Welcome to My
Students!
Here are titles and the F&P levels of some great books to read!
 If you don’t remember, check with me to find out your
INDEPENDENT reading level.
 Your independent reading level is the level where you can read
most of the words very easily and you can understand what it
says very easily.
 Then find the list below with the matching letter-level of books.
For example, if your independent reading level is “V,” look on
the Level V list below. Choose titles that look interesting to you!
 Take this list to the library, bookstore, online or even to yard
sales to find books that are at your independent reading level.
You ARE allowed to read books from any level that comes before your
level. You ARE also allowed to challenge yourself and try a book from
a level that comes AFTER your level.
After you’ve finished reading, let me know what you enjoyed about it!
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z:
Based on The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level R
Title
Genre
Author
And Then What Happened, Paul
Revere?
B
Fritz, Jean
The Cabin Faced West
HF
Fritz, Jean
Can’t You Make Them Behave,
King George?
I
Fritz, Jean
Charlotte’s Web
F
E. B. White
Chocolate by Hershey: A Story
About Milton S. Hershey
B
Burford, Betty
Dominic
F
Steig, William
Earthquake!: San Francisco, 1906
I
Wilson, Kate
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of
the World
B
Faber, Doris
Go Free or Die: A Story About
Harriet Tubman
B
Ferris, Jeri
Hatchet!
RF
Paulsen, Gary
Helen Keller: A Light for the Blind
B
Kudlinski, Kathleen V.
Hurricanes & Tornadoes
I
The Wonders of Our World
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography
B
Anderson, William
Misty of Chincoteague
RF
Henry, Marguerite
Sarah, Plain and Tall
HF
MacLachlan, Patricia
Shiloh
RF
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Skylark
HF
MacLachlan, Patricia
Snow Treasure
R
McSwigan, Marie
Level R
Title
Genre
Author
Story of Thomas Alva Edison,
Inventor, The
B
Davidson, Margaret
Stuart Little
F
White, E. B.
The Trumpet of the Swan
F
White, E. B.
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam
Adams?
B
Fritz, Jean
Title
Amelia Earhart: Flying for Adventure
Genre
B
Author
Dodson, Mary Wade
Beautiful Land: A Story of the
Oklahoma Land Rush
I
Antle, Nancy
Borrowers, The
F
Norton, Mary
Boy Called Slow, A
(The True Story of Sitting Bull)
B
Bruhac, Joseph
Brave Irene
F
Steig, William
Bridge to Terabithia
RF
Paterson, Katherine
Children of the Longhouse
HF
Bruhac, Joseph
Cricket in Times Square, The
F
Selden, George
Facing West: A Story of the
Oregon Trail
I
Kudlinski, Kathleen V.
From the Mixed-up Files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
RF
Konigsburg, E.L.
Letters from Rifka
HF
Hesse, Karen
Mr. President: A Book of
U.S. Presidents
B
Sullivan, George
Level S
Red Means Good Fortune: A
I
Story of San Francisco’s Chinatown
Goldin, Barbara Diamond
*Suggestion: Just for fun, be sure to visit the following sections of your library/bookstore to make
other great selections based on your own interests: Crafts, Sports, History, Biography, Mystery, Joke
Books, How-to /Hobby Books, Science, Travel & More…. ☺
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z: Based on The Fountas &
Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level S
Title
Genre
Story of Harriet Tubman, The:
B
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Author
McMullan, Kate
Story of Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight B
Champion of the World, The
Denenberg, Barry
Sugaring Time
I
Lasky, Kathryn
Where Do You Think You’re Going,
Christopher Columbus?
B
Fritz, Jean
Title
Abel’s Island
Genre
F
Author
Steig, William
An Early Winter
RF
Bauer, Marion Dane
Arctic Investigations: Exploring the
Frozen Ocean
I
Young, Karen Romano
Black Stallion, The
RF
Farley, Walter
Dear Levi: Letters from the
Overland Trail
HF
Woodruff, Elvira
Double Life of Pocahontas, The
B
Fritz, Jean
Immigrants
I
Sandler, Martin W.
Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe, The
F
Lewis, C. S.
Level T
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart B
Lauber, Patricia
Salem Days: Life in a Colonial
Seaport
I
Adventures in Colonial America Series
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
I
Fritz, Jean
Sign of the Beaver
HF
Speare, Elizabeth George
KEY
B: Biography
I: Informational
HF: Historical Fiction
RF: Realistic Fiction
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z: Based on The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level T Continued
Title
Sing Down the Moon
Genre
HF
Author
O’Dell, Scott
Sounder
RF
Armstrong, William
Tracker
RF
Paulsen, Gary
Woodsong
B
Paulsen, Gary
Title
Genre
Author
Benjamin Franklin
B
Kent, Deborah
Cabin Faced West, The
HF
Fritz, Jean
Captain Grey
HF
Avi
Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The
RF
Danziger, Paula
Level U
Gathering of Days: A New
HF
England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32
Blos, Joan
Julie of the Wolves
RF
George, Jean Craighead
My Side of the Mountain
RF
George, Jean Craighead
Number the Stars
HF
Lowry, Lois
Secret Garden, The
RF
Burnett, Frances H.
Sign of the Chrysanthemum, The
RF
Paterson, Katherine
Silk Route, The
HF
Major, John S.
Stories in Stone: The World of
Animal Fossils
I
A First Book
Story of Harriet Tubman:
Freedom, The
B
Sterling, Dorothy
Summer of the Swans, The
RF
Byars, Betsy
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z: Based on The Fountas &
Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level U
Title
Genre
Author
Talking Earth, The
RF
George, Jean Craighead
Thomas Jefferson: Man with a
Vision
B
Crisman, Ruth
Tuck Everlasting
F
Babbitt, Natalie
Title
Anne of Green Gables
Genre
RF
Author
Montgomery, L.M.
Arlington National Cemetery
I
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
Boston Tea Party, The
I
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
Cay, The
HF
Taylor, Theodore
Dogsong
RF
Paulsen, Gary
Fighting Ground, The
HF
Avi
Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
F
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire
F
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban
F
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone
F
Rowling, J.K.
Incredible Journey, The
F
Burnford, Sheila
Level V
KEY
B: Biography
I: Informational
HF: Historical Fiction
RF: Realistic Fiction
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z: Based on The Fountas &
Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level V Continued
Title
Genre
Author
Island of the Blue Dolphins
HF
O’Dell, Scott
Lewis and Clark
B
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, The
I
Giblin, James Cross
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman?
B
McKissack, F. and P.
Titanic, The
I
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
Transcontinental Railroad, The
I
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,
The
HF
Avi
Underground Railroad, The
I
Bial, Raymond
Wrinkle in Time, A
F
L’Engle, Madeleine
Title
Great Whales: The Gentle Giants
Genre
I
Author
Lauber, Patricia
House on Mango Street, The
B
Cisneros, Sandra
Moccasin Trail
RF
McGraw Eloise
Phantom Tollbooth
F
Juster, Norton
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of
Roberto Clemente
B
Walker, Paul Robert
Red Cap
HF
Wisler, G. Clifton
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of
Running the Iditarod
B
Paulsen, Gary
Brian’s Winter
RF
Paulsen, Gary
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
B
Fritz, Jean
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
F
O’Brien, Robert C.
Level W
Level X
*Leveled List of Recommended Novels for Great Reading
*Levels R-Z: Based on The Fountas &
Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, 2010-2012 Edition
Level X
Continued
Where the Red Fern Grows
RF
Rawls, Wilson
Yearling, The
RF
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
Across Five Aprils
HF
Hunt, Irene
Call of the Wild, The
RF
London, Jack
Light in the Forest, The
HF
Richter, Conrad
My Brother Sam Is Dead
HF
Collier, James and Christopher
White Fang
RF
London, Jack
Levels Y-Z
KEY
B: Biography
I: Informational
HF: Historical Fiction
RF: Realistic Fiction