Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Caldecott Books and Newberry Book Winners

Grades K-2

Grade Levels Fiction Level Non Fiction Level

K-2nd

A Ball for Daisy. By Chris

Raschka. May 2011. 32p.

Random/chwartz

& Wade)

GLE – K-1 Lexile – 120 DRA- A Guided reading - A

The Little Island (Dell Picture Yearling) by Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 590L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by

Doreen Cronin

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.3

Lexile® measure: 160L

DRA: 16-18

Guided Reading: K

Book Type: Read-Aloud Book

Genre/Theme:

Comedy and Humor

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack

Keats

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Lexile® measure: 500L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J Genre Theme: Non fiction

Finders Keepers (Voyager) by Will

Lipkind

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 540L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Flying Bats (Level 1) (Hello Reader! Science Level 1) by Fay Robinson

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 10L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott

Medal Book) by Simms Taback

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile: nr Guided reading I

Chameleons by Susan Labella (Author) Scholastic Library Publishing

Guided Reading Level: I

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 DRA: 16-18 Genre: Comedy and Humor

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig

Bemelmans

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4 Lexile: NR Guided Reading: M DRA: 38 Genre: Classics, General Fiction

Planets by Jennifer Dussling

(Goodreads Author), Denise

Ortakales (Goodreads Author)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.0 Genre/Theme: General

Nonfiction

May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice

Schenk de Regniers

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4 Lexile: NR Guided Reading ;M Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Caterpillars, Bugs, And Butterflies (Young Naturalist Field Guides) by Mel Boring

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 850L

My Friend Rabbit by Eric

Rohmann

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Guided Reading: NR Book Type: Circular Story Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Butterflies(Hello Reader! Science Level 2) by Karen Jo Shapiro illustrated by Jean Cassels

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile® measure: 190L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

No, David! by David Shannon

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.1 Guided Reading - D Genre: Comedy and Humor, Series

Busy in the Garden by George

Shannon

illustrated by Sam Williams

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction Poetry and Rhymes

Once a Mouse... by Marcia Brown

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4 Lexile® measure: 530L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: adventure

Animal Homes (A True Book) by Ann O. Squire

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.7 Lexile® measure: 890L DRA: 20-24 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Ox-Cart Man by Barbra Cooney,

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 1130L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Baby Animals:by Seymour Simon, Chronicle Books

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 640L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Lexile® measure: 690L

Dinosaur!by Peter Sis scholastic (3) Book Type: Wordless Book Genre/Theme:

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 DRA: 28

Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Animal Stories

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 760L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

(Non Fiction not Caldecott) Autumn Leaves 978-1-56065-958-7 Capstone

GR -B

Beans 978-1-56065-946-4 Capstone

GR -B

Where the Wild Things Are by

Maurice Sendak

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 740L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Fantasy

Eating Apples 978-1-56065-950-1 Capstone

GR -C

Yo! Yes? (Scholastic Bookshelf) by

Christopher Raschka

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2 DRA: 3-4 Guided Reading: C Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Apple Trees 978-1-56065-949-5 Capstone

GR - D

The Gardener by Sarah Hyman

Stewart

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 570L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: General Fiction

From Blossom to Fruit 978-1-56065-952-5 Capstone

GR - E

Frog and Toad Are Friends Book and CD

(I Can Read Book 2) by Arnold Lobel

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 400L DRA: 18 Guided Reading: K

Picking Apples 978-1-56065-953-2 - Capstone

GR-E

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub: Book

and Musical CD by Audrey Wood

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Lexile® measure: 310 Guided Reading: J

Vegetable Group 978-0-7368-6928-7 Capstone

GR- H

Make Way for Ducklings by Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Flowers GR- I

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Robert McCloskey

Lexile® measure: 630L DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L

978-0-7368-9619-1 Capstone

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by

Charlotte Zolotow

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 280L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J

Leaves 978-0-7368-9621-4 Capstone

GR-I

Officer Buckle & Gloria (Caldecott Medal Book) by Peggy Rathmann

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 510L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J

Plants Grow from Seeds 978-0-7368-9819-5 Capstone

GR - J

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 510L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J

Flowers 978-0-7368-4864-0 Capstone

GR- K

Seven Blind Mice (Reading

Railroad) by Ed Young

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 350L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I

Honey Bees

978-0-7368-4882-4 - Capstone

GR - E

Owen by Kevin Henkes

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 370L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: K

Dragonflies 978-0-7368-8209-5 Capstone

GR- E

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken

Identity by Mo Willems

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Lexile® measure: 690L GR- L

What Does the President Do? ( Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers ) by Amanda Miller

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Lexile® measure: 450L Book Type: Beginning Reader Book

The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gag 220 L PK- 2nd

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 2 Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes GR - A

The Sun: Updated ( Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers ) by Melanie Chrismer

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile® measure: 390L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Pat the Bunny by: Kunhardt, Dorothy

Not available Lexile 590 GR -D

The Little Island (Dell Picture Yearling) by Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 590L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L

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Caldecott Books and Newberry Book Winners

Grades 3-5

Grade Levels Fiction/Literture Level Non Fiction/Informational Level

3-5 Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman and Stephen Gammell

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5 Lexile® measure: 760L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O

Birds of Prey

(Scary Creatures)

by Gerald Legg

illustrated by Bob Hersey (2)

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9 Lexile® measure: 980L DRA: 30-3 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The View From Saturday (Newbery Medal Book) by E. L. Konigsburg

Lexile Level: 870 Guided Reading Level: U DRA Level: 50

A Ladybug Larva Grows Up (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers) by Katie Marsico illustrated by Katie Marsico

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 580L

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other

Fairly Stupid Tales by Lane Smith

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 520L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P

Snakes and Other Reptiles ( Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers ) by Mary Knudson Schulte

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8 Lexile® measure: 400L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 770 DRA: 28-30 Guided Reading: N

Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 40-50 Guided Reading: S

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1 Lexile® measure: 830L DRA: 28-30 Guided Reading: N

Everyone Poops (My Body Science) by Taro Gomi

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction-

Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks Jumanji 30th Anniversary Edition by Chris Van Allsburg

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.7 Lexile® measure: 320L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N

The Great Escape: Tunnel to Freedom by Mike Meserole (Sep 2, 2008)

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1 Lexile® measure: 800L Guided Reading: Y

Abel's Island (Newbery Award & Honor Books) by William Steig

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5 Lexile® measure: 920L DRA: 44 Guided Reading: T

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of

the Night by Joyce Sidman,

illustrated by Rick Allen

Grade Level Equivalent: 8.6 Lexile® measure: 1020 Genre/Theme: General Poetry

Breaking Stalin's Nose : Eugene Yelchin

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 670L

Inside Out and Back Again : Thanhha Lai

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Lexile® measure: 800L DRA: 60 Guided Reading: W

Moon Over Manifest : Clare Vanderpool

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Lexile® measure: 800L

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin) by Elizabeth Yates

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8 Lexile® measure: 1090L DRA: 44 Guided Reading: V

A Year Down Yonder (Newbery Medal Book) by Richard Peck

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9 Lexile® measure: 610L DRA: 50 Guided Reading: V

Lily's Crossing

by Patricia Reilly Giff

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 40-50 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Children’s Choice Award Winners 2011

http://www.reading.org/Libraries/Choices/cc2011.pdf Follow Link for More Young Children’s Choice Award

Grade Fiction / Literature Level Non Fiction/Informational Level

K-2 City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems illustrated by Jon J Muth

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 490L Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Banana

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 4 GR - G Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

by Pam Robson

A Balloon for Isabel Deborah Underwood. Ill. Laura Rankin.

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 370L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: K

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals by Catherine D

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 4 GR - J Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Little Pink Pup Pat Hutchins

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2 DRA: 3-4 Guided Reading: C Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) by Catherine D. Hughes and Franco Tempesta

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 4 GR - J Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Big Red Barn [Board book] Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Felicia Bond (Illustrator)

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2 DRA: 3-4 Guided Reading: C Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood illustrated by Renata Liwska

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 380L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I

Miss Brooks Loves Books! (And I

Don’t)

Barbara Bottner. Ill. Michael Emberley.

Knopf.

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 370L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: K

An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 380L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin (Mar 2, 2010)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.1 Lexile® measure: 240L DRA: 18 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

First Encyclopedia of Our World ( Usborne, Usborne Internet Linked ) by Felicity Brooks and David Hancock

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 4 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Reference

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Frankie Stein Starts School

Lola M. Schaefer. Ill. Kevan Atteberry.

Marshall

Cavendish.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7 Lexile® measure: 500L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans ( Usborne, Usborne Internet Linked ) by Ben Denne

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Lexile® measure: 800L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Informational Reference

Even Monsters Need Haircuts

Matthew McElligott. Walker Books for

Young

Readers.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2 Lexile® measure: 350L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

First Science Encyclopedia (Smithmark Pub.)

Interest Level: Grade K - Grade 7 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Reference

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox illustrated by Patricia Mullens, Patricia Mullins

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

First Encyclopedia of Science ( Usborne, Usborne ) by Rachel Firth, illustrated by David Hancock

Interest Level: Grade K - Grade 7 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Reference

*How Rocket Learned to Read

Tad Hills. Schwartz & Wade.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 600L Book Type: Alphabet Book Genre/Theme:

Pet Heroes ( Scholastic Reader, Scholastic Reader Level 3 ) by Nicole Corse

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Comedy and Humor

If You’re a Monster and You Know It

Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley.

