Suggested Reading Lists
K-5 Suggested Reading Lists
First Grade
- Ahlberg, Janet and Allan, Each Peach, Pear, Plum
- Andersen, C.W., Billy and Blaze (series)
- Anno, M., Anno’s Counting Book
- Anno’s Alphabet
- Barrett, Judi, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Bemelmans, Ludwig, Madeline (series)
- Bishop, Claire H., Five Chinese Brothers
- Bridwell, Norman, Clifford (series)
- Brown, Marcia, Stone Soup
- Dick Whittington and His Cat
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Brown, Margaret Wise, The Runaway Bunny
- Goodnight Moon
- Brugess, Thornton W., Mother West Wind’s Children
- Old Mother West Wind
- Mother West Wind’s Neighbors
- Burton, Virginia Lee, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Carle, Eric, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Very Busy Spider
- Caudill, Rebecca, The Best-Loved Doll
- Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie?
- Christian, Mary Blount, Penrod Again
- Daly, Niki, Not So Fast, Songolo
- Duvoisin, Roger, Petunia
- Petunia Takes a Trip
- Petunia’s Christmas
- Eastman, P.D., Are You My Mother?
- Go, Dog, Go!
- Flap Your Wings
- Sam and the Firefly
- The Best Nest
- Farley, Walter, Little Black, A Pony
- Flack, Marjorie, The Story About Ping
- Freeman, Don, Corduroy
- Gag, Wanda, Millions of Cats
- Galdone, Paul, The Little Red Hen
- The Three Bears
- Gordon, Shirley, The Boy Who Wanted a Family
- Hall, Adelaide, The Runaway Giant
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Tanglewood Tales: Being a Second Wonder-Book
- The Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls
- Hill, Elizabeth, Evan’s Corner
- Hoff, Syd, Danny and the Dinosaur
- Albert the Albatross
- Julius
- Mrs. Brice’s Mice
- Sammy the Seal
- And many others…
- Hurd, Edith Thacher, Johnny Lion’s Book
- Johnny Lion’s Bad Day
- Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots
- Come and Have Fun
- Starfish
- Stop Stop
- Keller, Beverly, Pimm’s Place
- Kessler, Leonard, Here Comes the Strikeout
- Kick, Pass and Run
- Last One in Is a Rotten Egg
- On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
- Kraus, Robert, Leo the Late Bloomer
- Leaf, Munro, The Story of Ferdinand the Bull
- Lionni, Leo, Swimmy
- Frederick
- Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
- Inch by Inch
- Fish is Fish
- The Biggest House in the World
- Nicolas, Where Have You Been
- Livingston, Myra Cohn, Poems for the Very Young
- Lobel, Arnold, On Market Street
- Frog and Toad Together
- Frog and Toad are Friends
- Frog and Toad All Year
- And others….
- Lynd Ward, The Biggest Bear
- Martin Jr., Bill, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
- McCloskey, Robert, Blueberries for Sal
- McCully, Emily Arnold, The Grandma Mix-up
- Grandmas at Bat
- Grandmas at the Lake
- Milne, A.A., Winnie-the-Pooh
- The House at Pooh Corner
- Minarik, Else H., Little Bear (series)
- Munsch, Robert, Ribbon Rescue
- Ness, Evaline, Exactly Alike
- Sam, Bangs and Moonshine
- Numuroff, Laura Joffe, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- If You Give a Pig a Pancake
- Parish, Peggy, Amelia Bedelia (series)
- Peppe, Rodney, The House that Jack Built
- Pilkey, Dav, The Paperboy
- Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- 22 other miniature books
- Rylant, Cynthia, The Relatives Came
- Henry and Mudge
- Slobodkina, Esphyr, Caps for Sale
- Udry, Janice May, A Tree is Nice
- Van Woerkom, Dorothy O., Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East
- Becky and the Bear
- The Friends of Abu Ali: Three More Tales of the Middle East
- Meat Pies and Sausages
- Sea Frog, City Frog
- Tit for Tat
- Wadsworth, Olive A., Over in the Meadow
- Wolff, Ashley, A Year of Birds
- Yashima, Taro, Crow Boy
Second Grade
- Aliki, A Medieval Feast
- Digging Up Dinosaurs
- Andersen, C.W., Billy and Blaze (series)
- Andersen, Hans Christian, The Ugly Duckling
- The Little Match Girl
- Ardizzone, Edward, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
- Tim and Ginger
- Tim and Charlotte
- Tim All Alone
- And others…
- Bemelmans, Ludwig, Madeline (series)
- Bond, Michael, A Bear Called Paddington
- Others in the series
- Briggs, Raymond, The Snowman
- Brown, Marc, Arthur (series)
- Bulla, Clyde Robert, The Sword in the Tree
- A Lion to Guard Us
- Marco Moonlight
- Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
- A Ranch for Danny
- Riding the Pony Express
- The Secret Valley
- And many others….
