@MAFamilyActionBelow are suggested reading lists for elementary school students compiled from the recommendations of several Christian schools right here in Massachusetts. Books which were recommended on more than one school’s list are marked with stars for the number of times they appeared. We encourage parents to take these lists to their local library and stock up on good reads for your kids this summer.
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First Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
Henry and Mudge Series  | Rylant, Cynthia |
Ira Sleeps Over   | Wabler, Bernard |
Curious George Series | Rey, H. A. |
If you Give a Moose a Muffin | Numeroff, Laura |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Numeroff, Laura |
| Little Bear (Series) | Minarik, E. H. |
| Madeline | Bemelmans, Ludwig |
| Nate the Great Series | Shatmat, M. |
| The Boy Who Held Back the Sea | Locker, Thomas |
| A Bad Case of the Stripes | Shannon, David |
| A Bargain for Frances | Hoban, Russell |
| A House for Hermit Crab | Carle, Eric |
| All in a Day | Anno |
| Annie Rose is My Little Sister | Hughes, Shirley |
| Bear On a Bike | Blackstone, Stella |
| Big Red Lollipop | Khan, Rukhsana |
| Big Sister, Little Sister | Pham, Leuyen |
| Block City | Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Chalk | Thomson, Bill |
| Charlie Needs a Clock | DePaola, Tomie |
| Chrysanthemum | Henkes, Kevin |
| Corduroy | Freeman, Don |
| Doctor De Soto | Steig, William |
| Does God Know How to Tie Shoes? | Carlstrom, Nancy White |
| Duck for President | Cronin, Doreen |
| Everybody Cooks Rice | Dooley, Norah |
| Fix-It Duck | Albrough, Jez |
| Full, Full, Full of Love | Cooke, Trish |
| George and Martha (Series) | Marshall, James |
| Give Yourself to the Rain | Brown, Margaret Wise |
| Going to the Sea Park | Mayer, Mercer |
| Grandma's Gift | Velasquez, Eric |
| Hello First Grade | Ryder, Joanne |
| Honey Honey Lion | Brett, Jan |
| How to Clean a Hippopotamus | Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin |
| I Am A Seahorse | Shaskan, Trisha Speed |
| I Am an Octopus | Shaskan, Trisha Speed |
| I Saw a Bullfrog | Stern, Ellen |
| I Stink! | McMullan, Kate |
| Interrupting Chicken | Stein, David Ezra |
| Jazz | Myers, Walter Dean |
| John Willy and Freddy McGee | Meade, Holly |
| Johnny Appleseed Goes a Planting | Jensen, Patsy |
| Leo the Late Bloomer | Kraus, Robert |
| Lottie's New Beach Towel | Mathers, Petra |
| Louella Mae, She's Run Away! | Alarcon, Karen Beaumont |
| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Waber, Bernard |
| Molly Goes Shopping | Eriksson, Eva |
| My Grumpy's Outing | Burningham, John |
| Olivia | Falconer, Ian |
| On Morning Wings | Lindbergh, Reeve |
| On Noah's Ark | Brett, Jan |
| Owl Babies | Waddell, Martin |
| Paddington At the Beach | Bond, Michael |
| Piggie Pie! | Palatini, Margie |
| Pigsty | Teague, Mark |
| Pumpkin Pumpkin | Titherington, Jeanne |
| Rosie's Walk | Hutchins, Pat |
| Sally Goes to the Beach | Huneck, Stephen |
| Splash | Jonas, Ann |
| Stagestruck | DePaola, Tomie |
| Stella, Star of the Sea | Gay, Marie Louise |
| Storm is Coming | Tekavec, Heather |
| Summer Wonders | Raczka, Bob |
| Sun Up | Tresselt, Alvin |
| Tacky Goes To Camp | Lester, Helen |
| The Creation Story | Messenger, Norman |
| The Little Red Hen | Galdone, Paul |
| The Napping House | Wood, Audrey |
| The Night Before First Grade | Wing, Natasha |
| The Selfish Giant | Wilde, Oscar |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Leaf, Munro |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Potter, Beatrix |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Carle, Eric |
