Hello! Finding books on a reading level can sometimes be a challenge. Below you will find a list of some district approved books. There is an AWESOME website http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/ that can also help.
Recommended Leveled Reading List
A
Snowman by Joy Cowley
Baby Chimp by Rebel Williams
Light by Rebel Williams
The Gotcha Box by Joy Cowley
Little House by Polly Peterson
B
Circus by Miriam Frost
Dan Gets Dressed by Joy Cowley
Waiting by Joy Cowley
Mouse Train by Joy Cowley
Shoo, Fly! by Joy Cowley
C
Little Pig by June Melser
Watch Out! by Jackie Goodyear
What Did Kim Catch? by Jim Eggleton
What Goes in the Bathtub? by Pam Neville
Wheels by David Lowe
D
Whose Shoes? by Rebel Williams
Horace by Joy Cowley
Scared by Miriam Frost
Eight Friends in All by Iris Littleman
A Nut Pie for Jud by Emily Beth Gerard
E
My Fish Does Not Chirp by Anne Tyler
In the Rain Forest by Lee Martin
Th Pumpkin by Joy Cowley
Fizz and Splutter by June Melser
Oh Jump in a Sack by Joy Cowley
F
The Old Steam Train by Jennifer Beck
Blast Off! by Maryann Dobeck
When Dad Cam Home by Pam Neville
When I Was Sick by Janet Hillman
Who Came Out? by Mindy Menschell
G
Jim’s Visit to Kim by Julie Alperen
Never Say Never by Judy Spevack
Save that Trash by Maryann Dobeck
Summer At Cove Lake by Jady Nayer
That Cat! by Polly Peterson
H
Solo Flyer by Jackie Tidey
The Special Ride by Stephen Harrison
The Shooting Star by Randell
Annabel by Joy Cowley
Mr. Beekman’s Deli by Joy Cowley
I
Stanley by Syd Hoff
Lobster Fishing ad Dawn by Robert Newell
Miss Muffet and the Spider by Deborah Eaton
Animal Messengers by Brenda Parkes
The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow by Robin Bloksberg
J
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoofman
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant
The Bear Came Over to My House by Rick Walton
K
Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trink Hakes Nobel
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Diary of a Worm (Spider) (Fly) by Doreen Cronin
Epossumondas by Coleen Salley
L
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
Gregory, The Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr
Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Conner
Dear Mrs. Larue-Letters from
Obedience School by Mark Teague
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe by Judy Cox
M
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
N
Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett
Donovan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross
Ghost Dog by Eleanor Allen
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Sey
Llama Pajamas by Susan Clymer
Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
O
Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverley Cleary
Godzilla Ate My Homework by Marcia Jones
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen
P
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Against the Odd by Joe Layden
Q
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Amazing But True Sports Stories by Phyllis & Zander Hollander
Bunnicula byDebra Howe
R
Frindle by Andrew Clements
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Crane by Eleanor Coerr
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
S
The Doll House Murders by Betty R. Wright
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Captive by Joyce Hansen
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
T
Buddy Not Bud by Paul Christopher
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Cracker Jackson by Betsy Beyers
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
U
My Side of the Mountain by Jean C. George
Onion John by Joseph Krumbold
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite DeAngeli
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
V
Holes by Louis Sachar
Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Last Lobo by Roland Smith
W
The Phanton Toolbooth by Norton Jester
The Moor Child by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer by Clifton G. Wisler
Rising Phionex by Kren Hesse
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
X
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple
The Boys’ War by Jim Murphy
Castle Diary by Richard Platt
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freeman
Y
East by Edity Pattou
The Guardians by John Christopher
The Hollow Tree by Junn Lynn
Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander
Overboard by Fama
Z
Song of the Gargoyle by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary M. Dodge
Little Women by Louissa May Alcott
Shipwrecked:The True Story of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg
