Literature Sets
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Each set contains 35 books and a packet of teaching ideas.
Primary (K-3) Intermediate (4-6) Middle/High School (7–12)
IL = Interest Level
RL = Reading Level
Primary (K-3):
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. IL K-3, RL 3.7 (Spanish edition; audiocassette;
video)
Amazing Whales by Sarah L. Thomson. IL K-3, RL 2.8
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles. IL K-3, RL 4.4 (Spanish edition; video)
Best Friends by Miriam Cohen. IL K-2, RL 1
Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble. IL K-3, RL 4.1
The Cake That Mack Ate by Rose Robart. IL P-2, RL 2
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David Adler. IL 2-5, RL 3.8 (audiocassette)
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. IL K-3, RL 3.1 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. IL K-3, RL 2.1 (Spanish edition)
A Chair For My Mother by Vera Williams. IL K-3, RL 3.4 (Spanish edition)
Corduroy by Don Freeman. IL K-3, RL 3.5 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Corn is Maize by Aliki. IL K-3, RL 4.2
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh. IL 2-5, RL 3.9 (Spanish edition; CD)
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima. IL K-3, RL 3.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Curious George by Hans A. Rey. IL P-3, RL 2.6 (Spanish edition; video)
Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki. IL K-3, RL 3.6
Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. IL P-2, RL 1.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert. IL K-3, RL 2.5
Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley. IL K-3, RL 3.4
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley. IL K-3, RL 3.8
Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley. IL K-3, RL 3.2
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. IL K-3, RL 4.0 (audiocassette)
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel. IL 1-3, RL 2.6 (Spanish edition)
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. IL 1-3, RL 2.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette, video)
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. IL 1-3, RL 2.9 (video)
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen. IL 2-4, RL 3 (audiocassette)
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neill. IL K-3, RL 2 (video)
Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night by Cynthia Rylant. IL P-2, RL 2.2 (audiocassette)
Hill of Fire by Thomas Lewis. IL K-3, RL 2 (audiocassette)
Humphrey, the Lost Whale: A True Story by Wendy Tokuda. IL K-3, RL 4.4
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis. IL 1-4, RL 3.9 (video; Whole Language Kit with cassette, idea pack, transparencies,
copy masters)
I Went Walking by Sue Williams. IL P-2, RL 1 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. IL K-3, RL 2.7 (Spanish edition)
Insectlopedia: Poems and paintings by Douglas Florian. IL 3-6, RL 2.8
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber. IL P-2, RL 2.2 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg. IL 1-4, RL 3.9 (ebook; Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. IL K-3, RL 4.4 (Spanish edition)
Klara’s New World by Jeanette Winter. IL 3-5, RL 3
The Little House by Virginia L. Burton. IL K-3, RL 4.2 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky. IL K-3, RL 4.7
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole. IL K-3, RL 4.3
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole. IL K-3, RL 3.8
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole. IL K-3, RL 3.7
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole. IL K-3, RL 4.0
Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. IL 2-5, RL 3 (CD; video)
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton. IL K-3, RL 4.4 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. IL K-3, RL 4.3 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
My Place by Nadia Wheatley. IL 2-5, RL 3.9
The Napping House by Audrey Wood. IL P-3, RL 2.8 (Spanish edition; CD; video)
New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert. IL K-3, RL 3.5
Pacific Salmon by Jason Cooper. IL K-3, RL 4.6 (ebook)
Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg. IL K-3, RL 2
Peter Rabbit’s Giant Storybook by Beatrix Potter. IL K-3, RL 2.8
Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler. IL K-3, RL 4.3 (CD)
Poppleton and Friends by Cynthia Rylant. IL P-2, RL 2.6
Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. IL P-2, RL 2.4
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant. IL K-3, RL 2 (audiocassette)
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky. IL K-3, RL 3
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown. IL K-3, RL 3.3 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki. IL K-3, RL 3.9 (Spanish edition)
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola. IL K-3, RL 3.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Surprises edited by Lee B. Hopkins. IL 2-4, RL 3
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. IL K-3, RL 3 (Spanish edition; CD; audiocassette; video)
The Three Bears by Paul Galdone. IL K-3, RL 3.6 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. IL K-3, RL 3.2
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. IL K-3, RL 3.4 (Spanish edition; CD; video)
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. IL P-2, RL 1.3 (Spanish edition)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. IL P-2, RL 2.9 (Spanish edition; video)
Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner. IL 2-4, RL 2.6 (audiocassette)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema. IL K-3, RL 4.0 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; video)
Intermediate (4-6):
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray. IL5-8, RL 6.1
Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry. IL 4-6, RL 4.5 (CD)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. IL 4-7, RL 3.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson. IL 3-6, RL 5 (CD)
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. IL 4-7, RL 6.1 (audiocassette)
The Borrowers by Mary Norton. IL 3-6, RL 5.3
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. IL 4-7, RL 4.6 (Spanish edition; CD)
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare. IL 5-9, RL 5.0 (CD)
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman. IL 4-6, RL 5.1 (Spanish edition)
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop. IL 4-7, RL 4.9
The Cay by Theodore Taylor. IL 4-7, RL 5.3 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. IL 3-6, RL 4.4 (audiocassette; video)
Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling. IL 4-7, RL 4.7
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire. IL 4-7, RL 6
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. IL 2-5, RL 4.9 (Spanish edition; CD)
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen. IL 5-9, RL 5.2
The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz. IL 4-7, RL 5.9
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really do Make a Difference! By Lynne Truss. IL 3-6, RL 3.7
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. IL 3-6, RL 6.6 (CD)
Food Chains by Theresa Greenaway. IL 3-6, RL 5.2
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. IL 4-7, RL 5
The Giver by Lois Lowry. IL 5-9, RL 5.7 (ebook; Spanish edition; audiocassette)
The Golden Goblet by Eloise McGraw. IL 5-9, RL 6
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. IL 5-9, RL 5.7 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs by Jamie Gilson. IL 4-7, RL 4.0
Hot and Cold Summer by Johanna Hurwitz. IL 4-7, RL 4.2
I Hear America Singing! Folk Songs for American Families; Collected & Arranged by Kathleen Krull. IL 3-6, RL 6.2 (Includes CD
with 23 songs)
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord. IL 4-7, RL 4.6 (CD)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. IL 4-8, RL 5.4 (ebook; Spanish edition; CD)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. IL 4-6, RL 6 (Spanish edition)
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. IL 4-8, RL 6 (CD; video)
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms Selected by Paul B. Janeczko. IL 3-6, RL 6.4
Leon’s Story by Leon Walter Tillage. IL 3-6, RL 6.0 (audiocassette)
Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse. IL 4-7, RL 5
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. IL 3-6, RL 4 (Spanish edition; CD)
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. IL 5-8, RL 6
Maroo of the Winter Caves by Ann Turnbull. IL 4-7, RL 5
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris. IL 5-8, RL 5 (Spanish edition)
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. IL 4-8, RL 5.2 (Spanish edition; CD; DVD)
Night Journeys by Avi. IL 5-8, RL 6.5
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman. IL 3-6, RL 5
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. IL 5-9, RL 5.0 (CD)
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. IL 3-6, RL 3.6
Pasquala: The Story of a California Indian Girl by Gail Faber. IL 5-8, RL 5.5
Patty Reed’s Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Rachel Laurgaard. IL 4-8, RL 5
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. IL 3-6, RL 5 (ebook; Spanish edition; CD; video)
Racing the Sun by Paul Pitts. IL 4-7, RL 5
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary. IL 3-5, RL 4 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Random House Book of Poetry for Children selected by Jack Prelutsky. IL 3-7, RL 4
