Ultimate Guide to 5-Star Books for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students by Reading Level

Do you know what books are the best choices for your children?  Do you know where to find the best books or which books your kids might like most based on their reading level and interest?  This Spring I am once again preparing my reading lists for the girls and seeing that Peanut has already exhausted the 1st & 2nd Grade reading list I figure it is high time to create a new one!  As such I have again consulted the Scholastic’s Book Wizard and Amazon to come up with an ultimate list of 5-star books appropriate for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.

Upon doing my research there were very few books recommended for the lower reading levels.  That said, if you need more readers in the 1.0 to 1.9 or other range in which no readers are listed, I recommend looking at the Ultimate Guide to 5-Star Books for Kindergartners where the content and reading level would still be most appropriate as the list includes many incredible classics.  And for more readers levels 2.0 to 2.9 I recommend you check out the Ultimate Guide to 5-Star Books for 1st and 2nd Graders.

Get ready!  This list is a long one.  But remember, this 5-star book list could last your child THREE years!  Short on time?  Feel free to download a pdf of the list for you to keep and browse later.  Happy reading!

Criteria for This Reading List

• No Twaddle (meaning no books created as a result of cartoons, movies, or TV shows or what Charlotte Mason may have otherwise considered fluff)
• Only the first book of a series is included (even if others in the series would also qualify).  The only exception to this are books that could also serve as stand-alone books (i.e. If You… series).
• Books must have a 4 1/2 or 5 star rating on Amazon with a minimum of 15 reviews
• Books must claim a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade interest level on Scholastic Book Wizard (meaning, the content therein is appropriate for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students to read, understand, and/or enjoy).
• No books in the “Horror” Genre (yes, they have some even for this age)
• Only books with a year-round subject
• Only books not contained in previous book lists

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The Ultimate 5-Star Book List for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students by Reading Level

3.1

• A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
• A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky
• A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein
• Dandelions by Eve Bunting
• Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling
• Varjak Paw by SF Said
• Hubert’s Hair Raising Adventure by Bill Peet
• The Wall by Eve Bunting
• The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub
• Who Was Harriet Tubman? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up by Trevor Romain
• Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan
• Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest L. Thayer
• The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable by Janet Stevens
• Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig

3.2

• The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
• A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
• The Great Redwall Feast by Brian Jacques
• A Light in the Attic Special Edition by Shel Silverstein
• Prairie School by Avi
• Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
• Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
• Pompeii…Buried Alive! by Edith Kunhardt Davis
• The Wump World by Bill Peet
• Cowardly Clyde byBill Peet
• Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco
• A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young
• Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
• Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss
• Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan by Mordicai Gerstein

3.3

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
• Insectlopedia: Poems and paintings by Douglas Florian
• Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac
• The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant) by Avi
• The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming
• Creativity by John Steptoe
• The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft
• Who Was Thomas Jefferson? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
• Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K Wetterer
• Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
• A Picture Book of George Washington by David A. Adler
• The Worry Stone by Marianna Dengler

3.4

• I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks
• Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
• Who Was Harry Houdini? by Tui Sutherland
• Who Was Amelia Earhart? by Kate Boehm Jerome
• Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• Who Was Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson
• Who Was John F. Kennedy? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• Who Was Elvis Presley? by Geoff Edgers
• Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel
• Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson
• No Dogs Allowed! by Bill Wallace

3.5

• Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books) by Betsy Byars
• Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog by Eva Moore
• Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams
• Meet Josefina (American Girl) by Valerie Tripp
• The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
• When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
• So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg
• Just Juice by Karen Hesse
• Poppy’s Return (Tales from Dimwood Forest) by Avi
• Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
• Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly by Walter Dean Myers
• My Parents Think I’m Sleeping by Jack Prelutsky
• What Makes a Magnet? by Franklyn M. Branley
• Adelita by Tomie dePaola
• Susanna of the Alamo: A True Story by John Jakes
• The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet
• The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
• Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
• Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley
• Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen
• How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
• Who Were the Beatles? by Geoff Edgers
• Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards
• Ride a Purple Pelican by Jack Prelutsky
• Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
• The Children’s Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett
• The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
• The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
• The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II by Louise Borden
• Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
• The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
• Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams

3.6

• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
• First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by George Shea
• Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
• When the Soldiers Were Gone by Vera W. Propp
• A Street Through Time by Anne Millard
• A Picture Book of Davy Crockett by David A. Adler
• Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Cindy Neuschwander
• Picasso and Minou by P.I. Maltbie
• Crow Call by Lois Lowry
• What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis

3.7

• The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
• Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• No Flying in the House by Betty Brock
• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
• Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet
• The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet
• Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
• Who Was William Shakespeare? by Celeste Mannis
• Kickoff by Donna King
• The Gold-Threaded Dress by Carolyn Marsden
• Hachiko Waits by Lesléa Newman
• Three Names of Me by Mary Cummings
• A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Aston
• The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School by Ken Derby
• The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud
• Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards
• 11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel by Wendy Mass
• Hate That Cat: A Novel by Sharon Creech
• The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne

3.8

• If You Lived With The Cherokees by Peter Roop
• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
• 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
• Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt
• The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
• Lentil by Robert McCloskey
• Tell Me a Mitzi by Lore Segal
• Baaa by David Macaulay
• Eric Carle’s Animals Animals by Laura Whipple and Eric Carle
• Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
• Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
• Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? b Margaret Frith
• Who Was Daniel Boone? by Sydelle Kramer
• Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
• Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
• A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
• How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? by Brian P. Cleary
• Amelia’s Notebook by Marissa Moss
• Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
• Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
• Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
• A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
• A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget
• Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur

3.9

• Me and My Place in Space by Joan Sweeney
• Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
• Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg
• The Barn by Avi
• Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street by Roni Schotter
• . . . If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern
• Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
• Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace
• A Lion to Guard Us  by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
• Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
• “B” Is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
• A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith
• The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky
• Tut’s Mummy: Lost…and Found by Judy Donnelly
• The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
• Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
• Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
• Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? by S. A. Kramer
• Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble by Phyllis Root
• The Race of the Birkebeiners by Lise Lunge-Larsen
• The Flying Flea, Callie and Me by Bill Wallace
• My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
• The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence by Martin Gayford
• In My Family/En mi familia by Carmen Lomas Garza
• Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela S. Turner

4.1

• The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
• The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
• Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
• The Good Dog by Avi
• The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Wiggling Worms at Work (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Wendy Pfeffer
• Island Boy (Picture Puffins) by Barbara Cooney
• Teammates by Peter Golenbock
• The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
• The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
• Someday Angeline (Avon/Camelot Book) by Louis Sachar
• The Trouble with Tuck: The Inspiring Story of a Dog Who Triumphs Against All Odds by Theodore Taylor
• Skellig by David Almond
• The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron
• Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet
• Eli Bill Peet
• What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
• The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
• Leonardo’s Horse by Jean Fritz
• An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco
• The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor
• Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble
• Joshua’s Song by Joan Hiatt Harlow
• Snot Stew by Bill Wallace
• White Bird by Clyde Robert Bulla
• I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
• The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
• Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers
• Meet Kirsten, An American Girl by Janet Shaw
• The Making of a Knight by Patrick O’Brien
• Tell Me the Secrets: Treasures for Eternity by Max Lucadov

4.2

• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind by Margaret Davidson
• Phoebe the Spy by Judith Barry Griffin
• The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson
• Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
• Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
• You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You by John Ciardi
• Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac
• Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor
• The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
• Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís
• Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner
• Henry Huggins and Beverly Cleary
• Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary
• As Ever, Gordy by Mary Downing Hahn
• No Such Things b Bill Peet
• The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
• Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat
• Volcanoes! Mountains of Fire by Eric Arnold
• The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom
• George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
• Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester
• How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
• It Came from Beneath the Bed! by James Howe
• Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves! by Trevor Romain
• The Secrets of Ms. Snickle’s Class by Laurie Miller Hornik
• Megan’s Island by Willo Davis Roberts
• My Name Is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
• The Secret Keeper by Kate Coombs
• Shadows on the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
• The Great Chicken Debacle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson by Frances Schoonmaker Bolin
• Danger on Panther Peak by Bill Wallace
• Meet Molly, An American Girl: 1944 by Valerie Tripp
• Meet Samantha an American Girl by Susan S. Adler
• The Carp in the Bathtub by Barbara Cohen
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4.3

• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
• Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
• Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
• Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin
• Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
• The Bears’ House by Marilyn Sachs
• Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
• Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny by Jan Karon
• Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
• Stories to Solve by George Shannon
• Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
• The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg by Bill Peet
• Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
• Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? by Gare Thompson
• Hiroshima by Laurence Yep
• Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone
• Zink by Cherie Bennett
• Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman
• Tallahassee Higgins by Mary Downing Hahn
• Skinnybones by Barbara Park
• Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac
• Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
• Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey
• Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow
• Turtles In My Sandbox by Jennifer Keats Curtis
• One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
• Punished by David Lubar
• Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick

4.4

• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield
• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
• The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
• The Minpins by Roald Dahl
• The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
• Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
• How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
• Zella, Zack and Zodiac by Bill Peet
• Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
• Who Was Sacagawea? by Judith Bloom Fradin
• If You’re Not From The Prairie by David Bouchard
• San Domingo : The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry
• Greek Myths for Young Children (Stories for Young Children) by Heather Amery
• Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
• Lassie Come-Home: Eric Knight’s Original 1938 Classic in a New Picture-Book Edition by Rosemary Wells
• Aesop’s Fables by Jerry Pinkney

4.5

• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
• The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
• The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
• If You Lived With The Iroquois by Ellen Levine
• Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
• The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell
• The Doll’s House by Rumer Godden
• Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter
• A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
• John Henry by Julius Lester
• Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
• The Blue Hill Meadows by Cynthia Rylant
• Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner
• Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
• Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
• Huge Harold by Bill Peet
• Paddle-to-the-Sea b Holling C. Holling
• Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
• Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
• Bandit’s Moon by Sid Fleischman
• The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
• Who Was Johnny Appleseed? by Joan Holub
• Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
• Awake And Dreaming by Kit Pearson
• Beauty by Bill Wallace
• The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
• Because of Anya by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
• Arnie, the Doughnut by Laurie Keller
• Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

4.6

• Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz
• A Dog’s Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
• Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson
• The King’s Stilts by Dr. Seuss
• Smokey by Bill Peet
• Sadako by Eleanor Coerr
• Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
• Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 by Valerie Tripp
• The Secret Journey by Peg Kehret
• Soup by Robert Newton Peck
• The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy Maestro
• The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
• A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women by Lynne Cheney
• Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson
• Cool Melons-Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa by Matthew W. Gollub
• Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
• Beauty and the Beast by Marianna Mayer
• Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
• The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

4.7

• The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
• Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
• The School Story by Andrew Clements
• The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble
• Volcanoes by Seymour Simon
• The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Treet by Bill Brittain
• Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki
• Minn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling
• Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
• The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans
• The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Byars
• Who Was Marco Polo? by Joan Holub
• Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge by Bill Wallace
• No Talking by Andrew Clements
• Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman
• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo

4.8

• Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
• Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi
• The Young Man And The Sea by Rodman Philbrick
• Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
• William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki
• Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
• Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Alan Schroeder
• A Redwall Winter’s Tale by Brian Jacques
• Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull
• Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
• A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
• A History of US: The First Americans: Prehistory-1600 by Joy Hakim
• Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O’Hara by Elvira Woodruff
• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
• Ragweed by Avi
• Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling
• Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall
• Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr
• Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
• The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
• Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith

4.9

• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
• My Name Is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt
• Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
• Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
• The Trolls by Polly Horvath
• Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil
• Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse by Walter Dean Myers
• The Anybodies by N. E. Bode
• Lightning by Seymour Simon
• The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
• Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Seabird by Holling C. Holling
• Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher
• Molly Bannaky by Chris K. Soentpiet
• Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
• Tomie DePaola’s Book of Bible Stories by Tomie dePaola
• Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon
• Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan
• The Children’s Book of America by William J. Bennett
• McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales by Sid Fleischman
• The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury by Jack Prelutsky

5.1

• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
• Fables by Arnold Lobel
• When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
• The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
• Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
• Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein
• Hey World, Here I Am! by Jean Little
• The Good Master by Kate Seredy
• Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop
• The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
• Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
• Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
• The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Ann Cameron
• Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
• Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
• Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford
• The Lottie Project by Vicky Ireland
• Old Mother West Wind by Thornton W. Burgess
• The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble
• Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Porter
• If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World’s People by David J. Smith
• The Wreck of the Ethie by Hilary Hyland
• The Bone Feud by Wynne McLaughlin

