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Beginning Readers

Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish(1.8)
Can You See What I See? Toys by Walter Wick
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (1.2)
Curious George by H.A. Rey (1.5)
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Eloise by Kay Thompson
Esther and the King from The Beginner's Bible
Fox on the Box (The) by Barbara Gregorich
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad: Ice Cream by Arnold Lobel
Jesus and His Friends from The Beginner's Bible
Jonah and the Big Fish from The Beginner's Bible
Magic Matt and the Dinosaur by Grace Maccarone
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara
Noah and the Ark from The Beginner's Bible
Noodles the Puppy: I Am Brave by Hans Wilhelm
Noodles the Puppy: I Won't Share by Hans Wilhelm
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Spring is Here: A Story About Seeds by Joan Holub
Trucktown: Zoom! Boom! Bully by Jon Scieszka
Zachary's Zoo by Mike and Amy Nappa

Reading Level: Second Grade

Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner (2.5)
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish (2.5)
Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by D. Cushman (2.4)
Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation by D. Cushman (2.4)
Bargain for Frances (A) by Russell Hoban (2.5)
Battle for St. Michael's (The) by E.A. McCully
Bear's Hiccups by Marion Dane Bauer
Boston Coffee Party (The) by D. Rappaport (2.7)
Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by N.S.
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by E. Coerr
Chang's Paper Pony by Eleanor Coerr (2.8)
Christopher Columbus by Stephen Krensky (2.7)
Clara and the Bookwagon by N.S. Levinson (2.7)
Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla (2.3)
Drinking Gourd (The) by F.N. Monjo (2.0)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by David A. Adler
Duck and Company by Kathy Caple
Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris by J. O'Connor
Farm Animals by Wade Cooper
Finding Providence by Avi
Fire Cat (The) by Esther Averill
First Flight by George Shea (2.9)
Five Brilliant Scientists by Lynda Jones 
Fly High, Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Fly on the Ceiling (The) by Julie Glass (2.8)
Franklin and the Duckling by S. Jennings
Frog and Toad Together by A. Lobel (2.9)
George the Drummer Boy by N. Benchley
George Washington and the General's Dog by F. Murphy
Giving Tree (The) by Shel Silverstein (2.6)
Great Snake Escape (The) by Molly Coxe
Happy Birthday, Eeyore! by Isabel Gaines
Helen Keller by Elizabeth MacLeod
Henry and Mudge: The First Book by C. Rylant
Horse in Harry's Room (The) by Syd Hoff
Hurray for the Lord's Army by Mary Manz Simon
Jake's Brave Night by Crystal Bowman
Josefina Story Quilt (The) by Eleanor Coerr
Long Way to a New Land (The) by J. Sandin
Long Way Westward (The)by Joan Sandin (2.9)
Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo(2.7)
Morris Goes to School by Bernard Wiseman
Morris Has a Cold by Bernard Wiseman (2.0)
Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Fine China Plate by Gunn
Nate the Great and the Big Sniff by M. and M. Sharmat
Oliver by Syd Hoff (2.1)
One Hundredth Day of School (The) by Abby Klein
Pinky and Rex and the Double-Dad Weekend by J.H.

Stories and Poems
for Third Graders

The Chalk Box Kid
by Clyde Robert Bulla

"Damon and Pythias"
from Fifty Famous Stories retold by James Baldwin

"The Hare and the Tortoise"
from Aesop's Fables 

"How the Camel Got His Hump"
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
by Rudyard Kipling

"The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf"
from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

Stone Fox
by John Reynolds Gardiner

The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman

"The Whitewashed Fence"
from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 

"The Wolf and the Lamb"
from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

Stories and Poems
for Fourth Graders

"The Ants and the Grasshopper"
from Aesop's Fables

The Big Bike Mystery
by Pauline Hutchens Wilson and Sandy Dengler

The Case of the Dinosaur in the Desert
by Pauline Hutchens Wilson and Sandy Dengler

The Case of the Looney Cruise
by Pauline Hutchens Wilson and Sandy Dengler

The Case of the Monster in the Creek
by Pauline Hutchens Wilson and Sandy Dengler

The Case of the Red Hot Possums
by Pauline Hutchens Wilson and Sandy Dengler

"The Donkey and the Grasshopper"
from Aesop's Fables

"King Alfred and the Cakes"
from Fifty Famous Stories retold by James Baldwin

"King Alfred and the Beggar"
from Fifty Famous Stories retold by James Baldwin

"King Canute on the Seashore"
from Fifty Famous Stories retold by James Baldwin

"The Lion and the Mouse"
from Aesop's Fables

Ralph S. Mouse
by Beverly Cleary

Stories and Poems
for Fifth Graders

Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

The Door in the Dragon's Throat
by Frank Perretti

Escape from the Island of Aquarius
by Frank Perretti

"How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Kate and the Spies: The American Revolution
by JoAnn A. Grote 

Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mandy the Outsider: Prelude to World War 2
by Norma Jean Lutz 

Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan

The Tombs of Anak
by Frank Perretti

Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea
by Frank Perretti

Stories and Poems
for Sixth Graders

"The Elephant's Child"
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Elsie's Endless Wait
based on the book by Martha Finley

"How the Leopard Got His Spots"
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

"How the Whale Got His Throat"
from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Kathleen's Abiding Hope
by Tracy Leininger Craven 

Kathleen's Enduring Faith
by Tracy Leininger Craven 

Kathleen's Shaken Dreams
by Tracy Leininger Craven 

Kathleen's Unforgettable Winter
by Tracy Leininger Craven 

Millie's Courageous Days
based on characters by Martha Finley

Millie's Faithful Heart
based on characters by Martha Finley

Millie's Remarkable Journey
based on characters by Martha Finley

Millie's Unsettled Season
based on characters by Martha Finley

The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald

Reading Level: Seventh and Eighth Grade

 

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) by Mark Twain (8.0)

Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (7.9)
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (7.6)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (8.6)

Broken Blade (The) by William Durbin (7.4)
Call of the Wild (The) by Jack London (7.3)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (8.7)

Drums by James Boyd (8.1)

Eagle of the Ninth (The) by Rosemary Sutcliff (7.0)

Heidi by Johanna Spyri (8.1)

Hobbit (The) by J.R.R. Tolkein (7.2)
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (7.9)
Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs (8.0)

Invisible Man (The) by H.G. Wells (7.7)

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (8.3)

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (8.1)

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (8.1)

Little Prince (The) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (6.2)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (8.6)

Miracle Worker (The) by William Gibson (7.0)
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (7.7)
Phantom Tollbooth (The) by Norton Juster (7.4)
Rascal by Sterling North (7.9)
Rifles for Waities by Harold Keith (7.3)
Secret Garden (The) by Frances Burnett (7.5)
Sea Wof (The) by Jack London (8.0)

Swiss Family Robinson (The) by Jonathan Wyss (8.9)

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (8.0)

Trumpeter of Krakow (The) by Eric Kelly (8.1)

Twenty-one Balloons (The) by William Pene du Boise (7.9)
Voyages of Dr. DoLittle (The) by Hugh Loftong (8.0)

Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (7.0)
Yearling (The) by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (7.3)

 

Reading Level: Ninth Grade

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (9.6)
Best of Father Brown (The) by C.K. Chesterton
Best Short Stories by O. Henry
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by M. Twain (9.2)
Christmas Carol (A) by Charles Dickens
Flames of Rome (The) by Paul L. Maier
Gammage Cup (The) by Carol Kendall
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (9.1)
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (9.9)
Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (9.5)
Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English by John Bunyan
Red Badge of Courage (The) by Stephen Crane
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Road From Home by David Kheridan
Screwtape Letters (The) by C.S. Lewis
Silas Mariner by George Eliot (9.7)
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (The) 
Tale of Two Cities (A) by Charles Dickens (9.2)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (9.3)
Wise Woman and Other Stories (The) by George MacDonald and others

Reading Level: Tenth Grade

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (10.0)
Brave New World (The) by Harper Lee
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (10.5)
Hiding Place (The) by Corrie Ten Boom
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heryedahl
Metamorphosis (The) by Franz Kafka
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Old Man and the Sea (The) by Ernest Hemingway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (10.1)

Reading Level: Eleventh Grade

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The) by Mark Twain
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The) by A.C. Doyle
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Crucible (The) by Arthur Miller
Emma by Jane Austin
Grapes of Wrath (The) by John Steinbeck
Jungle (The) by Upton Sinclair
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (11.3)
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Scarlet Letter (The) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (11.7)
Secret Life of Walter Mitty (The) by James Thurber
Tree Grows in Brooklyn (A) by Betty Smith

Reading Level: Twelfth Grade

An Essay on Man, Epistle One by Alexander Pope
Beowulf
Canterbury Quintet by Chaucer, M. Murphy (Ed.)
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft
Great Gatsby (The) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Importance of Being Earnest (The) by Oscar Wilde
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin (12)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (12.3)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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