Reading List
Recommended Book List for Supplementary Reading
Level: All Ages
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Giving Tree | Shel Silverstein |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein | Shel Silverstein |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| The Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum |
| Heidi | Johanna Spyri |
Level: Ages 4 - 8
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg |
| Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg |
| Green Eggs and Ham | Dr. Seuss |
| The Cat in the Hat | Dr. Seuss |
| Oh, The Places You’ll Go | Dr. Seuss |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Dr. Seuss |
| The Lorax | Dr. Seuss |
| Horton Hatches the Egg | Dr. Seuss |
| Love You Forever | Robert N. Munsch |
| The Paper Bag Princess | Robert N. Munsch |
| The Art Lesson | Tomie De Paola |
| Strega Nona | Tomie De Paola |
| Math Curse | Jon Scieszka |
| The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | John Archambault |
| The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh | A. A. Milne |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Joffe Numeroff |
| Stellaluna | Janell Cannon |
| Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman |
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Judith Viorst |
| The Mitten | Jan Brett |
| Are You My Mother? | Philip D. Eastman |
| The Napping House | Audrey Wood |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter |
| Basil of Baker Street | Eve Titus |
| The Little Engine That Could | Watty Piper |
| Curious George | Hans Augusto Rey |
| Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge | Mem Fox |
| Arthur series | Marc Tolon Brown |
| Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse | Kevin Henkes |
| The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton |
| Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish |
| Caps for Sale | Esphyr Slobodkina |
| Clifford, the Big Red Dog | Norman Bridwell |
Level: Ages 9 - 12
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| James and the Giant Peach: A Children’s Story | Roald Dahl |
| The BFG | Roald Dahl |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl |
| The Giver | Lois Lowry |
| Number the Stars | Lois Lowry |
| Little House on the Prarie | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Little House in the Big Woods | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Little House books | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Charlotte ’s Web | E. B. White |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | E. B. White |
| Stuart Little | E. B. White |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis |
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C. S. Lewis |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh | Robert C. O’Brien |
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | Norton Juster |
| Tuck Everlasting | Natalie Babbitt |
| Stone Fox | John Reynolds Gardiner |
| Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O’Dell |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan |
| The Boxcar Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mildred D. Taylor |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L’Engle |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson |
| Hatchet | Gary Paulsen |
| Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson |
| Ramona Quimby, Age 8 | Beverly Cleary |
| Sideways Stories from Wayside School | Louis Sachar |
| Harriet the Spy | Louise Fitzhugh |
| A Light in the Attic | Shel Silverstein |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Richard Atwater |
| My Father’s Dragon | Ruth Stiles Gannett |
| The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Barbara Robinson |
| Walk Two Moons | Sharon Creech |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | Christopher Paul Curtis |
Source: TeachersFirst.com