5.2

• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
• Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
• Maggie’s Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
• Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
• The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson
• The Twits by Roald Dahl
• Lionboy by Zizou Corder
• Rachel’s Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl by Marissa Moss
• The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
• The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher
• The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith
• Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner
• The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds
• The Grand Escape b Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Who Was Mark Twain? by April Jones Prince
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer
• A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy Maestro
• If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and their Parents by Judith Viorst
• The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis
• Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
• Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness
• The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray
• Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe
• Meet Felicity by Valerie Tripp
• Kiki’s Journey by Kristy Orona-Ramirez
• A Penny’s Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart
• Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
• The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Joe Hayes
• Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary

5.3

• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
• Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers by Wade Hudson
• Arthur, For the Very First Time by Patricia MacLachlan
• Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant
• The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky
• Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad by Elvira Woodruff
• If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School by Kalli Dakos
• The Last Book In The Universe by Rodman Philbrick
• From Anna by Jean Little
• Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky
• The Last Treasure by Janet Anderson
• Jennifer and Josephine by Bill Peet
• Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back by Joseph Bruchac
• Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins
• The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol
• The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
• Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin
• The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little
• Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
• My Life as a Stuntboy by Janet Tashjian
• Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
• The Courage of Cat Campbell by Natasha Lowe
• The Map Trap by Andrew Clements
• A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

5.4

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• The Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
• The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
• Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert DeJong
• The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
• If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky
• Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
• Bed-Knob and Broomsticks by Mary Norton
• Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler
• Socks by Beverly Cleary
• Dolphin Adventure: A True Story by Wayne Grover
• Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Baby by Patricia Maclachlan
• Ten Kids, No Pets by M. Martin Ann
• Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
• Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! by Anabel Kindersley
• Look What I Did with a Leaf! by Morteza E. Sohi
• The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders
• Linnea in Monet’s Garden by Christina Björk
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
• One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street by Joanne Rocklin
• Half Upon a Time by James Riley
• Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff
• Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman

5.5

• A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History by Lynne Cherry
• The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
• American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
• Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney
• White Fang by Jack London
• Pedro’s Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493 by Pam Conrad
• Escape From Home by Avi
• The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
• There’s A Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• Esperanza Rising by am Munoz Ryan
• The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong
• Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter by Diane Stanley
• Wolves by Seymour Simon
• Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars
• The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
• Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
• Mary On Horseback: Three Mountain Stories  by Rosemary Wells
• Homesick by Jean Fritz
• Brown Paper School book: Math for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns
• The Serpent Slayer: and Other Stories of Strong Women b Katrin Tchana
• Inside the Titanic by Hugh Brewster
• Abel’s Island by William Steig
• Junebug by Alice Mead
• The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh
• Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me by Katy Kelly
• The Story of Walt Disney: Maker of Magical Worlds by Bernice Selden
• The Islander by Cynthia Rylant
• Danger In The Desert by T. S. Fields
• Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
• Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady
• The Toughest Cowboy: or How the Wild West Was Tamed by John Frank
• Abuela’s Weave by Omar S. Castaneda
• Mud City by Deborah Ellis
• The Orphan Of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff

5.6

• Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
• The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
• Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
• The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera
• The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
• Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
• Shredderman: Meet the Gecko by Wendelin Van Draanen
• More Stories to Solve: Fifteen Folktales from Around the World by George Shannon
• Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane by Paul Stewart
• The Battle for the Castle by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
• Who Was Albert Einstein? by Jess Brallier
• Who Was Annie Oakley? by Stephanie Spinner
• Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
• Horns and Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
• Harry’s Mad by Dick King-Smith
• The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell
• When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots by Lynne Cheney
• Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made by Bill Slavin
• The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech

5.7

• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Enormous Egg  by Oliver Butterworth
• The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen
• Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville
• The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
• Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
• Henry Reed, Inc. by  Robertson
• The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
• The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
• How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• The Random House Book of Fairy Tales by Amy Ehrlich
• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
• We Rode the Orphan Trains by Andrea Warren
• Watchdog and the Coyotes by Bill Wallace
• The Silver Crown by Robert C. O’Brien
• Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage by Plimoth Plantation
• Igraine The Brave by Cornelia Funke
• Everything for a Dog by Ann M. Martin
• Waggit’s Tale by Peter Howe

5.8

• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
• On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth
• Poppy by Avi
• Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman
• Gentle’s Holler by Kerry Madden
• Smart Dog by Vivian Vande Velde
• Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Find the Constellations by H. A. Rey
• The Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel
• Tucker’s Countryside by George Selden
• Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight
• Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
• Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff
• Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
• The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer’s Life by Sid Fleischman
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
• Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
• Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee
• What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? by Jim O’Connor
• The BFG by Roald Dahl

5.9

• The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• Science Experiments You Can Eat by Vicki Cobb
• Gorillas by Seymour Simon
• Witness by Karen Hesse
• A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardagh
• Perloo The Bold by Avi
• The Heavenly Village by Cynthia Rylant
• Laura’s Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
• Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
• Words of Stone by Kevin Henkes
• Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
• The Tarantula in My Purse: and 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George
• Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert Burch
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg
• The Borrowers by Mary Norton
• The I Hate Mathematics! Book by Marilyn Burns
• Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
• All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth
• The Golden Key by George Macdonald
• Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
• Buford the Little Bighorn by Bill Peet
• Capyboppy by Bill Peet
• The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Stay!: Keeper’s Story by Lois Lowry
• George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff
• Liza Lou And The Yeller Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer
• The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
• Martin’s Mice by Dick King-Smith
• Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer
• Pegasus by Marianna Mayer
• Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
• Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace
• Patty Reed’s Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Ms. Rachel K. Laurgaard
• Not Exactly Normal by Devin Brown
• The Weighty Word Book by Paul M. Levitt

6.0 to 6.4

• Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber
• Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith
• Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas
• Blue Willow by Doris Gates
• By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
• Stuart Little by E. B. White
• A Corner Of The Universe by Ann M. Martin
• How To Write Poetry Scholastic Guides by Paul Janeczko
• The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
• Girl In Blue by Ann Rinaldi
• Here Today by Ann M. Martin
• Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Jerry Pinkney
• A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears by Jules Feiffer
• My Daniel by Pam Conrad
• The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups by David Wisniewski
• Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff by Walter Dean Myers
• Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Naxos of America
• Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen
• Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson
• Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
• Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven
• Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
• Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
• The Jack Tales by Richard Chase
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• Welcome Home, Jellybean by Marlene Fanta Shyer
• The Landry News by Andrew Clements
• Nicholas by René Goscinny
• Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams
• The Kids Book of the Night Sky by Ann Love
• Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
• Flawed Dogs: the Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster by Berkeley Breathed
• Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen
• One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson
• What Was the Boston Tea Party? by Kathleen Krull
• Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts
• What Is the Statue of Liberty? by Joan Holub
• Who Is George Lucas? by Pam Pollack
• Who Was Julius Caesar? by Nico Medina
• Who Was Roberto Clemente? by James Buckley
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

6.5 to 6.9

• The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! by Jean Fritz
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• Tornadoes by Seymour Simon
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
• The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
• The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig
• Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong
• The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye
• Leon’s Story by Leon Walter Tillage
• Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
• Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet
• Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley by Marguerite Henry
• My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
• Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen
• Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant
• Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

7.0 to 7.9

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Max The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
• How to Write Your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher
• The Little Grey Men by B.B.
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri
• Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
• A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy by Jim Murphy
• I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America by Jim Murphy
• The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster
• United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds Their Stories, Their Glories by Hudson Talbott
• 100 Most Disgusting Things On The Planet by Anna Claybourne
• Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
• Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery
• Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada
• Who Was Henry Ford? by Michael Burgan

8.0 to 8.9

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Something for Joey by Richard E. Peck
• Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
• The Story of Salt by Mark Kurlansky
• Life in Prison by Stanley Williams
• Harry Houdini by Vicki Cobb
• George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas B. Allen
• George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer
• Mythbusters Science Fair Book by Samantha Margles
• Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World by Tracey Fern
• Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd
• Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobleman