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V. 2003 2015
Biography and Autobiography
Aldrin, Buzz Reaching for the Moon
Anderson, Laurie Halse Thank you, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Andrews, Troy Trombone Shorty
Asim, Jabari Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
Barretta, Gene Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
Barton, Chris The DayGlo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and BrandNew Colors
Benson, Kathleen Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews
Berne, Jennifer Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes
Brighton, Catherine Fossil Girl
Brown, Monica My Name Is Celia / Me Llamo Celia : The Life of Celia Cruz / La Vida de Celia Cruz
Brown, Monica My Name Is Gabrito / Mi Llamo Gabito : The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez / La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brown, Monica Tito Puente: Mambo King/Rey del Mambo (bilingual)
Bryan, Ashley Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
Bryant, Jen The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Burleigh, Robert Edward Hopper Paints His World
Byrd, Benjamin Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
ClineRansome, L. Satchel Paige
ClineRansome, Lesa My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
Best Books Grade 34
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Clinton, Catherine Phillis's Big Test
Coerr, Eleanor Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Coles, Robert The Story of Ruby Bridges
Cooney, Barbara Eleanor
Corey, Shana You Forgot Your Skirt Amelia, Bloomer!
Cummins, Julie Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared Into America's Heart
Davis, Kathryn Gibbs Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
dePaola, Tomie 26 Fairmount Avenue (series)
Fern, Tracey E. Pippo the Fool
Ferris, Jeri Chase Noah Webster & His Words
Freedman, Russell Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Fritz, Jean And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (series)
Giblin, James Cross The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin (series)
Giovanni, Nikki Rosa
Golenbock, Peter Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way
Hopkins, H. Joseph The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One TreeLoving Woman Changed a City Forever
Jurmain, Suzanne Tripp George Did It
Kalman, Maria Looking at Lincoln
Kerley, Barbara A Home for Mr. Emerson
Kerley, Barbara The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)
Kerley, Barbara What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
Krull, Kathleen Lives of Extraordinary Women
Krull, Kathleen The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Lasky, Kathryn Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Snowflake Bentley
McCully, Emily Arnold Manjiro: The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries
McCully, Emily Arnold Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
Mowat, Farley Owls in the Family
Best Books Grade 34
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Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Nivola, Claire A. Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Nobleman, Marc Tyler Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Orgill, Roxanne SkitScat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
Parker, Robert Andrew Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
Rabinowitz, Alan A Boy and a Jaguar
Rappaport, Doreen Eleanor, Quiet No More
Rappaport, Doreen Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
Rodriguez, Rachel Victoria Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi
Rosenstock, Barb The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
Rosenstock, Barb Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
Ryan, Pam Munoz When Marian Sang
Say, Allen El Chino
Schubert, Leda Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words
Silvey, Anita Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall
Sisson, Stephanie Roth Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
Snyder, Laurel Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
Stone, Tanya Lee The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams
Stone, Tanya Lee Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors: The story of Elizabeth Blackwell
Sweet, Melissa Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Tate, Don It Jes' Happened: When Bill Taylor Started to Draw
Tavaras, Matt Henry Aaron's Dream
Wallmark, Laurie Ada Bryan Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Weatherford, Carol Boston Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
Winter, Jeanette Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia
Winter, Jeanette Malala, A Brave Girl From Pakistan/Iqbal, A Brave Boy From Pakistan
Winter, Jonah Jazz Age Josephine
Best Books Grade 34
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Winter, Jonah Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburg Pirates
Wishinsky, Frieda The Man Who Made Parks
