| Level | Title | Author | Pts. | Description | Pages |
| 4 | 213 Valentines | Cohen, Barbara | 1 | Wade has trouble adjusting when he is transferred to a special fourth-grade class for the gifted and talented, so he plans to send himself 213 valentines signed by celebrities. | 55 |
| 4 | 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The | Seuss, Dr. | 1 | Bartholomew provokes the king when hats magically appear on his head every time he removes one. | 48 |
| 4 | All About Sam | Lowry, Lois | 3 | The adventures of Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, from his first day as a newborn through his mischievous times as a toddler. | 135 |
| 4 | Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue | Danziger, Paula | 2 | Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parent's divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris, and she must decide with which parent she will spend the holiday. | 133 |
| 4 | Android, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | Marco and friends morph so they can check Erek out to make sure he is not a human-Controller. | 170 |
| 4 | Angelina's Christmas | Holabird, Katharine | 0.5 | Angelina and her cousin, Henry, help bring Christmas to a lonely old postman. | 26 |
| 4 | Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones | Root, Phyllis | 0.5 | When Cousin Lazybones comes to visit Aunt Nancy but refuses to help with any of the work around the house, she must figure out a way to get rid of him. | 24 |
| 4 | Baby | MacLachlan, Patricia | 2 | A girl and her family find an abandoned baby in their driveway. The time they spend with her helps them come to terms with the loss of their own infant son. | 132 |
| 4 | Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad | Edwards, Pamela Duncan | 0.5 | A group of animals helps a runaway slave escape his pursuers. | 30 |
| 4 | Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Humongous Pumpkin, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | Papa planted a special pumpkin seed guaranteed to grow the biggest pumpkin ever, but the seed is part of a plot of the evil Weasel McGreed. | 96 |
| 4 | Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices her family is getting chubby. | 30 |
| 4 | Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother's adage, 'appearances can be deceiving.' | 29 |
| 4 | Berenstain Bears' Trouble at School, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | When Brother Bear ignores make-up work after being out sick with a cold, he learns the consequences of neglecting responsibilities. | 29 |
| 4 | Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear learn some important lessons about earning and spending money. | 29 |
| 4 | Betsy-Tacy | Lovelace, Maud Hart | 3 | Two young girls become inseparable friends. | 113 |
| 4 | Blue Heron | Avi | 5 | While spending the month of August on the Massachusetts shore with her father, stepmother, and their new baby, almost thirteen-year-old Maggie finds beauty in and draws strength from a great blue heron, even as the family around her unravels. | 186 |
| 4 | Broccoli Tapes, The | Slepian, Jan | 6 | During a stay in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixth-grade class in Boston, detailing her 'adoption' of a wild cat, a friendship with a Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother. | 157 |
| 4 | By the Dawn's Early Light | Ackerman, Karen | 0.5 | A young girl and her brother stay with their grandmother while their mother works at night. | 32 |
| 4 | Case of the Elevator Duck, The | Berends, Polly | 1 | This book tells the story of an eleven-year-old detective and his adventures after finding a duck in the elevator of his apartment building. | 54 |
| 4 | Celery Stalks at Midnight, The | Howe, James | 2 | Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood. | 111 |
| 4 | Certain Small Shepherd, A | Caudill, Rebecca | 1 | An unexpected snowstorm cancels the school Christmas show, but mute Jamie still gets a chance to wear his costume on a special Christmas Eve. | 48 |
| 4 | Circle of Gold | Boyd, Candy Dawson | 3 | Mattie Benson knows just what to get her mother for Mother's Day until she loses her best job and is accused of stealing. She thinks that she can still get the present, but maybe she is expecting miracles again. | 124 |
| 4 | Coffin Quilt, The | Rinaldi, Ann | 7 | In the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated by her older sister Roseanna's romance with a Hatfield. | 226 |
| 4 | Colony of Fear | Bledsoe, Lucy Jane | 1 | When young Samuel Roberts arrives in Stonesbury, Massachusetts, he doesn't know that before long he will be a shoemaker's apprentice in love with the Reverend's daughter. . . and on trial for witchcraft. | 72 |
| 4 | Comet's Nine Lives | Brett, Jan | 0.5 | Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island. | 30 |
| 4 | Cranberry Christmas | Devlin, Wende/Harry | 0.5 | Mr. Whiskers faces a gloomy Christmas until Maggie and her grandmother help him straighten out his house and find the deed to the nearby pond. | 30 |
| 4 | Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The | Stine, R.L. | 3 | Gabe doesn't believe in the curse of the mummy's tomb. But that doesn't mean that the curse isn't real. | 132 |
| 4 | Dawn on the Coast | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Dawn must choose between life in California with her father and life in Connecticut with her mother and the Club. | 142 |
| 4 | Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here! | Conford, Ellen | 4 | Trapped in a dreadful boarding school, Paul joins his classmates in attempting to uncover the shocking past of their headmaster, Mr. Pickles. | 160 |
| 4 | Deserts (Biomes) | Steele, Christy | 0.5 | This book explains how desert biomes are formed, how plants and animals adapt to the desert, and how the desert relates to other biomes. | 32 |
| 4 | Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | A story in rhyme about how a yawning bug sets off a chain reaction of yawns until everyone finally goes to sleep. | 54 |
| 4 | Eat Your Poison, Dear | Howe, James | 3 | Young sleuth Sebastian and three friends probe the mystery of a poisoning in their school cafeteria. | 139 |
| 4 | Edward and the Pirates | McPhail, David | 0.5 | Once Edward has learned to read, books and his vivid imagination provide him with great adventures. | 28 |
| 4 | Elevator Family, The | Evans, Douglas | 1 | The four members of the Wilson family decide to spend their holiday in one of the elevators at the San Francisco Hotel. | 87 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Meets her Hero | Pascal/Stewart | 1 | Elizabeth is excited about seeing the taping of her favorite show until she hears the host yelling at his dog. | 73 |
| 4 | Enormous Crocodile, The | Dahl, Roald | 0.5 | The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors. | 42 |
| 4 | Escape, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | Marco's mother is taken over by the Yeerk in her brain, and now she is overseeing a secret underwater project. | 163 |
| 4 | Fairy's Mistake, The | Levine, Gail Carson | 1 | In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward. | 84 |
| 4 | Finding the Titanic | Ballard, Robert D. | 0.5 | This book describes the voyage of the Titanic, the accident that caused it to sink, the rescue of those who survived, and discovery of the wreck. | 48 |
| 4 | Fire Dreams | Loehr, Mallory | 2 | While visiting their grandparents' farm, Joe, Polly, and Sam are called by the magic of fire to go to Mount Olympus to repay a debt to Prometheus. | 111 |
| 4 | Flat Stanley | Brown, Jeff | 1 | After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages. | 57 |
| 4 | Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the large man coaching the new hockey team really be Frankenstein's monster? | 76 |
| 4 | From Anna | Little, Jean | 5 | When the family moves from Germany to Canada in the 1930s, a nine-year-old girl discovers the reason for her awkwardness and apparent inability to do anything right. | 201 |
| 4 | Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The | Van Allsburg, Chris | 0.5 | When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the dog. | 32 |
| 4 | George's Marvelous Medicine | Dahl, Roald | 2 | What's the only cure for the meanest grandmother in the world? George creates a fierce and fantastic bubbling brew, the perfect cure. | 89 |
| 4 | Germany (First Reports) | Gray, Shirley W. | 0.5 | This book introduces the history, geography, people, and culture of Germany. | 48 |
| 4 | Ghost in Room 11, The | Wright, Betty Ren | 2 | When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school's former teachers. | 112 |
| 4 | Ghost Ship Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3 | The Aldens investigate the mysterious case of a ship lost at sea. | 121 |
| 4 | Golden Bird, The | Stolp, Hans | 1 | Engaged in a losing battle with cancer, ten-year-old Daniel is comforted by many people but finds his greatest solace in the visits of a phoenix-like golden bird and its vision on rebirth and renewal. | 55 |
| 4 | Grab Hands and Run | Temple, Frances | 4 | After his father disappears, twelve-year-old Felipe, his mother, and his younger sister set out on a difficult and dangerous journey, trying to make their way from their home in El Salvador to Canada. | 165 |
| 4 | Halloween Helpers | Delton, Judy | 2 | Mrs. Peters is out of town, and the Scouts need a leader to help them plan their Halloween party. | 115 |
| 4 | Happy Birthday, Kirsten! | Shaw, Janet | 1 | On a Minnesota farm in the mid-1800s, the hard-working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday. | 52 |
| 4 | Haunted Cabin Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house. | 121 |
| 4 | Haunted Summer | Wright, Betty Ren | 2 | Nine-year-old Abby surprises herself, her equally timid baby-sitter, and her older brother when they are haunted by a ghost that is trying to reclaim a stolen music box. | 99 |
| 4 | Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs | Gilson, Jamie | 4 | In this sequel to Harvey, the Beer Can King, Harvey attempts to Americanize the son of a Vietnamese family who has moved to his town. | 159 |
| 4 | Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library | Clifford, Eth | 2 | Rose and Jo-Beth are trapped in an old library during a blizzard and there are strange noises coming from upstairs. | 96 |
| 4 | Hot Deserts (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | Some notable deserts around the world, including the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Sonoran Desert in North America, and the Simpson Desert in Australia are introduced. | 32 |
| 4 | How Big Is a Foot? | Myller, Rolf | 0.5 | Thrown in jail because the bed he made for the Queen is too small, an apprentice comes up with a more accurate way of measuring size. | 31 |
| 4 | Howliday Inn | Howe, James | 4 | While investigating the horrible howling that emanates from Chateau Bow Wow, Chester the Cat and Harold the Dog stumble on a mystery involving some suspicious disappearances and maybe murder. | 195 |
| 4 | In the Time of Dinosaurs | Applegate, K.A. | 6 | After an explosion blows everyone millions of years back in time the animorphs must search for a way back. | 229 |
| 4 | Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival | Pennington, Daniel | 0.5 | A story of Cherokee life in pre-Columbian North America as a young boy witnesses the harvest feast. | 28 |
| 4 | Jack and the Giant | Harris, Jim | 0.5 | A western take on a Jack and the Beanstalk. | 28 |
| 4 | Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When the Mancusis go on vacation, the Club is called to watch their pets. | 141 |
| 4 | Jessi's Wish | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Jessi meets a special child when she volunteers to be a supervisor at the Kids Can Do Anything Club. | 140 |
| 4 | John Henry | Lester, Julius | 0.5 | Retelling of the legend of the African American folk hero. | 36 |
| 4 | Joke War, The | Namovicz, Gene | 3 | John gives his cousin Charlie gum that turns his teeth black and soap that turns his face green. He soaks Charlie's towel with vinegar and goops up his comb with Vaseline. It's time for...the joke war. | 103 |
| 4 | Keeper of the Doves | Byars, Betsy | 3 | In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amen McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs. | 121 |
| 4 | Kristy's Big Day | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Kristy has her hands full being a bridesmaid and a baby-sitter for 14 children, all on the same day. | 153 |
| 4 | Later, Gator | Yep, Laurence | 3 | Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother, Bobby, an alligator for his birthday. | 121 |
| 4 | Library Lil | Williams, Suzanne | 0.5 | A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once-resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well. | 30 |
| 4 | Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When members of the Club are asked to help rivals in the Little Miss Stoneybrook contest, trouble and humor are sure to follow. | 144 |
| 4 | Lord of the Deep | Salisbury, Graham | 5 | Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches Mikey about fishing, taking risks, and making sacrifices. | 182 |
| 4 | Lotus Seed, The | Garland, Sherry | 0.5 | A young Vietnamese girl saves a lotus seed and carries it with her everywhere to remember a brave emperor and the homeland that she has to flee. | 26 |
| 4 | Marie: An Invitation to Dance | Kudlinski, Kathleen V. | 1 | Marie dreams of becoming a ballerina; but without a wealthy sponsor, she faces a more mundane future dictated by her family's position in pre-Revolutionary Parisian society. | 67 |
| 4 | Mary Anne vs. Logan | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | A decision to see less of Logan, could leave Mary Anne with no boyfriend at all. | 137 |
| 4 | McBroom's Ghost | Fleischman, Sid | 0.5 | The McBroom family is plagued by a mysterious ghost that visits their amazing one acre farm after every prolonged freezing spell. | 62 |
| 4 | Meet Addy | Porter, Connie | 1 | Nine-year-old Addy Walker escapes from a cruel life of slavery to freedom during the Civil War. | 69 |
| 4 | Monster Goose | Sierra, Judy | 0.5 | This book is a collection of nursery rhymes, rewritten to feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, the Loch Ness monster, and other fearsome creatures. | 53 |
| 4 | Mr. Griggs' Work | Rylant, Cynthia | 0.5 | Mr. Griggs so loves his work at the post office that he thinks of it all the time and everything reminds him of it. | 25 |
| 4 | My Great-Aunt Arizona | Houston, Gloria | 0.5 | An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren. | 29 |
| 4 | Mystery at the Dog Show, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | Strange things start happening at Greenfield's first dog show. | 121 |
| 4 | Mystery Bookstore, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar Children solve a mystery about a bookstore. | 120 |
| 4 | Mystery of the Purple Pool, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | On a visit to New York City, the Aldens solve a mystery in their hotel. | 122 |
| 4 | Oh Say Can You Say? | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | A collection of silly verse tongue-twisters. | 38 |
| 4 | Old Motel Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar Children help Aunt Jane fix a dilapidated motel, but someone sabotages their work. | 121 |
| 4 | Oscar, Cat-About-Town | Herriot, James | 0.5 | Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home until he begins turning up at social events all over the village. | 30 |
| 4 | Other Side of Dark, The | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 6 | After a year in a coma, a girl is stalked by the man who shot her and murdered her mother. | 185 |
| 4 | Paddington Bear and the Busy Bee Carnival | Bond, Michael | 0.5 | Bears love adventures, especially Paddington Bear! So when Paddington's friend Mr. Gruber takes him to the carnival, their first stop is the Busy Bee Adventure Trail. | 30 |
| 4 | Phantoms Don't Drive Sports Cars | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. Could the strange man who plays in the orchestra, wears a cape and always has one side of his face shaded really be a phantom haunting the opera? | 75 |
| 4 | Phoenix Rising | Hesse, Karen | 6 | Thirteen-year-old Nyle learns about relationships and death when fifteen-year-old Ezra, who was exposed to radiation leaked from a nearby nuclear plant, comes to stay at her grandmother's Vermont farmhouse. | 182 |
| 4 | Poky Little Puppy, The | Lowrey, Janette | 0.5 | A puppy who is always late coming home one night finds there is no dessert for him. | 27 |
| 4 | Poor Mallory! | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The Baby-Sitters Club tries to help Mallory out after her father loses his job. | 142 |
| 4 | Prairie School | Lenski, Lois | 7 | Story of things that did or could have happened in a one-room rural school on the prairie of South Dakota. | 196 |
| 4 | Pretender, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | Tobias's long-lost cousin claims a lawyer has discovered Tobias's father's last will and testament, and she offers to go with him to the reading. But something doesn't seem right with this situation, so the Animorphs decide to check it out. | 154 |
| 4 | Prince and the Pooch, The | Leavitt, Caroline | 4 | When Joe fills in as a coach for a local baseball team, he finds out that it is not as simple as it seems. | 139 |
| 4 | Promise Is a Promise, A | Munsch, Robert N. | 0.5 | A retelling of an Inuit story about how a mother saves her children from the Qallupillut who live below the ice-covered ocean. | 29 |
| 4 | Raising Sweetness | Stanley, Diane | 0.5 | Sweetness, one of eight orphans living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read and writes a letter to improve their situation. | 30 |
| 4 | Rechenka's Eggs | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays 13 marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind. | 30 |
| 4 | Red Balloon, The | Lamorisse, Albert | 0.5 | The story of Pascal, a lonely French boy befriended by a wondrous red balloon. | 32 |
| 4 | Reunion, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Marco is stressed over getting his mom back. He is trying to determine if she is still a Controller. The situation with Marco's mom could jeopardize everything. Will Marco give away the secret of the Animorphs? | 156 |
| 4 | Rivers in the Rain Forest | Pirotta, Saviour | 0.5 | This book introduces aspects of rivers in the rain forest including their plants and animals, the water cycle, flooding, and mining. | 32 |
| 4 | Robinhound Crusoe | Leavitt, Caroline | 4 | When the power goes out in Oakdale, Wishbone must use his imagination to survive without food and water. | 137 |
| 4 | Rosa Parks | Greenfield, Eloise | 0.5 | When Rosa Parks was growing up, she hated the unfair rules that black people had to live by. Years later, she changed the lives of African-Americans with one courageous act. | 41 |
| 4 | Rough-Face Girl, The | Martin, Rafe | 0.5 | In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being. | 30 |
| 4 | Roxaboxen | McLerran, Alice | 0.5 | A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends. | 28 |
| 4 | Rumpelstiltskin | Zelinsky, Paul | 0.5 | Classic story retold and highlighted with outstanding illustrations. A poor miller's daughter is forced into a pact with Rumpelstiltskin and can only redeem herself by guessing his name. | 30 |
| 4 | Ruth Law Thrills a Nation | Brown, Don | 0.5 | A true story of a young woman's attempt to fly from Chicago to New York in one day in 1916. | 29 |
| 4 | Santa Calls | Joyce, William | 0.5 | Art Aimesworth receives a mysterious summons from Santa Claus, and he shares a Christmas adventure with his sister that brings them closer together. | 35 |
| 4 | Sea Monsters Don't Ride Motorcycles | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. Is the winning rider at the motorcycle races really a sea monster? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out! | 74 |
| 4 | Song and Dance Man | Ackerman, Karen | 0.5 | Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudevillian. | 21 |
| 4 | Soup in the Saddle | Peck, Robert Newton | 2 | Anticipating the celebration of Miss Kelly Day in honor of the teacher of their one-room school, Soup and Rob save the day from certain catastrophe at the hands of Dr. Elsa Pinkerton Uppit. | 110 |
| 4 | Stacey's Emergency | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The girls in the Baby-Sitters Club provide emotional support for an overpressured Stacey when she is hospitalized for diabetes. | 139 |
| 4 | Stone Fox | Gardiner, John Reynolds | 1 | Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dogsled race he enters. | 81 |
| 4 | Storytelling Princess, The | Martin, Rafe | 0.5 | Having survived a shipwreck, a princess tries to tell a prince a story whose ending he does not know and thus qualify for his hand in marriage. | 32 |
| 4 | Stranger in Right Field | Christopher, Matt | 1 | Who is the new player on the Peach Street Mudders, and how can Alfie Maples help him improve his game? | 61 |
| 4 | Strudel Stories | Rocklin, Joanne | 2 | Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. | 131 |
| 4 | Stuffed Bear Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're going to a teddy bear jamboree! | 118 |
| 4 | Sweet Valley Cleanup Team, The | Pascal/Stewart | 1 | Elizabeth and Jessica try to get the help of a business man's snobby grandson to try to talk his grandfather into not building a parking lot. | 68 |
| 4 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Steig, William | 0.5 | In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. | 32 |
| 4 | Talking with Tebe | Lyons, Mary E. | 1 | The story of Clementine Hunter who spent 75 years on a Louisiana plantation and tells her story through her art. | 48 |
| 4 | Taste of Blackberries, A | Smith, Doris Buchanan | 2 | A little boy confronts grief and wrestles with the pain of loss when his best friend dies. | 85 |
| 4 | Tiger, Lion, Hawk | Rice, Earle | 1 | Story about the Flying Tigers in air warfare in World War II. | 60 |
| 4 | Top Secret | Gardiner, John Reynolds | 2 | Allen Brewster, an inquisitive fourth grade student, turns himself into a human plant as part of a project for the Science Fair. | 108 |
| 4 | Town Mouse, Country Mouse | Brett, Jan | 0.5 | After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there's no place like home. | 29 |
| 4 | Tree Castle Island | George, Jean Craighead | 7 | After building his own canoe, fourteen-year-old Jack Hawkins goes to try it out in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, where an accident tests his survival skills and leads him to a shocking discovery. | 242 |
| 4 | Twenty and Ten | Bishop, Claire Huchet | 2 | A nun and 20 French children contrive to hide ten Jewish refugee children. This is their exciting tale of courage and kindness. | 76 |
| 4 | Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas, The | L'Engle, Madeleine | 1 | To Vicky, the twenty-four days before Christmas are the most wonderful days of the year, but what if the new baby comes during Christmas and Mother has go to the hospital? | 71 |
| 4 | Umbrella | Yashima, Taro | 0.5 | Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her birthday. | 32 |
| 4 | Under the Blood-Red Sun | Salisbury, Graham | 8 | Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. | 246 |
| 4 | Unknown, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | The Animorphs decide to pay Zone 91 and the Yeerks a visit, but discover it is not at all what they expect. | 166 |
| 4 | Wander | Lindquist, Susan Hart | 4 | Grieving for their dead mother, twelve-year-old James and his younger sister Sary find healing in their affection for a stray dog. | 133 |
| 4 | Weakness, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | When Jake has to leave town, the other Animorphs and Ax figure life will pretty much be normal until he gets back. But when Tobias discovers Visser Three's newest feeding place, the kids decide they have to check it out. | 129 |
| 4 | When the Circus Came to Town | Yep, Laurence | 3 | An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face. | 113 |
| 4 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Aardema, Verna | 0.5 | A mosquito tells a tall tale that sets off a chain reaction. Charming picture book lavishly illustrated in full color. | 26 |
| 4 | Windcatcher | Avi | 3 | During a summer visit to his grandmother's home in Connecticut, a young boy learns to sail, discovers a sunken treasure, and wards off greedy treasure hunters. | 124 |
| 4 | Winter Days in the Big Woods | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 0.5 | A young pioneer girl and her family spend the winter in their log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. | 27 |
| 4 | Winter Gift, The | Zagwyn, Deborah Turney | 0.5 | At Christmas while she is moving to an apartment, Gramma tries to sell the old family piano, but changes her mind when she sees how much her grandchildren love it and the memories it holds. | 32 |
| 4 | Wondrous Whirligig: The Wright Brothers' First Flying Machine, The | Glass, Andrew | 0.5 | Inspired by a model helicopter and encouraged by their parents and sister, young Orville and Wilbur Wright attempt to build a life-size helicopter from scrap. | 32 |
