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Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr 10 for Dinner Bogart, Jo Ellen 3 100 Book Race: Hog Wild in the Reading Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 11 Birthdays Mass, Wendy 4 12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve 2 26 Fairmount Avenue dePaola, Tomie 2 4 Valentines In A Rainstorm Bond, Felicia 1 5th of March Rinaldi, Ann 5 6 Titles: Eagles, Bees and Wasps, Alligators and Crocodiles, Morgan, Sally Giraffes, Sharks, Tortoises and Turtles 1 A Likely Place Fox, Paula 4 A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust 1933-1945 Chaikin, Miriam 5 A, My Name Is Alice Bayer, Jane 2 Abandoned Puppy Costello, Emily 3 ABC Bunny, The Gag, Wanda 1 Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington Harness, Cheryl 2 Abe Lincoln's Hat Brenner, Martha 2 Abel's Island Steig, William 3 Abigail Adams, Girl of Colonial Days Wagoner, Jean Brown 2 Abraham Lincoln Cashore, Kristen 2 Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer, Leader, Legend Fontes, Justine & Ron 2 Abraham Lincoln: Great Man, Great Words Cashore, Kristen 5 Abraham Lincoln: Our 16th President Luciano, Barbara L. 4 Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon 4 Accident, The Carrick, Carol 3 Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 1 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Across the Stream Ginsburg, Mirra 1 Across the Wild River Gutman, Bill 4 Addie Across the Prairie Lawler, Laurie 4 Adventure in Alaska Kramer, Sydelle 3 Adventure in the Haunted House McBrier, Page 3 Adventure of Backyard Sleepout McArthur, Nancy 3 Adventure of the Bailey School Kids: Dragons Don’t Cook Pizza Dadey, Debbie 2 Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The Hurwitz, Johanna 2 Adventures of Isabel, The Nash, Ogden 2 Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Zombies Don’t Play Soccer Dadey, Debbie 3 Aesop's Fables Watson, Carol 3 Afternoon of the Elves Lisle, Janet Taylor 4 A-Hunting We Will Go Langstaff, John 1 Air is All Around Us Branley, Franklyn 1 Al Capone Does My Shirts (BOE approved April 2014) Choldenko, Gennifer 4 Albert the Alabatross Hoff, Syd 1 Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters Isenberg, Barbara 1 Albert's Toothache Williams, Barbara 2 Aldo Applesauce Hurwitz, Johanna 3 Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand (BOE approved Nov 2015)Scott, Liz and Jay 1 Alexander & The Terrible Horrible No Good… Viorst, Judith 1 Alexander & The Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo 1 Alexander Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Viorst, Judith 2 Viorst, Judith 1 Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 2 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Aliens for Breakfast Spinner, Stephanie 2 Alison’s Wings, 1996 Bauer, Marion Dane K Alistair's Elephant Sadler, Marilyn 1 All About Alligators Arnosky, Jim 2 All About Deserts: The Question and Answer Book Sanders, John 3 All About Seeds Kuchalla, Susan K All About Seeds Berger, Melvin 2 All By Myself Mayer, Mercer 1 All Keyed Up Christopher, Matt 1 All My Toys Are On The Floor Blocksma, M. 1 All New Jonah Twist Honeycutt, N. 3 Alligator Shoes Dorros, Arthur 1 Alligator With The Lean Mean Smile Nordlicht, Lillian 1 Alligators and Crocodiles Stone, Lynn 3 All-of-A-Kind Family Taylor, Sydney 4 Almost Starring Skinnybones Park, Barbara 4 Along the Dangerous Trail Gutman, Bill 4 Alpha Kids Series Sundance Publishers K Alphabatics MacDonald, Suse 1 Always Inventing: The True Story of Thomas Alva Edison Murphy, Frank 2 Always Room for One More Leodhas, Sorche Nic 2 Amanda Pig & Her Big Brother Oliver Van Leeuwen, Jean 1 Amazing Bats Greenway, Frank 3 Amazing Bears Greenway, T. 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 3 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Amazing Birds Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing Bone Steig, William 3 Amazing Butterflies and Moths Still, John 3 Amazing Crocodiles and Reptiles Ling, Mary 3 Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, The Mazer, Anne 3 Amazing Gorillas! (BOE approved Nov 2015) Thomson, Sarah L. 1 Amazing Lizards Smith, Trevor 3 Amazing Mark Supraner, Robyn 1 Amazing Monkeys Steedman, Scott 3 Amazing Power of Ashur Fine, The Sobol, Donald 4 Amazing Rescues Shea, George 2 Amazing Sharks Thomson, Sarah L. 1 Amazing Snakes Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing Spiders Parsons, Alexandra 3 Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths Sabin, Louis 3 Amazing World of Spiders Craig, Janet 2 Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Danziger, Paula 2 Amelia Bedelia Series Parish, Peggy and Herman 1 American Girls Series Shaw-Adler-Tripp 4 American Holiday (10 book set) (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Nelson, Robin 1 Amigo Baylor, Byrd 2 Amigo Means Friend Everett, Louise 1 Aminal, The Balian, Lorna & Lecia 1 Among the Hidden, 1998* Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 4 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Amos & Boris Steig, William 2 Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 5 Amphibians Are Animals Holloway, Judith K An Elf for Christmas Hollands, Judith 2 An Even Break Hite, Sid 5 An Extraordinary Egg Lionni, Leo K Anansi the Spider McDermott, G. 2 Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 3 Anazi & The Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric 1 And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby 1 And Now Miguel Krumgold, Joseph 5 And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Fritz, Jean 4 And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry St. Seuss, Dr. 1 Andy Pig's Great Flying Adventure Koci, Marta 1 Anelina Ballerina Holabird, Katharine 2 Angel Child, Dragon Child Surat, Michele Marie 2 Angus Series Flack, Marjorie 1 Animal Ark Series Baglio, Ben 2 Animal Defenses Grambo, Rebecca 3 Animal Families Feinstein, J. 1 Animal Inn Vail, Virginia 3 Animal Strike at the Zoo Wilson, Karma K Animal, the Vegetable & John D. Jones Byars, Betsy 4 Animals Carle, Eric K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 5 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Animals At Night Peters, Ralph K Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People Barrett, Judi 1 Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett, Judi 1 Anna Banana And Me Blegvad, Lenore 1 Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner Schwartz, Amy 1 Anna's Garden Songs Steele, Mary Q. 2 Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, Lucy Maud 5 Annie and the Old One Miles, Miska 2 Annie Bananie Komaiko, Leah 1 Anno's Journey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Anno, Mitsumasa K Another Point of View Series The Little Red Hen/ Help Yourself Little Red Hen Granowsky, Alvin 2 Ant and The Dove, The Aesop 1 Paxton, Tom K Antarctica Cowcher, Helen 2 Antarctica Land of Endless Water George, Michael 3 Anteater Named Arthur Waber, Benard 2 Apple Tree, Apple Tree Blocksma, Mary 1 April Rabbits Cleveland, David 1 April’s Kitten Newberry, Clare 2 Apt. 3 Keats, Ezra Jack 2 Arctic and Antarctic Regions Sabin, Francene 4 Are You There Bear? Maris, Ron 1 Armies of Ants Retan, Walter 2 Arthur Meets the President Brown, Marc 2 Ant and the Grasshopper, The: An Aesop's Fable (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 6 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Arthur Series Brown, Marc 1 Arthur Series Hoban, Lillian 1 Arthur’s Teacher Trouble Brown, Marc 2 Arthur's Birthday Brown, Marc 2 Arthur's Pet Business Brown, Marc 2 Ask Mr. Bear Flack, Marjorie 1 At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices (BOE approved Nov 2015)Peacock, Louise 3 At Home in the Rain Forest (BOE Approved April 2013) Willow, Diane 2 At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1 At the Seashore Schwartz, David M. 3 Atlantis, The Lost City Donklin, Andrew 4 Attaboy, Sam! Lowry, Lois 2 Aunt Clara Brown, Official Pioneer Lowery, Linda 3 Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky Ringgold, Faith 5 Australia Santrey, Laurence 2 Autumn Leaves are Falling Fleming, Maria K Autumn Street Lowry, Lois 5 Avalanche Roth, Arthur 4 Avalanche! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2 Babar and The Ghost Brunhoff, Laurent de 1 Babe: The Gallant Pig King-Smith, Dick 2 Baby Alligator Clarke, Ginger L. 3 Baby Animals Kuchalla, Susan K Baby Animals Learn Chanko, Pamela 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 7 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Baby Whales Drink Milk Esbensen, Barbara Juster K Baby Who Got All the Blame, The Nelson, JoAnne 2 Baby Zoo Animals Kaufman, Elizabeth 2 Babysitters Little Sister #1 “Karen’s Witch” Martin, Ann M. 3 Babysitting Is A Dangerous Job Roberts, Willo Davis 5 Back to Paul Revere Gormley, Beatrice 4 Back to the Day Lincoln was Shot Gormley, Beatrice 4 Back Yard Tent Daniel, Kira 1 Bad Bear Ahlberg, Allan. 1 Bad Case of Stripes, A Shannon, David K Badger in the Basement Baglio, Ben 4 Bag Full of Pups Gackenbach, Dick 1 Bag of Smiles, The Cowley, Joy 1 Bah! Humbug? Balian, Lorna 2 Ballad of the Civil War, A Stolz, Mary 3 Balto and the Great Race Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody 3 Banana Twist Heide, Florence Parry 4 Banza Wolkstein, Diane 2 Barefoot – Escape on the Underground Railroad Duncan, Pamela 3 Barn Cat Saul, Carol P. K Barn, The 1994 Avi 3 Barnetts, The Eggleton, Jill 1 Barry the Bravest Saint Bernard Hall, Lynn 2 Bartholomew and The Oobleck Seuss, Dr. 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 8 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Baseball Ballerina Cristaldi, Kathryn 1 Baseball Counting Book, The McGrath, Barbara Barbieri 2 Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki, Ken 3 Basil Series Titus, Eve 2 Bat Zamboree Appelt, Kathi 2 Bats Althea 1 Battle of the Class Clowns Baer, Jacqueline A. 2 Battles of Lexington and Concord, The Peacock, Judith 4 Be A Perfect Person In Just 3 Days Manes, Stephen 3 Bea & Mr.Jones Schwartz, Amy 2 Bear and the Fly, The Winter, Paula K Bear Called Paddington Bond, Michael 3 Bear Facts Gentner, Norma L. 1 Bear Shadow Asch, Frank K Bear’s Busy Year, 1990 Leonard, Marcia K Bear’s New Friend Wilson, Karma K Beardance Hobbs, Will 4 Bears Kuchalla, Susan K Bears Krauss, Ruth 1 Bears 1,2,3 Ziefert, Harriet 1 Bears Are Curious Milton, Joyce 1 Bears on Hemlock Mountain Dalgliesh, Alice 2 Bears, Bears and More Bears Morris, Jackie 1 Bears, Bears Everywhere Connelly, Luella 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 9 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Bears's Toothache McPhail, David 1 Bearstone Hobbs, Will 4 Beast & The Halloween Horror Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Beast in Ms Rooney's Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Beast in the Bathtub Stevens, Kathleen 1 Beats Me, Claude Nixon, Joan Lowery 2 Beautiful Christmas Tree Zolotow, Charlotte 3 Beauty and the Beast Various Authors 3 Because of Winn Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3 Bedtime for Bear Stoddard, Sandol 1 Bedtime For Frances Hoban, Russell K Beetles Watts, Barrie 1 Beetles, Lightly Toasted Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 5 Beezus & Ramona Cleary, Beverly 2 Begin at the Beginning Schwartz, Amy 1 Behind Rebel Lines Reit, Seymour 5 Behind the Attic Wall Cassidy, Sylvia 5 Ben and Me Lawson, Robert 3 Ben and The Bear Riddell, Chris 1 Ben and the Porcupine Carrick, Carol 3 Ben Franklin and the Magic Square Murphy, Frank 2 Benjamin & Tulip Wells, Rosemary 2 Benjamin Franklin Roop, Peter and Connie 3 Benjamin Franklin Davidson, Margaret 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 10 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Benji the Bug Olson, Marjorie 1 Benjy & the Power of Zingies Van Leeuwen, Jean 4 Benny's Bad Day Pellowski, Michael 1 Berenstain Bear Series Berenstain, Stan 1 Berenstain Bear’s New Pup, The Berenstain, Stan K Berenstain, Stan & Jan 1 Bermuda Triangle Donkin, Andrew 3 Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt Love, D. Anne 3 Best Bug Parade, The Murphy Stuart Y. 1 Best Castle Ever, The Ziefert, Harriet 1 Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 3 Best Dressed Bear, The Blocksma, Mary 1 Best Enemies Leverich, Kathleen 2 Best Friends Hollaner, Cass 2 Best Friends Kellogg, Steven 2 Best Friends Albright, Molly 3 B-e-s-t Friends Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Best Little Monkeys in the World Standiford, Natalie 1 Best Teacher in the World Chardie, Bernice 2 Best Thanksgiving Book Whitehead, Patricia 1 Best Town in the World, The Baylor, Byrd 2 Betsy & the Circus Haywood, Carolyn 2 BFG Dahl, Roald 3 Big Bad Bruce Peet, Bill 3 Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 11 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Big Balloon Race Coerr, Eleanor 1 Big Bird Says Lerner, Sharon 1 Big Block of Chocolate, The Redhead, Janet 1 Big Bunny & the Magic Show Kroll, Steven 3 Big City Port Masestro, Betsy Delvecchio, Ellen 2 Big Fat Enormous Lie Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1 Big Fat Hen Daxer, Keith 1 Big Fat Pie Edwards, Pat 1 Big Mamma's Crews, Donald 2 Big Max Platt, Kin 1 Big Orange Splot Pinkwater, D. Manus 1 Big Red Kjelgaard, Jim 4 Big Red Apple Johnston, Tony K Big Red Barn Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Big Shark’s Lost Tooth Metzger, Steve K Big Snow, The Hader, Berta K Big Something, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 Big Tree Buff, Conrad 5 Big Wave, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Buck, Pearl S. 3* Bigger Giant, The Green, Nancy 2 Biggest Bear, The Ward, Lynd 1 Biggest Cookie in the World, The Hayward, Linda 1 Biggest Pumpkin Ever Kroll, Steven 3 Bill and Pete dePaola, Tomie 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 12 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Bill Peet: an autobiography Peet, Bill 5 Billy Jo Jive, Super Private Eye Shearer, John 2 Billy the Bird King-Smith, Dick 2 Bingo Brown & The Language of Love Byars, Betsy 5 Binky Bros, Detectives Lawrence, James 1 Binky Brothers & the Fearless Four Lawrence, James 3 Bird Watch Jennings, Terry K Birds Kuchalla, Susan K Birds Canizares, Susan 1 Birds (Now I Know) Kuchalla, Susan 1 Birds Nests Curran, Eileen K Birds-Life Cycle Books Braithwaite, Althea 1 Birthday Present for Mama Lorian, Nicole 1 Black Bear Adventures Hansen, Mary Lewis 3 Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 4 Black Pearl O'Dell, Scott 5 Black Stallion Farley, Walter 4 Black Star, Bright Dawn* O'Dell, Scott 5 Blackberries in the Dark Jukes, Mavis 3 Blackbird's Nest Harvey, Olive 1 Blair's Nightmare Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5 Blind Flight Milton, Hilary 3 Blind Outlaw Rounds, Glen 3 Blizzard! Snowstorm Fury Turck, Mary C. 