Chapter Books:

• The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
• Dragonrider by Cornelia Funke
• Stuart Little by E.B. White
• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Series Books:

• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• The Sorcerer's Stone
• The Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Goblet of Fire
• The Order of the Phoenix
• The Half-Blood Prince
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• The Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Little House in the Big Woods
• W.I.T.C.H. by W.i.t.c.h.
• The Power of Five
• The Disappearance
• Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
• The Adventures of Captain Underpants
• Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbot
• The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
• Journey to the Volcano Palace
• The Mysterious Island
• City in the Clouds
• Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
• Legend of the Lost Legend
• Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
• Dinosaurs Before Dark
• The Knight at Dawn
• Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
• In the Time of the Dinosaurs
• At the Waterworks
• Gets Programmed
• Lost in the Solar System
• Inside the Human Body
• On the Ocean Floor
• Inside a Beehive
• Inside a Hurricane
• Inside the Earth

Readers:

• Arthur's Camp-Out by Lillian Hoban
• Arthur's Halloween Costume
• Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
• Karate Class Mystery by Elizabeth Levy
• Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
• Little Bear's Friends
• Lulu Goes to Witch School by Jane O'Connor
• Scooby-Doo and the Karate Caper
• Fantastic Four versus Doctor Doom adapted by Monique Stephens

Books by Subject:

• Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.—rollicking rhymes, a classic
• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
• Capital! Washington D.C. from A to Z by Laura Krauss Melmed
• Old Cricket by Lisa Wheeler

• Little Pink Pig by Pat Hutchins
• Go Tell it to the Toucan by Colin West
• Mammals Science Nature Guides
• Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
• Night Creatures Scholastic Discovery Book
• Monkeys and Apes Scholastic DB
• Endangered Species Scholastic DB
• Farm Animals Scholastic DB

Biography:

• Betsy Ross by Alexandra Wallner
• Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women by Cheryl Harness
• Mount Vernon by Mary Collins
• The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Patricia Pingry
• The Story of George Washington by Pingry
• A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women by Lynne Cheney
• Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary and Stephen Benet
• Picture Book Biography by David Adler
• 1. Frederick Douglass
• 2. Amelia Earhart
• 3. Thomas Alva Edison
• 4. Anne Frank
• 5. Benjamin Franklin
• 6. Patrick Henry
• 7. Thomas Jefferson
• 8. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 9. Florence Nightingale
• 10. Rosa Parks
• 11. Paul Revere
• 12. Eleanor Roosevelt
• 13. Sacagawea
• 14. Sojourner Truth
• 15. Harriet Tubman

• Discovery: Bodyworks
• Hidden World: The Human Body Scholastic Discovery Book
• The Visual Dictionary of the Skeleton Dorling Kindersley
• The Visual Dictionary of the Human Body DK

• Warthogs Paint: A messy color book by Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole
• Colors Scholastic Discovery Book
• My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
• Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• What Makes a Rainbow by Betty Ann Schwartz

• Asteroid Impact by Douglas Henderson
• The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals by Chris Pellant
• Walking with Dinosaurs by Tim Haines
• Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick
• What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick
• Dinosaur Roar! by Brian Strickland
• Dinotopia by James Gurney
• Fantastic Facts about Dinosaurs Dempsey Parr
• My Visit to the Dinosaurs by Aliki
• Dinosaur Babies by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
• Fossils Science Nature Guides
• Dinosaurs Forever by William Wise
• Dinosaurs: Living Monsters of the Past by Michael Benton
• Discovery: Prehistoric Worlds
• Dinosaurs Scholastic Discovery Book
• The Visual Dictionary of Prehistoric Life Dorling Kindersley
• How Big Were the Dinosaurs? by Bernard Most
• A Dinosaur Named Sue by Pat Relf
• Dinosaurs I have Known by Barry Polisar
• Graveyards of the Dinosaurs by Shelly Tanaka
• Dinosaur Mummies by Kelly Milner Halls
• Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? By Kathleen Zoehfeld

• The Best Book of Pirates by Branaby Harward
• The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail de Marcken
• The Discovery of Dragons by Graeme Base
• Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology by Dugald Steer
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Allsburg
• 3 Magic Balls by Richard Egeilski
• Tiger, Tiger by Dee Lillegard
• The Lima Bean Monster by Dan Yaccarino

• Pick, Pull, Snap! by Lola Schaefer
• The Tree Scholastic Discovery Book
• Flowers Scholastic DB
• The Gardener by Sarah Stewart

• The Story of America's Birthday by Patricia Pingry
• Arthur Meets the President by Marc Brown
• Presidents Dorling Kindersley
• Old Glory, an American Treasure by Robert Lang
• Vote! by Eileen Christelow
• America the Beautiful by Katharine Bates

• Destination: Rainforest by Jonathan Grupper
• Deserts and Dry Lands Science Nature Guides
• Where the Buffalo Roam by Jacqueline Geis
• Discovery: Rainforests and Oceans
• Under the Ground Scholastic Discovery Book

For a complete listing of our reading in history click on the History page.