| 4 | X Marks the Spot: Treasure Island | Abbott, Tony | 4 | Frankie and Devin set sail for a pirate adventure when they are transported to the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, TREASURE ISLAND. | 136 |
| 4.1 | Abe Lincoln Remembers | Turner, Ann | 0.5 | This is a simple description of the life of Abraham Lincoln, presented from his point of view. | 30 |
| 4.1 | Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | Sexual stereotyping in Bear Country when a girl signs up for the football team. | 102 |
| 4.1 | Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | The entire Bear family becomes involved in an attempt to clean and organize the cubs' messy room. A First Time Book. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Sister Bear enjoys Christmas preparations, especially getting her list ready--but on Christmas morning she realizes what Christmas is really all about. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Big Blue | Gill, Shelley | 0.5 | A young girl's dream to swim with a blue whale may finally come true when her mother, a writer, arranges for them to accompany her friends, who are marine biologists, on a research trip to Mexico. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade, The | Wallace, Bill | 4 | This is a humorous story about the trials and tribulations of boys growing up. | 148 |
| 4.1 | Birds of Antarctica (Antarctica) | Stone, Lynn M. | 0.5 | This book briefly describes the birds of the Antarctica region. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Black Pearl Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | While the Boxcar Children are visiting Hawaii with their grandfather, they uncover the legend of the black pearl and the mysteries that surround it. | 121 |
| 4.1 | Blueberries for Sal | McCloskey, Robert | 0.5 | A bear cub and a little girl each mistakes the other's mother for its own. | 28 |
| 4.1 | Bunnies in the Bathroom | Baglio, Ben M. | 4 | Mandy's new friend John has his heart set on buying two baby rabbits in the local pet shop. Before he has a chance to buy the rabbits, Barney and Button are gone. | 135 |
| 4.1 | Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts. | 166 |
| 4.1 | Busybody Nora | Hurwitz, Johanna | 1 | Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy. | 63 |
| 4.1 | Canada Geese Quilt, The | Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie | 1 | Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother's serious illness will change the warm, familiar life on her family's Vermont farm, ten-year-old Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother's knowledge to make a very special quilt. | 60 |
| 4.1 | Carry on, Mr. Bowditch | Latham, Jean | 8 | This fictionalized biography tells the story of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain. | 251 |
| 4.1 | Caterpillow Fight, The | McBratney, Sam | 0.5 | A rowdy pillow fight among young caterpillars causes the Big Caterpillar to step in and take action. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Changes for Felicity | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth. | 69 |
| 4.1 | Charlotte's Rose | Cannon, A.E. | 6 | As a twelve-year-old Welsh immigrant carries a motherless baby along the Mormon Trail in 1856, she comes to love the baby as her own and fear the day the baby's father will reclaim her. | 246 |
| 4.1 | Christina's Ghost | Wright, Betty Ren | 3 | Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure. | 105 |
| 4.1 | Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Baby-sitting for a nine-year-old genius may be too much for Claudia to handle. | 140 |
| 4.1 | Claudia and the New Girl | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | There's a new girl in town, and she's pulling Claudia away from her friends in the Club. | 142 |
| 4.1 | Cockroaches (Creepy Crawler Discovery) | Stone, Lynn M. | 0.5 | Describes what cockroaches look like, what they eat, where and how they live, who their relatives are, and how their antennas serve as senses. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Colorado (This Land Is Your Land) | Heinrichs, Ann | 0.5 | This book introduces the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of Colorado. | 48 |
| 4.1 | Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid | Ferguson, Alane | 4 | Eleven-year-old rich kid Cricket thinks she has finally found a friend in Dominic, who lives in the low-income houses called crackerboxes, until they quarrel over ownership of a dog and their classroom becomes a courtroom to decide who is right. | 179 |
| 4.1 | Curious George Gets a Medal | Rey, H.A. | 0.5 | Following a day of misadventures, Curious George becomes the first space monkey. | 47 |
| 4.1 | Curious George Rides a Bike | Rey, H.A. | 0.5 | George the curious monkey borrows a bike, delivers newspapers, joins a circus, saves a bear from a tree, goes home a hero. | 45 |
| 4.1 | Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa | Steig, William | 0.5 | While en route to Africa to tend to a suffering elephant, Dr. DeSoto is kidnapped by a rhesus monkey. | 28 |
| 4.1 | Earth to Matthew | Danziger, Paula | 4 | Matthew Martin finds himself on the threshold of becoming a teenager in suburban America and experiences conflicting emotions regarding his future. | 148 |
| 4.1 | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Encyclopedia Brown is faced with solving the mystery of the missing professor, a missing monkey, and a thief in a thunderstorm. | 73 |
| 4.1 | Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Presents ten baffling mysteries for the boy detective and the reader, with Encyclopedia's solutions included at the end of the book. | 111 |
| 4.1 | Experiment, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | The Yeerks are trying to take away the human ability to make decisions in order to speed up the invasion of Earth. Now the Animorphs and Ax must try to slow down the invasion and stop the genetic testing being done on a small group of humans. | 139 |
| 4.1 | Extreme, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Marco, Ax, and the other Animorphs launch a plan to defend Earth from the Yeerks. | 146 |
| 4.1 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Dahl, Roald | 1 | Mr. Fox saves his family and his animal friends when he outsmarts three farmers who are hunting him. | 90 |
| 4.1 | Feathers and Fools | Fox, Mem | 0.5 | A modern fable about some peacocks and swans who allow the fear of their differences to become so great that they end up destroying each other. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Frankenstein and Other Stories of Man-made Monsters | Kudalis, Eric | 0.5 | Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster which escapes and comes to an unhappy end. Includes information about the original story, different movie versions, and the scientific aspects behind the story. | 48 |
| 4.1 | Friendship, The | Taylor, Mildred D. | 1 | Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. | 53 |
| 4.1 | George Washington's Breakfast | Fritz, Jean | 0.5 | George W. Allen, namesake of George Washington, wants to learn everything about the first president, especially what he ate for breakfast. | 40 |
| 4.1 | Ghosts Don't Ride Wild Horses | Dadey/Jones | 1 | Could the mysterious man that the Bailey School Kids meet on a class trip really be the ghost of Coyote Pete, the roughest, toughest cowboy in the Wild West? | 69 |
| 4.1 | Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The | Goble, Paul | 0.5 | Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. | 27 |
| 4.1 | Going for Great | Brockmann, Carolee | 3 | Feeling abandoned by her parents and her best friend, sixth grader Jenna worries that her severe stage fright will spoil her performance at a flute competition--until she gets to know a class misfit who is a good musician and an even better friend. | 119 |
| 4.1 | Gold Cadillac, The | Taylor, Mildred D. | 1 | Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac, until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. | 43 |
| 4.1 | Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The club must figure out how to say goodbye to one of its principal members. | 142 |
| 4.1 | Grasslands (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | This book introduces some notable grasslands around the world, including the Argentinian pampas, the North American prairie,, and the Australian grasslands. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Hands (Human Body Discovery) | James, Robert | 0.5 | Describes the anatomy of the human hand, how it differs from the "hands" and "paws" of animals, and its susceptibility to injury. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Happily After All | Stevenson, Laura | 9 | When her father dies, ten-year-old Rebecca is sent to live with the mother she's been brought up to believe had abandoned her and, through a growing relationship with a troubled foster child, begins to accept her mother. | 252 |
| 4.1 | Harriet's Hare | King-Smith, Dick | 2 | A fantasy about the friendship between a young English girl and an extraterrestrial disguised as a rabbit. | 87 |
| 4.1 | Helen Keller | Graff, Stewart | 1 | A biography of the young Helen Keller who overcame incredible physical difficulties and became an author and lectureer. | 58 |
| 4.1 | Hercules (World Mythology) | Richardson, Adele D. | 0.5 | This book relates the exploits of Hercules and his importance in Roman mythology, including his connection to such figures as King Augeas and Queen Hippolyte, and describes the role of myths in the modern world. | 24 |
| 4.1 | If I Ran the Zoo | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | Young Gerald McGrew imagines the animal he'd have in the zoo if he were in charge. | 54 |
| 4.1 | If You Made a Million | Schwartz, David M. | 0.5 | Describes the various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in the bank. | 33 |
| 4.1 | Iron John | Kimmel, Eric A. | 0.5 | With the help of Iron John, the wild man of the forest who is under a curse, a young prince makes his way in the world and finds true love. Adapted from the Brothers Grimm. | 27 |
| 4.1 | Islands (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | Some notable islands around the world, including Madagascar, Hawaii, and South Georgia are introduced. | 32 |
| 4.1 | It Came from Beneath the Bed! | Howe, James | 1 | With help from his Uncle Harold, who wrote books about Bunnicula, Howie, the wire-haired dachshund, writes a story in which he saves the world from a science experiment gone awry. | 90 |
| 4.1 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Kellogg, Steven | 0.5 | The author/illustrator brings this timeless tale to life with the zest and energy that are his trademarks. | 36 |
| 4.1 | Jake Drake, Know-It-All | Clements, Andrew | 2 | Jake Drake wants to win the grand prize in the school's first science fair. He wants to beat the know-it-alls Marsha and Kevin, but to beat them means he has to become a know-it-all himself. | 88 |
| 4.1 | Jelly Belly | Smith, Robert Kimmel | 4 | It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At 4 feet 8 inches tall, he weighs 109 pounds and keeps growing wider. | 155 |
| 4.1 | Jessi and the Superbrat | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Jessi begins baby-sitting for a young TV star, who is also a spoiled brat. | 135 |
| 4.1 | Jessi's Baby-sitter | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Jessi is mortified to learn that her parents are getting a baby-sitter--for her. | 137 |
| 4.1 | Journey Home, The | Bledsoe, Lucy Jane | 2 | Nineteen-year-old Nicole Roberts has spent nearly her entire life in a St. Louis orphanage. When trapper Wilson Wilder arrives, the two set out on a long journey back to Nicole's birthplace--the Crow Indian territory. | 72 |
| 4.1 | King's Stilts, The | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | When the King's stilts are stolen and hidden and he can no longer enjoy his play hour, the whole kingdom is threatened with destruction until a page boy bravely saves the day. | 44 |
| 4.1 | Kristy and the Snobs | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The snobby kids in Kristy's new neighborhood are making fun of her, the club, and her ailing collie, but she'll get the last laugh. | 145 |
| 4.1 | Kristy's Mystery Admirer | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Kristy hopes the mysterious love letters that she's been receiving are not practical jokes. | 144 |
| 4.1 | Leo the Lop: Tail Three (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Leo discovers that there are wonderful adventures he can enjoy all by himself. | 28 |
| 4.1 | Make Way for Ducklings | McCloskey, Robert | 0.5 | A merry picture book; very few words; a gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of the pictures. | 61 |
| 4.1 | Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | After throwing away a chain letter, Mary Anne's bad luck doesn't seem to end. | 137 |
| 4.1 | Meet Josefina | Tripp, Valerie | 2 | Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother's death. | 83 |
| 4.1 | Megan the Klutz | Young, Alida E. | 3 | Do you ever have days when you feel like you have three feet and seven extra fingers? Your mother bawls you out again for daydreaming, and your sister gives you a hard time because you left gum in the pocket of her favorite jeans. | 126 |
| 4.1 | Missouri (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the "Show Me State." | 59 |
| 4.1 | Monkey See. Monkey Do. | DeClements, Barthe | 5 | A rhyming story about a band of fun-loving, silly monkeys. | 146 |
| 4.1 | Monster Blood | Stine, R.L. | 3 | Evan buys a dusty can of monster blood. It's fun to play with until it starts growing and it has an appetite. | 128 |
| 4.1 | Mrs. Jeepers in Outer Space | Dadey/Jones | 2 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But what happens when Mrs. Jeepers takes the third grade to space camp? Could she really turn all of the scientists into vampires? | 124 |
| 4.1 | Mutation, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Morphing into killer whales, the animorphs discover a whole new world where humans with gills exist in the deep waters below. | 142 |
| 4.1 | My Brother Stevie | Clymer, Eleanor | 3 | An unmanageable younger brother makes life difficult for his sister, until a sympathetic school teacher befriends and helps them both. | 73 |
| 4.1 | My Dog, My Hero | Byars/Duffey/Myers | 1 | A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero. | 47 |
| 4.1 | Mystery of the Lost Village, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Aldens investigate the legend of an ancient Navajo village. | 121 |
| 4.1 | Mystery of the Mixed-up Zoo | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar Children must find out who's responsible for the trouble at the zoo, or it will be closed down. | 120 |
| 4.1 | Ninjas Don't Bake Pumpkin Pies | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new baker who makes the best pumpkin pies really be a ninja in town to steal some valuable Japanese art? | 70 |
| 4.1 | Oh Boy, Amelia! | Moss, Marissa | 1 | Ten-year-old Amelia watches her older sister Cleo change when she gets her first boyfriend, while Amelia takes a class in "life skills." | 40 |
| 4.1 | One Fine Day: A Radio Play | Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth | 0.5 | In the form of a radio play, this book portrays the Wright Brothers' first successful flight. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Outnumbered: Davy Crockett's Final Battle at the Alamo | Fein, Eric | 0.5 | Davy Crockett joins the defenders of the Alamo and his life ends there. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story | Mochizuki, Ken | 0.5 | The story of one man's courage and the respect between father and son who shared the weight of an amazing act of humanity during World War II. | 30 |
| 4.1 | Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The | McArthur, Nancy | 4 | Michael 's side of the room was a mess. Brother Norman was a neatness nut. They got a plant, and the problem was gone--and so were their socks. | 119 |
| 4.1 | Predators in the Rain Forest | Pirotta, Saviour | 0.5 | This book describes the different types of predatory animals that inhabit the rain forests of the world as well as their habits, hunting methods, and survival techniques. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep | Levine, Gail Carson | 2 | In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle. | 107 |
| 4.1 | Puppy in a Puddle | Baglio, Ben M. | 3 | Mandy Hope and her friend James become concerned that a local breeder may be mistreating puppies when two sheepdogs turn up at the Animal Ark clinic. | 129 |
| 4.1 | Quiet Place, A | Wood, Douglas | 0.5 | This book describes some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend | Cohlene, Terri | 0.5 | This Cheyenne legend explains the origins of the stars and describes some of the history and culture of the Cheyenne Indians. | 47 |
| 4.1 | Relatives Came, The | Rylant, Cynthia | 0.5 | The relatives come to visit from Virginia, and everyone has a wonderful time. | 26 |
| 4.1 | Run for Your Life | Levy, Marilyn | 6 | While living in a housing project in Oakland, California, thirteen-year-old Kisha joins a track team which helps her discover that she can be a winner. | 217 |
| 4.1 | Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Coerr, Eleanor | 1 | Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. | 63 |
| 4.1 | Satellites (Explore Space!) | Deady, Kathleen W. | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to the history and various uses of artificial satellites. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Schwartz, Alvin | 1 | Stories of ghosts and witches gathered from American folklore. | 87 |
| 4.1 | Secret School, The | Avi | 3 | In 1925, Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly. | 153 |
| 4.1 | Secret Soldier, The | McGovern, Ann | 1 | This is the exciting, true story of a woman who became a soldier during the Revolutionary War by dressing and acting like a man. | 63 |
| 4.1 | Sign Painter's Secret: The Story of a Revolutionary Girl, The | Hoobler, Dorothy/Thomas | 1 | When the Redcoats occupy her house in Philadelphia, young Annie finds a way to help General Washington's troops at Valley Forge. | 48 |
| 4.1 | Silver Cow, The | Cooper, Susan | 0.5 | The father of a young Welsh boy gifted with a magic cow manages to destroy all the good things the cow has brought to their lives. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Skinnybones | Park, Barbara | 3 | Life looks hopeless when Alex's losing team has to play baseball against T.J.'s winning team. But Alex has a hidden talent that could save the day -- unless it ruins his life first. | 111 |
| 4.1 | Slugs and Snails (Looking at Minibeasts) | Morgan, Sally | 0.5 | This book describes slugs and snails in their natural habitats, with information on how to observe these creatures without harming them or their environment. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella | Schroeder, Alan | 0.5 | In this variation on the Cinderella story, based on the Charles Perrault version set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Soup's Goat | Peck, Robert Newton | 2 | Clean and tidy cousin Sexton lends his unusual talent to Soup and Rob as they engage in the town's goat-cart race. | 97 |
| 4.1 | Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple | Osborne, Mary Pope | 2 | Lieutenant Leon Leafwing and Detective Spider Kane investigate a mysterious kidnapping and suspect an evil force is behind it. | 117 |
| 4.1 | Star Tree, The | Colle, Gisela | 0.5 | Memory and the Christmas spirit can be powerful and miraculous, as an old man with his basket full of stars proves. | 24 |
| 4.1 | Stepbrother Sabotage | Wittman, Sally | 1 | Nine-year-old Josh finds it impossible to get along with his rambunctious eight-year-old stepbrother Jake until an impending change in their family unites them on a common front. | 71 |
| 4.1 | Tanya's Reunion | Flournoy, Valerie | 0.5 | When she and her grandmother go to help with preparations for a big family reunion, Tanya learns about the history of the farm in Virginia where Grandma grew up. | 36 |
| 4.1 | Thank You, Mr. Falker | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem. | 35 |
| 4.1 | Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor | Guthridge, Sue | 3 | A biography focusing on the childhood of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in 60 years. | 192 |
| 4.1 | Threat, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | Part two of a trilogy: When David, a new Animorph, begins to break the rules and taking risks that put the group in jeopardy. | 158 |
| 4.1 | Three Names | MacLachlan, Patricia | 0.5 | Great-grandfather reminisces about going to school on the prairie with his dog, Three Names. | 31 |
| 4.1 | Tundra and Cold Deserts (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | This book introduces some notable tundras and cold deserts around the world, including Antarctica, the Canadian tundra, and Lapland. | 32 |
| 4.1 | Unbroken | Haas, Jessie | 7 | Following her mother's death in the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Harry lives on Aunt Sarah's farm, where an accident with her spirited colt leaves her a changed young woman. | 185 |
| 4.1 | Vikings Don't Wear Wrestling Belts | Dadey/Jones | 1 | Could the professional wrestler in town for WrestleBaileyLive be a real-life Viking? | 75 |
| 4.1 | Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues | Robinet, Harriette Gillem | 4 | Twelve-year old Alfa Merryfield, his older sister, and their great-grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in the summer of 1956. | 146 |
| 4.1 | Wild Christmas Reindeer, The | Brett, Jan | 0.5 | After a few false starts, Teeka discovers the best way to get Santa's reindeer ready for Christmas Eve. | 29 |
| 4.1 | Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed | Hamilton, Virginia | 8 | In October of 1938, on their farm homestead in Ohio, a black family is caught up in the fear generated by the Orson Welles "Martians have landed" broadcast. | 208 |
| 4.2 | Aggie's Home | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 2 | Aggie is sure no one will want to adopt her when she rides the orphan train out west. But when she meets the eccentric Bradon family she begins to have some hope. | 117 |
| 4.2 | Alaska (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the history, geography, industry, and people of the state known as the Last Frontier. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart | Williams, Vera B. | 0.5 | Two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail. | 57 |
| 4.2 | Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride | Ryan, Pam Muñr Go for a Ride | 0.5 | This is a fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C., in an airplane. | 36 |
| 4.2 | Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst | Lowry, Lois | 3 | Anastasia, feeling she is misunderstood by everyone, buys a bust of Freud and starts having "sessions" with it. | 119 |
| 4.2 | Animal Shelter Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3 | The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors. | 121 |
| 4.2 | Animals That Fight (Things Animals Do) | Carter, Kyle | 0.5 | Discusses why and how some animals fight. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Animals That Survive (Things Animals Do) | Carter, Kyle | 0.5 | Discusses how some animals use their defenses to survive. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Armadillo from Amarillo, The | Cherry, Lynne | 0.5 | A wandering armadillo sees some of the cities, historic sites, geographic features, and wildlife of Texas. | 30 |
| 4.2 | Arrival, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Andalites have arrived on Earth to help the Animorphs and Ax fight against the Yeerk invasion. | 148 |
| 4.2 | Attack, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | In the battle for ultimate power, the Ellimist will choose the Animorphs and Erek the Chee, the Crayak will choose his army of Howluns, and the loser will be erased from the universe. | 145 |
| 4.2 | Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television. | 36 |
| 4.2 | Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble | Root, Phyllis | 0.5 | When Old Man Trouble calls on Aunt Nancy, he tries very hard to perform a trick that will bother her; however, she knows just how to handle him. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Bad Day at Riverbend | Van Allsburg, Chris | 0.5 | Why had the stagecoach stopped in town when it never had before? | 30 |
| 4.2 | Bandit's Moon | Fleischman, Sid | 3 | Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquífore? | 136 |
| 4.2 | Baseball for Breakfast: The Story of a Boy Who Hated to Wait | Myers, Bill | 0.5 | When Jimmy finds an unusual pocket watch that lets him skip ahead in time, he does only the things he thinks are fun, but he soon discovers the wisdom of God's plan for us to experience both the good times and the bad. | 29 |
| 4.2 | Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! | Manes, Stephen | 1 | Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to make him perfect in just three days. | 76 |
| 4.2 | Bearymore | Freeman, Don | 0.5 | A circus bear has trouble hibernating and dreaming up a new act at the same time. | 36 |
