Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Caldecott Books and Newberry Book Winners
Grades K-2
Grade Levels
K-2nd
Fiction
Level
Non Fiction
Level
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
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
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
Lexile® measure: 10L
DRA: 13-14
Guided Reading: H
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Guided Reading Level:I
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by
Doreen Cronin
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig
Bemelmans
DRA: 16-18
Genre: Comedy and Humor
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
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4
Lexile: NR
Guided Reading ;M
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
Guided Reading: NR
Book Type: Circular Story
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
Caterpillars, Bugs, And Butterflies
(Young Naturalist Field Guides)
by Mel Boring
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2
Lexile® measure: 850L
Butterflies(Hello Reader! Science Level
2)
by Karen Jo Shapiro
illustrated by Jean Cassels
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
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: 1.9
Lexile® measure: 190L
DRA: 16-18
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
DRA: 18-20
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Poetry and Rhymes
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
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7
Lexile® measure: 690L
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice
Schenk de Regniers
My Friend Rabbit by Eric
Rohmann
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Baby Animals:by Seymour Simon,
Chronicle Books
Dinosaur!by Peter Sis scholastic (3)
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8
Lexile® measure: 640L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Book Type: Wordless Book
Genre/Theme:
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
The Hello, Goodbye Window by
Norton Juster
DRA: 28
Guided Reading: L
Genre/Theme:
Animal Stories
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3
Lexile® measure: 760L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
Realistic Fiction
Animal Stories
(Non Fiction not Caldecott)
GR -B
Autumn Leaves
978-1-56065-958-7 Capstone
Beans
978-1-56065-946-4 Capstone
Eating Apples
978-1-56065-950-1 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
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
GR -C
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
The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gag
220 L PK- 2nd
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 2
Genre/Theme:
Poetry and Rhymes
GR - A
What Does the President Do?
( Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers )
by Amanda Miller
The Sun: Updated
( Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers )
by Melanie Chrismer
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
Lexile® measure: 450L
Book Type: Beginning Reader
Book
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
The Little Island (Dell Picture
Yearling) by Margaret Wise Brown
and Leonard Weisgard
Not available
Lexile 590
GR -D
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
3-5
Fiction/Literture
Song and Dance Man by Karen
Ackerman and Stephen
Gammell
Level
Non Fiction/Informational
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5
Lexile® measure: 760L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
Birds of Prey
Level
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9
Lexile® measure: 980L
DRA: 30-3
Guided Reading: N
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
(Scary Creatures)
by Gerald Legg
illustrated by Bob Hersey (2)
The View From Saturday
(Newbery Medal Book) by E. L.
Konigsburg
Lexile Level:
Guided Reading Level:
DRA Level:
870
U
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
Abel's Island (Newbery Award &
Honor Books) by William Steig
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5
Lexile® measure: 920L
DRA: 44
Guided Reading: T
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
The Great Escape: Tunnel to
Freedom by Mike Meserole (Sep 2,
2008)
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of
the Night by Joyce Sidman,
illustrated by Rick Allen
Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1
Lexile® measure: 800L
Guided Reading: Y
Grade Level Equivalent: 8.6
Lexile® measure: 1020
Genre/Theme:
General Poetry
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8
Lexile® measure: 720L
DRA: 40-50
Guided Reading: S
Genre/Theme:
Realistic Fiction
Lily's Crossing
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Children’s Choice Award Winners 2011
http://www.reading.org/Libraries/Choices/cc2011.pdf
Grade
Fiction / Literature
City Dog, Country Frog
K-2
by Mo Willems
illustrated by Jon J Muth
Follow Link for More Young Children’s Choice Award
Level
Non Fiction/Informational
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Banana
2
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
Lexile® measure: 490L
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
Level
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
Little Pink Pup
Pat Hutchins
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2
DRA: 3-4
Guided Reading: C
Genre/Theme:
Realistic Fiction
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
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
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
Pete the Cat: I Love My White
Shoes by Eric Litwin (Mar 2, 2010)
National Geographic Little
Kids First Big Book of Animals
by Catherine D
National Geographic Little
Kids First Big Book of
Dinosaurs (National
Geographic Little Kids First
Big Books) by Catherine D.
Hughes and Franco Tempesta
by Deborah Underwood
illustrated by Renata Liwska
Interest Level: Grade 1 Grade 4
GR - J
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Grade 1 Grade 4
GR - J
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
Lexile® measure: 380L
DRA: 16
Guided Reading: I
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 First Science Encyclopedia
2
(Smithmark Pub.)
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2
Lexile® measure: 350L
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.7
Lexile® measure: 470L
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
Adventure
General Nonfiction
There are several Magic School
Bus books – each Grade level
equivalent will be much the same.
Zen Ghosts
Jon J Muth. Scholastic.
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Elephants Swim
2
by Linda Capus Riley, illustrated
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
by Steve Jenkins
Lexile® measure: 530L
Genre/Theme:
Folktales
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 In the Small, Small Pond
2
by Denise Fleming
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
Lexile® measure: 570L
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
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 On the Beach
2
( Usborne, Usborne )
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4
by Alastair Smith
Lexile® measure: 180L
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1
DRA: 20
Guided Reading: L
Genre/Theme:
Informational
Series
The Odious Ogre
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade
2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7
Lexile® measure: 880L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: R
Genre/Theme:
Fables
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
by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules
Feiffer
Great Lakes
( Rookie Read-About, Rookie
Read-About Geography )
by Kimberly Valzania
There Was an Old Monkey Who
Swallowed a Frog by Jennifer Ward
and Steve Gray (Mar 1, 2010)
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade If You Are a Hunter of Fossils
2
by Byrd Baylor
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
illustrated by Peter Parnall
Lexile® measure: 400L
DRA: 16
Guided Reading: I
Book Type: Cumulative Tale
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
Poetry and Rhymes
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 From One to One Hundred
2
by Teri Sloat
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9
DRA: 20
Guided Reading: L
Book Type: Cumulative Tale
Genre/Theme:
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
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story
from China
by Ed Young
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Great Sand Dunes National
Monument (A True Book)by D.
3
Peterson, David Petersen
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6
Lexile® measure: 670L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: S
Genre/Theme:
Fables, Folk Tales and Myths
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
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
Banana!
Elaine Landue
(A True Book)
by D. Petersen
by Milton Meltzer
Interest Level: Grade 3 Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4
Lexile® measure: 810L
DRA: 20-24
Guided Reading: M
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Play Around the World
3
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7
(We All Share)
Lexile® measure: 660L
by Patricia Lakin
Guided Reading: N
Genre/Theme:
Fables, Folk Tales and Myths
Interest Level: Grade 3 Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6
Lexile® measure: 870L
Guided Reading M
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young
3
Girl
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1
Lexile® measure: 820L
by Anne Frank
Guided Reading: M
Genre/Theme:
Fables, Folk Tales and Myths
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)
Interest Level: Grade 3 Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 460L
DRA: 30-34
Guided Reading: N
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Race Horses
by Robert Byrd
Finn McCool and the Great Fish
Sleeping Bear Press
Robinson Crusoe (Action)
by Michael Sandler
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
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9
Lexile® measure: 730L
DRA: 34
Guided Reading: O
Genre/Theme:
Adventure
Animal Stories
by Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart
Finn McCool and the Great Fish
Eve Bunting. Ill. Zachary Pullen.
Sleeping Bear
by Jeanne Betancourt
Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade Greek Myths for Young Children
3
by Heather Amery
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1
Lexile® measure: 820L
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
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.
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:
by Patricia Polacco
(Series of Big Nate books)
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
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
by Dan Green, Simon Basher
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
The Grimm Legacy
Polly Shulman. Putnam.
Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4
Lexile® measure: 600L
Genre/Theme:
Fantasy
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
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
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
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Kids Picks 2011-12
Grade
Fiction / Literature
I Broke My Trunk!.
2006. 64p. Disney/Hperion
Level
Non Fiction/Informational
Preschool-Grade 2.
Genre/Theme:
Level
Interest Level: Grade K - Grade 4
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: P
Genre/Theme:
Reference
Comedy and Humor
The
Everything Kids'
Science Experiments
Book - Special eBook
Edition: Boil Ice, Float
Water, Measure
Gravity-Challenge the
World Around You!
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale.
2004. 32p. Hyperion (0-7868-1870-0),
Preschool-Grade1
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
2003. 40p. Hyperion (0-7868-1988X) Preschool.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.0
Lexile® measure: 120L
DRA: 18
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
By Tom Robinson
The 7 Habits of Happy
Kids
by Sean Covey and Stacy
Curtis (Sep 16, 2008)
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Komodo Dragon
( Welcome Books,
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Genre/Theme:
Advice and Self-Help
E- Book – Kindle
Pre school – Kind.
RL- 1.2
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Hear?
by Bill Martin, illustrated by Eric Carle
Some from the Moon, Some from the
Sun: Poems and songs for everyone.
by Margot Zemach
James Marshall's Mother Goose
by James Vance Marshall
Cat Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.9
Guided Reading: NR
Genre/Theme:
Nursery Rhymes
Dragon Dance: A
Chinese New Year Liftthe-Flap...
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 1
Book Type: Lift the Flap Book
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Multicultural
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9
Lexile® measure: 490L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
Rhymes
by Joan Holub,
illustrated by Benrei
Huang
Everything Spring
(Picture the Seasons)
by Jill Esbaum (Feb 9,
2010)
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
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
I Love You Best: A Book To Read
Together (A Rhyming Picture Book
For Young Children) by Cindy
Bracken (Jan 5, 2012) - Kindle eBook
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the
100th Day of Kindergarten (Picture
Puffins) by Joseph Slate and Ashley
Wolff (Nov 11, 2002)
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come
(Picture Puffins) by Nancy L. Carlson
(Jul 9, 2001)
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9
Lexile® measure: 490L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
Rhymes
E book - Kindle
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4
Lexile® measure: 450L
DRA: 18-20
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
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
Slugs
Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0
Lexile® measure: 590L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
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
( Early Bird Nature Books
)
by Anthony D.
Fredericks
Slugs and Snails
( Minibeasts )
by Claire Llewellyn
( Scholastic Science
Readers, Scholastic
Science Readers Level 1 )
by Kathleen Weidner
Zoehfeld
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8
Lexile® measure: 720L
DRA: 34
Guided Reading: O
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
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
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
Annie and the Wild Animals
by Jan Brett
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: PreK - Grade 1
Book Type: ABC Book
Penguins
by Gallimard Jeunesse
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)
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?
by Gallimard Jeunesse
(Words Are Categorical)
by Brian P. Cleary
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3
Lexile® measure: 620L
DRA: 20-24
Guided Reading: M
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Lexile® measure: 710L
Guided Reading: P
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3
Lexile® measure: 580L
DRA: 28
Guided Reading: M
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8
Some Smug Slug
Lexile® measure: 620L
by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by Genre/Theme:
Henry Cole
Animal Stories
Pip the Penguin
by Joy Cowley
This Little Chick
by John Lawrence
illustrated by John Lawrence
Dr Seuss's Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss
(Aug 12, 1962)
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
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
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: 3.3
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
by Seymour Simon
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
Lexile® measure: 390L
DRA: 18-20
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
General non fiction
Interest Level: PreK Kindergarten
Sleep
Genre/Theme:
( Baby Faces )
Realistic non fiction
by Roberta Grobel
Intrater
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Dr. Seuss's ABC
by Dr Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It
All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr.
Seuss (Aug 12, 1960)
Time to Sleep
by Denise Fleming
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the
Bed
( Five Little Monkeys )
by Eileen Christelow
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
Lexile® measure: 30L
DRA: 16
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
Rhyming Story
Fossils
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
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
Lexile® measure: 310L
DRA: 8
Guided Reading: E
Genre/Theme:
Nursery Rhymes
Dinosaur Babies
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.8
Lexile® measure: 770L
DRA: 28
Guided Reading: M
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
( World Discovery
Science Readers )
by Kris Hirschmann
( World Discovery
Science Readers )
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2
Lexile® measure: 750L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: M
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
Book Type: Chapter Book
Guided Reading : O
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
by Kris Hirschmann
( Let's Read and Find Out
Science, Let's Read and
Find Out Science ? Stage
2)
by Kathleen Weidner
Zoehfeld, illustrated by
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Lucia Washburn
The Three Bears
by Paul Galdone
Richard Scarry's Favorite Storybook
Ever (Picture Book) by Richard Scarry
(Oct 14, 2003)
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: 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...
