Entering Third Grade Level
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| Abbott |
Secret of Droon series |
| C.S. Adler |
Good-bye Pink Pig |
| David Adler |
Cam Jensen series |
| Aliki |
Informational Science & History books |
| Avi |
Finding Providence |
| Judy Blume |
Fudge-a-mania |
| Judy Blume |
Freckles Juice |
| Judy Blume |
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great |
| Jan Brett |
Various titles |
| Jeff Brown |
Flat Stanley |
| Eve Bunting |
Various titles |
| Betsy Byars |
The Golly Sisters Go West |
| Eleanor Cameron |
Jillian and Huey series |
| Beverly Cleary |
Various titles |
| Barbara Cohen |
Molly's Pilgrim |
| Joanna Cole |
Magic School Bus series |
| Molly Cone |
Mishmash |
| Eileen Conford |
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood |
| Judy Delton |
Pee Wee Scouts |
| Tommie de Paola |
Various titles |
| Gail Gibbons |
Informational: Science and History books |
| Patricia Reilly Giff |
B E S T Friends |
| Patricia Reilly Giff |
Kids of the Polk Street School series |
| Paul Goble |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
| James Howe |
Pinky and Rex series |
| Suzy Kline |
Herbie Jones and Hamburger Head |
| Suzy Kline |
Herbie Jones and Birthday |
| Suzy Kline |
Horrible Harry series |
| Leo Lionni |
Various titles |
| Patricia McLachlan |
Skylark |
| James Marshall |
Various titles |
| David McCord |
Poetry selections |
| Mary Pope Osborne |
Magic Treehouse series |
| Patricia Polacco |
Various titles |
| Peter Roop |
Grace's Letter to Lincoln |
| Louis Sachar |
Wayside School is Falling Down |
| David Schwarz |
How Much is a Million |
| John Scieszka |
Various titles |
| Marjorie Weinman Sharmat |
Nate the Great series |
| Shel Silverstein |
Poetry selections |
| Donald Sobol |
Various titles |
| Carol Wallace |
Flying Flea, Callie, and Me |
| Gertrude Chandler Warner |
The Boxcar Children |
| Gertrude Chandler Warner |
Various titles |
| Taro Yahima |
Crow Boy |
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Entering Fourth Grade Level
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| Judy Blume |
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
| Jeff Brown |
Flat Stanley |
| Beverly Cleary |
Ralph S. Mouse |
| Roald Dahl |
George's Marvelous Medicine |
| Roald Dahl |
James and the Giant Peach |
| Alice Dalgliesh |
The Courage of Sarah Noble |
| Paula Danziger |
Amber Brown series |
| Ingri D'Aulaire |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Berthe DeClements |
Fourth Grade Wizards |
| Kate DiCamillo |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
| Edward Eager |
Seven Day Magic |
| John D. Fitzgerald |
The Great Brain |
| Paul Fleischman |
The Half-a-Moon Inn |
| Jean Fritz |
The Cabin Faced West |
| Ruth Gannett |
My Father's Dragon |
| Patricia Reilly Giff |
Watch Out Man Eating Snakes |
| Patricia Reilly Giff |
December Secrets |
| Patricia Reilly Giff |
B E S T Friends |
| Paul Goble |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
| Gail E. Haley |
A Story, a Story |
| Marguerite Henry |
Various titles |
| James Howe |
The Day the Teacher Went Bananas |
| James Howe |
Bunnicula books |
| Johanna Hurwitz |
Russell Sprouts |
| Johanna Hurwitz |
Adventures of Ali Baba |
| Mary James |
Shoebag |
| Dick King-Smith |
Various titles |
| Rudyard Kipling |
Just So Stories |
| Rudyard Kipling |
Jungle books |
| Robert Lawson |
Ben and Me |
| Lois Lenski |
Strawberry Girl |
| Astrid Lidgren |
Pippi Longstocking |
| Arnold Lobel |
Fables |
| Hugh Lofting |
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle |
| Lois Lowry |
Anastasia series |
| Rafe Martin |
The Rough-Faced Girl |
| Betty MacDonald |
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series |
| G. MacDonald |
The Back of the North Wind |
| Patrica MacLachlan |
Skylark |
| F.N. Monjo |
The Drinking Gourd |
| Walter Dean Myers |
Mop, Moondance- Nagasaki Knight |
| Barbara Park |
Mick Harte Was Here |
| Bill Peet |
Various titles |
| Daniel Pinkwater |
Lizard Music |
| Daniel Pinkwater |
Guys From Space |
| Patrica Polacco |
Various titles |
| John Peterson |
The Littles series |
| Jack Prelutsky |
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children |
| Cynthia Rylant |
Missing May |
| Cynthia Rylant |
