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100 Book Race: Hog Wild in the Reading Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1
4 Valentines In A Rainstorm Bond, Felicia 1
6 Titles: Eagles, Bees and Wasps, Alligators and Crocodiles,
Giraffes, Sharks, Tortoises and TurtlesMorgan, Sally 1
A Rock is Lively Aston, Diana Hutts 1
ABC Bunny, The Gag, Wanda 1
Across the Stream Ginsburg, Mirra 1
A-Hunting We Will Go Langstaff, John 1
Air is All Around Us Branley, Franklyn 1
Albert the Alabatross Hoff, Syd 1
Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters Isenberg, Barbara 1
Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand (BOE approved Nov 2015)Scott, Liz and Jay 1
Alexander & The Terrible Horrible No Good… Viorst, Judith 1
Alexander & The Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo 1
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday(BOE approved Nov 2015)
Viorst, Judith 1
Alistair's Elephant Sadler, Marilyn 1
All By Myself Mayer, Mercer 1
All Keyed Up Christopher, Matt 1
All My Toys Are On The Floor Blocksma, M. 1
Alligator Shoes Dorros, Arthur 1
Alligator With The Lean Mean Smile Nordlicht, Lillian 1
Alphabatics MacDonald, Suse 1
Amanda Pig & Her Big Brother Oliver Van Leeuwen, Jean 1
Amazing Gorillas! (BOE approved Nov 2015) Thomson, Sarah L. 1
Amazing Mark Supraner, Robyn 1
Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 1
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Amazing Sharks Thomson, Sarah L. 1
Amelia Bedelia Series Parish, Peggy and Herman 1
American Holiday (10 book set) (BOE Approved Nov 2014) Nelson, Robin 1
Amigo Means Friend Everett, Louise 1
Aminal, The Balian, Lorna & Lecia 1
Anazi & The Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric 1
And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby 1
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry St. Seuss, Dr. 1
Andy Pig's Great Flying Adventure Koci, Marta 1
Angus Series Flack, Marjorie 1
Animal Families Feinstein, J. 1
Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People Barrett, Judi 1
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett, Judi 1
Anna Banana And Me Blegvad, Lenore 1
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner Schwartz, Amy 1
Annie Bananie Komaiko, Leah 1
Ant and The Dove, The Aesop 1
Apple Tree, Apple Tree Blocksma, Mary 1
April Rabbits Cleveland, David 1
Are You There Bear? Maris, Ron 1
Arthur Series Brown, Marc 1
Arthur Series Hoban, Lillian 1
Ask Mr. Bear Flack, Marjorie 1
At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 2
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Babar and The Ghost Brunhoff, Laurent de 1
Baby Animals Learn Chanko, Pamela 1
Back Yard Tent Daniel, Kira 1
Bad Bear Ahlberg, Allan. 1
Bag Full of Pups Gackenbach, Dick 1
Bag of Smiles, The Cowley, Joy 1
Barnetts, The Eggleton, Jill 1
Bartholomew and The Oobleck Seuss, Dr. 1
Baseball Ballerina Cristaldi, Kathryn 1
Bats Althea 1
Bear Facts Gentner, Norma L. 1
Bears Krauss, Ruth 1
Bears 1,2,3 Ziefert, Harriet 1
Bears Are Curious Milton, Joyce 1
Bears, Bears and More Bears Morris, Jackie 1
Bears, Bears Everywhere Connelly, Luella 1
Bears's Toothache McPhail, David 1
Beast in the Bathtub Stevens, Kathleen 1
Bedtime for Bear Stoddard, Sandol 1
Beetles Watts, Barrie 1
Begin at the Beginning Schwartz, Amy 1
Ben and The Bear Riddell, Chris 1
Benji the Bug Olson, Marjorie 1
Benny's Bad Day Pellowski, Michael 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 3
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Berenstain Bear Series Berenstain, Stan 1
Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, The (BOE approved Nov 2015)
Berenstain, Stan & Jan 1
Best Bug Parade, The Murphy Stuart Y. 1
Best Castle Ever, The Ziefert, Harriet 1
Best Dressed Bear, The Blocksma, Mary 1
Best Little Monkeys in the World Standiford, Natalie 1
Best Thanksgiving Book Whitehead, Patricia 1
Big Balloon Race Coerr, Eleanor 1
Big Bird Says Lerner, Sharon 1
Big Block of Chocolate, The Redhead, Janet 1
Big Fat Enormous Lie Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1
Big Fat Hen Daxer, Keith 1
Big Fat Pie Edwards, Pat 1
Big Max Platt, Kin 1
Big Orange Splot Pinkwater, D. Manus 1
Big Red Barn Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Big Something, The (BOE approved Nov 2015) Giff, Patricia Reilly 1
Biggest Bear, The Ward, Lynd 1
Biggest Cookie in the World, The Hayward, Linda 1
Bill and Pete dePaola, Tomie 1
Binky Bros, Detectives Lawrence, James 1
Birds Canizares, Susan 1
Birds (Now I Know) Kuchalla, Susan 1
Birds-Life Cycle Books Braithwaite, Althea 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 4
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Birthday Present for Mama Lorian, Nicole 1
Blackbird's Nest Harvey, Olive 1
Blueberries For Sal McCloskey, Robert 1
Bobby's Zoo Lunn, Carolyn 1
Bony-Legs Cole, Joanna 1
Book of Animal Records, The Drew, David 1
Book Report from the Black Lagoon (BOE approved April 2014) Thaler, Mike 1
Brave Little Steam Shovel Evers, Alf 1
Bravest Cat!, The The True Story of Scarlett Driscoll, Laura 1
Bravest Dog Ever, The Standiford, Natalie 1
Bremen-Town Musicians Gross, Ruth Belov 1
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna 1
Brown Bear, Brown Bear Martin, Bill 1
Bubblegum Jorgensen, Gail 1
Bugs McKissack, Pat Fredrick 1
Bulb, The Garrard, Ian 1
Bunches & Bunches of Bunnies Mathews, Louise 1
Bunny Trouble Wilhelm, Hans 1
Bunny Who Found Easter Zolotow, Charlotte 1
Buster Loves Buttons! Manushkin, Fran 1
Busy Beavers Dabcovich, Lydia 1
But Not Like Mine Facklam, Margery 1
But Not Stanleigh Cloven, George 1
Butter Battle Book, The Suess, Dr. 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 5
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Butterflies Braithwaite, Althea 1
Butterflies and Moths Bailey, Donna 1
Butterfly Canizares, Susan 1
Butterfly, The Nash, Pamela 1
Buzz Buzz Buzz Barton, Byron 1
C is for Colorado Shirley, Gayle 1
Cactus Hotel Guiberson, Brenda 1
Cake That Mack Ate Robart, Rose 1
Can You Hear Me, Grandad? Thomson, Pat 1
Canada Canizares, Susan 1
Caps for Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr 1
Caps, Hats, Socks & Mittens Borden, Louise 1
Carrot Seed, TheKrauss, Ruth and
Johnson, Crockett1
Cars Rockwell, Anne 1
Case of the Scaredy Cats Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1
Cat In The Hat Suess, Dr. 1
Cat In The Hat Comes Back Suess, Dr. 1
Caterpillar and th Polliwog, The Kent, Jack 1
Celebrating the Powwow Kalman, Bobbie 1
Chair for My Mother Williams, Vera 1
Champ On Ice Peters, Sharon 1
Charlie Brown Series Schulz, Charles 1
Charlie Needs A Cloak dePaola, Tomie 1
Chick and the Duckling Ginsburg, Mirra 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 6
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Chick That Wouldn’t Hatch, The Daniel, Claire 1
Chicken Forgets Miles, Miska 1
Chicken Little Kellogg, Steven 1
Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice 1
Chicken's Aren't the Only Ones Keller, Ruth 1
Christopher Columbus Krensky, Stephen 1
Cinderella McKissack, Pat 1
Circus Days Pare, Roger 1
City Mouse, Country Mouse Wallner, John 1
Claude the Dog Gackenbach, Dick 1
Clean House for Mole & Mouse, A Ziefert, Harriet 1
Clifford Series Bridwell, Norman 1
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judi 1
Clue at the Zoo, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 1
Clues in the Woods Parish, Peggy 1
Collecting Things Is Fun! Graves, Kimberly 1
Come Out & Play Little Mouse Kraus, Robert 1
Cookies Week Ward, Cindy 1
Corduroy Freeman, Don 1
Could Be Worse Stevenson, James 1
Country Mouse and City Mouse McKissack, Pat 1
Creepy Crawlies A to Z Aisworth, Louisa 1
Crocodile Beat Jorgensen, Gail 1
Crocodiles and Alligators Seventy, V. 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 7
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Cross Country Cat Calhoun, Mary 1
Curious George Series Rey, H.A. & M. 1
Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann 1
Dance Away Aruego, Jose 1
Dandelion Freeman, Don 1
Daniel's Duck Bulla, Clyde Robert 1
Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd 1
Dark Dark Tale Brown, Ruth 1
Day at Greenhill Farm, A Nicholson, Sue 1
Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Noble, Trinka Hakes 1
Day The Teacher Went Bananas, The Howe, James 1
Days With Frog and Toad Lobel, Arnold 1
Deep in the Forest Turkle, Brinton 1
Did You Ever See? Einsel, Walter 1
Did You Hear That? Blocksma, Mary 1
Did You Know? Hill, Sandi 1
Dig a Dinosaur Gentner, Norma 1
Dinner at Alberta's Hoban, Russell 1
Dinosaur Day Donnelly, Liza 1
Dinosaur Days Milton, Joyce 1
Dinosaur Garden Donnelly, Liza 1
Dinosaurs Elting, Mary 1
Dinousaurs' Halloween Donnelly, Liza 1
Dirty Beasts Dahl, Roald 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 8
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Do Whales Have Belly Buttons? Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1
Doctor DeSoto Steig, William 1
Dolphin Morris, Robert 1
Dolphins Berger, Melvin 1
Dolphins Bokoske, Sharon 1
Dolphins and Porpoises Gordon, Sharon 1
Donkey's Tale Oppenheim, Joanne 1
Doorbell Rang Hutchins, Pat 1
Down By The Bay Raffi 1
Down on the Funny Farm King, Patrick 1
Dozen Dogs Ziefert, Harriet 1
Dragon Granowsky, Alvin 1
Drip Drop Gordon, Sharon 1
Drummer Hoff Emberley, Barbara 1
Duck Lloyd, David 1
Each Peach Pear Plum Ahlberg, Janet 1
Earthquack! Palatini, Margie 1
Echidna and the Shade Tree Lofts, Pamela 1
Eency Weency Spider Oppenheim, Joanne 1
Effles Bath Thompson, R. 1
Elephant in Trouble Crawford, Thomas 1
Elephant is Child, The – Rudyard Kipling Medley, Linda, Ill. 1
Eli Peet, Bill 1
