Reading List

Grades 3-5

 

1

Aardema, Verna 

Borreguita and the Coyote: A Tale from Ayutla, Mexico

2

Aardema, Verna 

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

3

Ackerman, Karen 

Leaves in October, The

4

Ackerman, Karen 

Night Crossing, The

5

Ada, Alma Flor 

My Name Is Maria Isabel

6

Adler, David A. 

Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery

7

Adler, David A. 

One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah Story

8

Adler, David A. 

Picture Book of Sacagawea

9

Adoff, Arnold 

All the Colors of the Race

10

Adoff, Arnold 

Outside, Inside Poems

11

Agra, Carmen 

Yellow Star, The: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

12

Alarcon, Francisco X. 

Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems (Jitomates risuenos y otros poemas de primavera)

13

Alexander, Lloyd 

Fortune-Tellers, The

14

Aliki 

Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians

15

Aliki 

Marianthe's Story: Painted Words, Spoken Memories

16

Aliki 

Story of Johnny Appleseed, The

17

Allard, Harry 

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

18

Altman, Linda Jacobs 

Amelia's Road (El camino de Amelia)

19

Anaya, Rudolfo A. 

Farolitas of Christmas, The

20

Ancona, George 

Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood

21

Ancona, George 

Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead

22

Anderson, Margaret J. 

Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects

23

Archambault, John 

Knots on a Counting Rope

24

Argueta, Manlio 

Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes (Los perros magicos de los volcanes)

25

Armstrong, Jennifer 

Black-Eyed Susan

26

Arnold, Caroline 

Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, The

27

Arnosky, Jim 

Watching Desert Wildlife

28

Ash, Russell 

Aesop's Fables

29

Avi 

Fighting Ground, The

30

Avi 

Poppy

31

Babbitt, Natalie 

Tuck Everlasting

32

Bang, Molly 

Paper Crane, The

33

Bartone, Alisa 

Peppe the Lamplighter

34

Bates, Katharine Lee 

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

35

Bauer, Marion Dane 

On My Honor

36

Baum, Frank L. 

Wizard of Oz, The

37

Bausum, Ann 

Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrew

38

Behn, Harry (translator) 

Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku

39

Beil, Karen Magnuson 

Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them

40

Bianco, Margery Williams 

Velveteen Rabbit, The

41

Bierhorst, John 

Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fables

42

Birdseye, Tom 

Airmail to the Moon

43

Bjork, Christina 

Linnea in Monet's Garden

44

Blos, Joan W. 

Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, A

45

Bogers, Sara Jane (editor) 

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

46

Bond, Michael 

Bear Called Paddington, A

47

Bonners, Susan 

Silver Balloon

48

Borden, Louise 

Good Luck, Mrs. K!

49

Borden, Louise 

Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II

50

Bosveld, Jane 

While a Tree Was Growing

51

Bradby, Marie 

More Than Anything Else

52

Brenner, Barbara 

Wagon Wheels

53

Bridges, Ruby 

Through My Eyes

54

Brooks, Bruce 

Everywhere

55

Brown, Don 

Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure

56

Browne, Anthony 

Piggybook

57

Bruchac, Joseph 

Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull, A

58

Bruchac, Joseph 

Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native Plays for Children

59

Bryan, Ashley (editor) 

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum

60

Bryan, Ashley (editor) 

Night Has Ears

61

Bulla, Clyde 

Shoeshine Girl

62

Bunting, Eve 

Day's Work, A

63

Bunting, Eve 

Fly Away Home

64

Bunting, Eve 

How Many Days to America?

65

Bunting, Eve 

Smoky Night

66

Bunting, Eve 

So Far from the Sea

67

Bunting, Eve 

Summer Wheels

68

Bunting, Eve 

Train to Somewhere

69

Bunting, Eve 

Wednesday Surprise, The

70

Burnett, Frances Hodgson 

Secret Garden, The

71

Byars, Betsy Cromer 

McMummy

72

Byars, Betsy Cromer 

Midnight Fox

73

Byars, Betsy Cromer 

Moon and I, The

74

Byars, Betsy Cromer 

Summer of the Swans, The

75

Byars, Betsy Cromer 

Tornado

76

Cameron, Ann 

Gloria's Way

77

Cameron, Ann 

Stories Julian Tells, The

78

Carlson, Holly Meade 

Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West

79

Carroll, Lewis 

Alice in Wonderland

80

Cha, Dia 

Dia's Story Cloth

81

Chinn, Karen 

Sam and the Lucky Money

82

Christelow, Eileen 

What Do Authors Do?

83

Christelow, Eileen 

What Do Illustrators Do?