Yaccarino, Dan The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends and Mythology
Campoy, F. Isabel and Alma Flor Ada Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection
Casanova, Mary The Hunter: Chinese Folktale
Eilenberg, Max and Angela Barrett (illus.) Beauty and the Beast
Hamilton, Virginia The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
Karas, Brian G. Young Zeus
Kellogg, Steven Pecos Bill (series)
Lester, Julius John Henry
Louie, AiLing YehShen: A Cinderella Story
Nesbit, E. and Matt Tavares (illus.) Jack and the Beanstalk
Osborne, Mary Pope Favorite Norse Myths
Osborne, Mary Pope Tales From the Odyssey (series)
Pinkney, Jerry (illus.) Aesop's Fables
San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs
Schwarts, Amy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (series)
Sellier, Marie What the Rat Told Me: A Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
Taback, Simms Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me
Young, Ed Monkey King
Zelinsky, Paul O. (illus.) and Brothers Grimm
Rumpelstiltskin
Best Books Grade 34
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Fantasy and Science Fiction
Almond, David My Dad's a Birdman
Avi Poppy (series)
Babbitt, Natalie Search for Delicious
Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan
Baum, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz (series)
Bearn, Emily Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall (series)
Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington (series)
Brittain, Bill The Wish Giver
Cameron, Eleanor The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
Dahl, Roald Fantastic Mr. Fox
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach
DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
Eager, Edward Half Magic (series)
Grahame, Kenneth & Michael Hague The Reluctant Dragon
Ibbotson, Eva Island of the Aunts
Ibbotson, Eva The Secret of Platform 13
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic (series)
KingSmith, Dick Babe: The Gallant Pig
KingSmith, Dick Lady Lollipop
KingSmith, Dick The Water Horse
Langston, Jane The Fledgling
LeGuin, Ursula Catwings (series)
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (series)
Lin, Grace Starry River of the Sky
Norton, Mary The Borrowers (series)
Peck, Richard Secrets at Sea
Best Books Grade 34
5
Schlitz, Laura Amy The Night Fairy
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square (series)
Spiers, Elizabeth The Mouse of Amherst
Steig, William Dominic
Stewart, Paul Hugo Pepper (series)
Travers, Pamela L. Mary Poppins (series)
White, Elwyn Brooks Charlotte's Web
White, Elwyn Brooks Stuart Little
White, Elwyn Brooks Trumpet of the Swan
Graphic Titles
O'Connor, George Hades: Lord of the Dead (series)
Best Books Grade 34
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Historical Fiction
Borden, Louise Sleds on Boston Common
Burnett, Frances H. The Secret Garden
Dorris, Michael Morning Girl
du Bois, William P. TwentyOne Balloons
Enright, Elizabeth The Saturdays (series)
Erdrich. Louise The Birchbark House (series)
Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses
Estes, Eleanor The Moffats
Fern, Tracy Dare the Wind: The RecordBreaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud
Fleischman, Sid Whipping Boy
Giff, Patricia Reilly Nory Ryan's Song (series)
Hermes, Patricia Our Strange New Land (series)
Hill, Kirkpatrick Bo at Ballard Creek
Hill, Kirkpatrick The Year of Miss Agnes
Hoberman, Mary Ann Strawberry Hill
Lord, Bette B. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall (series)
McKissack, Patricia C. Abby Takes a Stand (series)
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Park, Linda Sue Seesaw Girl
Ryan, Pam Munoz Riding Freedom
Speare, Elizabeth G. The Sign of the Beaver
Taylor, Mildred The Gold Cadillac
Taylor, Sydney AllofaKind Family (series)
Wilder, Laura I. Little House in the Big Woods (series)
Best Books Grade 34
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History and Culture
AndrewsGoebel, N. The Pot That Juan Built
Barretta, Gene Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
Brown, Don America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell
Brown, Don Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
ClineRansome, Lesa Whale Trails, Before and Now
Floca, Brian Locomotive
Glaser, Linda Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Goodman, Joan E. Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson (series)
Greenberg, Jan (selector) Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
Greenwood, Mark The Mayflower
Isaacson, Philip M. Round Buildings, Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish
Jenkins, Steve The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest
Kamkwamba, William and Bryan Mealer The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Khan, Hena Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors
King, Martin Luther Jr. and Kadir Nelson (illus.)
I Have a Dream
Knapp, Ruthie Who Stole Mona Lisa?