| The Very Lonely Firefly | Carle, Eric |
| The Very Quiet Cricket | Carle, Eric |
| Three Cheers for Catherine the Great | Best, Cari |
| We're Going on a Picnic | Hutchins, Pat |
| What Pete Ate from A-Z | Kalman, Maira |
| What! Cried Granny | Lum, Kate |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Sendak, Maurice |
| While We Were Out | Lee, Ho Baek |
| Who Will Be My Friends? | Hoff, Syd |
| Workshop | Clements, Andrew |
| Yoko | Wells, Rosemary |
Second Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
Cam Jansen Series | Adler, David |
Frog and Toad Series | Lobel, Arnold |
| Henry and Mudge Series | Rylant, Cynthia |
| Ira Sleeps Over | Waber, Bernard |
| Amazing Grace | Hoffman, Mary |
| Amelia Bedelia | Parish, Peggy |
| Boxcar Children Series | Warner, Gertrude |
| Curious George Series | Rey, H. A. |
| Flat Stanley Series | Brown, Jeff |
| Fox and His Friends | Marshall, Edward & James |
| Good Night, Good Knight | Thomas, Shelly Moore |
| Inspector Hopper Series | Cushman, Douglas |
| Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie | Roop, Peter & Connie |
| Madeline Series | Bemelmans, Ludwig |
| Magic School Bus Series | Cole, Joanna & Degan, Bruce |
| Make Way For Ducklings | McCloskey, Robert |
| Miss Rumphius | Cooney, Barbara |
| Nate the Great Series | Sharmat, M. Weinman |
| Young Cam Jansen Series | Adler, David |
| A is for Amber Series | Danzinger, Paula |
| A Voice of Her Own | Lasky, Kathryn |
| Agapanthus Hum Series | Cowley, Joy |
| Amanda Pig Series | Van Leeuwen, Jean |
| Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride | Ryan, Pam Munoz |
| America: The Patriotic Primer | Cheney, Lynne |
| An Arthur Adventure | Brown, Marc |
| Arthur's Loose Tooth Series | Hoban, Lillian |
| Axle Annie | Pulver, Robin |
| A-Z Mysteries (Series) | Roy, Ron |
| Be a Friend to Trees | Lauber, Patricia |
| Bears on Hemlock Mountain | Dalgliesh, Alice |
| Bicycle Man | Say, Allen |
| Big Mama's | Crews, Donald |
| Biscuit Series | Capucilli, Alyssa |
| Bridges Connect: A Building Block Book | Hill, Lee Sullivan |
| Bubblegum Delicious | Lee, Dennis |
| Bunny Cakes | Wells, Rosemary |
| Chicken Sunday | Polacco, Patricia |
| Commander Toad | Yolen, Jane |
| Cork and Fuzz | Chaconas, Dori |
| Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa | Silverman, Erica |
| Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp | Hoff, Syd |
| Delores and the Big Fire | Clements, Andrew |
| Diary of a Spider | Cronin, Doreen |
| Diary of a Wombat | French, Jackie |
| Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale | Sayre, April Pulley |
| Don't Let the Pigeons Drive the Bus | Willems, Mo |
| Elvis the Rooster: Almost Goes to Heaven | Cazet, Denys |
| Emeline at the Circus | Priceman, Marjorie |
| Emily | Bedard, Michael |
| Emma's Yucky Brother | Little, Jean |
| Fancy Nancy | O'Connor, Jane |
| Faraway Home | Kurtz, Jane |
| Farfallina & Marcel | Keller, Helen |
| Father Bear Series | Minarik, E. H. |
| Fluffy Series | McMullan, K.H. |
| Food Fight! | Shields, Carol Diggory |
| Freedom Summer | Wiles, Deborah |
| George and Martha (Series) | Marshall, James |
| Gingerbread Baby | Brett, Jan |
| Grasshopper on the Road | Lobel, Arnold |
| Green Eggs and Ham | Dr. Suess |
| Gus and Gertie Series | Nixon, Joan Lowery |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon | Johnson, Crockett |
| Harry Goes to Day Camp Series | Ziefert, Harriet |
| Hattie and the Fox | Fox, Mem |
| Henry Hikes to Fitchburg | Johnson, Donald |
| Herbert Fieldmouse- Secret Agent | O'Malley, Kevin |
| Hi! Fly Guy | Arnold, Tedd |
| Hooway for Wodney Wat | Lester, Helen |
| How I Became a Pirate | Long, Melinda |