• Civil War: A Library of Congress Book by Martin Sandler
• I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino--Egypt, Mummies, Napoleon and crocodile pie.
• Welcome to Addy's World, 1864 American Girl Series—Civil War America
• Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
• The Boston Tea Party by Steven Kroll
• The Boston Tea Party by R. Conrad Stein
• Arms & Armor Dorling Kindersley
• What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World Stephen Tomecek
• Looking at Liberty by Harvey Stevenson
• First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby
• A Pirate's Life for Me! by Julie Thompson
• The History News: Explorers by Michael Johnstone

• Amazing Bugs DK Inside Guides
• Peterson's First Guides: Caterpillars
• The Family Butterfly Book by Rick Mikula
• My First Pocket Guide: Insects National Geographic
• 1001 Facts about Insects Dorling Kindersley Backpack Books
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• The Very Busy Spider by Carle
• The Very Quiet Cricket by Carle
• Bees Scholastic Discovery Book
• Butterflies Scholastic DB
• Isabel's House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston
• Butterfly and Moth Eyewitness Books

• Lili Backstage by Rachel Isadora
• Lili at Ballet by Isadora
• Swan Lake by Isadora
• Dance Me a Story:Twelve Tales from the Classic Ballets by Jane Rosenburg

• Dancing in the Moon: Counting Rhymes by Fritz Eichenberg
• Mathematickles! by Betsy Franco
• More M & M's Math by Berbieri McGrath
• Math Fables by Greg Tang
• Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander
• Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Neuschwander
• Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Neuschwander
• Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Neuschwander
• Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter by Neuschwander

• The Mermaids' Lullaby by Kate Spohn—a lyrical bedtime book
• Animals of the Oceans: Dolphins by Judith Hodge
• The Journey of a Whale by Carolyn Scrace
• My Visit to the Aquarium by Aliki
• Young Explorer's Guide to Undersea Life by Pam Armstrong
• Fish Scholastic Discovery Book
• Whales Scholastic DB
• Under the Sea Scholastic DB

• The Icky Sticky Frog by Bentley
• Frogs Scholastic Discovery Book
• Turtles and Snails Scholastic DB
• Amphibians Eyewitness Books

• Shocking, Slimy, Stinky, Shiny Science Experiments by Steve Parker
• Food Chains by Peter Riley
• Genes and DNA by Richard Walker
• Scientists and Discoveries by Robert Snedden
• Matter Eyewitness Science
• Force and Motion Eyewitness Books
• What Makes a Magnet? by Franklyn Branley
• Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs by Patricia Lauber
• Evolution: The Story of How Life Developed on Earth by Joanna Cole
• The Best Book of Weather by Simon Adams
• Hurricane, Tornado Dorling Kindersley
• Discovery: Weather and Sky
• Light Scholastic Discovery Book
• Weather Scholastic DB
• Water Scholastic DB
• The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals by Chris Pellant
• The Visual Dictionary of the Earth Dorling Kindersley
• Millions to Measure by David Schwartz
• Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds by April Pulley Sayre
• If You are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor
• Maryland's Geology by Martin Schmidt
• Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge by Philippe Bourseiller
• Rocks & Minerals Eyewitness Books
• Let's Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
• Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins
• Crystal & Gem Eyewitness Books
• Caves: Mysteries Beneath Our Feet by David Harrison
• Whirligigs & Weathervanes David Schoonmaker

• Time and Space Eyewitness Books
• DK Guide to Space: A Photographic Journey through the Universe by Peter Bond
• Dimitri the Astronaut by Jon Agee
• I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
• Space Exploration Dempsey Parr
• The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn Branley
• The Sky is Full of Stars by Franklyn Branley
• Floating in Space by Branley
• Mission to Mars by Branley
• Is There LIfe in Outer Space? by Branley
• Fantastic Facts about Stars & Planets Dempsey Parr
• Destination: Jupiter by Seymour Simon
• The Earth and Sky Scholastic Discovery Book
• The Universe Scholastic DB

• Bumper to Bumper by Jakki Wood
• Curious George at the Fire Station
• Freight Train by Donald Crews
• Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell
• Boats Scholastic Discovery Book
• Airplanes and Flying Machines Scholastic DB
• The Visual Dictionary of Cars Dorling Kindersley
• The Visual Dictionary of Flight DK

• October Smiled Back by Lisa Peters
• Today is Monday by Eric Carle
• The Story of Clocks and Calendars: Marking a Millennium by Betsy Maestro
• All About Time Scholastic Discovery Book
• My Grandmother's Clock by Geraldine McCaughrean

• Learning to Swim in Swaziland by Nila K. Leigh—a child's chronicle of moving to South Africa.
• Atlas of People Scholastic Discovery Book
• Native Americans Scholastic DB
• Houses Scholastic DB
• Atlas of Countries Scholastic DB
• Colors of India by Holly Littlefield
• Market Day by Lois Ehlert—visual representations of world-wide folk art.
• The Emporor's New Clothes: A tale set in China told by Demi
• Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germein—set in Australia, features days of the week.
• Hotel Animal by Keith DuQuette—ostensibly about animals, book deals with difference, tolerance and travel.
• Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman and Sylvia Long—introduces children to ten different Native American cultures and Native traditions.
• Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik
• Top Secret Adventures Highlights