Kresky, Stephen Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Kuklin, Susan Families
Laroche, Giles If You Lived Here: Houses of the World
Lewin, Ted and Betsy Lewin Horse song: The Naadam of Mongolia
Low, William Old Penn Station
Lynch, P. J, The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower or John Howlan's Goo Fortune
Markel, Michelle Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Messinger, Carla and Susan Katz When the Shadbush Blooms
Michelson, Richard As Good as Anybody
Best Books Grade 34
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Provensen, Alice Klondike Gold
Rappaport, Doreen Martin's Big Words
Robinson, Sharon Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson
Rosenstock, Barb The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks
Rumford, James CheeLin: A Giraffe's Journey
Rumford, James From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World
Schmidt, Gary D. Martin de Pores: The Rose in the Desert
Sellier, Marie Legend of the Chinese Dragon
St. George, Judith So You Want to Be President? (series)
Thomas, Peggy Farmer George Plants a Nation
Waters, Kate Sarah Morton's Day (series)
Weatherford, Carole Boston Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
Whitehead, Kathy Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
Winters, Kay Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak
Wolfe, Gillian Look! Seeing the Light in Art
Humor
Anderson, M. T. Whales on Stilts
Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper's Penguins
Babbitt, Natalie Jack Plank Tells Tales
Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (series)
Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins (series)
Clements, Andrew No Talking
Clifford, Eth Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library
Dahl, Roald Matilda
Dahl, Roald The Twits
DiCamillo, Kate Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Best Books Grade 34
9
Fine, Anne Notso Hotso
Fleming, Candace The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School (series)
Gifford, Peggy Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little (series)
Goscinny, Rene and JeanJacques Sempe Nicholas (series)
Greene, Stephanie Owen Foote, Frontiersman (series)
Howe, James Bunnicula (series)
Lawson, Robert Ben and Me
Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking (series)
Lowry, Lois Gooney Bird Greene (series)
MacDonald, Betty Mrs. PiggleWiggle (series)
McCloskey, Robert Homer Price (series)
Mills, Claudia 7 x 9 = Trouble!
Mills, Claudia How Oliver Olson Changed the World
Morgenstern, Susie A Book of Coupons
O'Connor, Barbara The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
Pennypacker, Sara Clementine (series)
Roberts, Ken Thumb on a Diamond
Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms
Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday (series)
Sachar, Louis Sideways Stories From Wayside School (series)
Scieszka, Jon Summer Reading Is Killing Me (series)
Mystery and Adventure
Bauer, Marion Dane The Blue Ghost (series)
Bellairs, John The House with the Clock in its Walls (series)
Byars, Betsy The Dark Stairs (series)
Enright, Elizabeth Gone Away Lake (series)
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion (series)
Best Books Grade 34
10
Hale, Bruce The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (series)
Klise, Kate Dying to Meet You (series)
Klise, Kate Regarding the Fountain (series)
Konigsburg, E. L. From the MixedUp Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Landon, Lucinda Meg Macintosh (series)
Nilsson, Ulf Detective Gordon: The First Case
Riddell, Chris Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (series)
Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (series)
Steig, William Abel's Island
Wallace, Barbara B. Peppermints in the Parlor (series)
Picture Books for Older Readers
Anderson, M. T. The Serpent Came to Gloucester
Asch, Frank Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
Baker, Jeannie Mirror
Bateman, Teresa Keeper of Soles
Bean Jonathan Building Our House
Becker, Aaron Journey (wordless)
Bedard, Michael Emily
Bildner, Phil The Hallelujah Flight
Browne, Anthony Me and You
Bruchac, Joseph Crazy Horse's Vision
Cheng, Andrea Shanghai Messenger
Cherry, Lynne The Great Kapok Tree
Cole, Henry Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
Cossi, Olga Pemba Sherpa
Curtis, Gavin The Bat Boy and His Violin
Davies, Jacqueline Tricking the Tallyman
Best Books Grade 34
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DeFelice, Cynthia Cold Feet
Dematons, Charlotte Holland (wordless)
Dolan, Elys Weasels
Ellis, Carson Home
Evans, Shane W. Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
Faller, Regis The Adventures of Polo
Fleming, Candace A Big Cheese for the White House
Fleming, Candace The Hatmaker's Sign
Fletcher, Susan Dadblamed Union Army Cow
Foreman, Michael Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams
Fromental, JeanLuc 365 Penguins
Garland, Sherry Buffalo Soldier
Gay, MarieLouise Any Questions?
