A Parents Guide to “GOOD BOOKS”
Second Grade
Albert Series
Animal Opposite Series
Cam Jansen Series
Clifford Series
Espossumondas Stories
Frog and Toad Books
Henry and Mudge Series
Herbie Jones Books
Horrible Harry Series
Judy Moody Books
Junie B. Jones Series
Little House Chapter Books
Miss Nelson Series
Mr. Putter and Tabby Series
Pinky and Rex Series
Polk Street School Series
Poppleton Series
Rainbow Fish Series
Flat Stanley Abridged
Flat Stanley Again
Tryon
Bullard
Adler
Bridwell
Salley
Lobel
Rylant
Kline
Kline
McDonald
Park
Peterson
Allard
Rylant
Howe
Giff
Rylant
Pfister
Brown, Jeff
Brown, Jeff
The Gator Girls
Hungry Hungry Sharks
Norma Jean Jumping Beans
All About Stacy
Best Friends
The Clue at the Zoo
Count Your Money with Polk St.
December Secrets
I Love Saturday
Good Luck Ronald Morgan
A Weekend with Wendell
Chester’s Way
Chrysanthemum
Lilly’s Big Day
Lilly’s Plastic Purse
Sheila Rae, the Brave
The Biggest Boy
El Sombrero
Hedgie’s Surprise
The Hat
The Snow Bears
The Umbrella
Beans on the Roof
Hurray for the Golly Sisters
Little Horse
Little Horse on His Own
The Seven Treasure Hunts
Tornado
Get Ready for Second Grade
It’s A Fair Day, Amber Brown
It’s Justin Time, Amber Brown
Second Grade Rules
You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox
Pee Wee Jubilee
Pee Wee Pool Party
Pee Wees on First
Pee Wees on Parade
Arthur and the Crunch Cereal
Arthur and the School Pet
Cole
Cole
Cole
Giff
Giff
Giff
Giff
Giff
Giff
Giff
Henkes
Henkes
Henkes
Henkes
Henkes
Henkes
Henkes
Brett
Brett
Brett
Brett
Brett
Byars
Byars
Byars
Byars
Byars
Byars
Danziger
Danziger
Danziger
Danziger
Danziger
Delton
Delton
Delton
Delton
Brown, Marc
Brown, Marc
Arthur and the True Francine
Brown, Marc
Arthur Babysits
Brown, Marc
Arthur Goes to Camp
Brown, Marc
Arthur Lost in a Museum
Brown, Marc
Arthur’s Mystery Envelope
Brown, Marc
Clifford and the Big Parade
Bridwell
Clifford Goes to Washington
Bridwell
Clifford and the Big Ice Cream
Page
Clifford for President
Figueroa
Clifford Saves the Whale
Page
Clifford Finds a Clue
Herman
Arrow to the Sun
McDermott
Grandfather’s Journey
Say
Jumanji
VanAllsburg
Lon Po Po
Young
Madeline’s Rescue
Bemelmans
May I Bring A Friend
deRegniers
Once A Mouse
Brown, Marcia
One Fine Day
Hogrogian
Sam Bangs and Moonshine
Ness
The Biggest Bear
Ward
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Gorbachev
The Polar Express
VanAllsburg
The Snowy Day
Keats
Third Grade
A Bear Called Paddington
A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Wrinkle in Time
All About Sam
All of a Kind Family
Anne of Green Gables
Atta Boy, Sam
B is For Betsy
Because of Winn Dixie
Betsy Tacy
Bond, Michael
Peck, Robert
L’Engle, Madeleine
Lowry, Lois
Taylor, Sydney
Felder, Deborah
Lowry, Lois
Hoywood, Carolyn
DiCamillo, Kate
Lovelace, Maud
Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale Mystery
Howe, Deborah
Call It Courage
Snelling, Lauraine
Carry on Mr. Bowditch
Latham, Jean
Chocolate Fever
Smith, Robert
Class Clown
Hurwitz, Johanna
Class President
Hurwitz, Johanna
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Cleary, Beverly
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie
Caudill, Rebecca
Double Fudge
Blume, Judy
Ella Enchanted
Levine, Gail
Flat Stanley: Unabridged
Brown, Jeff
Freckle Juice
Blume, Judy
Fudge
Blume, Judy
Fudge-a-mania
Blume, Judy
Gentle Ben
Morey, Walt
Holes
Sachar, Louis
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rockwell, Thomas
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
Burch, Robert
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lord, Bette
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,
William McKinley…
Konigsburg, E.L.
