Kindergarten
Required reading:​
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr & John Archambault
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Suggested Titles:
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My Five Senses by Aliki
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Farm Animals by Wade Cooper
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The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
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When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
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The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
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Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale by Verma Aardema
1st Grade
Required reading:​
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Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora​
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Suggested Titles:​
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My Librarian is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs
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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
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Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
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Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins
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Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
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Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
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Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella by Tony Johnston and James Warhola
2nd Grade
Required reading:​​
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The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
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Suggested Titles:​​​
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A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
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The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki
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Journey of a Pioneer by Patricia J Murphy
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Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family’s Fight For Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
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The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
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Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
3rd Grade
Required reading:
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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
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Suggested Titles:​​
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Shark Attack by Cathy East Dubowski
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Moonshot by Brian Floca
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One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh
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The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
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Tea with Milk by Allen Say
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Emma’s Rug by Allen Say
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Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg
4th Grade
Required reading:
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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Suggested Titles:​​
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Clara & Davie by Patricia Pdacco
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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
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Mountains by Seymour Simon
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The Scarlet Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble
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Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
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Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
5th Grade
Required reading:
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Salt: A Story of Friendship In a Time of War by Helen Frost​
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Suggested Titles:
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Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac
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The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
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The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan & Peter Sis
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Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
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Iron Thunder by Avi
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Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
6th Grade
Required reading:
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Sounder by William H. Armstrong
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Suggested Titles:
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The Odyssey by Geraldine McCaughrean & Emma Chic
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Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance Of Amelia Earhart by Candice Fleming
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
7th Grade
Required reading:
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Suggested Titles:
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David McCauley
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The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
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Hana’s Suitcase: The Quest To Solve a Holocaust Mystery by Karen Levin
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Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone
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Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
8th Grade
Required reading:
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Suggested Titles:
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Soldier Dog by Sam Angus
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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
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I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
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Wonder by R.J. Palacio
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Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl by Ann Frank
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Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something by Laurie Ann Thompson