and see the world. Illus. Knopf.
Baking an apple pie is easy
unless the grocery store is closed. In that case you only need
to travel around the world to
collect the ingredients. Alighthearted proof that food
doesn’t grow on shelves.
Rathmann, Peggy. Good Night, Gorilla.
Illus. Putnam’s.
Mr. Zookeeper tucks all the
animals in, but the reader will find he is much sleepier than
they are! Ahilarious bedtime
read-aloud.
Reiser, Lynn. The Surprise Family.
Illus. Greenwillow.
Chicks and ducks wander among
and beyond the vibrant illustrations in this sensitive
telling of a baby chick’s
acceptance of a loving surrogate mother.
Schertle, Alice. How Now, Brown Cow? Illus.
by Amanda Schaffer. Browndeer/Harcourt.
Here is a super mix of
irreverent, tender, humorous explanatory and matter-of-fact
poems about beautiful bovines.
Strong, bold, full-page illustrations with a broad stroke
reflect the fanciful text.
Scott, Ann. Herbert Hi! Illus. by Glo Coalson.
Philomel/Putnam.
Glowing watercolors capture the
toddler’s perspective as Margarita persistently
attempts to greet everyone
standing in line at the post office.
Silverman, Erica. Don’t Fidget a Feather! Illus.
by S.D. Schindler. Macmillan.
Duck and gander are determined
combatants in a “freeze” contest that almost has fatal
results in this humorous tale.
Stoeke, Janet Morgan. A Hat for Minerva Louise.
Illus. Dutton.
Minerva Louise, an enterprising
chicken, searches for a hat to keep herself warm, but
instead finds a pair of mittens
fitting both tail and head.
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Readers20
Turnbull, Ann. Too Tired. Illus. by Emma
Chichester Clark. Gulliver/Harcourt Brace.
In this humorous adaptation of
the Flood story, Noah and the rest of the animals man-age
to rescue the sloths, who are
“too tired” to climb aboard themselves.
Wild, Margaret. Going Home. Illus. by Wayne Harris.
Scholastic.
Ayoung patient learns how to
magically escape the hospital without leaving his bed as
nearby zoo noises launch him on
a series of journeys. Clear, spacious illustrations cele-brate
the power of imagination.
Wild, Margaret. Our Granny. Illus. by Julie Vivas.
Ticknor & Field.
Two young children talk about
their beloved granny, comparing her to other grannies,
all delightfully different.
Aardema, Verna. Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa. Illus. by Reynold Ruffins. Apple
Soup/Knopf.
Arenowned storyteller retells
fables and folktales, gathered from many regions of
Africa. Presented in a colorful,
inviting format.
Cooper, Floyd. Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes. Illus. Philomel/Putnam.
Thoughtful paintings in warm
golds and browns complement this perceptive portrait of
a youth who dreamed of having a
home.
Dalakoy, Vedat. Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of my Childhood in Turkey. Translated by
Guner Ener. Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard.
1995 Mildred Batchelder Honor
Book.
Facklam, Margery. The Big Bug Book.
Illus. by Paul Facklam. Little Brown.
Giant insects—depicted
life-size—crawl, flutter, or swim across common household
items in this lively portrait
gallery.
Florian, Douglas. Beast Peast. Harcourt, Brace.
Droll colorful illustrations and
wildly inventive poetry combine for a hilarious visit to
the animal world.
Grimes, Nikki. Meet Danitra Brown.
Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Lothrop.
Meet “the most splendiferous
girl in town” in this celebration of friendship in poetry
and warmly colored art.
Hughes, Langston. Sweet and Sour Animal Book.
Illus. by students from the Harlem School of the
Arts. Oxford Univ. Press.
Acollection of 27 previously unpublished
poems chronicles this animal alphabet. The
brief verse is decorated with
paper, board, and clay sculptures created by children.
Kendall, Ruas. Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town. Scholastic.
Strikingly clear color
photographs follow the life of nine-year-old Olga Surikova and her
family in an old Russian
town—from home and school, through town, chores, and play.
Kimmel, Eric A., reteller. The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East. Illus. by Leonard Everett
Fisher. Holiday House.
Luminous acrylic paintings
illustrate this story of a princess who sends three cousins on
a yearlong quest to win her
hand.
King-Smith, Dick. Three Terrible Twins.
Illus. by Mark Teague. Crown.
Three young mice brothers take
charge of a farmhouse ruled too long by cats. Read-aloud,
laugh-aloud fun!
Lasky, Kathryn. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. Illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Little Brown.
Colorful acrylic paintings
enhance this picture biography of the Greek
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New Standards Project—Sample
Reading List
Fiction
Brink, Caddie Woodlawn
Cleary, Ramona and Her Father
Coerr, The Josefina Story Quilt
Cohen, Fat Jack
De Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
Hamilton, Zeely
Hanson, The Gift-Giver
Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Mendez and Byard, The Black Snowman
Naidoo, Journey to Jo’Burg
O’Dell, Zia
Ringgold, Tar Beach
Speare, The Sign of the Beaver
Yep, Child of the Owl
Nonfiction
Aliki, Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians
Baylor, The Way to Start a Day
Cherry, The Great Kapok Tree
Epstein, History of Women in Science for Young People
Greenfield, Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
Godkin, Wolf Island
Hamilton, Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
McKissack, Frederick Douglass: The Black Lion
Politi, Song of The Swallows
Sattler, Dinosaurs of North America
Fritz, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
McGovern, The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson
Poetry
Ahlberg, Heard It in the Playground
Blishen and Wildsmith, Oxford Book of Poetry for Children
De Regniers, Moore, White, and
Carr, eds., Sing a Song of Popcorn
Giovanni, Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People
Greenfield, Honey I Love and Other Love Poems
Heard, For the Good of the Earth and Sun
Janeczko, Strings: AGathering of Family Poems
Koch and Farrell, eds., Talking to the Sun
Lobel, ed., The Random House Book of Mother Goose
Manguel, ed., Seasons
Mathis, Red Dog, Blue Fly: Football Poems
Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Elementary
Folklore
Griego y Maecstas, Cuentos: Tales From the Hispanic Southwest
French, Snow White in New York
Huck and Lobel, Princess Furball
Louie and Young, Yeh-Shen: ACinderella Story From China
Luenn, The Dragon Kite
Goble, Buffalo Woman
Steptoe, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Steptoe, The Story of Jumping Mouse
Kipling, The Elephant’s Child
Lee, Legend of the Milky Way
Modern Fantasy and Science
Fiction
Andersen, The Ugly Duckling
Bond, ABear Called Paddington
Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Norton, The Borrowers
Van Allsburg, Jumanji
White, Charlotte’s Web
Children’s Magazines
Weekly Reader
Creative Classroom
Social Studies for the Young
Learner
World (National Geographic)
News (Scholastic)
Action (Scholastic)
Other
Newspapers, manuals appropriate
for elementary school children,
e.g., video game instructions,
computer manuals.