Literature Sets (Public List)

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1	Grade Level	Title	Author	Publication Year	Interest Level	Lexile Level	Reading Level	Genre/theme(s)	Spanish Edition	Audio Cassette	Audio CD	Video

2	K-3	Best Friends	Miriam Cohen	1971	K-2	N/A	1	Fiction; friendship
3	K-3	Very Busy Spider, The	Eric Carle	1984	P-2	330L	1.3	Picture book; rhythmic text; natural world	x
4	K-8	We are Water Protectors	Carole Lindstrom	2020	K-8	NP	1.9	Picture book; Native American; Standing Rock; activism
5	K-3	Paul Bunyan	Steven Kellogg	1984	K-3	AD840L	2	Fiction; picture book; adventure
6	K-3	Hill of Fire	Thomas Lewis	1971	K-3	510L	2	Fiction; volcanos; Mexico		x
7	K-3	Cat in the Hat	Dr. Seuss	1957	K-3	430L	2.1	Poetry	x
8	K-3	Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night	Cynthia Rylant	1998	P-2	440L	2.2	Fiction; camping; early chapter book		x
9	K-3	Ira Sleeps Over	Bernard Waber	1972	P-2	310L	2.2	Fiction; sleepovers;	x	x		x
10	K-3	Pumpkin Pumpkin	Jeanne Titherington	1986	P-2	N/A	2.4	Fiction; life cycle of a pumpkin
11	K-3	Eating the Alphabet	Lois Ehlert	1989	K-3	N/P	2.5	Nonfiction; healthy foods
12	K-3	Poppleton and Friends	Cynthia Rylant	1997	P-2	420L	2.6	Ficion; chapter book; friendship; humor
13	K-3	Curious George	Hans A. Rey	1941	P-3	400L	2.6	Fiction; friendship	x			x
14	K-3	Frog and Toad All Year	Arnold Lobel	1976	1-3	330L	2.6	Fiction; friendship; early chapter book	x
15	K-3	Wagon Wheels	Barbara Brenner	1978	2-4	500L	2.6	Historical fiction; African American family; homesteading; pioneering		x
16	K-3	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	Laura Numeroff	1985	K-3	AD410L	2.7	Fiction; humor	x
17	K-3	Napping House, The	Audrey Wood	1984	P-3	NP	2.8	Fiction; picture book; sleeping; animals; making predictions	x		x	x
18	K-3	Amazing Whales	Thomson, Sara L.	2005	K-3	550L	2.8	Nonfiction; science; wildlife; leveled readers
19	K-3	Each Kindness	Jacqueline Woodson	2012	K-3	640L	2.8	Picture book; school, kindness, friendship; poverty; anti-bullying
20	K-3	Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings	Douglas Florian	1998	3-6	NP	2.8	Poetry
21	K-3	Frog and Toad Are Friends	Arnold Lobel	1970	1-3	470L	2.9	Fiction; friendship; early chapter book	x	x		x
22	K-3	Frog and Toad Together	Arnold Lobel	1972	1-3	480L	2.9	Fiction; friendship; early chapter book				x
23	K-3	Very Hungry Caterpillar, The	Eric Carle	1969	P-2	AD460L	2.9	Picture book; counting; butterfly life stages	x			x
24	K-3	At the Mountain's Base	Traci Sorell	2019	K-3	480L	2.9	Picture book; Family; Native Americans; Veteran
25	K-3	Klara's New World	Jeanette Winter	1992	3-5	N/A	3	Fiction; immigration
26	K-3	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	William Steig	1969	K-3	AD700L	3	Fiction; wishes	x	x	x	x
27	K-3	Martin's Big Words	Doreen Rappaport	2001	2.5	AD610L	3	Nonfiction; biography; picture book; Martin Luther King Jr.			x	x
28	K-3	Glorious Flight, The	Alice and Martin Provensen	1983	2-4	630L	3	Nonfiction; flying; picture book		x
29	K-3	Something Big Has Been Here	Jack Pretlusky	1990	K-3	N/A	3	Poetry
30	K-3	Caps for Sale	Esphyr Slobodkina	1940	K-3	AD480L	3.1	Fiction; folk talk; humor	x	x		x
31	K-3	Tiny Seed, The	Eric Carle	1970	K-3	500L	3.2	Picture book; plant life cycle; perseverance and hope
32	K-3	Everybody Serves Soup	Norah Dooley	2000	K-3	530L	3.2	Picture book; saving money
33	K-3	Stone Soup	Marcia Brown	1947	K-3	AD550L	3.3	Picture book; folk story; sharing	x	x
34	4-6	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Patricia MacLachan	1985	3-7	660L	3.4	Historical fiction	x	x
