Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s
Stone
Rowling J.K. Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Eleven-Year-old
Harry Potter lives in a small cupboard in under the stairs in his Aunt in Uncle
Dursley house. His life soon changes for the better
when he is invited to attend
Other Books In Harry Potter Series:
Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter
and the Prisoners of Azkaban
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire
309 Pages Grade Level 4 or 5
Prince
Caspian
Lewis C. S. Prince Caspian.
HarperCollins
Publishers, 1952.
Peter, Susan Edmund and Lucy return once
again to Narnia. The magical land
where they once ruled as Kings and
Other Books in the Narnia
Chronicles:
The Magician’s Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
248 Pages Grade Levels: 4 or 5
Charlotte
White E.B. Charlotte’s
Web.
HarperCollins
Publishers, 1974.
Wilbur the Pig is filled with dread when he
finds out from the other barnyard animals that he is going to become the
farmers Christmas Dinner. His future becomes more hopeful however when his
friend Charlotte the spider comes up with a daring plan to save his life.
Other Books By
E.B. White
Stuart Little
The Trumpet of the Swan
184 Pages Grade levels: 3-5
The
Indian in the Cupboard
Banks, Lynn Reid The
Indian in the Cupboard.
Morrow William & Co, 1995.
Omri is not very
excited about the medicine cabinet that his brother gives him for his Birthday.
Not even when his mother provides a key to open the cupboard that used to belong
to his Great Grandmother. Then one night
he places an action figure of a Native American inside and discovers when he
turns the key once the Indian comes alive.
Other books in the Indian and the Cupboard
Series:
The Return of the Indian
The Secret of the Indian
The Mystery of The
Cupboard
The key to the Indian
184 Pages Grade Levels: 3-5
The
Giver
Lowry, Lois The
Giver Bantam
Doubleday Dell Books: 1994
Jonas is born
into a Utopia, a future society without poverty, war, divorce, or disease. On his twelfth
birthday when life assignments are always given Jonas gets a special assignment
with a stranger only known as the Giver. Soon he unravels the dark secrets
behind his seemingly perfect world.
Other Books By
Lois Lowry:
Number the Stars
Anastasia Krupnik
Gathering Blue
180 Pages Grade Levels: 5
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
O’Brien, C. Robert, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Aladdin
Paperbacks, 1974.
Mrs. Frisby is a
widowed field mouse living with her four small children. She faces a problem
when she must move them to their summer quarters to escape extermination when
her youngest Timothy comes down with Pneumonia and cannot be moved. She seeks
help from the Rats of NIMH a superior race of rats that escaped from a
laboratory and in return does them a favor herself.
Other books in The Rats of NIHM Serious:
Racso and the Rats of NIHM
233 Pages Grade Level: 4 or 5
The Mud
Flat Olympics
Stevenson James The
Mud Flat Olympics,
William Morrow & Company, 1995.
The games began when
Other books by James Stevenson:
Pizza the Size of the Sun
The New Kid on the Block
I Am Not Going to Get Up Today
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles
56 Pages Grade Levels: 2-5
Harold
and the Purple Crayon
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple
Crayon
HarperCollins
Publishers, 1972.
When the toddler Harold get a hold of a
purple crayon the wall is canvas as he draws himself a world of adventures.
Other books in the Purple Crayon Series:
Harold’s Trip to the Sky
Harold at the North Pole
Harold’s ABC
Harold’s Fairy Tale
Harold’s Circus
64 Pages Grade Levels: 0-5
The
Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, Margery The
Velveteen Rabbit
Henry Holt and Company, 1983.
The Velveteen rabbit did not like his life
in the nursery. All the toys left him out because he was not mechanical and the
boy who had received him as a Christmas gift ignored him. His only friend was
the wise old skin horse toy rocking horse. He spent many nights talking to the
horse that tells him how to become real. The rabbit does not understand at
first but eventually learns what it is like to be real through the eyes of a
child and eventually to the world.
40 Pages Grade Levels: 1-5
Corduroy
Freeman, Don Corduroy
Penguin
Corduroy the bear has been waiting on the
department store shelf for a long time for an owner. When the little girl,
Lisa, sees him she knows he is the bear for her despite the fact that he is
missing a button. Corduroy decides to fix this fact and goes on adventure
throughout the toy store looking for a new one.
Other Corduroy the Bear Books:
A Pocket for Corduroy
Corduroy’s Easter
Corduroy’s Christmas
Corduroy’s Day
32 Pages Grade Levels: 0-5
Arthur’s
Computer Disaster
Brown, Marc Arthur’s Computer Disaster
Little Brown
and Company, 1999.