- Burton, Virginia Lee, The Little House
- Carle, Eric, Twelve Tales from Aesop
- Carlson, Natalie Savage, The Happy Orpheline
- A Brother for the Orphelines
- A Pet for the Orphelines
- The Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle
- A Grandmother for the Orphelines
- The Family Under the Bridge
- Cooney, Barbara, Hattie and the Wild Waves
- Miss Rumphius
- Daly, Maureen, The Ginger Horse
- The Small War of Sergeant Donkey
- DeBrunhoff, Jean and Laurent, The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
- And many others…
- DePaola, Tomie, The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
- The Clown of God
- Big Anthony and the Magic Ring
- Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
- Francis the Poor Man of Assisi
- The Lady of Guadalupe
- Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
- Mother Goose
- And many others…
- Godden, Rumer, Mouse House
- The Dragon of Og
- Tho Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle
- The Doll’s House
- The Fairy Doll
- A Kindle of Kittens
- The Story of Holly and Ivy
- Grimm, Brothers, Rumpelstilskin
- Hague, Michael, Aesop’s Fables
- Haywood, Carolyn, “B” is for Betsy (series)
- Little Eddie (series)
- Hoban, Russell, A Baby Sister for Frances
- A Birthday for Frances
- Bedtime for Frances
- Best Friends for Frances
- Hodges, Margaret, Saint George and the Dragon
- Hunt, Angela Elwell, The Tale of Three Trees
- LaFontaine, The Hare and the Tortoise
- Lobel, Arnold, Fables
- Frog and Toad (series)
- McCloskey, Robert, Make Way for Ducklings
- One Morning in Maine
- Blueberries for Sal
- McCord, David, Every Time I Climb a Tree
- McCully, Emily Arnold, Mirette on the High Wire
- Milne, A.A., Winnie the Pooh (series)
- Monjo, F.N., The Drinking Gourd
- Mosel, Arlene, Tikki, Tikki, Tembo
- Parish, Peggy, Amelia Bedelia (series)
- Peet, Bill, Pamela Camel
- Buford, The Little Bighorn
- Cowardly Clyde
- Eli
- Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- And many others…
- Rylant, Cynthia, The Relatives Came
- Henry and Mudge (series)
- Sendak, Maurice, Where the Wild Things Are
- Dr. Seuss, many
- Sharmat, Mitchell, Nate the Great Series
- Gregory, the Terrible Eater
- Spier, Peter, Noah’s Ark
- Steig, William, Brave Irene
- Amos and Boris
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
- Dr. DeSoto
- The Toy Brother
- Steptoe, John, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, A Child’s Garden of Verses
- Stewart, Sarah, The Gardener
- VanAllsburg, Chris, The Polar Express
- Voirst, Judith, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Waber, Bernard, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
- Wilde, Oscar, The Selfish Giant
- Wiseman, Bernard, Morris and Boris (series)
- Yashima, Taro, Crow Boy
- Zemach, Margot, The Fisherman and His Wife
Third Grade
- Aardema, Verna, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale
- American Girl Series
- Andersen, Hans Christian, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
- Anno, Mitsumasa, Anno’s Italy
- Bang, Molly, The Paper Crane
- Bishop, Claire Huchet, Twenty and Ten
- All Alone
- Browning, Robert, The Pied Piper of Hamelin (illus. by Kate Greenaway)
- Butterworth, Oliver, The Enormous Egg
- The Trouble With Jenny’s Ear
- Cherry, Lynne, The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
- Childhood of Famous Americans Series
- Clark, Ann Nolan, Little Navajo Bluebird
- Magic Money
- Paco’s Miracle
- Secret of the Andes
- Cleary, Beverly, The Mouse and the Motorcycle
- Cole, Joanna, The Magic School Bus (series)
- Collodi, Carlo, Adventures of Pinocchio
- D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar, Book of Greek Myths
- Abraham Lincoln
- Benjamin Franklin
- Columbus
- Dagliesh, Alice, Adam and the Golden Cock
- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
- The Columbus Story
- The Courage of Sarah Noble
- The Thanksgiving Story
- Ride on the Wind
- Dahl, Roald, James and the Giant Peach
- Daly, Maureen, The Ginger Horse
- The Small War of Sergeant Donkey
- De Angeli, Marguerite, Bright-April
- Thee, Hannah!
