Reading
Suggestions for Grades K-4
FICTION
The
Airport Book. Brown, Lisa. Roaring Brook Press, 2016.
Picture Book. (K+)
Ballet
Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants! Shea, Bob. Disney-Hyperion,
2016. Easy Reader. (1+)
The
Bear and the Piano. Litchfield, David. Clarion Books, 2016.
Picture Book. (K+)
The
BFG. Dahl, Roald. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982.
Fantasy. (3+)
Brown
Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Carle, Eric and Eric Carle.
Henry Holt + Co., 1996. Picture Book. (K+)
Castle
Hangnail. Vernon, Ursula. Dial Book, 2015. Fantasy.
Series. (3+)
Dash.
Larson, Kirby. Scholastic Press, 2014. Historical Fiction. (3+)
Drum
Dream Girl. Engle, Margarita and Rafael López. HMH Books
for Young Readers, 2015. Picture Book Biography. (K+)
Ellie.
Wu, Mike. Disney-Hyperion, 2015. Picture Book. (K+)
Fish
in a Tree. Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. Nancy Paulsen Books,
2015. Realistic Fiction. (4+)
Fortune
Falls. Goebel, Jenny. Scholastic Press, 2016.
Fantasy. (3+)
Geronimo
Stilton: Mouse Overboard. Stilton, Geronimo. Scholastic Paperbacks,
2015. Humor. Series. (2+)
Grumpy
Pants. Messer, Claire. Albert Whitman & Company,
2016. Picture Book. (K+)
Holes.
Sachar, Louis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. Realistic Fiction. (4+)
Into
the Wild: Yet Another Misadventure (The Chicken Squad).
Cronin, Doreen and Stephen Gilpin. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2016.
Mystery. Series. (2+)
The
Invention of Hugo Cabret. Selznick, Brian. Scholastic Press, 2007.
Historical Fiction. (3+)
Land
of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms. Colfer, Chris. Little, Brown Books for
Young Readers, 2015. Fantasy. Series. (3+)
Lost
in the Sun. Graff, Lisa. Philomel Books, 2015. Realistic
Fiction. (4+)
Madeleine.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Puffin Books, 1939. Picture Book. (K+)
Make
Way for Ducklings. McCloskey, Robert. Viking Books, 1941.
Picture Book. (K+)
Mr.
Lemoncello’s Library Olympics. Grabenstein, Chris. Random
House Books for Young Readers, 2016. Realistic Fiction/Humor. Series. (3+)
Night
of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps Book 1). Stine, R.L. Scholastic
Paperbacks, 2008. Horror/Humor. Series. (3+)
Nonsense
Show. Carle, Eric. Philomel Books, 2015. Picture
Book. (K+)
On
the Farm, at the Market. G. Karas, Brian. Henry Holt and Co., 2016. Picture
Book. (1+)
Pax.
Pennypacker, Sarah. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
2016. Realistic Fiction. (3+)
The
Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde. Hale, Shannon, Dean Hale
and LeUyen Pham. Candlewick, 2016.
Public
School Superhero. Patterson, James, Chris Tebbetts and Cory
Thomas. Jimmy Patterson, 2015. Realistic Fiction/Humor. (3+)
The
Red Pencil.
Pinkney, Andrea. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015. Historical
Fiction. (4+)
Return
to the Isle of the Lost. Disney-Hyperion, 2016. Fantasy. Series. (4+)
Save
Me a Seat. Weeks, Sarah and Gita Varadarajan.
Scholastic Press, 2016. Realistic Fiction. (3+)
The
School for Good and Evil. Chainani, Soman. HarperCollins, 2014. Fantasy.
(3+)
Sophie
Quire and the Last Storyguard: A Peter Nimble Adventure.
Auxier, Jonathan. Harry N. Abrams, 2016. Fantasy. Series. (3+)
Stars.
Ray, Mary Lyn and Marla Frazee. Beach Lane Books, 2011. Picture Book. (K+)
The
Story of Babar: The Little Elephant. De Brunhoff, Jean. Random
House, 1931. Picture Book. (K+)
The
Terrible Twos Get Worse. Barnett, Mac, Jory John and Kevin Cornell. Harry
N. Abrams, 2016. Realistic Fiction/Humor. (3+)
Thunder
Boy Jr. Alexie, Sherman and Yuyi Morales. Little,
Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016. Picture Book Biography. (K+)
The
Treasure Chest: Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield.
Hood, Ann. Grosset + Dunlap, 2012. Historical Fiction/Fantasy. (3+)
Trouble
the Water. Dowell, Frances O’Rourk. Atheneum/Caitlyn
Dlouhy Books, 2016. Historical Fiction. (4+)
The
War That Saved My Life. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Dial Books,
2015. Historical Fiction. (3+)
The
Wild Robot. Brown, Peter. Little, Brown Books for Young
Readers, 2016. Fantasy. (2+)
Wings
of Fire, Book Eight: Escaping Peril. Sutherland, Tui. Scholastic Press, 2015. Fantasy.