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 13 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Blizzard’s Wake Reynolds Naylor, Phyllis 5 Blood Brothers: Four Men of Science Sterne, Emma Gelders 5 Blood on the River (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Carbone, Elisa 5 Blubber Blume, Judy 4 Blue and the Gray, The Bunting, Eve 5 Blue Hill Meadows, The Rylant, Cynthia 2 Blue or Gray? A Family Divided Connell, Kate 5 Blue Ridge Summer Naice, M. 4 Blue Willow Gates, Doris 5 Blueberries For Sal McCloskey, Robert 1 Boa Constrictors Bargar & Johnson 2 Boat to Nowhere Wartski, Maureen Crane 5 Bobbsey Twins, Mystery On the Mississippi Hope, Laura Lee 3 Bobby's Zoo Lunn, Carolyn 1 Bobsledding and the Luge Brimner, Larry Dane 2 Body Facts Drew, David 2 Body Maps Drew, David 3 Bollo Caper Buchwald, Art 5 Bony-Legs Cole, Joanna 1 Book About Planets & Stars Reigot, Betty Polisar 2 Book About Your Skeleton, A Gross, Ruth Belor 4 Book of Animal Records, The Drew, David 1 Book Report from the Black Lagoon (BOE approved April 2014) Thaler, Mike 1 Boom Town, 1998 Levitin, Sonia K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 14 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Borrowers, The Norton, Mary 4 Boss For a Week Handy, Libby 2 Boston Coffee Party, The Rappaport, Doreen 3 Boston Tea Party, The Furstinger, Nancy 4 Boxcar Children Warner, Gertrude Chandler 2 Boy and the Ghost, The San Souci, Robert 2 Boy in the Doghouse, A , (1991) Duffey, Betsy 2 Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Littledale, Freya 2 Boy Who Remembered Everything Abbott, Jennie 5 Boy who Saved Baseball, The Ritter, John 4 Boy Who Spoke Chimp, The Yolen, Jane 3 Boy Who Wanted a Family, The Gordon, Shirley 3 Brady Fritz, Jean 5 Brain on Quartz Mountain Anderson, Margaret 3 Brave Irene Steig, William 3 Brave Little Steam Shovel Evers, Alf 1 Bravest Blacksmith, The Owens, Thomas 3 Bravest Cat!, The The True Story of Scarlett Driscoll, Laura 1 Bravest Dog Ever, The Standiford, Natalie 1 Bread & Butter Journey Colver, Anne 3 Bread and Jam for Frances Hoban, Russell 2 Breadwinner, The Ellis, Deborah 5 Bremen-Town Musicians Gross, Ruth Belov 1 Brian's Winter Paulsen, Gary 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 15 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 5 Bright Freedom's Song Houston, Gloria 5 Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry, Marguerite 5 Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna 1 Broccoli Tapes, The Slepian, Jan 3 Broderick Ormondroyd, Edward 2 Brontosaurus Redhead, J. 2 Brown Bear, Brown Bear Martin, Bill 1 Bubba: The Cowboy Prince Ketteman, Helen 3 Bubblegum Jorgensen, Gail 1 Buck Stops Here Provensen, Alice 2 Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor 2 Buffalo Hunt Freedman, Russell 4 Buffalo Knife Steele, William O. 3 Bugs McKissack, Pat Fredrick 1 Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Dussling, Jennifer 2 Buildings Chessen, Betsy K Bulb, The Garrard, Ian 1 Bull Run Fleischman, Paul 5 Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! Fritz, Jean 5 Bully of Barkham Street Stolz, Mary 5 Bully Trouble Cole, Joanna 2 Bumps In The Night Allard, Harry 2 Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies Mathews, Louise 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 16 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Bunnicula Howe, James 2 Bunny Trouble Wilhelm, Hans 1 Bunny Who Found Easter Zolotow, Charlotte 1 Draper, Sharon M. 3 Buried City of Pompeii, The Tanaka, Shelly 4 Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The Byars, Betsy 5 Buster Loves Buttons! Manushkin, Fran 1 Buster’s Dino Dilemma Brown, Marc 2 Busy Beavers Dabcovich, Lydia 1 Busybody Nora Hurwitz, Johanna 2 But Names Will Never Hurt Me Waber, Bernard 3 But Not Like Mine Facklam, Margery 1 But Not Stanleigh Cloven, George 1 Butter Battle Book, The Suess, Dr. 1 Butterflies Braithwaite, Althea 1 Butterflies and Moths Bailey, Donna 1 Butterfly Canizares, Susan 1 Butterfly, The Nash, Pamela 1 Buttermilk Cosgrove, Stephen 3 Button Box, The Reid, Margarette 2 Button Soup Disney, Walt K Buz Egielski, Richard 2 Buzz Buzz Buzz Barton, Byron 1 Buzz Said the Bee Lewison, Wendy K Buried Bones Mystery, The (Clubhouse Mysteries #1) (BOE Approved Nov 2014) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 17 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr C is for Colorado Shirley, Gayle 1 C.O.L.A.R. Slote, Alfred 4 Cabin Faced West Fritz, Jean 5 Cabin in Cripple Creek, A Luxa, Sue 4 Cactus Hotel Guiberson, Brenda 1 Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol 4 Cake That Mack Ate Robart, Rose 1 Caleb & Kate Steig, William 2 Caleb's Story (BOE Approved November 2014) MacLachlan, Patricia 2 Call it Courage Sperry, Armstrong 4 Cam Jansen Series Adler, David 2 Can We Be Friends? Wright, Alexandra 3 Can We Get That Here? Foley, Donna 2 Can You Hear a Shout in Space? Questions and Answers About Space Exploration Berger, Melvin and Gilda 4 Can You Hear Me, Grandad? Thomson, Pat 1 Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2 Canada Canizares, Susan 1 Canada Geese Quilt, The Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie 3 Candy Corn Contest, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Can't You Make them Behave King George? Fritz, Jean 3 Caps for Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr 1 Caps, Hats, Socks & Mittens Borden, Louise 1 Captive Indian Boy Hafer, Flora Van Buren 4 Captive, The Hansen, Joyce 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 18 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Capybobby Peet, Bill 2 Carnival Burden-Patmon, Denise 2 Carol Reef Hideway-The Story of a Clown Anemonefish Boyle, Doc 3 Carrot Seed, The Krauss, Ruth and Johnson, Crockett 1 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee 5 Cars Rockwell, Anne 1 Case of the Cat's Meow Bonsall, Crosby 2 Case of the Cool Itch Kid Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Case of the Dumb Bells Bonsall, Crosby 2 Case of the Hungry Stranger Bonsall, Crosby 2 Case of the Lost Boy, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Hillestad Butler, Dori 2 Case of the Lost Lookalike Farley, Carol 5 Case of The Missing Cat Palazzo-Craig, Janet 2 Case of the Missing Dinosaur Brandt, Keith 3 Case of the Nervous Newsboy Hildick, E. W. 4 Case of the Scaredy Cats Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1 Case of the Two Masked Robbers, The Hoban, Lillian K Casey Jones York, Carol Beach 2 Cassie Binegar MacLachlan, Patricia 5 Castle in the Attic Winthrop, Elizabeth 4 Cat Ate My Gymsuit Danziger, Paula 5 Cat In The Hat Suess, Dr. 1 Cat In The Hat Comes Back Suess, Dr. 1 Cat Walk Stolz, Mary 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 19 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Cat Who Went to Heaven, The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 3 Cat’s Burglar, The Parish, Peggy 2 Caterpillar and th Polliwog, The Kent, Jack 1 Catwings LeGuin, Ursula 2 Cave Boy Dubowski, Cathy 2 Cay Taylor,. Theodore 5 Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day-Dreaming of Change Kupperstein, Joel K Celebrating Presidents’ Day Jardano, Kimberly & CallellaJones, Trisha K Celebrating Thanksgiving Kupperstein, Joel K Celebrating the Powwow Kalman, Bobbie 1 Celery Stalks at Midnight Howe, James 3 Cells and Systems Wallace, Holly 5 Chains (BOE Approved October 2011) Halse Anderson, Laurie 5 Chair for My Mother Williams, Vera 1 Chalk Box Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2 Champ On Ice Peters, Sharon 1 Changes Creyling 3 Changes in Latitudes Hobbs, Will 5 Changes, Changes Hutchins, Pat K Changing Seasons Greydanus, Donald K Character Education Series Various Authors K Charley Skedaddle Beatty, Patricia 5 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 3 Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator Dahl, Roald 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 20 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Charlie Brown Series Schulz, Charles 1 Charlie Needs A Cloak dePaola, Tomie 1 Charlie’s Raven George, Jean Craighead 4 Charlotte Sometimes Farmer, Penelope 4 Charlotte's Web White, E.B. 3 Chasing Verneer Balliett, Blue 4 Cherries and Cherry Pits Williams, Vera 2 Chester Cricket's New Home Selden, George 5 Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride Selden, George 2 Chester The Wordly Pig Peet, Bill 2 Chick and the Duckling Ginsburg, Mirra 1 Chick Challenge Baglio, Ben 3 Chick That Wouldn’t Hatch, The Daniel, Claire 1 Chicken Forgets Miles, Miska 1 Chicken Little Kellogg, Steven 1 Chicken Pox Party, The Wyeth, Sharon Dennis 2 Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice 1 Chicken's Aren't the Only Ones Keller, Ruth 1 Child of the Silent Night Hunter, Edith 4 Children Around the World Wilkins, Verna K Children Of Green Knowe Boston, Lucy M. 5 Child's Garden of Verses, A Stevenson, Robert 3 Chinese New Year's Dragon Sing, Rachel 2 Chisholm Trail, The Mercati, Cynthia 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 21 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Chocolate Fever Smith, Robert Kimmel 3 Chocolate Touch Catling, Patrick 3 Choose Your Own Adventure Series Various Authors 2 Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 5 Christmas Cup, The Patterson, Nancy Ruth 3 Christmas Secret Lexau, Joan 2 Christmas with Ida Early Burch, Robert 5 Christopher Columbus Krensky, Stephen 1 Christopher Columbus McGavern, Ann 3 Chronicles of Narnia Lewis, C. S. 5 Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin 2 Cinderella McKissack, Pat 1 Cinderella Karlin, Barbara 2 Cinder-Ella Minters, Frances 2 Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween Lattimore, Deborah Nourse 3 Circle of Gold Boyd, Candy Dawson 4 Circus Days Pare, Roger 1 City Mouse, Country Mouse Wallner, John 1 City of Ember, The DuPrau, Jeanne 4 City Rhythms Nayer, Judy 2 City Storm Parker, Mary 2 Clara and the Book Wagon Levison, Nancy 2 Class Clown Hurwitz, Johanna 3 Class President Hurwitz, Johanna 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 22 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Claude the Dog Gackenbach, Dick 1 Clean House for Mole & Mouse, A Ziefert, Harriet 1 Clementine Pennypacker, Sara K Clifford Series Bridwell, Norman 1 Cloud Book dePaola, Tomie 2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judi 1 Clue at the Zoo, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 Clue Junior “The Case of the Chocolate Fingerprints” Hinter, Parker 3 Clues in the Woods Parish, Peggy 1 Cobras Bargar & Johnson 2 Cock-a-doodle-hoooooo! Manning, Mick K Collecting Things Is Fun! Graves, Kimberly 1 Come Away from the Water, Shirley (BOE approved Nov 2015) Burningham, John K Come On Up! Kim, Joy K Come Out & Play Little Mouse Kraus, Robert 1 Comeback Dog Thomas, Jane Resh 4 Comets and Meteor Showers Sipiera, Paul 2 Commander Toad Series Yolen, Jane 2 Communities All Over Foley, Donna K Conquistadores: Building a Spanish Empire in the Americas, Stein, Conrad The 5 Cookies Week Ward, Cindy 1 Copperheads Bargar, Sherie 2 Coral Reef Berger, Melvin 3 Corduroy Freeman, Don 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 23 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Corn Raid, The (A Story of the Jamestown Settlement) Collier, James Lincoln 5 Could Be Worse Stevenson, James 1 Counting Is For The Birds Mazzola, Frank Jr. 3 Country Mouse and City Mouse McKissack, Pat 1 Courage of Sarah Noble, The Dalgliesh, Alice 3 Crack-Of-Dawn Walkers Hest, Amy 3 Crane Wife, The Yagawa, Sumiko 3 Crash, Bang, Boom Spier, Peter 2 Cream of Creature from the School Cafeteria Thaler, Mike 2 Creepy Crawlies A to Z Aisworth, Louisa 1 Cricket in Times Square Selden, George 3 Crictor Ungerer, Tom 2 Crisis in Space Apollo 13 Beyer, Mark 4 Crocodile Beat Jorgensen, Gail 1 Crocodiles and Alligators Seventy, V. 1 Cross Country Cat Calhoun, Mary 1 Crow Boy Yashima, Taro 2 Cub in the Cupboard Baglio, Ben 4 Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo, The Fuchshuber, Annegert 2 Curious George Series Rey, H.A. & M. 1 Custard Kid, The Deary, Terry 3 Cybil War Byars, Betsy 5 Dabcovich, Lydia D'adamo, Francesco 5 Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 24 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Dance Away Aruego, Jose 1 Dancing Teepees Sneve, Virginia 2 Dancing with Manatees McNulty, Faith 3 Dandelion Freeman, Don 1 Dandelions Bunting, Eve 2 Danger on Midnight River Paulsen, Gary 3 Danger On Panther Peak Wallace, Bill 5 Danger! Volcanoes Simon, Seymour K Dangerous Promise, A - The Orphan Train Adventure Nixon, Joan Lowry 5 Daniel's Duck Bulla, Clyde Robert 1 Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd 1 Daphne's Book Hahn, Mary 5 Dar Tellum:Stranger from a Distant Planet Berry, James 3 Daring Resue of Marlon the Swimming Pig, The Saunders, Susan 2 Dark and Full of Secrets Carrick, Carol 3 Dark Dark Tale Brown, Ruth 1 David’s Journey on the Underground Railroad Sibley, Linda 4 Day at Greenhill Farm, A Nicholson, Sue 1 Day It Snowed Tortillas, The Hayes, Joe 4 Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Noble, Trinka Hakes 1 Day of the Blizzard (BOE Approved November 2014) Moskin, Marieta 2 Day The Teacher Went Bananas, The Howe, James 1 Day We Walked on the Moon, The Sullivan, George 4 Days With Frog and Toad Lobel, Arnold 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 25 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Deadly Powers of Medusa Osborne, Will 4 Deadly Promise, A Nixon, Joan Lowery 5 Dear America Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Gregory, Kristiana 4 Dear America My America – The Starving Time Hermes, Patricia 3 Dear America Our Strange New Land Hermes, Patricia 3 Dear Garbage Man Zion, Gene 2 Dear Levi (Letters From the Overland Trail) Woodruff, Elvira 2 Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly 4 Death in the Afternoon, 1996 Chester, Kate 5 Debra Sampson Goes to War Stevens, Bryna 3 December Secrets Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 DeDe Takes Charge Hurwitz, Johanna 2 Deep in the Forest Turkle, Brinton 1 Denver Days Luxa, Sue 4 Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers Rosenbloom, Joseph 2 Destination Everest Glenn, Karen 2 Destination: Antarctica Swan, Robert 5 Diagnostic System, The Stille, Darlene R. 2 Diary of a Sunflower (BOE Approved April 2014) Pugliano, Carol 2 Diary of a Worm Cronin, Doreen K Dick Whittington Brown, Marcia 3 Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? Caudill, Rebecca 4 Did You Ever See? Einsel, Walter 1 Did You Hear That? Blocksma, Mary 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 26 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Did You Know? Hill, Sandi 1 Diego Rivera Vasquez, Sarah 2 Dig a Dinosaur Gentner, Norma 1 Digby Shook Hazen, Barbara K Digging Up Dinosaurs Aliki 2 Digging Up the Past (The Adventure of Wishbone) Sathre, Vivian 4 Dinner at Alberta's Hoban, Russell 1 Dinosaur Day Donnelly, Liza 1 Dinosaur Days Milton, Joyce 1 Dinosaur Dream Nolan, Dennis 2 Dinosaur Explorer Dixon, Dougal K Dinosaur Garden Donnelly, Liza 1 Dinosaur Habitat Griffith, Helen 2 Dinosaur Hunters McMullan, Kate 2 Dinosaur Named Sue, A Robinson, Fay 2 Dinosaur Story Cole, Joanna 2 Dinosaur Time Parish, Peggy 2 Dinosaur Who Wouldn't Go to School Salmon, Michael 2 Dinosaurs Elting, Mary 1 Dinosaurs Charlesworth, Liza 2 Dinosaurs Alive and Well! Brown, Laurie & Marc 2 Dinosaurs Before Dark Osborne, Mary Pope 2 Dinosaurs Travel Brown, Laurie & Marc 2 Dinosaurs, 1987 Gibbons, Gail K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 27 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Dinousaurs' Halloween Donnelly, Liza 1 Dirty Beasts Dahl, Roald 1 Disaster at Sea Donkin, Andrew 2 Discovery of the Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2 Dive! Berger, Melvin 3 Diving Dolphins Wallace, Karen 2 Larson, Jennifer S. 2 Do Not Open Turkle, Brinton 2 Do Whales Have Belly Buttons? Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1 Do You Love Me? Gackenbach, Dick 2 Do You Want to be My Friend? Carle, Eric K Doctor DeSoto Steig, William 1 Does 3rd Grade Last Forever? Schanback, Mindy 2 Dog on Barkham Street Stolz, Mary 3 Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter, The Christopher, Matt 2 Dogsong Paulsen, Gary 5 Doll Bones (BOE Approved April 2014) Black, Holly 5 Dollhouse Murders, The Wright, Betty Ren 4 Dolphin Morris, Robert 1 Dolphin Named Bob, A George, Twig C. 3 Dolphin Treasure (BOE Approved November 2014) Grover, Wayne 2 Dolphins Berger, Melvin 1 Dolphins Bokoske, Sharon 1 Dolphins and Porpoises Gordon, Sharon 1 Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 28 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Dolphins at Daybreak Osborne, Mary Pope 2 Don’t Call Me Beanhead! Wejciechowski, Susan 2 Donkey's Tale Oppenheim, Joanne 1 Don't Make Me Smile Park, Barbara 4 Door In the Wall de Angeli, Marguerite 5 Doorbell Rang Hutchins, Pat 1 Dorrie Series Coombs, Patricia 2 Double Dragon Trouble McMullan, Kate 3 Down By The Bay Raffi 1 Down on the Funny Farm King, Patrick 1 Dozen Dogs Ziefert, Harriet 1 Dragon Granowsky, Alvin 1 Dragon Rider Funke, Cornelia 4 Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 5 Drift Mayne, William 4 Drinking Gourd, The Monjo, F. N. 2 Drip Drop Gordon, Sharon 1 Drop Dead Cunningham, Julia 5 Drummer Hoff Emberley, Barbara 1 Duck Lloyd, David 1 Each Orange Has Eight Slices Giganti, Paul K Each Peach Pear Plum Ahlberg, Janet 1 Eagels Baker, Lucy 3 Eagle Feather Bulla, Clyde Robert 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 29 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Early Thunder Fritz, Jean 5 Earth Brandt, Keith 2 Earthquack! Palatini, Margie 1 Eating Ice Cream with a Werewolf Green, Phyllis 4 Echidna and the Shade Tree Lofts, Pamela 1 Eclipse Darkness In Daytime Branley, Franklyn Mansfield 2 Eddie's Happenings Haywood, Carolyn 3 Eddie's Menagerie Haywood, Carolyn 3 Eency Weency Spider Oppenheim, Joanne 1 Effles Bath Thompson, R. 1 Egypt Game, The Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5 Eleanor Everywhere-The Life of Eleanore Roosevelt Kulling, Monica 2 Electricity and Magnetism Adamczyk, Peter 5 Elephant in Trouble Crawford, Thomas 1 Elephant is Child, The – Rudyard Kipling Medley, Linda, Ill. 1 Elephants (BOE Approved October 2011) Depree, Helen K Elephants Swim Riley, Linda Capus K Eli Peet, Bill 1 Elihu the Elephant Brennan, Gale 2 Ella Earns Her Own Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Bullard, Lisa 1 Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (BOE approved Nov 2015) Chodos-Irvine, Margaret K Ella the Bad Speller Kraus, Robert 2 Ellen Tebbitts Cleary, Beverly 2 Ellis Island Quiri, Patricia 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 30 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Ellis Island (We the People: Modern America) Author Gr Raatma, Lucia 3 Elmer McKee, David K Elmer And The Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles 2 Elves and the Shoemaker, The Littledale, Freya 1 Emil the Eagle LeFleur, Thomas 2 Emily's Runaway Imagination Cleary, Beverly 3 Emma Stevenson, Juliet 2 Emma's Christmas Trivas, Irene 3 Emma's Pet McPhail, David 2 Emmett's Pig Stolz, Mary 2 Emperor's New Clothes Anderson, Hans Christian Westcott, Nadine 2 Empty Pot, The Demi 2 Empty School House Carlson, Natalie Savage 5 Encounter Yolen, Jane 5 Encyclopedia Brown Series Sobol, Donald 2 Endangered Animals-Zoobooks Wexo, John Bonnett 3 Enormous Crocodile Dahl, Roald 1 Enormous Egg, The Butterworth, Oliver 4 Enormous Turnip Hunia, Fran 1 Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes Ganeri, Anita 2 Grabenstein, Chris 4* Escape From Slavery:Five Journeys to Freedom Rappaport, Doreen 3 Escape on the Missouri Thomasma, Kenneth 3 Escape to Witch Mountain Key, Alexander 4 (BOE approved Nov 2015) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (BOE Approved November 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 31 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Esperanza Rising* Ryan, Pam Munoz 4 Euphonia and the Flood Calhoun, Mary 2 Everest - Reaching for the Sky Masoff, Joy 2 Everett Anderson's Goodbye Clifton, Lucille K Every Soul a Star Mass, Wendy 5 Everybody Needs A Rock Baylor, Byrd 1 Everybody Say Cheese Bates, Betty 4 Everything on a Waffle Horvath, Polly 4 Excuses, Excuses Avitabile, Robert 1 Exploding Frog, The Aesop 1 Exploration and Conquest Maesto, Betsy and Giulio 4 Explorers from Columbus to Armstrong Everett, Felicity 4 Exploring and Mapping the Am. West Alter, Judy 4 Extreme Machines Maynard, Christopher 2 Extreme Sports Platt, Richard 4 Eye of the Needle Sloat, Teri 2 Fables Lobel, Arnold 2 Fables Ginsburg, Mirra 3 Fallen Spaceman, The Harding, Lee 3 Families Share Williams, Roxanne Lanizak K Family Apart, A Nixon, Joan Lowery 5 Family Under the Bridge, The Carlson, Natalie Savage 4 Fancy Nancy at the Museum (BOE Approved April 2014) O'Conner, Jane K Fanny Cosgrove, Stephen 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 32 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Fantail, Fantail Mahy, Margaret 1 Fantastic Frogs Robinson, Fay K Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl, Roald 2 Fantastic Voyage* Asimov, Isaac 5 Far North* Hobbs, Will 4 Farewell To Shady Glade Peet, Bill 3 Farmer In The Dell, The Rae, Mary Maki 1 Farming Gibbons, Gail 1 Farmyard Cat, The Anello, Christine 1 Fast Frog Ahlbert, Allan 1 Fat Cat Kent, Jack 2 Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, The Karlin, Nurit K Fat Men From Space Pinkwater, Daniel 3 Father Fox's Pennyrhymes Watson, Clyde 2 Feathers For Lunch Ehlert, Lois K Febold Feboldson- The Fix-it Farmer York, Carol Beach 2 Feeling Things Fowler, Allan 1 Felix and the 400 Frogs Burier, Jon and Schade, Susan 2 Ferrell Davis Peterson, Brian C. 4 Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge Wallace, Bill 5 Fever 1793 Anderson, Laurie Halse 5 Fifth Grade Magic Gormley, Beatrice 5 Fighting Fish (Life Cycles) Schwartz, David M. 3 Fighting Ground, The Avi 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 33 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Finding the Titanic Ballard, Robert D. 3 Fir Tree, The Andersen, Hans Christian 3 Fire Fighter Royston, Angela 2 Fire Flies Brinckloe, Julie 1 Fire! Raging Destruction Bondar, Barbara 3 Fire, Fire, Said Mrs. McGuire Martin, Bill 1 Firefly Named Torchy Waber, Bernard 3 First American Colonies Oney, Yannick 2 First Clay Gathering, A Naranjo-Morse, N. 2 First Day Jitters Danneberg, Julie 2 First Dinosaurs, The Dixon, Dougal 2 First Experiences: Going to the Dentist Hewitt, Sally K First Flight McPhail, David 2 First Flight Shea, George 2 First Passover, A Swartz, Leslie 2 First Snow McCully, Emily Arnold K First Thanksgiving, The Hayward, Linda 1 Fishy Color Story Wylie, Joanne 1 Five Chinese Brothers, The Bishop, Claire Huchet 2 Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Suess, Dr. 2 Five Little Ducks Raffl 1 Five Little Foxes & the Snow Johnston, Tony 1 Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Christelow, Eileen 1 Five Minutes Peace Murphy, Jill 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 34 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Five Notable Inventors Hudson, Wade 5 Flag for Our Country, A Spencer, Eve 3 Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll Branley, Franklyn 2 Flat Stanley Brown, Jeff 1 Flight of the White Wolf Ellis, Melvin Richard 5 Flight to Freedom Veciana-Suarez, Ana 5 Flip Series Dennis, Wesley 1 Floating in Space Branley, Franklyn M. 2 Floods Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2 Flora and Ulysses (BOE Approved November 2014) DiCamillo, Kate 3 Flotsam (BOE approved Nov 2015) Wiesner, David K Flowers Braithwaite, Althea 1 Flunking of Joshua T. Bates Shreve, Susan 3 Flush Hiaasen, Carl 5 Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush Cherry, Lynne 2 Flutterby Cosgrove, Stephen 2 Fly Away Home Bunting, Eve 2 Flying Flea, Callie, and Me, The Wallace, Carol & Bill 3 Flying Saucer Full of Spaghetti, A Krahn, Fernando K Fog Magic Sauer, Julie 4 Follow a Raindrop: The Water Cycle Ward, Elsie 2 Follow Me Ziefert, Harriet 2 Follow My Leader Garfield, James 4 Follow The Dream Sis, Peter 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 35 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Following the Mystery Man Hahn, Mary Downing 5 Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake Martin, Rafe 2 Football That Won, The Sampson, Michael 2 Footprints In The Sand Benjamin, Cynthia 1 For the Love of the Game – Michael Jordan & Me Greenfield, Eloise 3 Forces & Motion Trumbauer, Liza 3 Forecast Hall, Malcolm 2 Forever Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2 Forgetful Bears Weinberg, Larry 1 Forgetfuls Give a Wedding Weinberg, Larry 1 Forgotten Door Key, Alexander 5 Fossils Tell of Long Ago Aliki 1 Foundling Fox Korshunow, Irina 2 Foundling, The Carrick, Carol 3 Four Black Puppies Grindley, Sally K Four On The Shore Marshall, Edward 1 Four Scary Stories Johnston, Tony 1 Fourteenth Goldfish, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Holm, Jennifer 5 Fourth Grade Celebrity Giff, Patricia Reilly 4 Fox and His Friends Series Marshall, Edward 1 Fox Be Nimble Marshall, James 1 Fox On the Box, The Gregorich, Barbara 1 Fox Went Out on Chilly Night Spier, Peter 1 Foxes Braithwaite, Althea 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 36 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Foxes and Wolves Ripper, Charles 3 Fraction Fun Adler, David 3 Frances Series Hoban, Russell 1 Frankenstein Moved in on the 4th Floor Levy, Elizabeth 3 Franklin in the Dark Bourgeois, Paulette 1 Freaky Friday Rodgers, Mary 5 Freckle Juice Blume, Judy 2 Freddie's Spaghetti Doyle, Catherine 1 Frederick Lionni, Leo K Frederick Douglass Patterson, Lillie 5 Free At Last Bull, Angela 3 Freedom Crossing Goff Clark, Margaret 5 Freedom Train Sterling, Dorothy 5 Freight-Train Crews, Donald K Fried Feathers for Thanksgiving Stevenson, James 2 Friend is Someone Who Likes You Anglund, Walsh 1 Friendly Book, The Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Friendly Snowman Gordon, Sharon 1 Friends Are a Special Part of Christmas Schulz, Charles 1 Friendship, The Taylor, Mildred 4 Friendship, The Wallace, B. 5 Frindle Clements, Andrew 3 Frog & Toad Series Lobel, Arnold 1 Frog Goes to Dinner Mayer, Mercer K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 37 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Frog Prince Continued, The Scieszka, Jon 2 Frog Prince, The Tarcov, Edith 1 Frog Prince, The Wang, Mary Lewis 1 Frog Went A-Courtin' Langstaff, John 2 Frog, The Nash, Pamela 1 Frogs Canizares, Susan & Moreton, Daniel 1 Frog's Home Butterworth, C. 1 From Egg to Robin Canizares, Susan 1 From One to One Hundred Sloat, Teri 1 From Tadpole to Frog Kottke, Jan 1 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Konigsburg, E. L. 5 Frosty the Snowman Bedford, Annie North K Fudge-a-mania Blume, Judy 3 Funny Feet Weiss, Leatie 1 Funny Fingers, Funny Toes Damon, Laura K Funny Fish Story, A Wylie, Joanne 1 Funny Little Woman, The Mosel, Arlene 1 Funny Old Man And Funny Old Woman, The Barber, Martha 1 Funnybones Ahlberg, Allan 2 Fur Mark, Jan 1 Fury Witch Freeman, D. 2 Fuzzy Rabbit Billam, Rosemary 1 Gadget War, The Duffey, Betsy 2 Galactic Warlord Hill, Douglas 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 38 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Gammage Cup, The Kendall, Carol 5 Garbage Juice for Breakfast Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Garden For A Groundhog, A Balian, Lorna 2 Gas Giants, The Drew, David 3 Gathering Of Days:New England Girls Journal* Blos, Joan 5 Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 5 George Konigsburg, E. L. 5 George & Martha Series Marshall, James 1 George Bush-Story of 41st Presdent Sufrin, M. 4 George the Drummer Boy Benchley, Nathaniel 2 George Washington and the General’s Dog Murphy, Frank 1 George Washington Carver Eliot, T.S. 5 George Washington, Our First Leader Stevenson, Augusta 2 George Washington, Our First President Jackson, Garrett 3 George Washington, Soldier, Hero, President Fontes, Justine & Ron 2 George Washington, Young Leader Santrey, Laurence 3 George Washington's Breakfast Fritz, Jean 3 George Washington's Socks Woodruff, Elvira 4 George's Marvelous Medicine Dahl, Roald 3 Georgie Bright, Robert 1 Geraldine's Big Snow Keller, Holly 1 Germs Make Me Sick Berger, Melvin 1 Ghost Cadet Alphin, Elaine Marie 4 Ghost Canoe Hobbs, Will 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 39 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Ghost in the Big Brass Bed Coville, Bruce 5 Ghost in the Third Row Coville, Bruce 5 Ghost Named Rhonda, A Greenburg, Dan 3 Ghost of Windy Hill Bulla, Clyde Robert 2 Ghost On The Hill Maccarone, Grace 3 Ghost Town Treasure Bulla, Clyde Robert 4 Ghost With The Halloween Hiccups, The Mooser, Stephen 2 Ghost Wore Gray, The Coville, Bruce 4 Ghost-Eye Tree Martin, Bill & Archambault, John 2 Ghosts Beneath Our Feet Wright, Betty Ren 4 Ghosts of the White House Harness, Cheryl 3 Giant Dinosaurs Rowe, Erna 2 Giant Story Mouse Tale Fushchuber, A 1 Gift for Tia Rosa Taha, Karen 2 Gift Of The Sacred Dog Goble, Paul 3 Gingerbread Boy Galdone, Paul 1 Gingerbread Man Schmidt, Karen 1 Murray, Laura K Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The Dahl, Roald 2 Girl Called Al, A Greene, Constance C. 3 Girl Named Helen Keller, A Lundell, Margo 2 Girl who Knew It All Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Girl Who Owned a City Nelson, O.T. 5 Girl With the Silver Eyes, The Roberts, Willo Davis 5 Gingerbread Man, Loose in School, The (BOE Approved April 2013) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 40 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Giving Tree, The Silverstein, Shel 2 Gloomy Gus the Hippopotamus Brennan, Gale 2 Glorious Flight: Across The Channel, The Provensen, Alice 4 Gnome from Nome, The Cosgrove, Stephen K Go and Hush the Baby Byars, Betsy 1 Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman Ferris, Jeri 5 Go Tell Aunt Rhody Aliki K Goat in the Garden Baglio, Ben 4 Gobble, Growl, Grunt Spier, Peter 2 Godzilla Ate My Homework Jones, Marcia Thornton 2 Goggles Keats, Ezra Jack 1 Going West Van Leeuwen, Jean 2 Gold Cadillac, The Taylor, Mildred 5 Gold Fever McMorrow, Catherine 2 Gold Rush – Life in the Old West, The Kalman, Bobbie 4 Golden Fleece & Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Colum, Padraic 4 Golden Goose Grimm Brothers 1 Goldilocks and the Three Bears Buehner, Caralyn K Goldilocks and the Three Bears Marshall, James 1 Golly Sisters Go West Byars, Betsy 2 Gone Fishing Long, Earlene R. 1 Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elizabeth 4 Good Dog, The Avi 4 Good Hunting, Blue Sky Parish, Peggy 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 41 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Good Morning, Chick Ginsburg, Mirra 1 Good News Brenner, Barbara 2 Good Work, Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 2 Good-Bye House Asch, Frank 1 Good-Bye, My Wishing Star Grove, Vicki 3 Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Goodnight Owl Hutchins, Pat 1 Goodnight, Goodnight Rice, Eve 2 Gooney Bird Greene Lowry, Lois 2 Gooseberry Park Rylant, Cynthia 3 Gorilla Browne, Anthony 2 Gorilla Did It, The Hazen, Barbara Shook 1 Gorillas Demuth, Patrica 2 Gorillas Simon, Seymour 3 Graduation of Jake Moon, The Park, Barbara 5 Grandpa, Grandpa Cowley, Joy K Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 3 Grasshopper and Crickets Watts, Barrie 1 Grasshopper and the Ants Franklin, P. 2 Gravity Is A Mystery Branley, Franklyn 2 Gray Boy Arnosky, Jim 4 Great Attitude, A Hill, Sandi 1 Great Big Enornous Turnip, The Tolstoy, Alexei 1 Great Brain Series Fitzgerald, John 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 42 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Great Cheese Conspiracy Van Leeuwen, Jean 4 Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper Van Leeuwen, Jean 4 Great Day For Up Suess, Dr. 1 Great Easter Egg Mystery Sabin, Fran 2 Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, Katherine 5 Great Green Turkey Creek Monster Flora, James 1 Great Houdini – World Famous Magician and Escape Artist, Kulling, Monica The 2 Great Race Of The Birds & Animals Goble, Paul 3 Great Soap Bubble Ride Poskanser, Susan Cornell 1 Greatest Treasure, The Demi 2 Great-Grandpa’s in the Litter Box Greenburg, Dan 2 Greedy Cat Cowley, Joy 1 Greedy Goat Bolton, Faye 1 Greek Gods, The Evslin, Benard 4 Green Book Paton-Walsh, Jill 4 Green Eggs and Ham Suess, Dr. 1 Green Ghost of Appleville, The Marzollo, Jean 3 Green Lion of Zion Street, The Fields, Julia 2 Green Thumbs Everyone Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne 5 Gregory, the Terrible Eater Sharmat, Mitchell 1 Greg's Microscope Selsam, Millicent 2 Grimm's Fairy Tales Kramer, Nora 4 Grizzly Johnson, Annabel and Edgar 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 43 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Grizzwold Hoff, Syd 1 Grouchy Ladybug, The Carle, Eric 1 Grover Cleaver, Vera and Bill 5 Growing Up Feet Cleary, Beverly 1 Growing Vegetable Soup Ehlert, Lois 1 Growl! Berger, Melvin 2 Guinea Pig Gang Baglio, Ben 3 Gum on The Drum, The Gregorich, Barbara 1 Guns for General Washington Reit, Seymour 5 Gus the Greedy Puppy Dale, Jenny 2 Gus Was a Real Dumb Ghost Thayer, Jane 2 Gus, A Beaver Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4 Halloween Dream Dolgin, Phyllis 1 Halloween Performance Bond, Felicia 1 Hamster Hotel Baglio, Ben 3 Hang Tough, Paul Mather Slote, Alfred 4 Hangman's Ghost Trick Corbett, Scott 3 Hannah Whelan, Gloria 2 Hannah’s Journal Moss, Marissa 3 Hansel & Gretel Gross, Ruth Belov 1 Hanukkah! Schotter, Roni 2 Happy , Happy Mother's Day Tripp, Valerie 1 Happy Birthday To You Suess, Dr. 1 Happy Birthday, Dear Duck Bunting, Eve 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 44 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Happy Birthday, Dr. King! Jones, Kathryn D. 2 Happy Birthday, Moon Asch, Frank 1 Happy Day Kraus, Ruth 1 Happy Easter, Little Critter Mayer, Mercer 1 Happy Hippopotami Martin Jr, Bill 1 Happy Honey: The Best Fall of All Godwin, Laura K Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 Avi 4 Hardy Boys Dixon, Franklin 4 Harold & the Dinosaur Mystery Frost, Erica 2 Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4 Harriet Tubman Sabin, Francene 5 Harry & the Terrible Whatzit Gackenbach, Dick 1 Harry the Dog Series Zion, Gene 1 Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster Clifford, Eth 2 Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 4 Hating Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1 Hattie and the Fox Fox, Mem 1 Haunted House Parish, Peggy 1 Haunting of Cabin 13 Holl, Kristi 4 Haunting of Grade Three Maccarone, Grace 3 Have You Seen Birds? Oppenheim, Joanne 1 Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw? Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Have You Seen My Cat? Carle, Eric 1 Have You Seen My Duckling? Tafuri, Nancy K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 45 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Have You Seen the Crocodile? West, Colin 1 Hearing Things Fowler, Allan 1 Heartbeat Creech, Sharon 4 Heavenly Zoo; Legends and Tales Lurie, Alison 5 Hedgehogs in the Hall Baglio, Ben 4 Helen Keller Graff, Stewart 2 Helen Keller Keller, Helen 4 Helen Keller Davidson, Margaret 5 Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Hurwitz, Johanna 2 Helga High Up Neuhaus, D. 2 Helga's Dowry dePaola, Tomie 2 Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat Gelman, Rita Golden 1 Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs Gilson, Jamie 5 Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library Clifford, Eth 4 Henny Penny Galdone, Paul 1 Henny Penny Zimmerman, H. Werner 1 Henry and Mudge Series Rylant, Cynthia 2 Henry Bear's Park McPhail, David 2 Henry Huggins Cleary, Beverly 4 Henry Reed Series Robertson, Keith 4 Henry Series Cleary, Beverly 3 Herbie Jones and the Second Grade Slippers Kline, Suzy K Herbie Jones Series Kline, Suzy 3 Here Are My Hands Martin, Bill & Archambault, John 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 46 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Here Comes Hungry Albert Whitehead, Patricia 1 Here Comes the Strikeout Kessler, Leonard 2 Here Comes Winter Craig, Janet 1 Here Is The Tropical Rainforest Dunphy, Madeleine 3 Herman the Great Olsen, Zora 3 Herman the Helper Kraus, Robert 1 Heron Street Turner, Ann 2 Hey, Get Off Our Train Burningham, John 2 Hey, Kid! Gelman, Rhonda 2 Hi, Cat! Keats, Ezra Jack 1 Kosara, Tori K Higglety Pigglety Pop Sendak, Maurice 2 High Trail to Danger Nixon, Joan Lowery 5 High Wizardry Duane, Diane 5 High-Rise Private Eyes # 4: The Case of the Troublesome Turtle Rylant, Cynthia K Hill of Fire Lewis, Thomas 1 Hip - Hippo - Ray Ahlbert/Amstutz 1 Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher Thaler, Mike 1 Hoboken Chicken Emergency Pinkwater, Danial 3 Hole is to Dig Krauss, Ruth 1 Holes* Sachar, Louis 4 Holiday Handwriting School, The Pulver, Robin 1 Home Alone Schick, Eleanor 1 Home for a Puppy Gordon, Sharon 1 Hibernation (Scholastic Reader Level 2) (BOE Approved April 2013) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 47 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Home of the Brave (BOE Approved November 2014) Applegate, Katherine 4 Homer Price McCloskey, Robert 2 Homesick, My Own Story Fritz, Jean 5 Homework Hassles Klein, Abby 1 Homework Machine, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Gutman, Dan 3* Honey Bus Cutting, Brain & Jullian 1 Hoop Heroes Kramer, Sydelle 2 Hoot* Hiaasen, Carl 4 Horrible Harry Series Kline, Suzy 2 Horse in Harry’s Room, The Hoff, Syd K Horton Hatches The Egg Seuss, Dr. 1 Horton Hears A Who Seuss, Dr. 1 Hot Air Henry Calhoun, Mary 3 House For a Hermit Crab Carle, Eric 1 House is a House For Me Hoberman, Mary Ann 1 House Mouse - Senate Mouse Barnes, Peter & Cheryl 3 House On Hackman's Hill, The Nixon, Joan Lowery 4 House on the Gulf, The Haddix, Margaret Peterson 5 House That Jack Built Cutts, David 1 House That Jack Built Simon, I. 1 House Without a Christmas Tree Rock, Gail 4 How A Plant Grows Kalman, Bobbie 4 How America Works Holmes, Nigel 3 How and Why Animals Hatch From Eggs Pascoe, Elaine 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 48 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr How and Why Spiders Spin Silk Pascoe, Elaine 2 How Big Is A Brachiosaurus? Carroll, Susan 2 How Could You Do It, Diane Pevsner, Stella 5 How do things Grow? Althea 3 How Do We Move Morgan, Sally K How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head Peet, Bill 2 How I Survived the Oregon Trail Wilson, Laura 2 How Many Days to America Bunting, Eve 2 How Many Snails? Giganti, Paul K How Much is A Million? Schwartz, David M. 1 How Pizza Came to Queens Khalsa, Dayal Kaur 2 How Spider Saved Easter Kraus, Robert 1 How Spider Saved Halloween Kraus, Robert 1 How The Grinch Stole Christmas Seuss, Dr. 1 How To Catch A Ghost Mitchell, Betty Jean (Noodles) 1 How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell, Thomas 3 Howliday Inn Howe, James 4 Hugh Pine Van de Wetering, Janwillem 3 Human Body Riddle Book, The Fleming, Maria 3 Humbug Rabbit Balian, Lorna 2 Humbug Witch Balian, Lorna 2 Hummingbird’s Life, A Himmelman, John 1 Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor 3 Hungry Crocodile Webb, Melissa 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 49 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Hungry Thing Slepian, Jan 2 Hungry, Hungry Sharks Cole, Joanna 2 Hunter of Fossils, A Baylor, B. 2 Hunting the Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals Dixon, Dougal 2 Hunting With My Camera Enting, Brian 3 Hurricane Sorneson, Margo 4 Hurricanes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2 Hurry Up, Jessie Ziefert, Harriet 1 Hush Little Baby Aliki 1 I Am A Leaf Marzollo, Jean 1 I Can Be a Baseball Player Greene, Carol 2 I Can Blink Asch, Frank 1 I Can Build A House Wantanabe, Shigeo 1 I Can Read About Christopher Columbus Knight, David 3 I Can Read About Creepy Crawly Creatures Naden, C. J. 1 I Can Read About Dinosaurs Howard, Linda 1 I Can Read About Spiders Merrians, Deborah 1 I Can Read About Trees and Plants Warren, Elizabeth 1 I Can Roar Asch, Frank 1 I Can Take A Walk Wantanabe, Shigeo 1 I Can't Said the Ant Cameron, Polly 1 I Go With My Family to Grandma's Levinson, Riki 1 I Hate My Brother Harry Dragonwagon, Crescent 2 I Just Forgot Mayer, Mercer 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 50 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr I Know a Lady Zolotow, Charlotte 1 I Know An Old Lady Boone, R. 1 I Like Books Browne, Anthony 1 I Like Me! Carlson, Nancy 1 I Love You Mary Jane Balian, Lorna 2 I See Patterns Benton, Linda 1 I Spy Noonan, Diana 1 I Want A Pet Gregorich, Barbara 1 I Want To Be An Astronaut Barton, Byron 1 I Was a Second Grade Werewolf Pinkwater, Danial 2 I was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Ellis Lawlor, Veronica 3 I Was Walking Down the Road Barchas, Sarah 1 I Went Walking Williams, Sue K I Will Not Wear That Sweater Marie, Susan 1 I Wish I Were A Butterfly Howe, James 1 I, Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2 I’m Sorry, Almira Ann Kurtz, Jane 2 Ice Cream Soup Herman, Gail 1 Ice Mummy Dubowski, Mark and Cathy East 3 Iceberg Hermit Roth, Arthur 5 Icky, Sticky Gloop Matthews, Morgan 1 I'd Like to Be Kroll, Steven 2 Ida B… and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and Hannigan, Katherine (Possibly) Save the World 5 Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level Burch, Robert 51 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr If At First You Do Not See Brown, Ruth 1 If I Could Nayer, Judy 2 If I Ever Mayer, Mercer 1 If I Ran The Circus Seuss, Dr. 1 If I Ran The Zoo Seuss, Dr. 1 If I Were An Ant Moses, Amy K If the Dinosaurs Came Back Most, Bernard 1 If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Numeroff, Laura Joffe 1 If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln McGovern, Ann 3 If You Grew Up With George Washington Gross, Ruth Belov 3 If You Had Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Moore, Kay 3 If You Lived At The Great San Francisco Earthquake Levine, Ellen 4 If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days Brenner, Barbara 2 If You Made a Million (BOE approved Nov 2015) Schwartz, David M. 3 If You Say So Claude Nixon, Joan Lowery 3 If You Were An Animal Doctor Levine, Ellen 2 If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution Levy, Elizabeth 3 Iggie's House Blume, Judy 3 I'll Fix Anthony Viorst, Judith 2 I'll Meet You At The Cucumbers Moore, Lilian 3 I'm King Of The Castle Watanabe, Shigeo 1 I'm Terrific Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 3 Images of Beauty: Ugly Duckling, Beauty & Beast Milne, A. A. and Mayer, Marianna 5 Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa Burden-Patmon, Denise 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 52 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Immigrant Kids (BOE approved Nov 2015) Freedman, Russell 3 Imogene's Antlers Small, David 1 Important People of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5 In 1492 Marzollo, Jean 1 In a Dark Dark Room Schwartz, Alvin 1 In A Dark, Dark Wood Melser, June K In A Pickle and Other Funny Idioms Terban, Marvin 4 In My Garden Cristini, Ermanno and Puricelli 2 In Our Country Canizares, Susan 1 In The Attic Oram, Hiawyn 1 In the Dinosaur's Paw Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 In the Garden McDougall, Jim K In the Pond Cristini, Ermanno and Puricelli 2 In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao 4 Incident at Hawk's Hill Eckert, Allan 5 Incredible Journey Burnford, Sheila 5 Indian In the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid 4 Indian School, The Whelan, Gloria 2 Indians Silver, D. 1 Insects Are Animals Holloway, Judith K Inside the Titanic Marschau, Ken 2 Into the Dream Sleator, William 4 Invaders from Outer Space Kindersley, Porling 4 Invasion from Below the Earth Curtis, Philip 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 53 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Invisible Stanley Brown, Jeff 2 Ira Says Good-Bye Waber, Bernard 1 Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard 1 Is There Room For Me? Pigdon, Keith and Woolley 1 Is Your Mama a Llama? Guarino, Deborah 2 Island Boy Cooney, Barbara K Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott 5 Island of the Skog, The Kellogg, Steven K Islander, The Rylant, Cynthia 3 It Came From Beneath the Bed Howe, James 2 It Could Still Be a Bird Fowler, Allan 1 It Could Still Be a Fish Fowler, Allan 1 It is the Law Magalnick, Barbara 3 It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw, Charles 1 It’s a Fruit, It’s a Vegetable, It’s a Pumpkin Fowler, Allan K It’s Mine! Lionni, Leo K Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox Maccarme, Grace 1 It's A Good Thing There Are Insects Fowler, Allan 1 It's Christmas! Prelutsky, Jack 2 It's Halloween Prelutsky, Jack 2 It's Not the End of the World Blume, Judy 5 It's So Nice To Have A Wolf Around the House Allard, Harry 2 It's Valentine's Day Prelutsky, Jack 2 J.T. Wagner, Jane 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 54 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Jack and The Beanstalk Various Authors 1 Jackalope Stevens, Janet 1 Jacket I Wear in the Snow, The Neitzel, Shirley K Jackie Robinson Brandt, Keith 3 Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball O’Connor, Jim 2 Jacob's Rescue, A Holocaust Story Drucker, M. & Halperin, M. 4 Jake Baked the Cake Hennessy, B. G. K Jake Drake, Know it All Clements, Andrew 2 Jamaica's Find Havill, Juanita 1 Jamberry Degen, Bruce 1 James & the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 3 James Meets the Prairie Allen, Katy 2 Janet's Thingamajigs Cleary, Beverly 1 Jar of Dreams, A Uchida, Yoshiko 4 Jelly Belly Smith, Robert Kimmel 3 Jenius: the Amazing Guinea Pig King-Smith, Dick 2 Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Konigsburg, E.L. 3 Jennifer, Tom Hamill, Juanita 2 Jeremy Bean's St. Pastrick's Day Schertle, Alice 2 Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White 1 Jessica Henkes, Kevin 1 Jigaree, The Cowley, Joy K Jigsaw Jones Mystery, A (Series) Preller, James 2 Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 55 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Jim and the Beanstalk Briggs, Raymond 3 Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash Noble, Trinka Hakes 2 Jim's Dog Muffins Cohen, Miriam 1 Jingle Bells Chartier, Normand 1 Jobs People Do Ganeri, Anita K Joey The Jack-O'Lantern Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1 Jog Frog Jog Gregorich, Barbara 1 John Henry Naden, Corinne 2 John Patrick Norman McHennessey Burningham, John K Johnny Appleseed Demuth, Patricia K Johnny Appleseed Moore, Eva 2 Johnny Appleseed York, Carol Beach 2 Johnny Appleseed, 1988 Kellogg, Steven K Johnny Lions Book Thacher Hurd, Edith K Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther Hoskins 5 Jolly Monsters, The Gordon, Sharon 1 Josefina Story Quilt, The Coerr, Eleanor 1 Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, The (My Name is America) Denenberg, Barry 3 Journey Home* Uchida, Yoshiko 4 Journey Into A Black Hole Branley, Franklyn Mansfield 3 Journey to Ellis Island Bierman, Carol 3 Journey to the River Sea Ibbotson, Eva 5 Juan Ponce de Leon Sakurai, Gail 4 Judge Benjamin Series McInerney, Judith 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 56 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Judy Moody Goes to College, 2008 McDonald, Megan 3 Julius Hoff, Syd 1 Julius - The Baby of the World Henkes, Kevin 2 Jump, Frog, Jump Kalan, Robert 1 Junie B. Jones Series Park, Barbara 2 Jurassic Dinosaurs Dixon, Dougal 2 Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln – The Story of the Gettysburg Fritz, Jean Address 2 Just a Rainy Day Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Camping Out Mayer, Mercer 1 Just For You Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Go to Bed Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Grandpa and Me Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Like Abraham Lincoln Waber, Benard 2 Just Like Daddy Asch, Frank 1 Just Me & My Little Sister Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Me and My Puppy Mayer, Mercer 1 Just Shopping with Mom Mayer, Mercer 1 Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World Walter, Mildred Pitts 3 Kangaroo Eggleton, Jill 1 Kangaroo, The Granowsky, Alvin 1 Kate Little, Jean 5 Kate's Book Shura, Mary Francis 3 Katie’s Trunk Turner, Ann 2 Katy & The Big Snow Burton, Virginia Lee 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 57 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Katy No-Pocket Payne, Emma 2 Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter 2 Keep Your Mouth Closed, Dear Aliki K Keeping Healthy Hewitt, Sally K Kermit the Hermit Peet, Bill 3 Kevin's Grandma Williams, Barbara 1 Key to the Treasure Parish, Peggy 2 Kid in the Red Jacket, The Park, Barbara 4 Kid Who Ran For President, The Gutman, Dan 4 Kid's Money Book, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) McGillian, Jamie Kyle 5 Wroble, Lisa A. K Wroble, Lisa A. K Wroble, Lisa A. K Wroble, Lisa A. K Wroble, Lisa A. K Wroble, Lisa A. K King Arthur Pyle, Howard 5 King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Wood, Audrey 1 King Midas Littledale, Freya 1 King's New Clothes, The McKissack, Pat & Fredrick 1 Kiss for Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund 1 Kissing Hand, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Penn, Audrey K Kit Carson Burke, Rick 3 Kites Sail High Heller, Ruth 1 Kids Throughout History: Kids During the American Civil War (BOE Approved October 2011) Kids Throughout History: Kids During the Renaissance (BOE Approved October 2011) Kids Throughout History: Kids in Colonial Times (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in Ancient Greece (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in Pioneer Times (BOE Approved October 2011) KidsThroughout History: Kids in the Middle Ages (BOE Approved October 2011) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 58 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Kitten Crowd Baglio, Ben 3 Kitten in the Cold Baglio, Ben 4 Kitten's First Full Moon (BOE approved Nov 2015) Henkes, Kevin K Kittens in the Kitchen Baglio, Ben 4 Klondike Gold Rush, The Sheperd, Donna Walsh 4 Knee - Knock Rise Babbitt, Natalie 4 Knights of the Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon 2 Knots in My Yo-Yo String Spinelli, Jerry 5 Knots On A Counting Rope Martin, Bill & Archambault, John 2 Koalo Lou Fox, Mem 2 Koko's Kitten Patterson, Francine 3 Koko's Story Patterson, Francine 1 Korean Children's Day Suyenaga, Ruth 2 Lady Bugs Braithwaite, Althea 1 Lady Bugs Watts, Barrie 1 Laila's Wedding Sakakeeny, Kaleel 2 Lamb in the Laundry Baglio, Ben 4 Lamb Who Came to Dinner, The Smallman, Steve K Lance Armstrong – The Race of His Life Armstrong, Kristin 2 Land Battles of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5 Landry News, The Clements, Andrew 3 Last Dinosaur, The Murphy, Jim 2 Last Look Bulla, Clyde Robert 2 Last Silk Dress, The Rinaldi, Ann 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 59 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Last Treasure, The Anderson, Janet S. 5 Laura Ingalls Wilder Walker, Pamela 3 Lazy Bear, The Wildsmith, Brian 1 Left-Handed Shortstop Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Legand of the India's Paintbrush dePaula, Tomie 2 Legend of Sleepy Hollow Irving, Washington 5 Legend Of The Blue Bonnet, The dePaola, Tomie 2 Legend Of The Milky Way Lee, Jeanne 3 Lemonade Trick Corbett, Scott 2 Lemonade War, The (BOE Approved April 2013) Davies, Jacqueline 2 Lentil McCloskey, Robert 2 Leo And Emily Brandenberg, Franz 1 Leo and Emily and the Dragon Brandenberg, Franz 2 Leo the Lop Cosgrove, Stephen 2 Leo the Lucky Kitten Dale, Jenny 2 Leo-The Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert 1 Leprechauns Never Lie Balian, Lorna 2 Let’s Go Apple Picking! Lakin, Patricia K Let’s Go Home, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2 Let's Be Enemies Udry, Janice May 1 Let's Get A Pet Cowley, Joy 1 Let's Get A Pet Greydanus, Rose 1 Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science Series Various Authors 1 Letter for Mr. Lincoln, A Cunningham, Alvin Robert 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 60 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A De Young, C. Coco 4 Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A (1999) DeYoung, C. Coco 3 Lewis And Clark Stein, R. Conrad 4 Lewis and Clark Sabin, Francene 5 Lewis and Clark Expedition, The Bursell, Susan 4 Libby On Wednesday Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 5 Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began Penner, Lucille Recht 2 Life Cycles: Caterpillar to Butterfly Hewitt, Sally K Life in the Desert Baker, Lucy 3 Life In The Forest Curran, Eileen K Life in the Meadow Curran, Eileen 1 Life in the Oceans: Animals, People, Plants Baker, Lucy 3 Life In The Pond Curran, Eileen K Life of a Butterfly, A Bernard, Robin 1 Life of the Butterfly, The Drew, David K Light A Single Candle Butler, Beverly 5 Light In The Forest, The * Richter, Conrad 5 Lightning Hopping, Lorraine Jean 3 Lightning Thief, The 2005 Riordan, Rick 4 Lily and Miss Liberty Stevens, Carla 2 Lily Learns About Wants and Needs (BOE approved Nov 2015) Bullard, Lisa K Lily the Lost Puppy Dale, Jenny 2 Lily's Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly 4 Limestone Caves Gallant, Roy A. 