- The Door in the Wall
- Petite Suzanne
- Henner’s Lydia
- The Lion in the Box
- And many others…
- Dixon, Franklin W., The Hardy Boys (series)
- Eager, Edward, Half Magic
- Enright, Elizabeth, Thimble Summer
- Estes, Eleanor, The Hundred Dresses
- The Moffat Series: The Moffats
- The Middle Moffat
- Rufus
- The Pye Series: Ginger Pye
- Pinky Pye
- Gannett, Ruth S., My Father’s Dragon (series)
- Godden, Rumer, The Doll’s House
- Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
- Haywoood, Carolyn, “B” is for Betsy (series)
- Little Eddie (series)
- Henry, Marguerite, Justin Morgan Had a Horse
- King of the Wind
- Misty of Chincoteague
- And many others….
- Hunt, Angela Elwell, The Tale of Three Trees
- Kellogg, Steven, Johnny Appleseed
- Mike Fink
- Paul Bunyon
- Pecos Bill
- Lawson, Robert, Ben and Me: A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin
- Franklin, as Written by His Good Mouse, Amos
- Captain Kidd’s Cat
- The Fabulous Fight
- The Great Wheel
- Mr. Revere and I
- Rabbit Hill
- The Tough Winter (sequel to Rabbit Hill)
- Lewis, C.S., The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
- Lindgren, Astrid, Pippi Longstocking (series)
- Lindquist, Jennie O., The Nancy Series:
- The Golden Name Day
- The Little Silver House
- The Crystal Tree
- Lovelace, Maud Hart, The Betsy series:
- Betsy-Tacy
- Betsy-Tacy and Tib
- Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
- Betsy and Tacy over the Big Hill
- More in this series to read as reading progresses…
- MacDonald, Betty, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (series)
- Moody, Ralph, Come On, Seabiscuit!
- Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
- Wells Fargo
- O’Connor, Jim, Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball
- Norton, Mary, The Borrowers
- The Borrowers Afield
- The Borrowers Afloat
- The Borrowers Aloft
- Peterson, John, The Littles (series)
- Politi, Leo, Song of the Swallows
- Roop, Peter and Connie, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
- Smith, Robert K., Chocolate Fever
- Sobol, Donald, Encyclopedia Brown (series)
- Steig, William, Abel’s Island
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, A Child’s Garden of Verses
- Stolz, M.S., A Dog on Barkham Street
- Taylor, Sydney, All-of-a-Kind Family
- More All-of -a-Kind Family
- All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown
- All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
- Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
- Van Stockum, Hilda, Andries
- Gerrit and the Organ
- The Winged Watchman
- The Bantry Bay Series: The Cottage at Bantry Bay
- Francie on the Run
- Pegeen
- The Mitchells Series: The Mitchells: Five for Victory
- Canadian Summer
- Friendly Gables
- Vision Books, The Cure of Ars: The Priest Who Out-Talked the Devil
- Edmund Campion: Hero of God’s Underground
- Father Marquette and the Great Rivers
- Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi
- Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maid
- St. Francis and the Seven Seas
- St. Isaac and the Indians
- St. John Bosco and St. Dominic Savio
- St. Philip of the Joyous Heart
- St. Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope
- St. Therese and the Roses
- Warner, Gertrude Chandler, The Boxcar Children (series)
- White, E.B., Charlotte’s Web
- Stuart Little
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, The Little House Series:
- Little House in the Big Woods
- Little House on the Prairie
- On the Banks of Plum Creek
- By the Shores of Silver Lake
- The Long Winter
- Little Town on the Prairie
- Farmer Boy
- These Happy Golden Years
- The First Four Years
- Williams, Margery, The Velveteen Rabbit
Fourth Grade
- American Girl Series
- Auch, Mary Jane, Journey to Nowhere
- Banks, Lynn Reid, The Indian in the Cupboard
- Baum, Frank, The Wizard of Oz (series)
- Bishop, Curtis, Sideline Pass
- Brink, Carol Ryrie, Caddie Woodlawn
- Magical Melons (sequel to Caddie Woodlawn)
- Family Grandstand
- Family Sabbatical (sequel to Family Grandstand)
- Others….