Ella Earns Her Own Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Bullard, Lisa 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 9
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Elves and the Shoemaker, The Littledale, Freya 1
Enormous Crocodile Dahl, Roald 1
Enormous Turnip Hunia, Fran 1
Everybody Needs A Rock Baylor, Byrd 1
Excuses, Excuses Avitabile, Robert 1
Exploding Frog, The Aesop 1
Fantail, Fantail Mahy, Margaret 1
Farmer In The Dell, The Rae, Mary Maki 1
Farming Gibbons, Gail 1
Farmyard Cat, The Anello, Christine 1
Fast Frog Ahlbert, Allan 1
Feeling Things Fowler, Allan 1
Fire Flies Brinckloe, Julie 1
Fire, Fire, Said Mrs. McGuire Martin, Bill 1
First Thanksgiving, The Hayward, Linda 1
Fishy Color Story Wylie, Joanne 1
Five Little Ducks Raffl 1
Five Little Foxes & the Snow Johnston, Tony 1
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Christelow, Eileen 1
Five Minutes Peace Murphy, Jill 1
Flat Stanley Brown, Jeff 1
Flip Series Dennis, Wesley 1
Flowers Braithwaite, Althea 1
Footprints In The Sand Benjamin, Cynthia 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 10
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Forgetful Bears Weinberg, Larry 1
Forgetfuls Give a Wedding Weinberg, Larry 1
Fossils Tell of Long Ago Aliki 1
Four On The Shore Marshall, Edward 1
Four Scary Stories Johnston, Tony 1
Fox and His Friends Series Marshall, Edward 1
Fox Be Nimble Marshall, James 1
Fox On the Box, The Gregorich, Barbara 1
Fox Went Out on Chilly Night Spier, Peter 1
Foxes Braithwaite, Althea 1
Frances Series Hoban, Russell 1
Franklin in the Dark Bourgeois, Paulette 1
Freddie's Spaghetti Doyle, Catherine 1
Friend is Someone Who Likes You Anglund, Walsh 1
Friendly Book, The Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Friendly Snowman Gordon, Sharon 1
Friends Are a Special Part of Christmas Schulz, Charles 1
Frog & Toad Series Lobel, Arnold 1
Frog Prince, The Tarcov, Edith 1
Frog Prince, The Wang, Mary Lewis 1
Frog, The Nash, Pamela 1
FrogsCanizares, Susan & Moreton,
Daniel1
Frog's Home Butterworth, C. 1
From Egg to Robin Canizares, Susan 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 11
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
From One to One Hundred Sloat, Teri 1
From Tadpole to Frog Kottke, Jan 1
Funny Feet Weiss, Leatie 1
Funny Fish Story, A Wylie, Joanne 1
Funny Little Woman, The Mosel, Arlene 1
Funny Old Man And Funny Old Woman, The Barber, Martha 1
Fur Mark, Jan 1
Fuzzy Rabbit Billam, Rosemary 1
George & Martha Series Marshall, James 1
George Washington and the General’s Dog Murphy, Frank 1
Georgie Bright, Robert 1
Geraldine's Big Snow Keller, Holly 1
Germs Make Me Sick Berger, Melvin 1
Giant Story Mouse Tale Fushchuber, A 1
Gingerbread Boy Galdone, Paul 1
Gingerbread Man Schmidt, Karen 1
Go and Hush the Baby Byars, Betsy 1
Goggles Keats, Ezra Jack 1
Golden Goose Grimm Brothers 1
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Marshall, James 1
Gone Fishing Long, Earlene R. 1
Good Morning, Chick Ginsburg, Mirra 1
Good-Bye House Asch, Frank 1
Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 12
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Goodnight Owl Hutchins, Pat 1
Gorilla Did It, The Hazen, Barbara Shook 1
Grasshopper and Crickets Watts, Barrie 1
Great Attitude, A Hill, Sandi 1
Great Big Enornous Turnip, The Tolstoy, Alexei 1
Great Day For Up Suess, Dr. 1
Great Green Turkey Creek Monster Flora, James 1
Great Soap Bubble Ride Poskanser, Susan Cornell 1
Greedy Cat Cowley, Joy 1
Greedy Goat Bolton, Faye 1
Green Eggs and Ham Suess, Dr. 1
Green Thumbs Everyone Giff, Patricia Reilly 1
Gregory, the Terrible Eater Sharmat, Mitchell 1
Grizzwold Hoff, Syd 1
Grouchy Ladybug, The Carle, Eric 1
Growing Up Feet Cleary, Beverly 1
Growing Vegetable Soup Ehlert, Lois 1
Gum on The Drum, The Gregorich, Barbara 1
Halloween Dream Dolgin, Phyllis 1
Halloween Performance Bond, Felicia 1
Hansel & Gretel Gross, Ruth Belov 1
Happy , Happy Mother's Day Tripp, Valerie 1
Happy Birthday To You Suess, Dr. 1
Happy Birthday, Dear Duck Bunting, Eve 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 13
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Happy Birthday, Moon Asch, Frank 1
Happy Day Kraus, Ruth 1
Happy Easter, Little Critter Mayer, Mercer 1
Happy Hippopotami Martin Jr, Bill 1
Harry & the Terrible Whatzit Gackenbach, Dick 1
Harry the Dog Series Zion, Gene 1
Hating Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1
Hattie and the Fox Fox, Mem 1
Haunted House Parish, Peggy 1
Have You Seen Birds? Oppenheim, Joanne 1
Have You Seen My Cat? Carle, Eric 1
Have You Seen the Crocodile? West, Colin 1
Hearing Things Fowler, Allan 1
Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat Gelman, Rita Golden 1
Henny Penny Galdone, Paul 1
Henny Penny Zimmerman, H. Werner 1
Here Are My HandsMartin, Bill & Archambault,
John1
Here Comes Hungry Albert Whitehead, Patricia 1
Here Comes Winter Craig, Janet 1
Herman the Helper Kraus, Robert 1
Hi, Cat! Keats, Ezra Jack 1
Hill of Fire Lewis, Thomas 1
Hip - Hippo - Ray Ahlbert/Amstutz 1
Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher Thaler, Mike 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 14
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Hole is to Dig Krauss, Ruth 1
Holiday Handwriting School, The Pulver, Robin 1
Home Alone Schick, Eleanor 1
Home for a Puppy Gordon, Sharon 1
Homework Hassles Klein, Abby 1
Honey Bus Cutting, Brain & Jullian 1
Horton Hatches The Egg Seuss, Dr. 1
Horton Hears A Who Seuss, Dr. 1
House For a Hermit Crab Carle, Eric 1
House is a House For Me Hoberman, Mary Ann 1
House That Jack Built Cutts, David 1
House That Jack Built Simon, I. 1
How Much is A Million? Schwartz, David M. 1
How Spider Saved Easter Kraus, Robert 1
How Spider Saved Halloween Kraus, Robert 1
How The Grinch Stole Christmas Seuss, Dr. 1
How To Catch A Ghost Mitchell, Betty Jean (Noodles) 1
Hummingbird’s Life, A Himmelman, John 1
Hungry Crocodile Webb, Melissa 1
Hurry Up, Jessie Ziefert, Harriet 1
Hush Little Baby Aliki 1
I Am A Leaf Marzollo, Jean 1
I Can Blink Asch, Frank 1
I Can Build A House Wantanabe, Shigeo 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 15
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
I Can Read About Creepy Crawly Creatures Naden, C. J. 1
I Can Read About Dinosaurs Howard, Linda 1
I Can Read About Spiders Merrians, Deborah 1
I Can Read About Trees and Plants Warren, Elizabeth 1
I Can Roar Asch, Frank 1
I Can Take A Walk Wantanabe, Shigeo 1
I Can't Said the Ant Cameron, Polly 1
I Go With My Family to Grandma's Levinson, Riki 1
I Just Forgot Mayer, Mercer 1
I Know a Lady Zolotow, Charlotte 1
I Know An Old Lady Boone, R. 1
I Like Books Browne, Anthony 1
I Like Me! Carlson, Nancy 1
I See Patterns Benton, Linda 1
I Spy Noonan, Diana 1
I Want A Pet Gregorich, Barbara 1
I Want To Be An Astronaut Barton, Byron 1
I Was Walking Down the Road Barchas, Sarah 1
I Will Not Wear That Sweater Marie, Susan 1
I Wish I Were A Butterfly Howe, James 1
Ice Cream Soup Herman, Gail 1
Icky, Sticky Gloop Matthews, Morgan 1
If At First You Do Not See Brown, Ruth 1
If I Ever Mayer, Mercer 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 16
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
If I Ran The Circus Seuss, Dr. 1
If I Ran The Zoo Seuss, Dr. 1
If the Dinosaurs Came Back Most, Bernard 1
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Numeroff, Laura Joffe 1
I'm King Of The Castle Watanabe, Shigeo 1
Imogene's Antlers Small, David 1
In 1492 Marzollo, Jean 1
In a Dark Dark Room Schwartz, Alvin 1
In Our Country Canizares, Susan 1
In The Attic Oram, Hiawyn 1
Indians Silver, D. 1
Ira Says Good-Bye Waber, Bernard 1
Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard 1
Is There Room For Me? Pigdon, Keith and Woolley 1
It Could Still Be a Bird Fowler, Allan 1
It Could Still Be a Fish Fowler, Allan 1
It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw, Charles 1
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox Maccarme, Grace 1
It's A Good Thing There Are Insects Fowler, Allan 1
Jack and The Beanstalk Various Authors 1
Jackalope Stevens, Janet 1
Jamaica's Find Havill, Juanita 1
Jamberry Degen, Bruce 1
Janet's Thingamajigs Cleary, Beverly 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 17
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White 1
Jessica Henkes, Kevin 1
Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 1
Jim's Dog Muffins Cohen, Miriam 1
Jingle Bells Chartier, Normand 1
Joey The Jack-O'Lantern Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1
Jog Frog Jog Gregorich, Barbara 1
Jolly Monsters, The Gordon, Sharon 1
Josefina Story Quilt, The Coerr, Eleanor 1
Julius Hoff, Syd 1
Jump, Frog, Jump Kalan, Robert 1
Just a Rainy Day Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Camping Out Mayer, Mercer 1
Just For You Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Go to Bed Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Grandpa and Me Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Like Daddy Asch, Frank 1
Just Me & My Little Sister Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Me and My Puppy Mayer, Mercer 1
Just Shopping with Mom Mayer, Mercer 1
Kangaroo Eggleton, Jill 1
Kangaroo, The Granowsky, Alvin 1
Katy & The Big Snow Burton, Virginia Lee 1
Kevin's Grandma Williams, Barbara 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 18
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Wood, Audrey 1
King Midas Littledale, Freya 1
King's New Clothes, The McKissack, Pat & Fredrick 1
Kiss for Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund 1
Kites Sail High Heller, Ruth 1
Koko's Story Patterson, Francine 1