| Hurricane | London, Jonathan |
| In the Small, Small Night | Kurtz, Jane |
| Inch by Inch | Lionni, Leo |
| Insectlopedia | Florian, Douglas |
| Iris and Walter True Friends | Guest, Elissa Haden |
| Ivy and Bean | Barrows, Annie |
| Johnny Appleseed | Kellogg, Steven |
| Journey Around Boston from A to Z | Zschock, Matha Day |
| Jumanji | Van Allsburg, Chris |
| Just For You | Mayer, Mercer |
| Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry | Kennedy, X.J. / Dorothy M. |
| Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | Willems, Mo |
| Little Dog Poems | George, Kristine |
| Madlenka | Sis, Peter |
| Martha Calling | Meddaugh, Susan |
| Martin's Big Words- Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Collier, Bryan |
| Matthew's Dream | Lionni, Leo |
| Mercy Watson to the Rescue | DiCamillo, Kate |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Burton, Virginia Lee |
| Mildred and Sam | Collicott, Sharleen |
| Minnie and Moo Series | Cazet, Denys |
| Mole and Shrew Series | Koller, Jackie French |
| Mr. Putter and Tubby Paint the Porch | Rylant, Cynthia |
| My Brother, Ant | Byars, Betsy |
| My Light | Bang, Molly |
| My Name is Yoon | Recorvits, Helen |
| My Rows and Piles of Coins | Mollel, Tololwa |
| My. Grumpy's Motor car | Burningham, John |
| My. Putter and Tabby Series | Rylant, Cynthia |
| No, David! | Shannon, David |
| Oliver Button is a Sissy | DePaola, Tomie |
| Olivia Series | Falconer, Ian |
| One Morning in Maine | McCloskey, Robert |
| Oranges on Golden Mountain | Partridge, Elizabeth |
| Own at Home | Lobel, Arnold |
| Own Moon | Yolen, Jane |
| Ox-Cart Man | Hall, Donald |
| Painting the Wind | MacLachlan, Patricia & Emily |
| Paperboy | Pikey, Dav |
| Patchwork Quilt | Flourney, Valerie |
| Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends | McMullan, K.H. |
| Pish and Posh | Bottner, Barbara |
| Poppleton Series | Rylant, Cynthia |
| Rafi and Rosi | Delacre, Lulu |
| Roby's Wish | Bridges, Shirin Yim |
| Seven brave Women | Hearne, Betsy |
| Sheep in a Shop | Shaw, Nancy |
| Sing a Song of Piglets: A Calendar in Verse | Bunting, Eve |
| Skippyjon Jones | Schachner, Judith Byron |
| Something Beautiful | Wyeth, Sharon Dennis |
| Sophie Skates | Isadora, Rachel |
| Soul Looks Back in Wonder | Feelings, Tom |
| St. George and the Dragon | Hodges, Margaret |
| Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust | Jonas, Ann |
| Superdog: The Heart of a Hero | Buehner, Caralyn |
| Tar Beach | Ringgold, Faith |
| Telling Time with Big Mama Cat | Harper, Dan |
| The Buffalo Storm | Applegate, Katherine |
| The Case of the Two Masked Robbers | Hoban, Lillian |
| The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County | Harrington, Janice N. |
| The Clown of God | DePaola, Tomie |
| The Elves and the Shoemaker | LeMarche, Jim |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | Anderson, Hans Christian |
| The Foot Book | Dr. Suess |
| The Giving Tree | Silverstein, Shel |
| The High-Rise Private Eyes Series | Rylant, Cynthia |
| The Library | Stewart, Sarah |
| The Littles | Peterson, John |
| The Magic Hockey Stick | Maloney, Peter |
| The Pied Piper of Hamlin | Bartos-Hoppner, Barbara |
| The Scrambled States of America | Keller, Laurie |
| The Secret Science Project that Almost ate the School | Sierra, Judy |
| The Tale of Three Trees | Hunt, Angela Elwell |
| The Three Pigs | Wiesner, David |
| The Vampire Bunny Series | Howe, James |
| The Very Busy Spider | Carle, Eric |
| The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be | Grey, Mini |
| The Viper Series | Thiesing, Lisa |
| There is a Bird on Your Head! Series | Willems, Mo |