- Burnford, Sheila, The Incredible Journey
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, A Little Princess
- Calhoun, Mary, Katie John
- Carroll, Lewis, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Childhood of Famous American series
- Clarke, Pauline, The Return of the Twelves
- Coatsworth, Elizabeth, Alice-All-by-Herself
- Door to the North: A Saga of Fourteenth Century America
- The Last Fort: A Story of the French Voyagers
- The Sword of the Wilderness
- Away Goes Sally
- Five Bushel Farm
- The Fair American
- Coerr, Eleanor, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
- Cohen, Barbara, Molly’s Pilgrim
- Daugherty, James, Daniel Boone
- D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar, Book of Greek Myths
- Abraham Lincoln
- Benjamin Franklin
- Columbus
- Decker, Duane, Catcher from Double A
- De Jong, Dola, The Level Land (World War II, Holland)
- Return to the Level (sequel to The Level Land)
- De Jong, Meindert, Dirk’s Dog, Bello
- Bells of the Harbor (sequel to Dirk’s Dog, Bello)
- Far Out on the Canal
- The House of Sixty Fathers
- Hurry Home, Candy
- Shadrach
- The Wheel on the School
- DuBois, Wlliam Pene, The Twenty-One Balloons
- Duncan, Jane, Camerons Ahoy!
- Camerons at the Castle
- Camerons Calling
- Camerons on the Hills
- Camerons on the Train
- Durbin, William, The Broken Blade
- Dygard, Thomas, Backfield Package
- Forward Pass
- Game Plan
- Halfback Tough
- Infield Hit
- Outside Shooter
- Many others….
- Edmonds, Walter, The Matchlock Gun
- Edwards, Julie, Mandy
- Enright, Elizabeth, Thimble Summer
- Gone-Away Lake
- Return to Gone-Away
- The Melendy Family series: The Saturdays
- The Four-Story Mistake
- Then There Were Five
- Estes, Eleanor, The Alley
- The Moffat Series: The Moffats
- The Middle Moffat
- Rufus
- The Pye Series: Ginger Pye
- Pinky Pye
- Facklam, Margery, Wild Animals, Gentle Women
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, Understood Betsy
- Fleischman, Paul, Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
- Fritz, Jean, What’s the Big Idea, Benjamin Franklin?
- Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
- And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
- Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
- Others…
- Frost, Robert, A Swinger of Birches: Poems of Robert Frost For Young People
- Grahame, Kenneth, The Wind in the Willows
- Henry, Marguerite, Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
- Justin Morgan Had a Horse
- King of the Wind
- Misty of Chincoteague
- Many others…
- Holling, Clancy, Paddle to the Sea (series)
- Juster, Norton, The Phantom Tollbooth
- Keene, Carolyn, Nancy Drew Series
- Keith, Harold, Bluejay Boarders
- Runt of Rodgers School
- Susy’s Scoundrel
- Will Rogers, A Boy’s Life: An Indian Territory Childhood
- Kipling, Rudyard, Just So Stories
- Knight, Eric, Lassie Come Home
- Lang, Andrew, The Blue Fairy Book
- The Pink Fairy Book
- Many colors…
- Lanier, Sidney, The Boy’s King Arthur
- Langton, Jane, The Fledgling
- Lawson, Robert, Ben and Me
- Captain Kidd’s Cat
- The Fabulous Fight
- Many others…
- Lenski, Lois, Strawberry Girl
- Lewis, C.S., Chronicles of Narnia (series)
- Lindquist, Jennie O., The Nancy series (see Grade 3 list)
- Lovelace, Maud Hart, Betsy-Tacy series (see Grade 3 list)
- MacDonald, George, The Princess and Curdie
- The Princess and the Goblin
- At the Back of the North Wind
- The Golden Key
- The Light Princess
- McCormick, Dell J., Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
- McSwigan, Marie, Snow Treasure
- Meadowcroft, Enid L., Silver for George Washington
- By Secret Railway
- By Wagon and Flatboat
- Others…
- Morey, Walt, Gentle Ben
- Nesbit, E., Five Children and It
- Norton, Mary, The Borrowers (series)
- O’Brien, Robert C., Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- O’Neill, Mary, Hailstones and Halibut Bones (poems)
- Patterson, Dr. Francine, Koko’s Kitten
- Pearce, Philippa, Tom’s Midnight Garden
- Pyle, Howard, The Wonder Clock
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
- Book of Pirates
- Jack Ballister’s Fortunes
- Men of Iron
- Otto of the Silver Hand
- The Story of Sir Lancelot and His Companions
- The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
- Polland, Madeleine, Beorn the Proud
- Children of the Red King
- City of the Golden House
- Fingal’s Quest
- The Queen’s Blessing
- Stranger in the Hills
- Ransome, Arthur, The Swallows and Amazons (series)
- Reilly, Robert T., Massacre at Ash Hollow
- Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
- Robinson, Barbara, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- Sawyer, Ruth, Roller Skates
- The Year of Jubilo (sequel to Roller Skates)
- Selden, George, The Cricket in Times Square
- The Old Meadow
- Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
- Tucker’s Countryside
- Harry’s Cat’s Pet Puppy
- Seredy, Kate, The Good Master
- The Singing Tree
- The White Stag
- Silverstein, Shel, A Light in the Attic
- Smith, Dodie, The Hundred and One Dalmatians
- The Starlight Barking: More about the Hundred and One
- Dalmatians
- Sperry, Armstrong, Call it Courage
- Spyri, Johanna, Heidi
- Stolz, M.S., A Dog on Barkham Street
- Streatfeild, Noel, Ballet Shoes
- Dancing Shoes
- The Family at Caldecott Place
- The Magic Summer
- Movie Shoes
- Party Shoes
- Theater Shoes
- Thursday’s Child
- Many others…
- Taylor, Sydney, All-of-a-Kind Family series (See Grade 3)
- Vision Books, Biographies of Saints’ Lives (see Grade 3)
- Warner, Gertrude Chandler, The Boxcar Children (series)
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Little House Series (see Grade 3)
Fifth Grade
- Alexander, Lloyd, Chronicles of Prydian:
- The Book of Three
- The Black Cauldron
- The Castle of Llyr
- Taran Wanderer
- The High King
- Armstrong, William, Sounder
- Bagnold, Enid, National Velvet
- Babbitt, Natalie, Tuck Everlasting
- Barrie, James, Peter Pan
- Bertol, Roland, Sundiata: The Epic of the Lion King
- Boston, L.M., The Children of Green Knowe
- Treasure of Green Knowe
- Enemy at Green Knowe
- The River at Green Knowe
- A Stranger at Green Knowe
- The Stone of Green Knowe
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, Little Lord Faunterloy
- The Secret Garden