Gerstein, Mordicai The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Grey, Mini The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
Heide, Florence P. The Day of Ahmed's Secret
Henson, Heather That Book Woman
Hopkinson, Deborah A Boy Called Dickens
Hopkinson, Deborah Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale
Hopkinson, Deborah Band of Angels: the Jubilee Singers
Hopkinson, Deborah Knit Your Bit: A World War I Story
Hopkinson, Deborah Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
Hopkinson, Deborah Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Hopkinson, Deborah Under the Quilt of Night
Howitt, Mary The Spider and the Fly
Hurst, Carol Otis Rocks in His Head
Isabella, Jude The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle
James, Helen Foster and Virginia ShinMui Loh Paper Son: Lee's Journey to America
Jeffers, Oliver Once Upon an Alphabet
Best Books Grade 34
12
Keller, Laurie The Scrambled States of America (series)
Kipling, Rudyard and Jerry Pinkney (illus.) RikkiTikkiTavi
Lee, Ingrid Lost dog
Lee, Milly Landed
Lester, Alison Sophie Scott Goes South
Lo, Ginnie Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
Lofthouse, Liz Ziba Came on a Boat
Look, Lenore Brush of the Gods
Look, Lenore Uncle Peter's amazing Chinese Wedding
Lowry, Lois Crow Call
Ludwig, Trudy The Invisible Boy
Lyons, Kelly Starling Ellen's Broom
Lyons, Kelly Starling Tea Cakes for Tosh
Macaulay, David Black and White
McCully, Emily Arnold Bobbin Girl
McGill, Alice Way Up and Over Everything
McKissack, Patricia C. Goin' Someplace Special
Mochizuki, Ken Baseball Saved Us
Mollel, Tololwa My Rows and Piles of Coins
Mora, Pat Dona Flora: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
Mortenson, Greg and Susan L. Roth Listen to the Wind: the story of Dr. Greg and the Three Cups of Tea
Moundlic, Charlotte The Bathing Costume, or, the Worst Vacation of My Life
Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts (series)
Nolen, Jerdine Big Jabe
Nolen, Jerdine Thunder Rose
O'Neill, Alexis Recess Queen
Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say
Polacco, Patricia Thank You, Mr. Falker
Ramsey, Calvin Alexander Ruth and the Green Book
Best Books Grade 34
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Rappaport, Doreen Freedom Ship
Raven, Margot Theis Night Boat to Freedom
Reibstein, Mark Wabi Sabi
Reynolds, Aaron Back of the Bus
Roberton, Fiona A Tale of Two Beasts
Rumford, James Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
Ryan, Pam Munoz Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
San Souci, Robert D. The Red Heels
Say, Allen Grandfather's Journey
Schubert, Leda Ballet of the Elephants
Scieszka, Jon Squids Will Be Squids
Scieszka, Jon The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Scieszka, Jon The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro Walter Was Worried
Shange, Ntozake Ellington Was Not a Street
Shulevitz, Uri How I Learned Geography
Shulman, Mark Mom and Dad are Palindromes: A Dilemma for Words… and backwards
Slate, Joseph I Want to Be Free
Smith, Lane Grandpa Green
Tchana, Katrin Sense Pass King: A Story from Cameroon
Thompson, Lauren Ballerina Dreams: A True Story
Thompson, Laurie Ann Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ososu Yeboah
Thoreau, Henry David et al. Henry David's House
Turner, Ann Warren Nettie's Trip South
Uchida, Yoshiko The Bracelet
Uhlberg, Myron Dad, Jackie, and Me
Van Allsburg, Chris The Sweetest Fig
Watt, Melanie Chester (series)
Weatherford, Carole Boston Dear Mr. Rosenwald
Best Books Grade 34
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Weatherford, Carole Boston Freedom on the menu: The Greensboro SitIns
Weatherford, Carole Boston Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Weulersse, Odile Nasreddine
Whelan, Gloria Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
White, Linda Arms I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
Wiesner, David Flotsam
Wiesner, David Sector 7
Williams, Karen Lynn My Name Is Sangoel
Williams, Vera B. Three Days on the River in a Red Canoe
Winter, Jeanette Librarian of Basra: a True Story from Iraq
Winter, Jeanette Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
Winter, Jeanette The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Woodruff, Elvira Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara
Woodson, Jacqueline Coming on Home Soon
Woodson, Jacqueline Each Kindness
Yolen, Jane Encounter
Poetry
Agee, Jon Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
Brooks, Gwendolyn Bronzeville Boys and Girls
Burgess, Matthew Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings
Coombs, Kate Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
Elliott, David On the Wing
Florian, Douglas Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