Kirsten Saves the Day
Shaw, Janet
Kirsten’s Surprise
Shaw, Janet
Lilly’s Crossing
Giff, Patricia
Little House on the Prarie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little Women
Kulling, Monica
Little Women
Monfried, Lucia
Little Women
Francis, Pauline
Miracles on Maple Hill
Sorenson, Virginia
Molly Saves the Day
Tripp, Valerie
Molly’s Surprise
Tripp, Valerie
Number the Stars
Lowry, Lois
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
On the Far Side of the Mountain
George, Jean
Onion John
Krumgold, Joseph
Peter Pan
Leighton, Marian
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Giff, Patricia
Ramona Forever
Cleary, Beverly
Samantha’s Surprise
Schur, Maxine
Secret Garden
Vogel, Malvina
Shilah
Naylor, Phyllis
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Sachar, Louis
Soup
Peck, Robert
Soup and Me
Peck, Robert
Soup on Ice
Peck, Robert
Stone Fox
Gardiner, John
Strawberry Girl
Lenski, Lois
Summer of the Monkeys
Rawls, Wilson
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Blume, Judy
The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Ungaretti, Lorri
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Suter, Joanne
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Retold
Woodside, Martin
The Boxcar Children
Chandler, Gertrude
The Chocolate Touch
Catling, Patrick
The Clue of the Tapping Heels
Keene, Carolyn
The Cricket in Times Square
Selden, George
The Family Under the Bridge
Carlson, Natalie
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Paterson, Katherine
The Hot and Cold Summer
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Hot and Cold Winter
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Retold
McFadden
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hutchinson, Emily
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate
The Outsiders
Hinton, S.E.
The Trumpet of the Swan
White, E.B.
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Retold
Olmstead, Kathleen
The War with Grandpa
Kimmel, Robert
The Wheel on the School
DeJong, Meindert
The Whipping Boy
Fleischman, Sid
Winnie the Pooh
Milne, A.A.
Fourth Grade
A Bear Called Paddington
Bond, Michael
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Peck, Robert
A Wrinkle in Time
L’Engle, Madeleine
All About Sam
Lowry, Lois
All of a Kind Family
Taylor, Sydney
Anne of Green Gables
Felder, Deborah
Atta Boy, Sam
Lowry, Lois
B is For Betsy
Hoywood, Carolyn
Because of Winn Dixie
DiCamillo, Kate
Betsy Tacy
Lovelace, Maud
Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale Mystery
Howe, Deborah
Call It Courage
Snelling, Lauraine
Carry on Mr. Bowditch
Latham, Jean
Charlotte’s Web
White, E.B.
Chocolate Fever
Smith, Robert
Class Clown
Hurwitz, Johanna
Class President
Hurwitz, Johanna
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Cleary, Beverly
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie
Caudill, Rebecca
Double Fudge
Blume, Judy
Ella Enchanted
Levine, Gail
Flat Stanley: Unabridged
Brown, Jeff
Freckle Juice
Blume, Judy
Fudge
Blume, Judy
Fudge-a-mania
Blume, Judy
Gentle Ben
Morey, Walt
Holes
Sachar, Louis
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rockwell, Thomas
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
Burch, Robert
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lord, Bette
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,
William McKinley…
Konigsburg, E.L.