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan. IL 4-7, RL 4.5 (ebook; Spanish edition)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. IL 2-5, RL 4.1 (Spanish edition; CD)
Salmon by Deborah Hodge. IL 3-6, RL 4.6
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. IL 3-7, RL 3.4 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Sea of Trolls, The by Nancy Farmer. IL 5-8, RL 4.2 (CD)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. IL 4-7, RL 5 (Spanish edition; CD)
Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School by Louis Sachar. IL 4-7, RL 4
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare. IL 5-8, RL 4.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Sing a Song of Popcorn edited by Beatrice S. De Regniers. IL K-4, RL 4
Single Shard, A by Linda Sue Park. IL 5-8, RL 6.7 (CD)
Taking Sides by Gary Soto. IL 4-7, RL 4.4 (Spanish edition; CD)
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar. IL 3-6, RL 3.4
The Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery by Caroline Lawrence. IL 5-8, RL 5.3
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph From a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda. IL 3-6, RL 4.6
Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady. IL 3-6, RL 5.5
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. IL 5-8, RL 6.7 (CD)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. IL 5-9, RL 5.0 Spanish edition; CD)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. IL 4-up, RL 6-up
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. IL 2-5, RL 4.9
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. IL 5-9, RL 4.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette; CD)
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz. IL 3-6, RL 5.5
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. IL 3-6, RL 4
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac. IL 5-8, RL 5.8
The World Almanac for Kids 2012. IL 3-6, RL 6.1
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. IL 5-8, RL 4.7 (Spanish edition; CD)
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka. IL 4-6, RL 5
Zeely. by Virginia Hamilton IL 5-8, RL 5.1 (audiocassette)
Middle/High School (7-12):
Call of the Wild by Jack London. IL 5-10, RL 8.0 (Spanish edition; CD)
Catherine, called Birdy by Karen Cushman. IL 7-up, RL 6.4 (Spanish edition; CD)
Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty. IL 5-9, RL 5.2 (CD)
Clay Marble by Minfong Ho. IL 5-9, RL 5.4 (audiocassette)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi. IL 5-8, RL 5.3 (Spanish edition; CD)
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. IL 7-12, RL 6.0
Diary of a Young Girl, The by Anne Frank. IL YA
Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli. IL 4-8, RL 6.2 (audiocassette)
Downriver by Will Hobbs. IL 7-up, RL 6 (CD)
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. IL 5-9, RL 6.2 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. IL 7-12, RL 6.7 (ebook; video)
Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers. IL 7-12, RL 5.0
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. IL 7-12, RL 7.1 (CD)
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. IL 5-8, RL 5.9
Grey King by Susan Cooper. IL 5-8, RL 6.2
Holes by Louis Sachar. IL 5-8, RL 6.5 (ebook; Spanish edition; audiocassette, video)
Indomitable: The Only Salmon Who Could-And Did by Harriett E. Weaver. IL 6-8
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson. IL 5-9, RL 5.7 (Spanish edition; CD)
Julie (Sequel to Julie of the Wolves) by Jean Craighead George. IL 5-9, RL 6 (CD)
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. IL 5-8, RL 5.6 (Spanish edition; CD)
Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling. IL 5-9, RL 8
Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman. IL 7-12, RL 6.0 (Spanish edition; CD)
Miracle Worker (a play) by William Gibson. IL 6-10, RL 5.2
Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather. IL 7, RL 7
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox. IL 5-9, RL 5.4 (Spanish edition)
Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. IL 7-12, RL 4.7 (Spanish edition; CD)
The Pearl by John Steinbeck. IL 7-up, RL 7.1 (CD)
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. IL 7-up, RL 6.1 (CD)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. IL 5-8, RL 6.9 (Spanish edition; audiocassette)
Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell. IL 7-12, RL 4.9 (ebook; audiocassette)
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum by Katherine Paterson. IL 5-9, RL 5 (Spanish edition)
Tale of Two Cities, A by Charles Dickens. IL YA, RL YA
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck ILYA, RL 7.0 (CD)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. IL 5-12, RL 7 (audiocassette)
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare. IL 5-9, RL 5.7 (ebook; Spanish edition; audiocassette; CD)
MK: 06/26/14