Florian, Douglas Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
Florian, Douglas Handsprings: Poems & paintings
Florian, Douglas Insectlopedia
Florian, Douglas Laugheteria
Best Books Grade 34
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Frost, Helen Step Gently Out
George, Kristine O'Connell Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
Graham, Joan B. Flicker Flash
Greenfield, Eloise Honey I Love
Greenfield, Eloise The Friendly Four
Hopkins, Lee Bennett Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts and More
Hopkins, Lee Bennett My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United …
Hopkins, Lee Bennett Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters
Hughes, Langston and Charles R. Smith (photos)
My People
Hughes, Langston and E. B. Lewis (illus.) The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Issa, Kobayashi Today and Today
Janeczko, Paul A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
Janeczko, Paul Very Best (Almost) Friends
Janeczko, Paul (selector) A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout
Janeczko, Paul B. The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects
Kennedy, Caroline (selector) A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children
Kennedy, X. J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
Levine, Gail Carson Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems
Lewis, J. Patrick (ed.) National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More Than 200 Poems with Photographs That Float, Zoo, and Bloom!
Lewis, J. Patrick (illus.) National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs that Squeak, Soar, and Roar!
Longfellow, Henry W. and Christopher Bing (illus.)
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Medina, Tony DeShawn Days
Moore, Lilian Mural on Second Avenue and Other City Poems
Norman, Lissette My Feet Are Laughing
Park, Linda Sue Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
Prelutsky, Jack 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Best Books Grade 34
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Prelutsky, Jack Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More
Prelutsky, Jack It's Raining Pigs and Noodles
Prelutsky, Jack Pizza the Size of the Sun
Raczka, Bob Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys
Raczka, Bob Lemonade and other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word
Rampersad, Arnold and David Roessel (eds.) Langston Hughes
Roessel, David Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
Rosen, Michael Cuckoo's Haiku and Other Birding Poems
Sidman, Joyce Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow
Sidman, Joyce Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Sidman, Joyce Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry
Sidman, Joyce Swirl By Swirl: Spirals in Nature
Sidman, Joyce Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors
Sidman, Joyce Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends
Singer, Marilyn Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
Stevenson, James Candy Corn (series)
Thayer, Ernest and Christopher Bing (illus.) Casey at the Bat
Wardlaw, Lee Won Ton: A Cat's Tale Told in Haiku
Worth, Valerie All the Small Poems (series)
Realistic Fiction
Atinuke Anna Hibiscus (series)
Barrows, Annie Ivy + Bean (series)
Bateson, Catherine Being Bee
Brisson, Pat I Remember Miss Perry
Bulla, Clyde R. Shoeshine Girl
Cameron, Ann Gloria's Way (series)
Best Books Grade 34
17
Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells (series)
Catling, Patrick S. The Chocolate Touch
Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw
Cleary, Beverly Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (series)
Clements, Andrew Frindle
Clements, Andrew Jake Drake, Bully Buster (series)
Clements, Andrew The Janitor's Boy
Creech, Sharon Hate That Cat (series) (verse novel)
DiCamillo, Kate Because of WinnDixie
Gardiner, John Reynolds Stone Fox
Graff, Lisa A Tangle of Knots
Grimes, Nikki Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (series)
Henkes, Kevin The Year of Billy Miller
Hesse, Karen Just Juice
Hest, Amy Remembering Mrs. Rossi
Lin, Grace The Year of the Dog (series)
MacLachlan, Patricia Journey
Marsden, Carolyn The GoldThreaded Dress
McKay, Hilary Lulu and the Duck in the Park (series)
Namioka, Lensey Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear (series)
Naylor, Phyllis R. Shiloh (series)
Obed, Ellen Bryan Twelve Kinds of Ice
Perkins, Mitali Rickshaw Girl
Russell, Ching Yeung Tofu Quilt (verse novel)
Sachar, Louis Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth (series)
Schlein, Miriam The Year of the Panda
Smith, Robert K. Chocolate Fever
Spinelli, Eileen Where I Live