Kirsten Saves the Day
Shaw, Janet
Kirsten’s Surprise
Shaw, Janet
Lilly’s Crossing
Giff, Patricia
Little House on the Prarie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little Women
Kulling, Monica
Little Women
Monfried, Lucia
Little Women
Francis, Pauline
Miracles on Maple Hill
Sorenson, Virginia
Molly Saves the Day
Tripp, Valerie
Molly’s Surprise
Tripp, Valerie
Number the Stars
Lowry, Lois
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
On the Far Side of the Mountain
George, Jean
Onion John
Krumgold, Joseph
Peter Pan
Leighton, Marian
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Giff, Patricia
Ramona Forever
Cleary, Beverly
Samantha’s Surprise
Schur, Maxine
Sarah, Plain and Tall
MacLachlan, Patricia
Shilah
Naylor, Phyllis
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Sachar, Louis
Soup
Peck, Robert
Soup and Me
Peck, Robert
Soup on Ice
Peck, Robert
Stone Fox
Gardiner, John
Strawberry Girl
Lenski, Lois
Summer of the Monkeys
Rawls, Wilson
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Blume, Judy
The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Ungaretti, Lorri
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Suter, Joanne
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Retold
Woodside, Martin
The Boxcar Children
Chandler, Gertrude
The Chocolate Touch
Catling, Patrick
The Clue of the Tapping Heels
Keene, Carolyn
The Cricket in Times Square
Selden, George
The Family Under the Bridge
Carlson, Natalie
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Paterson, Katherine
The Hot and Cold Summer
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Hot and Cold Winter
Hurwitz, Johanna
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Retold
McFadden
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hutchinson, Emily
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate
The Outsiders
Hinton, S.E.
The Trumpet of the Swan
White, E.B.
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Retold
Olmstead, Kathleen
The War with Grandpa
Kimmel, Robert
The Wheel on the School
The Whipping Boy
Winnie the Pooh
The False Prince
Thomas and the Queen Dragon
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
Secrets at Sea
Tuesdays at the Castle
Wednesdays in the Tower
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Masterpiece
Shakespeare’s Secret
The Water Castle
DeJong, Meindert
Fleischman, Sid
Milne, A.A.
Nielson, Jennifer
Crum, Shutta
Peck, Richard
Peck, Richard
George, Jessica Day
George, Jessica Day
Healy, Christopher
Broach, Elisa
Broach, Elisa
Blakemore, Megan Frazer
Fifth Grade
A Wrinkle In Time
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Princess Academy
Goose Girl
Tuck Everlasting
The Lady Grace Mysteries
Hatchet
The Ranger’s Apprentice
Chasing Vermeer
Masterpiece
My Side of the Mountain
Raleigh’s Page
The Many Rides of Paul Revere
Old Yeller
Sounder
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Penderwicks
National Velvet
The Black Stallion
Redwall
Peter Pan
Madeline L’Engle
Trenton Lee Stewart
Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale
Natalie Babbitt
Patricia Finney
Gary Paulson
John Flanagan
Blue Balliett
Blue Balliett
Jean Craighead George
Alan Armstrong
James Cross Giblin
Fred Gipson
William H. Armstrong
Brian Selznick
Jeanne Birdsall
Enid Bagnold
Walter Farley
Brian Jacques
J.M. Barrie
The Shakespeare Stealer
Gary Blackwood
Sixth Grade
Any Selection by these authors:
Marguerite Henry
Scott O’Dell
Jules Verne
G.A. Henty
Jean Fritz
N. D. Wilson
L.M. Montgomery
Brian Jacques
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
My Side of the Mountain
George
It’s a Jungle Out There
The Fate of the Yellow Woodbee
Holes
Out of the Dust
Maniac Magee
The Princess and the Goblin
The Westing Game
A Single Shard
Christopher Paul Curtis
Jean Craighead
Ron Snell
Dave and Neta Jackson
Louis Sachar
Karen Hesse
Jerry Spinelli
George MacDonald
Ellen Raskin
Linda Sue Park
Seventh Grade through Tenth Grade
FICTION
Adam Bede, by George Eliot
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Lew Wallace
Billy Budd, Sailor, by Herman Melville
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder
Bridge Over the River Kwai, by Pierre Boulle
The Celestial Railroad, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
Christy, by Catherine Marshall
The Citadel, by A.J. Cronin
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes
Emma, by Jane Austen
Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories, by P.G. Wodehouse