Orchard.

Interest Level: PreK - Kindergarten DRA: 14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: Song Comedy and Humor

Ostrich: The World's Biggest Bird by Natalie Lunis

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Lexile® measure: 630L Genre/Theme: General Fiction

*Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook.

House.

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Lexile® measure: 620L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor Series

The Magic School Bus® In the Bat Cave ( Magic School Bus Series ) by Jeanette Lane There are several Magic School Bus books – each Grade level equivalent will be much the same.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7 Lexile® measure: 470L Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Adventure General Nonfiction

Zen Ghosts Jon J Muth. Scholastic.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 530L Genre/Theme: Folktales

Elephants Swim by Linda Capus Riley, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6 Lexile® measure: 330L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Reference

Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Lexile® measure: 570L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 DRA: 10 Guided Reading: F Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes General non fiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Swim! Swim! Lerch. Scholastic.

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 180L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

On the Beach ( Usborne, Usborne ) by Alastair Smith

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1 DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Informational Series

The Odious Ogre

by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules

Feiffer

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Lexile® measure: 880L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: R Genre/Theme: Fables

Great Lakes ( Rookie Read-About, Rookie Read-About Geography ) by Kimberly Valzania

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7 Lexile® measure: 500L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction Dictionaries

There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog by Jennifer Ward and Steve Gray (Mar 1, 2010)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Lexile® measure: 400L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Book Type: Cumulative Tale Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor Poetry and Rhymes

If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor illustrated by Peter Parnall

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 Lexile® measure: 870L Genre/Theme: General Fiction

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L Book Type: Cumulative Tale Genre/Theme:

From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5 Book Type: Counting and Number Book Genre/Theme: General non fiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Poetry and Rhymes

3-5 Mr. Macky Is Wacky! ( My Weird School , Book # 15) by Dan Gutman, illustrated by Jim Paillot

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 620L DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Banana!

Elaine Landue

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 810L DRA: 20-24 Guided Reading: M

Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6 Lexile® measure: 670L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Great Sand Dunes National

Monument (A True Book)by D.

Peterson, David Petersen

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O

Shark vs. Train

Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld.

Little, Brown.

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.9 Lexile® measure: 220L DRA: 18 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Yellowstone National Park (A True Book) by D. Petersen

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1 Lexile® measure: 840L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: M

The Berry-Picking Man by Jane Buchanan, illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 620L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme:

In the Days of the Pharaohs: A Look at Ancient Egypt by Milton Meltzer

Grade Level Equivalent: 8.3 Lexile® measure: 1060L DRA: 44 Guided Reading: V

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

General Fiction

Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife: A Giant of a Tale from Ireland by Robert Byrd

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Lexile® measure: 660L Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Play Around the World (We All Share) by Patricia Lakin

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6 Lexile® measure: 870L Guided Reading M

Finn McCool and the Great Fish

Sleeping Bear Press

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1 Lexile® measure: 820L Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.5 Lexile® measure: 1080 DRA: 60 Guided Reading: Y

I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch, illustrated by Herm Auch

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8 Lexile® measure: 600L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor General Fiction

Mr. President: A Book of U.S. Presidents ( Scholastic Biography ) by George Sullivan

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9 Lexile® measure: 990L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: Biography

Copper

Kazu Kibuishi. Graphix.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 12 Genre/Theme: Adventure Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Lance Armstrong: Racing For His Life (Sprint) by Michael Sandler

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 460L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N

Robinson Crusoe (Action) Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Race Horses Interest Level: Grade 3 -

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 by Daniel Defoe, Michael Sandler

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 450L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L

by Michael Sandler

Grade 5 Lexile® measure: 760L

Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and

Blunders

Mike Townsend. Dial.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1 Lexile® measure: 780L Genre/Theme: Westerns

Venus And Serena Williams: Slamming Sisters (Sprint) by Michael Sandler

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.8 Lexile® measure: 690L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P

The Stonekeeper (Amulet, Book #1) by Kazu Kibuishi

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 DRA: 40 Guided Reading: Q Genre/Theme: Adventure Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Animal Rescue Team: Gator on

the Loose!

Sue Stauffacher. Ill. Priscilla

Lamont. Knopf.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 730L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: Adventure Animal Stories

Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods & Heroes by Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 780L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: Q Genre/Theme: Fables, folktales and myths

Ten True Animal Rescues by Jeanne Betancourt

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 730L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: Adventure Animal Stories

Finn McCool and the Great Fish

Eve Bunting. Ill. Zachary Pullen.