- Burnford, Sheila, The Incredible Journey
- Byars, Betsy, The Summer of the Swans
- The Midnight Fox
- The Eighteenth Emergency
- After the Goat Man
- Collum, Padraic, The Children’s Homer
- The Golden Fleece
- The Children of Odin
- Conrad, Pam, Prairie Soup
- De Jong, Meindert, The House of Sixty Fathers
- The Wheel on the School
- Others (see Grade 4)
- Dixon, Franklin W., The Hardy Boys (series)
- Dodge, Mary Mapes Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
- Durbin, William, The Broken Blade
- Edmonds, Walter, The Matchlock Gun
- Enright, Elizabeth, The Melendy Family Series (See Grade 4)
- Gone-Away Lake
- Return to Gone-Away
- Farley, Walter, The Black Stallion
- Field, Rachel, Calico Bush
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
- Fitzgerald, John D., The Great Brain
- More Adventures of the Great Brain
- Others…
- Forbes, Esther, Johnny Tremain
- Ford, Lauren, Our Lady’s Book
- Fox, Paula, The Slave Dancer
- One-Eyed Cat
- Blowfish Live in the Sea
- Lily and the Lost Boy
- The Moonlight Man
- Freedman, Russell, Lincoln, A Photobiography
- Gates, Doris, Blue Willow
- Sensible Kate
- The Elderberry Bush
- George, Jean Craighead, Julie of the Wolves
- My Side of the Mountain
- The Summer of the Falcon
- Gray, Elizabeth Janet, Adam of the Road
- Beppy Marlowe of Charles Town
- I Will Adventure
- Meggy MacIntosh
- Penn
- Young Walter Scott
- Hale, Lucretia P., The Complete Peterkin Papers
- Hamilton, Virginia, The People Could Fly: American Black Folk Tales
- Harnett, Cynthia, The Wool-Pack
- The Writing on the Hearth
- The Great House
- The Merchant’s Mark
- The Sign of the Green Falcon
- Stars of Fortune
- Henry, Marguerite, Misty of Chincoteague (series) (see Grade 4)
- Holm, Anne, North to Freedom
- Irving, Washington, Rip Van Winkle; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Johnston, Annie Fellows, The Little Colonel (series)
- Keene, Carloyn, Nancy Drew Series
- Keith, Harold, Rifles for Watie
- Knight, Eric, Lassie Come Home
- Lamb, Charles and Mary, Tales from Shakespeare
- Lang, Andrew, The Fairy Books (many colors, see Grade 4)
- Langton, Jane, The Fledgling
- Her Majesty Grace Jones
- The Boyhood of Grace Jones
- L’Engle, Madeleine, A Wrinkle in Time
- Lenski, Lois, Strawberry Girl
- Bound Girl of Cobble Hill
- Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
- Ocean-Born Mary
- Phoebe Fairchild
- Lewis, C.S., Chronicles of Narnia
- Little, Jean, Mine for Keeps
- From Anna
- Look Through My Window
- Kate (sequel to Look Through My Window)
- Different Dragons
- London, Jack, Call of the Wild
- Lovelace, Maud Hart, Heaven to Betsy
- Betsy Was A Junior
- Betsy and Joe
- Betsy and the Great World
- Betsy’s Wedding
- MacDonald, George, At the Back of the North Wind
- Others…(see Grade 4)
- MacGregor, Ellen, Miss Pickeell Goes to Mars
- Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic
- Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea
- McCloskey, Robert, Homer Price
- Meadowcroft, Enid L., Silver for George Washington
- By Secret Railway
- By Wagon and Flatboat
- Others…
- Montgomery, L.M., Anne of Green Gables (series)
- Nesbit, Edith, Five Children and It
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- The Story of the Amulet
- The Phoenix and dthe Carpet
- The Railway Children
- The Enchanted Castle
- North, Sterling, Rascal
- Otis, James, Toby Tyler
- Paterson, Katherine, Bridge to Terabithia
- Poe, Edgar Allen, Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Roddy, Lee, An American Adventure (series)
- D.J. Dillon (series)
- Sandburg, Carl, Abe Lincoln Grows Up
- Seredy, Kate, The Good Master
- The Singing Tree
- The White Stag
- Sidney, Margaret, Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
- Sperry, Armstrong, Call it Courage
- Streatfield, Noel, Thursday’s Child
- Ballet Shoes
- Many others (see Grade 4)
- Tan Books, Biographies of Saints
- Taylor, Mildred D., Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- Van Stockholm, Hilda, The Cottage at Bantry Bay
- Others…(see Grade 3)
- Vision Books, Biographies of Saints (see Grade 3)
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Little House Series