Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
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Preschool - 2nd Grade
Grades 3 - 5
Grades 6 - 8
Grades 9 - 12
PreSchool - 2nd Grade
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The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, illustrated by Marla Frazee
The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Nini Here and There by Anita Lobel
One City, Two Brothers by Chris Smith
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
Grades 3 - 5:
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Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Living Color by Steve Jenkins
Grades 6 - 8:
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Animal Poems by Valerie Worth
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Grades 9 - 12:
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Cures of Heartbreak by Margo Rabb Delacourte
Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
The Sweet Far Thing by Cassandra Bray
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat Brades
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