Everything That Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O’Connor
Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy
A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips, by James Hilton
The Good Shepherd, by C.S. Forester
The Governor of England: A Novel on Oliver Cromwell, by Marjorie
Bowen
The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
Great Ghost Stories, by John Grafton
Greenmantle, by John Buchan
The Guns of Navarone, by Alistair MacLean
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Howard’s End, by E.M. Forster
How They Kept the Faith, by Grace Raymond
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
King Solomon’s Mines, by H. Rider Haggard
A Lantern in Her Hand, by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse,
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
Little Britches, by Ralph Moody
Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
Mama’s Bank Account, by Kathryn Forbes
Man of the Family, by Ralph Moody
The Master’s Quilt, by Michael Webb
Meg Roper, by Jean Plaidy
Miss Bishop, by Bess Streeter Aldrich
My Antonia, by Willa Cather
1984, by George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
Pearl Maiden, by H. Rider Haggard
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
A Room With a View, E.M. Forster
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
Shane, by Jack Schaefer
Silas Marner, by George Eliot
The Silver Chalice, by Thomas Costain
Sink the Bismarck! by C.S. Forester
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Soldier of Virginia, by Marjorie Bowen
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, by Agatha Christie
The Three Hostages, by John Buchan
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Unnatural Death, by Dorothy Sayers
Up a Road Slowly, by Irene Hunt
Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse
A White Bird Flying, by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
NONFICTION
Christian Martyrs, by John Foxe
Founding Fathers, by M.E. Bradford
John Adams, by Alfred Steinberg
Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
Alfred the Great: The King and His England, by Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Against the Clock (Ray Buker), by Eric S. Fife
John Bunyan, by Ola Elizabeth Winslow
Idelette: The Life of Mrs. John Calvin, by Edna Gerstner
William Carey, Father of Missions, by Sam Wellman
Dr. George Washington Carver, Scientist, by Shirley Graham and George
Lipscomb
The Last Crusader: The Untold Story of Christopher Columbus, by
George Grant
The Protector: A Vindication (Oliver Cromwell), by J.H. Merle
D’Aubigne
John Eliot: “Apostle to the Indians,” by Ola Elizabeth Winslow
Through Gates of Splendor (Jim Elliot), by Elisabeth Elliot
Galileo: First Observer of Marvelous Things, by Elma Ehrlich Levinger
Give Me Liberty (Patrick Henry), by David J. Vaughan
On Fire for God: The Story of John Hus, by Victor Budgen
John Knox, Apostle of the Scottish Reformation, by George Barnett
Smith
Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee, by J. Steven Wilkins
Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis, by Terry W. Glaspey
Through the Shadowlands (C.S. Lewis), by Brian Sibley
The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh, by Walter S. Ross
The Life of David Livingstone, by Mrs. J.H. Worcester, Jr.
Kitty My Rib (Katherine Luther), by E. Jane Mall
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, by Roland H. Bainton
Catherine Marshall Had a Husband, by William J. Petersen
To Live Again, by Catherine Marshall
The Tale of Beatrix Potter, by Margaret Lane
Carry a Big Stick (Theodore Roosevelt), by George Grant
C.T. Studd: Cricketer and Pioneer, by Norman P. Grubb
Joni, by Joni Eareckson Tada
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor
Corrie Ten Boom: Her Life, Her Faith, by Carole C. Carlson
God’s Outlaw (William Tyndale), by Brian H. Edwards
A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken
God’s Smuggler (Andrew Van Der Bijl), by Brother Andrew with John and
Elizabeth Sherrill
Queen Victoria, by Noel Streatfeild
William Wallace: The King’s Enemy, by D.J. Gray
Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
Episodes in the Life of George Washington, by A.J. Cloud and Vierling
Kersey
George Whitefield, by Arnold A. Dallimore
Amazing Grace (William Wilberforce), by Eric Metaxas
Tested by Fire: A True Story of Courage and Faith, by Merrill and
Virginia Womach
Tortured for Christ, by Richard Wurmbrand