When I Was Young in the Mountains |
| Louis Sachar |
Wayside School series |
| Susan Shreve |
Flunking of Joshua T. Bates |
| Gary Soto |
Cat's Meow |
| Sam Souci |
The Talking Eggs |
| Donald Sobol |
Encyclopedia Brown series |
| Jerry Spinelli |
Fourth Grade Rats |
| John Steptoe |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter |
| E.B. White |
Charlotte's Web |
| E.B. White |
Stuart Little |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Little House series |
| Jane Yolen |
Young Merlin books |
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Entering Grade Five List
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| Louisa May Alcott |
Little Women |
| Hans Christian Anderson |
Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales |
| William H. Armstrong |
Sounder |
| Richard & Florence Atwater |
Mr. Popper's Penguins |
| Avi |
S.O.R. Losers |
| Natalie Babbit |
Knee, Knick, Rise |
| Natalie Bobbit |
Tuck Everlasting |
| Marion Dane Bauer |
On My Honor |
| John Bellairs |
Various titles |
| Gwenda Blair |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Carol Ryrie Brink |
Caddie Woodlawn |
| Judy Blume |
Various titles |
| Betsy Byars |
Bingo Brown series |
| Betsy Byars |
Herculeah Jones series |
| Betsy Byars |
Pin Balls |
| Betsy Byars |
The Summer of the Swans |
| Betsy Byars |
Trouble River |
| Natalie Savage Carlson |
The Family Under the Bridge |
| Elizabeth Coatsworth |
The Cat Who Went to Heaven |
| Pam Conrad |
Prairie Songs |
| Pam Conrad |
My Daniel |
| Audrey Couloumbis |
Getting Near to Baby |
| Alice Dalgliesh |
The Courage of Sarah Noble |
| Mickie Davidson |
Hellen Keller |
| Barthe DeClements |
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade |
| Karen DiCamillo |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
| Karen DiCamillo |
The Tiger Rising |
| Franklin Dixon |
Hardy Boys mysteries |
| Michael Dorris |
Various titles |
| Paul Fleischman |
Boming Room |
| Paul Fleischman |
Bull Run |
| Jean Fritz |
The Whipping Boy |
| Bette Greene |
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon |
| Brian Jacques |
The Legend of Luke |
| Norton Juster |
The Phantom Tollbooth |
| Carolyn Keene |
Nancy Drew mysteries |
| Dick King-Smith |
Various titles |
| E.L. Konigsburg |
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
| Jane Langton |
The Fledgeling |
| Astrid Lindgren |
Pippi Longstocking |
| C.S. Lewis |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| Janet Taylor Lisle |
Afternoon of the Elves |
| Myra Livingstone |
Poetry selections |
| Sharon Bell Mathis |
The Hundred Penny box |
| Eloise McGraw |
The Moorchild |
| Patricia McKissack |
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman |
| Patricia McKissack |
Run Away Home |
| A.A. Milne |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Phyllis Reynolds Taylor |
Beetles, Lightly Toasted |
| Phyllis Reynolds Taylor |
Shiloh selections |
| Dennis Nolan |
Wolf Child |
| Sterling North |
Rascal |
| Mary Norton |
Borrowers Books |
| Robert O'Brien |
Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH |
| Uri Oriev |
The Island on Bird Street |
| Barbara Park |
Various Selections |
| Katherine Paterson |
Jip: His Story |
| Richard Peck |
Blossom Culp books |
| Richard Peck |
A Long Way From Chicago |
| Bill Peet |
Bill Peet: An Autobiography |
| Jack Prelutsky |
Poetry selections |
| Howard Pyle |
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Seymour Reit |
Behind Rebel Lines |
| Thomas Rockwell |
How to Eat Fried Worms |
| J.K. Rowling |
Harry Potter books |
| Pam M. Ryan |
Riding Freedom |
| Cynthia Rylant |
Missing May |
| George Selden |
The Cricket in Times Square |
| Shel Silverstein |
Poetry selections |
| William Steig |
Abel's Island |
| Jerry Spinelli |
Crash |
| Jerry Spinelli |
Knots in My Yoyo String |
| Jerry Spinelli |
Maniac Magee |
| Mildred Taylor |
The Friendship |
| Mildred Taylor |
The Well |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Little House series |
| Elizabeth Winthrop |
The Battle for the Castle |
| Elizabeth Winthrop |
Castle in the Attic |
| Laurence Yep |
The Cook's Family |
| Laurence Yep |
Dragon books |
| Jane Yolen |
Wizards Hall |
| Jane Yolen |
Young Merlin books |
| Paul O. Zelinzky |
Rumplestiltskin |