Second Grade
Teachers at this grade level may choose from the following:
TITLE	AUTHOR	HC	Alkek
Alexander and Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!	Judith Viorst	x
Arthur Lost and Found	Marc Brown	x
Arthur's Eyes	Marc Brown	x
Cinderella	Fabio Coen	x
Corduroy	Don Freeman	x
Frog and Toad are Friends	Arnold Lobel	x
Legend of the Bluebonnet	Tomie De Paola	x
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush	Tomie De Paola	x
Miss Nelson is Missing	Harry Allard	x
Molly's Pilgrim	Barbara Cohen	x
Swimmy	Leo Lionni	x
The Lorax	Dr. Seuss	x
The Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg	x
The Velveteen Rabbit	Margery Williams	x
What's Cooking, Jenny Archer?	Ellen Conford	x
Third Grade
Teachers at this grade level may choose from the following:
TITLE	AUTHOR	HC	Alkek
A Gift for Tia Rosa	Karen T. Taha	x
Amelia Bedielia	Peggy Parish	x	x
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White		x
Don't Tell the Whole World!	Joanna Cole		x
Fables	Arnold Lobel		x
Hill of Fire	Thomas P. Lewis	x	x
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the Earth	Faith McNulty		x
If You Had A Million	Steven Kellogg	x
Iktomi and the Boulder	Paul Goble	x	x
Maurice's Room	Paula Fox	x
Miss Rumphius	Barbara Cooney		x
Molly's Pilgrim	Barbara Cohen	x	x
Nate the Great and the Phony Clue	Marjorie Sharmat		x
Pippi Longstocking	Astrid Lindgren		x
Ramona Quimby, Age 8	Beverly Cleary	x	x
Sarah Plain and Tall	Patricia MacLachlan	x
Skinny Bones	Barbara Paric		x
Snakes Are Hunters	Patricia Lauber	x	x
The Box Car Children #1	D. M. Rau	x
The Cactus Flower Bakery	Harry Allard	x	x
The Chalk Box Kid	Clyde Robert Bulla	x	x
The Chocolate Touch	Patrick Catling		x
The Drinking Gourd	F. N. Monjo	x
The Paper Crane	Molly Bang	x	x
The Show and Tell War	Janice Lee Smith	x
Thomas Edison	Margaret Davidson	x
Ty's One Man Band	Mildred Pitts Walker	x
Young Ben Franklin	Laurence Santrey		x
Fourth Grade
Teachers at this grade level may choose from the following:
TITLE	AUTHOR	HC	Alkek
A Dog Called Kitty	Bill Wallace		x
A Paradise Called Texas	Janice Jordan Shefelman	x	x
Aliens Ate My Homework	Bruce Coville		x
All About Sam	Lois Lowry		x
Among the Hidden	Margaret Peterson Haddix		x
Anastasia Again	Lois Lowry		x
Anastasia Krupnik	Lois Lowry		x
Anastasia, Absolutely	Lois Lowry		x
Babe, The Gallant Pig	Dick King-Smith		x
Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate DiCamillo		x
Bicycle Rider	Tom B. Stone		x
Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis		x
Bunnicula	Deborah Howe		x
Bunnicula Strike's Again	James Howe		x
Call It Courage	Armstrong Smith		x
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	x	x
Chocolate Fever	Robert Kimmel Smith		x
Christopher Columbus:  The Life & Times	David West		x
Crash	Jerry Spinelli		x
Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	x	x
Ella Enchanted	Gail Carson Levine		x
Face-Off	Matt Christopher		x
Flat Stanley	Jeff Brown		x
Frindle	Andrew Clements		x
Fudge-A-Mania	Judy Blume		x
Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business	John R. Erikson		x
Hank the Cowdog, It's a Dog's Life	John R. Erikson		x
Harriet Tubman: The Life of	Rob Stone		x
Hatchet	Gary Paulsen		x
Henry Huggins	Beverly Cleary		x
Holes	Louis Sachar		x
How to Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell		x
I am Indian American	Jane Stuart		x
Incredible Journey	Sheila Burnford		x
Island of the Blue Dolphins	Scott O'Dell		x
Little House on the Prarie	Laura Ingalls Wilder		x
Lon PoPo: A Red-Riding Hood Story	Ed Young		x
Loser	Jerry Spinelli		x
Love That Dog	Sharon Creech		x
Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli		x
Moby Dick	Herman Melville		x
Mouse and Motorcycle	Beverly Cleary		x
My Side of the Mountain	Jean George		x
My Sister, My Science Report	Margaret Bechard		x
My Teacher Glows in the Dark	Bruce Coville		x
