Please note: This is a suggested list to read aloud or have your child read independently. Parents may wish to preview all content to ensure appropriateness for their children.
- Aardema, Verna. (E Aar) Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
- Adler, David. (E Adl) The Babe and I
- Barrett, Judi. (E Bar) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Bemelmans, Ludwig. (E Bem) Madeline (Series)
- Blume, Judy. (JF Blu) Freckle Juice
- Brandenberg, Franz. (E Bra) Leo and Emily
- Brown, Jeff. (JF Bro) Flat Stanley
- Burton, Virginia. (E Bur) Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
- Byars, Betsy. (JF Bya) Wanted…Mud Blossom
- Cazet, Denys. (E Caz) Minnie & Moo (Series)
- Cleary, Beverly. (JF Cle) The Mouse and the Motorcycle
- Cohen, Barbara. ( JF Coh) Molly’s Pilgrim
- Cooney, Barbara. (E Coo) Chanticleer and the Fox (Caldecott Medal)
- Delton, Judy. (E Del) Three Friends Find Spring
- DeRegniers, Beatrice. (E DeR) May I Bring a Friend? (Caldecott Medal)
- Fleishman, Paul. (E Fle) Westlandia
- Fox, Mem. (E Fox) Night Noises
- Hader, Berta. (E Had) The Big Snow (Caldecott Medal)
- Hall, Donald. (E Hal) The Ox-Cart Man (Caldecott Medal)
- Henkes, Kevin. (E Hen) Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
- Howe, James. (E How) Pinky and Rex (Series)
- Lowry, Lois. (JF Low) Gooney Bird Greene
- Kline, Suzy. (JF Kli) Horrible Harry in Room 2B (Series)
- Osborne, Mary Pope. (JF Osb) Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House Series)
- Parish, Peggy. (E Par) Amelia Bedelia (Series)
- Peterson, John Lawrence. (E Pet) The Littles (Series)
- Polacco, Patricia. (E Pol) Thunder Cake
- Polacco, Patricia. (E Pol) Mrs. Katz and Tush
- Rylant, Cynthia (E Ryl) Henry and Mudge (Series)
- Rylant, Cynthia (E Ryl) Poppleton (Series)
- Sachar, Marvin (JF Sac) Marvin Redpost (Series)
- Sharmat, Marjorie. (E Sha) Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail (Series)
- Shreve, Susan Richards. (JF Shr) The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
- Silverstein, Shel. (E Sil) The Giving Tree
- Steig, William. (E Ste) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Caldecott Medal)
- Tresselt, Alvin. (E Tre) White Snow, Bright Snow (Caldecott Medal)
- Van Allsburg, Chris. (E Van) The Polar Express (Caldecott Medal)
- Viorst, Judith; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
- Waber, Bernard. (E Wab) Ira Sleeps Over
- Warner, Gertrude. (JF War) The Boxcar Children (Series)
- White, E.B. (JF Whi) Charlotte’s Web
- Williams, Vera. (E Wil) A Chair for My Mother
- Winthrop, Elizabeth (E Win) As the Crow Flies
- Wood, Audrey. (E Woo) The Napping House
- Yolen, Jane. (E Yol) Owl Moon (Caldecott Medal)