| Titch | Hutchins, Pat |
| Tough Cookie | Wisniewski, David |
| Traction Man is Here | Grey, Mini |
| Uncle Andy's | Warhola, James |
| Waiting for Wings | Ehlert, Lois |
| When Bluebell Sang | Ernst, Lisa Cambell |
| When Sophia Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry | Bang, Molly |
| Whose Mouse Are You? | Kraus, Robert |
| Wild About Book | Sierra, Judy |
| You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together | Hoberman, Mary Ann |
Third Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
Cam Jansen Series | Adler, David |
Little House Collection Series | Atler, Judy /Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
| Magic School Bus Series | Cole, Joanna |
| Nate the Great Series | Sharmat, M. Weinman |
| The Cricket in Times Square | Selden, George |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | White, E.B. |
| A to Z Mysteries | Roy, Ron |
| A Child's Garden of Verse | Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Amber Brown Series | Danziger, Paula |
| American Girl Series | |
| Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door | Bruel, Nick |
| Eleanor | Cooney, Barbara |
| Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective | Sobol, Donald |
| Escaping the Giant Wave | Kehret, Peg |
| Geronimo Stilton Series | Dami, Elisabetta |
| Hank Aaron | Golenbock, Peter |
| Henry Huggins | Cleary, Beverly |
| High Rise Private Eyes: the case of the puzzling possum | Rylant, Cynthia |
| Horrible Harry Series | Kline, Susy |
| Into the Woods | Burleigh, Robert |
| John Henry | Lester, Julius |
| Knights of the Kitchen Table | Scieszka, Jon |
| Magic Tree House Series | Osborne, Mary Pope |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Schroeder, Alan |
| Misoso: Once Upon a Tim Tales from Africa | Aardema, Verna |
| Mummies Made in Egypt | Aliki |
| My Brother Martin | Farris, Christine King |
| My Tour of Europe | Roosevelt, Teddy |
| Nancy Drew Series | |
| One Hundred Dresses | Estes, Eleanor |
| Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great | Blume, Judy |
| Ramona the Pest | Cleary, Beverly |
| Ribsy | Cleary, Beverly |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | MacKachlan, Patricia |
| Shoeshine Girl | Bulla, Clyde Robert |
| Solo Girl | Pinkney, Andrea |
| Strawberry Girl | Lenski, Lois |
| The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Kerley, Barbara |
| The Family Under the Bridge | Carlson, Natalie |
| The Friendship | Taylor, Mildfred |
| The Great Wall of China | Fisher, Leonard Everett |
| The Hundred Dresses | Estes, Eleanor |
| The Kid Who Only Hit Homers | Christopher, Matt |
| The Lost Flower Children | Lisle, Janet Taylor |
| The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs | Cole, Joanna |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Cleary, Beverly |
| The Stories Julian Tells | Cameron, Ann |
| Third Grade Detective Series | Stanley, George |
| Twenty and Ten | Bishop, Claire Huchet |
| Twenty-One Balloons | Pene du Bois, William |
| Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa | Brown, Don |
| Wayside School is Falling Down | Sachar, Louise |
| What Do Illustrators Do? | Christelow, Eileen |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Aardema, Verna |
| William Shakespeare & the Globe | Aliki |
| Wilma Unlimited | Krull, Kathleen |
Fourth Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
Shiloh  | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Little House on the Prairie Series | Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Number the Stars | Lowry, Lois |
| A Gathering of Days | Blos, Joan W. |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | DiCamillo, Kate |