Lady Bugs Braithwaite, Althea 1
Lady Bugs Watts, Barrie 1
Lazy Bear, The Wildsmith, Brian 1
Leo And Emily Brandenberg, Franz 1
Leo-The Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert 1
Let's Be Enemies Udry, Janice May 1
Let's Get A Pet Cowley, Joy 1
Let's Get A Pet Greydanus, Rose 1
Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science Series Various Authors 1
Life in the Meadow Curran, Eileen 1
Life of a Butterfly, A Bernard, Robin 1
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Henkes, Kevin 1
Lindgren, Astrid Dubowski, Cathy 1
Little Bear Series Minarik, Else Holmelund 1
Little Boy Who Loved Dirt & Almost Became Superslob Vigna, Judith 1
Little Christmas Star Craig, Janet 1
Little Critter Series Mayer, Mercer 1
Little Engine That Could Piper, Watty 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 19
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Little Fish That Got Away Cook, B. 1
Little Gorilla Bornstein, Ruth 1
Little House Burton, Virginia Lee 1
Little Monster Series Mayer, Mercer 1
Little Old Man Who Could Not Read Black, Irma Simonton 1
Little Owl Leaves the Nest Leonard, Marcia 1
Little Pig's Birthday Leonard, Marcia 1
Little Prince de Saint-Exupery, Antoine 1
Little Rabbit's Baby Brother Manushkin, Fran 1
Little Rabbit's Baby Sister Leonard, Marcia 1
Little Raccoon & The Outside World Moore, Lilian 1
Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul 1
Little Red Hen McQueen, Lucinda 1
Little Red Riding Hood Hyman, Trina Schart 1
Little Tim & The Brave Sea Captain Ardizzone, Edward 1
Littlest Leaguer Hoff, Syd 1
Lizards Home Shannon, George 1
Lizard's Song Shannon, George 1
Loch Ness Monster (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Long Way Westward, The Sandin, Joan 1
Longest Journey in the World Morris, William 1
Look Out, He's Behind You Bradman, Tony 1
Lorax, The Seuss, Dr. 1
Lorenzo Waber, Bernard 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 20
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Lost in the Storm Carrick, Carol 1
Love You Forever Munsch, Robert 1
Lucille Lobel, Arnold 1
Lucita Comes Home to Oaxaca Cano, Robin B. 1
Lucky Bear Phillips, Joan 1
Lucky's Choice Jeschke, Susan 1
Lulu Walks the Dogs (BOE approved Nov 2015) Viorst, Judith 1
M & M Series Ross, Pat 1
Madeline Series Bemelmans, Ludwig 1
Magic Fish Littledale, Freya 1
Magic Hat, The Fox, Mem 1
Magic School Bus Gets Caught in a Web, The Lane Jeanette 1
Magic School Bus Rides the Wind, The Capeci, Anne 1
Magic Spectacles, The Moore, Lilian 1
Mailing May Tunnell, Michael O. 1
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert 1
Mammals Are Animals Holloway, Judith 1
Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes, The Krasilovsky, Phyllis 1
Manta Rays Berger, Melvin 1
Map Is a Picture Rinkoff, Barbara 1
Maps and Globes Knowlton, Jack 1
Martiner K. Saves the Day Gelman, R. 1
Mary Wore Her Red Dress Peek, Merle 1
Maui Hooks Hawaii (BOE Approved April 2014) Scheu, Judy 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 21
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Maybe Garden, The Burke-Weiner, Kimberly 1
May'naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea Belton, Sandra 1
Merry Christmas Mom and Dad Mayer, Mercer 1
Mexico Canizares, Susan & Chanko,
Pamela1
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee 1
Millions of Cats Gag, Wanda 1
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain Lobel, Arnold 1
Miss Nelson Series Allard Jr., Harry G. 1
Mitchell is Moving Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1
Mitten Tresselt, Alvin 1
Mixed-Up Magic Cole, Joanna 1
Molly's Monsters Slater, Teddy 1
Molly's Wish To Molly's Special Wish Supraner, Robyn 1
Monday, Monday, I Like Monday Martin, Bill 1
Monkey See Monkey Do Gave, Marc 1
Monster & The Baby Mueller, Virginia 1
Monster Books, The (Series) Blance, Ellen & Cook, Ann 1
Monster Movie Cole, Joanna 1
Monster Tracks Delaney, A. 1
Moonbear Series Asch, Frank 1
Mooncake Asch, Frank 1
More Spaghetti, I Say! Gelman, Rita Golden 1
Morning Dance Aruego, Jose 1
Morris & Boris Series Wiseman, Bernard 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 22
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
Mother Goose Various Authors 1
Mother Rabbit's Son Tom Gackenbach, Dick 1
Mother's Day Mice, The Brett, Jan 1
Mouse Box, The Cowley, Joy 1
Mouse Party (BOE Approved April 2014) Robinson, Fay 1
Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold 1
Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold 1
Mr. Brown's Magnificent Apple Tree Winer, Yvonne 1
Mr. Grumpy's John Burningham, John 1
Mrs. Brice's Mice Hoff, Syd 1
Mrs. Grimbles Eggleton, Jill 1
Mrs. Grimbles Grapevine Eggleton, Jill 1
Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah Dabcovich, Lydia 1
Mud Lewison, Wendy 1
Muffy and Fluffy Palazzo-Craig, Janet 1
Munch, Munch, Munch Gentner, Norma 1
Museum, The Cutting, Brain & Julian 1
My Five Senses Aliki 1
My Global Address Nunn, Tamara 1
My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies Viorst, Judith 1
My Mom Travels a Lot Bauer, Caroline Feller 1
My New Boy Phillips, Joan 1
My Red Umbrella Bright, Robert 1
My Secret Hiding Place Greydanus, Rose 1
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 23
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Elementary Approved Literature List by Grade
My Visit to the Dinosaurs Aliki 1
Mystery of the Haunted House, The Shannon, J. 1
Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten Kellogg, Steven 1
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs dePaola, Tomie 1
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Case of the Sneaky
SnowmanKeene, Carolyn 1
Napping House Wood, Audrey 1
Nate the Great Series Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman 1
Nest of Wood Ducks Shaw, Evelyn S. 1
Nicky's Christmas Surprise Ziefert, Harriet 1
No Fighting, No Biting! Minarik, Else Holmelund 1
No Flying in the House Brock, Betty 1
No Mail For Mitchell Siracusa, Catherine 1
No Room For A Sneeze Supraner, Robyn 1
Nobody Listens to Andrew Guilfoile, Elizabeth 1
Noisy Nora Wells, Rosemary 1
Norma Jean, Jumping Bean Cole, Joanna 1
Not Now, Said The Cow Oppenheim, Joanne 1
Not This Bear Myers, Bernice 1
Nursery School Rabbit Geras, Adele 1
OceanCanizares, Susan & Chanko,
Pamela1
Octopus Berger, Melvin 1
Octopus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Oh, Were They Ever Happy! Spier, Peter 1
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Graboff, Abner 1
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Old Mother Hubbard Provensen, Alice 1
Oliver Button Is A Sissy dePaola, Tomie 1
On Market Street Lobel, Arnold 1
Once Upon MacDonald's Farm Gammell, Stephen 1
Once: A Lullaby Nichol, B. P. 1
One Cold Wet Night Melser, June and Cowley, Joy 1
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Seuss, Dr. 1
One in The Middle is the Green Kangaroo Blume, Judy 1
One Little Monkey Calmenson, Stephanie 1
One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert 1
One Wooly Wombat Trinca, Rod 1
Oops Mayer, Mercer 1
Orange, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1
Oscar Otter Benchley, Nathaniel 1
Our Teacher Miss Pool Owen, Richard 1
Over In the Meadow Various Authors 1
Overnight At Mary Bloom's Aliki 1
Owl At Home Lobel, Arnold 1
Owl at School Nicoll, Helen 1
Owl Moon Yolen, Jane 1
Owliver Kraus, Robert 1
Ox-Cart Man Hall, Donald 1
Pain And the Great One Blume, Judy 1
Paintbox Penguins: A Book about Colors Leonard, Marcia 1
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Pancakes, Crackers, and PizzaEberts, Marjorie and Gisler,
Margaret1
Panda, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Paper Party, The Freeman, Don 1
Pardon Said the Giraffe West, Colin 1
Parrot, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Pat The Bunny Kunhardt, Dorothy 1
Patrick's Dinosaurs Carrick, Carol 1
Paul the Pitcher Sharp, Paul 1
Pegasus, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Penguins Kaufman, Elizabeth Elias 1
Penguins Paint, The Tripp, Valerie 1
Penny and Her Marble (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 1
Perfect the Pig Jeschke, Susan 1
Pet Show Keats, Ezra Jack 1
Pete the Parakeet Gordon, Sharon 1
Peter and the North Wind Littledale, Freya 1
Peter Pan Barrie, Jim 1
Phil the Ventriloquist Kraus, Robert 1
Pickle Things Brown, Marc Tolon 1
Pierre Sendak, Maurice 1
Pig Pig Grows Up (Series) McPhail, David 1
Piggy In The Puddle, The Pomerantz, Charlotte 1
Pigs in Hiding Dubonevich, Arlene 1
Pinky and Rex and the Bully Howe, James 1
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Pippa Mouse Boegehold, Betty Virginia 1
Playground Fun Gordon, Sharon 1
Playhouse for Monster Mueller, Virginia 1
Pocahontas and the Strangers Bulla, Clyde Robert 1
Pocket for Corduroy Freeman, Don 1
Pony, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Pookins Gets Her Way Lester, Helen 1
Poorly Pig Ahlberg, Allan 1
Poppy the Panda Gaokenback, Dick 1
Porcupine's Pajama Party Harshman, Terry 1
Postcards From Canada Dawson, Zoe 1
Praying Mantis (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Prince's Tooth Is Loose, The Ziefert, Harriet 1
Princess and the Pea, The Stevens, Janet 1
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Titherington, Jeanne 1
Quack Said The Billy Goat Causley, Charles 1
Quick As A Cricket Wood, Audrey 1
Rabbits On Roller Skates Wahl, Jan 1
Rain Kalan, Robert 1
Rainbow of My Own Freeman, Don 1
Rat Is Dead and Ant Is Sad Baker, Betty 1
Real Hole Cleary, Beverly 1
Reason for A Flower, The : A Book About Flowers, Pollen
and SeedsHeller, Ruth 1
Red Is Best Stinson, Kathy 1