84

Christopher, John 

City of Gold and Lead

85

Cleary, Beverly 

Henry and Beezus

86

Cleary, Beverly 

Mouse and the Motorcycle, The

87

Cleary, Beverly 

Ramona and Her Father

88

Cleary, Beverly 

Ramona the Pest

89

Cleary, Beverly 

Ramona's World

90

Clements, Andrew 

Frindle

91

Clements, Andrew 

Landry News, The

92

Climo, Shirley 

Korean Cinderella

93

Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

Satchel Paige

94

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart 

Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella (Ntsuag Nos: Ib Tug Cinderella Hmoob)

95

Coerr, Eleanor B. 

Chang's Paper Pony

96

Coerr, Eleanor B. 

Sadako

97

Coerr, Eleanor B. 

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

98

Cohen, Barbara 

Molly's Pilgrim

99

Cohn, Amy (editor) 

From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folksongs

100

Cole, Joanna 

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, The

101

Collier, Bryan 

Uptown

102

Cone, Molly 

Come Back Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life

103

Cooney, Barbara 

Eleanor

104

Cooney, Barbara 

Miss Rumphius

105

Cowan, Catherine 

My Life with the Wave

106

Cowley, Joy 

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

107

Creech, Sharon 

Love that Dog

108

Cullen, Lynn 

Mightiest Heart

109

Curlee, Lynn 

Rushmore

110

Curry, Jane Louise (Adapted) 

Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians

111

Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Bud, Not Buddy

112

Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, The

113

Curtis, Gavin 

Bat Boy and His Violin, The

114

Cushman, Karen 

Ballad of Lucy Whipple

115

D’Aulaire, Ingri 

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

116

Dahl, Roald 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

117

Dahl, Roald 

Fantastic Mr. Fox

118

Dahl, Roald 

James and the Giant Peach

119

Dakos, Kali 

Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do!

120

Danziger, Paula 

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

121

Darling, Kathy 

Chameleons on Location

122

Daugherty, James 

Andy and the Lion

123

D'Aulaire, Edgar P. 

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

124

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk (editor) 

Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems

125

de Saint-Exupery, Antoine 

Little Prince, The

126

De Young, C. Coco 

Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

127

DeFelice, Cynthia 

Weasel

128

Demi 

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

129

dePaola, Tomie 

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs

130

dePaola, Tomie 

Strega Nona: Her Story

131

Diakite, Baba Wague 

Hunterman and the Crocodile, The

132

DiCamillo, Kate 

Because of Winn-Dixie

133

Dickinson, Emily 

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? Poems of Emily Dickinson for Children

134

Dickinson, Peter 

Time and the Clockmice, Etcetera

135

Dorris, Michael 

Guests

136

Dorris, Michael 

Morning Girl

137

Downing, Julie 

Mozart Tonight

138

Earle, Sylvia A. 

Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier

139

Edwards, Pamela Duncan 

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad

140

Erdrich, Louise 

Birchbark House, The

141

Estes, Eleanor 

Hundred Dresses, The

142

Facklam, Margery 

Big Bug Book

143

Farley, Walter 

Black Stallion, The

144

Feelings, Muriel L. 

Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book

145

Feiffer, Jules 

Meanwhile

146

Fitzgerald, John D. 

Great Brain, The

147

Fitzhugh, Louise 

Harriet the Spy

148

Fleischman, Paul 

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, A

149

Fleischman, Paul 

Seedfolks

150

Fleischman, Paul 

Weslandia

151

Fleischman, Sid 

Bandit's Moon

152

Fleischman, Sid 

By the Great Horn Spoon

153

Fleischman, Sid 

Jim Ugly

154

Fleischman, Sid 

Whipping Boy

155

Fletcher, Ralph 

Flying Solo

156

Fletcher, Ralph 

Uncle Daddy

157

Fox, Mem 

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

158

Fraser, Mary Ann 

Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, The

159

Freedman, Russell 

Children of the Wild West

160

Freedman, Russell 

Immigrant Kids

161

Freedman, Russell 

Indian Chiefs

162

Freedman, Russell 

Lincoln: A Photobiography

163

Friedman, Ina R. 

How My Parents Learned to Eat

164

Fritz, Jean 

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

165

Fritz, Jean 

Homesick: My Own Story

166

Fritz, Jean 

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

167

Gantos, Jack 

Joey Pigza Loses Control

168

Gardiner, John Reynolds 

Stone Fox

169

Garland, Sherry 

Lotus Seed, The

170

George, Jean Craighead 

Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Ecological Mystery

171

George, Jean Craighead 

My Side of the Mountain

172

George, Kristine O'Connell 

Great Frog Race and Other Poems, The

173

George, Kristine O'Connell 

Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems

174

Gerstein, Mordicai 

Behind the Couch

175

Gerstein, Mordicai 

Wild Boy