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
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)
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7
Lexile® measure: 490L
DRA: 28
Guided Reading: L
Genre/Theme:
Biography and Autobiography
( Magic School Bus TV ,
Book # 21)
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.4
Lexile® measure: 490L
Guided Reading: P
Genre/Theme:
Adventure
by Joanna Cole
( Scholastic First
Biographies )
by Sonia Black,
illustrated by Carol
Heyer
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
by Holly Berry and North South Books
Curious George Goes Camping (Curious
George 8x8) by Margret Rey and H. A.
Rey (Oct 25, 1999)
Curious George The Surprise Gift (CGTV
8x8) by H. A. Rey (Oct 8, 2008
Too Noisy!: A Picture Reader
( All Aboard Reading, All Aboard Reading
Picture Books )
by Sonja Lamut
The Big Snowball ( All Aboard Reading,
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
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8
Lexile® measure: 350L
DRA: 18-20
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
Biography
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
Lexile® measure: 290L
DRA: 18-20
Guided Reading: J
Genre/Theme:
Adventure
Sitting Bull
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 -
( Rookie Biographies )
by Wil Mara
( 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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1
Lexile® measure: 580L
DRA: 30-34
Guided Reading: N
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0
DRA: 3-4
Guided Reading: C
Genre/Theme:
Rhymes
Farm Animals (First
Discovery)
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1
Lexile® measure: 570L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: P
( Hello Reader )
by Steven Kroll
Franklin's Neighborhood:
FRANKLIN'S NEIGHBORH ...
( Franklin, Franklin )
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 380L
DRA: 24
by Gallimard Jeunesse
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark,
illustrated by Brenda Clark
It's Spring!
( Hello Reader! , Hello Reader! Level 2 )
by Pamela Chanko, Samantha Berger,
illustrated by Melissa Sweet
My Friend Bear
by Jez Alborough
Grades
3-5
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8
Lexile® measure: 370L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Genre/Theme:
General Fiction
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
Boys Only: How to Survive Anything
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7
Guided Reading: T
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
Comic Books and Graphic Novels
by Martin Oliver, illustrated by Simon
Ecob
TIME for Kids BIG
Book of Why: 1,001
Facts Kids Want to
Know (Time for Kids
Magazine) by John
Perritano (Aug 10,
2010)
The Never-Bored Kid
Book, Ages 7-8 by Jo
Ellen Moore (Jun 1,
2006)
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Reference
Q&A
Interest level: Grade 3-7
Genre/Theme:
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
General Nonfiction
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 14: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight
at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning,
and Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope
Osborne (May 29, 2001)
Ivy & Bean's Secret Treasure Box
(Books 1-3) by Annie Barrows (Oct 1,
2008)
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7
Lexile® measure: 510L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: M
Book Type: Chapter Book
The Internet for Kids
( A True Book , A True
Book )
by Charnan Kazunas and
Tom Kazunas
Kids During the Time
of the Maya
( Kids Throughout
History )
Reference Q&A
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9
Lexile® measure: 1030L
DRA: 34-38
Guided Reading: P
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9
Lexile® measure: 900L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
by Caroline M.
Levchuck and C. M.
Levchuck
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)
The Judy Moody Star-Studded
Collection: Books 1-3 by Megan
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2
The Kids' Invention
( Kids Throughout
History )
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3
Lexile® measure: 730L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
by Lisa A. Wroble and L.
Wroble
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
Lexile® measure: 590L
DRA: 30
Guided Reading: N
Genre/Theme:
Comedy and Humor
Book
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
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 Arlene Erlbach
( Judy Moody, Judy Moody , Book # 6)
Lexile® measure: 760L
DRA: 34
Guided Reading: O
Book Type: Activity Book
Genre/Theme:
Functional and How-To
General Nonfiction
by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter
H.