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 61 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman, Russell 5 Lindgren, Astrid Dubowski, Cathy 1 Lion and the Mouse Aesop 3 Lion to Guard, A Bulla, Clyde Robert 4 Lionel At Large Krensky, Stephen 2 Listen to the Rain Martin, Bill & Archambault, John 2 Listen! Tolan, Stephanie 4 Listening Silence, The Root, Phyllis 3 Little Bear Series Minarik, Else Holmelund 1 Little Beaver and the Echo MacDonald, Amy 2 Little Boy Who Loved Dirt & Almost Became Superslob Vigna, Judith 1 Little Britches (The Wild Country) Moody, Ralph 5 Little Bunny's Lunch Nelson, JoAnne 2 Little Christmas Star Craig, Janet 1 Little Critter Series Mayer, Mercer 1 Little Engine That Could Piper, Watty 1 Little Fish That Got Away Cook, B. 1 Little Fox Goes to the End of the World Tompert, A. 2 Little Fox’s Secret Finky, Mary Peace 4 Little Ghost French, Vivian K Little Gorilla Bornstein, Ruth 1 Little House Burton, Virginia Lee 1 Little House Chapter Book Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2 Little House on the Prairie Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 62 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Little Monster Series Mayer, Mercer 1 Little Mouse Makes a Mess Leonard, Marcia 2 Little Old Man Who Could Not Read Black, Irma Simonton 1 Little Owl Leaves the Nest Leonard, Marcia 1 Little Pig's Birthday Leonard, Marcia 1 Little Prince de Saint-Exupery, Antoine 1 Little Quack’s New Friend Thompson, Lauren K Little Rabbit's Baby Brother Manushkin, Fran 1 Little Rabbit's Baby Sister Leonard, Marcia 1 Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth Bate, Lucy 2 Little Raccoon & The Outside World Moore, Lilian 1 Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul 1 Little Red Hen McQueen, Lucinda 1 Little Red Riding Hood Hyman, Trina Schart 1 Little Shopping, A Rylant, Cynthia 2 Little Soup’s Birthday Peck, Robert Newton 2 Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley Spinner, Stephanie 2 Little Tim & The Brave Sea Captain Ardizzone, Edward 1 Little Witch’s Big Night Hautzig, Deborah 2 Littles Go Exploring, The Peterson, John 3 Littles Have A Wedding, The Peterson, John 3 Littles Seno's, The Peterson, John 3 Littles Take a Trip, The Peterson, John 3 Littles, The Peterson, John 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 63 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Littlest Leaguer Hoff, Syd 1 Living in Space Daynes, Katie 2 Lizard Music Pinkwater, Daniel 5 Lizards Home Shannon, George 1 Lizard's Song Shannon, George 1 Lizzie Lies a Lot Levy, Elizabeth 4 Loch Ness Monster (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Locked in the Library Brown, Marc 2 Lon Po Po Young, Ed 3 Long Ago in Oregon Lewis, Claudia Louise 3 Long Secret Fitzhugh, Louise 5 Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard 2 Long Way Westward, The Sandin, Joan 1 Longest Journey in the World Morris, William 1 Look Out, He's Behind You Bradman, Tony 1 Look Through My Window Little, Jean 5 Look To The North – A Wolf Pup Diary George, Jean Craighead 2 Look What I Can Do Aruego, Jose K Look...A Butterfly Cutts, David K Look…What do you see? Rye, Jennifer 3 Looking At Animals in Cold Places Butterfield, Moira 2 Lorax, The Seuss, Dr. 1 Lorenzo Waber, Bernard 1 Loser Spinelli, Jerry 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 64 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Lost in the Museum Cohen, Miriam 2 Lost in the Storm Carrick, Carol 1 Lost Star-The Story of Amelia Earhart Lauber, Patricia 4 Lots of Rot Cobb, Vicki 2 Lottery Rose Hunt, Irene 5 Lotus Caves Christopher, John 5 Louis Braille Davidson, Margaret 3 Louisa May Alcott McGill, Marci R. 4 Louisiana Purchase, The Jaffe, Elizabeth 4 Lovable Lyle Waber, Bernard 3 Love You Forever Munsch, Robert 1 Love, From the Fifth Grade Celebrity Giff, Patricia Reilly 4 Lowji Discovers America, 2005 Fleming, Candace 3 Lucille Lobel, Arnold 1 Lucita Comes Home to Oaxaca Cano, Robin B. 1 Lucky Bear Phillips, Joan 1 Lucky Lottery, The Roy, Ron 3 Lucky Stone, The Clifton, Lucille 2 Lucky's Choice Jeschke, Susan 1 Lulu Walks the Dogs (BOE approved Nov 2015) Viorst, Judith 1 Lunch Money Clements, Andrew 3 Lyle Finds His Mother Waber, Bernard 3 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Waber, Bernard 3 M & M Series Ross, Pat 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 65 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Madeline Series Bemelmans, Ludwig 1 Maggie Marmelstein Series Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 4 Magic Finger Dahl, Roald 2 Magic Fish Littledale, Freya 1 Magic Hat, The Fox, Mem 1 Magic in the Park Chew, Ruth 2 Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Cole, Joanna 2 Magic School Bus Fights Germs, The Egan, Kate K Magic School Bus Gets Caught in a Web, The Lane Jeanette 1 Magic School Bus Gets Programmed, The Cole, Joanna 3 Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Cole, Joanna 2 Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Cole, Joanna 3 Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor Cole, Joanna 3 Magic School Bus Rides the Wind, The Capeci, Anne 1 Magic School Bus, The Cole, Joanna 2 Magic School Bus, The : The Wild Whale Watch Moore, Eva 2 Magic Spectacles, The Moore, Lilian 1 Magic Top Mystery O'Connor, Jim and Jane 3 Magic Tree House (Series) Osborne, Mary Pope 2 Mailing May Tunnell, Michael O. 1 Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert 1 Making a Law Magalnick, Barbara 3 Mammals Are Animals Holloway, Judith 1 Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes, The Krasilovsky, Phyllis 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 66 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Man Who Dropped From the Sky, The Shyne, Kevin 3 Maniac Magee* Spinelli, Jerry 5 Manta Rays Berger, Melvin 1 Map Is a Picture Rinkoff, Barbara 1 Maps Cicciarelli, Joellyn Thrall K Maps and Globes Knowlton, Jack 1 Marching to Freedom Story of Martin Luther King Milton, Joyce 4 Mariah Delany Lending Library Disaster Greenwald, Sheila 4 Mars: The Red Planet Demuth, Patricia 2 Martiner K. Saves the Day Gelman, R. 1 Marvin Redpost “Alone in His Teacher’s House” Sachar, Louis 2 Marvin Redpost “Class President” Sachar, Louis 2 Marvin Redpost “Is He a Girl” Sachar, Louis 2 Marvin Redpost “Kidnapped at Birth” Sachar, Louis 2 Marvin Redpost “Why Pick Me” Sachar, Louis 2 Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out of Control Sachar, Louis 3 Mary Had a Little Lamb Hale, Sarah 2 Mary Wore Her Red Dress Peek, Merle 1 Masai & I Krou, Virginia 2 Math for the Real World Nonfiction Leveled Books Rosen Publisher K Math In The Bath (and other fun places, too!) Atherlay, Sara 2 Matt Christopher Sports Series Christopher, Matt 3 Matthew's Dream Lionni, Leo 2 Maui Hooks Hawaii (BOE Approved April 2014) Scheu, Judy 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 67 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Maurice's Room Fox, Paula 3 Max Malone Make a Million Herman, Charlotte 2 Max the Dog That Refused to Die Wayne, Kyra Petrovskaya 5 Maxie the Mutt Peters, Sharon K Max's Christmas Wells, Rosemary 2 May Flower McGovern, Ann 3 May I Bring a Friend? De Regniers, Beatrice K Maybe a Mole Cunningham, Julia 3 Maybe Garden, The Burke-Weiner, Kimberly 1 May'naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea Belton, Sandra 1 McBroom Tells The Truth Fleischman, Sid 3 Me and the Weirdos Sutton, Jane 4 Meet …(Series) Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Various Authors 2 Meet Kirsten Shaw, Janet 4 Meet Our Families Perkins, G.L. K Meet the Lincoln Lions Band Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Megan's Island Roberts, Willo Davis 5 Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 5 Merry Christmas from Eddie Haywood, Carolyn 2 Merry Christmas Mom and Dad Mayer, Mercer 1 Mesa Verde Goldish, Meish 3 Mexico Canizares, Susan & Chanko, Pamela 1 Mia Hamm Dougherty, Terri 2 Mice Twice Low, Joseph 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 68 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Midnight Fox Byars, Betsy 4 Might Mizzling Mouse Henstra, Frisco K Mighty Machines Oxlade, Chris K Mike and the Magic Cookies Buller, Jon 2 Mike Fink Kellogg, Steven 2 Mike Fink (Folk Tales of America) York, Carol Beach 2 Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee 1 Million Dollar Shot, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Gutman, Dan 3 Millions of Cats Gag, Wanda 1 Ming Lo Moves the Mountain Lobel, Arnold 1 Miracles on Maple Hill Sorensen, Virginia 5 Mishmash Cone, Moly 3 Miss Hickory Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin 3 Miss Know-It-All York, Carol 3 Miss Know-It-All Returns York, Carol 3 Miss Nelson Series Allard Jr., Harry G. 1 Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara 2 Miss Spider’s Wedding Kirk, David 2 Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Eco Mystery, The George, Jean Craighead 4 Missing Piece Meets Big O Silverstein, Shel 3 Missing Tooth, The Cole, Joanna 2 Mississippi Bridge Taylor, Mildred 5 Misty and Me Girion, Barbara 4 Misty of Chincoteague Henry, Marguerite 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 69 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Mitch and Amy Cleary, Beverly 5 Mitchell is Moving Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1 Mitten Tresselt, Alvin 1 Mitzi and Frederick the Great Williams, Barbara 4 Mitzi and the Terrible Tyrannosaurus Williams, Barbara 4 Mixed-Up Magic Cole, Joanna 1 Moffat Series Estes, Eleanor 4 Molly's Monsters Slater, Teddy 1 Molly's Pilgrim Cohen, Barbara 2 Molly's Wish Supraner, Robyn 2 Molly's Wish To Molly's Special Wish Supraner, Robyn 1 Mom, You're Fired! Robinson, Nancy 4 Monarch Butterfly’s Life, A Himmelman, John 2 Monday, Monday, I Like Monday Martin, Bill 1 Mondo “Book Shop” Series Level A - I Various Authors K Monkey See Monkey Do Gave, Marc 1 Monkeys Whitehead, Patricia K Monkeys and Apes Morris, Dean 3 Monster & The Baby Mueller, Virginia 1 Monster Books, The (Series) Blance, Ellen & Cook, Ann 1 Monster Movie Cole, Joanna 1 Monster Tracks Delaney, A. 1 Monster Under My Bed, The Gruber, Suzabbe K Monster Valentines Cole, Joanna 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 70 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Moo Moo, Brown Cow Wood, Jakki K Moon and I, The Byars, Betsy 5 Moonbear Series Asch, Frank 1 Mooncake Asch, Frank 1 Moonlight Ormerod, Jan K Moonwalk The First Trip to the Moon Donnelly, Judy 3 More Spaghetti, I Say! Gelman, Rita Golden 1 More Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2 Morning Dance Aruego, Jose 1 Morris & Boris Series Wiseman, Bernard 1 Morris's Disappearing Bag Wells, Rosemary 2 Most Beautiful Place In the World, The Cameron, Ann 3 Mostly Michael Smith, Robert Kimmel 3 Mother Goose Various Authors 1 Mother Rabbit's Son Tom Gackenbach, Dick 1 Mother's Day Mice, The Brett, Jan 1 Mother's Day, El Dia de las Madres Matiella, Ana Consuelo 2 Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly 2 Mouse Box, The Cowley, Joy 1 Mouse Count Stollwalsh, Ellen K Mouse Magic Baglio, Ben 3 Mouse Paint Walsh, Ellen Stoll K Mouse Party (BOE Approved April 2014) Robinson, Fay 1 Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 71 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold 1 Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree Winer, Yvonne 1 Mr. Grumpy's John Burningham, John 1 Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers Wennick, Karen 3 Mr. Popper's Penguins Atwater, Richard 2 Mr. Putter and Tabby Series, Bake the Cake, Pick the Rylant, Cynthia Pears, Walk the Dog, Row the Boat, Fly the Plane, Pour the 2 Mr. Tucket, 1995 Paulsen, Gary 4 Mrs. Brice's Mice Hoff, Syd 1 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert 4 Mrs. Grimbles Eggleton, Jill 1 Mrs. Grimbles Grapevine Eggleton, Jill 1 Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah Dabcovich, Lydia 1 Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash Weeks, Sarah K Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series MacDonald, Betty 3 Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy Rayner, Mary 2 Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm Cowley, Joy K Mud Lewison, Wendy 1 Mudshark (BOE Approved November 2014) Paulsen, Gary 3 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John 2 Muffy and Fluffy Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1 Muggie Maggie Cleary, Beverly 3 Mumkin Cosgrove, Stephen 3 Mummy, The Will and The Crypt Bellairs, John 5 Munch, Munch, Munch Gentner, Norma 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 72 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Muscles and Bones Usborne Science 4 Museum, The Cutting, Brain & Julian 1 Mustard Graeber, Charlotte 3 My Brother Sam Is Dead Collier, James Lincoln 5 My Brother, Ant, 1996 Byars, Betsy K My Father's Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles. 2 My First Easter dePaola, Tomie 2 My Five Senses Aliki 1 My Global Address Nunn, Tamara 1 My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies Viorst, Judith 1 My Mom Travels a Lot Bauer, Caroline Feller 1 My New Boy Phillips, Joan 1 My Prairie Year (Based on the Diary of Elenore Plaisted) Harvey, Brett 2 My Red Umbrella Bright, Robert 1 My Robot Buddy Slote, Alfred 3 My Secret Hiding Place Greydanus, Rose 1 My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 4 My Teacher Sleeps in School Weiss, Leatie 2 My Trip to Alpha 1 Slote, Alfred 3 My Visit to the Dinosaurs Aliki 1 Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Author Conan 4 Mysterious Tadpole Kellogg, Steven 2 Mystery at the Jelly Bean Factory Sabin, Francene 3 Mystery in the Night Woods Peterson, John Lawrence 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 73 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Mystery of Death Trap Mine Carey, Mary V. 5 Mystery of Pirate Ghost, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2 Mystery of the Alamo Ghost, The Marsh, Carole 4 Mystery of the California Mission Trail, The Marsh, Carole 4 Mystery of the Coughing Dragon West, Nick 5 Mystery of the Giant Footprints, The Krahn, Fernandoi K Mystery of the Haunted House, The Shannon, J. 1 Mystery of the Haunted Trail Loarimer, Janet 5 Mystery of the Lost Ring Supraner, Robyn 2 Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten Kellogg, Steven 1 Mystery of the PB & J Jam, The Cosson, M.J. 2 Mystery of the Rocky Mountains, The Marsh, Carole 4 Mystery of the Underground Railroad, The Marsh, Carole 4 Naked Mole-Rat Letters Amato, Mary 5 Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs dePaola, Tomie 1 Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Case of the Sneaky Snowman Keene, Carolyn 1 Nancy Drew Mysteries Keene, Carolyn 5 Napping House Wood, Audrey 1 Nasty Stinky Sneakers Bunting, Eve 2 Nate the Great Series Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1 National Anthem, The Quiri, Patricia 2 Various Authors K Natural Disasters - Earthquakes Thompson, Luke 3 Natural Disasters - Volcanoes Thompson, Luke 4 National Geographic Science Readers Series (BOE Approved April 2013) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 74 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Naval Warfare of the Revolutionary War Smolinski, Diane 5 Naya Nuki Thomasma, Kenneth 4 Nell the Naughty Kitten Dale, Jenny 2 Nest of Wood Ducks Shaw, Evelyn S. 1 Nettie’s Trip South Turner, Ann 5 Never Ride Your Elephant to School Johnson, Doug K Never, Ever Shout in the Zoo Wilson, Karma K New Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2 New Coat for Anna Ziefert, Harriet 2 New Kid at School, The McMullan, Kate 3 New Kid on the Block Prelutsky, Jack 3 Next Spring an Oriole Whelan, Gloria 3 Nicky's Christmas Surprise Ziefert, Harriet 1 Night After Christmas Stevenson, James 2 Night Gardener, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Auxier, Jonathan 