IF YOU LOVE TO READ, TRY THESE BOOKS
David CAM JANSEN series (RL 3.7) (RL 3.4-3.9) Cam Jansen and her friend Eric are very capable detectives.
THE FORTUNE-TELLERS (RL 4.6) A carpenter in Cameroon finds the predictions about his future come true in unusual ways.
. MANNERS (RL 2.3) Discussions and examples of good and bad manners.
MUMMIES MADE IN EGYPT (RL 5.2) Techniques and reasons for the making of mummies
. MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS (RL 5.6) Twelve penguins join the Popper family.
POPPY (RL 4.9) A courageous girl mouse embarks on an exciting journey to save her family and defeat the tyrannical horned owl who rules the forest.
THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR DUCK (RL 4.0) An 11-year-old boy's adventures as an apartment house detective.
TWENTY & TEN (RL 4.0) French school children and their teacher, who is a nun, hide Jewish children from German soldiers during World War II.
BLOOMERS! (RL 5.8) The "new-fashioned" outfit helps spread the word about women's rights.
FRECKLE JUICE (RL 3.1) Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys a freckle recipe.
EARTHQUAKES. (RL 4.2) Why they happen, what their effects can be, where the danger zones are, and safety measures.
NASTY, STINKY SNEAKERS (RL 3.3) Ten-year-old Colin has lost his sure-to-be prize winning entry for the stinkiest sneakers in the world contest
JULIAN series (RL 2.9-3.4) A good series for boys
Christopher, Matt. MAN OUT AT FIRST (RL 3.6) After he gets hit by a fast-moving ball, Turtleneck Jones loses his confidence on the baseball diamond and sees his position at first base given to another player. Matt Christopher has written many excellent sports novels, so if you like this one, there are more.
MOUSE & THE MOTORCYCLE (RL 5.1) Ralph S. Mouse gets wheels.
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN (RL 5.9) A cat lives with a Japanese artist and brings him good fortune.
MOLLY'S PILGRIM (RL 3.0) Molly's Thanksgiving doll, made by her Russian immigrant mother, looks different from others in her class.
MISHMASH & THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER (RL 4.2)
A precocious dog, the school prankster, and a substitute teacher help young Pete
learn from his mistakes.
JENNY ARCHER Series (RL 3.0- 3.6) A great series for girls.
, THE CARP IN THE BATHTUB (RL 3.9) Two children rescue a fish destined for their Passover Seder.
THE BIG BALLOON RACE (RL 2.6) April helps to win a balloon race in this beginning reader.
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (RL 4.1) A clever fox outwits a trio of farmers.
THE COURAGE OF SARAH NOBLE (RL 3.9) A little girl and her father are among the first to settle in Connecticut in 1707.
AMBER BROWN series (RL 3.7-4.1)
Girls who read this story will find they have much in common with Amber Brown.
THE DOOR IN THE WALL: A STORY OF MEDIEVAL LONDON (RL 6.2) The young, handicapped son of a great lord proves his courage. Newbery Award winner.
STREGA NONA (RL 3.9) Big Anthony cooks pasta in the witch's pasta pot and can't get it to stop!
HALF MAGIC (RL 5.0) Four good friends find a magic coin Edgar Eager has written many other fantasies as well.
THE HUNDRED DRESSES
(RL 5.4)
If she has a hundred
dresses at home, why does she wear the same one every day?
Estes. Eleanor. THE MOFFIT series. (RL 5.0-5.9) This 1950’s family is still as popular as when Mrs. Brangwin read the books as a child!
THE GHOST IN THE NOONDAY SUN.
(RL 4.9)
Twelve-year-old
Oliver tries to escape from pirates who take him to an island to find the ghost
and treasure of Gentleman Jack.
MR. MYSTERIOUS & COMPANY (RL 4.7) A family of magicians travels the West in the 1880's
. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE? (RL 5.3) Everything you want to know about his exciting life.
Fritz, Je YOU WANT WOMEN TO VOTE, LIZZIE STANTON? (RL 3.0) A lively biography of the 19th century feminist.
MY FATHER'S DRAGON (RL 5.6) Elmer Elevator sets out to rescue a baby dragon. This is the first book in a series of three.
STONE FOX
(RL 4.0)
An exciting dogsled
race between a young boy and a famous Indian.
THIS TIME, TEMPE WICK?
(RL 4.8)
Tempe protects her
horse from Revolutionary soldiers.
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (RL 4.9)
A biography of the
woman who contributed to education for African Americans.
GEORGIA MUSIC
(NO AR Test)
A little girl and
her grandfather share two different kinds of music, that of his mouth organ and
that of the birds and insects around his cabin
GRANDADDY & JANETTA.
(RL 3.3)
Janetta enjoys her
visit to her grandfather, including such highlights as listening to the night
insects make music and admiring his cat's new kittens.
GRANDADDY'S
PLACE (RL 2.9)
At first Janetta
does not like Grandaddy, his farm, or his animals--but they like her, and as she
gets used to them, she likes them too
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
(RL 4.0)
Illustrated by Paul
Zelinsky. A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold
for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child in
this beautifully illustrated version
GIFT FOR MAMA (RL 4.2)
Sick and tired of
making presents for various holidays and occasions, Sara decides that for this
Mother's Day she will do something different.
Henry, Marguerite. MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE (RL 5.3) Two youngsters' determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.