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Red White and Blue-The Story of the American Flag Herman, John 1
Rhinoceros Wakes Me Up in the Morning, A Goodspeed, Peter 1
Rigby Leveled Reader Collection: Rigby Flying Colors Various Authors 1
Rigby Leveled Reader Collection: Rigby PM Various Authors 1
Right Number of Elephants, The Sheppard, Jeff 1
Robot Series Cook, Ann and Mack, Herb 1
Rocks & Minerals (Scholastic True or False) (BOE Approved April 2013)
Berger, Melvin and Gilda 1
Roll Over! A Counting Song Peek, Merle 1
Rooster and The Weather Vane Peters, Sharon 1
Rooster Who Went to His Uncle’s Wedding, The Ada, Alma Flor 1
Rooster's Off To See The World Carle, Eric 1
Rosie's Walk Hutchins, Pat 1
Rotten Ralph Gantos, Jack 1
Round Trip Jonas, Ann 1
Rub-A-Dub Dub: What's In The Tub? Blocksma, Mary 1
Rub-A-Dub-Suds Peters, Sharon 1
Rubber Rabbit Ahlberg, Allan 1
Runaway Bunny Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Russell Rides Again Hurwitz, Johanna 1
Sacajawea Milton, Joyce 1
Sam and the Lucky Money (BOE approved Nov 2015) Chinn, Karen 1
Sam The Minuteman Benchley, Nathaniel 1
Sand Cake Asch, Frank 1
Santa Clauses, The Broger, Achim 1
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Sarah's Unicorn Coville, Bruce 1
Scientists Chanko, Pamela 1
Seabiscuit Dubowski, Cathy East 1
Seahorse, The (Series) Granowsky, Alvin 1
Seahorses Berger, Melvin 1
Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree, The Gibbons, Gail 1
Seasons of the Farm Miller, Jane 1
Second-Grade Friends Cohen, Miriam 1
See How It Grows (Series) Nash, Pamela 1
See You In Second Grade Cohen, Miriam 1
See You Tomorrow Charles Cohen, Miriam 1
Seed, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1
Seven Little Rabbits Becker, John 1
Shake My Sakes & All Raffee Picture Books Raffi 1
Shake My Sillies Out Raffi 1
Sharks Berger, Melvin 1
Sharks Chessen, Betsey 1
Shawn and Keeper/Show-and-Tell London, Jonathan 1
ShelterCanizares, Susan & Moreton,
Daniel1
Sherman Is A Slowpoke Sharmat, Mitchell 1
Show and Tell Gordon, Sharon 1
Show and Tell Frog, The Oppenheim, Joanne 1
Silly Sheep Ahlberg, Allan 1
Six Foolish Fishermen Elkin, Benjamin 1
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Sled Surprise, The Barron, Gifford 1
Sleepy Bear Dabcovich, Lydia 1
Sleepy Book Zolotow, Charlotte 1
Sloppy Kisses Winthrop, Elizabeth 1
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth Carle, Eric 1
Smelling Things Fowler, Allan 1
Snail, The (Series) Nash, Pamela 1
Snakes Broekel, Ray 1
Snakes Petty, Kate 1
Snakes and Their Young Bailey, Donna 1
Sneetches And Other Stories Seuss, Dr. 1
Snowman, The Briggs, Raymond 1
Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack 1
So Can I Facklam, Margery 1
So Sick Ziefert, Harriet 1
Soft Skull Sam Hoff, Syd 1
Song and Dance Man Ackerman, Karen 1
Space Case Marshall, Edward 1
Spelling Bee Gordon, Sharon 1
Spider and the Fly Howitt, Mary 1
Spider, The Nash, Pamela 1
Spiders Gibbons, Gail 1
Spiders are Animals Holloway, Judith 1
Spider's First Day At School Kraus, Robert 1
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Stanley Hoff, Syd 1
Stanley and Rhoda Wells, Rosemary 1
Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin to the Rescue Venn, Cecilia 1
Statue of Liberty , The Recht, Lucille 1
Stellaluna Cannon, Janell 1
Stone Soup McGovern, Ann 1
Story of Chicken Licken Ormerod, Jan 1
Story of Ferdinand, The Leaf, Munro 1
Story Of Johnny Appleseed, The Aliki 1
Story Snail, The Rockwell, Anne 1
Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck, The Benchley, Nathaniel 1
Sunshine Makes the Seasons Branley, Franklyn 1
Super Storms Simon, Seymour 1
Surprise Party Gordon, Sharon 1
Surprise Party, The Prager, Annabelle 1
Surprises Hopkins, Lee Bennett 1
Swamp Monsters Christian, Mary Blount 1
Sweet Touch Balian, Lorna 1
Swimmy Lionni, Leo 1
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William 1
Tacky the Penguin Lester, Helen 1
Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Potter, Beatrix 1
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Potter, Beatrix 1
Tale of the Bunny Picnic, The Hearn, Diane Dawson 1
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Tales of Amanda Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1
Tales of Oliver Pig Van Leeuwen, Jean 1
Tall City, Wide Country Chwast, Seymour 1
Tallyho, Pinkerton! Kellogg, Steven 1
Teacher Who Could Not Count, The McKee, Craig 1
Teddy On Time Pellowski, Michael 1
Teeny Tiny Bennett, Jill 1
Teeny Tiny Woman O'Connor, Jane 1
Teeny Tiny Woman Seuling, Barbara 1
Tell-Tale Tiger Ahlberg, Allan 1
Ten Loopy Caterpillars Cowley, Joy 1
Thanksgiving Is … Borden, Louise 1
That's Not All Schneider, R. 1
That's Not Santa Kessler, Leonard 1
That's What A Friend Is Hallinan, P. K. 1
The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement C 1
There's A Dragon in My Garden Cutting, Brian 1
There's A Hippopotamus Under My Bed Thaler, Mike 1
There's A Nightmare In My Closet Mayer, Mercer 1
There's An Alligator Under My Bed Mayer, Mercer 1
There's Someone in My Attic Mayer, Mercer 1
Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose Seuss, Dr. 1
Things Birds Eat, The Chessen, Betsey 1
This Bird Can FlyCanizares, Susan & Moreton,
Daniel1
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This is the Bear Hayes, Sarah 1
Three Bears Galdone, Paul 1
Three Billy Goats Gruff Various Authors 1
Three Blind Mice Ivimey, John 1
Three By The Sea Marshall, Edward 1
Three Ducks Went Wandering Roy, Ron 1
Three Little Kittens, The Galdone, Paul 1
Three Little Pigs Galdone, Paul 1
Three Little Pigs, The Grace, Ellen 1
Three Little Witches Gordon, Sharon 1
Three Names MacLachlan, Patricia 1
Three Wishes Craig, M. Jean 1
Three-Hat Day Geringer, Laura 1
Through Grandpa's Eyes MacLachlan, Patricia 1
Thump, Bump: Tiny the Dancing Hippo Craig, Janet 1
Thy Friend, Obadiah Turkle, Brinton 1
Tiger is a Scaredy Cat Phillips, Joan 1
Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel, Arlene 1
Time for a Number Rhyme None 1
Time for a Rhyme None 1
Tiny Seed, The Carle, Eric 1
Toad Hunt, The Chenery, Janet 1
Tog the Dog Hawkins, Colin 1
Tom and the Two Handles Hoban, Russell 1
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Tomato, The Nash, Pamela 1
Too Many Rabbits Parish, Peggy 1
Too Much Junk Food Berenstain, Stan 1
Too Much Noise McGovern, Ann 1
Tooth Fairy, The Peters, Sharon 1
Tooth Trouble Klein, Abby 1
Tortoise & The Hare, The Stevens, Janet 1
Trains Gibbons, Gail 1
Traveler and the Farmer, The Cowley, Joy 1
Tree In The Trail Holling, Holling C. 1
Tree is a Home, A Kelley, Dr. Alden 1
Tree Is Nice, A Udry, Janice May 1
Tree, The Nash, Pamela 1
Trees Braithwaite, Althea 1
Truck Trouble Royston, Angela 1
True Story of Pocahontas, The Penner, Lucille 1
Trunk, The Wildsmith, Brian 1
Turtle and Tortoise Serventy, Vincent 1
Turtle Tale Asch, Frank 1
Turtles (Now I Know) Craig, Janet 1
Twelve Bells for Santa Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1
Two Times the Fun Cleary, Beverly 1
Tyrannosaurus Rex Granowsky, Alvin 1
Uncle Elephant Lobel, Arnold 1
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Unusual Spiders Bailey, Donna 1
Usborne Book of Space Facts, The Becklake, Sue 1
Velveteen Rabbit, The Williamss, Margery 1
Very Busy Spider, The Carle, Eric 1
Very Hungrey Caterpillar, The Carle, Eric 1
Very Worst Monster, The Hutchins, Pat 1
Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara 1
Wait Till the Moon is Full Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Waiting for Sunday Blackburn, C. 1
Wake Up, Sun Harrison, David 1
Watch Out, Ronald Morgan Giff, Patricia Reilly 1
Water For Dinosaurs And You Gans, Roma 1
Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle Paul, Miranda 1
Way To Start The Day, The Baylor, Byrd 1
We Are Best Friends Aliki 1
We Can Make Graphs Williams, Rozanne Lanozak 1
We Sing Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies Beall, Pamela Conn 1
We Wish You A Merry Christmas Traditional 1
Wet Cats Gelman, Rita Golden 1
Whales Berger, Melvin 1
Whales & Dolphins (I Can Read About) Anderson, J. I. 1
What A Good Lunch Watanabe, Shigeo 1
What Do Artists Do?Canizares, Susan & Berger,
Samantha1
What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? Mayer, Mercer 1
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What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 1
What I Did Last Summer Prelutsky, Jack 1
What is a Mammal? Day, Jenifer W. 1
What Makes Day and Night? Branley, Franklyn M. 1
What Next, Baby Bear? Murphy, Jill 1
What Spot? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1
What's Claude Doing? Gackenbach, Dick 1
What's In Fox's Sack? Galdone, Paul 1
Wheels On The Bus Raffi 1
When I Get Bigger Mayer, Mercer 1
When I Was Young In the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia 1
Where Did My Mother Go? Preston, Edna Mitchell 1
Where Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice 1
Where's My Easter Egg? Ziefert, Harriet 1
Where's Spot? Hill, Eric 1
Where's The Halloween Treat? Ziefert, Harriet 1
Whistle For Willie Keats, Ezra Jack 1
Who Said Red? Serfozo, Mary 1
Who Sank the Boat? Allen, Pamela 1
Who Stole The Apples? Heuck, Sigrid 1
Who Took the Farmer's Hat? Nodset, Joan L. 1
Who Wants A Cheap Rhinoceros? Silverstein, Shel 1
Who’s Hiding? Lanczak Williams, Rozanne 1
Who's Afraid of the Dark? Bonsall, Crosby Newell 1
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Who's That? Stevens, Harry 1
Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert 1
Why Can't I Fly? Gelman, Rita Golden 1
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's E Aardema, Verna 1
Wild, Wild Wolves Milton, Joyce 1
William, Where Are You? Gerstein, M. 1