5 Night Journeys Avi 5 Night of the Full Moon Whelan, Gloria 2 Night of the Twisters Ruckman, Ivy 4 Night Swimmers Byars, Betsy 5 Night Walkers, The Coontz, Otto 5 Nightingale, The Anderson, Hans Christian 3 Nighty Nightmare Howe, James 3 Nitter Pitter Cosgrove, Stephen K No Carrots for Harry Lungerman, Jean 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 75 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr No Fighting, No Biting! Minarik, Else Holmelund 1 No Flying in the House Brock, Betty 1 No Jumping on the Bed Arnold, Tedd K No Mail For Mitchell Siracusa, Catherine 1 No Room For A Sneeze Supraner, Robyn 1 No Such Thing As A Witch Chew, Ruth 3 No Talking Clements, Andrew 3 No Toothe, No Quarter Buller, Jon & Schade, Susan 2 Noah's Ark Spier, Peter K Nobody Listens to Andrew Guilfoile, Elizabeth 1 Noisy Nora Wells, Rosemary 1 Norma Jean, Jumping Bean Cole, Joanna 1 Norman the Doorman Freeman, Don 3 North American Indians Gorsline, Douglas 3 North by Night Ayres, Katherine 5 Not Now, Said The Cow Oppenheim, Joanne 1 Not This Bear Myers, Bernice 1 Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street Schotter, Roni 2 Nothing Here But Stones Oswald, Nancy 4 Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade DeClements, Barthe 4 Not-Just-Anybody Family Byars, Betsy 3 Not-So-Buried Treasure Berenstain, Stan 2 Not-So-Jolly Roger, The Scieszka, Jon 3 Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family Johnson, Dolores 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 76 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Now One Foot, Now the Other dePaola, Tomie 2 Number The Stars* Lowry, Lois 4 Nursery School Rabbit Geras, Adele 1 Nutty Can't Miss Hughes, Dean 4 Obadiah Melser, June K Obon Suyenaga, Ruth 2 Ocean Canizares, Susan & Chanko, Pamela 1 Octopus Berger, Melvin 1 Octopus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Of Colors and Things Hoban, Tana K Oh Beans! Weiss, Ellen 2 Oh, Honestly Angela Robinson, Nancy 4 Oh, Kojo! How Could You! Aardema, Verna 2 Oh, Were They Ever Happy! Spier, Peter 1 Oh, What a Thanksgiving! Kroll, Steven 3 Old Bear Hissey, Jane 2 Old Black Fly Aylesworth, Jim K Old Henry Blos, Joan 2 Old MacDonald Had a Farm Graboff, Abner 1 Old Mother Hubbard Provensen, Alice 1 Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog Marshall, James 2 Old Stormalong York, Carol Beach 2 Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 4 Olden Days Mathieu, Joe 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 77 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Olga Carries On Bond, Michael 4 Oliver & The Runaway Alligator McBrier, Michael 3 Oliver and the Lucky Duck McBrier, Page 2 Oliver Button Is A Sissy dePaola, Tomie 1 Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 4 Om-Kas-Toe of the Blackfeet Thomasma, Kenneth 4 On Christmas Eve Brown, Margaret Wise 2 On Market Street Lobel, Arnold 1 On My Honor Bauer. Marion Dane 3 On The Banks Of Plum Creek Wilder, Laura Ingalls 3 On the Far Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 5 On the field with … Emmitt Smith Christopher, Matt 4 On the Move, 2000 Strandling, Jan K On The Way Home Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4 Once Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean 5 Once Upon A Springtime Marzollo, Jean 2 Once Upon MacDonald's Farm Gammell, Stephen 1 Once: A Lullaby Nichol, B. P. 1 One and Only Ivan, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Applegate, Katherine 3 One Cold Wet Night Melser, June and Cowley, Joy 1 One Day in the Alpine Tundra George, Jean C. 4 One Day in the Desert George, Jean C. 4 One Day In The Prairie George, Jean Craighead 3 One Day in the Woods George, Jean Craighead 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 78 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr One Fine Day Hogrogian, Nonny 2 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Seuss, Dr. 1 One Golden Summer Luxa, Sue 4 Milway, Katie Smith 5 One Hungry Monster O’Keefe, Susan Heyboer 2 One in The Middle is the Green Kangaroo Blume, Judy 1 One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, The Blume, Judy 2 One Little Monkey Calmenson, Stephanie 1 One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert 1 One Wooly Wombat Trinca, Rod 1 One Zillion Valentines Modell, Frank 2 One-Eyed Cat Fox, Paula 5 Onion John Krumgold, Joseph 5 Oops Mayer, Mercer 1 Operation: Dump the Chump Park, Barbara 3 Opossum and the Great Firemaker Mike, Jan M. 3 Orange, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1 Orphan and the Doll Friedman, Tracy 3 Orphan Journey Home Ketchum, Liza 4 Orphan of Ellis Island, The (Time Travel Adventures) (BOE approved Nov 2015) Woodruff, Elvira 3 Orphan Train Series Nixon, Joan Lowery 2 Orphaned Pup Lapp, Eleanor 5 Oscar Otter Benchley, Nathaniel 1 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Blume, Judy 2 One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 79 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Our Communities Foley, Donald K Our Journey West Thompson, Gare 3 Our New Life in America (National Geographic Reading Expeditions)* (BOE Approved April 2015) Thompson, Gare 3 Our Teacher Miss Pool Owen, Richard 1 Out of My Mind (BOE Approved April 2013) Draper, Sharon M. 5 Out of the Bug Jar Thomas, Kathleen 4 Over In the Meadow Various Authors 1 Over the River and Through the Wood Child, Lycia Maria 2 Over the Rugged Mountain Gutman, Bill 4 Overnight At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1 Owen (BOE approved Nov 2015) Henkes, Kevin K Owen Foote: Mighty Scientist Greene, Stephanie 3 Owl At Home Lobel, Arnold 1 Owl at School Nicoll, Helen 1 Owl in the Office Baglio, Ben 4 Owl Moon Yolen, Jane 1 Owliver Kraus, Robert 1 Owls In the Family Mowat, Farley 3 Ox-Cart Man Hall, Donald 1 Paddington Helps Out Bond, Michael 4 Paddle To The Sea Holling, Holling C. 3 Pain And the Great One Blume, Judy 1 Paint Brush Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2 Paintbox Penguins: A Book about Colors Leonard, Marcia 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 80 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza Eberts, Marjorie and Gisler, Margaret 1 Panda, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Paper Party, The Freeman, Don 1 Pardon Said the Giraffe West, Colin 1 Park Bench, The Takeshita, Fumiko 3 Parrot, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Pat The Bunny Kunhardt, Dorothy 1 Patchwork Quilt, The Flournoy, Valerie 2 Pathki Nana, Kootenai Girl Thomasma, Kenneth 3 Patrick's Dinosaurs Carrick, Carol 1 Paul Bunyan Various Authors 2 Paul Revere Sullivan, George 3 Paul the Pitcher Sharp, Paul 1 Pea Patch Jig, The Hurd, Thacher 2 Peak Smith, Roland 5 Peanut Butter & Jelly Haas, Dorothy 3 Pearl Harbor Krensky, Stephen 2 Pearl Harbor is Burning! Kudlinski, Kathleen 4 Pecos Bill Kellogg, Steven 3 Pecos Bill (Folk Tales of America) Lyman, Nanci 2 Pee Wee Scouts Series Delton, Judy 2 Pegasus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Penguins Kaufman, Elizabeth Elias 1 Penguins Paint, The Tripp, Valerie 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 81 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Penny and Her Marble (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 1 Peppermints in the Parlor Wallace, Barbara Brooks 5 Perfect the Pig Jeschke, Susan 1 Perilous Road, The Steele, William O. 5 Perry, A Pronghorn Antelope Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4 Perspectives: Language Arts Grades 4-5 by College of William & Mary Center for Gifted Ed (BOE approved Nov 2015) Dullaghan, Barbara 5 Pet Show Keats, Ezra Jack 1 Pete the Parakeet Gordon, Sharon 1 Peter and the North Wind Littledale, Freya 1 Peter Pan Barrie, Jim 1 Peter's Chair Keats, Ezra Jack 3 Phantom Tollbooth Juster, Norton 4 Phil the Ventriloquist Kraus, Robert 1 Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Greene, Bette 5 Phoebe The Spy Griffin, Judith 4 Phoebe's Revolt Babbitt, Natalie 3 Pick-A-Path Dinosaur Adventure Logan, Nora 2 Picking Apples and Pumpkins Mills, Liz K Pickle Things Brown, Marc Tolon 1 Picnic McCully, Emily Arnold K Picnic with Piggins Yolen, Jane 2 Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, A Adler, David 2 Picture Book of Amelia Earhart, A Adler, David 4 Picture Book of Anne Frank, A Adler, David 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 82 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin, A Adler, David 3 Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, A Adler, David 2 Picture Book of George Washington, A Adler, David 2 Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, A Adler, David 3 Picture Book of Helen Keller, A Adler, David 3 Picture Book of Martin Luther King, A Adler, David 3 Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A Adler, David 4 Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson, A Adler, David 2 Picture the Past - Life on a Pioneer Homestead Isaacs, Sally Senzell 2 Pictures of Hollis Woods Reilly Giff, Patricia 3 Pierre Sendak, Maurice 1 Pig Pig Grows Up (Series) McPhail, David 1 Pig Who Saved the Day, The Crawford, Thomas 2 Piggins Yolen, Jane 2 Piggy In The Puddle, The Pomerantz, Charlotte 1 Piglet in a Playpen Baglio, Ben 4 Pigs in Hiding Dubonevich, Arlene 1 Pigs Might Fly King-Smith, Dick 2 Pigs Will Be Pigs Axelrod, Amy 2 Pike of Pike's Peak Baker, Nina 4 Pilgrim Children Had Many Chores Lems-Tardif, Gina K Pilot Down, Presumed Dead Phleger, Majorie 4 Pinballs Byars, Betsy 4 Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 83 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Pinky and Rex and the Bully Howe, James 1 Pinky and Rex and the School Play (BOE Approved April 2013) Howe, James K Pinky and Rex and the Spelling Bee Howe, James 2 Pinky Pye Estes, Eleanor 4 Pioneer Cat Hooks, William H. 2 Pioneer Girl – The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Anderson, William 3 Pioneers, The Gorsline, Marie 4 Pippa Mouse Boegehold, Betty Virginia 1 Pippi Longstocking Lindgren, Astrid 3 Pippi on the Run Lindgren, Astrid 2 Pirates! Maynard, Christopher 2 Pizza Monster, The Sharmat, Majorie and Mirchell 2 Plain Girl Sorensen, Virginia 3 Plains Indians Ansary, Mir Tamim 2 Planets In Our Solar System, The Branley, Franklyn M. 2 Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The McArthur, Nancy 4 Playground Fun Gordon, Sharon 1 Playhouse for Monster Mueller, Virginia 1 Please Don’t Go! Wilhelm, Hans K Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert 1 Pocket for Corduroy Freeman, Don 1 Pocket Full of Kisses, A (BOE Approved April 2013) Penn, Audrey K Pokemon – I Choose You West, Tracy 3 Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Martin Jr, Bill Carle, Eric K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 84 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Polar Bears Baker, Lucy 3 Polar Express, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Van Allsburg, Chris 3 Polk St. Series Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Polka Dot Private Eye Series Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Pompeii "Buried Alive"! Kunhardt Davis, Edith 3 Ponies at the Point Baglio, Ben 4 Pony Express Bailer, Darice 2 Pony Express, The Mercati, Cynthia 2 Pony on the Porch Baglio, Ben 4 Pony Pals “A Pony in Trouble” Betancourt, Jeanne 3 Pony Pals “Detective Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 2 Pony Pals “Runaway Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 3 Pony Pals “The Missing Pony Pal” Betancourt, Jeanne 3 Pony Pals “The Wild Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 3 Pony Parade Baglio, Ben 3 Pony, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Pookins Gets Her Way Lester, Helen 1 Poor Old Polly Melser, June K Poorly Pig Ahlberg, Allan 1 Popcorn Book dePaola, Tomie 2 Popcorn Dragon, The Thayer, Jane K Popcorn Popper, The Nelson, JoAnne 2 Poppleton Everyday Rylant, Cynthia 2 Poppleton In Spring Rylant, Cynthia 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 85 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Poppy and the Outdoors Cat Haas, Dorothy 2 Poppy the Panda Gaokenback, Dick 1 Poppy, 1995 Avi 3 Porcupine Named Fluffy, A Lester, Helen K Porcupine's Pajama Party Harshman, Terry 1 Post Office Book, Mail and How Its Moves Gibbons, Gail 2 Postcards From Canada Dawson, Zoe 1 Postcards From… Series Arnold, Helen 2 Powder Puff Puzzle Giff, Patricia Reilly 4 Powwow Coombs, Linda 2 Praying Mantis (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Pretty Good Magic Dubowski, Mark and Cathy East 2 Prince's Tooth Is Loose, The Ziefert, Harriet 1 Princess Academy Hale, Shannon 4 Princess Academy, The Hale, Shannon 2 Princess and the Pea, The Stevens, Janet 1 Principal's New Clothes, The Calmenson, Stephanie 2 Printer’s Apprentice, The Krensky, Stephen 2 Proud Taste For Scarlet & Miniver Konigsburg, E.L. 5 Pueblo Storyteller Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane 3 Pumpkin, Pumpkin Titherington, Jeanne 1 Punished!, 2006 Lubar, David 2 Puppies in the Pantry Baglio, Ben 4 Puppy Puzzle Baglio, Ben 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 86 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, The Thayer, Jane 3 Purple Climbing Days Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Pushcart War Merrill, Jean 5 Q is for Duck Elting, Mary 2 Quack Said The Billy Goat Causley, Charles 1 Quakes McMorrow, Catherine 2 Quick As A Cricket Wood, Audrey 1 Quilt Story, The Johnstone, Tony 2 Rabbit Hill Lawson, Robert 4 Rabbit Race Baglio, Ben 3 Rabbits On Roller Skates Wahl, Jan 1 Rachel’s Journal Moss, Marissa 3 Racing the Sun Pitts, Paul 5 Ragweed, 1999 Avi 3 Railroad! A Story of the Transcontinental Railroad Bailer, Darice 3 Rain Spier, Peter K Rain Kalan, Robert 1 Rain Forest Ride Andrews, Julia 2 Rain Forest Secrets Dorros, Arthur 2 Rainbow of My Own Freeman, Don 1 Raising a Seeing Eye Dog (BOE Approved October 2011) Glassman, Jackie K Ralph S. Mouse Cleary, Beverly 3 Ramona Series Cleary, Beverly 2 Rascal* North, Sterling 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 87 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Rat Is Dead and Ant Is Sad Baker, Betty 1 Rattlesnakes: The Snake Discovery Library Bargar, Sharie 2 Ravi's Diwali Surprise Kacker, Anisha 2 Real Hole Cleary, Beverly 1 Real Thief Steig, William 3 Reason for A Flower, The : A Book About Flowers, Pollen and Seeds Heller, Ruth 1 Reconstruction Peacock, Judith 4 Records and Oddities Hopkins, John 2 Red Book, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Lehman, Barbara K Red Dog Wallace, Bill 5 Red Hawk and the Sky Sisters Dominic, Gloria 3 Red Is Best Stinson, Kathy 1 Red Riding Hood Marshall, James 2 Red White and Blue-The Story of the American Flag Herman, John 1 Reluctant Dragon, The Shepard, Ernest 5 Remember the Alamo! Mercati, Cynthia 4 Rent a Third Grader Hiller, B. B. 3 Report Card, The Clements, Andrew 3 Reptiles Are Animals Holloway, Judith K Return of the Indian Banks, Lynne Reid 5 Revolutionary War Home Front, The Smolinski, Diane 5 Revolutionary War on Wednesday Osborne, Mary Pope 3 Revolutionary War Soldiers Smolinski, Diane 5 Revolutionary War, The January, Brendan K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 88 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Rhinoceros Wakes Me Up in the Morning, A Goodspeed, Peter 1 Ribsy Cleary, Beverly 3 Riddle of Penncroft Farm, The Jansen, Dorothea 5 Riddle of the Red Purse Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Rifles for Watie Keith, Harold 5 Rigby: Literacy Tree Series Various Authors K Right Number of Elephants, The Sheppard, Jeff 1 Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington 2 River Parade Day, Alexandra 2 Robbery At the Diamond Dog Diner, The Christelow, Eileen 2 Robert & The Hairy Disaster Seuling, Barbara 2 Robot Series Cook, Ann and Mack, Herb 1 Rockets & Spaceships Wallace, Karen 2 Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1 Morris, Neil 3 Rocky Mountain Summer Baxter, Linda 3 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred 5 Roll Over! A Counting Song Peek, Merle 1 Roller Skates Calmenson, Stephanie K Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Room One (BOE Approved October 2011) Clements, Andrew 4 Rooster and The Weather Vane Peters, Sharon 1 Rooster Who Went to His Uncle’s Wedding, The Ada, Alma Flor 1 Rooster's Off To See The World Carle, Eric 1 Rocks & Minerals (Scholastic True or False) (BOE Approved April 2013) Rocks & Minerals (Wonders of our World) (BOE Approved April 2013) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 89 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Root Cellar, The Author Gr Lunn, Janet 5 Applegate, Katherine 2 Rose Beyond The Wall, The Holl, Kristi 5 Rose in My Garden, The Lobel, Arnold 2 Rosie's Razzle Dazzle Harris, Robie H. 3 Rosie's Walk Hutchins, Pat 1 Rotten Ralph Gantos, Jack 1 Round Trip Jonas, Ann 1 Rub-A-Dub Dub: What's In The Tub? Blocksma, Mary 1 Rub-A-Dub-Suds