(There are many other Judy Moody books
your children will enjoy)
The Case of the Sneaker Sneak
( Jigsaw Jones, Jigsaw Jones Mystery ,
Book # 16)
by James Preller, illustrated by Jamie
Smith
The Candy Corn Contest (The Kids of
the Polk Street School) by Patricia
Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims (Nov 2,
1987)
(series books)
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
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
Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 7
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
by Mark Breen and
Kathleen Friestad
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)
If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your
Hand:...
by Kalli Dakos, illustrated by Brian Karas
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Kirsten Snowbound! ( American Girl,
American Girl Short Stories )
by Janet Shaw
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
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
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2
Lexile® measure: 530L
Great Whales: The
Gentle Giants
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3
Lexile® measure: 730L
Guided Reading: W
by Patricia Lauber
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy
Kid, Book 5) by Jeff Kinney (Nov 9,
2010)
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)
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
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
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
Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8
Grade Level Equivalent: 7.4
Lexile® measure: 1030L
Guided Reading: Y
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
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...
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
by Rick Riordan
(Series book)
Harry Potter And The Order Of The
Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Aug 10,
2004)
(Series book)
Into the Wild (Warriors, Book 1) by
Erin Hunter (Jan 6, 2004)
( Discovery )
by Mark P. Friedlander
( 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)
The Name of This Book Is Secret
by Pseudonymous Bosch
The Bad Beginning
( Series of Unfortunate Events , Book # 1)
by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett
Helquist
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...
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
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
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2
Lexile® measure: 490L
DRA: 30-3
Guided Reading: N
Genre/Theme:
Adventure
Spring
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 770L
DRA: 20
Guided Reading: L
Genre/Theme:
by Anne Zeman and
Kate Kelly
(Series Book)
Search for the Dragon Ship
( Droon, Secrets of Droon , Book # 18)
by Tony Abbott
Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 6
Genre/Theme:
Reference
by Ron Hirschi
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
Dictionaries
Series
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Mutation
( Animorphs, Animorphs , Book # 36)
by Katherine A. Applegate
Pippi Longstocking
( Pippi Longstocking )
by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Louis S.
Glanzman, translation by Florence
Lamborn
Poppleton in Spring
( Poppleton , Book # 5)
by Cynthia Rylant
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
General Nonfiction
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!
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
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
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 500L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: K
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7
Lexile® measure: 890L
Autumn Leaves
( Hello Reader )
by Mary Packard,
illustrated by Claudine
Gevry
by Ann Dixon, illustrated
by Mindy Dwyer
( Preparing for Winter )
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
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
The Best Easter Prize
by Kristina Evans, illustrated by John
Wallace
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Genre/Theme:
Realistic Fiction
by Gail Saunders-Smith
Flying Bats (Level 1)
( Hello Reader! , Hello
Reader! Science Level 1 )
by Fay Robinson,
illustrated by Carol
Schwartz
The Littles Get Trapped!
( The Littles, Littles First Reader )
by John Peterson
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
The Three Bears
by Paul Galdone
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
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: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4
Lexile® measure: 610L
by Nancy E. Krulik
DRA: A/1
Guided Reading: A
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
Lexile® measure: 10L
DRA: 13-14
Guided Reading: H
Genre/Theme:
General Nonfiction
Interest Level: Kindergarten Grade 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.4
Lexile® measure: 660L
DRA: 38
Guided Reading: O
Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6
Lexile® measure: 630L
DRA: 30
Guided Reading: N
Genre/Theme:
Biography
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
Best Friends
F&P Level
B
Publisher
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
At the Horse Show
Beach Feet
Car Followed Us
Cat Tails
Chickens
Eat Your Broccoli
I Meowed
My Box
My Little Brother Ben
Paper Bag
C
Richard Owens
D
Richard Owens
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
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
E
Richard Owens
F
Richard Owens
For More Richard Owens Books visit – www.RCOwen.com
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Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
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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/currentclassroom-libraries.html
Books Resources for Elem. K- 5
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http://www.fandpleveledbooks.com/