100 GREAT BOOKS TO READ WITH YOUR KIDS!
Kindergarten
- A Kiss for Little Bear by Else H. Minarik, Harper/Trophy, 1983
- Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, Elderry, 2002
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Bill Martin, Jr., Henry Holt, 1992
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, Random House, 1957
- Curious George by H. A. Rey, Houghton, 1941
- Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox, Aladdin, 1992
- Little Pea by Amy K. Rosenthal, Chronicle Books, 2005
- Max’s Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells, Puffin, 2000
- Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley, Blue Sky Press, 1997
- No David by David Shannon, Blue Sky Press, 1998
- Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells, Viking Books, 1999
- Olivia by Ian Falconer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001
- The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Aladdin, 2003
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, Houghlin Mifflin, 1997
- Soap, Soap, Don’t Forget the Soap: An Appalachian Folktale, by Tom Birdseye, Holiday House, 1993
- That New Animal by Emily Jenkins, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2005
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Stephen Carpenter, Harper Festival, 1998
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle, Philomel, 1981
- Who is It? by Sally Grindley, Peachtree Publishers, 1998
First Grade
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viost, Aladdin, 1987
- Ben and Me by Robert Lawson, Little, Brown, 1988
- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey, Viking, 1948
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, Harper/Trophy, 1974
- Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards, Mulberry Books, 1994
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballsby Judi Barrett, Aladdin, 1982
- Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements, Millbrook Press, 1997
- George and Martha by James Marshall, Houghton, 1972
- Hairy McClary from Donaldson’s Dairy, by Lynley Dodd, Tricycle Press, 2001
- Hank the Cow Dog by John Erickson (44 books in series), Puffin, 1998
- I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb, Harper Collins, 2002
- I Took My Frog to the Library, Eric A Kimmel, Puffin, 1992
- In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak, Harper/Collins, 1996
- Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack, Peachtree, 2006
- The Library Dragon by Carmon Agra Deedy, Peachtree Publishers, 1994
- The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne (26 titles), Random House
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard Atwater, Little-Brown, 1992
- Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young, Philomel, 1992
- Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood, Scholastic, 2002
- Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle, Harper Collins, 2005
Second Grade
- Agatha’s Feather Bed by Carmon Agra Deedy, Peachtree Publishers, 1994
- All the Cats in the World by Sonia Levitin, Harcourt, 1984
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, Dial, 2001
- Amelia’s Road by Linda Jacobs Altman, Lee and Low, 1995
- And Then What Happened, Paul Revere by Jean Fritz, Coward-McCann, 1973
- The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner (55 titles), Whitman & Co., 1987
- Danetra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes, Amastad, 2002
- Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol (23 titles), Yearling, 1995
- Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, Yearling, 1978
- The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Palacco, Aladdin, 2001
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton, Houghton-Mifflin, 1977
- More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby, Orchard Books, 1995
- The Mud Flat Olympics by James Stevenson, Greenwillow, 1994
- Nutik the Wolf Pup by Jean Craighead George, Harper Collins, 2001
- Painting the Wind, by Patricia and Emily MacLachlan, Joanna Colter, 2003
- Polar the Titanic Bear, by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden, Brown, Little, 1998
- Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary, Harper/Trophy, 2001
- Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, HarperCollins, 1997
- Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, Harper/Trophy, 1983
- The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, Dial, 1989
- Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto, Putnam, 1993
Third Grade
- Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack, Atheneum, 2001
- Help, I’m A Prisoner in the Library! By Eth Clifford, Scholastic 1991
- I Was A Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch, Yearling, 1999
- Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff! By Jessica Scott Kerrin, Kids Can Press, 2005
- Owen Foote, Super Spy by Stephanie Greene, Clarion, 2001
- Poppy by Avi, Harper/Trophy, 2005
- Science Experiments You Can Eat by Vicki Cobb, Harper Trophy, 1984
- Seedfolksby Paul Fleischman, Harper Collins, 1997
- The Sweetest Fig by Chris VanAllsburg, Houghton Mifflin, 1993
- Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur, by Jane Yolen, Magic Carpet Books, 2004
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being A Story of A Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup and A Spool of Thread by Kate DeCamillo, Candelwick, 2003
- Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Sieszka, Puffin Publishers, various dates of publication
- The Trouble with Wishes by Susan Beth Pfeffer, Henry Holt, 1996
- The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White, Harper/Trophy 2000
- The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney, Puffin, 2005
Fourth Grade and Up
- Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osborne, Blue Sky Press, 2002
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, Putnam, 2004
- The Boggart by Susan Cooper, McMillian, 1993
- Dandelions by Eve Bunting, Harcourt 1995
- Dragon’s Gate by Lawrence Yep, Harper Trophy, 1995
- The Eye, The Ear and the Arm by Nancy Farmer, Puffin, 1995
- The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci , Simon and Schuster, 1995
- Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Aladdin, 2002
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Simon Pulse, 1999
- I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., Scholastic, 1997
- The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick, Blue Sky Press, 2002
- The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobeby C.S. Lewis, Harper Trophy, 2000
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt, Clarion, 2004
- Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young, Putnam, 1989
- My Mama Had a Dancing Heart, by Libba Moore Gray, Scholastic, 1999
- Over the Wall by John H. Ritter, Putnam Publishers, 2002
- Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, Puffin, 1999
- The Singer of All Songs, by Kate Constable, Arthur A. Levine, 2004
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Knopf, 2000
- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, Bantam Classics, 1984
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sieszka, Puffin, 1996
- The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant, Scholastic, 1995
- When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Ann Hest, Candlewick, 1997
- The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Allburg, Houghton, 1992
- The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic, 2005