BETSY SERIES (RL 3.6-4.2) This old favorite still is still popular
PINKY & REX series (RL 3.1-3.5) Rex and her best friend Pinky, have a series of adventures in this beginning reader.
BUSYBODY NORA (RL 4.1) Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy.
CLASS CLOWN (RL 4.6) Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student.
RIP-ROARING RUSSELL (RL 3.8) Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building.
PAUL BUNYAN (RL 5.7) Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.
ANANSI & THE MOSS-COVERED ROCK (RL 2.4) Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
THE SCHOOL MOUSE (RL 5.0) Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.
King-Smith, Dick. THE THREE TERRIBLE TRINS (RL 4.5) Three mice brothers, ignoring the class system separating the four clans of rodents in their farmhouse, befriend a lower-class mouse and form a team to fight cats.
HORRIBLE HARRY SERIES. (RL 2.9-3.5) Horrible Harry and his classmates get in all sorts of trouble in this series.
MARY MARONY series (RL 3.1) Fun reading series.
CATWINGS (RL 4.3) Four young cats with wings search for a safe place to live. First book in a series.
FRANKENSTEIN MOVED IN ON
THE FOURTH FLOOR
(RL 3.4)
Robert and Sam
suspect their weird new neighbor is really Frankenstein.
ATTABOY, SAM! (RL 5.6) Sam is able to help his sister Anastasia with the poem she is writing for their mother's birthday, but his own efforts to create a special perfume are disastrous.
FLOSSIE & THE FOX (RL 3.2) A wily fox meets his match in Flossie
MIRANDY & BROTHER WIND (RL 3.6) Mirandy wants to win first prize in the junior cakewalk contest.
. SARAH, PLAIN & TALL (RL 3.4) The Newbery Award winner about a mail-order bride and the two children who come to love her.
THE DRINKING GOURD (RL 3.0) Tommy discovers his house is a station on the Underground Railroad in this beginning reader.
SOUP (RL 4.4) The misadventures of two boys growing up in a small town in Vermont.
HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY (RL 4.9) Arthur goes to pick up the Thanksgiving turkey but returns with a 266 pound chicken.
Roy, Ron. THE A-Z MYSTERY series. (RL 3.2-4.0) There’s a mystery for each letter of the alphabet book.
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL (RL3.3) Funny stories from the class on the thirtieth floor
VERONICA GANZ (RL 4.9) Veronica defends herself against a new boy in class.
HOW MUCH IS A MILLION? (RL 3.4) An entertaining and very informative picture book introduction to "big" numbers.
THE TIME WARP TRIO (RL 3.82-4.2) Three boys
have the ability to travel back in time and often create chaos. If you like
Magic Tree House books you’ll like this series.
RAGTIME TUMPIE (RL 4.2) A story from the childhood of Josephine Baker
STINKER FROM SPACE (RL 5.1) An alien secret agent crash lands on Earth and must transfer his mind to another life form - a skunk!
. VOLCANOES (RL 5.1) Beautiful photographs and brief text explain volcanoes.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN BOY DETECTIVE (RL 4.4) The first in a series of short mysteries with the solutions in the back of the book
CLEOPATRA (not an AR book) A picture book biography of the great Egyptian queen.
THE LAST PRINCESS: THE STORY OF PRINCESS KA'IULANI OF HAWAI' (RL 6.4) The life of the last American princess, told in a picture book biography.
ABEL'S ISLAND (RL 5.9) A mouse's resourcefulness and endurance are tested as he struggles to survive a shipwreck.
MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS (RL 4.3) Two sisters, one mean-tempered and one sweet, go before the king who is in search of a wife.
COYOTE STEALS THE BLANKET : A UTE TALE (RL 2.8) The southwest Indian trickster gets his comeuppance when he tries to take something that is not his.
THE GOLD CADILLAC (RL 4.1) Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.
ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY (RL 4.9) Five sisters share family adventures on the Lower East Side.
Titus
BASIL OF BAKER STREET (RL 4.7)
The famous mouse detective solves his first
case. There are other books in this series.
GRANDFATHER TANG'S STORY (RL 3.7) The tale of shape-changing fox fairies, illustrated with tangrams.
NETTIE'S TRIP SOUTH (RL 3.6) A ten-year-old northern girl encounters the ugly realities of slavery when she visits Richmond, Virginia, and sees a slave auction
JUSTIN AND THE BEST
BISCUITS IN THE WORLD
(RL 3.9)
The life of the only
boy in a family full of females.
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS (RL 5.3) A year in the life of two young girls on the Wisconsin frontier. This is the first book in the Little House series.
White, E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB (RL 4.4) The classic story of friendship between a spider and a pig.
White, E.B. STUART LITTLE (RL 6.0) Even if you’ve seen the movie you really don’t know Stuart Little until you’ve read the book.
White, E. B. THE TRUMPET OF THE SWANS. (RL 4.9) Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home.
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STRINGBEAN'S TRIP TO THE SHINING SEA (RL 3.4)
Postcards describe a
car trip across America to California.
COMMANDER TOAD & BIG BLACK HOLE (RL 3.1) The space ship Star Warts, commanded by Commander Toad, encounters a black hole which threatens the vehicle with doom. There are a number of books about Commander Toad.
SLEEPING UGLY (RL 3.5)
Princess Miserella, Plain
Jane, and an old fairy fall under a sleeping spell.
LON PO PO : A RED RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA (RL 3.5)
Three sisters are
endangered by a hungry wolf in this Caldecott Award winning folk tale.