| 4.2 | Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Mama Bear's reminders about the true meaning of Thanksgiving are left in the dust as the spirit of competition takes over and Papa Bear and the cubs begin a campaign to win first prize in the Thanksgiving Pumpkin contest. | 29 |
| 4.2 | Betsy and Billy | Haywood, Carolyn | 2 | Betsy, Billy, and their friends enjoy and learn from the many activities in the second grade. | 119 |
| 4.2 | Betsy-Tacy and Tib | Lovelace, Maud Hart | 3 | The adventures of young girls growing up in Deep Valley, Minnesota. | 127 |
| 4.2 | Beware of Kissing Lizard Lips | Shalant, Phyllis | 5 | Zach is tired of being the shortest, scrawniest boy in sixth grade, and when he discovers girls he aims to change his image. | 183 |
| 4.2 | Blackwater Swamp | Wallace, Bill | 5 | Ted and his sister find peril when they move to the Louisiana bayou. | 185 |
| 4.2 | Bride of Frankenstein Doesn't Bake Cookies, The | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City, but is the strange new cookie chef at the ice rink really the Bride of Frankenstein? | 75 |
| 4.2 | Bunnicula | Howe, Deborah/James | 2 | Chester, the Monroe family's cat, resorts to hilarious antics to alert his owners and Harold, their dog, that the newly adopted bunny may actually be a vegetable vampire. | 98 |
| 4.2 | California (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the "Golden State," our most-populated state and our top farming and manufacturing state. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Cannibals of Sunset Drive, The | Carlsruh, Dan K. | 4 | Ten-year-old Mike is convinced that the old monastery in his town is inhabited by a group of cannibal monks, until he meets the sole occupant of the building. | 143 |
| 4.2 | Cartoonist, The | Byars, Betsy | 3 | In his private attic hideaway, Alfie has a place all his own--a world of cartoons and a dream of someday becoming a famous cartoonist. | 119 |
| 4.2 | Case of the Black-Hooded Hangmans, The | Erickson, John R. | 3 | When he gets blamed after one of Eddy the raccoon's tricks backfires, Hank's search for the missing Eddy leads him and his sidekick Drover to a haunted house. | 115 |
| 4.2 | Chocolate Fever | Smith, Robert Kimmel | 1 | Henry eats so much chocolate that he makes medical history by getting the first recorded case of Chocolate Fever. | 93 |
| 4.2 | Choosing Up Sides | Ritter, John H. | 5 | In 1921, thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher-father that such a condition is evil and must be overcome. | 166 |
| 4.2 | Christmas Tapestry | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | A tapestry that is being used to cover a hole in a church wall at Christmas brings together an elderly couple who were separated during World War II. | 48 |
| 4.2 | Coasts and Shores (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | This book introduces some notable coasts and shores around the world, including the Great Barrier Reef, the Orinoco delta, and the sandy coasts of the British Isles. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Cracker Jackson | Byars, Betsy | 4 | After attempting to save his ex-babysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics. | 146 |
| 4.2 | Crickwing | Cannon, Janell | 0.5 | A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutting ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them. | 46 |
| 4.2 | Daphne's Book | Hahn, Mary Downing | 6 | While she denies it to her friends, Jessica comes to like the outcast Daphne as they work on their class project. | 183 |
| 4.2 | Dawn and the Older Boy | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The Baby-Sitters must tell Dawn when they see her boyfriend with another girl. | 138 |
| 4.2 | Dinosaur Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3 | Someone is sabotaging a new dinosaur exhibit at the museum. | 121 |
| 4.2 | Do Bananas Chew Gum? | Gilson, Jamie | 5 | Sam, a sixth-grader who's a math whiz, has trouble learning to read and spell. | 158 |
| 4.2 | Dog Called Kitty, A | Wallace, Bill | 4 | Through a relationship with an abandoned puppy on an Oklahoma farm, Ricky overcomes his fear of dogs that he acquired as a toddler when he was attacked by a rabid canine. | 137 |
| 4.2 | Dog Overboard! | Sathre, Vivian | 5 | Wishbone imagines himself as a young Scottish lowlander bound for adventure and is kidnapped and forced to work as a cabin boy. | 139 |
| 4.2 | Don't Call Me Beanhead! | Wojciechowski, Susan | 1 | Five stories about a girl who's a worrywart. | 75 |
| 4.2 | Earthquakes | Branley, Franklyn M. | 0.5 | Discusses why earthquakes happen, what their sometimes-devastating effects can be, where the danger zones are, and what measures people can take to safeguard themselves. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Elf for Christmas, An | Garland, Michael | 0.5 | After falling asleep and being delivered along with a toy airplane for Christmas, a hard-working elf tries to make his way back to the North Pole. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Encounter | Yolen, Jane | 0.5 | A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492. | 27 |
| 4.2 | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Encyclopedia Brown continues his war on crime with ten more cases. | 72 |
| 4.2 | Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Ten new mysteries from the casebooks of Leroy 'Encyclopedia' Brown, the ten-year-old detective. | 110 |
| 4.2 | Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy 'Encyclopedia' Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime. | 96 |
| 4.2 | Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Leroy 'Encyclopedia' Brown invites the reader to solve ten mysteries. Answers are provided at the back of the book. | 96 |
| 4.2 | Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito, The | Garrigue, Shelia | 5 | Sara forms a special friendship with the gardener, Mr. Ito, at a time when other Japanese-Canadians were being interned for the duration of World War II. | 163 |
| 4.2 | Fairy Rebel, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 3 | A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the fairy queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help. | 118 |
| 4.2 | Fine White Dust, A | Rylant, Cynthia | 3 | Pete is a boy who needs to know where he stands with God, his parents, and his best friend, a confirmed atheist. | 106 |
| 4.2 | Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School | Tate, Eleanora E. | 2 | Twelve-year-old Margie and her seven-year-old cousin are treated to tall tales from Margie's father while sitting on the front porch of the one-room school he attended as a boy. | 92 |
| 4.2 | Getting Something on Maggie Marmelstein | Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman | 2 | After Thad embarrasses Maggie and she retaliates by embarrassing him even more, he plots revenge. | 101 |
| 4.2 | Gift of the Sacred Dog, The | Goble, Paul | 0.5 | The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people. | 26 |
| 4.2 | Goblins Don't Play Video Games | Dadey/Jones | 1 | There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new computer teacher really be the Master Goblin from Melody's video game? | 82 |
| 4.2 | Great Pony Hassle, The | Springer, Nancy | 2 | When the mother of twin girls marries the father of twin girls, the rivalry and jealousy are worsened by one girl's demand for a pony as a reward for accepting the new family. | 76 |
| 4.2 | Great Quarterback Switch, The | Christopher, Matt | 2 | Twelve-year-old Michael, confined to a wheelchair after an accident, uses mental telepathy to communicate football plays to his quarterback twin brother Tom, then suddenly finds himself on the field in his brother's place. | 97 |
| 4.2 | Hades (World Mythology) | Richardson, Adele D. | 0.5 | This book relates the exploits of Hades and his importance in Greek mythology and includes some of the stories about him. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Hawaii (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Aloha State. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Hedgehogs in the Closet | Carris, Joan | 4 | Unhappy with his family's move to England, eleven-year-old Nick slowly begins to thrive in the very British setting of his new home and school. | 186 |
| 4.2 | High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat...Angel Food Cake, The | Willard, Nancy | 1 | As she is preparing a special angelfood cake for her mother's birthday, a girl is surprised by three angels who have dropped in for a taste. | 52 |
| 4.2 | Humbug Mountain | Fleischman, Sid | 4 | Wiley sets out on a search for his grandfather and ends up having to outwit some villains who plan to ambush his Grandfather's boat of gold. | 133 |
| 4.2 | If You Didn't Have Me | Nilsson, Ulf | 3 | A small Swedish boy spends the summer on his grandmother's farm while his parents build a new house. | 113 |
| 4.2 | Josefina Saves the Day | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her. | 67 |
| 4.2 | Junior Thunder Lord, The | Yep, Laurence | 0.5 | This book is a retelling of a seventeenth century legend about people at the top helping those on the bottom. | 30 |
| 4.2 | Katie John | Calhoun, Mary | 4 | Katie John and her family move into an inherited house in order to sell it, but find they don't want to part with it. | 134 |
| 4.2 | Kristy and the Secret of Susan | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Kristy comes to understand that the autistic girl that she baby-sits for will never be able to attend a "regular" school. | 145 |
| 4.2 | Last Man's Reward, The | Patneaude, David | 5 | In hopes of winning the valuable baseball card that he and his new friends have hidden in a remote cave outside Granite Falls, Washington, Albert asks the gruff P. E. teacher at his middle school to help him become a long-jumper. | 192 |
| 4.2 | Legend of the Bluebonnet, The | De Paola, Tomie | 0.5 | Luminous paintings capture the essence of a favorite Indian tale of a courageous small girl in the land now called Texas. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Letters from Rifka | Hesse, Karen | 4 | Rifka and her family flee the pogroms in Russia in 1919 and cross the Atlantic to land on Ellis Island. | 148 |
| 4.2 | Little House on Rocky Ridge | MacBride, Roger Lea | 8 | A continuation of the Little House On The Prairie series as the Wilders move out on their own. | 353 |
| 4.2 | Little House, The | Burton, Virginia Lee | 0.5 | Beautifully illustrated story of a little house threatened by progress when tall buildings envelop the countryside. | 40 |
| 4.2 | Little Mouse on the Prairie (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Hard-working Tweezle Dee teaches the other mice how to stay warm in winter while they teach her how to have fun. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Littles and the Lost Children, The | Peterson, John | 2 | An exciting adventure about people who are no more than six inches tall. | 112 |
| 4.2 | Lone Wolf | Franklin, Kristine L. | 6 | When a large family moves into the house near where he and his father live in the woods, Perry's friendship with the oldest girl helps him come to terms with his sister's death and his parents' divorce. | 220 |
| 4.2 | Love, Ruby Lavender | Wiles, Deborah | 4 | When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi. | 188 |
| 4.2 | Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen, The | Levoy, Myron | 5 | In 1893, thirteen-year-old Joshua and his eleven-year-old sister Amy travel from South Dakota to New York City with the help of the mysterious Mortimer Wintergreen and his unpredictable magic hat. | 211 |
| 4.2 | Mallory and the Mystery Diary | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | A locked trunk and a secret diary add up to a mystery for the Baby-Sitters. | 144 |
| 4.2 | Mallory and the Trouble with Twins | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | As Mallory gains insight into the Arnold Twins and that they want to be treated as individuals, her job gets easier. | 141 |
| 4.2 | Man Who Caught Fish, The | Krudop, Walter Lyon | 0.5 | A stranger with a pole magically catches fish and hands them out to villagers, saying "One person, one fish," but the king will not be content until he receives a whole basket of fish. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Meet Felicity | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse that is being beaten and starved by its cruel owner. | 69 |
| 4.2 | Meet Molly | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | During World War II, Molly eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for spoiling her Halloween. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Midnight Horse, The | Fleischman, Sid | 1 | Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle's plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally. | 84 |
| 4.2 | Minstrel in the Tower, The | Skurzynski, Gloria | 1 | In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron. | 62 |
| 4.2 | Mississippi Bridge | Taylor, Mildred D. | 1 | During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee Creek. | 62 |
| 4.2 | Monster Garden, The | Alcock, Vivien | 5 | Using a tissue sample she believes is from one of her father's experiments in genetic engineering, Frankie accidentally creates a baby monster, which begins to grow at an alarming rate. | 164 |
| 4.2 | Mountains and Volcanoes (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | The book introduces some famous mountains and volcanoes around the world, including the Andes, the Rocky Mountains, and the Alps. | 32 |
| 4.2 | My Life with the Wave | Cowan, Catherine | 0.5 | A child befriends a wave at the seashore and brings her home. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Mystery at Skeleton Point, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | When Grandfather's friend Charlotte buys a mysterious mansion, she invites the Alden children to help her fix it up. Then the mansion's valuable statutes begin to disappear. Could it be the Skeleton Point ghost? | 120 |
| 4.2 | Mystery Horse, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3 | The Boxcar Children spend the summer on a working farm. | 121 |
| 4.2 | Mystery in the Old Attic, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | When the Alden children arrive at the mansion, they can't wait to start looking through all the rooms; they find a diary with a riddle in it to find a diamond ring. | 135 |
| 4.2 | Mystery of Pony Hollow, The | Hall, Lynn | 1 | While exploring her family's new farm on her pony, Sarah stumbles upon a skeleton and a supernatural mystery involving the ponies who lived there 40 years ago. | 56 |
| 4.2 | Mystery on Stage, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar children save the opening-night performance. | 121 |
| 4.2 | New Mexico (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the geography, history, people, cities, and famous sites of the large southwestern state known as "The Land of Enchantment." | 62 |
| 4.2 | New York (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An overview of the Empire State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Night of the Full Moon | Whelan, Gloria | 1 | A novel based on true accounts of the Potawatomi Indians' forced migration from Michigan territory in 1840. | 63 |
| 4.2 | Nighty-Nightmare | Howe, James | 2 | When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended. | 121 |
| 4.2 | Numbering All the Bones | Rinaldi, Ann | 5 | Eulinda is left behind to deal with a cruel mistress, and a master who will not acknowledge that Eulinda is his daughter. | 170 |
| 4.2 | Oceans (Biomes) | Steele, Christy | 0.5 | This book explains how ocean biomes are formed, how plants and animals adapt to the ocean, and how the ocean relates to other biomes. | 32 |
| 4.2 | On Beyond Zebra | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | A fun way to learn and remember the alphabet. | 54 |
| 4.2 | Pilgrim Village Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar Children solve a mystery at a restored historical village. | 121 |
| 4.2 | Play Ball! (Scrappers) | Hughes, Dean | 3 | Having failed to get their applications in for the middle school summer baseball league, Robbie and Trent scramble to find a sponsor, a coach, and enough players to form their own team. | 123 |
| 4.2 | Prophecy, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Cassie is losing her mind, but she is gaining the mind of Aldrea. Aldrea's persona, her memory, and a valuable bit of information now belong to Cassie. | 141 |
| 4.2 | Rain Forests (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | The book introduces some notable rain forests around the world, including those of South America, Congo, and Central America. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Raising Dragons | Nolen, Jerdine | 0.5 | A farmer's young daughter shares numerous adventures with the dragon that she raises from infancy. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Real Christmas This Year, A | Williams, Karen Lynn | 5 | Megan's efforts to provide a real Christmas for her multiple-handicapped brother and the rest of the family cause problems with her best friend and some other schoolmates. | 164 |
| 4.2 | Rhode Island (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Ocean State. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox | Dadey/Jones | 1 | Could the drama teacher directing the class play really be a robot that is trying to take over the school? | 73 |
| 4.2 | Rough Waters | Rottman, S.L. | 10 | After their parents' death in an automobile accident, two teenage brothers are sent to Colorado to live with an estranged uncle, owner of a white water rafting outfit. | 179 |
| 4.2 | R-T, Margaret & the Rats of NIMH | Conly, Jane Leslie | 7 | The further adventures of the intelligent young rat Racso and his friends Christopher and Isabella as they try to ensure the survival of their secret community in Thorn Valley after its accidental discovery by two human children. | 260 |
| 4.2 | Russell Sprouts | Hurwitz, Johanna | 1 | Russell, age six and growing up fast, has some home and school adventures. | 95 |
| 4.2 | Salamanders (Creepy Crawlers Discovery) | Stone, Lynn M. | 0.5 | Presents information about this amphibian most commonly found in North and South America, describes how it looks, how it lives, and how it relates with people. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt | Ernst, Lisa Campbell | 0.5 | While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club. | 32 |
| 4.2 | See You Later, Gladiator | Scieszka, Jon | 2 | Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves, when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum. | 87 |
| 4.2 | Sixth-Grade Crush | Shahan, Sherry | 2 | Tracy has a formula for love that she's sure will win the heart of her school's new softball coach. First, she has to get on the team. But before she can even do that, she has to bring her math grade up...or make sure no one finds out how bad it is! | 141 |
| 4.2 | Soup in Love | Peck, Robert Newton | 3 | As Valentine's Day approaches their Vermont town of Learning, Soup and Rob experience several forms of love. | 114 |
| 4.2 | Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving | Bruchac, Joseph | 0.5 | Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists. | 29 |
| 4.2 | Squash It! | Kimmel, Eric A. | 0.5 | The king of Spain's fondness for a louse that bit him leads to good fortune for a clever peasant. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Stones in Water | Napoli, Donna Jo | 7 | Roberto is forced to work for the German war effort until he escapes into the Ukrainian winter, desperately trying to get home to Venice. | 208 |
| 4.2 | Story for Bear, A | Haseley, Dennis | 0.5 | A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Story, A Story, A | Haley, Gail E. | 0.5 | This book recounts how most African folk tales come to be called "Spider Stories." | 32 |
| 4.2 | Sunken Treasure | Gibbons, Gail | 0.5 | Describes the many-years-long search for the treasure that went down with the Atocha, a Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in a hurricane in 1622. Includes facts about four other famous shipwrecks. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Surprise Island | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3 | Summer vacation on an almost-private island gives the Aldens a challenge. | 178 |
| 4.2 | Suspicion, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | Animorph Cassie and Ax have to find a way to to keep the Helmacrons from shrinking other beings down to an inch. | 155 |
| 4.2 | Tale of Peter Rabbit, The | Potter, Beatrix | 0.5 | The classic tale of the little rabbit that didn't listen to his mother. | 59 |
| 4.2 | Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid, The | Hutchins, Hazel | 2 | Eleven-year-old Jason is granted three wishes which land him and his friends in some amazing scrapes. | 88 |
| 4.2 | Thunder Cave | Smith, Roland | 9 | Determined after his mother's accidental death to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya. | 249 |
| 4.2 | Tikki Tikki Tembo | Mosel, Arlene | 0.5 | This book is the re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. | 38 |
| 4.2 | Tough to Tackle | Christopher, Matt | 2 | A young football player learns some important lessons about life when he must play a position he does not like or quit the team. | 152 |
| 4.2 | Trapped in Death Cave | Wallace, Bill | 5 | A posthumous letter referring to buried treasure convinces Gary that his grandfather did not die a natural death and, with his friend Brian, he sets out to find both the treasure and his grandfather's killer. | 151 |
| 4.2 | Trees and Plants in the Rain Forest | Pirotta, Saviour | 0.5 | This book describes the different types of trees and plants that grow in layers of the rain forest, the fruits, nuts, and vegetables they provide, and what threatens their survival. | 32 |
| 4.2 | Trees of the Dancing Goats, The | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | During a scarlet-fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors. | 29 |
| 4.2 | Tut, Tut | Scieszka, Jon | 2 | Because of a magical time travel book, the kids are dodging crocodiles and trying to outwit the evil high priest. | 73 |
| 4.2 | Wanted...Mud Blossom | Byars, Betsy | 4 | Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that he was taking care of for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime." | 148 |
| 4.2 | Welcome Back, Stacey! | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When Stacey's parents decide to divorce, Stacey must decide whether to remain in New York with her father or return to Stoneybrook with her mother. | 144 |
| 4.2 | What a Trip! Around the World in Eighty Days | Abbott, Tony | 4 | Frankie and Devin are transported into "Around the World in Eighty Days" when they get near Mrs. Figglehopper's library zapper gates. | 141 |
| 4.2 | When the Road Ends | Thesman, Jean | 6 | Sent to spend the summer in the country, three foster children and an older woman recovering from a serious accident are abandoned by their slovenly caretaker and must try to survive on their own. | 184 |
| 4.2 | When You Take a Pig to a Party | McLarey, Kristina/Myra | 0.5 | Havoc ensues when Adelaide takes her usually well-behaved pet pig to a friend's birthday party. | 32 |
| 4.2 | White Snow Bright Snow | Tresselt, Alvin | 0.5 | When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard. | 28 |
| 4.2 | Working Machines (Energy and Action) | Marshall, John | 0.5 | Describes simple machines and how they work, including the inclined plane, levers, wheels and axles, the wedge, screws, and pulleys. | 24 |
| 4.2 | Wreckers, The | Lawrence, Iain | 6 | Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, John attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded. | 191 |
| 4.2 | Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, The | Houston, Gloria | 0.5 | Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Always Room for One More | Leodhas, Sorche Nic | 0.5 | In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by. A Caldecott Medal Book. | 22 |
| 4.3 | Amy Moves In | Pascal/Suzanne | 4 | Amy stays with the Wakefields while her house is being repaired, but best friends don't always make good roommates. | 132 |
| 4.3 | Anastasia at Your Service | Lowry, Lois | 5 | Twelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when, expecting to get a job as a lady's companion, she is hired instead to be a maid. | 149 |
| 4.3 | Annie Pitts, Swamp Monster | De Groat, Diane | 2 | As usual, things do not work out as planned when Annie lands the part of the swamp monster in a high school student's low-budget horror movie. | 98 |
| 4.3 | Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth | Climo, Shirley | 0.5 | This book retells the myth of the Greek princess, rejected by her father, raised by bears, won in marriage in a race by Melanion, and then changed into a lioness by an angry Aphrodite. | 31 |
| 4.3 | B Is for Betsy | Haywood, Carolyn | 2 | Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm. | 159 |
| 4.3 | Babe & Me | Gutman, Dan | 4 | Joe and his father travel back in time to discover whether Babe Ruth really did call the shot before his most-famous home run. | 161 |
| 4.3 | Back Yard Angel | Delton, Judy | 2 | Although ten-year-old Angel loves her little brother Rags dearly, the constant responsibility of taking care of him weighs heavily on her young shoulders. | 111 |
| 4.3 | Basket Counts, The | Christopher, Matt | 2 | Long practice improves Mel's value as a basketball player, but how does he surmount the prejudice of a teammate? | 125 |
| 4.3 | Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Mama Bear decides to start a Bear Family Politeness Plan with a set of simple rules and penalties. | 29 |
| 4.3 | Betty Doll | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | Whenever Mary Ellen needed Betty Doll, she was there. Mary Ellen's daughter opens a package and rediscovers the old doll, along with a letter written by her mother right before she died. | 40 |
| 4.3 | Big Snow, The | Hader, Berta/Elmer | 0.5 | Forest animals survive a cold winter with the help of kind people in the stone house. | 43 |
| 4.3 | Black Star, Bright Dawn | O'Dell, Scott | 4 | A thrilling story of a teenage girl's first running in the Iditarod--the challenging long-distance dog sled race held every year in Alaska. | 134 |
| 4.3 | Cat That Was Left Behind, The | Adler, C.S. | 4 | Chad doesn't believe his new foster family will be any better than the others, but after getting to know them, he starts to change his mind. | 146 |
| 4.3 | Catwings | Le Guin, Ursula K. | 0.5 | Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands. | 39 |
| 4.3 | Children of the River | Crew, Linda | 8 | Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American. | 213 |
| 4.3 | China (Many Cultures, One World) | Olson, Kay Melchisedech | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of China. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Chocolate Sundae Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Aldens solve the mystery of the missing ice cream. | 120 |
| 4.3 | Christmas Day Kitten, The | Herriot, James | 0.5 | An irresistible kitten finds a new home on Christmas morning. | 30 |
| 4.3 | Cinderellis and the Glass Hill | Levine, Gail Carson | 2 | In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess. | 104 |
| 4.3 | Claudia and the Middle School Mystery | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Claudia is thrilled with the A she got on her math test until her teacher accuses her of cheating. | 150 |
| 4.3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Barrett, Judi | 0.5 | Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow, where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Competition, The | Lowell, Melissa | 3 | Tori is looking forward to going to Lake Placid for a competition but is having some family problems that may affect her competition. | 116 |
| 4.3 | Crane's Rebound | Jackson, Alison | 3 | Eleven-year-old Les sets out for basketball camp to discover a whole load of predicaments. | 122 |
| 4.3 | Dawn and the Big Sleepover | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The Baby-Sitters organize fund-raising projects for a Native American school that has been destroyed in a fire. | 138 |
| 4.3 | Dawn's Wicked Stepsister | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When Dawn's mother marries Mary Anne's father, their friendship is jeopardized. | 146 |
| 4.3 | Dew Drop Dead | Howe, James | 4 | While setting up a homeless shelter at the church, Sebastian and his friends Corrie and David solve the mystery of a dead man found in an abandoned inn. | 138 |
| 4.3 | Dinosaur Dream | Nolan, Dennis | 0.5 | Late one night, Wilbur hears a tapping at his window. There, standing in the yard outside his window, is a baby dinosaur. Knowing that the dinosaur can't stay, Wilbur begins the long journey back through time to take him home. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Dream Tree (Original Text), The | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Patti Caterpillar resolves to tell her caterpillar friends what it's like to be a beautiful butterfly when she becomes one herself. | 16 |
| 4.3 | Elements, Compounds and Mixtures (Let's Wonder About Science) | Patten, J.M. | 0.5 | Discusses elements, compounds, and mixtures and what all things are made of. | 24 |
| 4.3 | Eye of the Great Bear | Wallace, Bill | 5 | After moving to Montana, Bailey Trumbull's whole life changes and he must face his fears head on. | 161 |
| 4.3 | Fear the Condor | Blair, David Nelson | 5 | The story of an Aymara Indian of Bolivia who finds the strength within herself to learn to read and write despite the landowner's effort to instill fear against new ways in her people. | 137 |
| 4.3 | Firetalking | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | This book discusses a popular author and illustrator of children's books. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Flutterby (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | In a tale of being proud of who you are, Flutterby discovers it's great being a tiny horse with wings. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Follow the Drinking Gourd | Winter, Jeanette | 0.5 | By following the directions in a song taught them by an old sailor, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railway to freedom in Canada. | 42 |
| 4.3 | For Your Eyes Only | Rocklin, Joanne | 2 | The entries in the journal of several sixth grade students reveal much about their personal feelings, family lives, and a growing interest in poetry sparked by their new substitute teacher. | 136 |
| 4.3 | Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule | Robinet, Harriette Gillem | 5 | Born with a withered leg and hand, Pascal, who is about twelve years old, joins other former slaves in a search for a farm and the freedom that it promises. | 131 |
| 4.3 | Goin' Someplace Special | McKissack, Patricia C. | 0.5 | In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town, the public library. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Golem | Wisniewski, David | 0.5 | A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague. | 34 |
| 4.3 | Grasslands (Biomes) | Doeden/Scheff | 0.5 | This book explains how grassland biomes are formed, and how plants and animals adapt to grasslands. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Hamster in a Handbasket | Baglio, Ben M. | 4 | When James is chosen to look after the school hamster during the summer, he and Mandy are thrilled. Then someone vandalizes James's garden and steals the hamster. | 145 |
| 4.3 | Hannah | Whelan, Gloria | 1 | Hannah, a blind girl living in Michigan in the late nineteenth century, doesn't go to school until a new teacher comes to board at their house. | 63 |
| 4.3 | Happy Birthday, Addy | Porter, Connie | 1 | Addy makes a new friend, who encourages her to claim a birthday and helps her face prejudice. | 61 |
| 4.3 | Harvey's Wacky Parrot Adventure | Clifford, Eth | 3 | Harvey and his least favorite cousin Nora become embroiled in the search for a hidden treasure somewhere in Uncle Buck's house, with the only clue to its location held by a loudmouthed parrot. | 112 |
| 4.3 | Helen Keller's Teacher | Davidson, Margaret | 4 | This is the true, inspiring story of Annie Sullivan, who helped Helen Keller realize her genius for living. | 153 |
| 4.3 | Her Seven Brothers | Goble, Paul | 0.5 | Retells the Cheyenne legend in which a girl and her seven chosen brothers become the Big Dipper. | 23 |
| 4.3 | Here's to You, Rachel Robinson | Blume, Judy | 6 | A trip to Ellis Island shifts a child prodigy's perspective in this humorous story about real friendship. | 196 |
| 4.3 | Hide and Seek Fog | Tresselt, Alvin | 0.5 | A fog takes over a small village for three days. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Honus and Me | Gutman, Dan | 3 | A baseball fan discovers a special baseball card worth more than just money. | 138 |
| 4.3 | Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The | Applegate, K.A. | 5 | Aldrea, a young member of the outpost the Andalite race has placed on the planet of the Hork-Bajir, must help her native friend Dak when the ruthless, parasitic Yeerks try to enslave his people. | 202 |
| 4.3 | Iowa (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the history, geography, industries, notable sights, and famous people of the Hawkeye State. | 62 |
| 4.3 | Jessi's Secret Language | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Jessi is learning sign language for a very special child. | 145 |
| 4.3 | Jim Ugly | Fleischman, Sid | 3 | This story tells of the adventures of twelve-year-old Jake Bannock and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father. | 130 |
| 4.3 | Judy Blume (Young at Heart) | Wheeler, Jill C. | 0.5 | Biography of the American writer who remembers so well what it was like to be young and who has written for young people for over 25 years. | 31 |
| 4.3 | Just Tell Me When We're Dead | Clifford, Eth | 3 | Jo Beth and Mary Rose follow their runaway cousin to a deserted amusement park where they hide in a train that whisks them toward the Tunnel of Terror. | 130 |
| 4.3 | Kansas (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Sunflower State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | King and the Tortoise, The | Mollel, Tololwa M. | 0.5 | The king challenges the animals in his kingdom to prove their wisdom by making him a robe of smoke, but only the tortoise is able to satisfy him. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Library Card, The | Spinelli, Jerry | 4 | The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books. | 148 |
| 4.3 | Listen for Rachel | Kassem, Lou | 6 | Moving up into the mountains of Tennessee introduces Rachel to a possible calling, as she learns about folk medicine from a local healer, until the Civil War divides the family loyalities and brings romance into her life. | 164 |
| 4.3 | Loser | Spinelli, Jerry | 5 | Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Donald Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. | 218 |
| 4.3 | Louisiana (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Pelican State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Magic Nesting Doll, The | Ogburn, Jacqueline K. | 0.5 | After her grandmother dies, Katya finds herself in a kingdom where the Tsarevitch has been turned into living ice, and she uses the magic nesting dolls her grandmother had given her to try to break the spell. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, The | Cole, Joanna | 0.5 | Ms. Frizzle's class takes a whirlwind field trip into the middle of a hurricane. | 42 |
| 4.3 | Maine (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Pine Tree State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Mary Anne Misses Logan | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Mary Anne thinks it might be time to reconcile with Logan, but Cokie will try to prevent it. | 138 |
| 4.3 | Mayfield Crossing | Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux | 2 | The kids of Mayfield school are transferred to Parkview Elementary, where they begin to experience the sting of racial prejudice. | 88 |
| 4.3 | Mieko and the Fifth Treasure | Coerr, Eleanor | 2 | Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school. | 77 |
| 4.3 | Minnesota (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of Minnesota. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Miss Spider's Wedding | Kirk, David | 0.5 | Miss Spider proves that her heart knows best when it comes to choosing a husband. | 37 |
| 4.3 | Morgan and Me (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | When he is transformed into a unicorn, Morgan learns that life comes with sacrifice and change. | 27 |
| 4.3 | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters | Steptoe, John | 0.5 | Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a bride. | 25 |
| 4.3 | My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary | Osborne, Mary Pope | 2 | During the days leading to the Battle of Gettysburg, Virginia Dickens begins a diary. Gettysburg soon comes the center of the biggest battle of the Civil War; and Ginny wonders if her father and brother will make it home. | 109 |
| 4.3 | My Trip to Alpha I | Slote, Alfred | 1 | Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel, but a young boy finds it is not without dangers. | 96 |
| 4.3 | Mystery at the Crooked House, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2 | The Boxcar Children help their housekeeper, Mrs. McGregor, try to solve the riddle of her home, the Crooked House, which could lead to a treasure. | 112 |
| 4.3 | Nebraska (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the "Cornhusker State." | 59 |
| 4.3 | New Neighbors for Nora | Hurwitz, Johanna | 1 | This story continues the adventures of an inquisitive seven-year-old who lives in a New York City apartment building. | 95 |
| 4.3 | Night Swimmers, The | Byars, Betsy | 3 | With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers. | 131 |
| 4.3 | No Boys Allowed | Levinson, Marilyn | 5 | When her father leaves the family to marry a younger woman, Cassie refuses to trust any male, including her best friend, until her great-uncle helps her put the changes in her life in perspective. | 124 |
| 4.3 | Nory Ryan's Song | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 5 | When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive. | 148 |
| 4.3 | Not My Dog | Rodowsky, Colby | 1 | Eight-year-old Ellie has to give up her life-long dream of getting a puppy after her parents agree to take in the dog that Great-aunt Margaret can no longer keep. | 69 |
| 4.3 | Oklahoma (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | Introduces the history, geography, industries, notable sights, and famous people of the Sooner State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Oliver Dibbs and the Dinosaur Cause | Steiner, Barbara | 5 | Immersed in studying his favorite topic, dinosaurs, Oliver involves his fifth grade in a campaign to make the stegosaurus the Colorado state fossil and runs afoul with an interesting bully. | 156 |
| 4.3 | Open Wide: Tooth School Inside | Keller, Laurie | 0.5 | Through a classroom setting in which teeth are the students, this book presents information about the structure and care of teeth and the services provided by dentists. | 36 |
| 4.3 | Pennsylvania (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Keystone State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Popcorn Book, The | De Paola, Tomie | 0.5 | Presents a variety of facts about popcorn and includes two recipes. | 28 |
| 4.3 | Printer's Apprentice, The | Krensky, Stephen | 2 | In 1735 in New York City, a young printer's apprentice learns about the importance of freedom of speech when the printer Peter Zenger is arrested and tried for writing articles criticizing the government. | 103 |
| 4.3 | Programmed for Terror | Behrman, Carol H. | 3 | Not everyone's a whiz at computers. And Judi's no exception. But when someone or something changes what Judi writes in her computer and adds terrifying threats, Judi is scared stiff! | 125 |
| 4.3 | Puerto Rico (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | Presents a history and description of this popular vacationland located 1,050 miles southeast of Miami, Florida. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Rivers and Lakes (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | This book introduces some famous rivers and lakes around the world, including the Nile River, Lake Titicaca, and the Ganges River. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Rub a Dub Dub | Eagle, Kin | 0.5 | This story is a retold version of the classic, "Rub a Dub Dub." | 32 |
| 4.3 | Ruby Holler | Creech, Sharon | 6 | Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage, but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler | 310 |
| 4.3 | Safe at Second | Johnson, Scott | 8 | Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must help each other find a new future for themselves. | 245 |
| 4.3 | Samantha Learns a Lesson | Adler, Susan S. | 1 | Samantha is determined to help nine-year-old Nellie, attending school for the first time, with her school work and learns a great deal herself about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory. | 61 |
| 4.3 | Same Stuff as Stars, The | Paterson, Katherine | 8 | When Angel's mother leaves her and her younger brother with their great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries about her family and the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars. | 242 |
| 4.3 | Santa Paws | Edwards, Nicholas | 5 | While searching for a place to stay, a homeless puppy helps others who are in need. | 151 |
| 4.3 | Seedfolks | Fleischman, Paul | 2 | One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden. | 69 |
| 4.3 | Shoes from Grandpa | Fox, Mem | 0.5 | In a cumulative rhyme, family members describe the clothes they intend to give Jessie to go with her shoes from Grandpa. | 29 |
| 4.3 | Skates of Uncle Richard, The | Fenner, Carol | 1 | With her Uncle's encouragement, a nine-year-old takes the first step toward realizing her dream of becoming a figure skater. | 46 |
| 4.3 | Soft Rain | Cornelissen, Cornelia | 3 | Soft Rain, a nine-year-old Cherokee girl, is forced to relocate along with her family from North Carolina to the West. | 115 |
| 4.3 | Sophie Hits Six | King-Smith, Dick | 2 | The year that Sophie turns six, she sees her cat give birth to kittens, gets a pet rabbit, and pursues her dream of acquiring a dog. | 127 |
| 4.3 | Space Missions (Explore Space!) | Shearer, Deborah A. | 0.5 | This book describes past space missions and explains the types of missions scientists and astronauts perform during space travel, remotely by robot, and on the international space station. | 24 |
| 4.3 | Stacey's Mistake | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When the Baby-Sitters visit Stacey in New York City, they have no idea how out of place they will feel. | 145 |
| 4.3 | Stars (Solar System) | Sorensen, Lynda | 0.5 | Discusses different kinds of stars, including dwarfs and giants; red, white, and blue stars; shooting stars; the North Star; and our sun. | 24 |
| 4.3 | Stories of Mummies and the Living Dead | Kudalis, Eric | 0.5 | When its casket is opened, an Egyptian mummy comes to life and tries to raise a princess from the dead. Includes information about other mummy stories and about how mummies were made in ancient Egypt. | 48 |
| 4.3 | Table Where Rich People Sit, The | Baylor, Byrd | 0.5 | A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature. | 30 |
| 4.3 | Tarantula Shoes | Birdseye, Tom | 4 | Ryan and his family are moving from Arizona to Kentucky, and he is worried about having to go to a new school, make new friends, and fit in with a new crowd. | 131 |
| 4.3 | There's an Owl in the Shower | George, Jean Craighead | 3 | Because protecting spotted owls has cost Borden's father his job as a logger in the old growth forest of northern California, Borden intends to kill any spotted owl he sees until he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet. | 134 |
| 4.3 | Tight End | Christopher, Matt | 4 | Jim's school football career is jeopardized by someone who wants to make an issue of his father's being an ex-con. Mystery and plenty of football action as Jim fights against prejudice. | 137 |
| 4.3 | Titanic Crossing | Williams, Barbara | 5 | In 1912, thirteen-year-old Albert considers his younger sister a pest, but things change when they travel with their mother and uncle aboard the "Titanic" and are caught up in its tragic sinking. | 163 |
| 4.3 | Traitor Among Us, A | Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth | 4 | In occupied Holland in 1944, thirteen-year-old Pieter becomes increasingly involved in the work of the Dutch Resistance even though he knows the risk of being discovered by the Nazi informer who lives in his village. | 131 |
| 4.3 | TV Kid, The | Byars, Betsy | 3 | Television is Lennie's only escape from loneliness and boredom, until a snake bite jolts him into reality. | 123 |
| 4.3 | Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats, The | Gollub, Matthew | 0.5 | The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on their butcher. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Understanding Buddy | Kornblatt, Marc | 2 | When a new classmate stops speaking because of the sudden death of his mother, fifth-grader Sam tries to befriend him and risks destroying his relationship with his best friend, Alex. | 113 |
| 4.3 | Walk Across the Sea | Fletcher, Susan | 5 | In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, Eliza defies the townspeople and her father to help a Chinese boy. | 214 |
| 4.3 | Well: David's Story, The | Taylor, Mildred D. | 3 | In Mississippi in the early 1900s, ten-year-old David Logan's family generously share their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence. | 92 |
| 4.3 | Wetlands (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | The book introduces some notable wetlands around the world, including the Pantanal in Brazil, the Florida Everglades, and the Kakadu National Park in Australia. | 32 |
| 4.3 | Wheel Wizards | Christopher/Hirschfeld | 3 | Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelve-year-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and find that his life is not over after all. | 120 |
| 4.3 | Wingwalker | Wells, Rosemary | 1 | During the Depression, Reuben and his out-of-work parents move from Oklahoma to Minnesota, where his father gets a job as a carnival wingwalker and Reuben has a chance to overcome his terror of flying. | 63 |
| 4.3 | Winners and Losers | Hoffius, Stephen | 5 | A sports story about rivalry and obsession between two track stars who are best friends. | 164 |
| 4.3 | Woodshed Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 5 | A double puzzle involves an old friend of Aunt Jane's, romance, discovering the truth behind rumors about the house Grandfather and Aunt Jane lived in as children. | 159 |
| 4.3 | Wretched Stone, The | Van Allsburg, Chris | 0.5 | A strange glowing stone picked up on a sea voyage captivates a ship's crew and has a terrible transforming effect on them. | 27 |
| 4.3 | Wyoming (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Equality State. | 59 |
| 4.3 | Zach's Lie | Smith, Roland | 7 | When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program. However, the drug cartel is determined to track them down. | 211 |
| 4.3 | Zlata's Diary | Filipovic, Zlata | 5 | A young girl's diary records the destruction of her city during the war in Yugoslavia. | 200 |
| 4.4 | 13th Floor: A Ghost Story, The | Fleischman, Sid | 4 | When his older sister disappears, Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth-century pirate ship captained by a distant relative. | 131 |
| 4.4 | 26 Fairmount Avenue | De Paola, Tomie | 1 | Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy. | 58 |
| 4.4 | Abbie Against the Storm | Vaughan, Marcia | 0.5 | This is a fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a seventeen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856. | 30 |
| 4.4 | American Indian Festivals (A True Book) | Miller, Jay | 0.5 | Briefly describes some of the customs and practices related to festivals celebrated in various North American Indian cultures. | 48 |
| 4.4 | American Indian Games (A True Book) | Miller, Jay | 0.5 | Briefly describes some of the toys and games used by various North American Indian cultures to amuse their children and teach lessons about life. | 48 |
| 4.4 | Ancient Romans (History Starts Here!), The | Ganeri, Anita | 0.5 | This book introduces the history, culture, and people of ancient Rome and examines its many contributions to Western society. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Arizona (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the geography, history, industries, notable sights, and famous people of the Grand Canyon State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Arkansas (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | Discusses the geography, history, industries, and famous people of Arkansas. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Aztecs (History Starts Here!), The | Ganeri, Anita | 0.5 | This book describes the history and civilization of the Aztecs, covering such aspects as religion, art, culture, medicine, and technology. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Backyard Dragon | Sterman, Betsy/Samuel | 5 | Owen finds a dragon in his backyard, but no one believes him. | 189 |
| 4.4 | Battle for the Castle, The | Winthrop, Elizabeth | 6 | Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return through the toy castle in his attic to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of evil. | 211 |
| 4.4 | Behind the Bedroom Wall | Williams, Laura E. | 4 | Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall. | 169 |
| 4.4 | Belle Prater's Boy | White, Ruth | 5 | Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance. When Woodrow finally reveals a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand. | 196 |
| 4.4 | Berenstain Bear Scouts in Giant Bat Cave, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | Ralph Ripoff wants to turn the cave, home to Bear Country's bats, into an underground theme park! | 96 |
| 4.4 | Berenstain Bear Scouts Meet Bigpaw, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | The grown-ups of Bear Country want to attack Bigpaw, but is he really dangerous? | 96 |
| 4.4 | Berenstain Bears and the Drug Free Zone, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | Brother and Sister Bear just say no to drugs. | 102 |
| 4.4 | Berenstain Bears and the School Scandal Sheet, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1 | Frustrated by their lack of artistic freedom on the staff of the school newspaper, Brother Bear and his friends start an underground paper and discover some basic truths about freedom of the press and responsibility. | 104 |
| 4.4 | Billy Lazroe and the King of the Sea: A Tale of the Northwest | Kimmel, Eric A. | 0.5 | Billy Lazroe, a sailor from Oregon, jumps into the ocean at the command of Davy Jones and falls in love with one of Davy's daughters. | 35 |
| 4.4 | Blue Moose | Pinkwater, Daniel | 0.5 | The adventures of a talking blue moose who moves in with Mr. Breton and helps him run his restaurant on the edge of the big north woods. | 47 |
| 4.4 | Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle | Jeffers (Illus.), Susan | 0.5 | A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth and concern for its destruction. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | Dahl, Roald | 5 | Charlie Bucket and his family share a fantastic journey as they attempt to return to the Chocolate Factory. | 161 |
| 4.4 | Charlotte's Web | White, E.B. | 5 | In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider, struggle to save Wilbur the pig from being butchered. | 184 |
| 4.4 | Christmas Sonata, A | Paulsen, Gary | 1 | A young boy, who no longer believes in Santa Claus, and his mother spend the holiday in Minnesota with his cousin who is dying. A Christmas miracle restores both children's faith in the spirit of the season. | 76 |
| 4.4 | Claudia and the Great Search | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Claudia is sure that she was adopted and sets out to prove it. | 144 |
| 4.4 | Colorado (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An overview of the Centennial State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Cool Melons Turn to Frogs | Gollub, Matthew | 0.5 | A biography and introduction to the work of the Japanese haiku poet whose love for nature finds expression in the more than thirty poems included in this book. | 34 |
| 4.4 | Danny's Desert Rats | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 4 | T.R. and Danny join their friends in forming a group called the Desert Rats, and their major mission for the summer is helping Paul keep his beloved cat despite their town house development's rule against pets. | 134 |
| 4.4 | Delaware (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the First State, its geography, history, places to visit, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon | Adler, C.S. | 4 | A sixth-grader with cerebral palsy becomes the owner of a brass dragon, which helps him out in some of the battles he faces due to his handicap. | 144 |
| 4.4 | Edith Herself | Howard, Ellen | 3 | Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures. | 131 |
| 4.4 | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | This text offers ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computer-like brain. | 91 |
| 4.4 | Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Encyclopedia Brown solves ten more mysteries, including the cases of a ghost who whistles and an Idaville boy who has literally lost his marbles. | 112 |
| 4.4 | Esio Trot | Dahl, Roald | 1 | Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. | 62 |
| 4.4 | Fever, 1793 | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 7 | In 1793 Philadelphia, fourteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. | 251 |
| 4.4 | Fifth Grade: Here Comes Trouble | McKenna, Colleen O'Shaughnessy | 3 | Unlike the other girls in her class, Collette Murphy becomes worried and embarrassed when she is invited to her first boy/girl party. | 137 |
| 4.4 | Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary | Gregory, Kristiana | 2 | A young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776. | 103 |
| 4.4 | For Biddle's Sake | Levine, Gail Carson | 2 | In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's PUDDOCKY, a young maiden, who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy, relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage. | 104 |
| 4.4 | Forests and Woodlands (World Habitats) | Pipes, Rose | 0.5 | The book introduces some notable forests and woodlands around the world, including the taiga in Russia, the eucalyptus woodlands in Australia, and the mangrove forests of Central and South America. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Freaky Friday | Rodgers, Mary | 4 | A day of revelations and fresh insights as Annabel Andrews, thirteen, wakes up to discover she has turned into her mother. | 145 |
| 4.4 | From Miss Ida's Porch | Belton, Sandra | 1 | In the evening, the residents of Church Street gather on Miss Ida's porch to share memories and hear stories about events in the past, events significant to them as black people. | 37 |
| 4.4 | Glass Slippers Give You Blisters | Auch, Mary Jane | 5 | Kelly's involvement in helping design a production of her junior high school's drama club, spurred on by encouragement from her artistic grandmother, helps her discover her own artistic identity. | 169 |
| 4.4 | Go Fish | Stolz, Mary | 1 | After spending the day fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with Grandfather, eight-year-old Thomas has a quiet evening on the porch hearing more about his African heritage. | 73 |
| 4.4 | Going Home | Mohr, Nicholasa | 6 | Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted. | 192 |
| 4.4 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Brett, Jan | 0.5 | Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. | 30 |
| 4.4 | Good Master, The | Seredy, Kate | 5 | Two cousins spend an adventurous year on a ranch in the Hungarian plains. | 196 |
| 4.4 | Great Good Thing, The | Townley, Roderick | 4 | Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the characters' mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened. | 216 |
| 4.4 | Guinea Pig in the Garage | Baglio, Ben M. | 3 | When Mandy asks Rachel Farmer to look after a neighbor's guinea pigs, Rachel is thrilled. When Rachel loses one of the babies, she is worried she will never be allowed to have a pet of her own. | 125 |
| 4.4 | Halloween Joker, The | Capeci, Anne | 6 | With the whole town preparing for a Halloween party, a practical joker is targeting kids and the jokes are getting out of hand. Wishbone and his friends are on the case, determined to stop the joker before he or she strikes again. | 255 |
| 4.4 | Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster | Clifford, Eth | 3 | When Harvey's cousin brings a snake to his house for the weekend, Harvey knows he's headed for disaster. | 108 |
| 4.4 | Home to the Prairie | Tedrow, T.L. | 7 | Laura and Pa Ingalls drive out to find their original little house on the prairie while reminiscing about their lives. | 222 |
| 4.4 | Homecoming | Voigt, Cynthia | 16 | Young Dicey fights to keep her brothers and sister together and out of foster homes. | 402 |
| 4.4 | I Am Regina | Keehn, Sally M. | 8 | In 1755, as the French and Indian War begins, ten-year-old Regina is kidnapped by Indians in western Pennsylvania, and she must struggle to hold onto memories of her earlier life as she grows up as an Indian. | 240 |
| 4.4 | I Wonder What It's Like to Be a Grasshopper | Hovanec, Erin M. | 0.5 | This book introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of grasshoppers. | 24 |
| 4.4 | Idaho (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Gem State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Indiana (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Hoosier State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Jack, the Seal and the Sea | Fink, Joanne | 0.5 | Jack spends his days sailing the seas and taking in nets full of half-dead fish, ignoring the polluted condition of the water, until he finds an ailing seal and receives a message from the sea itself about its sorry state. | 26 |
| 4.4 | Jessi and the Dance School Phantom | Martin, Ann M. | 5 | When Jessi gets the lead in her school's latest ballet production, someone tries to sabotage her efforts. | 166 |
| 4.4 | Johnny Appleseed | Kellogg, Steven | 0.5 | Presents the life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his love of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical fortitude. | 36 |
| 4.4 | Kartusch (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | The sleepless Fuzzy Eyefulls learn that there are as many beautiful things to behold in their dreams as there are when they are awake. | 28 |
| 4.4 | Keeping Quilt (Revised Edition), The | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith. | 37 |
| 4.4 | Kneeknock Rise | Babbitt, Natalie | 2 | Egan goes to visit relatives in Instep, where he encounters an unusual moan that comes from the top of Kneeknock Rise. | 118 |
| 4.4 | Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, The | De Paola, Tomie | 0.5 | Little Gopher follows his destiny as revealed in a Dream-Vision of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to earth. | 35 |
| 4.4 | Life in the Antarctic (Antarctica) | Stone, Lynn M. | 0.5 | This book briefly describes the different types of life found in the Antarctic. | 24 |
| 4.4 | Lucky Stone, The | Clifton, Lucille | 1 | Young Tee loved to hear the stories of good-luck that accompany her grandmother's lucky stone, but she needs some good luck herself, and the stone doesn't belong to her. | 62 |
| 4.4 | M.C. Higgins, the Great | Hamilton, Virginia | 10 | Thirteen-year-old M.C. hopes his mother will be offered a recording contract so his family can leave their home before a sliding slag heap destroys it. | 278 |
| 4.4 | Maria: A Christmas Story | Taylor, Theodore | 2 | Maria Gonzaga organizes the Mexican-Americans in the San Joaquin Valley to create a float for the annual Christmas parade. | 84 |
| 4.4 | Mary Anne and the Great Romance | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Dawn's mother and Mary Anne's father decide to marry. | 147 |
| 4.4 | Mary Anne and Too Many Boys | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When Mary Anne and Stacey get baby-sitting jobs in Sea City, they learn very quickly there are too many boys. | 140 |
| 4.4 | Maryland (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of the Old Line State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Burton, Virginia Lee | 0.5 | Mike prefers his steam shovel to the new gas and diesel-engine contraptions and digs his way to a happy ending. | 44 |
| 4.4 | Mystery of the Screaming Clock, The | Arthur, Robert | 4 | A retired actor is missing, and the only sign of his life is the gift of a screaming alarm clock sent to a friend. The Three Investigators take the case. | 177 |
| 4.4 | Netherlands (First Reports) | De Capua, Sarah E. | 0.5 | This book introduces the geography, history, culture, and people of the Netherlands, a small country in northern Europe. | 48 |
| 4.4 | Nevada (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the "Silver State." | 62 |
| 4.4 | New Jersey (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the geography, history, industries, notable sights, and famous people of the Garden State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | North Dakota (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Flickertail State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Ohio (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the history, geography, industries, notable sights, and famous people of the Buckeye State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | One Morning in Maine | McCloskey, Robert | 0.5 | Sal loses a tooth in this story of a family which lives on an island. | 64 |
| 4.4 | Oregon (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Beaver State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Pagemaster, The | Kirschner/Contreras | 3 | Ten-year-old Richard has no use for books until he meets the Pagemaster and literature is like real life. | 94 |
| 4.4 | People in the Rain Forest | Pirotta, Saviour | 0.5 | The people who live in the rain forests around the world, how they hunt, farm, their religions, festivals, food and medicine are described. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 5 | A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her. | 166 |
| 4.4 | Racing the Sun | Pitts, Paul | 5 | When twelve-year-old Brandon's Navajo grandfather comes to live with him, Brandon is forced to consider his heritage and his father's rejection of the old ways. | 148 |
| 4.4 | Red Dog | Wallace, Bill | 5 | Lost in the wilderness, Adam and the red pup face the greatest danger of their lives. | 167 |
| 4.4 | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | Kipling/Pinkney | 1 | A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big cobras who live in the garden. | 46 |
| 4.4 | Santa's Snow Cat | Stainton, Sue | 0.5 | Santa and his favorite cat search for each other after she falls out of his sleigh and lands in New York City on Christmas Eve. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Scrambled Eggs Super! | Seuss, Dr. | 0.5 | Tired of scrambled eggs always tasting the same, Peter T. Hooper goes on a great egg hunt for his new recipe. | 52 |
| 4.4 | See You Around, Sam! | Lowry, Lois | 3 | Sam Krupnik decides to run away to Alaska because his mother will not let him wear his plastic fangs in the house. | 113 |
| 4.4 | Seven Brave Women | Hearne, Betsy | 0.5 | A young girl recounts the brave exploits of her female ancestors, including her great-great-great-grandmother who came to America in a wooden sailboat. | 16 |
| 4.4 | Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 4 | When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner. The owner is a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. | 144 |
| 4.4 | Shiniest Rock of All, The | Patterson, Nancy Ruth | 2 | Fourth-grader Robert Morris Reynolds, who cannot say his name properly because he has trouble pronouncing his Rs, works hard with a speech therapist to overcome his problem. | 72 |
| 4.4 | Snowflake Bentley | Martin, Jacqueline Briggs | 0.5 | William Bentley discovers a way to photograph snowflakes. | 28 |
| 4.4 | So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl | Denenberg, Barry | 3 | In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family. | 164 |
| 4.4 | Somewhere in the Darkness | Myers, Walter Dean | 6 | A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be a time of discovery, often painful, for them both. | 168 |
| 4.4 | Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story | San Souci, Robert D. | 0.5 | This is the Native American version of Cinderella. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Soup | Peck, Robert Newton | 2 | Rural Vermont during the 1920s is the setting of this nostalgic account of episodes in the lives of young Rob Peck and his pal, Soup. | 96 |
| 4.4 | Soup's Hoop | Peck, Robert Newton | 3 | Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap. | 130 |
| 4.4 | Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth, The | Musgrove, Margaret | 0.5 | It is said that long ago, a beautiful spider created a web so intricate and magnificent that the weavers of Ghana still tell the story. This is the legend of that master spider weaver and the remarkable gift she gave to people everywhere. | 34 |
| 4.4 | Spying on Miss Muller | Bunting, Eve | 6 | At Alveara boarding school in Belfast at the start of World War II, thirteen-year-old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's drinking problem. | 179 |
| 4.4 | Star in the Storm | Harlow, Joan Hiatt | 4 | In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non-sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by keeping him hidden. | 150 |
| 4.4 | Stargone John | McKenzie, Ellen | 2 | Six-year-old John, emotionally withdrawn and resistant to traditional teaching methods, experiences ridicule and punishment until an old retired teacher reaches out from her blindness to share with him the world of reading and writing. | 67 |
| 4.4 | Story of Ruby Bridges, The | Coles, Robert | 0.5 | For months, six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of segregationists when she becomes the first African-American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. | 22 |
| 4.4 | Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The | Potter, Beatrix | 0.5 | Peter's cousin Benjamin helps Peter get his clothes back from Mr. McGregor. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Tennessee (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introducing the history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people of the Volunteer State. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Texas (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Introduces the geography, climate, history, industries, prominent cities, and famous people of Texas. | 59 |
| 4.4 | Toad for Tuesday, A | Erickson, Russell | 1 | Can Warton persuade a hungry owl not to eat him for dinner? | 64 |
| 4.4 | Tundra (Biomes) | Nelson, Julie | 0.5 | This book explains how tundra biomes are formed, how plants and animals adapt to a tundra, and how the tundra relates to other biomes. | 32 |
| 4.4 | Twits, The | Dahl, Roald | 1 | Meet Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the world's most horrible couple, who just love to be mean. | 76 |
| 4.4 | Two Kinds of Patriots | Bledsoe, Lucy Jane | 1 | Hank Roberts and Samuel Dunford are cousins as well as fellow soldiers in Washington's army. Neither is aware of the traitor in their midst. | 68 |
| 4.4 | Vermont (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of Vermont. | 59 |
| 4.4 | What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks, & Chopsticks | Lauber, Patricia | 0.5 | This book describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners. | 28 |
| 4.4 | Wheedle on the Needle (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | The Wheedle and the citizens of Seattle reap the benefits of compromise and ingenuity. | 28 |
| 4.4 | Wish Giver, The | Brittain, Bill | 4 | When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way. | 181 |
| 4.4 | Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies, The | Forest, Heather | 0.5 | Asked to make a cake for the fairies, a clever bakerwoman must figure out a way to prevent the fairies from wanting to keep her with them always to bake delicious cakes. | 26 |
| 4.5 | After the Goat Man | Byars, Betsy | 3 | Impending highway construction force Figgy and his grandfather to leave their home in the woods, but Figgy's grandfather, the "Goat Man," rejects city life and returns to the woods. | 126 |
| 4.5 | Alice in April | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 5 | Alice's attempts to take care of her family and their home are disasters, but she learns a lot from her failures. | 164 |
| 4.5 | All About Frogs | Arnosky, Jim | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to frogs. | 26 |
| 4.5 | Anastasia Krupnik | Lowry, Lois | 3 | For ten-year-old Anastasia, life is full of problems like teachers, boys, a grandmother who does not remember her name, and the arrival of a new baby brother. | 113 |
| 4.5 | Anastasia's Chosen Career | Lowry, Lois | 4 | Thirteen-year-old Anastasia acquires poise and self-confidence, a new friend, and advice on becoming a bookstore owner when she commutes to Boston to take a modeling course. | 142 |
| 4.5 | Ancient Greeks (History Starts Here!), The | Malam, John | 0.5 | This book introduces the history, culture, and people of ancient Greece and examines its many contributions to the development of Western society. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Andalite Chronicles, The | Applegate, K.A. | 9 | His name is Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul, an Andalite war-prince. The one who gave five young humans the ability to morph into any animal they touch. | 326 |
| 4.5 | At the Sound of the Beep | Sachs, Marilyn | 5 | Distraught at the thought of their parents divorcing, a brother and sister run away from home and take up residence in Golden Gate Park, where they encounter many homeless people and hear there is a murderer loose among them. | 154 |
| 4.5 | Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore), The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear create Earthsavers Club to deal with pollution in Bear Country. | 29 |
| 4.5 | Beware of the Storybook Wolves | Child, Lauren | 0.5 | Herb loves Mom to read scary stories to him at bedtime as long as the books are taken out of his room at night. One night Mom forgets, the book stays open on the bedside table, and the storybook wolves come around for a most unwanted visit. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Boys at Work | Soto, Gary | 3 | Rudy Herrera is in major trouble when he accidentally breaks an expensive Discman belonging to a neighborhood tough guy. | 134 |
| 4.5 | Cages | Kehret, Peg | 5 | After losing an acting role and fighting with her alcoholic stepfather, Kit is arrested for shoplifting and ordered to work as part of her sentence at an animal shelter. | 150 |
| 4.5 | Case of the Baker Street Irregular, The | Newman, Robert | 6 | When Andrew's guardian is kidnapped, he turns to a girl named Screamer and Sherlock Holmes. | 216 |
| 4.5 | Catundra (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Through exercise and a healthy diet, fat cat Catundra becomes a trim and terrific tabby. | 28 |
| 4.5 | Cinder Edna | Jackson, Ellen | 0.5 | Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live with cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, have different approaches to life; and, although each ends up with the prince of her dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other. | 29 |
| 4.5 | Connecticut (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An overview of the Constitution State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, The | Heyward, Du Bose | 0.5 | All the other rabbits scoff when Country Bunny claims to be the Easter Bunny, but she shows them. | 42 |
| 4.5 | Dear Dr. King | Colbert/Harms | 1 | This book is a collection of letters written from children to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 63 |
| 4.5 | Decision, The | Applegate, K.A. | 4 | When Ax and the Animorphs decide to morph mosquitoes, they end up stuck in Zero-space with no oxygen. | 168 |
| 4.5 | Dog at the Door | Baglio, Ben M. | 4 | Mandy finds a distressed golden retriever tied up outside Animal Ark with no sign of her owner. The dog is expecting puppies, and it doesn't look like there's long to wait! | 145 |
| 4.5 | Dracula and Other Vampire Stories | Kudalis, Eric | 0.5 | The vampire Dracula pursues his hunger for human blood, both in Transylvania and London. Includes information about vampire stories in books and films and the historical background of Dracula. | 48 |
| 4.5 | Dragonfly's Tale | Rodanas, Kristina | 0.5 | After a poor harvest, two children regain the Corn Maidens' blessings for their people with the aid of a cornstalk toy, the dragonfly. | 29 |
| 4.5 | Earth (Solar System) | Sorensen, Lynda | 0.5 | Describes the physical nature, land section, layers, and lifeforms of the Earth. | 24 |
| 4.5 | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints | Sobol, Donald J. | 1 | Ten all-new mysteries from the world's greatest boy sleuth's casebooks with solutions. | 91 |
| 4.5 | Felicity Saves the Day | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice. Ben needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots. | 67 |
| 4.5 | Football Fugitive | Christopher, Matt | 2 | Representing a pro football player whom his son admires brings a lawyer closer to his young son. | 119 |
| 4.5 | Ghost of Lost Island, The | Murrow, Liza Ketchum | 5 | While helping his grandfather herd and shear his flock of sheep on a small island off the coast of Maine, twelve-year-old Gabe encounters a mysterious woman who may be the ghost of a drowned milkmaid. | 162 |
| 4.5 | Goblins in the Castle | Coville, Bruce | 5 | William uncovers the secret of the castle where he grew up. | 164 |
| 4.5 | Great Turkey Walk, The | Karr, Kathleen | 6 | In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit. | 199 |
| 4.5 | Groundhog Day (The Library of Holidays) | Margaret, Amy | 0.5 | This book explains the origins of Groundhog Day and how people celebrate this holiday. | 24 |
| 4.5 | Half-Mile Hat, The | Lodge, Bernard | 0.5 | When a fierce wind blows away a shepherd boy's cap, he not only manages to get it back, but also wins the hand of the Princess Yolanda and outwits the giant with the half-mile wide hat. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Harriet the Spy | Fitzhugh, Louise | 8 | Harriet's notebook of her feelings about classmates and neighbors is found by her classmates. | 298 |
| 4.5 | How to Get Fabulously Rich | Rockwell, Thomas | 3 | After Billy wins $410,000 in the lottery, his friends claim that he owes them a share for helping him play, creating a tangle of lies, memory, and money. | 134 |
| 4.5 | How We Saw the World: Nine Native Stories of the Way Things Began | Taylor, C.J. | 1 | Native American creation myths retold in nine stories. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Huge Harold | Peet, Bill | 0.5 | Harold the rabbit grows to such proportions that he gets to do something no other rabbit has done. | 46 |
| 4.5 | I Am the Ice Worm | Easley, MaryAnn | 4 | While traveling to visit her mother in the Arctic, a California girl learns the meaning of hardship and survival when she is taken in by an Inupiat family. | 127 |
| 4.5 | Invasion of the Mind Swappers from Asteroid 6! | Howe, James | 1 | In his new book, Howie, the wire-haired dachshund, writes all about how the Mind Swappers from Asteroid 6 invade Earth and how he and his friend Delilah save the day. | 89 |
| 4.5 | Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story | Drucker, Malka | 3 | A powerful Holocaust story based on real events about a Jewish boy rescued from Nazis. | 117 |
| 4.5 | Jaguar | Smith, Roland | 8 | While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River, Jacob must contend with dangerous animals and fortune-hunters. | 247 |
| 4.5 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth | Konigsburg, E.L. | 3 | Lonely Elizabeth decides to be an apprentice witch to Jennifer, and that's when the fun starts. | 117 |
| 4.5 | Josefina Learns a Lesson | Tripp, Valerie | 2 | Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write as well as other changes their Tia Delores is bringing to the household. | 67 |
| 4.5 | Just Call Me Stupid | Birdseye, Tom | 5 | A teacher and a classmate help a troubled boy learn how to read. | 181 |
| 4.5 | Kentucky (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An overview of the Bluegrass State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Kristy and the Baby Parade | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The Club decides to enter a float covered with babies in a parade. | 137 |
| 4.5 | Lila's Secret Valentine | Pascal/Suzanne | 5 | Lila invents a boyfriend for Valentine's Day. A Sweet Valley Twins Super Edition book. | 181 |
| 4.5 | Love That Dog | Creech, Sharon | 1 | A young student surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem. | 86 |
| 4.5 | Lowriders (Wild Rides!) | Parr, Danny | 0.5 | This book discusses these customized vehicles, their history, parts, and the artwork with which owners decorate them. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird | Little, Jean | 8 | When Jeremy meets Tess, he learns to come to terms with his father's imminent death, as he discovers the gifts his father will leave behind forever. | 213 |
| 4.5 | Many Moons | Thurber, James | 0.5 | Story of a princess who wears the moon like a necklace. | 30 |
| 4.5 | Midnight Fridge, The | Glassman, Bruce S. | 0.5 | Late one night, all the foods in the refrigerator start arguing about which one is the best. | 30 |
| 4.5 | Mississippi (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Magnolia State. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Moons (Our Universe) | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | The book examines the characteristics of some of the moons in our solar system. | 48 |
| 4.5 | Mountain that Loved a Bird, The | McLerran, Alice | 0.5 | A beautiful bird brings life to a lonely, barren mountain. | 21 |
| 4.5 | Muggie Maggie | Cleary, Beverly | 1 | Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her. | 70 |
| 4.5 | My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me | Yolen, Jane | 0.5 | This book provides a look at the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, as seen through the eyes of their younger sister, Katharine, who provided support and encouragement while they worked on their many inventions. | 32 |
| 4.5 | My Name is Sus5an Smith. The 5 is Silent. | Plummer, Louise | 9 | After years spent idolizing and championing her long-absent and much-reviled Uncle Willy, 17-year-old Susan, a promising artist, meets him by chance in Boston and determines against all advice to prove her love and devotion. | 217 |
| 4.5 | Next Spring an Oriole | Whelan, Gloria | 1 | In 1837 ten-year-old Libby and her parents journey by covered wagon to the Michigan frontier, where they make themselves a new home near friendly Indians and other pioneers. | 60 |
| 4.5 | No Jumping on the Bed! | Arnold, Tedd | 0.5 | Walter's father told him no more jumping on the bed, and Walter finds out why. | 26 |
| 4.5 | Number the Stars | Lowry, Lois | 4 | In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. | 137 |
| 4.5 | On the Far Side of the Mountain | George, Jean Craighead | 6 | Sam's peaceful existence in his wilderness home is disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. | 170 |
| 4.5 | Onion John | Krumgold, Joseph | 8 | An old man teaches his young friends the value of friendship. | 248 |
| 4.5 | Only One Woof | Herriot, James | 0.5 | Gyp, a cheerful but always silent sheep dog, startles everyone with uncharacteristic behavior during the championship sheep dog trials. | 31 |
| 4.5 | Ox-Cart Man | Hall, Donald | 0.5 | Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth century New England family throughout the changing seasons. | 37 |
| 4.5 | P.S. Longer Letter Later | Danziger/Martin | 5 | Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara's family moves to another state. | 234 |
| 4.5 | Poppy | Avi | 4 | A brave young mouse challenges the owl that rules over the territory and saves her family from starvation. | 147 |
| 4.5 | Rattlebang Picnic, The | Mahy, Margaret | 0.5 | The McTavishes, their seven children, and Granny McTavish take their old rattlebang of a car on a picnic up Mt. Fogg and have an exciting adventure. | 29 |
| 4.5 | Riding Freedom | Ryan, Pam Muñs, their seven children, and Granny McTavish take their old rattlebang of a car on a picnic up Mt. Fogg and have an exciting adventure. | 3 | Charlotte (Charley) Parkhurst runs away from an orphanage, poses as a boy, moves to California, and fools everyone by her appearance. | 138 |
| 4.5 | Sasquatch | Smith, Roland | 5 | In an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters, thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes of Mount Saint Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption. | 188 |
| 4.5 | Seven Silly Eaters, The | Hoberman, Mary Ann | 0.5 | Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother. | 38 |
| 4.5 | Someone Was Watching | Patneaude, David | 6 | Chris has a hard time adjusting to his younger sister's disappearance and decides to seek out her kidnappers. | 220 |
| 4.5 | Sophie in the Saddle | King-Smith, Dick | 1 | Sophie, who wants to be a lady farmer, gets a dog, goes on a holiday to the seaside, and has her first ride on a pony. | 92 |
| 4.5 | SOS Titanic | Bunting, Eve | 6 | Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to America on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink. | 243 |
| 4.5 | South Dakota (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of South Dakota. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag | Thomson, Sarah L. | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to the history of the American flag, from colonial times to the present. | 32 |
| 4.5 | Steal Away | Armstrong, Jennifer | 6 | In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story 41 years later to two similar young girls. | 206 |
| 4.5 | Stray, The | King-Smith, Dick | 3 | When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents, who welcome her into their family. | 139 |
| 4.5 | Summer in the South, A | Marshall, James | 2 | A great detective, Eleanor Owl, is drawn into a mystery while vacationing at a beachside hotel. | 97 |
| 4.5 | Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story | Hahn, Mary Downing | 6 | When Drew goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, he is drawn 80 years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle, a boy who is deathly ill with diphtheria. | 165 |
| 4.5 | Treasure of Skeleton Reef, The | Strickland/Fuller | 5 | Joe and Wishbone are on hand to help restore an old building. | 139 |
| 4.5 | Truth Is a Bright Star | Price, Joan | 6 | Understanding and finally friendship develop between a Hopi Indian boy and the fur trapper who bought him from Spanish soldiers in 1832. | 150 |
| 4.5 | Two Princesses of Bamarre, The | Levine, Gail Carson | 8 | With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from Gray Death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure. | 241 |
| 4.5 | Ugly Duckling, The | Andersen/Pinkney | 0.5 | An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. | 30 |
| 4.5 | Utah (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An overview of the Beehive State, introducing its history, geography, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Virginia (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of Virginia. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Visit to William Blake's Inn, A | Willard, Nancy | 0.5 | A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn. | 30 |
| 4.5 | Washington (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Evergreen State. | 59 |
| 4.5 | Welcome Comfort | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend, the school custodian, that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve. | 32 |
| 4.5 | West Virginia (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | An introduction to the history, geography, famous people, and interesting sites of the Mountain State. | 59 |
| 4.5 | When Zachary Beaver Came to Town | Holt, Kimberly Willis | 6 | During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend, Cal, meet the star of the sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. | 227 |
| 4.5 | Which Way Freedom? | Hansen, Joyce | 5 | Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment, and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. | 120 |
| 4.5 | Windchaser | Ciencin, Scott | 4 | Raymond and Hugh help a wounded dinosaur in this prehistoric fantasy. | 148 |
| 4.5 | Word Eater, The | Amato, Mary | 4 | Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school. | 151 |
| 4.5 | Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, The | Sobol, Donald J. | 3 | A lively account of an exciting chapter in the history of flying by the author of the Encyclopedia Brown books. | 128 |
| 4.5 | Wringer | Spinelli, Jerry | 5 | As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. | 228 |
| 4.5 | Year Down Yonder, A | Peck, Richard | 4 | During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman. | 130 |
| 4.5 | Year of Miss Agnes, The | Hill, Kirkpatrick | 3 | Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athabascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher. | 115 |
| 4.5 | Zella, Zack, and Zodiac | Peet, Bill | 0.5 | Zella the zebra helps Zack the ostrich when he is young and helpless; and when he grows up, Zack returns the favor by saving Zella's young offspring from a lion. | 32 |
| 4.6 | 4B Goes Wild | Gilson, Jamie | 4 | Fourth-graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience frights and delights. | 147 |
| 4.6 | Adaline Falling Star | Osborne, Mary Pope | 4 | After her mother dies, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father, the famous scout Kit Carson, explores the West. | 170 |
| 4.6 | Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The | Hurwitz, Johanna | 2 | Eight-year-old David Bernstein's life changes drastically when he changes his name to Ali Baba, after seeing 17 listings for his name in the New York phone book. | 82 |
| 4.6 | Amber Cat, The | McKay, Hilary | 4 | While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl. | 134 |
| 4.6 | Anastasia at This Address | Lowry, Lois | 4 | Ready for romance, thirteen-year-old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend's wedding. | 129 |
| 4.6 | Ancient Egyptians (History Starts Here!), The | Shuter, Jane | 0.5 | This book examines many different aspects of ancient Egyptian society, including religion, leisure, medicine, art, and technology. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Angelina on Stage | Holabird, Katharine | 0.5 | Cousin Henry gets all the attention in the grown-up musical, and Angelina becomes jealous. | 26 |
| 4.6 | Animal, the Vegetable and John D Jones, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | Clara and Deanie can't stand John D. Jones, the son of their divorced father's girlfriend. The feeling is mutual, and John D. dubs the girls the Animal and the Vegetable. It takes a near tragedy to bring them together. | 150 |
| 4.6 | Attaboy, Sam! | Lowry, Lois | 3 | Sam is able to help his sister Anastasia with the poem she is writing for their mother's birthday, but his own efforts to create a special perfume are disastrous. | 116 |
| 4.6 | Beany and the Dreaded Wedding | Wojciechowski, Susan | 2 | Beany loves her cousin, Amy, but is worried about something going wrong if she agrees to be the flower girl in Amy's wedding. | 127 |
| 4.6 | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Nichol, Barbara | 1 | The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration. | 40 |
| 4.6 | Blossoms and the Green Phantom, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | While Junior puts the finishing touches on his new invention, the Green Phantom, his grandfather disappears. | 146 |
| 4.6 | Blue-Eyed Daisy, A | Rylant, Cynthia | 2 | Twelve-year-old Ellie wonders if her age is hard for everyone as she deals with growing up, her father's drinking, and her sisters' infatuation with boys. | 99 |
| 4.6 | Bone Collector, The | Deaver, Jeffrey | 17 | Lincoln Rhyme is dragged into the case of a diabolical killer known as the Bone Collector, who is stalking prey on the streets of New York City. | 423 |
| 4.6 | Boys Start the War, The | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 4 | A rollicking family feud escalates into a war of wits and pranks. | 133 |
| 4.6 | Brave Margaret | San Souci, Robert D. | 0.5 | In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant. | 36 |
| 4.6 | Bridge to Terabithia | Paterson, Katherine | 5 | The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer, who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. | 128 |
| 4.6 | Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain | Aardema, Verna | 0.5 | A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. | 14 |
| 4.6 | Broken Bridge | Banks, Lynne Reid | 11 | As two teenagers walked through the streets, there was an attack, and one was dead, the other left with tough choices as the only witness. | 301 |
| 4.6 | Butterfly Lion, The | Morpurgo, Michael | 2 | Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub and then is separated from the white cub when he is sent off to boarding school in England. | 128 |
| 4.6 | Captain's Command | Myers, Anna | 4 | Even as Christmas approaches and Gail longs to hear that her soldier father has not been killed in World War II, the sixth grader helps bring her handicapped uncle back to life. | 134 |
| 4.6 | Chester Cricket's New Home | Selden, George | 3 | One glorious spring day, Chester Cricket finds himself buried in rubble when two overweight picnickers sit on the old stump in which he lives. Though rescued by his friend Simon Turtle, Chester is forlorn without his own home. | 142 |
| 4.6 | Christmas Witch, The | Kellogg, Steven | 0.5 | Gloria must prove that she has what it takes to become a Christmas Witch by bringing peace to a planet occupied by two feuding factions. | 37 |
| 4.6 | Class Clown | Hurwitz, Johanna | 2 | Lucas Cott, the class clown, wants to become the perfect student but finds it hard to change his ways. | 98 |
| 4.6 | Creolécas Cott, the class clown, wants to become the perfect student but finds it hard to change his ways. | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Creole makes the other swamp kids look beyond her appearance to see her inner beauty. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Dangerous Ground | Skurzynski, Gloria | 5 | Before moving out of state, eleven-year-old Angela accompanies her beloved seventy-eight-year-old great-aunt Hil to Yellowstone National Park, where Hil's strange behavior suggests she may be losing her sanity. | 152 |
| 4.6 | Devil's Arithmetic, The | Yolen, Jane | 6 | Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage, until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. | 170 |
| 4.6 | Dog on Barkham Street, A | Stolz, Mary | 5 | For Edward Frost, getting a dog and getting rid of the bully, Martin Hastings, seem equally unlikely. | 184 |
| 4.6 | Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders | Brittain, Bill | 4 | In agreeing to make a deal with Dr. Dredd for the services of Bufu the Rainmaker, the drought-stricken town of Coven Tree enters into a devastating struggle with the forces of evil. | 179 |
| 4.6 | Dragonslayers, The | Coville, Bruce | 3 | Princess Wilhelmina slays a dragon with the help of Brian, a castle page boy. She then gains her independence and the right to rule half the kingdom. | 119 |
| 4.6 | Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top | Paulsen, Gary | 2 | To impress Melissa, Amos decides to perform on the trapeze at a visiting circus. | 84 |
| 4.6 | Earthquake Terror | Kehret, Peg | 4 | When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his sister, and their dog alive until help arrives. | 132 |
| 4.6 | Ella Enchanted | Levine, Gail Carson | 8 | In this novel based on Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given. | 229 |
| 4.6 | Eloise in Moscow | Thompson, Kay | 1 | There is hardly a creature on earth more likely to confound early cold war Soviet society than Eloise, and here she runs roughshod over guides, interpreters, spies, and everyone else whose job it is to see her safely around and out of Moscow. | 68 |
| 4.6 | Face-to-Face with the Ant: Energetic Worker | Gomel/Laird | 0.5 | This book discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and life cycles of ants. | 25 |
| 4.6 | Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife | Byrd, Robert | 0.5 | With the help of his brave and clever wife, Finn MacCoul bests the fearsome giant Cucullin. | 30 |
| 4.6 | Flip-Flop Girl | Paterson, Katherine | 5 | A nine-year-old girl comes to terms with death and shattered dreams after her father's illness. | 120 |
| 4.6 | Forests (Biomes) | Nelson, Julie | 0.5 | This book explains how forest biomes are formed, how plants and animals adapt in the forest, and how the forest relates to other biomes. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Fortune-Tellers, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 0.5 | A carpenter goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way. | 27 |
| 4.6 | Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman | Ferris, Jeri | 1 | A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad. | 53 |
| 4.6 | Gold Dust | Lynch, Chris | 7 | In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school. He is hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school. | 196 |
| 4.6 | Great Gilly Hopkins, The | Paterson, Katherine | 5 | An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly. | 148 |
| 4.6 | Harper & Moon | Ross, Ramon | 6 | Although twelve-year-old Harper has always liked Moon, an abused, orphaned older boy, their friendship is tested by a discovery Harper makes when Moon joins the army in 1943. | 181 |
| 4.6 | Henry and Beezus | Cleary, Beverly | 4 | Accompanied by friend Beezus, bubble-gum tycoon Henry schemes to get a bike of his own. | 192 |
| 4.6 | Henry and Ribsy | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | Henry Huggins and his dog, Ribsy, go fishing and end up as wet as the huge salmon they try to catch. | 192 |
| 4.6 | Hidden, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3 | The Yeerks have discovered and repaired a damaged Helmacron ship. They know of its morph-seeking capabilities, and they plan to use the ship to capture the "Andalite bandits." | 121 |
| 4.6 | Hog Music | Helldorfer, M. C. | 0.5 | Travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois. | 29 |
| 4.6 | Holes | Sachar, Louis | 7 | As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert. | 233 |
| 4.6 | Holiday Mischief | Pascal/Suzanne | 4 | On a trip to Washington, D.C., Elizabeth and Jessica come up with a plan to reunite their friend Anna with her long-lost sister Leslie. A Super Edition. | 133 |
| 4.6 | Horseshoe | Bryant, Bonnie | 4 | The Saddle Club decides to set up a fortune-telling stand to raise money for the animal shelter. | 133 |
| 4.6 | House in the Snow, The | Engh, M.J. | 4 | Benjamin and Mackie try to help seven boys that have been kidnapped and held inside a haunted house by invisible robbers who appear to have invisible powers. | 132 |
| 4.6 | House on Hackman's Hill, The | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 4 | Jeff and Debbie make their way to the old Hackman mansion to look for a stolen Egyptian mummy that old Mr. Karsten has told them about--and for which they could get a $10,000 reward. They are soon trapped in the house with a mummy that lives! | 126 |
| 4.6 | How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head | Peet, Bill | 0.5 | Although he comes from a fierce family, Droofus is a good dragon undeserving of the price the king puts on his head. | 46 |
| 4.6 | How I Saved Hanukkah | Koss, Amy Goldman | 2 | Marla, the only Jewish student in her fourth-grade class, wishes she celebrated Christmas like her best friend, Lucy, until one year when she decides to learn all about Hanukkah and to teach her family about it too. | 88 |
| 4.6 | How to Fight a Girl | Rockwell, Thomas | 2 | Joe and Alan's plan to get revenge on Billy backfires when their secret weapon, the prettiest girl in their fifth-grade class, becomes Billy's friend instead. Sequel to How to Eat Fried Worms. | 112 |
| 4.6 | I'm Not Who You Think I Am | Kehret, Peg | 4 | Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed woman who believes that Ginger is her dead daughter. | 154 |
| 4.6 | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Lord, Bette Bao | 4 | In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and makes friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers. | 169 |
| 4.6 | Indian in the Cupboard, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 6 | A young boy discovers that his magic cupboard and key can turn toys into live people and animals. | 229 |
| 4.6 | Ireland (Many Cultures, One World) | Olson, Kay Melchisedech | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to the geography, culture, and people of Ireland. Includes a map, legend, recipe, craft, and game. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Island on Bird Street, The | Orlev, Uri | 7 | During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constant life-threatening conditions. | 162 |
| 4.6 | It Came from Ohio! My Life as a Writer | Stine, R.L. | 3 | This is an autobiography of the best-selling author who reveals what he was like when he was young and what his scary life is like now. | 140 |
| 4.6 | Jennifer Murdley's Toad | Coville, Bruce | 4 | When an ordinary looking fifth-grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures. | 156 |
| 4.6 | Josefina's Surprise | Tripp, Valerie | 1 | The second Christmas after their mother has died, Josefina and her three sisters find that participating in the traditions of Las Posadas helps keep memories of Mama alive. | 60 |
| 4.6 | Journey to Nowhere | Auch, Mary Jane | 7 | In 1815, while traveling by covered wagon to settle in the wilderness of western New York, eleven-year-old Mem experiences a flood and separation from her family. | 202 |
| 4.6 | Ken Griffey Jr. (Sports Heroes) | Schaefer, A.R. | 0.5 | This book is a biography of the All-Star outfielder who, at the age of thirty, became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 400 career home runs, shortly after the Seattle Mariners traded him the Cincinnati Reds. | 48 |
| 4.6 | Kid Power Strikes Back | Pfeffer, Susan Beth | 4 | Janie is the head of Kid Power, and her hometown is hit with the worst snowstorms anyone can remember. Mr. Rotten, the senior citizen Janie got stuck with, really lives up to his name. Worst of all, a sixth-grade bully is trying to take Janie's business. | 116 |
| 4.6 | Laura Ingalls Wilder (Young at Heart) | Wheeler, Jill C. | 1 | Discusses the life and works of the woman whose many moves with her family in her childhood provided the material to create her famous "Little House" books. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Light on Hogback Hill, The | DeFelice, Cynthia | 4 | A girl befriends and learns the truth about the deformed recluse she had previously feared. | 139 |
| 4.6 | Lily's Crossing | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 5 | During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently. | 180 |
| 4.6 | Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man | Adler, David A. | 0.5 | Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Waber, Bernard | 0.5 | A lovable crocodile causes a neighborhood feud. | 48 |
| 4.6 | Middle Moffat, The | Estes, Eleanor | 6 | Jane is always in the middle of all the fun, whether it's a fast and furious card game with the oldest inhabitant of Cranbury, playing the old pump organ and blowing out moths instead of music; or losing her head in the middle of the school play. | 234 |
