LITERATURE FOR GROUP READING

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Primary - Middle - Upper

The following titles are available to contracting districts in classroom sets of ten or more.
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Primary Level

 

Author

Ca

Title

Grade

Baylor

*

Amigo

1-3

 

*

Desert is Theirs

K-3

 

*

Hawk, I'm Your Brother

1-4

 

*

They Put on Masks

1-4

 

*

When Clay Sings

1-4

Bradfield

 

Pickle-Chiffon Pie

1-4

Burton

 

Katy and the Big Snow

1-3

Calhoun

 

Witch of Hissing Hill

K-3

Cannon   Stellaluna 1-3

Cooney

*

Miss Rumphius

K-3

Freeman

 

Come Again Pelican

K-1

 

*

Corduroy

K-3

 

 

Norman the Doorman

K-2

 

 

Penguins of All People

K-3

 

 

Seal and the Slick

K-3

Galdone   Gingerbread Boy K-1

 

 

Puss in Boots

K-3

Goble

*

Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

2-5

Henkes   Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse K-3

Lester

 

Tacky the Penguin

K-2

Lobel

 

Frog and Toad All Year

K-2

McDermott

*

Arrow to the Sun

1 up

McGovern

 

Stone Soup

1-3

Meddaugh

 

Martha Speaks

1-3

Peet

 

Cowardly Clyde

K-3

 

 

Kermit the Hermit

K-3

Polacco

*

Rechenka's Eggs

K-3

    Thunder Cake K-3

 

*

Song of the Swallows

K-3

 

 

Three Stalks of Corn

1-4

Sendak

*

Where the Wild Things Are

K-3

Seuss

*

Cat in the Hat

K-2

 

*

The Lorax

K-2

Silverstein   The Giving Tree K-3
Steig   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 1-4

Viorst

*

Alexander, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

K-2

 

*

Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday

K-2

Waber

*

Ira Sleeps Over

K-2

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Middle Level

 

Author

Ca

Title

Grade

Aesop

 

Aesop's Fables

5-9

Armstrong

 

Sounder

5 up

Atwater

 

Mr. Popper's Penguins

3-6

Avi   Poppy 5-7

 

 

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

5-7

Babbitt

*

Tuck Everlasting

5 up

Banks

*

Indian in the Cupboard

4-6

Bauer

 

On My Honor

4-6

Blume

 

Superfudge

4-6

 

 

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

4-6

Brink

*

Caddie Woodlawn

5-7

Bulla

 

Ghost of Windy Hill

3-6

 

 

Ghost Town Treasure

4-6

 

 

John Billington, Friend of Squanto

2-5

 

*

Shoeshine Girl

4-6

Burnett

*

Secret Garden

3-6

Byars

 

Not Just Anybody Family

5-7

Cleary

*

Dear Mr. Henshaw

4-6

 

*

Mouse and the Motorcycle

2-6

 

 

Ralph S. Mouse

2-6

 

*

Ramona and Her Father

2-5

 

 

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

3-6

Collier   My Brother Sam is Dead 5-9
Cox   Magic and the Sword...Greek Myths Retold 5-9
Creech   Wanderer 4-7
Cushman   Ballad of Lucy Whipple 4-6

Dahl

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

4-6

 

*

James and the Giant Peach

4-6

Dalgleish

 

Courage of Sarah Noble

1-5

DeSaint Exupery

*

Little Prince

4 up

DiCamillo   Because of Winn-Dixie 4-6

Dickens

 

Christmas Carol

4 up

Fleischman

*

By the Great Horn Spoon

4-6

 

 

Whipping Boy

3-6

Forbes

 

Johnny Tremain

5 up

Gardiner   Stone Fox 4-6

George

*

My Side of the Mountain

4-9

Gutman   Honus and Me 4-6

Howe

 

Bunnicula

3-6

Juster

 

The Phantom Tollbooth

4-7

Konigsburg

*

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

3-7

Laurgaard

 

Patty Reed's Doll

3-6

Lawson

*

Ben and Me

3-6

L'Engle

*

Wrinkle in Time

5-8

Lewis

 

Horse and His Boy

4-6

 

 

Last Battle

4-6

 

*

Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

4-6

 

 

Magician's Nephew

4-6

 

 

Prince Caspian

4-6

 

 

Silver Chair

4-6

 

 

Voyage of the Dawn Treader

4-6

Lord

*

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

3-5

Lowry

 

Number the Stars

5-7

MacLachlan

*

Sarah, Plain and Tall

4-6

Manes   Be a Perfect Person in Just 3 Days 4-6

Miles

*

Annie and the Old One

3-6

O'Brian

*

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

5-7

O'Dell

*

Island of the Blue Dolphins

5 up

 

*

Sing Down the Moon

5 up

Paterson

*

Bridge to Terabithia

5-7

 

*

Great Gilly Hopkins

5-7

Paulsen

 

Hatchet

6-9

Pitts

 

Racing the Sun

5 up

Rawls

 

Summer of the Monkeys

5 up

Ryan   Esperanza Rising 5 up
Selden   Cricket in Times Square 4-7

Smith

 

War With Grandpa

4 up

Speare

*

Sign of the Beaver

5-7

 

*

Witch of Blackbird Pond

5 up

Sperry   Call it Courage 4-6

Spinelli

 

Maniac Magee

4-6

Van Draanen   Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief 4-7

White

*

Charlotte's Web

3-5

 

*

Stuart Little

3-5

    Trumpet of the Swan 3-5
Wilder   Little House in the Big Woods 2-5
    Little House on the Prairie 2-5

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Upper Level

 

Author

Ca

Title

Grade

Byars

*

Summer of the Swans

6 up

Chute

 

Stories from Shakespeare

7 up

Clemens

 

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

6 up

 

 

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

6 up

Dickens

 

Tale of Two Cities

7 up

Frank

*

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

7 up

George

*

Julie of the Wolves

7 up

Haddix   Among the Hidden 5 up
    Among the Imposters 5 up

Hamilton

 

Mythology

7 up

Hunt

*

Across Five Aprils

7 up

London

*

Call of the Wild

6 up

O'Dell

*

Black Pearl

7 up

 

*

Zia

6 up

Raskin

*

Westing Game

6 up

Steinbeck

 

Pearl

6-9

 

*

Red Pony

6 up

Stevenson

 

Treasure Island

6 up

Swift

 

Gulliver's Travels

7 up

Taylor, M.

 

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

6 up

Taylor, T.

*

Cay

6 up

Tolkien

*

Hobbit

6 up

Voight

*

Dicey's Song

7 up