| Boxcar Children Series | Warner, Gertrude |
| Harriet the Spy | Fitzhugh, Louis |
| Rascal | North, Sterling |
| The Borrowers | Norton, Mary |
| The Cricket in Times Square | Seldon, George |
| The Phantom Toll Booth | Juster, Norton |
| The Tale of Despereaux | DiCamillo, Kate |
| A Cricket in Times Square | Seldon, George |
| A Stranger Came Ashore | Hunter, Molly |
| A Wrinkle in Time | L'Engle, Madeline |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis |
| Babe, the Gallant Pig | King-Smith, Dick |
| Bobby Baseball | Kimmel-Smith, Robert |
| Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity | Barrett, Mac |
| Castle | MaCaulay, David |
| Charles A. Lilndbergh: A Human Hero | Giblin, James Cross |
| Charlotte's Web | White, E.B. |
| City of Ember | DePrau, Jeanne |
| Courage of Sarah Noble | Dalgliesh, Alice |
| Dog Diaries: Secret Diaries of the Woof Society | Byars, Betsy |
| Dragon Rider | Funke, Cornelia |
| Eleanor | Cooney, Barbara |
| Extraordinary Mark Twain | Kerley, Barbara |
| Frindle | Clements, Andrew |
| Hardy Boys Series | Dixon, Franklin |
| Homesick: My Own Story | Fritz, Jean |
| How to Eat Fried Worms | Rockwell, Thomas |
| How to Steal a Dog | O'Conner, Barbara |
| Into the Woods | Burleigh, Robert |
| Jack | Cooper, Ilene |
| Jonny Tremain | Forbes, Esther |
| Lassie, Come Home | Knight, Eric |
| Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought) | Krull, Kathleen |
| Lives of the Musicians: (and What the Neighbors Thought) | Krull, Kathleen |
| Lost and Found | Phillips, Ian |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Schroeder, Alan |
| Misty of Chincoteague | Henry, Marguerite |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | Atwater, Richard |
| My Brother Martin | Farris, Christine King |
| Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille | Freedman, Russell |
| Penguin's Peril | Miles, Ellen |
| Pippi Longstocking | Lindgren, Astrid |
| Rabbit Hill | Lawson, Robert |
| Roller Skates | Sawyer, Ruth |
| Secret Soldier | McGovern, Ann |
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Blume, Judy |
| The Bad Beginning | Snicket, Lemony |
| The BFG | Dahl, Ronald |
| The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Kerley, Barbara |
| The Doll People | Martin, Ann |
| The Enormous Egg | Butterworth, Oliver |
| The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems | Hoberman, Mary Ann |
| The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs | Cole, Joanna |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide | Diterlizzi, Tony & Black, Holly |
| The Time Traveler's Journal | Masessa, Ed |
| The Willoughbys | Lowry, Lois |
| The Wish Giver | Brittain, Bill |
| Time Bike | Langton, Jane |
| What Do Illustrators Do? | Christelow, Eileen |
| Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | Grace, Lin |
| Zorgamazoo | Weston, Robert Paul |
Fifth Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllip Reynolds |
My Side of the Mountain | George, Jean Craighead |
Number the Stars | Lowry, Lois |
| From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler | Konigsburg, E.L. |
| Harriet the Spy | Fitzhugh, Louis |
| Little Women | Alcott, Louis May |
| Rascal | North, Sterling |
| Sounder | Armstrong, William |
| The Borrowers | Norton, Mary |
| The Bridge to Terabithia | Paterson, Katherine |
| A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson | Green, Michelle |
| A Young Painter: The Life and Paintings of Wang Yani | Zhensum, Zheng |
| Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story | Rector, Anne E. |
| From the Bible - Book of Jonah | |
| From the Bible - Book of Ruth | |
| Black Beauty | Sewell, Anna |