Sleeping Bear

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1 Lexile® measure: 820L

Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 780L

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

DRA: 40 Guided Reading: Q Genre/Theme: Westerns

My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 480L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Animal Rescuers (True Tales) by Rosanna Hansen

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 660L DRA: 30 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Informational

Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 360 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Bones: Skeletons and How They

Work

Steve Jenkins. Scholastic.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.8 Lexile® measure: 980L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: Q Genre/Theme: Informational

Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp

Shakedown

Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Knopf.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 390L Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Defin... by Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, illustrated by Robert Sabuda

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 DRA: 44 Guided Reading: V Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

Lincoln Peirce. HarperCollins.

(Series of Big Nate books)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 430L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: R Genre/Theme:

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 ( I Survived , Book # 1) by Lauren Tarshis

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 590L Book Type: Chapter Book Genre/Theme:

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Comedy and Humor Comic Books and Graphic Novels Series

Adventure Historical Fiction

Blindsided

Priscilla Cummings. Dutton Juvenile. Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 Lexile® measure: 770L

Miniature Horses ( Learning about Horses ) by Charlotte Wilcox

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 830L Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Popularity Papers: Research for

the

Social Improvement and General

Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie

Graham-Chang

Amy Ignatow. Amulet.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5 Genre/Theme: Comic Books and Graphic Novels Diaries and Journals

Heart-Stopping Roller Coasters Meish Goldish. Bearport.

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 880L Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sis

Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Lexile® measure: 650L Genre/Theme: Biography Historical Fiction Multicultural

Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction by Dan Green, Simon Basher

Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Ghostopolis

Doug TenNapel. Graphix.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 300L Genre/Theme: Adventure

Dinosaurs ( Pathfinders ) by Paul M. A. Willis

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 Lexile® measure: 910L Guided Reading: X

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Comedy and Humor Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Grimm Legacy

Polly Shulman. Putnam. Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 600L Genre/Theme: Fantasy

I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird:

My

Adventures Photographing Wild

Animals

From a Helicopter

Robert B. Haas. National

Geographic.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 Lexile® measure: 910L Guided Reading: X Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life

(and a Dog)

Art Corriveau. Amulet.

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.0 Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Kid vs. Squid

Greg van Eekhout. Bloomsbury.

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6 Lexile® measure: 750L Genre/Theme: Adventure Legends and Myth

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Kids Picks 2011-12 Grade Fiction / Literature Level Non Fiction/Informational Level

I Broke My Trunk!. 2006. 64p. Disney/Hperion

Preschool-Grade 2. Genre/Theme:

Comedy and Humor

The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book - Special eBook Edition: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You!

By Tom Robinson

Interest Level: Grade K - Grade 4 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Reference

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale. 2004. 32p. Hyperion (0-7868-1870-0), Preschool-Grade1

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.0 Lexile® measure: 120L DRA: 18 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey and Stacy Curtis (Sep 16, 2008)

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Genre/Theme: Advice and Self-Help

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. 2003. 40p. Hyperion (0-7868-1988-X) Preschool.

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1 Lexile® measure: 120L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

My Car Wins the Race (An illustrated picture book for young children) by J.D. Barr (Jan 26, 2012) - Kindle eBook

E- Book – Kindle Pre school – Kind. RL- 1.2

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Komodo Dragon ( Welcome Books,

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Hear?

by Bill Martin, illustrated by Eric Carle

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 12 Guided Reading: G Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Welcome Books ? Animals of the World ) by Edana Eckart

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Lexile® measure: 430L DRA: 10 Guided Reading: F Book Type: Beginning Reader Book Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Some from the Moon, Some from the

Sun: Poems and songs for everyone. by Margot Zemach

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.9 Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Dragon Dance: A

Chinese New Year Lift-

the-Flap...

by Joan Holub,

illustrated by Benrei

Huang

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1 Book Type: Lift the Flap Book Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction Multicultural

James Marshall's Mother Goose

by James Vance Marshall

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Everything Spring (Picture the Seasons) by Jill Esbaum (Feb 9, 2010)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5 Lexile® measure: 260L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Cat Heaven

by Cynthia Rylant

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Rhymes

Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All about Me (Picture Window)) by Lisa Bullard (Aug 2002)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5 Lexile® measure: 260L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

If You Have a Dog - A Silly Rhyming Picture Book (Animal Rhyming) by Jenny King (Feb 1, 2012) - Kindle eBook

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Rhymes E book - Kindle

Stars: All Aboard Science Reader Station Stop 1 ( All Aboard Reading, All Aboard Reading ? 1 ) by Jennifer A. Dussling, illustrated by Mavis Smith

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5 Lexile® measure: 260L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

I Love You Best: A Book To Read Together (A Rhyming Picture Book For Young Children) by Cindy Bracken (Jan 5, 2012) - Kindle eBook

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 600L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction E book - Kindle

Slugs

( Early Bird Nature Books )

by Anthony D.