When Arthur Disobeys his mother and uses
her computer while she is at work a disaster strikes. In the time following
Arthur uses problem solving an ultimately learns a lesson in taking
responsibility for his actions and the importance of telling the truth.
Other Books in the Arthur Series:
Arthur Writes a Story
Arthur, Clean Your Room!
Arthur’s New Baby
Arthur’s Fire Drill
Arthur’s Reading Race
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1-3
A Night
in Terror Tower
Stine R.L. A Night in
Scholastic Inc., 1994.
When Sue and her brother Eddie visit
Other Goosebumps Books:
The Beast From
the East
It Came from Beneath the Sink
Night of the Living Dummy
The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
160 Pages Grade Levels: 3-5
The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever
Robinson, Barbara The
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
HarperCollins Publisher, 1988.
The Herdman
Children are mean, dirty, tough bullies. So the whole town thinks its a disaster when they take over the church Christmas
pageant. What takes place is a hysterical course of events that eventually
teaches the town again the true meaning of Christmas.
Other books by Barbara Robinson:
The Best School Year Ever
My Brother Louis Measures Worms
80 Pages Grade Levels: 3-8
Ramona
Forever
Clearly, Beverly Ramona Forever
Marrow William & Co, 1995.
Romano Quimby has
and interesting third grade school year. Her friend Howie’s
rich Uncle comes for a visit, she gets to be in a surprise wedding, her father
gets a job, and new member joins the family.
Other Books in the Ramona Series:
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona the Brave
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona’s World
182 Pages Grade Levels: 2-4
Dear Mr.
Henshaw
Cleary, Beverly Dear
Mr. Henshaw
Morrow William &
Co, 1994.
Leigh Botts a young aspiring writer living with his divorced Mom
writes his favorite author Boyd Henshaw. Henshaw returns his letter and advises him to keep a
journal. Following his advice Leigh solves many problems and eventually writes
a prize writing story.
Other books by Beverly Cleary:
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Socks
Ribsy
Muggie Maggie
It’s Great to
Be Eight
It’s Heaven to be Seven
134 Pages Grade Levels: 2-4
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day
Viorst, Judith Alexander
and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Day
Simon &
Schuster Children, 1976.
From the time Alexander wakes up in the
morning his day goes bad. He has gum stuck in his hair, his brothers get prizes
in their cereal box’s and he doesn’t and from there
his day just gets worse.
Other books by Judith Viorst:
Alexander, Who Used to b Rich, Last
Sunday
The Tenth Good Thing About
Barney
Alexander Who’s
Not (do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move
I’ll Fix
Anthony
Earrings
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1-3
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
MacDonald Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
HarperCollins Children’s Publisher, 1976.
Mrs. Piggle lives
in an upside down house and was once married to a pirate. But most importantly
she is loved by children and knows everything about children. She helps the
distraught parents in her neighborhood cure everything from slow eater to a
messy room.
Other Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
books:
Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s
Magic
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm
119 Pages Grade Levels: 1-4
Shiloh
Reynolds, Phyllis Shiloh
Aladdin
Paperbacks, 2000.
Marty
Other books in the
Saving
160 Pages Grade levels: 3 and 4
Sarah,
Plain and Tall
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1987.
Anna, and Caleb are not sure about their
father’s new mail order bride that comes to live with them on their prairie
farm. But eventually they learn to love her and hope she will stay.
Other Sarah, Plain and Tall books:
Skylark
Caleb’s Story
88 Pages Grade Levels: 3-5
Kristy’s
Great Idea
Martin, Ann M. Kristy’s Great Idea
Scholastic Inc., 1986.
Kristy comes up
with a brilliant idea to start a babysitting club with her friends. The girls
establish meeting times, elect officers, and pass out flyers around their
neighborhood promoting their new club. From the start the four members have
many adventures in babysitting.
Other
Baby-Sitters Club Books:
Claudia and
the Phantom Phone Caller
Snowbound!
The Truth About Stacy
Kristy’s Big
Day
The Ghost at
Dawn’s House
Maryanne
Saves the Day
153 Pages Grade
Level 3-5
Holes
Sachar, Louis
Holes Bantam
Doubleday Dell, 2000.
A boy named
Other books by Louis Sachar:
Sideway Stories from
There’s A Boy in the Girls Bathroom
Sideways Arithmetic from
Wayside School is Falling Down
240 Pages Grade Levels: 4-6
Someone
Was Watching
Patneaude, David Someone
Was Watching
Albert Whitman, 1995.