Peters, Sharon 1 Rubber Rabbit Ahlberg, Allan 1 Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer May, Robert 2 Rules* Lord, Cynthia 4 Rumpelstiltskin Zelinsky, Paul 2 Runaway Bunny Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly 2 Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs (BOE Approved April 2014) Runaway To Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad Shucker, Barbara 5 Runt, 2002 Bauer, Marion Dane 3 Russell Rides Again Hurwitz, Johanna 1 S.O.R. Avi 3 Sacagawea Thompson, Kathleen & Gleiter, Jan 3 Sacajawea Milton, Joyce 1 Sadako & The Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 3 Sagebrush Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 90 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Saguard Cactus Berquist, Paul & Shirley 3 Sam and the Lucky Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Chinn, Karen 1 Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt Ernst, Lisa Campbell 2 Sam Patch-The Big Time Jumper York, Carol Beach 2 Sam The Minuteman Benchley, Nathaniel 1 Sam Who Never Forgets (BOE Approved October 2011) Rice, Eve K Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Ness, Evaline 2 Samantha Slade: Monster Sitter Smith, Susan 4 Sand Cake Asch, Frank 1 Santa Clauses, The Broger, Achim 1 Sarah Bishop O'Dell, Scott 5 Sarah Morton's Day Waters, Kate 2 Sarah, Plain and Tall Maclachlan, Patricia 2 Sarah's Unicorn Coville, Bruce 1 Sassafras Cosgrove, Stephen 2 Save That Raccoon Miklowitz, Gloria 2 Saving The President Brenner, Barbara 5 Savvy, 2008 Law, Ingrid 4 Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers Series Various Authors K School Days Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2 School Days According to Humphrey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3 School Story, The Clements, Andrew 3 Schoolhouse Mystery Warner, Gertrude 3 Schoolhouse on the Prairie Mercati, Cynthia 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 91 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Science Vocabulary Readers series by Scholastic Various Authors K Scientists Chanko, Pamela 1 Scrub Dog Of Alaska Morey, Walt 5 Scruffy Stonley, Jack 3 Sea Creatures Faundez, Anne K Sea of Ice/The Wreck of the Endurance Keelling, Monica 3 Sea Songs Livingston, Myra Cohn 2 Seabird Holling, Holling C. 4 Seabiscuit Dubowski, Cathy East 1 Seahorse, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1 Seahorses Berger, Melvin 1 Seals Baker, Lucy 3 Season of Promise Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Hermes, Patricia 2 Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree, The Gibbons, Gail 1 Seasons of the Farm Miller, Jane 1 Seasons, The Smith, Ian K Secession Peacock, Judith 4 Second-Grade Friends Cohen, Miriam 1 Secret Garden, The* Burnet, Frances Hodgson 4 Secret of Foghorn Island, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2 Secret of the Andes Clark, Ann Nolan 5 Secret School, The* Avi 4 Secret Soldier, The: Story of Deborah Sampson McGovern, Ann 3 See How It Grows Graves, Kimberly K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 92 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr See How It Grows (Series) Nash, Pamela 1 See You In Second Grade Cohen, Miriam 1 See You Tomorrow Charles Cohen, Miriam 1 Seed is a Promise, A. Merrill, Claire 2 Seed, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1 Seeing Earth from Space Lauber, Patricia 4 Seven Little Rabbits Becker, John 1 Shackleton Expedition, The Fine, Jill 4 Shadow In Hawthorn Bay Lunn, Janet 5 Shadow Maker, The Hansen, Ron 4 Shadow Nose Levy, Elizabeth 3 Shadow of a Bull Wojciechowska, Maia 4 Shadow of the Wolf Whelan, Gloria 3 Shake My Sakes & All Raffee Picture Books Raffi 1 Shake My Sillies Out Raffi 1 Shark Lady McGovern, Ann 2 Sharks Berger, Melvin 1 Sharks Chessen, Betsey 1 Sharks McGovern, Ann 3 Sharks Sheikh-Milles, Jonathan 3 Shawn and Keeper/Show-and-Tell London, Jonathan 1 Sheepdog in the Snow Baglio, Ben 4 Sheila Rae The Brave Henkes, Kevin 2 Shelter Canizares, Susan & Moreton, Daniel 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 93 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Sherluck Bones Mystery Book 1 Razzi, Jim 4 Sherman Is A Slowpoke Sharmat, Mitchell 1 Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution Fritz, Jean 5 Shiloh (BOE approved Nov 2015) Reynolds-Naylor, Phyllis 3* Shipwrecks of the Explorers Smith, KC 5 Shoeshine Girl Bulla, Clyde Robert 4 Shoo, Fly Guy Arnold, Tedd K Show and Tell Gordon, Sharon 1 Show and Tell Frog, The Oppenheim, Joanne 1 Sick Day for Amos McGee, A (BOE approved Nov 2015) Stead, Philip K Sideway Stories from Wayside School Sachar, Louis 3 Sign of the Beaver Speare, Ellizabeth George 4 Sign Painter’s Secret, The: Story of a Revolutionary Girl Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas 3 Silly Sheep Ahlberg, Allan 1 Silly Tilly’s Valentine Hoban, Lillian K Silver Whelan, Gloria 2 Silver Dollar Girl Ayres, Katherine 4 Simon A Red Fox Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 4 Simple Machines Bains, Rae 3 Simple Pictures Are Best Willard, Nancy 2 Sing Down the Moon O'Dell, Scott 4 Sing, Sam, Sing Larkin, Bruce K Single Shard, A* Park, Linda Sue 5 Sitting Bull Recht Penner, Lucille 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 94 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Six Foolish Fishermen Elkin, Benjamin 1 Skeleton Hiccups Cuyler, Margery K Skeletons Wood, Lily 3 Skelton Inside You, The Blaestrino, Phillip 2 Skinnybones Park, Barbara 3 Skip to My Lou Westcott, Nadine Bernard K Sky is Full of Stars Branley, Franklyn M. 3 Skyfire Asch, Frank 2 Skylark, Sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall Maclachlan, Patricia 3 Slake's Limbo Holman, Felice 5 Slave Dancer Fox, Paula 5 Sled Surprise, The Barron, Gifford 1 Sleep Out Carrick, Carol 2 Sleeping Ugly Yolen, Jane 2 Sleepover Friends Series Saunders, Susan 4 Sleepy Bear Dabcovich, Lydia 1 Sleepy Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1 Slinky, Scaly Snakes Dussling, Jennifer 2 Sloppy Kisses Winthrop, Elizabeth 1 Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth Carle, Eric 1 Small Pig Lobel, Arnold 2 Smelling Things Fowler, Allan 1 Snail, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1 Snail's Spell, The Ryder, Jonne 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 95 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Snake That Went to School Moore, Lilian 2 Snakes Broekel, Ray 1 Snakes Petty, Kate 1 Snakes Gross, Ruth Belov 2 Snakes and Lizards Morris, Dean 3 Snakes and Their Young Bailey, Donna 1 Snakes! Penner, Lucille 2 Sneetches And Other Stories Seuss, Dr. 1 Snow Child, The Littledale, Freya 2 Snow Lion McPhail, David 2 Snow Treasure McSwigan, Marie 4 Snowman, The Briggs, Raymond 1 Snowshoe Trek to Otter River Budbill, David 5 Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack 1 So Can I Facklam, Margery 1 So Sick Ziefert, Harriet 1 So You Want to Be President St. George, Judith & Small, David 3 Soccer Rosenthal, Bert 3 Soccer (BOE Approved October 2011) Herzog, Brad K Soccer Sam Marzollo, Jean 2 Socks Cleary, Beverly 2 Socksnatchers, The Balian, Lorna 2 Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears Cornelissen, Cornealia 5 Soft Skull Sam Hoff, Syd 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 96 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Solar System Vogt, Gregory 3 Solomon the Rusty Nail Steig, William 2 Solve Them Yourself Mysteries Hitchcock, Alfred 5 Something Queer Series Levy, Elizabeth 2 Something Upstairs Avi 5 Sometimes It's Turkey; Sometimes It's Feathers Balian, Lorna 2 Son For A Day Gerson, Corinne 4 Song and Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 1 Song Lee and the “I Hate You” Notes Kline, Suzy 3 Song of the Hermit Thrush-An Iroquois Legend Dominic, Gloria 4 Song of the Trees Taylor, Mildred 4 Soun Tetoken Thomasma, Kenneth 3 Sound the Jubilee Forrester, Sandra 5 Sounder Armstrong, William H. 5 Soup Series Peck, Robert Newton 4 Space Busters Space Mysteries Parker, Steve 5 Space Case Marshall, Edward 1 Space Rock Buller, Jon 2 Space Station - Accident on Mir Royston, Angela 4 Space Witch Freeman, Don 2 Spacebusters - A Race to the Moon Wilkinson, Philip 4 Spectacles Raskin, Ellen 2 Spelling Bee Gordon, Sharon 1 Spider and the Fly Howitt, Mary 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 97 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Spider, The Nash, Pamela 1 Spiders Gibbons, Gail 1 Spiders are Animals Holloway, Judith 1 Spider's First Day At School Kraus, Robert 1 Spirit of the Wild West, The Owens, L.L. 2 Squanto Friend Of Pilgrims Bulla, Clyde Robert 3 Square Against the World Mercati, Cynthia 3 Square Against the World: Story of a Sod House Mercati, Cynthia 2 Stacy Says Good-bye Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Stage Fright Martin, Ann 4 Stanley Hoff, Syd 1 Stanley and Rhoda Wells, Rosemary 1 Star Spangled Banner, The Spier, Peter 2 Star Wars, Attack of the Clones Arnold, Eric 3 Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin to the Rescue Venn, Cecilia 1 Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin’s Fate Cerasini, Marc 2 Star Wars, Episode I: Danger of the Core Thomas, Jim 2 Star Wars, Luke’s Fate Thomas, Jim 2 Starplace, The Grove, Vicki 5 Statue of Liberty , The Recht, Lucille 1 Stealing Home Denenberg, Barry 4 Stellaluna Cannon, Janell 1 Stinker From Space Service, Pamela 4 Stinker's Return Service, Pamela 4 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 98 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Stock Car Kings Gutelle, Andrew 3 Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds 3 Stone Soup McGovern, Ann 1 Stories In Stone Kittinger, Jo S. 3 Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2 Storm Chasers – Tracking Twisters Herman, Gail 3 Storm is Coming Tekavec, Heather K Story of Anne Frank, The Lewis, Brenda Ralph 3 Story of Anne Sullivan, The Selden, Bernice 4 Story of Chicken Licken Ormerod, Jan 1 Story of Christopher Columbus Osborne, Mary Pope 3 Story of Dinosaurs (Now I Know) Eastman, David K Story of Ferdinand, The Leaf, Munro 1 Story of George Washington Quiet Hero Milton, Joyce 4 Story of Holly and Ivy, The Godden, Rumer 3 Story of Jackie Robinson: The Bravest Man in Baseball, The Davidson, Margaret 4 Story Of Johnny Appleseed, The Aliki 1 Story Of Jumping Mouse, The Steptoe, John 3 Story of Ping, The Flack, Marjorie 2 Story of Sacajawea, The Rowland, Della 3 Story of the Christmas Rose Richardson, I. M. 2 Story of the Kind Wolf, The Nickel, Peter 2 Story Snail, The Rockwell, Anne 1 Strange Creatures That Really Lived Selsam, Millicent 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 99 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck, The Benchley, Nathaniel 1 Strawberry Girl Lenski, Lois 3 Strawberry Thanksgiving Jennings, Paulla 2 Streams to the River, River to the Sea* O'Dell, Scott 4 Strega Nona dePaola, Tomie 2 Strega Nona: Her Story dePaola, Tomie 2 Stringbean's Trip To The Shining Sea Williams, Vera 2 Strongest One of All, The Choi, Y. Kim K Struggle for a Continent Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 3 Stuart Little White, E. B. 2 Stupids Series Allard, Harry 2 Summer of Riley, The Bunting, Eve 4 Summer of the Monkeys Rawls, Wilson 5 Summer of the Swans Byars, Betsy 5 Summer Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2 Summer to Die Lowry, Lois 5 Sunshine Makes the Seasons Branley, Franklyn 1 Super Cluck O’Connor, Jane and Robert K Super Fudge Blume, Judy 3 Super Storms Simon, Seymour 1 Surprise Party Gordon, Sharon 1 Surprise Party, The Prager, Annabelle 1 Surprise, Surprise Pascal, Francine 2 Surprises Hopkins, Lee Bennett 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 100 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Susan B. Anthony Tremain, J 5 Swamp Monsters Christian, Mary Blount 1 Sweet Touch Balian, Lorna 1 Swim With the Dolphins Kranking, Kathleen W. 2 Swimmy Lionni, Leo 1 Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Jean Rudolph 5 Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride Amstel, Marsha 3 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William 1 Tacky the Penguin Lester, Helen 1 Tacky-Three Cheers for Tack Lester, Helen K Tails of the Bronx Pinkwater, Jill 5 Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Potter, Beatrix 1 Tale of Despereaux, The* DiCamillo, Kate 2 Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse & Other Mouse Stories Potter, Beatrix 2 Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Potter, Beatrix 1 Tale of the Bunny Picnic, The Hearn, Diane Dawson 1 Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, The Paterson, Katherine 2 Tales From Silver Lands Finger, Charles 4 Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 3 Tales of Amanda Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1 Tales of Greek Heroes Green, Roger Lancelyn 4 Tales of Olga da Polga Bond, Michael 3 Tales of Oliver Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1 Tales of the American Revolution Hall, Peg 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 101 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Tales of the Old West Hall, Peg 5 Tales of Trickery From the Land of Spook Schwartz, Alvin 4 Tales, Trails & Tommyknockers: Stories from Colorado's Past Friggens, Myriam 4 Talking Earth George, Jean Craighead 5 Tall City, Wide Country Chwast, Seymour 1 Tallyho, Pinkerton! Kellogg, Steven 1 Taste of Blackberries Smith, Doris Buchanan 2 Teacher From The Black Lagoon, The Thaler, Mike 2 Teacher Who Could Not Count, The McKee, Craig 1 Teacher’s Funeral, The Peck, Richard 2 Teddy Bear's Scrapbook Howe, Deborah 3 Teddy On Time Pellowski, Michael 1 Teeny Tiny Bennett, Jill 1 Teeny Tiny Woman O'Connor, Jane 1 Teeny Tiny Woman Seuling, Barbara 1 Tell-Tale Tiger Ahlberg, Allan 1 Ten Loopy Caterpillars Cowley, Joy 1 Terrible Mr. Twitmeyer Moore, Lilian & Adelson, Leone 2 Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House Blaine, Marge 2 Terrible Wave Dahlstedt, Marden 5 Terror Below – True Shark Stories del Prado, Dana 2 Terror on the Amazon – The Quest for El Dorado Gates, Phil 3 Tet: The New Year Tran, Kim-Lan 2 Thank you Mr. Falker Polocca, Patricia 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 102 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Thanksgiving Meachen Rau, Dana 2 Thanksgiving Is … Borden, Louise 1 Thanksgiving Mice Roberts, Bethany K Thanksgiving Treasure Rock, Gail 5 That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom Cox, Judy 2 That's Not All Schneider, R. 1 That's Not Santa Kessler, Leonard 1 That's What A Friend Is Hallinan, P. K. 1 The Last of the Mohicans (Take Part Lane, Sheila and Kemp, Marion 4 The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement C 1 Then and Now Berger, Samantha & Moreton, Daniel K There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy* Arnold, Tedd K There’s a Dragon in my Sleeping Bag, 1994 Howe, James K There’s an Owl in the Shower George, Jean Craighead 4 There's A Boy In the Girl's Bathroom Sacher, Louis 5 There's A Dragon in My Garden Cutting, Brian 1 There's A Hippopotamus Under My Bed Thaler, Mike 1 There's A Nightmare In My Closet Mayer, Mercer 1 There's A Witch Under the Stairs Smith, Maggie 2 There's An Alligator Under My Bed Mayer, Mercer 1 There's No Such Thing as a Dragon Kent, Jack 2 There's Someone in My Attic Mayer, Mercer 1 Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose Seuss, Dr. 1 Thief Lord, The Funke, Cornelia 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 103 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Things Birds Eat, The Chessen, Betsey 1 Things I Like Browne, Anthony K Third Grade Angels (BOE Approved November 2014) Spinelli, Jerry 3 Third-Story Cat, The Baker, Leslie 2 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub Gilson, Jamie 4 This Bird Can Fly Canizares, Susan & Moreton, Daniel 1 This is the Bear Hayes, Sarah 1 This is the Place For Me Cole, Joanna 2 Thomas 1778-Patriots on the Run Pryor, Bonnie 5 Those Mysterious Dinasaurs Ingoglia, Gina 2 Three Bears Galdone, Paul 1 Three Billy Goats Gruff Various Authors 1 Three Blind Mice Ivimey, John 1 Three By The Sea Marshall, Edward 1 Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe Williams, Vera 2 Three Ducks Went Wandering Roy, Ron 1 Three King's Day Zapater, Beatriz McConnie 2 Three Little Kittens, The Galdone, Paul 1 Three Little Pigs Galdone, Paul 1 Three Little Pigs, The Grace, Ellen 1 Three Little Witches Gordon, Sharon 1 Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Frivazas, Eugine and Oxenbury, Helen 2 Three Names MacLachlan, Patricia 1 Three Times Lucky (BOE Approved November 2014) Turnage, Sheila 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 104 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Three Wishes Craig, M. Jean 1 Three Yellow Dogs Cohen, Caron Lee K Three-Hat Day Geringer, Laura 1 Through Grandpa's Eyes MacLachlan, Patricia 1 