Grade 3

• Bunnicula by Robert Howe
• Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery by Davis Adler
• Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmell Smith
• I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic by Lauren Tarshis
• Jake Drake Know-It All by Andrew Clemens
• Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald
• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Garner
• Stuart Goes to School by Sara Pennypacker
• The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Griff
• The Case of the Food Fight by James Preller
• The Nina, The Pinta and the Vanishing Treasure by Jill Santopolo
• The Spy in the White House by Ron Roy
• The Talented Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker
• Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Thompson
• What Was the Declaration of Independence? by Michael C Harris
• What Was the First Thanksgiving? by Joan Holoub
• Who Stole the Wizard of Oz by Avi
• Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson
• Who Was Dr. Seuss? By Janet B. Pascal

Grade 4

• Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young
• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Holes by  Louis Sachar
• I Survived the California Wildfire, 2018 by Lauren Tarshish
• I Survived the Nazi Invasion of 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 
• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Raynor
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• The Lemonade War Jacqueline Davies
• The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White
• The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• The Whipping Boy by  Sid Fleischman
• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
• The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain

Grade 5

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
• Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
• Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
• The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
• The Everlasting Now by Sara Harrell Banks
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Grade 6

• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Fish in A Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Insignificant Events in the Life of A Cactus Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Refugee Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• Wonder by R.J. Polacio
• The Mystery of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
• The Truth about Sparrows by Marian Hale
• Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
• Crispin by Avi
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Grade 7

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
• B Fradin and Judith Fradin
• Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
• Jump Ship to Freedom by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
• Stolen from Slavery: The True Story of Solomom Northup, Free Black Man by Dennis
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• The Cay by Theodore Taylor
• The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
• To Be A Slave Julius Lester
• Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

Grade 8

• A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan. L. Coates
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betsy Smith
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
• Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
• Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
• Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
• So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
• The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
• Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
• War Child: A Child Soldier’s Story by Emmanuel Jal
• Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Board of Education Approved August 18, 2022  

Science & Climate Change

Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level noted in the parenthesis.

• (L) Let's Learn About Herbivores by Bruce Larkin
• (L) Birds That Hunt by Bruce Larkin
• (L) Strawberry Storm by Lucinda Cotter
• (L) Whale Songs and Sounds by Wendy Pfeffer
• (L) The Strange Life of the Land Hermit Crab by Wendy Pfeffer
• (L) Liftoff! The Story of Spaceflight by Heather Hammonds
• (M) Life on the Great Barrier Reef by Caitlin Brooks
• (N) Peanut Butter! The No Nut Nut and the No Butter Spread by Juddi Morris
• (N) Investigating Invertebrates by Heather Hammonds
• (N) Living in Groups by Julie Haydon
• (N) Amphibians by Heather Hammonds
• (O) The Reptile Park by Julie Haydon
• (O) Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark by Ann McGovern
• (O) The Trees by Alice Cary
• (O) Salmon by Sylvia M. James
• (P) Freshwater Habitats by Diane Snowball
• (P) Land Habitats by Margaret Y. Phinney
• (P) You Can’t See Your Bones with Binoculars: A Guide to Your 206 Bones by Harriet Ziefert
• (P) What’s Happening? A Book of Explanations by Patricia Relf
• (P) The Magic School Bus: In the Time of Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole
• (P) The Magic School Bus: And the Science Fair Expedition by Joanna Cole/Bruce Degen
• (P) Wings! by Wendy Pfeffer
• (P) Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki
• (Q) All About Treehouses by Amy Jolin
• (Q) The Life and Times of the Peanut by Charles Micucci
• (R) The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
• (R) Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter by Diane Siebert
• (R) Should There Be Space Exploration? by Susan Harvey
• (R) Forest Fires: Run For Your Life! by Josephine Nobisso
• (R) Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Germs by Trudee Romanek
• (R) Should We Use Green Energy Sources That Could Endanger Animals? by Lisa de Mauro
• (R) Food Chains by Peter Riley
• (S) America’s Forests and Woodlands by Frank Staub
• (S) Insects by Bettina Bird / Joan Short
• (S) The Upside Down Voyage by Don Wulffson
• (S) Wacky Trees by D. M. Souza
• (S) The Mighty Hippopotamus by Susan Evento
• (S) Crocodilians by Joan Short / Bettina Bird
• (S) Surprising Snakes by Leya Roberts
• (T) Thrill Rides! All About Roller Coasters by Jeff Savage
• (T) Atlas of Endangered Species by Sally Morgan
• (T) The 10 Deadliest Plants Angie by Littlefield
• (T) Beetles by Alice Mead
• (T) Amazing Ants by Janet Buell
• (T) A Walk Through a Salt Marsh by Steven Otfinoski
• (T) Wetlands by Anastasia Suen
• (T) Helping Hands: Wildlife Rehabilitation At Work by J. P. Marsh
• (T) Turtles of the Sea by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
• (W) Should We Drill for Oil in Protected Areas? by Jessica Harwood
• (X) Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole by Walter Dean Myers
• (X) Scientists: From Archimedes to Einstein by Struan Reid / Patricia Fara

Board of Education Approved August 18, 2022  

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.)

Including Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), LGBT & Disabilities Law, Holocaust Law, and Amistad Law

Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level noted in the parenthesis.

• (L) Visiting the Spirit Bear by Bruce Larkin
• (L) My Airplane Trip by Julie Haydon
• (L) Pocket Money by Carmel Reilly
• (L) Dorothea Lange: Photographer with a Heart Sarah by McIntosh Wooten
• (M) A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
• (M) Buried Treasure by Michael Burgan
• (M) When Paul Bunyan Came to Middleburg Elementary School by Lynea Bowdish
• (M) The Penguin and the Pea by Janet Perlman
• (M) All or Nothing: a Mexican Tale by Julie Ellis
• (M) Josh and the Bad Hair Day by Sharon Holt
• (M) Songs of Dolphin Cove by Amy Jolin
• (N) Right on, Winky Blue! by Pamela Jane
• (N) Take a Bow, Winky Blue! by Pamela Jane
• (N) Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters
• (N) Li Lun: Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
• (N) Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan
• (O) Fatima by Frederick Lipp
• (O) Tea Leaves by Frederick Lipp
• (O) Double Act by Dawn McMillan
• (O) How to Be Nice... and Other Lessons I Didn't Learn by Lynea Bowdish
• (O) Trading Places by Carmel Reilly
• (P) Council Fire by Elizabeth Falk
• (P) La Mariposa by Francisco Jimenez
• (P) The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
• (P) Mysterious Spinners: A Chinese Legend by Wendy Pfeffer
• (P) Helen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson
• (P) Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues by Eloise Greenfield
• (P) The Jungle Book retold from Rudyard Kipling by Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens
• (Q) Best Friends Don't Fight by Brenda Bellingham
• (Q) Abby Takes a Stand: Scraps of Time 1960 by Patricia McKissack
• (Q) Just Juice by Karen Hesse
• (Q) Bread Song by Frederick Lipp
• (Q) Books for Oliver by Jim Larkin and Lee Elliot Rambo
• (Q) Maria Sanz de Sautuola by Dennis Fradin
• (Q) Mae Jemison by Sonia W. Black
• (Q) The Alien, The Giant, The Rocketman by Phyllis Perry
• (Q) Amulet: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
• (R) Malinali: The Slave Who Traded Words for Freedom by Vicki Leon
• (R) When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
• (R) The Report Card by Andrew Clements
• (R) Rules by Cynthia Lord
• (R) Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla
• (R) More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
• (S) Jerry Yang: Chief Yahoo by Caroline Leavitt
• (S) Lettie’s Star by Elizabeth Sullivan Falk
• (S) In the Shades of the Nispero Tree by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
• (S) 4 Kids in 5E & 1 Crazy Year by Virginia Frances Schwartz
• (S) A Name of Honor by Kathleen McAlpin Blasi
• (S) Bluish by Virginia Hamilton
• (S) Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian
• (S) Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol
• (T) Drita: My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
• (T) Willie Covan Loved to Dance by Sherry Shahan
• (T) Getting Together by Rigby
• (T) Won’t Take No for an Answer! The Story of Aviation Pioneer Bessie Coleman by Suzanne Moyers
• (T) Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story by Andrea Warren
• (T) Sagebrush and Paintbrush: The Story of Charlie Russell, the Cowboy Artist by Nancy Plain
• (T) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• (U) The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park
• (U) Jump Ship to Freedom by James & Christopher Lincoln Collier
• (U) Heaven by Andela Johnson
• (U) All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
• (U) Tangerine by Edward Bloor
• (V) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
• (V) Foster’s War by Carolyn Reeder
• (V) Desperate Journey by Jim Murphy
• (V) Birdwing by Rafe Martin
• (V) Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
• (V) Bird in a Box: Three Kids Share Dreams of a Champion by Andrea Davis Pinkney
• (W) Chu Ju’s House by Gloria Whelan
• (W) Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
• (W) Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
• (W) Blood on the River: JamesTown 1607 by Elisa Carbone
• (X) El Deafo by Cece Bell
• (X) A Break with Charity: a story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi
• (X) When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
• (X) Millicent Min: Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
• (X) Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
• (X) Fight For Freedom: The American Revolutionary War by Benson Bobrick
• (Y) Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson & Tonya Hegamin
• (Y) Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac
• (Y) Get On Out of Here, Philio Hall by Bette Greene
• (Y) The Jumping Tree by Rene Saldana, Jr.
• (Y) The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
• (Z) Finding My Hat by John Son
• (Z) Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen

Board of Education Approved August 18, 2022