Willy The Wimp Browne, Anthony 1
Wind Blew, The Hutchins, Pat 1
Winter Day, A Florian, Douglas 1
Wish-Washy Day Cowley, Joy 1
Witch's Christman Bridwell, Norma 1
Wizard, the Fairy, & The Magic, The Lester, Helen 1
Wobbly Tooth, The Cooney, Nancy Evans 1
Yertle The Turtle Seuss, Dr. 1
You and Me, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 1
You Look Funny! Kim, Joy 1
You Look Ridiculous Waber, Bernard 1
Young Cam Jansen (Series) Adler, David 1
Young Kangaroo Brown, Margaret Wise 1
Young Wolf and Spirit Horse Shelelman, Janice 1
Yummers Marshall, James 1
Yummers, Too Marshall, James 1
Yummy, Yummy Grey, Judith 1
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways (BOE approved Nov 2015) Kvasnosky, Laura McGee 1
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12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve 2
26 Fairmount Avenue dePaola, Tomie 2
A, My Name Is Alice Bayer, Jane 2
Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington Harness, Cheryl 2
Abe Lincoln's Hat Brenner, Martha 2
Abigail Adams, Girl of Colonial Days Wagoner, Jean Brown 2
Abraham Lincoln Cashore, Kristen 2
Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer, Leader, Legend Fontes, Justine & Ron 2
Absolutely Lucy Cooper, Ilene 2
Adventure of the Bailey School Kids: Dragons Don’t Cook
PizzaDadey, Debbie 2
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The Hurwitz, Johanna 2
Adventures of Isabel, The Nash, Ogden 2
Albert's Toothache Williams, Barbara 2
Alexander Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Viorst, Judith 2
Aliens for Breakfast Spinner, Stephanie 2
All About Alligators Arnosky, Jim 2
All About Seeds Berger, Melvin 2
Always Inventing: The True Story of Thomas Alva Edison Murphy, Frank 2
Always Room for One More Leodhas, Sorche Nic 2
Amazing Rescues Shea, George 2
Amazing World of Spiders Craig, Janet 2
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Danziger, Paula 2
Amigo Baylor, Byrd 2
Amos & Boris Steig, William 2
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An Elf for Christmas Hollands, Judith 2
Anansi the Spider McDermott, G. 2
Anelina Ballerina Holabird, Katharine 2
Angel Child, Dragon Child Surat, Michele Marie 2
Animal Ark Series Baglio, Ben 2
Anna's Garden Songs Steele, Mary Q. 2
Annie and the Old One Miles, Miska 2
Another Point of View Series The Little Red Hen/ Help
Yourself Little Red HenGranowsky, Alvin 2
Antarctica Cowcher, Helen 2
Anteater Named Arthur Waber, Benard 2
April’s Kitten Newberry, Clare 2
Apt. 3 Keats, Ezra Jack 2
Armies of Ants Retan, Walter 2
Arthur Meets the President Brown, Marc 2
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble Brown, Marc 2
Arthur's Birthday Brown, Marc 2
Arthur's Pet Business Brown, Marc 2
At Home in the Rain Forest (BOE Approved April 2013) Willow, Diane 2
Attaboy, Sam! Lowry, Lois 2
Australia Santrey, Laurence 2
Avalanche! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2
Babe: The Gallant Pig King-Smith, Dick 2
Baby Who Got All the Blame, The Nelson, JoAnne 2
Baby Zoo Animals Kaufman, Elizabeth 2
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Bah! Humbug? Balian, Lorna 2
Banza Wolkstein, Diane 2
Barry the Bravest Saint Bernard Hall, Lynn 2
Baseball Counting Book, The McGrath, Barbara Barbieri 2
Basil Series Titus, Eve 2
Bat Loves the Night (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Davies, Nicola 2
Bat Zamboree Appelt, Kathi 2
Battle of the Class Clowns Baer, Jacqueline A. 2
Bea & Mr.Jones Schwartz, Amy 2
Bears on Hemlock Mountain Dalgliesh, Alice 2
Beast & The Halloween Horror Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Beast in Ms Rooney's Room, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Beats Me, Claude Nixon, Joan Lowery 2
Beezus & Ramona Cleary, Beverly 2
Ben Franklin and the Magic Square Murphy, Frank 2
Benjamin & Tulip Wells, Rosemary 2
Best Enemies Leverich, Kathleen 2
Best Friends Hollaner, Cass 2
Best Friends Kellogg, Steven 2
B-e-s-t Friends Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Best Teacher in the World Chardie, Bernice 2
Best Town in the World, The Baylor, Byrd 2
Betsy & the Circus Haywood, Carolyn 2
Big City PortMasestro, Betsy
Delvecchio, Ellen2
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Big Mamma's Crews, Donald 2
Bigger Giant, The Green, Nancy 2
Billy Jo Jive, Super Private Eye Shearer, John 2
Billy the Bird King-Smith, Dick 2
Blizzard! Snowstorm Fury Turck, Mary C. 2
Blue Hill Meadows, The Rylant, Cynthia 2
Boa Constrictors Bargar & Johnson 2
Bobsledding and the Luge Brimner, Larry Dane 2
Body Facts Drew, David 2
Book About Planets & Stars Reigot, Betty Polisar 2
Boss For a Week Handy, Libby 2
Boxcar Children Warner, Gertrude Chandler 2
Boy and the Ghost, The San Souci, Robert 2
Boy in the Doghouse, A , (1991) Duffey, Betsy 2
Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Littledale, Freya 2
Bread and Jam for Frances Hoban, Russell 2
Broderick Ormondroyd, Edward 2
Brontosaurus Redhead, J. 2
Buck Stops Here Provensen, Alice 2
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor 2
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Dussling, Jennifer 2
Bully Trouble Cole, Joanna 2
Bumps In The Night Allard, Harry 2
Bunnicula Howe, James 2
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Buster’s Dino Dilemma Brown, Marc 2
Busybody Nora Hurwitz, Johanna 2
Button Box, The Reid, Margarette 2
Buz Egielski, Richard 2
Caleb & Kate Steig, William 2
Caleb's Story (BOE Approved November 2014) MacLachlan, Patricia 2
Cam Jansen Series Adler, David 2
Can We Get That Here? Foley, Donna 2
Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2
Candy Corn Contest, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Capybobby Peet, Bill 2
Carnival Burden-Patmon, Denise 2
Case of the Cat's Meow Bonsall, Crosby 2
Case of the Cool Itch Kid Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Case of the Dumb Bells Bonsall, Crosby 2
Case of the Hungry Stranger Bonsall, Crosby 2
Case of the Lost Boy, The (BOE Approved April 2014) Hillestad Butler, Dori 2
Case of The Missing Cat Palazzo-Craig, Janet 2
Casey Jones York, Carol Beach 2
Cat’s Burglar, The Parish, Peggy 2
Catwings LeGuin, Ursula 2
Cave Boy Dubowski, Cathy 2
Chalk Box Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2
Cherries and Cherry Pits Williams, Vera 2
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Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride Selden, George 2
Chester The Wordly Pig Peet, Bill 2
Chicken Pox Party, The Wyeth, Sharon Dennis 2
Chicken Squad, The Cronin, Doreen 2
Chinese New Year's Dragon Sing, Rachel 2
Choose Your Own Adventure Series Various Authors 2
Christmas Secret Lexau, Joan 2
Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin 2
Cinderella Karlin, Barbara 2
Cinder-Ella Minters, Frances 2
City Rhythms Nayer, Judy 2
City Storm Parker, Mary 2
Clara and the Book Wagon Levison, Nancy 2
Cloud Book dePaola, Tomie 2
Cobras Bargar & Johnson 2
Comets and Meteor Showers Sipiera, Paul 2
Commander Toad Series Yolen, Jane 2
Copperheads Bargar, Sherie 2
Crash, Bang, Boom Spier, Peter 2
Cream of Creature from the School Cafeteria Thaler, Mike 2
Crictor Ungerer, Tom 2
Crow Boy Yashima, Taro 2
Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo, The Fuchshuber, Annegert 2
Dancing Teepees Sneve, Virginia 2
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Dandelions Bunting, Eve 2
Daring Resue of Marlon the Swimming Pig, The Saunders, Susan 2
Day of the Blizzard (BOE Approved November 2014) Moskin, Marieta 2
Dear Garbage Man Zion, Gene 2
Dear Levi (Letters From the Overland Trail) Woodruff, Elvira 2
December Secrets Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
DeDe Takes Charge Hurwitz, Johanna 2
Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers Rosenbloom, Joseph 2
Destination Everest Glenn, Karen 2
Diagnostic System, The Stille, Darlene R. 2
Diary of a Sunflower (BOE Approved April 2014) Pugliano, Carol 2
Diego Rivera Vasquez, Sarah 2
Digging Up Dinosaurs Aliki 2
Dinosaur Dream Nolan, Dennis 2
Dinosaur Habitat Griffith, Helen 2
Dinosaur Hunters McMullan, Kate 2
Dinosaur Named Sue, A Robinson, Fay 2
Dinosaur Story Cole, Joanna 2
Dinosaur Time Parish, Peggy 2
Dinosaur Who Wouldn't Go to School Salmon, Michael 2
Dinosaurs Charlesworth, Liza 2
Dinosaurs Alive and Well! Brown, Laurie & Marc 2
Dinosaurs Before Dark Osborne, Mary Pope 2
Dinosaurs Travel Brown, Laurie & Marc 2
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Disaster at Sea Donkin, Andrew 2
Discovery of the Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2
Diving Dolphins Wallace, Karen 2
Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices(BOE approved Nov 2015)
Larson, Jennifer S. 2
Do Not Open Turkle, Brinton 2
Do You Love Me? Gackenbach, Dick 2
Does 3rd Grade Last Forever? Schanback, Mindy 2
Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter, The Christopher, Matt 2
Dolphin Treasure (BOE Approved November 2014) Grover, Wayne 2
Dolphins at Daybreak Osborne, Mary Pope 2
Don’t Call Me Beanhead! Wejciechowski, Susan 2
Doodles of Sam Dibble, The Press, J 2
Dorrie Series Coombs, Patricia 2
Drinking Gourd, The Monjo, F. N. 2
Eagle Feather Bulla, Clyde Robert 2
Earth Brandt, Keith 2
Eclipse Darkness In Daytime Branley, Franklyn Mansfield 2
Eleanor Everywhere-The Life of Eleanore Roosevelt Kulling, Monica 2
Elihu the Elephant Brennan, Gale 2
Ella the Bad Speller Kraus, Robert 2
Ellen Tebbitts Cleary, Beverly 2
Ellis Island Quiri, Patricia 2
Elmer And The Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles 2
Emil the Eagle LeFleur, Thomas 2
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Emma Stevenson, Juliet 2
Emma's Pet McPhail, David 2