| Caddie Woodlawn | Brink, Carol |
| Call it Courage | Sperry, Armstrong |
| Dragonwings | Yep, Lawrence |
| Ella Enchanted | Levine, Gail Carson |
| Esperanza Rising | Ryan, Pam Munoz |
| Everything on a Waffle | Horvath, Polly |
| Good Brother, bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth | Giblin, James |
| Honor Books | |
| How To Keep Dinosaurs | Mash, Robert |
| How to Steal a Dog | O'Connor, Barbara |
| I, Juan de Pareja | Borton de Trevino, E. |
| Inkheart | Funke, Cornelia |
| Into the Woods | Burleigh, Robert |
| Journey to America | Levitin, Sonia |
| Knots in my Yo-Yo | Spinelli, Jerry |
| Lemonade War | Davies, Jacqueline |
| Mary Poppins | Travers, P.L. |
| Masterpiece | Broach, Elise |
| Meet the Austins | L'Engle, Madeline |
| Mistakes that Worked | Jones, Charlotte F. |
| Mr. Chickee's Funny Money | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | O'Brien, Robert C. |
| My Life with Chimpanzees | Goodall, Jane |
| National Valvet | Bagnold, Enid |
| Newberry Medal Series | |
| Over Sea, Under Stone | Cooper, Susan |
| Peter and the Starcatchers | Barry, Dave |
| Rules | Lord, Cynthia |
| Shakespeare's Secret | Broach, Elise |
| Soul Surfer | Hamilton, Bethany |
| Thank You, Jackie Robinson | Cohen, Barbara |
| The Boy Who Spoke Dog | Clay, Morgan |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Banks, Lynne Reid |
| The Magician's Elephant | DiCamillo, Kate |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Twain, Mark |
| The Sign of the Beaver | Speare, Elizabeth George |
| The Tarantula Scientist | Montgomery, Sy |
| The Wind in the Willows | Grahame, Kenneth |
| The Young Man and the Sea | Philbrick, Rodman |
| Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark |
| Tom's Midnight Garden | Pearce, Phillippa |
| We Were There Too: Young People in U.S. History | Hoose, Philip M. |
Sixth Grade Recommended ReadingTitle/Series | Author (Last, First) |
|---|---|
The Hobbit | Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler | Konigsburg |
| White Fang | London, Jack |
| A Hero of Ticonderoga | Gauthier, G. |
| A Long Way from Chicago | Peck, Richard |
| A Single Shard | Park, Linda Sue |
| Among the Hidden | Haddix, Margaret |
| Amos Fortune | Yates, Elizabeth |
| Bull Run | Fleischman, Paul |
| Carver: A life in Poems | Nelson, Marilyn |
| Darnell Rock Reporting | Myers, Walter Dean |
| Hear That Train Whistle Blow! | Meltzer, Milton |
| Heaven | Johnson, Angela |
| Hoot | Hiaasen, Carl |
| In the Year of the Boar and Jackie and Robinson | Lord, Betty |
| Invisible Thread | Uchida, Yoshiko |
| Julie of the Wolves | George |
| Lawn Boy | Paulson, Gary |
| Milkweed | Spinelli, Jerry |
| Olive's Ocean | Henkes, Kevin |
| Princess and the Curdie Series | MacDonald |
| Redwall Series | Jacques |
| Rocket Boys | Hickam, Homer |
| Shadow of a Bull | Wojciechowska, Maja |
| Snow Treasure | McSwigan |
| The Batboy | Lupica, Mike |
| The Gold Cadillac | Taylor, Mildred |
| The Green Coat: A Tale From the Dustbowl Years | McDunn, Rosemary |
| The Janitor's Boy | Clements, Andrew |
| The Kind of Friends We Used to Be | Dowell, Frances O'Roark |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Lewis, C.S. |
| The Wanderer | Creech, Sharon |
| Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World One Child at a Time | Mortenson, G. & Relin, D. |
| Time Stops for No Mouse | Hoeye, Michael |
| Tuck Everlasting | Babbit, Natalee |
| Under the Blood-Red Sun | Sailsbury, Graham |
| Walk Two Moons | Creech, Sharon |
| Warrior's Dont Cry | Beals, Melba Pattillo |
| Whittington | Armstrong, Alan |
| Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod | Paulson, Gary |