Through the Medicine Cabinet Greenburg, Dan 3 Thump, Bump: Tiny the Dancing Hippo Craig, Janet 1 Thy Friend, Obadiah Turkle, Brinton 1 Tiger is a Scaredy Cat Phillips, Joan 1 Tiger Rising, The* (BOE Approved April 2015) DiCamillo, Kate 5 Tiger Woods/Golf’s Young Master Kramer, S.A. 3 Tight Times Hazen, Barbara Shook 2 Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel, Arlene 1 Tilly Witch Freeman, Don 2 Time for a Number Rhyme None 1 Time for a Rhyme None 1 Various Authors 2 Asch, Frank 3 Tiny Seed, The Carle, Eric 1 Titanic Lost.. and Found, The Donnelly, Judy 3 To The Top! Kramer, Sydelle 2 Toad Food and Measle Soup McDonnell, Christine 3 Toad Hunt, The Chenery, Janet 1 Today Was A Terrible Day Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Tog the Dog Hawkins, Colin 1 TIME for Kids Nonfiction Reader Series (BOE Approved April 2015) Time Twister: Journal #3 of a Cardboard Genius (BOE Approved November 2014) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 105 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Toliver’s Secret Wood-Brady, Ester 5 Tom and the Two Handles Hoban, Russell 1 Tomato, The Nash, Pamela 1 Tommy at the Grocery Store Grossman, Bill 2 Too Many Rabbits Parish, Peggy 1 Too Many Toys, 2008 Shannon, David K Too Much Junk Food Berenstain, Stan 1 Too Much Noise McGovern, Ann 1 Tooth Fairy, The Peters, Sharon 1 Tooth Trouble Klein, Abby 1 Top Secret Gardiner, John Reynolds 3 Tornado Byars, Betsy 2 Tornado Alert Branley, Franklyn M. K Tornadoes Cassie, Brian K Tornadoes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2 Tortoise & The Hare, The Stevens, Janet 1 Tortoise & the Hare, The: Friends At the End Granowsky, Alvin 2 Touch – What do you feel? Wood, Nicholas 3 Tough Luck Karen Hurwitz, Johanna 4 Tough to Tackle Christopher, Matt 3 Town Mouse, Country Mouse Brett, Jan K Tracker* Paulsen, Gary 5 Trail of Tears, The Bruckac, Joseph 3 Trail of the Screaming Teenager, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 106 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Trains Gibbons, Gail 1 Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean 5 Traveler and the Farmer, The Cowley, Joy 1 Travels Across America Series Leacock, Elspeth 4 Tree In The Trail Holling, Holling C. 1 Tree is a Home, A Kelley, Dr. Alden 1 Tree Is Nice, A Udry, Janice May 1 Tree of Freedom Caudill, Rebecca 5 Tree, The Nash, Pamela 1 Treeful of Pigs Lobel, Arnold 2 Trees Gordon, Sharon K Trees Braithwaite, Althea 1 Triplet Trouble and the Field Day Disaster, 1996 Dadey, Debbie and Marcia Thornton Jones K Trojan Horse, The: How the Greeks won the War Little, Emily 3 Trolley Car Family, The Clymer, Eleanor Lowenton 3 Trouble At The Mines Rappaport, Donna 4 Trouble for Lucy Stevens, Carla 3 Trouble River Byars, Betsy 3 Trouble With Dad, The Cole, Babette 2 Trouble With Mom, The Cole, Babette 2 Trouble With Tuck, The: The Inspiring Story of a Dog Who Triumphs Against All Odds Taylor, Theodore 2 Truck Trouble Royston, Angela 1 True Blue Elste, Joan 2 Appelt, Kathi 3 True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, The (BOE Approved November 2014) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 107 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr True Book, A – Geysers Brimner, Larry Dane 2 True Book, A – Glaciers Brimner, Larry Dane 2 True Book, A – The Bill of Rights Quiri, Patricia 3 True Books on Geography Series Peterson, David 2 True Life Treasure Hunts Donnelly, Judy 4 True Story of Corky the Blind Seal Irvine, Georgeanne 2 True Story of Pocahontas, The Penner, Lucille 1 True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Scieszka, Jon 3 Trumpet of the Swan, The White, E.B. 3 Trunk, The Wildsmith, Brian 1 Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie 5 Turn Homeward, Hanalee Beatty, Patricia 5 Turnabout Haddix, Margaret 5 Turtle and Tortoise Serventy, Vincent 1 Turtle Tale Asch, Frank 1 Turtles (Now I Know) Craig, Janet 1 Tut's Mummy...Lost and Found Donnelly, Judy 3 TV Kid, The Byars, Betsy 3 Twelve Bells for Santa Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1 Twelve Days of Christmas Brett, Jan 2 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 5 Twenty-One Ballons du Bois, William Pene 5 Twister on Tuesday Osborne, Mary Pope 2 Twisters! Recht Penner, Lucille 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 108 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Two Bad Ants Van Allsburg, Chris 2 Two of Them Aliki 2 Two Times the Fun Cleary, Beverly 1 Two-Thousand Pound Goldfish, The Byars, Betsy 5 Tyrannosaurus Rex Granowsky, Alvin 1 Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast Prelutsky, Jack 2 Tyrone the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater Wilhelm, Hans 2 Ty's One-Man Band Pitts, Mildred K Uncle Elephant Lobel, Arnold 1 Under the Lemon Moon Fine, Edith Hope 2 United States Constitution, The Leebrick, Kristal 4 Unusual Spiders Bailey, Donna 1 Up a Road Slowly Hunt, Irene 5 Wallace, Bill 3 Upstairs Room, The* Reiss, Johanna 4 Us and Uncle Frank Lowry, Lois 4 Usborne Book of Space Facts, The Becklake, Sue 1 Valentine Bears, The Bunting, Eve 2 Valentine Express, The Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth K Vanishing Pumpkin, The Johnston, Tony 2 Velveteen Rabbit, The Williamss, Margery 1 Veronica Ganz Sachs, Marilyn 4 Very Busy Spider, The Carle, Eric 1 Very First Thanksgiving Day, The Gowler Greene, Rhonda K Upchuck and the Rotten Willy: The Great Escape (BOE Approved November 2014) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 109 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Very Hungrey Caterpillar, The Carle, Eric 1 Very Worst Monster, The Hutchins, Pat 1 View from Saturday, The Konigsburg, E.L. 5 View From the Cherry Tree, The Roberts, Willo Davis 5 Vincent Van Gogh Lucas, Eileen 2 Volcano! Hopping, Lorraine 2 Volcanoes-Mountains that Blow Their Tops Nirgiotis, Nicholas 2 Volcanos! Mountains of Fire Arnold, Eric 2 Wagon Train Kramer, Sydelle 2 Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara 1 Wagon, The Johnston, Tony 5 Wagons Ho! A Diary of the Oregon Trail Mercati, Cynthia 2 Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Hahn, Mary Downing 4 Wait Till the Moon is Full Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Waiting for Sunday Blackburn, C. 1 Wake Up, Groundhog! Hill, Susanna Leonard K Wake Up, Sun Harrison, David 1 Walk In Wolf Wood Stewart, Mary 5 Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 5 Wanderer, The Creech, Sharon 4 Wanted, Mud Blossom Byars, Betsy 4 War Party Steele, William O. 3 War With Grandpa, The Smith, Robert Kimmel 4 War Within, The Matas, Carol 5 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 110 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Warton and Morton Series Erickson, Russell E. 3 Washington Irvings, The Headless Horseman Standiford, Natalie 2 Washout, The Carrick, Carol 3 Watch Out for the Chicken Feet In dePaola, Tomie 2 Watch Out, Man-Eating Snake Giff, Patricia Reilly 2 Watch Out, Ronald Morgan Giff, Patricia Reilly 1 Water For Dinosaurs And You Gans, Roma 1 Watsons Go to Birmingham Curtis, Chirstopher P. 4 Way To Start The Day, The Baylor, Byrd 1 Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Sacher, Louis 2 Wayside School is Falling Down Scher, Louis 4 We Are Best Friends Aliki 1 We Can Make Graphs Williams, Rozanne Lanozak 1 We Gather Together… Now Please Get Lost! deGroat, Diane K We Need Directions! DeCapua, Sarah K We Sing Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies Beall, Pamela Conn 1 We Wish You A Merry Christmas Traditional 1 Weather Fleisher, Julian K Weather - Poems for All Seasons Hopkins, Lee Bennett 2 Weather Words and What They Mean Gibbons, Gail 2 Wednesday Surprise, The Bunting, Eve 2 Wee Gillis Leaf, Munro 2 Week in the Woods Clements, Andrew 5 Weekly Reader Series: Let's Read About Animals Various Authors K updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 111 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Welcome Home Jellybean Shyer, Marlene Fanta 5 Well, The Taylor, Mildred 4 We're Back ! A Dinosaur's Story Talbott, Hudson 2 West, The Thompson, Gare 4 Westing Game, The Raskin, Ellen 5 Wet Cats Gelman, Rita Golden 1 Whale - Gentle Giant Langford, Milton 3 Whale In The Sky Siberell, Anne 2 Whales Berger, Melvin 1 Whales Simon, Seymour 3 Whales & Dolphins (I Can Read About) Anderson, J. I. 1 Whales, The Gentle Giants Milton, Joyce 2 What A Good Lunch Watanabe, Shigeo 1 What About Exploring Space Aims, Leslie 3 What Can You Do with Money? Earning, Spending and Saving (BOE approved Nov 2015) Larson, Jennifer S. 2 What Do Artists Do? Canizares, Susan & Berger, Samantha 1 Nelson, Robin 2 What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? Mayer, Mercer 1 What Do You Do, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 2 What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 1 What Do You See? Nayer, Judy 2 What Happend to Patrick's Dinosaur? Carrick, Carol 2 What Happens to a Hamburger? Showers, Paul 2 What I Did Last Summer Prelutsky, Jack 1 What Do We Buy?: A Look at Goods and Services (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 112 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr What If They Knew? Hermes, Patricia 3 What if You’d Been at Jamestown? Keller, Ellen 2 What is a Biome? Kalman, Bobbie 3 What is a Mammal? Day, Jenifer W. 1 What Is A Reptile? Kuchalla, Susan K What is Money Anyway?: Why Dollars and Coins Have Value (BOE approved Nov 2015) Larson, Jennifer S. 2 What Makes an Ocean Wave? Berger, Melvin and Gilda 3 What Makes Day and Night? Branley, Franklyn M. 1 What Next, Baby Bear? Murphy, Jill 1 What Spot? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1 What the Witch Left Chew, Ruth 3 What to Do About Alice? Kerley, Barbara 3 What Whiskers Did Carroll, Ruth K What Will the Weather Be? DeWitt, Lynda K What’s in the Sky? Smith, Ian K What's Claude Doing? Gackenbach, Dick 1 What's In Fox's Sack? Galdone, Paul 1 What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin Fritz, Jean 4 Wheels On The Bus Raffi 1 When Dinosaurs Came with Everything Broach, Elise K When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith 5 When I Get Bigger Mayer, Mercer 1 When I Was Young In the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia 1 When It Snows Nelson, JoAnne 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 113 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr When Jessie Came Across the Sea (BOE approved Nov 2015) Hest, Amy 3 When Marian Sang Munoz Ryan, Pam 2 When Small is Tall Reit, Seymour 2 When The Alligator Came To Class Hollander, Cass 2 Where Did My Mother Go? Preston, Edna Mitchell 1 Larson, Jennifer S. 2 Where Does the Garbage Go? Showers, Paul K Where is Home, Little Pip?, 2008 Wilson, Karma & Chapman, Jane K Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 5 Where Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice 1 Where's My Easter Egg? Ziefert, Harriet 1 Where's Spot? Hill, Eric 1 Where's The Halloween Treat? Ziefert, Harriet 1 While Mrs. Caverlet Was Away Nash, Mary 4 Whingdingdilly Peet, Bill 2 Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid 3 Whispering Cloth, The Deitz Shea, Pegi 2 Whistle For Willie Keats, Ezra Jack 1 White Bird Bulla, Clyde Robert 3 White Crow Frederick, Shirley K White Dynamite & Curly Kidd Martin,Archambault 2 White Mountains, The Christopher, John 5 White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt, Alvin 2 White Stag, The Seredy, Kate 5 Where Do We Keep Money?: How Banks Work (BOE approved Nov 2015) updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 114 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr White Stallion, The Shub, Elizabeth 2 White Water, Still Water Bosworth, J. Allan 5 Who Am I? Jenness, Aylette 2 Who Comes with Cannons? Beatty, Patricia 5 Who Has the Lucky-Duck in Class 4? Twohill, Maggie 4 Who is the Beast? Baker, Keith K Who Said Boo? Hollaner, Cass 2 Who Said Red? Serfozo, Mary 1 Who Sank the Boat? Allen, Pamela 1 Who Stole The Apples? Heuck, Sigrid 1 Who Took the Farmer's Hat? Nodset, Joan L. 1 Who Wants A Cheap Rhinoceros? Silverstein, Shel 1 Who Was Dr. Seuss? (BOE Approved November 2014) Pascal, Janet B. 2 Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? (BOE Approved November 2014) Demuth, Patricia 2 Who Was Louis Braille? (BOE Approved November 2014) Frith, Margaret 2 Who Was Thomas Jefferson Fardin, Dennis 3 Who Will Be My Friends Hoff, Syd K Who’s Hiding? Lanczak Williams, Rozanne 1 Who's Afraid of the Dark? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1 Who's Buying Who's Selling?: Understanding Consumers and Producers (BOE approved Nov 2015) Larson, Jennifer S. 2 Who's In Rabbit's House? Aardema, Verna 2 Who's That? Stevens, Harry 1 Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert 1 Why Can't I Fly? Gelman, Rita Golden 1 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 115 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams Fritz, Jean 4 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's E Aardema, Verna 1 Why Not, Lafayette? Fritz, Jean 5 Wild Cat Peck, Robert Newton 4 Wild Swans, The Andersen, H. C. 3 Wild Weather Tornados Hopping, Lorraine 2 Wild, Wild Wolves Milton, Joyce 1 Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species Wright, Alexandra 3 Will You Sign Here John Hancock? Fritz, Jean 4 William, Where Are You? Gerstein, M. 1 William's Doll Zolotow, Charlotte 2 Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender Ransom, Candace 2 Willy The Wimp Browne, Anthony 1 Willy Wong: American Oakes, Vanya 5 Wind Bacon, Ron 2 Wind Blew, The Hutchins, Pat 1 Wind in the Willows, The Grahame, Kenneth 5 Windcatcher Avi 4 Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The Byars, Betsy 5 Winter According to Humphrey (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3 Winter Day, A Florian, Douglas 1 Winter Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2 Winter Worm Business Giff, Patricia Reilly 3 Wise Old Woman, The Uchida, Yoshiko 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 116 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Wish Giver, The Brittain, Bill 5 Wishing Tree, The Chew, Ruth 3 Wish-Washy Day Cowley, Joy 1 Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George 5 Witch's Christman Bridwell, Norma 1 Witch's Garden, The Chew, Ruth 3 Wizard Of Oz Baum, Lyman Frank 4 Wizard, the Fairy, & The Magic, The Lester, Helen 1 Wobble, the Witch Cat Calhoun, Mary 2 Wobbly Tooth, The Cooney, Nancy Evans 1 Woggle of Witches Adams, Adrienne 2 Wolf's Chicken Stew, The Kasza, Keiko 2 Wolves For Kids Wolpert, Tom 3 Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Aiken, Joan 5 Wonder (BOE Approved April 2013) Palacio, R.J. 5 Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom, The Cameron, Eleanor 3 Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 2 Wonders of the Desert Sabin, Louis 2 Wonders of the Sea Sabin, Louis 2 Woodrow, the White House Mouse Barnes, Peter & Cheryl 3 Woodsong Paulsen, Gary 4 Woosh! A Read-Together Book Melser, June K World According to Humphrey, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Birney, Betty G. 3 Worm Day (Mr. Rose's Class) Ziefert, Harriet 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 117 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr Wright 3 , The Balliett, Blue 5 Wright Brothers, The Sullivan, George 4 Wrinkle in Time, A L'Engle, Madeleine 5 Writing Places Chanko, Pamela K Wuggie Norple, The Pinkwater, Daniel M. 2 Wump World, The Peet, Bill 2 Yankee Doodle and the Secret Society Bolin, J. J. 2 Year Down Yonder, A Peck, Richard 2 Year of Billy Miller, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 2 Year of the Book, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Cheng, Andrea 3 Year of the Panda, The Schlein, Miriam 2 Yertle The Turtle Seuss, Dr. 1 You and Me, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 1 You Look Funny! Kim, Joy 1 You Look Ridiculous Waber, Bernard 1 You Wouldn’t Want to Sail with Chris Columbus McDonald, Fiona 3 You’ll Soon Grow Into Them Titch Hutchins, Pat K Young Abe Lincoln- The Frontier Days Harness, Cheryl 2 Young Cam Jansen (Series) Adler, David 1 Young Kangaroo Brown, Margaret Wise 1 Young Mozart Isadora, Rachel 2 Young Wolf and Spirit Horse Shelelman, Janice 1 Your Allowance Hall, Margaret 3 Your Very Own Robot Montgomery, R. A. 3 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 118 Elementary Approved Literature List by Title Title Author Gr You're Going Out There A Kid, But You're Coming Back a Star! Hirsch, Linda 5 Yummers Marshall, James 1 Yummers, Too Marshall, James 1 Yummy, Yummy Grey, Judith 1 Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways (BOE approved Nov 2015) Kvasnosky, Laura McGee 1 Zeppelin – The Age of the Airship Donkin, Andrew 3 Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats Earle, Ann 2 Zucchini Dana, Barbara 2 updated November 18, 2015 *previously approved at higher grade level 119