Springstubb, Tricia What Happened on Fox Street (series)
Best Books Grade 34
18
Wissinger, Tamera Will Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse (verse novel)
Science and Math
Aston, Dianna Hutts An Egg Is Quiet
Bang, Molly and Penny Chisholm Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
Bang, Molly and Penny Chisholm Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop: Frogs (series)
Bond, Rebecca In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton
Bradley, Timothy J. Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Educators Kid's Guide to Exploring Nature
Burns, Loree Griffin Handle With Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey
Campbell, Sarah C. Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
Chin, Jason Island: A Story of the Galapagos
Chin, Jason Redwoods
Davies, Nicola Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little
Demarest. Chris L. Hurricane Hunters! Riders on the Storm
Dowson, Nick Tracks of a Panda
Fern, Tracey E. Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
Floca, Brian Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Frost, Helen Monarch and Milkweed
George, Jean Craighead How To Talk To Your Dog (series)
George, Jean Craighead The Eagles Are Back
George, Jean Craighead The Wolves Are Back
Goldstone, Bruce Great Estimations
Goodman, Susan E. All in Just One Cookie
Guiberson, Brenda Z. The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea
Best Books Grade 34
19
Hollyer, Beatrice Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World
Hudson, Cheryl Willis Construction Zone
Jackson, Donna M. Bug Scientist (Scientist in the Field Series)
Jenkins, Martin Can We Save the Tiger?
Jenkins, Steve Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
Jenkins, Steve Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea
Jenkins, Steve Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
Jenkins, Steve Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution
Jenkins, Steve Living Color
Jenkins, Steve Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World
Jenkins, Steve The Beetle Book
Kerley, Barbara The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Markle, Sandra HipPocket Papa
Markle, Sandra Outside and Inside Snakes (series)
Markle, Sandra The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit's Amazing Migration
Maxwell, Cassandre Fur, Fins, Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo
McLimans, David Gone Fishing: Ocean Life by the Numbers
McLimans, David Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
Morrison, Gordon A Drop of Water
Morrison, Taylor Wildfire
Newman, Patricia Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Nivola, Claire A. Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Pasternak, Carol How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A StepByStep Guide for Kids
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw Big Cats
Robbins, Ken For Good Measure
Rockliff, Mara Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
Roy, Katherine Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
Best Books Grade 34
20
Rusch, Elizabeth Volcano Rising
Schwartz, David M., et al. What in the Wild? Mysteries of Nature Concealed…and Revealed
Shulman, Janet Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City
Singer, Marilyn Venom
Siy, Alexandra Mosquito Bite
Sobol, Richard The Story of Silk
Stevenson, Emma Here Come the Humpbacks!
Stewart, Melisa Feathers: Not Just for Flying
Sturges, Philemon Bridges Are to Cross
Swineburne, Stephen R Wings of Light: The Migration of the Yellow Butterfly
Trumbore, Cindy and Susan L. Roth The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
Yezerski, Thomas F. Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
SportsFiction and Nonfiction
Adler, David A. America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Adler, David A. Babe and I
Adler, David A. Satchel Paige: Don't Look Back
Burleigh, Robert Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds
Cohen, Barbara Thank You, Jackie Robinson
Cook, Sally and James Charlton Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
Corbett, Scott Home Run Trick
Coy, John Top of the Order
Green, Michelle Y. A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Gutman, Dan Babe and Me (series)
Hurwitz, Johanna Baseball Fever
Lorbiecki, Marybeth Jackie's Bat
Macy, Sue Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map
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McKissack, Patricia C. Home Run King: Scraps of Time (series)
Park, Barbara Skinnybones
Rappaport, Doreen Dirt on Their Skirts
Tavares, Matt Growing Up Pedro
Tavares, Matt Mudball
Winter, Jonah You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
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