Emmett's Pig Stolz, Mary 2
Emperor's New ClothesAnderson, Hans Christian
Westcott, Nadine2
Empty Pot, The Demi 2
Encyclopedia Brown Series Sobol, Donald 2
Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes Ganeri, Anita 2
Euphonia and the Flood Calhoun, Mary 2
Everest - Reaching for the Sky Masoff, Joy 2
Extreme Machines Maynard, Christopher 2
Eye of the Needle Sloat, Teri 2
Fables Lobel, Arnold 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl, Roald 2
Fat Cat Kent, Jack 2
Father Fox's Pennyrhymes Watson, Clyde 2
Febold Feboldson- The Fix-it Farmer York, Carol Beach 2
Felix and the 400 FrogsBurier, Jon and Schade,
Susan2
Fire Fighter Royston, Angela 2
First American Colonies Oney, Yannick 2
First Clay Gathering, A Naranjo-Morse, N. 2
First Day Jitters Danneberg, Julie 2
First Dinosaurs, The Dixon, Dougal 2
First Flight McPhail, David 2
First Flight Shea, George 2
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First Passover, A Swartz, Leslie 2
Five Chinese Brothers, The Bishop, Claire Huchet 2
Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Suess, Dr. 2
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll Branley, Franklyn 2
Floating in Space Branley, Franklyn M. 2
Floods Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2
Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush Cherry, Lynne 2
Flutterby Cosgrove, Stephen 2
Fly Away Home Bunting, Eve 2
Follow a Raindrop: The Water Cycle Ward, Elsie 2
Follow Me Ziefert, Harriet 2
Follow The Dream Sis, Peter 2
Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake Martin, Rafe 2
Football That Won, The Sampson, Michael 2
Forecast Hall, Malcolm 2
Forever Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2
Foundling Fox Korshunow, Irina 2
Freckle Juice Blume, Judy 2
Fried Feathers for Thanksgiving Stevenson, James 2
Frog Prince Continued, The Scieszka, Jon 2
Frog Went A-Courtin' Langstaff, John 2
Funnybones Ahlberg, Allan 2
Fury Witch Freeman, D. 2
Gadget War, The Duffey, Betsy 2
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Garbage Juice for Breakfast Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Garden For A Groundhog, A Balian, Lorna 2
George the Drummer Boy Benchley, Nathaniel 2
George Washington, Our First Leader Stevenson, Augusta 2
George Washington, Soldier, Hero, President Fontes, Justine & Ron 2
Ghost of Windy Hill Bulla, Clyde Robert 2
Ghost With The Halloween Hiccups, The Mooser, Stephen 2
Ghost-Eye TreeMartin, Bill & Archambault,
John2
Giant Dinosaurs Rowe, Erna 2
Gift for Tia Rosa Taha, Karen 2
Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The Dahl, Roald 2
Girl Named Helen Keller, A Lundell, Margo 2
Giving Tree, The Silverstein, Shel 2
Gloomy Gus the Hippopotamus Brennan, Gale 2
Gobble, Growl, Grunt Spier, Peter 2
Godzilla Ate My Homework Jones, Marcia Thornton 2
Going West Van Leeuwen, Jean 2
Gold Fever McMorrow, Catherine 2
Golly Sisters Go West Byars, Betsy 2
Good Hunting, Blue Sky Parish, Peggy 2
Good News Brenner, Barbara 2
Good Work, Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy 2
Goodnight, Goodnight Rice, Eve 2
Gooney Bird Greene Lowry, Lois 2
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Gorilla Browne, Anthony 2
Gorillas Demuth, Patrica 2
Grasshopper and the Ants Franklin, P. 2
Gravity Is A Mystery Branley, Franklyn 2
Great Easter Egg Mystery Sabin, Fran 2
Great Houdini – World Famous Magician and Escape Artist,
TheKulling, Monica 2
Greatest Treasure, The Demi 2
Great-Grandpa’s in the Litter Box Greenburg, Dan 2
Green Lion of Zion Street, The Fields, Julia 2
Greg's Microscope Selsam, Millicent 2
Growl! Berger, Melvin 2
Gus the Greedy Puppy Dale, Jenny 2
Gus Was a Real Dumb Ghost Thayer, Jane 2
Hannah Whelan, Gloria 2
Hanukkah! Schotter, Roni 2
Happy Birthday, Dr. King! Jones, Kathryn D. 2
Harold & the Dinosaur Mystery Frost, Erica 2
Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster Clifford, Eth 2
Helen Keller Graff, Stewart 2
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Hurwitz, Johanna 2
Helga High Up Neuhaus, D. 2
Helga's Dowry dePaola, Tomie 2
Henry and Mudge Series Rylant, Cynthia 2
Henry Bear's Park McPhail, David 2
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Here Comes the Strikeout Kessler, Leonard 2
Heron Street Turner, Ann 2
Hey, Get Off Our Train Burningham, John 2
Hey, Kid! Gelman, Rhonda 2
Higglety Pigglety Pop Sendak, Maurice 2
Homer Price McCloskey, Robert 2
Hoop Heroes Kramer, Sydelle 2
Horrible Harry Series Kline, Suzy 2
How and Why Animals Hatch From Eggs Pascoe, Elaine 2
How and Why Spiders Spin Silk Pascoe, Elaine 2
How Big Is A Brachiosaurus? Carroll, Susan 2
How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head Peet, Bill 2
How I Survived the Oregon Trail Wilson, Laura 2
How Many Days to America Bunting, Eve 2
How Pizza Came to Queens Khalsa, Dayal Kaur 2
Humbug Rabbit Balian, Lorna 2
Humbug Witch Balian, Lorna 2
Hungry Thing Slepian, Jan 2
Hungry, Hungry Sharks Cole, Joanna 2
Hunter of Fossils, A Baylor, B. 2
Hunting the Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals Dixon, Dougal 2
Hurricanes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2
I Can Be a Baseball Player Greene, Carol 2
I Hate My Brother Harry Dragonwagon, Crescent 2
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I Love You Mary Jane Balian, Lorna 2
I Was a Second Grade Werewolf Pinkwater, Danial 2
I, Amber Brown Danziger, Paula 2
I’m Sorry, Almira Ann Kurtz, Jane 2
I'd Like to Be Kroll, Steven 2
If I Could Nayer, Judy 2
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days Brenner, Barbara 2
If You Were An Animal Doctor Levine, Ellen 2
I'll Fix Anthony Viorst, Judith 2
Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa Burden-Patmon, Denise 2
In My GardenCristini, Ermanno and
Puricelli2
In the Dinosaur's Paw Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
In the PondCristini, Ermanno and
Puricelli2
Indian School, The Whelan, Gloria 2
Inside the Titanic Marschau, Ken 2
Invisible Boy, The (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Ludwig, Trudy 2
Invisible Stanley Brown, Jeff 2
Is Your Mama a Llama? Guarino, Deborah 2
It Came From Beneath the Bed Howe, James 2
It's Christmas! Prelutsky, Jack 2
It's Halloween Prelutsky, Jack 2
It's So Nice To Have A Wolf Around the House Allard, Harry 2
It's Valentine's Day Prelutsky, Jack 2
Ivy + Bean Barrows, Annie 2
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J.T. Wagner, Jane 2
Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball O’Connor, Jim 2
Jake Drake, Know it All Clements, Andrew 2
James Meets the Prairie Allen, Katy 2
Jenius: the Amazing Guinea Pig King-Smith, Dick 2
Jennifer, Tom Hamill, Juanita 2
Jeremy Bean's St. Pastrick's Day Schertle, Alice 2
Jigsaw Jones Mystery, A (Series) Preller, James 2
Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash Noble, Trinka Hakes 2
John Henry Naden, Corinne 2
Johnny Appleseed Moore, Eva 2
Johnny Appleseed York, Carol Beach 2
Julius - The Baby of the World Henkes, Kevin 2
Junie B. Jones Series Park, Barbara 2
Jurassic Dinosaurs Dixon, Dougal 2
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln – The Story of the Gettysburg
AddressFritz, Jean 2
Just Like Abraham Lincoln Waber, Benard 2
Katie’s Trunk Turner, Ann 2
Katy No-Pocket Payne, Emma 2
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter 2
Key to the Treasure Parish, Peggy 2
Knights of the Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon 2
Knots On A Counting RopeMartin, Bill & Archambault,
John2
Koalo Lou Fox, Mem 2
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Korean Children's Day Suyenaga, Ruth 2
Laila's Wedding Sakakeeny, Kaleel 2
Lance Armstrong – The Race of His Life Armstrong, Kristin 2
Last Dinosaur, The Murphy, Jim 2
Last Look Bulla, Clyde Robert 2
Legand of the India's Paintbrush dePaula, Tomie 2
Legend Of The Blue Bonnet, The dePaola, Tomie 2
Lemonade Trick Corbett, Scott 2
Lemonade War, The (BOE Approved April 2013) Davies, Jacqueline 2
Lentil McCloskey, Robert 2
Leo and Emily and the Dragon Brandenberg, Franz 2
Leo the Lop Cosgrove, Stephen 2
Leo the Lucky Kitten Dale, Jenny 2
Leprechauns Never Lie Balian, Lorna 2
Let’s Go Home, Little Bear Waddell, Martin 2
Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began Penner, Lucille Recht 2
Lily and Miss Liberty Stevens, Carla 2
Lily the Lost Puppy Dale, Jenny 2
Lionel At Large Krensky, Stephen 2
Listen to the RainMartin, Bill & Archambault,
John2
Little Beaver and the Echo MacDonald, Amy 2
Little Bunny's Lunch Nelson, JoAnne 2
Little Fox Goes to the End of the World Tompert, A. 2
Little House Chapter Book Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2
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Little House on the Prairie Series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2
Little Mouse Makes a Mess Leonard, Marcia 2
Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth Bate, Lucy 2
Little Shopping, A Rylant, Cynthia 2
Little Soup’s Birthday Peck, Robert Newton 2
Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley Spinner, Stephanie 2
Little Witch’s Big Night Hautzig, Deborah 2
Living in Space Daynes, Katie 2
Locked in the Library Brown, Marc 2
Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard 2
Look To The North – A Wolf Pup Diary George, Jean Craighead 2
Looking At Animals in Cold Places Butterfield, Moira 2
Looniverse Stranger Things Lubar, David 2
Lost in the Museum Cohen, Miriam 2
Lots of Rot Cobb, Vicki 2
Lucky Stone, The Clifton, Lucille 2
Magic Finger Dahl, Roald 2
Magic in the Park Chew, Ruth 2
Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Cole, Joanna 2
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Cole, Joanna 2