Fredericks

Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0 Lexile® measure: 590L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten (Picture Puffins) by Joseph Slate and Ashley Wolff (Nov 11, 2002)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 450L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Slugs and Snails

( Minibeasts ) by Claire Llewellyn

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come (Picture Puffins) by Nancy L. Carlson (Jul 9, 2001)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Lexile® measure: 200L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Penguins

( Scholastic Science Readers, Scholastic Science Readers Level 1 )

by Kathleen Weidner

Zoehfeld

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile® measure: 550L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls (Animal Balls early reader children's picture book series) by Anthony Bastarache (Oct 21, 2011) - Kindle eBook

Picture book E-book - Kindle

Penguins

( Scholastic Reader, Scholastic Reader Level 3 )

by Kate Waters

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 620L DRA: 20-24 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Dragon's Alphabet Soup: Learn ABCs with Eric the Dragon (A Children's Picture Book) by Rachel Yu, Michael Yu and Kayleigh Scheidt (Nov 30, 2010) - Kindle eBook

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1 Book Type: ABC Book

Penguins

by Gallimard Jeunesse

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Lexile® measure: 710L Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Annie and the Wild Animals

by Jan Brett

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Rain Forest (First

Discovery)

by Gallimard Jeunesse

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 580L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: M

My Friend the BEAR (Children's

Picture Book for kids aged 2 - 5) by JJ

Ley, JJ Ley and Mathew Ferguson (Jan

21, 2012)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 370L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction Poetry and Rhymes

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

Some Smug Slug

by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by

Henry Cole

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 620L Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Spiders ( Scholastic Science Readers, Scholastic Science Readers Level 1 ) by Carolyn B. Otto

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile® measure: 260L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Pip the Penguin

by Joy Cowley

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 390L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Animals in the Dark

by Seymour Simon

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

This Little Chick

by John Lawrence

illustrated by John Lawrence

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Lexile® measure: 460L Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: Animal Stories General Fiction

Dr. Seuss ( Rookie Biographies ) by D. Rau

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 390L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: General non fiction

Dr Seuss's Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss (Aug 12, 1962)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Sleep

( Baby Faces )

by Roberta Grobel

Intrater

Interest Level: PreK -

Kindergarten

Genre/Theme:

Realistic non fiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Dr. Seuss's ABC

by Dr Seuss

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Ants, Bees, and Other

Social Insects

( World Discovery Science Readers )

by Kris Hirschmann

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Lexile® measure: 750L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It

All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr.

Seuss (Aug 12, 1960)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 30L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Rhyming Story

Fossils

( World Discovery Science Readers )

by Kris Hirschmann

Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4 Book Type: Chapter Book Guided Reading : O Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Time to Sleep

by Denise Fleming

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 310L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Book Type: Read-Aloud Book Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Scholastic First

Discovery: Endangered

Animals

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Guided Reading : M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the

Bed

( Five Little Monkeys )

by Eileen Christelow

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 310L DRA: 8 Guided Reading: E Genre/Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Dinosaur Babies

( Let's Read and Find Out Science, Let's Read and Find Out Science ? Stage 2 )

by Kathleen Weidner

Zoehfeld, illustrated by

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.8 Lexile® measure: 770L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Lucia Washburn

The Three Bears

by Paul Galdone

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4 Lexile® measure: 610L Book Type: Predictable Book Genre/Theme: Classics Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

The Magic School

Bus® Shows and Tells:

A B...

( Magic School Bus TV , Book # 21)

by Joanna Cole

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4 Lexile® measure: 490L Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: Adventure

Richard Scarry's Favorite Storybook

Ever (Picture Book) by Richard Scarry

(Oct 14, 2003)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Genre/Theme: Classics Nursery Rhymes

Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera B. Williams

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.6 Lexile® measure: 560L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: Mystery and Suspense

Big Dog...Little Dog (Beginner Books(R)) by P.D. Eastman, P.D. Eastman and Peter Anthony Eastman (May 27, 2003)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7 Lexile® measure: 250L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

Abraham Lincoln

(Let's Read Biography)

( Scholastic First Biographies )

by Sonia Black,

illustrated by Carol

Heyer

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Biography and Autobiography

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Old MacDonald Had a Farm

by Holly Berry and North South Books

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.3 DRA: 11-12 Guided Reading: G Genre/Theme: Animal Stories General Fiction

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Let's Read Biography)

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3 Lexile® measure: 390L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J

Curious George Goes Camping (Curious George 8x8) by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey (Oct 25, 1999)

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6 Lexile® measure: 310L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Paul Revere

( Rookie Biographies )

by Wil Mara

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8 Lexile® measure: 350L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Biography

Curious George The Surprise Gift (CGTV

8x8) by H. A. Rey (Oct 8, 2008

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 290L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Adventure

