Literature List
Title
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights
Movement from 1954 to 1968
A Kid’s Guide to America’s Bill of Rights:
Curfews, Censorship, and 100-Pound Giant
A. Lincoln and Me
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our
Constitution
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall
Abe Lincoln Remembers
Abe’s Honest Words
Alexander, the Old Town Mouse
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost
Aviator
America: A Patriotic Primer
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices
Being a Good Citizen: A Book About
Citizenship
Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol
Author
Diane McWhorter
Kathleen Krull
Louise Borden
Betsy & Giulio Maestro
David A. Adler
David A. Adler
Ann Turner
Doreen Rapport
Peter W. Barnes &
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Shelley Tanaka
TEKS
1.2A, 2.4A, 3.11B, 5.5A,
5.5C
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10A, 4.15C, 5.15
1.2A
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
1.2A, 5.5A, 5.5C
2.4A, 5.5A, 5.5C
1.2A
1.2A
K.2A, 1.2A, 5.2B
2.4B
Lynne Cheney
Jean Fritz
Louise Peacock
Mary Small
K-5 Social Studies
2.13B
2.3, 5.4G, 5.13C, 5.22
K.10, 1.13, 2.13A, 3.11A
Mary Brooke Casad
1.14A, 2.1B, 2.14C,
4.16A
2.4A
1.6B, 2.7B, 3.4A, 4.9,
5.9
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
1.12B, 2.12
Census
Texas First Responders
Day—September 11
4.5C
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and
Air We Share
Constitution Translated for Kids
Cathy Travis
Duck for President
Everyone Counts: A Citizen’s Number Book
Firefighters: A to Z
Doreen Cronin
Elissa Grodin
Chris Demarest
Fly High: Story of Bessie Coleman
Heart of Texas: A Lone Star ABC
Louise Borden &
Mary Kay Koeger
Margery Cuyler
Frank Murphy
Jean Fritz
Deborah Candra &
Madeleine Comora
Laura Krauss Melmed
Help Me, Mr. Mutt
Janet Stevens
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from
the Underground Railroad
Heroes for Civil Rights
Ellen Levine
1.14A, 2.14C, Grade 4
Texas
K.5A, K.13, 1.6, 1.16,
2.7B, 2.17, 3.4A, 3.17E
2.3A, 3.14A, 3.15A, 5.4E
David A. Adler
1.2A, 3.11B, 5.5A, 5.5C
From Here to There
George Washington and the General’s Dog
George Washington’s Breakfast
George Washington’s Teeth
Jean Fritz
Molly Bang
1.5B, 2.6B
K.2A, 1.2A, 5.2B
K.2A, 1.2A, 5.2B
K.2A, 1.2A, 5.2B
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking
Flight
House Mouse, Senate Mouse
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
How the Second Grade Got $8,105.50 to
Visit the Statue of Liberty
How to Bake an American Pie
Kathleen Krull
5.5B
Peter W. Barnes &
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Rosalyn Schanzer
Nathan Zimelman
1.12, 2.12, 3.9, 4.15B,
5.16
1.13B, 3.1B, 5.2B
K.6, 1.9, 2.9
Karma Wilson
K.5A, 1.5A, 1.13A, 2.6A,
2.13A, 2.14B, 3.4B,
3.11A, 4.16A, 5.7B,
5.17A
K.1, K.12, 1.1, 1.14E,
1.15, 2.1A, 2.16, 3.13,
4.16D, 4.19B, 5.17D,
5.22B
K.11, 4.19, 5.22
5.5A, 5.5C
2.13D, 3.12, 5.2C, 5.18A
Hurray for Today! All About Holidays
Bonnie Worth
I Am America
I Am Rosa Parks
I Could Do That! Ester Morris Gets Women
to Vote
I Pledge Allegiance
Charles Smith, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Linda Arms White
If a Bus Could Talk
If You Were There in 1776
John, Paul, George & Ben
Bill Martin, Jr. & Michael
Sampson
Faith Ringgold
Barbara Brenner
Lane Smith
K.10B, 1.14B, 2.14A,
3.15B, 5.17C
5.5C
3.1A, 5.2, 5.15A
K.2A, 1.2A, 1.13B, 2.4A,
2.13B, 3.1B, 3.1C, 5.2B,
5.19A
1.2A
5.2A
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord—
First Battles of the American Revolution
Let Them Play
Make Way for Sam Houston
Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse: A Tail of
the U.S. Supreme Court
Me on the Map
Jean Fritz
Dennis Brindell Fradin
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
My Teacher for President
Navajo Code Talkers
New York’s Bravest
Margot Theis Raven
Kay Winters
Andrew Santella
Mary Pope Osborne
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine &
a Miracle
O, Say Can You See? America’s Symbols,
Landmarks, and Inspiring Words
Major Brian Dennis, Kirby
Larson & Mary Nethery
Sheila Keenan
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the
Wound of World War II
Our Texas
Out and About at City Hall
Pennies in a Jar
Pink and Say
Lita Judge
5.5A
1.2A, 4.3C, 4.17D