Magic School Bus, The Cole, Joanna 2
Magic School Bus, The : The Wild Whale Watch Moore, Eva 2
Magic Tree House (Series) Osborne, Mary Pope 2
Mars: The Red Planet Demuth, Patricia 2
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Marvin Redpost “Alone in His Teacher’s House” Sachar, Louis 2
Marvin Redpost “Class President” Sachar, Louis 2
Marvin Redpost “Is He a Girl” Sachar, Louis 2
Marvin Redpost “Kidnapped at Birth” Sachar, Louis 2
Marvin Redpost “Why Pick Me” Sachar, Louis 2
Mary Had a Little Lamb Hale, Sarah 2
Masai & I Krou, Virginia 2
Math In The Bath (and other fun places, too!) Atherlay, Sara 2
Matthew's Dream Lionni, Leo 2
Max Malone Make a Million Herman, Charlotte 2
Max's Christmas Wells, Rosemary 2
Meet …(Series) Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Various Authors 2
Meet the Lincoln Lions Band Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Merry Christmas from Eddie Haywood, Carolyn 2
Mia Hamm Dougherty, Terri 2
Mice Twice Low, Joseph 2
Mike and the Magic Cookies Buller, Jon 2
Mike Fink Kellogg, Steven 2
Mike Fink (Folk Tales of America) York, Carol Beach 2
Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara 2
Miss Spider’s Wedding Kirk, David 2
Missing Tooth, The Cole, Joanna 2
Molly's Pilgrim Cohen, Barbara 2
Molly's Wish Supraner, Robyn 2
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Monarch Butterfly’s Life, A Himmelman, John 2
Monster Valentines Cole, Joanna 2
More Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2
More Than Anything Else (BOE Approved Apr 2016) Bradby, Marie 2
Morris's Disappearing Bag Wells, Rosemary 2
Mother's Day, El Dia de las Madres Matiella, Ana Consuelo 2
Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly 2
Mr. Popper's Penguins Atwater, Richard 2
Mr. Putter and Tabby Series, Bake the Cake, Pick the
Pears, Walk the Dog, Row the Boat, Fly the Plane, Pour the Rylant, Cynthia 2
Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy Rayner, Mary 2
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John 2
My Father's Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles. 2
My First Easter dePaola, Tomie 2
My Prairie Year (Based on the Diary of Elenore Plaisted) Harvey, Brett 2
My Teacher Sleeps in School Weiss, Leatie 2
Mysterious Tadpole Kellogg, Steven 2
Mystery in the Night Woods Peterson, John Lawrence 2
Mystery of Pirate Ghost, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2
Mystery of the Lost Ring Supraner, Robyn 2
Mystery of the PB & J Jam, The Cosson, M.J. 2
Nasty Stinky Sneakers Bunting, Eve 2
National Anthem, The Quiri, Patricia 2
Nell the Naughty Kitten Dale, Jenny 2
New Americans, The Maestro, Betsy and Giulio 2
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New Coat for Anna Ziefert, Harriet 2
Night After Christmas Stevenson, James 2
Night of the Full Moon Whelan, Gloria 2
No Carrots for Harry Lungerman, Jean 2
No Toothe, No Quarter Buller, Jon & Schade, Susan 2
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th
Street Schotter, Roni 2
Not-So-Buried Treasure Berenstain, Stan 2
Now One Foot, Now the Other dePaola, Tomie 2
Obon Suyenaga, Ruth 2
Oh Beans! Weiss, Ellen 2
Oh, Kojo! How Could You! Aardema, Verna 2
Old Bear Hissey, Jane 2
Old Henry Blos, Joan 2
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog Marshall, James 2
Old Stormalong York, Carol Beach 2
Olden Days Mathieu, Joe 2
Oliver and the Lucky Duck McBrier, Page 2
On Christmas Eve Brown, Margaret Wise 2
Once Upon A Springtime Marzollo, Jean 2
One Cool Friend Buzzeo, Toni 2
One Fine Day Hogrogian, Nonny 2
One Hungry Monster O’Keefe, Susan Heyboer 2
One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, The Blume, Judy 2
One Zillion Valentines Modell, Frank 2
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Orphan Train Series Nixon, Joan Lowery 2
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Blume, Judy 2
Over the River and Through the Wood Child, Lycia Maria 2
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable
Friendship (BOE Approved Apr 2016)
Hatkoff, Isabella & Craig and
Kahumbu, Dr. Paula2
Paint Brush Kid, The Bulla, Clyde Robert 2
Patchwork Quilt, The Flournoy, Valerie 2
Paul Bunyan Various Authors 2
Pea Patch Jig, The Hurd, Thacher 2
Pearl and Wagner One Funny Day McMullan, Kate 2
Pearl Harbor Krensky, Stephen 2
Pecos Bill (Folk Tales of America) Lyman, Nanci 2
Pee Wee Scouts Series Delton, Judy 2
Pick-A-Path Dinosaur Adventure Logan, Nora 2
Picnic with Piggins Yolen, Jane 2
Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, A Adler, David 2
Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, A Adler, David 2
Picture Book of George Washington, A Adler, David 2
Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson, A Adler, David 2
Picture the Past - Life on a Pioneer Homestead Isaacs, Sally Senzell 2
Pig Who Saved the Day, The Crawford, Thomas 2
Piggins Yolen, Jane 2
Pigs Might Fly King-Smith, Dick 2
Pigs Will Be Pigs Axelrod, Amy 2
Pinky and Rex and the Spelling Bee Howe, James 2
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Pioneer Cat Hooks, William H. 2
Pippi on the Run Lindgren, Astrid 2
Pirates! Maynard, Christopher 2
Pizza Monster, The Sharmat, Majorie and Mirchell 2
Plains Indians Ansary, Mir Tamim 2
Planets In Our Solar System, The Branley, Franklyn M. 2
Polka Dot Private Eye Series Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Pony Express Bailer, Darice 2
Pony Express, The Mercati, Cynthia 2
Pony Pals “Detective Pony” Betancourt, Jeanne 2
Popcorn Book dePaola, Tomie 2
Popcorn Popper, The Nelson, JoAnne 2
Poppleton Everyday Rylant, Cynthia 2
Poppleton In Spring Rylant, Cynthia 2
Poppy and the Outdoors Cat Haas, Dorothy 2
Post Office Book, Mail and How Its Moves Gibbons, Gail 2
Postcards From… Series Arnold, Helen 2
Powwow Coombs, Linda 2
Pretty Good MagicDubowski, Mark and Cathy
East2
Princess Academy, The Hale, Shannon 2
Principal's New Clothes, The Calmenson, Stephanie 2
Printer’s Apprentice, The Krensky, Stephen 2
Punished!, 2006 Lubar, David 2
Purple Climbing Days Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
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Q is for Duck Elting, Mary 2
Quakes McMorrow, Catherine 2
Quilt Story, The Johnstone, Tony 2
Rain Forest Ride Andrews, Julia 2
Rain Forest Secrets Dorros, Arthur 2
Ramona Series Cleary, Beverly 2
Rattlesnakes: The Snake Discovery Library Bargar, Sharie 2
Ravi's Diwali Surprise Kacker, Anisha 2
Records and Oddities Hopkins, John 2
Red Riding Hood Marshall, James 2
Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington 2
River Parade Day, Alexandra 2
Robbery At the Diamond Dog Diner, The Christelow, Eileen 2
Robert & The Hairy Disaster Seuling, Barbara 2
Rockets & Spaceships Wallace, Karen 2
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs(BOE Approved April 2014)
Applegate, Katherine 2
Rose in My Garden, The Lobel, Arnold 2
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer May, Robert 2
Rumpelstiltskin Zelinsky, Paul 2
Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly 2
Sagebrush Highsmith Taylor, Bonnie 2
Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt Ernst, Lisa Campbell 2
Sam Patch-The Big Time Jumper York, Carol Beach 2
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Sam, Bangs and Moonshine Ness, Evaline 2
Sarah Morton's Day Waters, Kate 2
Sarah, Plain and Tall Maclachlan, Patricia 2
Sassafras Cosgrove, Stephen 2
Save That Raccoon Miklowitz, Gloria 2
School Days Wilder, Laura Ingalls 2
Schoolhouse on the Prairie Mercati, Cynthia 2
Sea Songs Livingston, Myra Cohn 2
Season of Promise Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Hermes, Patricia 2
Secret of Foghorn Island, The Hayes, Geoffrey 2
Seed is a Promise, A. Merrill, Claire 2
Shark Lady McGovern, Ann 2
Sheila Rae The Brave Henkes, Kevin 2
Silver Whelan, Gloria 2
Simon Ellis, Spelling Bee Champ Ferguson, Margaret 2
Simple Pictures Are Best Willard, Nancy 2
Sitting Bull Recht Penner, Lucille 2
Skateboard Party English, Karen 2
Skelton Inside You, The Blaestrino, Phillip 2
Skyfire Asch, Frank 2
Sleep Out Carrick, Carol 2
Sleeping Ugly Yolen, Jane 2
Slinky, Scaly Snakes Dussling, Jennifer 2
Small Pig Lobel, Arnold 2
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Smarter than Squirrels Nolan, Lucy 2
Snail's Spell, The Ryder, Jonne 2
Snake That Went to School Moore, Lilian 2
Snakes Gross, Ruth Belov 2
Snakes! Penner, Lucille 2
Snow Child, The Littledale, Freya 2
Snow Lion McPhail, David 2
Soccer Sam Marzollo, Jean 2
Socks Cleary, Beverly 2
Socksnatchers, The Balian, Lorna 2
Solomon the Rusty Nail Steig, William 2
Something Queer Series Levy, Elizabeth 2
Sometimes It's Turkey; Sometimes It's Feathers Balian, Lorna 2
Space Rock Buller, Jon 2
Space Witch Freeman, Don 2
Spectacles Raskin, Ellen 2
Spirit of the Wild West, The Owens, L.L. 2
Square Against the World: Story of a Sod House Mercati, Cynthia 2
Stacy Says Good-bye Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Star Spangled Banner, The Spier, Peter 2
Star Wars, Episode I: Anakin’s Fate Cerasini, Marc 2
Star Wars, Episode I: Danger of the Core Thomas, Jim 2
Star Wars, Luke’s Fate Thomas, Jim 2
Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Ann 2
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Story of Ping, The Flack, Marjorie 2
Story of the Christmas Rose Richardson, I. M. 2
Story of the Kind Wolf, The Nickel, Peter 2
Strange Creatures That Really Lived Selsam, Millicent 2
Strawberry Thanksgiving Jennings, Paulla 2
Strega Nona dePaola, Tomie 2
Strega Nona: Her Story dePaola, Tomie 2
Stringbean's Trip To The Shining Sea Williams, Vera 2
Stuart Little White, E. B. 2
Stupids Series Allard, Harry 2
Summer Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2