Sitting Bull

( Rookie Biographies )

by Susan Evento

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8 Lexile® measure: 350L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: I Genre/Theme: Biography

Too Noisy!: A Picture Reader

( All Aboard Reading, All Aboard Reading Picture Books )

by Sonja Lamut

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 DRA: 11-12 Guided Reading: G Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Benjamin Franklin ( Rookie Biographies ) by Wil Mara

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Lexile® measure: 580L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N

The Big Snowball ( All Aboard Reading, Interest Level: Kindergarten -

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 All Aboard Reading Picture Books ) by

Wendy Cheyette Lewison, illustrated by

Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.3 DRA: 5-6 Guided Reading: D Genre/Theme: Adventure Comedy and Humor

Many more Rookie Biographies are available.

Pig Out! ( All Aboard Reading, All Aboard Reading Picture Books ) by Portia Aborio, illustrated by Heidi Petach

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.1 DRA: 11-12 Guided Reading: G Genre/Theme: Animal Stories

The Biggest Animal Ever ( Rookie Read-About, Rookie Read-About Science ) by Allan Fowler

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9 Lexile® measure: 420L DRA: 11-12 Guided Reading: G

Clifford Loves Me ( Clifford, Clifford the Big Red Dog ) by Thea Feldman, illustrated by Gita Lloyd and Eric Binder

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7 Lexile® measure: 610L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: Adventure

Turtles And Snails (First Discovery) by Gallimard Jeunesse

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 570L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P

The Biggest Snowman Ever

( Hello Reader )

by Steven Kroll

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0 DRA: 3-4 Guided Reading: C Genre/Theme: Rhymes

Farm Animals (First

Discovery)

by Gallimard Jeunesse

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Lexile® measure: 570L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P

Franklin's Neighborhood:

FRANKLIN'S NEIGHBORH ...

( Franklin, Franklin )

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 380L DRA: 24

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark,

illustrated by Brenda Clark

Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: General Fiction

It's Spring!

( Hello Reader! , Hello Reader! Level 2 )

by Pamela Chanko, Samantha Berger,

illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7 Lexile® measure: 310L DRA: 14 Guided Reading: H Book Type: Read-Aloud Book Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

My Friend Bear

by Jez Alborough

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Lexile® measure: 370L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Grades 3-5

Grandma Chickenlegs ( Carolrhoda Picture Books ) by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Moira Kemp

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 720L DRA: 30-34 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Westerns

TIME for Kids BIG Book of Why: 1,001 Facts Kids Want to Know (Time for Kids Magazine) by John Perritano (Aug 10, 2010)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction Reference Q&A

Boys Only: How to Survive Anything

by Martin Oliver, illustrated by Simon

Ecob

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7 Guided Reading: T Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor Comic Books and Graphic Novels

The Never-Bored Kid Book, Ages 7-8 by Jo Ellen Moore (Jun 1, 2006)

Interest level: Grade 3-7

Genre/Theme:

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 General Nonfiction

Reference Q&A Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-

4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight

at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning,

and Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope

Osborne (May 29, 2001)

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3 Genre/Theme: General Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction and Fantasy Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 240L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: M Book Type: Early Chapter Book

The Internet for Kids ( A True Book , A True Book ) by Charnan Kazunas and Tom Kazunas

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9 Lexile® measure: 1030L DRA: 34-38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Ivy & Bean's Secret Treasure Box (Books 1-3) by Annie Barrows (Oct 1, 2008)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7 Lexile® measure: 510L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: M Book Type: Chapter Book

Kids During the Time

of the Maya

( Kids Throughout History )

by Caroline M.

Levchuck and C. M.

Levchuck

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9 Lexile® measure: 900L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books) by Beverly Cleary and Alan Tiegreen (Oct 1, 19) (There are many other Ramona Quimby books your children will enjoy)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Lexile® measure: 860L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Kids During the Great

Depression

( Kids Throughout History )

by Lisa A. Wroble and L.

Wroble

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3 Lexile® measure: 730L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O

The Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection: Books 1-3 by Megan

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2

The Kids' Invention Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds (Sep 14, 2010)

Judy Moody Declares Independence

( Judy Moody, Judy Moody , Book # 6)

by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter

H.