| 4.6 | Minikin (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Minikin, the lamb, decides not to be in such a hurry to grow up. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo, The | George, Jean Craighead | 4 | Fascinating ecological issues are raised in this story of homeless people living in the Florida Everglades. | 148 |
| 4.6 | Montana (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis/Judith | 1 | Discusses the geography, history, industries, and famous citizens of the "Treasure State." | 59 |
| 4.6 | Mother Holly | Grimm/Stewig | 0.5 | Two sisters, kind, industrious Rose and vain, lazy Blanche, experience two very different adventures when each tumbles down a well and into the magical world of Mother Holly. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Muttketeer! | Crider, Bill | 4 | Wishbone clashes with an evil official and his sinister sidekicks, who are trying to take over the French government. | 133 |
| 4.6 | My Louisiana Sky | Holt, Kimberly Willis | 5 | Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950's, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse. | 200 |
| 4.6 | My Underrated Year | Powell, Randy | 6 | The new twins at school pose threats to Roger's chances of playing varsity football and making the tennis team. | 182 |
| 4.6 | Nightmare Mountain | Kehret, Peg | 5 | Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense. | 164 |
| 4.6 | Not-Just-Anybody Family, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | A warm comedy demonstrates how both good and bad times help to unite a family, even one as strange as the unforgettable Blossom family. | 149 |
| 4.6 | Oliver Twist (Great Illustrated Classics) | Dickens/Leighton | 2 | Oliver Twist runs away to London only to fall into the clutches of a gang of thieves. Befriended by a man, Oliver ultimately learns his true identity and gains a home, a fortune, and a family. | 238 |
| 4.6 | On the Banks of Plum Creek | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 8 | After moving to Minnesota, the Ingalls family encounters a terrible blizzard and a grasshopper plague. | 339 |
| 4.6 | One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong | Brown, Don | 0.5 | Discusses the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in Ohio to his famous moon landing. | 28 |
| 4.6 | One Hundredth Thing About Caroline, The | Lowry, Lois | 4 | Caroline and her brother believe their mother's new boyfriend has a plan to eliminate them. | 150 |
| 4.6 | Only Alien on the Planet, The | Randle, Kristen D. | 8 | A young girl in a new school is drawn to a severely troubled boy. | 222 |
| 4.6 | Otis Spofford | Cleary, Beverly | 4 | Otis Spofford stirs up a little excitement, and big trouble follows. | 191 |
| 4.6 | Pacific Crossing | Soto, Gary | 4 | Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends. | 134 |
| 4.6 | Peter Pan (Great Illustrated Classics) | Barrie/Leighton | 2 | In one of the most beloved fantasy stories ever written, children learn to fly, mermaids frolic, and little lost boys find their home at last. All sorts of adventures can be had on the wonderful island of Neverland. | 238 |
| 4.6 | Plum Tree War, The | Pryor, Bonnie | 4 | When Robert's irritating cousin Harriet comes to stay for a whole school year, it's war until the quarrelsome fourth-grade cousins discover how much alike they really are. | 115 |
| 4.6 | Purebred | Bryant, Bonnie | 4 | Carole is trapped by a fierce winter blizzard. | 131 |
| 4.6 | Puss in Boots | Perrault/Arthur | 0.5 | In this version of the French fairy tale, a clever cat wins for his master a castle and the hand of a princess. | 30 |
| 4.6 | Quiltmaker's Gift, The | Brumbeau, Jeff | 0.5 | When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart. | 45 |
| 4.6 | Rapunzel | Zelinsky, Paul O. | 0.5 | The story recounts the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. | 35 |
| 4.6 | Raz-Ma-Taz (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Nobody pays attention to the smart-alec Raz-Ma-Taz, until his friends come to his rescue in a lightning storm. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Return of the Indian, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 5 | In this sequel to Indian In The Cupboard, Omri brings Little Bear to life again and begins a spellbinding adventure. | 189 |
| 4.6 | Run, Billy, Run | Christopher, Matt | 4 | When fourteen-year-old Billy joins the track team, he improves his running and other areas of his life, too. | 145 |
| 4.6 | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief | Van Draanen, Wendelin | 6 | Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her into trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery. | 163 |
| 4.6 | Scooter | Williams, Vera B. | 3 | A child's silver blue scooter helps her adjust to her new home. | 147 |
| 4.6 | Seven Candles for Kwanzaa | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | 0.5 | Describes the origins and the practices of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during which people of African descent rejoice in their ancestral values. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Shadow Spinner | Fletcher, Susan | 8 | When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life. | 217 |
| 4.6 | Sitting Ducks | Bedard, Michael | 0.5 | A sympathetic alligator befriends a lonely duck and becomes alienated from the rest of the town's alligators who think of ducks only as food. | 40 |
| 4.6 | Soccer Halfback | Christopher, Matt | 4 | A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football. | 182 |
| 4.6 | Song of the Swallows | Politi, Leo | 0.5 | Juan plants a garden for the swallows to nest in his yard, and gets his wish on St. Joseph's Day. | 30 |
| 4.6 | Soup's Drum | Peck, Robert Newton | 3 | Rob totes Soup's huge drum through the Fourth of July parade before he realizes Soup hasn't carried his share. Before the close of the celebration, Rob gets even. | 112 |
| 4.6 | Speaking to Miranda | Macdonald, Caroline | 7 | An eighteen-year-old Australian girl begins searching for clues to the identity of the mother she never knew and uncovers startling things about herself. | 251 |
| 4.6 | Sun (Our Universe), The | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | The book examines the characteristics of the sun. | 48 |
| 4.6 | Sweet Dream Pie | Wood, Audrey | 0.5 | Ma Brindle's incredibly delicious Sweet Dream Pie brings a dessert adventure to the neighborhood. | 30 |
| 4.6 | Switcharound | Lowry, Lois | 3 | Forced to spend a summer with their father and his "new" family, Caroline and P.J. are determined to get revenge in this sequel to The One Hundred Things About Caroline. | 118 |
| 4.6 | Tallahassee Higgins | Hahn, Mary Downing | 6 | When a twelve-year-old who has lived for fun goes to live with her aunt, she must learn to live by the rules. | 180 |
| 4.6 | Terror at the Zoo | Kehret, Peg | 5 | A camp-out at a deserted zoo turns scary for Corey and her little brother. | 131 |
| 4.6 | Thatcher Payne-in-the-Neck | Bates, Betty | 3 | Kib and Thatcher are long-time friends who enjoy the summers spent together at Trout Lake. They also share a sadness--Kib's mother and Thatcher's father were killed in a plane crash. Can they get their parents to marry each other? | 130 |
| 4.6 | This Island Isn't Big Enough for the Four of Us! | Greer, Gery | 4 | Peter and Scott excitedly plan a camping trip to a deserted island, only to arrive and discover that two girls with zany senses of humor are already in residence. | 151 |
| 4.6 | Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, The | Trivizas, Eugene | 0.5 | A hilarious retelling in reverse of the traditional story of the villainous monster who destroys homes. | 28 |
| 4.6 | Thunder Rolling in the Mountains | O'Dell, Scott | 4 | In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perce girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U. S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender. | 128 |
| 4.6 | Uncle Vova's Tree | Polacco, Patricia | 0.5 | In this book, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and children gather at a farm house to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition. | 32 |
| 4.6 | Wainscott Weasel, The | Seidler, Tor | 5 | The lonely weasel Bagley Brown falls in love with Bridget the fish and saves her from certain death in this animal fantasy. | 193 |
| 4.6 | Wait Till Helen Comes | Hahn, Mary Downing | 5 | Molly must put aside her feelings for her spooky step-sister, when she realizes that the girl is being influenced by a ghost. | 184 |
| 4.6 | War Between the Twins, The | Pascal/Suzanne | 3 | Jessica and her friends start a newspaper to compete with Elizabeth's. | 133 |
| 4.6 | When My Name Was Keoko | Park, Linda Sue | 8 | With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. | 199 |
| 4.6 | Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | Charles was a serious, bookish kid whose mother had sent him out to his uncle's ranch for the summer. Uncle Coot was tired and bitter. The two just had nothing in common--until an amazing colt that can fly brings them together. | 128 |
| 4.6 | Winnie-The-Pooh | Milne, A.A. | 3 | Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends delight readers with their adventurous exploits. | 161 |
| 4.6 | Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear | Namioka, Lensey | 3 | Newly arrived in Seattle from Shanghai, Yingtao is an outsider in his musical family because he's tone-deaf. | 134 |
| 4.6 | Year with Grandma Moses, The | Nikola-Lisa, W. | 0.5 | This book is a collection of paintings and memoirs by the American folk artist describing the seasons and their related activities in rural upstate New York. | 31 |
| 4.6 | Zeely | Hamilton, Virginia | 4 | Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen. | 122 |
| 4.7 | Amos & Boris | Steig, William | 0.5 | After being saved from drowning by a whale, a mouse gets a chance to repay the favor years later. | 28 |
| 4.7 | Beach Ride | Bryant, Bonnie | 4 | A pony saves Carole from drowning on a Florida vacation. | 136 |
| 4.7 | Bear Called Paddington, A | Bond, Michael | 4 | A bear from darkest Peru goes to live with a family in London. | 128 |
| 4.7 | Blue Lightning | Russell, Barbara Timberlake | 4 | When a bolt of lightning provides twelve-year-old Calvin with an out-of-body experience, he meets the spirit of the father he never knew and brings a troubled ghost named Rory back to the living. | 122 |
| 4.7 | Body Cycles (Cycles) | Ross, Michael Elsohn | 0.5 | This book discusses body cycles, how the body repairs and renews itself again and again. | 30 |
| 4.7 | Brass Button | Dragonwagon, Crescent | 0.5 | When a brass button falls off Mrs Moffatt's coat, it begins a journey around the neighborhood and eventually ends up back where it started. | 36 |
| 4.7 | Break with Charity, A | Rinaldi, Ann | 8 | While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692. | 299 |
| 4.7 | Bridges Are to Cross | Sturges, Philemon | 0.5 | This book discusses different kinds of bridges, from train bridges to fortified castle bridges, and provides an example of each. | 30 |
| 4.7 | Chocolate Touch, The | Catling, Patrick | 2 | Instead of gold, everything John Midas touched turns to precious chocolate. | 87 |
| 4.7 | Claudia and the Sad Good-bye | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | Claudia's sad farewell is to her beloved grandmother, who has been suffering the results of a stroke. | 147 |
| 4.7 | Come Sing, Jimmy Jo | Paterson, Katherine | 8 | Young James is a singing star on stage, but his offstage world is coming apart. | 178 |
| 4.7 | Corn Grows Ripe, The | Rhoads, Dorothy | 2 | A young Mayan boy struggles to support his family. | 88 |
| 4.7 | Danny, the Champion of the World | Dahl, Roald | 6 | A light-hearted tale of Danny and his Dad and the numerous brave and zany adventures they share. | 196 |
| 4.7 | Devil's Bridge | DeFelice, Cynthia | 3 | Twelve-year-old Ben must cope with the loss of his father, who died the year before, and his mother's overprotectiveness when he enters the annual Striped Bass Derby on Martha's Vineyard. | 95 |
| 4.7 | Drummer Hoff | Emberley, Barbara | 0.5 | A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off. | 26 |
| 4.7 | Extreme Machines on Land | Armentrout, Patricia | 0.5 | This book briefly describes some unusual land vehicles, such as all-terrain vehicles, Indy cars, jet cars, dragsters, tanks, and solar cars. | 24 |
| 4.7 | Fair Weather | Peck, Richard | 4 | In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe, and attend the World's Columbian Exposition. | 139 |
| 4.7 | Family Under the Bridge, The | Carlson, Natalie Savage | 3 | An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself. | 97 |
| 4.7 | Fighting Tackle | Christopher, Matt | 3 | Until his growth spurt, Terry McFee was the fastest defensive safety on the Clippers football team. But now he's lagging behind. | 147 |
| 4.7 | Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale, The | Ransome, Arthur | 1 | The fool, a peasant despised by his parents, wins the hand of the Czar's daughter after overcoming many obstacles in this story. A Caldecott Medal book. | 40 |
| 4.7 | Frightful's Mountain | George, Jean Craighead | 8 | As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans. | 258 |
| 4.7 | From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems | Alarcóellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems | 0.5 | This book is a collection of poems which celebrates the childhood memories of summer in the city. | 32 |
| 4.7 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Konigsburg, E.L. | 5 | Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from home and take up residence in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. | 162 |
| 4.7 | Gathering the Sun | Ada, Alma Flor | 0.5 | This is a book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet. | 40 |
| 4.7 | Gift Horse | Levin, Betty | 5 | Matt finds it easy to believe that his great uncle will give him a horse; caring for it after it arrives proves to be the greater challenge. | 168 |
| 4.7 | Gnome from Nome (Original Text), The | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | The gnome and an otter find that love and friendship can keep you warm. | 28 |
| 4.7 | Good Luck Pony, The | Koda-Callan, Elizabeth | 0.5 | A little girl finds the courage to ride when her mother gives her a tiny golden pony that radiates self-confidence. | 33 |
| 4.7 | Grandmother for the Orphelines, A | Carlson, Natalie | 2 | The children from the orphanage set out to find the right grandmother, but go about it the wrong way. | 91 |
| 4.7 | Hayride | Bryant, Bonnie | 4 | The Saddle Club plans a hayride for Carole's birthday. | 150 |
| 4.7 | Heaven | Johnson, Angela | 3 | Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her biological parents. | 138 |
| 4.7 | Henry Huggins | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | Third grader Henry Huggins acquires a flea-bitten but charming dog named Ribsy. | 155 |
| 4.7 | Home at Last | DeVries, David | 6 | Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn't fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father. | 151 |
| 4.7 | I Was a Sixth Grade Alien | Coville, Bruce | 4 | Tim comes upon an alien in his sixth grade class and is invited back to his embassy, where he discovers a plan to sabotage the alien mission. | 168 |
| 4.7 | In Care of Cassie Tucker | Ruckman, Ivy | 5 | When her teenage cousin moves in with her family on their Nebraska farm in 1899, eleven-year-old Cassie learns a lot, including the meaning of "heathen" and "bigot." | 166 |
| 4.7 | It's Like This, Cat | Neville, Emily Cheney | 5 | A teenage boy in New York City gets a cat instead of a dog simply to annoy his father, then begins to learn that his father is a caring human being, not just a strict parent. | 180 |
| 4.7 | John and the Fiddler | Foley, Patricia | 1 | A young boy befriends an old violin maker who teaches him the beauty of music and friendship. | 63 |
| 4.7 | Journey to America | Levitin, Sonia | 5 | Lisa and her family try to escape from Nazi Germany to join her father in America. | 150 |
| 4.7 | Journey to an 800 Number | Konigsburg, E.L. | 5 | Bo learns about kindness, love, loyalty, appearances, and pretense from the unusual characters he meets when he is sent to stay briefly with his father after his mother's second marriage. | 138 |
| 4.7 | Klutz Strikes Again, The | Young, Alida E. | 4 | All my life I've been a klutz, Megan the Klutz. But then I started getting some confidence. After a while, I even found the courage to enter a big-deal modeling competition. Can you believe it! | 158 |
| 4.7 | Last Lobo, The | Smith, Roland | 5 | When Jake, a teenager, follows his grandfather on a visit to their Hopi tribal homeland in Arizona, he finds himself fighting to save an endangered Mexican wolf. | 178 |
| 4.7 | Little Toot | Gramatky, Hardie | 0.5 | A tugboat conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly rescues an ocean liner during a storm. | 86 |
| 4.7 | Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics) | Alcott/Monfried | 2 | This is the story of the four March sisters growing up in 19th century America. Their happy family life is disturbed when their father leaves for the Civil War and by all of the changes that take place as the sisters become grown women. | 238 |
| 4.7 | Living on Other Worlds (Our Universe) | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | This book explains how humans began their queries with nothing but the naked eye, yet have advanced their searches among the stars using mathematics, science, space probes, powerful telescopes, and spacecraft. | 48 |
| 4.7 | Mallory on Strike | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | The pressures on Mallory build up to a point where she decides to stop baby-sitting. | 152 |
| 4.7 | Maniac Magee | Spinelli, Jerry | 5 | After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries. | 184 |
| 4.7 | Mean Margaret | Seidler, Tor | 4 | Will Margaret ever realize that there's more to life than being mean? | 165 |
| 4.7 | Midnight Magic | Avi | 6 | In the Kingdom of Pergamontio in 1491, Mangus the Magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of King Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost. | 247 |
| 4.7 | More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Schwartz, Alvin | 1 | Retellings of over two dozen tales about abandoned graveyards and ghastly deeds. | 80 |
| 4.7 | Morgan and Yew (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Through the example of his friend Morgan, Yew the sheep discovers that the most precious possession in life is friendship. | 24 |
| 4.7 | My Daniel | Conrad, Pam | 5 | Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their grandmother tells them stories of her brother's historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska farm. | 137 |
| 4.7 | Mystery of the Talking Skull, The | Arthur, Robert | 4 | It all started with a dollar paid at auction by Jupiter for an old trunk that once belonged to a magician, who vanished as mysteriously as one of his tricks. The trunk attracts a host of bizarre characters. | 164 |
| 4.7 | Nebulas (Our Universe) | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | Interstellar space is full of these clouds of dust and gas. This book reveals their origin and their effects. | 48 |
| 4.7 | New Hampshire (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction of the Granite State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.7 | Newfangled Fairy Tales (Book #1) | Lansky, Bruce | 3 | This collection of ten contemporary fairy tales puts a delightful new spin on classic stories and themes. | 110 |
| 4.7 | Night of the Twisters | Ruckman, Ivy | 4 | A twelve-year-old relates an account of the night that freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska. | 153 |
| 4.7 | On My Honor | Bauer, Marion Dane | 2 | A twelve-year-old boy must learn to live with his fear and grief when his swimming partner drowns. | 90 |
| 4.7 | Princess Furball | Huck, Charlotte | 0.5 | A princess in a coat of a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with her. | 40 |
| 4.7 | Return of Santa Paws, The | Edwards, Nicholas | 5 | Santa Paws, the lovable dog, is involved in a plane crash with Gregory, Patricia, and their Uncle Steve. | 168 |
| 4.7 | Rowan of Rin | Rodda, Emily | 5 | Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. | 151 |
| 4.7 | Secret of the Andes | Clark, Ann Nolan | 5 | An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors. | 120 |
| 4.7 | Serendipity (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Tiny Serendipity and her friends embark on a fantastic adventure to discover who she really is. | 28 |
| 4.7 | Serpent's Tooth Mystery, The | Dixon, Franklin W. | 4 | A poisonous plot endangers the safety of the Hardy boys' hometown. | 152 |
| 4.7 | Skull of Truth, The | Coville, Bruce | 6 | Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments. | 195 |
| 4.7 | Smugglers, The | Lawrence, Iain | 6 | In eighteenth-century England, after his father buys a schooner called the Dragon, sixteen-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme. | 183 |
| 4.7 | Soup on Ice | Peck, Robert Newton | 3 | Rob and Soup engineer an incredible appearance by Santa and his sleigh in their small Vermont town. | 112 |
| 4.7 | Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook | Martin, Ann M. | 4 | When Stacey sees a mysterious face in the window of a supposedly haunted house, she begins to believe the rumors. | 139 |
| 4.7 | Stepping on the Cracks | Hahn, Mary Downing | 8 | In 1944, while her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret gets a new view of the school bully Gordy when she finds him hiding his own brother, an army deserter, and decides to help him. | 216 |
| 4.7 | Stormy, Misty's Foal | Henry, Marguerite | 6 | A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her mother raise money to repair the damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies. | 223 |
| 4.7 | Story of Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad, Th | McMullan, Kate | 3 | A biography of the African-American woman who escaped from slavery and led other slaves to freedom on the underground railroad. | 108 |
| 4.7 | Summer I Shrank My Grandmother, The | Woodruff, Elvira | 4 | When aspiring scientist Nelly Brown uses a magic chemistry set to make her grandmother young again but is unable to stop the alteration, the 70-year-old woman becomes a baby and Nelly fears that she may shrink into nothing. | 153 |
| 4.7 | Tale of Despereaux, The | DiCamillo, Kate | 5 | This is the adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. | 267 |
| 4.7 | Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The | Potter, Beatrix | 0.5 | The story of a not-so-bright duck and the fox who befriended her. | 59 |
| 4.7 | Teacher's Pet | Hurwitz, Johanna | 3 | Nine-year-old Cricket's expectations of being, as always, the teacher's favorite student are dashed by the arrival of an unusual new girl in her fourth-grade class. | 116 |
| 4.7 | Time Cat | Alexander, Lloyd | 5 | Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history. | 206 |
| 4.7 | Toliver's Secret | Brady, Esther Wood | 4 | During the Revolutionary War, a ten-year-old girl crosses enemy lines to deliver a loaf of bread containing a message for the patriots. | 166 |
| 4.7 | Two Bad Ants | Van Allsburg, Chris | 0.5 | Superb illustrations complement a text concerning two naughty ants and a kitchen adventure. | 31 |
| 4.7 | Water Sky | George, Jean Craighead | 7 | While searching for his uncle in Barrow, Alaska, a young boy joins the crew of an Eskimo whaling captain and learns the importance of whaling to the Eskimo culture. | 208 |
| 4.7 | Weave of Words, A | San Souci, Robert D. | 0.5 | A reworking of an Armenian folktales in which a lazy prince learns to read, write, and weave his love only to have these very talents later save him from a three headed monster. | 30 |
| 4.7 | Weaving of a Dream, The | Heyer, Marilee | 0.5 | When the beautiful tapestry woven by a poor woman is stolen by fairies, her three sons set out on a magical journey to retrieve it. An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies. | 30 |
| 4.7 | Wedding Day Mystery, The | Keene, Carolyn | 4 | Danger's walking down the aisle, and Nancy has vowed to stop it. | 149 |
| 4.7 | Whatever Happened to Janie? | Cooney, Caroline B. | 7 | The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped 12 years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents. | 199 |
| 4.7 | Wheel on the School, The | De Jong, Meindert | 10 | Storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest. Lina devises a plan to bring them back. | 298 |
| 4.7 | Widow's Broom, The | Van Allsburg, Chris | 0.5 | A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous. | 28 |
| 4.7 | Wisconsin (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An overview of the Badger State, introducing its history, geography, industries, sites of interest, and famous people. | 59 |
| 4.7 | Witches, The | Dahl, Roald | 5 | In spite of everything his grandmother has taught him about witches, a young boy gets turned into a mouse but does manage to interrupt their plans. | 208 |
| 4.7 | Wrinkle in Time, A | L'Engle, Madeleine | 7 | Meg Murry and her family receive a surprise visit from an unearthly stranger out of another dimension in time. | 211 |
| 4.8 | Alabama (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | Discusses the geography, history, industries, and famous people of Alabama. | 59 |