Surprise, Surprise Pascal, Francine 2
Swim With the Dolphins Kranking, Kathleen W. 2
Tale of Despereaux, The* DiCamillo, Kate 2
Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse & Other Mouse Stories Potter, Beatrix 2
Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, The Paterson, Katherine 2
Taste of Blackberries Smith, Doris Buchanan 2
Teacher From The Black Lagoon, The Thaler, Mike 2
Teacher’s Funeral, The Peck, Richard 2
Terrible Mr. TwitmeyerMoore, Lilian & Adelson,
Leone2
Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House Blaine, Marge 2
Terror Below – True Shark Stories del Prado, Dana 2
Tet: The New Year Tran, Kim-Lan 2
Thanksgiving Meachen Rau, Dana 2
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That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom Cox, Judy 2
There's A Witch Under the Stairs Smith, Maggie 2
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon Kent, Jack 2
Third-Story Cat, The Baker, Leslie 2
This is the Place For Me Cole, Joanna 2
Those Mysterious Dinasaurs Ingoglia, Gina 2
Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe Williams, Vera 2
Three King's Day Zapater, Beatriz McConnie 2
Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad PigFrivazas, Eugine and
Oxenbury, Helen2
Tight Times Hazen, Barbara Shook 2
Tilly Witch Freeman, Don 2
TIME for Kids Nonfiction Reader Series (BOE Approved April 2015)
Various Authors 2
To The Top! Kramer, Sydelle 2
Today Was A Terrible Day Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Tommy at the Grocery Store Grossman, Bill 2
Tornado Byars, Betsy 2
Tornadoes! Hopping, Lorraine Jean 2
Tortoise & the Hare, The: Friends At the End Granowsky, Alvin 2
Trail of the Screaming Teenager, The Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Treeful of Pigs Lobel, Arnold 2
Trouble With Dad, The Cole, Babette 2
Trouble With Mom, The Cole, Babette 2
Trouble With Tuck, The: The Inspiring Story of a Dog Who
Triumphs Against All OddsTaylor, Theodore 2
True Blue Elste, Joan 2
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True Book, A – Geysers Brimner, Larry Dane 2
True Book, A – Glaciers Brimner, Larry Dane 2
True Books on Geography Series Peterson, David 2
True Story of Corky the Blind Seal Irvine, Georgeanne 2
Twelve Days of Christmas Brett, Jan 2
Twister on Tuesday Osborne, Mary Pope 2
Twisters! Recht Penner, Lucille 2
Two Bad Ants Van Allsburg, Chris 2
Two of Them Aliki 2
Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast Prelutsky, Jack 2
Tyrone the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater Wilhelm, Hans 2
Under the Lemon Moon Fine, Edith Hope 2
Valentine Bears, The Bunting, Eve 2
Vanishing Pumpkin, The Johnston, Tony 2
Vincent Van Gogh Lucas, Eileen 2
Volcano! Hopping, Lorraine 2
Volcanoes-Mountains that Blow Their Tops Nirgiotis, Nicholas 2
Volcanos! Mountains of Fire Arnold, Eric 2
Wagon Train Kramer, Sydelle 2
Wagons Ho! A Diary of the Oregon Trail Mercati, Cynthia 2
Washington Irvings, The Headless Horseman Standiford, Natalie 2
Watch Out for the Chicken Feet In dePaola, Tomie 2
Watch Out, Man-Eating Snake Giff, Patricia Reilly 2
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Sacher, Louis 2
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Weather - Poems for All Seasons Hopkins, Lee Bennett 2
Weather Words and What They Mean Gibbons, Gail 2
Wednesday Surprise, The Bunting, Eve 2
Wee Gillis Leaf, Munro 2
We're Back ! A Dinosaur's Story Talbott, Hudson 2
Whale In The Sky Siberell, Anne 2
Whales, The Gentle Giants Milton, Joyce 2
What Can You Do with Money? Earning, Spending and
Saving (BOE approved Nov 2015)Larson, Jennifer S. 2
What Do We Buy?: A Look at Goods and Services(BOE approved Nov 2015)
Nelson, Robin 2
What Do You Do, Dear? Joslin, Sesyle 2
What Do You See? Nayer, Judy 2
What Happend to Patrick's Dinosaur? Carrick, Carol 2
What Happens to a Hamburger? Showers, Paul 2
What if You’d Been at Jamestown? Keller, Ellen 2
What is Money Anyway?: Why Dollars and Coins Have
Value (BOE approved Nov 2015)Larson, Jennifer S. 2
When It Snows Nelson, JoAnne 2
When Marian Sang Munoz Ryan, Pam 2
When Small is Tall Reit, Seymour 2
When The Alligator Came To Class Hollander, Cass 2
Where Do We Keep Money?: How Banks Work(BOE approved Nov 2015)
Larson, Jennifer S. 2
Whingdingdilly Peet, Bill 2
Whispering Cloth, The Deitz Shea, Pegi 2
White Dynamite & Curly Kidd Martin,Archambault 2
White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt, Alvin 2
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White Stallion, The Shub, Elizabeth 2
Who Am I? Jenness, Aylette 2
Who Said Boo? Hollaner, Cass 2
Who Was Dr. Seuss? (BOE Approved November 2014) Pascal, Janet B. 2
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? (BOE Approved November 2014) Demuth, Patricia 2
Who Was Louis Braille? (BOE Approved November 2014) Frith, Margaret 2
Who's Buying Who's Selling?: Understanding Consumers
and Producers (BOE approved Nov 2015)Larson, Jennifer S. 2
Who's In Rabbit's House? Aardema, Verna 2
Wild Weather Tornados Hopping, Lorraine 2
William's Doll Zolotow, Charlotte 2
Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender Ransom, Candace 2
Wind Bacon, Ron 2
Winter Pony Doty, Jean Slaughter 2
Wise Old Woman, The Uchida, Yoshiko 2
Wobble, the Witch Cat Calhoun, Mary 2
Woggle of Witches Adams, Adrienne 2
Wolf's Chicken Stew, The Kasza, Keiko 2
Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs Gilman, Phoebe 2
Wonders of the Desert Sabin, Louis 2
Wonders of the Sea Sabin, Louis 2
Wuggie Norple, The Pinkwater, Daniel M. 2
Wump World, The Peet, Bill 2
Yankee Doodle and the Secret Society Bolin, J. J. 2
Year Down Yonder, A Peck, Richard 2
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Year of Billy Miller, The Henkes, Kevin 2
Year of Billy Miller, The (BOE Approved November 2014) Henkes, Kevin 2
Year of the Panda, The Schlein, Miriam 2
Young Abe Lincoln- The Frontier Days Harness, Cheryl 2
Young Mozart Isadora, Rachel 2
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats Earle, Ann 2
Zucchini Dana, Barbara 2
10 for Dinner Bogart, Jo Ellen 3
3D Modeling Zizka, Theo 3
3D Printing O'Neill, Ternece 3
Abandoned Puppy Costello, Emily 3
Abel's Island Steig, William 3
Accident, The Carrick, Carol 3
Adventure in Alaska Kramer, Sydelle 3
Adventure in the Haunted House McBrier, Page 3
Adventure of Backyard Sleepout McArthur, Nancy 3
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Zombies Don’t Play
SoccerDadey, Debbie 3
Aesop's Fables Watson, Carol 3
Africa Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3
Alaska and Hawai'i Howse, Jennfer 3
Aldo Applesauce Hurwitz, Johanna 3
All About Deserts: The Question and Answer Book Sanders, John 3
All about Inclined planes Howse, Jennfer 3
All about Levers Howse, Jennfer 3
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 68
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All about Pulleys Howse, Jennfer 3
All about Screws Howse, Jennfer 3
All about Wedges Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3
All about Wheels and Axels Banting, Erinn 3
All New Jonah Twist Honeycutt, N. 3
Alligators Gillespie, Katie 3
Alligators and Crocodiles Stone, Lynn 3
Amazing Bats Greenway, Frank 3
Amazing Bears Greenway, T. 3
Amazing Birds Parsons, Alexandra 3
Amazing Bone Steig, William 3
Amazing Butterflies and Moths Still, John 3
Amazing Crocodiles and Reptiles Ling, Mary 3
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, The Mazer, Anne 3
Amazing Lizards Smith, Trevor 3
Amazing Monkeys Steedman, Scott 3
Amazing Snakes Parsons, Alexandra 3
Amazing Spiders Parsons, Alexandra 3
Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths Sabin, Louis 3
Amphibians Zayarny, Jack 3
Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 3
Andromeda Rose, Simon 3
Animal Defenses Grambo, Rebecca 3
Animal Inn Vail, Virginia 3
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 69
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Antarctica Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3
Antarctica Land of Endless Water George, Michael 3
Asia Aspen-Baxter, Linda 3
At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices (BOE approved Nov 2015)Peacock, Louise 3
At the Seashore Schwartz, David M. 3
Aunt Clara Brown, Official Pioneer Lowery, Linda 3
Australia Hudak, Heather 3
Avalanches Kopp, Megan 3
Baby Alligator Clarke, Ginger L. 3
Babysitters Little Sister #1 “Karen’s Witch” Martin, Ann M. 3
Ballad of the Civil War, A Stolz, Mary 3
Balto and the Great Race Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody 3
Barefoot – Escape on the Underground Railroad Duncan, Pamela 3
Barn, The 1994 Avi 3
Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki, Ken 3
Be A Perfect Person In Just 3 Days Manes, Stephen 3
Bear Called Paddington Bond, Michael 3
Bears Gillespie, Katie 3
Beautiful Christmas Tree Zolotow, Charlotte 3
Beauty and the Beast Various Authors 3
Because of Winn Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3
Behavior Goldsworthy, Steve 3
Ben and Me Lawson, Robert 3
Ben and the Porcupine Carrick, Carol 3
Updated May 17, 2018
*previously approved at higher grade level 70
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Benjamin Franklin Roop, Peter and Connie 3
Bermuda Triangle Donkin, Andrew 3
Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt Love, D. Anne 3
Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 3
Best Friends Albright, Molly 3
BFG Dahl, Roald 3
Big Bad Bruce Peet, Bill 3
Big Bunny & the Magic Show Kroll, Steven 3
Biggest Pumpkin Ever Kroll, Steven 3
Binky Brothers & the Fearless Four Lawrence, James 3
Birds Goldsworthy, Steve 3
Bison Tomlijanovic, Tatiana 3
Black Bear A