35	4-6	There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom	Louis Sachar	1987		490L	3.4	Realistic fiction
36	K-3	Too Many Tamales	Gary Soto	1992	K-3	580L	3.4	Fiction; Christmas; honesty	x		x	x
37	K-3	Chair for My Mother, A	Vera Williams	1982	K-3	530L	3.4	Fiction; family; saving money; resilience	x
38	K-3	Corduroy	Don Freeman	1968	K-3	600L	3.5	Fiction; hope	x	x		x
39	K-3	New Coat for Anna	Harriet Ziefert	1986	K-3	580L	3.5	Historical fiction; post-WWII; poverty; family
40	K-3	Going Down Home with Daddy	Kelly Starling Lyons	2019	K-3	660L	3.5	Picture book; Family; African American history
41	4-6	One and only Ivan, The	Katherine Applegate	2012	3-6	570L	3.6	Fiction; based on a true story
42	4-8	Dear Miss Karana	Elliott, Eric	2016	3-6	N/A	3.6	Fiction; family, indigenous; cultural preservation; response to Island of the Blue Dolphins
43	K-3	Digging Up Dinosaurs	Aliki	1981	K-3	600L	3.6	Nonfiction
44	4-6	Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why Commas Really Matter	Lynn Truss	2003	3-6	240L	3.7	Nonfiction; punctuation
45	K-3	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Viorst, Judith	1972	K-3	AD840L	3.7	Fiction; humor	x	x		x
46	K-3	Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System	Joanna Cole	1991	K-3	570L	3.7	Fiction; science
47	K-3	Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones	David Adler	1980	2-5	610L	3.8	Fiction; mystery; early chapter book		x
48	K-3	Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs	Joanna Cole	1994	K-3	580L	3.8	Fiction; science
49	K-3	Everybody Bakes Bread	Norah Dooley	1996	K-3	AD670L	3.8	Picture book; multicultural; food
50	4-6	Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate DiCamillo	2000	4.7	670L	3.9	Fiction; coming of age; family	x	x
51	K-3	Jumanji	Chris Van Allsburg	1981	1-4	AD620L	3.9	Fantasy	x	x
52	K-3	Crow Boy	Taro Yashima	1955	K-3	AD660L	3.9	Fiction; bullying; Japnese protagonist; multiculturalism	x	x		x
53	K-3	Hundred Penny Box, The	Sharon Bell Mathis	1975	1-4	600L	3.9	Fiction; family, aging				x
54	K-3	Strega Nona	Tomie de Paola	1975	K-3	N/A	3.9	Fiction; Italy; pasta	x	x
55	K-3	Story of Johnny Appleseed, The	Aliki	1963	K-3	610L	3.9	Nonfiction; picture book; biography	x
56	4-6	Ramona and her Father	Beverly Cleary	1977	3-5	840L	4	Fiction; family	x	x
57	4-6	Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School	Louis Sachar	1989	4-7	670L	4	Fiction; math; puzzles
58	4-6	Random House Book of Poetry for Children	Jack Pretlusky	1983	3-7	N/A	4	Poetry
59	4-6	Sing a Song of Popcorn	Beatrice Schenk de Regniers	1988	K-4	N/A	4	Poetry
60	4-6	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Shel Silverstein	1974	3-6	NP	4	Poetry
61	K-3	Flat Stanley	Jeff Brown	1964	K-3	AD550L	4	Fiction; early chapter book		x
62	K-3	Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor	Joanna Cole	1992	K-3	N/A	4	Fiction; science
63	K-3	Before She Was Harriet	Lesa Cline-Ransome	2017	K-3	NP	4	Nonfiction picture book;
64	K-3	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears	Verna Aardema	1975	K-3	770L	4	Picture book; West African tale; cause and effect	x	x		x
65	4-6	Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	Eleanor Coerr	1977	2-5	AD660L	4.1	Historical fiction; illness	x		x
66	K-3	Relatives Came, The	Cynthia Rylant	1985	K-3	AD940L	4.1	Fiction; family; summer; making memories		x
67	4-6	Sea of Trolls	Nancy Farmer	2004	5-8	670L	4.2	Fantasy; adventure			x
68	4-6	Hot and Cold Summer	Johanna Hurwitz	1984	4-7	640L	4.2	Fiction; friendship