(3+)
NON-FICTION
The
Big Book of Bugs. Zommer, Yuval. Thames & Hudson, 2016. (2+)
Bugged:
How Insects Changed History. Albee, Sarah. Bloomsbury
USA, 2014. (3+)
Finding
Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear.
Mattick, Lindsay and Sophie Blackall. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,
2015. (K+)
How
Machines Work: Zoo Break. Macaulay, David. DK Children, 2015. (2+)
Ivan:
The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla. Applegate,
Katherine and G. Brian Karas. Clarion Books, 2014. (K+)
Jet
Plane: How It Works. Macaulay, David and Sheila Keenan. Square
Fish, 2015. (1+)
Kakapo
Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot (Scientists in the Field Series).
Montgomery, Sy and Nic Bishop. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2010. (4+)
Lillian's
Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1964. Winter,
Jonah. Schwartz & Wade, 2015. Nonfiction Picture Book. (3+)
The
Most Amazing Creature in the Sea. Guiberson, Brenda Z. and Gennady Spirin. Henry Holt and Co., 2015.
(K+)
Nelson
Mandela. Nelson, Kadir. Katherine Tegen Books, 2013.
Biography. (1+)
Treasury
of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and
Revenge. Napoli, Donna Jo and Christina Balit. National
Geographic Children's Books, 2015. (3+)
Water
Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle. Paul, Miranda and Jason
Chin. Roaring Brook Press, 2015. (1+)
Wet
Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems. Raczka, Bob. Roaring Brook
Press, 2016. Poetry. (3+)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Apocalypse Bow Wow. Proimos, James III and James Proimos Jr.
Bloomsbury, 2015. (3+)
Benny and Penny in Lights Out! : A Toon Book.
Hayes, Geoffrey. Spotlight, 2012. (K+)
Firelight (Amulet #7).
Kibuishi, Kazu. GRAPHIX, 2016. Fantasy. (3+)
Lost
in NYC: A Subway Adventure: A TOON Graphic. Spiegalman, Nadja. TOON
Graphics, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (2+)
Nathan
Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Alamo All-Stars. Hale, Nathan. Harry N.
Abrams, 2016. (3+)
Roller
Girl.
Jamieson, Victoria. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2015. Realistic
Fiction. (4+)
Star
Wars: Jedi Academy. Brown, Jeff. Scholastic, 2013. (2+)
RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD NOMINEES
(ROOSTER GAMES)
Ellie’s
Story. Cameron, W. Bruce. Starscape,
2015. Realistic Fiction. (4+)
Full
Cicada Moon. Hilton, Marilyn. Dial Books, 2015. Historical Fiction /
Verse. (4+)
Growing
Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the
Way to the Major Leagues. Tavares, Matt. Candlewick Press, 2015.
Biographical Picture Book. (3+)
A
Handful of Stars. Lord, Cynthia. Scholastic Press, 2015. Realistic Fiction.
(4+)
Hilo:
The Boy Who Crashed to Earth. Winick. Judd. Random House Books for Young
Readers, 2015. Graphic Novel / Science Fiction. (3+)
The
Honest Truth. Gemeinhart, Dan. Scholastic Press, 2015. Realistic Fiction.
(4+)
How
to Swallow a Pig. Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. HMH Books for Young
Readers, 2015. Nonfiction Picture Book. (1+)
Into
the Killing Seas. Spradlin, Michael
P. Scholastic Press, 2015. Historical Fiction. (4+)
Masterminds.
Korman, Gordon. Balzer + Bray, 2015. Adventure / Mystery. (3+)
The
Misadventures of the Family Fletcher.
Levy, Dana Alison. Delacorte Books for Young Readers , 2014. Realistic
Fiction. (3+)
Paper
Things. Jacobson, Jennifer Richard.
Candlewick, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (4+)
Ratscalibur.
Lieb, Josh. Razorbill, 2015. Fantasy. (3+)
Ruby
on the Outside. Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Reader s, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (4+)
Sisters.
Telgemeier, Raina. GRAPHIX, 2014. Graphic Novel. (4+)
Stella
by Starlight. Draper, Sharon M. Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, 2015. Historical Fiction. (4+)
Took. Hahn, Mary Downing. Clarion Books, 2015. Horror. (4+)
Trombone
Shorty. Andrews, Troy and Bryan
Collier. Harry N. Abrams, 2015. Biographical Picture Book. (3+)
Upside
Down Magic. Mlynowski, Sarah, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. Scholastic
Press, 2015. Fantasy. (4+)
A
Whole New Ballgame: A Rip and Red Book. Bildner, Phil and Tim Probert. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Realistic
Fiction. (4+)