(There are many other Judy Moody books

your children will enjoy)

Lexile® measure: 590L DRA: 30 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Book

by Arlene Erlbach

Lexile® measure: 760L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Book Type: Activity Book Genre/Theme: Functional and How-To General Nonfiction

The Case of the Sneaker Sneak

( Jigsaw Jones, Jigsaw Jones Mystery , Book # 16)

by James Preller, illustrated by Jamie

Smith

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 320L DRA: 30 Guided Reading: N Book Type: Chapter Book Genre/Theme: Mystery and Suspense

The Kids Book of the

Night Sky

by Heather Collins, Jane

Drake and Ann Love

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 6.2 Lexile® measure: 980L Guided Reading: W Genre/Theme: Westerns

The Candy Corn Contest (The Kids of the Polk Street School) by Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims (Nov 2, 1987)

(series books)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Lexile® measure: 260L DRA: 28 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: General Fiction

The Kids' Book of

Weather Forecasting:

Build a...

by Mark Breen and

Kathleen Friestad

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers

by Eve Bunting

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9 Lexile® measure: 510L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: R Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

The Great Shark Escape (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, No. 7) by Jennifer Johnston (Sep 1, 2001)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Lexile® measure: 510L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar

Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children

Mysteries) by Gertrude Chandler

Warner (Jan 1, 1989

(series books)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Genre/Theme: Adventure Mystery and Suspense

The Body Book for Boys by Grace Norwich

Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 9 Genre/Theme: Functional and How-To General Nonfiction

If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your

Hand:...

by Kalli Dakos, illustrated by Brian Karas

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Fossils ( Watts Library, Watts Library ) by Trudi Strain Trueit and T. Trueit

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 7.4 Lexile® measure: 1130L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2 Lexile® measure: 820L DRA: 60 Guided Reading: W Book Type: Chapter Book Genre/Theme: Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex by Don Lessem and John R. Horner

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Lexile® measure: 1000L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: P Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Kirsten Snowbound! ( American Girl,

American Girl Short Stories )

by Janet Shaw

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2 Lexile® measure: 530L

Great Whales: The

Gentle Giants

by Patricia Lauber

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3 Lexile® measure: 730L Guided Reading: W

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5) by Jeff Kinney (Nov 9, 2010)

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Lexile® measure: 950L DRA: 40 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Dinosaur Discoveries

by Gail Gibbons

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Lexile® measure: 760L DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) by Rick Riordan (Jan 25, 2011)

The Lightning Thief ( Percy Jackson

and the Olympians, Percy Jackson and

the Olympians , Book # 1)

by Rick Riordan

(Series book)

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.7

Lexile® measure: 740L

DRA: 40

Guided Reading: S

Book Type: Chapter Book

Genre/Theme:

Adventure

Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Killer Rocks from Outerspace: Asteroids, Comet... ( Discovery ) by Steven N. Koppes

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 8.6 Lexile® measure: 1120L Guided Reading: Z Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Aug 10, 2004) (Series book)

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9 Lexile® measure: 950L DRA: 60 Guided Reading: W Genre/Theme: Adventure

When Objects Talk:

Solving a Crime with

Science

( Discovery )

by Mark P. Friedlander

Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 7.4 Lexile® measure: 1030L Guided Reading: Y Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Into the Wild (Warriors, Book 1) by Erin Hunter (Jan 6, 2004)

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2 Lexile® measure: 790L DRA: 50 Guided Reading: S Genre/Theme: Adventure

The Usborne Book of

Space Facts: Records

&mdas...

( Usborne, Usborne )

Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 6.3 Lexile® measure: 1080L Guided Reading: NR Genre/Theme: Reference

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5

by Struan Reid

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1)

by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Mar 1, 2000)

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9 Lexile® measure: 800L DRA: 60 Guided Reading: W Genre/Theme: Dictionaries Series Science Fiction and Fantasy

Everything You Need

to Know About Science

Home...

by Anne Zeman and

Kate Kelly

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 6 Genre/Theme: Reference

The Name of This Book Is Secret

by Pseudonymous Bosch

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Lexile® measure: 810L Genre/Theme: Adventure Comedy and Humor

Everything You Need to Know about American His... by Anne Zeman and Kate Kelly

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 6 Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Bad Beginning

( Series of Unfortunate Events , Book # 1)

by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett

Helquist

(Series Book)

Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8 Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1 Lexile® measure: 1010 DRA: 50 Guided Reading: V Genre/Theme: Adventure

Spring ( Blastoff! Readers, Blastoff! Readers ) by Ann Herriges

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Lexile® measure: 580L DRA: 20-24 Guided Reading: M Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Search for the Dragon Ship

( Droon, Secrets of Droon , Book # 18)

by Tony Abbott

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Lexile® measure: 490L DRA: 30-3 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Adventure

Spring

by Ron Hirschi

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 770L DRA: 20 Guided Reading: L Genre/Theme:

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Dictionaries Series Science Fiction and Fantasy

General Nonfiction

The Mutation ( Animorphs, Animorphs , Book # 36) by Katherine A. Applegate

Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1 Lexile® measure: 480L DRA: 44 Guided Reading: T Genre/Theme: Adventure Dictionaries Series Science Fiction and Fantasy

Spring Is Here!