69	4-7	Fish in a Tree	Lynda Mullaly Hunt	2015	5-8	550L	4.2	Fiction; coming of age; learning disability			x
70	K-3	Little House, The	Virginia Burton	1942	K-3	AD610L	4.2	Fiction	x	x
71	K-3	Corn is Maize	Aliki	1976	K-3	570L	4.2	Nonfiction; multi-disciplinary
72	5-9	Out of my Mind	Sharon M. Draper	2010	5-9	700L	4.3	Fiction; inclusion; disability; cerebral palsy; family			x
73	5-9	Crossover, The	Kwame Alexander	2014	5-8	750L	4.3	Fiction; basketball; story in verse; fathers and sons	x
74	K-3	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters	John Steptoe	1987	K-3	AD790L	4.3	Fiction; Africa/Zimbabwe; folk tale	x	x		x
75	K-3	Magic School Bus Explores the Senses	Joanna Cole	1999	K-3	AD690L	4.3	Fiction; science
76	K-3	Picture Book of Harriet Tubman	David Adler	1992	K-3	AD760L	4.3	Nonfiction; picture book; biography; Underground Railroad			x
77	4-6	Charlotte's Web	E.B. White	1952	3-6	680L	4.4	Fiction; friendship; death		x		x
78	4-6	Taking Sides	Gary Soto	1991	4-7	600L	4.4	Fiction; multicultural; basketball; latino	x		x
79	3-6	Indian No More	Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell	2019	3-8	720L	4.4	Native American; Umpqua tribe; civil rights; moving; resilience
80	K-3	Keeping Quilt	Patricia Polacco	1988	K-3	830L	4.4	Fiction; family and tradition; Jewish experience	x
81	K-3	Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel	Virginia Burton	1939	K-3	580L	4.4	Fiction; friendship; perseverance	x	x		x
82	K-3	Humphrey, the Lost Whale	Wendy Tokuda	1986	K-3	AD610L	4.4	Nonfiction; San Francisco Bay; endangered animals; ocean life
83	4-6	Riding Freedom	Pam Munoz Ryan	1998	4-7	720L	4.5	Historical fiction; horses; strong woman protagonist	x
84	5-8	Genesis Begins Again	Alicia D. Williams	2019	5-8	670L	4.5	Middle school; fiction; identity; family; prejudice; moving; resilience, self-love
85	4-6	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Patterson	1977	4-7	810L	4.6	Fiction; friendship; death	x		x
86	4-6	In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson	Bette Lord	1984	4-7	730L	4.6	Fiction; immigration; multicultural; baseball			x
87	4-6	Salmon	Deborah Hodge	2002	3-6	670L	4.6	Nonfiction; fish
88	4-6	Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger	Ann Whitehead Nagda	2000	3-6	810L	4.6	Nonfiction; tigers; mathematics; graphing
89	K-3	Pacific Salmon	Jason Cooper	2002	K-3	N/A	4.6	Nonfiction; habitat and life cylce of salmonid
90	4-6	Wrinkle in Time, A	Madeleine L'Engle	1962	5-8	740L	4.7	Fantasy; adventure; family	x		x
91	4-6	Chocolate Touch, The	Patrick Catling	1952	4-7	770L	4.7	Fiction; allegory (King Midas)
92	4-6	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	E.L. Konisburg	1967	4-7	700L	4.7	Fiction; identity; arts
93	4-6	Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	1990	4-6	820L	4.7	Fiction; racism; homelessness			x
94	4-6	Night of the Twisters	Ivy Ruckman	1984	3-6	790L	4.7	Realistic fiction; suspence; natural disasters
95	7-12	Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	1967	7-12	750L	4.7	Realistic fiction; coming-of-age; bullying; friendship; loyalty	x		x
96	K-3	Little Toot	Hardie Gramatky	1939	K-3	AD890L	4.7	Fiction; maturity; hard work
97	4-6	James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	1961	4-6	870L	4.8	Fantasy; humor	x
98	4-6	Castle in the Attic	Elizabeth Winthrop	1985	4-7	750L	4.9	Fantasy; adventure; Middle Ages
99	4-6	Velveteen Rabbit, The	Margery Williams	1922	2-5	AD1050L	4.9	Fiction; imaginary friends
100	4-6	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	1983	2-5	910L	4.9	Fiction; writing; coming of age	x		x