When Christopher’s baby sister drowns near
the river by their summer cabin his family fights to cope. He meanwhile uncovers
the evidence that something entirely different happened. When no one else will
believe him his best friend pat goes with him on a cross-country chase to
uncover the truth about what happened and find Molly who neither of them will
let themselves dare to believe is still alive.
Other books by David Patneaude:
The Last Man’s Reward
Haunting at Home Plate
Framed in Fire
Dark Starry Morning
240 Pages Grade Levels: 5+
The
Golden Compass
Random House Incorporated, 1994.
Lyra and daemon Pan
must travel North from their home at
Other books in His Dark Materials Series:
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
351 Pages Grade Level: 5
Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble
Steig, William
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Simon Schuster Children’s Publisher, 1973.
Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble
and rushes home to tell his parents. Unfortunately he encounters a hungry lion
and wishes himself into a stone so he will not be eaten. He stays this way for
an entire year until his distraught parents come to that very spot for a picnic
and the magic pebble is used once again.
Other books by William Steig:
Doctor Desoto
Brave Irene
CDB
Abel’s Island
Shrek
Madeline
Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline
Viking Penguin, 1976.
“In an old house in
Other books in the Madeline Series:
Madeline Says Merci
Madeline’s House
Madeline’s Christmas
Madeline’s Rescue
Madeline and the Bad Hat
56 Pages Grade Levels: 0-5
From the
Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler.
Simon Schuster’s Children Publisher, 1972.
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away to The
Other books by E.L. Konigsburg:
The View from Saturday
Silent to the Bone
162 pages Grade Level 3-5
The Cow
Who Wouldn’t Come Down
Johnson, Paul Brett The
Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down
Orchard Books, 1997.
The Day Miss Rosemary’s cow Gertrude starts
flying she tries everything to get that cow out of the sky. Several of her
attempts are unsuccessful until she comes up with one final scheme that is sure
to work.
Other books by Paul Brett Johnson:
Insects Are My Life
I Spy a Yummy Fly
The Goose Who Went off In a Huff
The Pig Who Ran a Traffic Light
Saint Patrick and The
Peddler
Fearless Jack
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
Buzzy the Bumblebee
Brennan-Nelson, Denise Buzzy
the Bumblebee
Sleeping Bear Press, 1999.
Buzzy reads in a
science book the bumblebees were not meant to fly. He believes this and
discovers that he can no longer fly. His family helps him to regain his
confidence and learn a valuable lesson in the process.
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
The
Lion’s Share
Conover, Chris The
Lion’s Share
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000.
Leo a young lion prince was born with
wings. It wasn’t long before he flew far from his kingdom and became tired and
lost. A polar bear king and his friend and Owl help Leo learn to fly again and
also teach him to read. Leo upon returning home brings the gift of reading to
his kingdom and also unites them with the kingdom in the north.
Other books by Chris Conover:
Froggy Went
A-Courting
The Adventures of Simple Simon
The Beast in the Bed
The Bear and the King Bird
40 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
The
Adventures of Sparrow Boy
Pinckney Brian J. The Adventures of
Sparrow Boy
Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000.
Henry, the paperboy, one day receives the power
to fly like his favorite comic superhero Falcon man. He then becomes Sparrow
Boy and saves his neighbors from different catastrophes throughout the
day.
Other Books by Brain J. Pinckney:
Max Found Two Sticks
40 pages Grade Levels: 1+
The
Flying Tortoise
Molell, Tololwa M. The Flying Tortoise
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
A folktale of the Igbo people of
Other books by Tololwa
M. Molell:
The Princess Who Lost Her Hair
My Rows and Piles of Coins
Rhino’s For Lunch and
Elephants For Supper
The King and the Tortoise
Song Bird
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Steptoe, John L. Mufaro’s
Beautiful Daughters
Morrow Williams
& Co. 1987.
A young king living in a distant city is looking
for a princess. Mufaro decides to take his daughters
to try for the prince’s hand in marriage. Manyara
wanting to be the one he chooses sneaks away the night before on the dark path
to the village she encounters strangers and rudely ignores them all. Nyasha who leaves with her father the next day encounters
the same strangers on the trail but helps them all. When they reach the city
and the prince they discover that the strangers were a test by the prince who
gladly chooses Nyasha to be his bride.
Other books by John Steptoe:
The Story of the Jumping Mouse
Stevie
Creativity
All the Colors of the Race
32 pages Grade Levels: 1+
Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Aardema, Verna Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Penguin Putnam Inc., 1978.