1.12B, 2.12C, 3.9,
4.15B, 5.16
K.4C, 1.5, 2.5, 2.6A,
2.6B, 3.5, 4.6A, 5.6A
5.5A
1.12B, 2.12
2.13B, 5.22C
Texas First Responders
Day—September 11
1.13C, 2.13C, 3.11C,
3.14B
K.1A, K.1B, 1.14A,
1.14B, 2.1B, 2.14, 4.16,
5.17
5.5A
Jackie Mims Hopkins
Nancy Carhan Attebury
Dori Chaconas
Patricia Palacco
Texas History
2.11, 2.12, 3.9
K.7, 1.10A
5.4E
Margot Theis Raven
Jean Fritz
Peter W. Barnes &
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Joan Sweeney
Presidents’ Day
Anne Rockwell
Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American
Women
Roanoke, the Lost Colony: An Unsolved
Mystery from History
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True
Story
Sam Houston: I Am Houston
Saving the Liberty Bell
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West
with Lewis and Clark
Seaman’s Journal: On the Trail with Lewis
and Clark
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
Cheryl Haness
So You Want to Be President
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman
Susanna of the Alamo
Take the Lead, George Washington
Thank You, Sarah
The Art of Freedom: How Artists See
America
The Ballot Box Battle
The Boston Tea Party
The Buffalo Soldier
The City Kid and the Suburb Kid
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha
Washington’s Slave Finds Freedom
The Fourth of July Story
Jane Yolen & Heidi
Elisabet Yolen Stemple
Ruby Bridges
K.1A, K.2A, 1.1A, 1.14A,
2.1A, 2.4A, 2.14C, 5.2B,
5.17A, 5.17D, 5.17E
Women’s Independence
Day—August 26
5.1A, 5.10A
3.11B, 5.5A, 5.5C
Mary Dodson Wade
Megan McDonald
Gail Langer Karwoski
1.2A, 4.3C, 4.17D
1.14A, 2.14C, 5.17A
5.4D
Patricia Reeder Eubank
5.4D
Jean Fritz
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
1.12B, 2.12
2.13B
Judith St. George
Patricia & Frederick
McKissack
John Jakes
Judith St. George
Laurie Anderson
Bob Raczka
Emily Arnold McCully
Steven Kroll
Sherry Garland
Deb Pilutti
Emily Arnold McCully
Alice Dalgliesh
The Impossible Patriotism Project
Linda Skeers
The Journey of the One and Only
Declaration of Independence
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale
The Legend of the Teddy Bear
The Story of Ruby Bridges
The Story of the Statue of Liberty
The Tortilla Factory
The U.S. Constitution and You
Judith St. George
Trinka Hakes Noble
Frank Murphy
Robert Coles
Betsy & Giulio Maestro
Gary Paulsen
Syl Sobel
The Wall
There’s a Map on My Lap! All About Maps
They Called Her Molly Pitcher
This is the Feast
Eve Bunting
Tish Rabe
Anne Rockwell
Diane Z. Shore
4.3B
K.2A, 1.2A, 5.2B
2.1A
Grades K-5 Social
Studies
2.13D, 3.12, 5.2C, 5.18A
5.2A
5.22C
1.6C, 2.7D
2.3A, 3.14A, 3.15A, 5.4E
K.1, 1.1, 1.14E, 2.1A,
4.16D, 5.17D
K.1, K.10A, 1.14, 2.14,
4.16, 5.17
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.1A, 4.15C, 5.17
5.5A
2.4A
3.11B, 5.5A, 5.5C
1.14A, 2.14C
2.10C
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
5.5A
1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.6A, 5.6A
5.2A
2.1A
Town Mouse, Country Mouse
Uncle Sam and Old Glory
Jan Brett
Delno C. West &
Jean M. West
Voices of the Alamo
We the Kids: The Preamble to the
Constitution
Sherry Garland
David Catrow
We the People: The Story of Our
Constitution
Lynne Cheney
What to Do About Alice?
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
When Marian Sang
Where Do I Live
Wind Flyers
Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting,
Campaigns, and Elections
Barbara Kerley
Jean Fritz
Pam Munoz Ryan
Neil Chesanow
Angela Johnson
Peter W. Barnes &
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Woodrow, the White House Mouse
Peter W. Barnes &
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
You Can Do It, Fiona!
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
50 American Heroes Every Kid Should
Meet
Allison DiDomenico
Jean Fritz
Melanie Walsh
Dennis Denenberg &
Lorraine Roscoe
1.6C, 2.7D
K.10A, K.10B, 1.14A,
1.14B, 2.1B, 2.14, 4.16,
5.17
4.3A, 4.3B, 4.3C
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
Grades 3-5 Introduction,
3.10, 4.15C, 5.3, 5.4E,
5.15, 5.16, 5.20
2.4A
1.13B, 3.1B, 5.2B
5.5A, 5.5C
1.5B, 2.5B
5.5C
K.10D, 1.13A, 2.12C,
2.12D, 3.11A, 3.11C,
4.17B, 4.17C, 5.18
K.2D, 1.2A, 1.12B,
2.12A, 2.12B, 3.9A,
3,9B, 4.13A, 5.16A,
5.17E
1.13A, 2.13A, 3.11A
5.5C
2.8C, 3.4D
K.2A, 1.2A, 1.2B, 2.4A,
2.4B, 2.13A, 3.1B, 3.1C,
3.8E, 3.11B, 4.3B, 4.3C,
4.17D, 5.2B, 5.5C,
5.23A