Suggested Titles for Extra Reading.

Grades K-2

Verna Aardema, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Barbara Bash, Desert Giant: the World of the Saguaro Cactus
Betsy Byars, "Golly Sisters" series
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Biscuit series
Doreen Cronin, Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type
Doug Cushman, "Aunt Eater" mystery series
Kevin Henkes, Jessica
Mary Hoffman, Amazing Grace
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
James Howe, Pinky and Rex series
Angela Johnson, Tell Me a Story, Mama
William Joyce, George Shrinks
Leo Lionni, Swimmy
Julius Lester, Sam and the Tigers
James Marshall, George and Martha series
Patricia McKissack, Flossie and the Fox
Dav Pilkey, "Dragon" series
Brian Pinkney, The Adventures of Sparrowboy
Peggy Rathmann, 10 Minutes Till Bedtime
Cynthia Rylant, Mr. Putter and Tabby series
David M. Schwartz, How Much Is a Million?
David Shannon, No, David!
William Steig, Doctor De Soto
Michele Maria Surat, Angel Child, Dragon Child
Shelley Moore Thomas, Good Night, Good Knight
Various editions of Mother Goose rhymes, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales
Jane Wattenberg, Henny Penny
Rosemary Wells, Noisy Nora
Karen Lynn Williams, Galimoto
Vera B. Williams, A Chair for My Mother series

Suggested Titles for Extra Reading

Grades 3-5

David A. Adler, "A Picture Book of" biography series
Joseph Bruchac, Children of the Longhouse
Betsy Byars, "Herculeah Jones" mystery series
Richard Chase, Grandfather Tales
Beverly Cleary, The Mouse and the Motorcycle series
Ellen Conford, "Jenny Archer" series
Susan Cooper, The Boggart series
Paula Danziger, "Amber Brown" series
Kate diCamillo, Because of Winn Dixie
Sid Fleischman, Jim Ugly
Nikki Grimes, Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
Karen Gundisch, How I Became an American
Florence Parry Heide & Judith Gilliland Heide, The Day of Ahmed's Secret
Marguerite Henry, Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Deborah & James Howe, Bunnicula series
Dick King-Smith, Harry's Mad
Suzy Kline, Herbie Jones series
Karla Kuskin, Moon, Have You Met My Mother?: the Collected Poems
C. S. Lewis, "Narnia" series
Linda Lowery, Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
Alice Mead, Junebug series
Jim O'Connor, Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball
Jack Prelutsky, A Pizza the Size of the Sun: Poems
Louis Sachar, "Wayside School" series
Robert D. San Souci, Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale
Alfred Slote, Finding Buck McHenry
Donald J. Sobol, "Encyclopedia Brown" series
Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House" series
Paul O. Zelinsky, Rumpelstiltskin