The Mosquitoes tell the iguana a ridicules
tale causing him to put sticks in his ears so he doesn’t have to hear him
anymore. This simple act causes a chain of catastrophes throughout the jungle.
Finally a council with the Lion unravels that it was the Mosquitoes fault and
to this day the Mosquito buzzes in everyone ear asking if they are still angry.
Other books by Verna Aardema:
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti
Plain
Borrequita and Coyote
Who’s in Rabbits House?
Anansi Does the
Impossible
Misoso
The
Village of Round and Square Houses
Grifalconi, Ann The Village of Round and Square Houses
Little Brown
&
A little girls
grandma tells her about the time the
Other books by Ann Grifalconi:
The Jazz Man
The
In the Rain Field
32 pages Grade Levels: 1+
Cinderella
Cinderella,
The traditional story of Cinderella told
through beautiful artwork. Cinderella’s fairy godmother transforms from a injured bird she has nursed back to health. In the end her
prince charming finds her and she pardons her two stepsisters. The happy couple then become known near and far as the kindest rulers
in the land.
32 pages Grade Levels: 1+
The
Persian Cinderella
The Persian Cinderella,
HarperCollins Children, 2001.
Settera spends giving
most of her money to poor beggars can no longer afford material for a dress to
wear to the festival hosted by the prince.
She spends the last of her money on a cracked jug that is inhabited by a
pari who will grant her anything she wants. She
wishes for a dress and attends the festival meeting the prince. Later she tells
her stepsisters about the jug and they steal it wishing for Settera’s
demise. The jug breaks into six hair clips which when placed in Settera’s hair turn her into a dove. She then flies to the
prince who takes the hair clips out and they are reunited living happily ever
after.
32 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
Many
Moons
Thurber, James Many Moons
Harcourt, 1998.
When the kings
daughter falls ill the only she says the only thing that will cure her is if
she owns the moon. The king asks everyone to try and figure out how to get it
for her but no one can do it. Finally the improbable court jester sorts out the
problem.
48 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
City
Mouse - Country Mouse
City Mouse-Country Mouse, Scholastic Inc. 1987.
The City mouse goes to visit his cousin in the country
and becomes very bored. The Country mouse likewise visits his cousin back in
the city and is frightened by the business. They both learn there is no place
like home.
32 pages Grade Levels: Kindergarten +
Politically
Correct Bedtime Stories
Garner, James Finn Politically Correct
Bedtime Stories
Wheeler Publishing Inc., 1995.
A retelling of the classic betimes stories
in the politically collect language of a new age.
Includes Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Billy Goats Gruff and others.
More Politically Correct Stories:
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time
Politically Correct
Apocalypse Wow
74 Pages Grade Levels: 5
Aesop’s
Fables
Aesop’s Fables, Scholastic Inc. 1990.
A Collection of Aesop’s fables including the Fox and the Grapes and
the Tortoise and the Hare.
80 Pages Grades Levels: 1+
A Year Down Yonder
Peck, Richard A Year Down
Yonder
Penguin Putnam Books, 2000.
Mary Alice is sent to live with her Grandma
Dowdel in a small town. Takes place during the
depression and Mary Alice’s father loses her job and her brother goes out west
to make some money planting trees. The book describes how Mary Alice adjusts
and discovers some of her grandma’s shrewdness in herself.
Other books by Richard Peck:
A Long Way From
Fair Weather
Are You in the House Alone?
Ghost I Have Been
Something For
Joey
130 Pages Grade Levels: 4 & 5
Meet Addy
Porter, Connie Rose et.
al. Meet Addy
Pleasant Company Publications, 1993.
In the year 1864 9-year-old Addy escape from the life of slavery to free
Other books in the American Girl Series:
Addy learns a
lesson
Addy’s Surprise
Addy’s Little
Brother
Meet Kirsten
Meet Samantha
Meet Molly
Meet Felicity
Meet Josefina
80 Pages Grade Levels: 2+
Escape From Warsaw
Serrallier, Ian Escape
from
Scholastic Inc., 1991.
Takes place in 1942
218 pages Grade Levels: 5+
Little
House In the Big Woods
Wilder, Ingalls,
Laura Little House in the Big Woods
Harper Collins Children’s Books, 1976.
Laura Ingalls live in a long
cabin on edge of the woods of
Other Little House books:
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
The Long Winter
By the Shores of Silver Lake
238 Pages Grade Levels: 2+
Kid
Stories
Delisle Jim R. and
Pamela Espeland Kid Stories
Free Spirit Publishing Inc., 1991.