( Hello Reader )

by Mary Packard,

illustrated by Claudine

Gevry

Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5 Lexile® measure: 230L DRA: 12 Guided Reading: G Book Type: Beginning Reader Book Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Pippi Longstocking

( Pippi Longstocking )

by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Louis S.

Glanzman, translation by Florence

Lamborn

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2 Lexile® measure: 870L DRA: 34 Guided Reading: O Book Type: Chapter Book Genre/Theme: Adventure Classics Comedy and Humor

Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur, illustrated by Leslie Evans

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Book Type: Read-Aloud Book Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Poppleton in Spring

( Poppleton , Book # 5)

by Cynthia Rylant

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 330L DRA: 16-18 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor

Winter is

by Ann Dixon, illustrated

by Mindy Dwyer

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5 Lexile® measure: 500L DRA: 24 Guided Reading: K

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7 Lexile® measure: 890L

Autumn Leaves

( Preparing for Winter )

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.1

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 DRA: 40 Guided Reading: R Book Type: Chapter Book

by Gail Saunders-Smith

DRA: A/1 Guided Reading: A Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Best Easter Prize

by Kristina Evans, illustrated by John

Wallace

Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3 Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Flying Bats (Level 1)

( Hello Reader! , Hello Reader! Science Level 1 )

by Fay Robinson,

illustrated by Carol

Schwartz

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6 Lexile® measure: 10L DRA: 13-14 Guided Reading: H Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

The Littles Get Trapped!

( The Littles, Littles First Reader )

by John Peterson

Interest Level: 1 - Grade 4 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Lexile® measure: 160L DRA: 18-20 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Adventure Animal Stories

My Picture Book of the

Planets

by Nancy E. Krulik

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4 Lexile® measure: 660L DRA: 38 Guided Reading: O

Green Eggs and Ham

by Dr. Seuss

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Lexile® measure: 30L DRA: 16 Guided Reading: J Genre/Theme: Rhyming Story

George Washington: A

Picture Book

Biography

Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5 Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6 Lexile® measure: 630L DRA: 30 Guided Reading: N Genre/Theme: Biography

The Three Bears

by Paul Galdone

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4 Lexile® measure: 610L

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Book Type: Predictable Book

Genre/Theme: Classics Fables, Folk Tales and Myths

Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose

Ever

by Richard Scarry

Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2 Genre/Theme: Classics Nursery Rhymes

Great Books for Guided Reading

Title F&P Level Publisher Best Friends

B Richard Owens

My Dog Fuzzy Alley Cat Bedtime Breakfast with John The Fox Hop and Stop I went to the Beach Pigs Peek The Pond Zippers

C Richard Owens

At the Horse Show Beach Feet Car Followed Us Cat Tails Chickens Eat Your Broccoli I Meowed

D Richard Owens

My Box My Little Brother Ben Paper Bag

D Richard Owens

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 Play Ball So Sleepy Spiders Everywhere There was a Mouse Click Drawbridge Henry Katydids Kitty Goes Splash Misty Sleeps My Bug Box Old Bumpy Alligator Saguaro So many Strawberries Strange Plants Sunflowers

E Richard Owens

Artist Brithday Bird Camel Ben Cats Everywhere Dogs at School Gecko’s Sotry Granpa’s Candy Store Henry Runs away Jasper Mai- It’s Surprise Moon

F Richard Owens

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Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 SPIDER Magazine-SPIDER is the monthly magazine for kids ages 6 to 9. CRICKET Magazine-For over 30 years, Cricket has delighted, challenged, and entertained young readers 9 to 14. DIG Magazine-Experience the thrill of archaeological discovery with DIG magazine! COBBLESTONE Magazine-COBBLESTONE is the award-winning American history magazine for kids 9 to 14. MUSE Magazine-MUSE explores science, history, and the arts with kids 10 and up. FACES Magazine-FACES brings articles about the cultures of the world to the mailboxes of kids 9 to 14. CALLIOPE Magazine-CALLIOPE is the perfect world history magazine for kids. ALLIOPE Magazine-CALLIOPE is the perfect world history magazine for kids. FOOTSTEPS Magazine-FOOTSTEPS celebrates African American history and culture. CICADA Magazine-CICADA is a literary magazine for teenagers who appreciate terrific writing and quality literature. Kidscanlearn.com

Websites for Great Books lists:

American Library Association Notable Books Based on the Book Modern Library: 100 Best Novels www.time.com www.slkids.com www.scholastic.com www.popsci.com www.nationalgeographic.com www.childrenschoice.com www.pbs.com www.auroralibrary.com http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/classroom-libraries/current-classroom-libraries.html

Books Resources for Elem. K- 5 To Look up Book Levels on your own visit these websites: http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ http://www.fandpleveledbooks.com/