No Boys Allowed	Marilyn Levinson		x
On the Banks of Plum Creek	Laura Ingalls Wilder		x
One of the Third Grade Thonkers	Phylis Reynolds Naylor		x
Peanut Butter Pilgrims	Judy Delton		x
Ramona and Her Father	Beverly Cleary		x
Ramona Forever	Beverly Cleary		x
Ramona Quimby, Age 8	Beverly Cleary		x
Ramona the Brave	Beverly Cleary		x
Ramona's World	Beverly Cleary		x
Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe		x
Sadako	Eleanor Coerr		x
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	Eleanor Coerr		x
Sarah Plain and Tall	Patricia Maclachlain		x
Saving Shiloh	Phyllis Naylor		x
Shiloh	Phyllis Naylor		x
Shiloh Season	Phyllis Naylor		x
Shoeshine Girl	Clyde Bulla	x	x
Sideways Stories From Wayside School	Collett		x
So You want to be President?	Judith St. George		x
Sounder	William Armstrong		x
Stealing Home	Matt Christopher		x
Stone Fox	John Gardiner	x	x
Superfudge	Judy Blume		x
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Judy Blume	x	x
Talk About A Family	Eloise Greenfield		x
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Barbara Robinson	x	x
The Best School Year Ever	Barbara Robinson	x
The Big Bike Race	Lucy Jane Bledsoe	x
The Case of the Vampire Cat	John R. Erikson		x
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit	Paula Danzinger		x
The Cay	Theodore Taylor		x
The Celery Stalks at Midnight	James Howe		x
The Clue in Code	Carolyn Keene		x
The Cricket in Times Square	George Selden		x
The Girl's Revenge	Phyllis Naylor		x
The Gold Cadillac	Mildred Taylor		x
The Key to the Indian	Lynne Reid Banks		x
The Mouse and the Motorcycle	Beverly Cleary		x
The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine	Diane Stanley		x
The Mystery of the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks		x
The Raft	Jim LaMarche		x
The Return of the Indian	Lynne Reid Banks		x
The Rough-Faced Girl	Rafe Martin		x
The Sign of the Beaver	Elizabeth S. George		x
The Skirt	Gary Soto		x
The Skull of Truth	Bruce Coville		x
The Stinky Cheese Man & Other	Jon Scieszka		x
The Tarantula in My Purse	Jean C. George		x
The Trumpet of the Swans	E. B. White		x
The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman		x
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom	Louis Sachan	x	x
These Happy Golden Years	Laura Ingalls Wilder		x
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub	Jamie Gibson		x
Timothy of the Cay	Theodore Taylor		x
Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech		x
Wayside School	Collett		x
Wayside School Gets A Little Strange	Louis Sachar		x
Wayside School Is Falling Down	Collett		x
Welcome Comfort	Patricia Polacco		x
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town	Kimberly Willis Holt		x
Where Was Patrick Henry…May?	Jean Fritz		x
Wringer	Jerry Spinelli		x
Fifth  Grade
Teachers at this grade level may choose from the following:
TITLE	AUTHOR	HC	Alkek
A Lion to Guard Us	Clyde Robert Bulla	x
Abel's Island	William Steig		x
Across Five Aprils	Irene Hunt		x
Because of Winn Dixie	Kate DiCamillo		x
Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Patterson	x	x
Flying Solo	Ralph J. Fletcher		x
Hatchet	Gary Pausen	x
Holes	Louis Sachar	x
Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	E. L. Konigsburg		x
Music of the Dolphins	Karen Hesse	x
My Brother Sam Is Dead	Collier and Collier	x
Number the Stars	Joan Lowry Nixon	x
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	Eleanor Coerr	x
Sign of the Beaver	Elizabeth George Speare	x
The Ghost of Fossil Glen	Cynthia Defelice	x
The Secret Garden	Francis Burnett		x
The Story of Harriet Tubman	Kate McMullen	x	x
The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleschman		x
Tikta 'Liktak	James Houston	x
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Avi	x
Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech		x
Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	x	x