Short
Biographies on twenty different ordinary children that have come over obstacles
and gained success. There are two discussion questions at the end of each
story. All the children are elementary school age included.
176 Pages Grade Levels: 3+
And Then
What Happened Paul Revere?
Fritz, Jean And Then What Happened Paul Revere?
Putnam Publishing Group, 1996.
Story of Paul
Reveres life from his childhood to his famous ride. Gives a lot of little known details of his life. Easy to read.
Other books by Jean Fritz:
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
Can’t You Make Them Behave King George?
Where Do You Think Your Going,
Christopher Columbus?
Leonardo’s House
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story
of the
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
48 Pages Grade Levels: 3+
We Were
There, Too!: Young People In U.S.
Hoose, Phillip M. We
Were There, Too!: People Young People In
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Inc., 2001.
This book includes different biographies of
young people in American history. Containing different
perspectives from boys who sailed with
Other books by Phillip M. Hoose:
It’s Our World, Too!:
Young People Who Are Making A Difference
Hey Little Aunt
272 Pages Grade Levels: 3+
Jurassic
Park Institution Field Guide
Holtz, Thomas R. and M. K. Brett-Surnam Jurassic Park Institution Field Guide
Random House Books For Young
Readers, 2001.
This Book despite the title tie-in with the
Other books by Thomas R. Holtz:
Little Giant Book of Dinosaurs
James Gurney: The World of Dinosaurs: A North
American Selection
Other books by M. K. Brett Surnam:
The Complete Dinosaur
160 Pages Grade Levels: 2+
Accidents May Happen: Fifty Inventions Discovered By Mistake
Jones, Charlotte Foltz Accidents May Happen: Fifty Inventions Discovered By
Mistake
Delacorte
Press, 1998.
Describes how
a wide variety of things such as nursery rhymes, the national anthem,
anesthesia, cellophane, raisins, and dynamite came into being. (Annotation from
Barnes&Noble.com)
Other books by Charlotte Foltz Jones:
Mistakes That Worked
Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food
86 Pages Grade Levels: 3+
Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh
Milne, A. A. Complete Poems of
Winnie-the-Pooh
Dutton Children’s Books, 1998.
Classic poems written by A.A. Milne which
giving students a glimpse of the classic winning the pooh.
Other books by A.A. Milne:
The Winnie-the-Pooh
Favorite Winnie the Pooh Stories
Stories of Winnie the Pooh: With Favorite Poems
Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
240 Pages Grade Levels: Kindergarten +
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
Thayer, Ernst Lawrence Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the
Year 1888 Handprint Books, 2000.
Classic poem about the
ever-overconfident Casey who strikes out at the plate.
Great illustrations that make the poem look like a headline from the era.
Other books by Ernst Lawrence Thayer:
The Annotated Casey at the Bat: A Collection of
Ballads about the Mighty Casey
32 Pages Grade Levels: 2+
The Wall
Bunting, Eve The Wall Houghton
Mifflin Company, 1992.
"A
father and his young son have come to the
Other books
by Eve Bunting:
Night Tree
The Wednesday Surprise
SOS Titanic
Fly Away Home
Flower Garden
Smokey Night
How Many Days to
32 Pages
Grade Levels: 1+
What’s Wrong With Timmy?
Shriver Maria, What’s Wrong With Timmy?
Little Browns Children Books, 2001.
This book is about a young curious girl
named Katie who ask lots of questions. One day when
she is in the park she sees a boy named Timmy who looks different then her and
ask her mom what’s wrong with him. Her mom tells her about Timmy and when she
meets them she initially feels uncomfortable but ultimately learns they have
more in common then she first thought and that there is nothing wrong with
Timmy.
Other books by Maria Shriver:
What’s Heaven?
48 Pages Grade Levels: 1+
Dear Mr. President: John Quincy
Kroll,
Steven Dear Mr. President: John Quincy
Between 1825 and 1827, twelve-year-old William Pratt,
who lives in Georgia, corresponds with President John Quincy Adams, discussing
what he feels is an unjust treaty with the Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close
election and problems as president, slavery, education, and more. (Annotation From Barnes&Noble.com)
Other books in the Dear Mr. President Series:
Dear Mr. President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Letters
from a Mill Town Girl
Dear Mr. President : Theodore
Roosevelt Letters from a Young Coal Miner
Thomas Jefferson
: Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm
Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave
Girl (Dear Mr. President)
128 Pages Grade Levels: 4+
Number
the Stars
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
Bantam
Doubleday Books, 1998.
In 1943, during the German occupation of
137 Pages Grade Levels: 3+