| 4.8 | Aldo Ice Cream | Hurwitz, Johanna | 2 | Nine-year-old Aldo discovers the pleasures of doing volunteer work to help the older citizens of the community and the satisfactions of earning his first money on his own for unselfish reasons. | 124 |
| 4.8 | Aliens Ate My Homework | Coville, Bruce | 5 | Rod has enough troubles, but a tiny spaceship adds more problems to his life. | 179 |
| 4.8 | Among the Barons | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 6 | In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken. | 182 |
| 4.8 | Among the Hidden | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 5 | In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. | 152 |
| 4.8 | And Now Miguel | Krumgold, Joseph | 8 | The secret wish of Miguel Chavez, to go to the mountains with the men of his family, comes true. | 245 |
| 4.8 | Animal Babies (A True Book) | Squire, Ann O. | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to animal babies, including their behavior and physical traits. | 48 |
| 4.8 | Beezus and Ramona | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | Nine-year-old Beezus finds it difficult to love her troublesome younger sister all the time, but her mother explains why that is all right. | 159 |
| 4.8 | BFG, The | Dahl, Roald | 6 | Luckily for Sophie, the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who carries her off is nothing like his giant neighbors who are headed for England to gobble children and must be stopped. | 208 |
| 4.8 | Boy of a Thousand Faces, The | Selznick, Brian | 0.5 | Obsessed with horror films, ten-year-old Alonzo dreams of transforming himself into "The Boy of a Thousand Faces" and gets his wish in an unexpected way. | 35 |
| 4.8 | Boy Trap, The | Matson, Nancy | 3 | Girls are naturally smarter and more polite in class and Emma Adams sets out to prove it scientifically. Emma is sure her experiments will be a success, but the boys are out to prove her wrong! | 108 |
| 4.8 | Buffalo Gal | Wallace, Bill | 6 | Although she'd rather stay in San Francisco, Amanda agrees to go to Texas to save a herd of buffalo. | 185 |
| 4.8 | Bunnicula Strikes Again! | Howe, James | 3 | When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire. | 116 |
| 4.8 | Callender Papers, The | Voigt, Cynthia | 8 | In nineteenth century Massachusetts, orphan Jean, employed to sort out the family papers of a reclusive artist, becomes curious about the mysterious, long-ago death of his wife and the subsequent disappearance of their young child. | 261 |
| 4.8 | Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog, The | Erickson, John R. | 3 | Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, finds himself stranded in town and drawn into a dangerous situation involving his sister Maggie and a terrible bully named Rambo. | 116 |
| 4.8 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dahl, Roald | 5 | Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way. | 155 |
| 4.8 | Check It Out! The Book About Libraries | Gibbons, Gail | 0.5 | This book discusses what is found in the library and how different libraries serve their communities. | 31 |
| 4.8 | Christopher Columbus (In Their Own Words) | Roop, Peter/Connie | 2 | This is a biography of Christopher Columbus, using the journals he kept while traveling to the New World. | 128 |
| 4.8 | Coolies | Yin | 0.5 | A young boy hears the story of this great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves, helping to build the transcontinental railroad. | 39 |
| 4.8 | Disappearing Bike Shop, The | Woodruff, Elvira | 4 | Tyler and Freckle are amazed when they see a building rise up and disappear before their eyes. When the building reappears, they take their chances and enter Quigley's Bike Shop. | 169 |
| 4.8 | Doll in the Garden, The | Hahn, Mary Downing | 4 | After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the century world by going through a hole in the hedge. | 128 |
| 4.8 | Exhibition of Evil | Keene, Carolyn | 6 | Nancy and the Hardy Boys team up to solve two murders in Williamsburg, Virginia, where colonial America comes alive. | 216 |
| 4.8 | Florida (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the Sunshine State, its history, people, and sites of interest. | 59 |
| 4.8 | Gentle Ben | Morey, Walt | 8 | Danger and excitement as young Mark Andersen struggles to save his friend, Ben, the big brown bear. | 191 |
| 4.8 | Ghosts of Mercy Manor, The | Wright, Betty Ren | 5 | Twelve-year-old Gwen, an orphan who comes to live with the Mercy family, discovers that the house is haunted by the ghost of a sad-looking young girl and is determined to solve the mystery behind her appearances. | 172 |
| 4.8 | Good Night, Mr. Tom | Magorian, Michelle | 12 | A young boy is sent to the English countryside during World War II to avoid the horrors of war and a disturbed mother. | 318 |
| 4.8 | Harry's Mad | King-Smith, Dick | 3 | Harry's legacy from his great-uncle, a talking parrot, proves to be a much more exciting gift than he ever imagined. | 123 |
| 4.8 | Honey Makers, The | Gibbons, Gail | 0.5 | Covers the physical structure of honeybees and how they live in colonies, as well as how they produce honey and are managed by beekeepers. | 28 |
| 4.8 | Horse Sense | Bryant, Bonnie | 5 | The Saddle Club is in trouble; the girls are all too busy to spend much time on club business. | 134 |
| 4.8 | House at Pooh Corner, The | Milne, A.A. | 4 | Pooh and his friends make their escapades the funniest reading anywhere. | 180 |
| 4.8 | House of Dies Drear, The | Hamilton, Virginia | 9 | This mystery concerns an African-American boy's move to Drear House, which had once played a part in the Underground Railroad. | 279 |
| 4.8 | How It Was with Dooms | Hopcraft, Xan/Carol | 1 | This true story of a cheetah cub who comes to live with the Hopcraft family when he is separated from his mother is told in the words of a twelve-year-old boy | 64 |
| 4.8 | Ida Early Comes over the Mountain | Burch, Robert | 4 | Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression take a lively turn when spirited Ida Early arrives to keep house for the Suttons. | 145 |
| 4.8 | Ink-Keeper's Apprentice, The | Say, Allen | 7 | Master Noro will pass on more than a nickname to Kiyoi in Tokyo after World War II. His apprenticeship is an awakening, full of unusual sights, sounds, and people. | 149 |
| 4.8 | Iron Ring, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 10 | Driven by his sense of dharma or honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, with a significance greater than he can imagine during which he meets talking animals. | 280 |
| 4.8 | James and the Giant Peach | Dahl, Roald | 4 | Madcap adventures take place as young James enters a peach as big as a house and encounters wonderful new friends. | 126 |
| 4.8 | Joan of Arc | Poole, Josephine | 0.5 | This is a biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for heresy. | 30 |
| 4.8 | Key to the Indian, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 8 | In this fifth volume of <I>The Indian in the Cupboard</I> series, Omri and his father try to go back 200 years to the time of their friend, Little Bear, whose tribe is in grave danger. | 228 |
| 4.8 | Kidnapped (Great Illustrated Classics) | Stevenson/Kestel | 2 | David Balfour is tricked out of his inheritance by his greedy uncle. Betrayed and kidnapped aboard a ship, young David must endure the dangers of the high seas. He escapes to the Scottish highlands only to find himself wrongly accused of murder. | 236 |
| 4.8 | Kidnappers: A Mystery, The | Roberts, Willo Davis | 5 | No one believes eleven-year-old Joey, who has a reputation for telling tall tales, when he claims to have witnessed the kidnapping of the class bully outside their expensive private school. | 137 |
| 4.8 | Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle (Great Illustrated, The | Irving/Kelly | 3 | The folks of the valley are a superstitious lot, believing in witches and goblins and ghosts and things they can't see, as much as they believe in the real world around them. | 236 |
| 4.8 | Library Dragon, The | Deedy, Carmen Agra | 0.5 | Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller. | 28 |
| 4.8 | Little Brother | Baillie, Allan | 5 | A boy escapes from Cambodia into Thailand fleeing from the Khmer Rouge soldiers. | 144 |
| 4.8 | Mandie and the Midnight Journey | Leppard, Lois Gladys | 5 | Her mother's new baby is so disturbing to Mandie that she runs away from home to live with her Cherokee relatives. | 159 |
| 4.8 | Mandy | Edwards, Julie | 7 | Lonely for a place of her own, a ten-year-old orphan creates a secret home in a deserted cottage. | 279 |
| 4.8 | Mars (Our Universe) | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | This book explains how humans began their queries with nothing but the naked eye, yet have advanced their searches among the stars using mathematics, science, space probes, powerful telescopes, and spacecraft. | 48 |
| 4.8 | Me Two | Ryan, Mary C. | 6 | Lazy thirteen-year-old Wilf accidentally clones himself when a science experiment goes awry, and the clone proves to be more of a help than a hindrance. | 179 |
| 4.8 | Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (Our Universe) | Vogt, Gregory | 1 | This book examines the characteristics of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. | 48 |
| 4.8 | My Name Is Not Angelica | O'Dell, Scott | 4 | Relates the experiences of a young Senegalese girl brought as a slave to the Danish-owned Caribbean island of St. John, as she participates in the slave revolt of 1733-1734. | 130 |
| 4.8 | My Teacher Fried My Brains | Coville, Bruce | 4 | Bill tries to figure out which new teacher at his school is an alien in the hilarious sequel to 'My Teacher Is An Alien.' | 136 |
| 4.8 | Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure, The | Arthur, Robert | 5 | Three young detectives become involved in mysteries related to the disappearance of an ancient Japanese jeweled belt from a museum exhibit, and the strange antics of a group of gnomes around an elderly woman's house. | 152 |
| 4.8 | News About Dinosaurs, The | Lauber, Patricia | 0.5 | Over 40 illustrations, including renderings of the five newly discovered dinosaurs, are used to explain how scientists have refuted earlier assumptions about dinosaurs. | 48 |
| 4.8 | No Way Out | Ruckman, Ivy | 6 | Hiking along the Virgin River in Utah, nineteen-year-old Amy, her brother, and five friends battle a flash flood. | 212 |
| 4.8 | Noonday Friends, The | Stolz, Mary | 6 | Two young friends stop speaking to each other, even though they can't remember why they argued in the first place. This is just one more thing on top of the other problems that each has with her own family. | 182 |
| 4.8 | Nutty for President | Hughes, Dean | 4 | One look at the new kid eating in the school cafeteria, and everyone agrees-- William Bilks is a nerd. But Nutty and his friends are in for a big surprise, because William is really a genius in disguise. | 117 |
| 4.8 | One-Eyed Giant, The | Osborne, Mary Pope | 1 | When Odysseus must leave his home to fight in the Trojan War, he never imagines that he will be away from his family for so many years. | 105 |
| 4.8 | Our Only May Amelia | Holm, Jennifer L. | 7 | As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899. | 253 |
| 4.8 | Picture of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics), The | Wilde/Siegel | 3 | Dorian Gray makes an impossible wish to stay as young as the portrait of himself appears. But all of his evil deeds become etched on the portrait as well. | 240 |
| 4.8 | Plain Girl | Sorensen, Virginia | 4 | Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life. | 151 |
| 4.8 | Power of UN, The | Etchemendy, Nancy | 5 | When he is given a device that will allow him to "undo" what has happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the worst day in his life he should change in order to keep his sister from being hit by a truck. | 148 |
| 4.8 | Quentin Corn | Stolz, Mary | 4 | Quentin Corn's life on the farm goes from dull to terrifying when poor Quentin learns that he's about to be barbecued. So the quick-witted pig runs away disguised as a boy! | 122 |
| 4.8 | Rain Forests: A Nonfiction Companion to Afternoon on the Amazon | Osborne, Will/Mary | 1 | Join Jack and Annie as they research rain forests and find out the facts behind the fiction. | 119 |
| 4.8 | Rainbow People, The | Yep, Laurence | 6 | This book contains a collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some old-timers newly settled in the United States. | 194 |
| 4.8 | Ramona and Her Mother | Cleary, Beverly | 4 | Now that her daddy has a job, Ramona hopes that her mother will stop working. If Mrs. Quimby stays home again, Ramona won't have to stay with Howie's grandmother after school, and her parents won't be so tired and irritable. | 182 |
| 4.8 | Ramona Forever | Cleary, Beverly | 4 | Ramona is back and funnier than ever as she prepares for her aunt's wedding and the move her family might make. | 182 |
| 4.8 | Ramona's World | Cleary, Beverly | 4 | This story follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona...at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's fourth grade class. | 192 |
| 4.8 | Ride into Morning, A | Rinaldi, Ann | 10 | When unrest spreads at the Revolutionary War camp in Morristown, New Jersey, under the command of General Anthony Wayne, a young woman cleverly hides her horse from the mutinous soldiers who have need of it. | 353 |
| 4.8 | Running Out of Time | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 7 | When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840s village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under the observation of heartless scientists, and it is up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of dying children. | 184 |
| 4.8 | School Spirits | Tunnell, Michael O. | 4 | When Patrick moves to a new town, he is confronted by a ghostly boy who seeks his help. | 201 |
| 4.8 | Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague | Henry, Marguerite | 4 | Enthralling story as the wild ponies of Chincoteague struggle to save Sea Star. | 173 |
| 4.8 | Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake, The | Woodruff, Elvira | 4 | Nick devises an unusual plan in order to pursue his dream of becoming a trucker just like his dad. | 166 |
| 4.8 | Secret of Skeleton Island, The | Arthur, Robert | 5 | The Three Investigators are assisted by a Greek youth as they search for clues to a mysterious thief on an island once inhabited by pirates. | 152 |
| 4.8 | Skeleton Man | Bruchac, Joseph | 3 | After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety, and maybe even for her life. | 114 |
| 4.8 | So You Want to Be President? | St. George, Judith | 0.5 | This book presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton. | 52 |
| 4.8 | Soccer for Fun! | Goin, Kenn | 0.5 | This book describes the basic rules, skills, and important people and events in the sport of soccer. | 48 |
| 4.8 | Some of My Best Friends Are Monsters | Coville, Bruce | 3 | A camp director, who also directs movies, tries out his special effects on the Camp Haunted Hills. | 108 |
| 4.8 | Sound (Discovering Science) | Hunter, Rebecca | 0.5 | This book describes sound and its influence on our lives. | 32 |
| 4.8 | Spider and the Fly, The | Howitt/DiTerlizzi | 0.5 | The spider uses sweet words to hide his not-so-sweet intentions. | 36 |
| 4.8 | Starting School with an Enemy | Carbone, Elisa | 3 | Worried about finding friends when she moves from Maine to Maryland, Sarah gets off to a bad start by making an enemy of a boy. | 103 |
| 4.8 | Strawberry Girl | Lenski, Lois | 6 | This is the story of Birdie Boyer and how she battles nature, animals, and feuding neighbors in the backwoods of Florida to become a "strawberry girl." | 194 |
| 4.8 | Streams to the River, River to the Sea | O'Dell, Scott | 7 | A fictionalized version of the life of Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition. | 163 |
| 4.8 | Strider | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school. | 179 |
| 4.8 | Summer of the Monkeys | Rawls, Wilson | 13 | A fourteen-year-old Ozark Mountain boy attempts to recapture monkeys escaped from a traveling circus. | 283 |
| 4.8 | Thee, Hannah! | De Angeli, Marguerite | 2 | Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls, but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave. | 99 |
| 4.8 | Thief Lord, The | Funke/Latsch | 13 | Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." | 349 |
| 4.8 | Thimbleberry Stories | Rylant, Cynthia | 1 | Nigel Chipmunk shares a pleasant life with his friends Dipper the hummingbird, Little Owl, Copper the butterfly, Claudius the garter snake, and Mudpuppy the salamander. | 56 |
| 4.8 | Things with Wings (Nature Company Young Discoveries Library) | Creagh, Carson | 0.5 | Introduces and explores the lives of various creatures that have wings, such as butterflies, birds, and penguins. | 30 |
| 4.8 | Thomas: 1778-Patriots on the Run | Pryor, Bonnie | 4 | Thomas believes the Revolutionary War will never come to his peaceful Pennsylvania valley. All to soon, he and his family are running for their lives. | 150 |
| 4.8 | Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story, The | Pollock, Penny | 0.5 | In this Indian variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a doeskin dress for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised. | 32 |
| 4.8 | Weslandia | Fleischman, Paul | 0.5 | Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life. | 32 |
| 4.8 | Wings | Yolen, Jane | 0.5 | This book is a retelling of the story of Daedalus, the Greek master craftsman, who murdered his nephew because of envy, fled to Crete, and then, with his son, tried to fly away from Crete like a bird. | 32 |
| 4.8 | Yolonda's Genius | Fenner, Carol | 6 | After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth-grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius. | 208 |
| 4.9 | Addie Across the Prairie | Lawlor, Laurie | 4 | Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie. | 128 |
| 4.9 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Great Illustrated Classics), The | Twain/Laiken | 3 | Huckleberry Finn escapes from his evil, drunken father who is trying to steal his treasure. Huck befriends Jim, a runaway slave and together they float towards freedom on a raft down the Mississippi river. | 238 |
| 4.9 | All-of-a-Kind Family | Taylor, Sydney | 5 | Five girls have simple but happy times, with parents rich in kindness but poor in money. | 189 |
| 4.9 | Among the Betrayed | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 5 | Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death. | 156 |
| 4.9 | Among the Impostors | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 5 | In the future, where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been hiding for the entire twelve years of his life. When he enters boarding school under an assumed name, he is forced to face his fears and his fellow humans. | 172 |
| 4.9 | Anastasia Has the Answers | Lowry, Lois | 4 | Thirteen-year-old Anastasia is looking for the answers to some of life's big questions. | 123 |
| 4.9 | Are You in the House Alone? | Peck, Richard | 6 | Timely and disturbing novel as a teenage rapist goes free because he's the son of an influential family, and authorities won't bring charges. | 172 |
| 4.9 | Attack of the Two-Inch Teacher, The | Coville, Bruce | 3 | Pleskit and his friend Tim decide to shrink Jordan Lynch, a school bully. Unfortunately, things don't work out as planned and Tim and their teacher Ms. Weintraub are the ones small enough to hide in a desk drawer. | 165 |
| 4.9 | Bambi | Salten, Felix | 6 | Bambi learns much about life and about people as he grows into a beautiful stag. | 190 |
| 4.9 | Bangalee (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Tidy Bangalee teaches his friends that neatness is admirable. | 28 |
| 4.9 | Be a Wolf! | Strickland, Brad | 4 | When Jo's backpack is confiscated, Wishbone and Jo must confront a scary neighbor who owns a big, mean dog. | 137 |
| 4.9 | Behind the Attic Wall | Cassedy, Sylvia | 9 | Maggie, a "problem child," is passed from boarding schools to relatives and ends up living with aunts in a mysterious house with strange noises. | 315 |
| 4.9 | Behind the Lines | Holland, Isabelle | 6 | Katie works as a live-in maid for the wealthy Lacey family in order to supplement the family income. She also realizes that friendship can transcend race and class. | 194 |
| 4.9 | Birds of Killingworth, The | San Souci, Robert D. | 0.5 | When her father persuades their colony to kill all the birds because they are eating the crops, Almira joins the schoolmaster in proving that the birds are not only beautiful, but, like all creatures, serve a larger purpose. | 32 |
| 4.9 | Boston Jane: An Adventure | Holm, Jennifer L. | 8 | Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and in the rugged life she lives there. | 273 |
| 4.9 | Castle in the Attic, The | Winthrop, Elizabeth | 6 | William has a fantastic present in the attic that is able to transport him to another land and another time for a challenging and exciting adventure. | 179 |
| 4.9 | Children of Promise | Tedrow, T.L. | 6 | A community battle ensues when Laura raises the issue of education for the children of immigrant farm workers. | 209 |
| 4.9 | Clay | Rodowsky, Colby | 5 | After their parents divorce, Elsie and her younger brother, Tommy, who is mentally "different," must deal with a terrible secret that causes them and their mother to move from place to place and stay in hiding. | 165 |
| 4.9 | Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love | McKissack, Patricia C. | 5 | Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind. | 214 |
| 4.9 | Comeback Dog, The | Thomas, Jane Resh | 1 | The heartwarming story of a special dog, a very special boy, and how they learn to live with each other. | 62 |
| 4.9 | Cricket in Times Square, The | Selden, George | 4 | Chester the cricket resides in a newsstand in Times Square. He has many adventures, climaxing with the rescue of the newsstand owner from financial disaster. | 151 |
| 4.9 | Daniel's Story | Matas, Carol | 5 | Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation. | 136 |
| 4.9 | Dead Man in Indian Creek, The | Hahn, Mary Downing | 4 | When Matt and Parker learn the body they found in Indian Creek is a drug-related death, they fear Parker's mother may be involved. | 130 |
| 4.9 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | A series of letters from Leigh Botts to the author, Mr. Henshaw, dealing with Leigh's aspirations of being an author, as well as excerpts from Leigh's diary showing the concerns of this bright young boy. | 134 |
| 4.9 | Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But... | Woodruff, Elvira | 5 | A boy's correspondence with great historical figures is speeded by his grandfather's courier service. | 220 |
| 4.9 | Dropping in on Germany | Allison, Amy | 0.5 | This book describes the country of Germany, including main cities and regions, and gives information about the history, geography, and people of the country. | 32 |
| 4.9 | Duffy and the Devil | Zemach, Harve/Margot | 0.5 | This book is a Cornish version of the old Rumplestiltskin folktale. A Caldecott Medal Book. | 36 |
| 4.9 | Eating the Plates | Penner, Lucille Recht | 1 | This book gives information about the eating habits, customs, and manners of the Pilgrims in the colony of New Plymouth. | 117 |
| 4.9 | Feather Fin (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Feather Fin, the eel, realizes there's no place like home. | 28 |
| 4.9 | Flood Disaster, The | Kehret, Peg | 4 | Warren Spalding and Betsy Tyler have been assigned to do a paper on the Johnstown Flood of 1889. They decide to use their Instant Commuter time-travel device when they interview old Doc Keaton, who lost a daughter in the flood. | 146 |
| 4.9 | Folks Call Me Appleseed John | Glass, Andrew | 0.5 | This is one of the tall tales Johnny Appleseed liked to tell about the time his half brother, Nathaniel, came to live with him on French Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania. | 42 |
| 4.9 | Frozen Fire | Houston, James | 5 | Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild men during their search in the Canadian Arctic. | 149 |
| 4.9 | Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, The | DeFelice, Cynthia | 5 | Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates a fire that happened seventeen years earlier. | 180 |
| 4.9 | Ghost of Fossil Glen, The | DeFelice, Cynthia | 5 | Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help. | 167 |
| 4.9 | Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear, The | Shreve, Susan | 2 | Two friends, one of whom is deaf, help each other when tryouts are held for a seventh-grade production of Annie. | 79 |
| 4.9 | Grampa-Lop (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Grampa-Lop makes even the cranky older rabbits believe in magic. | 26 |
| 4.9 | Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The | Pinkwater, Daniel | 2 | Help! Henrietta--a 15-feet-tall, 266-pound chicken--is lost. She roams the streets hungry and frightened as the fire and police departments look for her. Great Fantasy. | 83 |
| 4.9 | House Without a Christmas Tree, The | Rock, Gail | 3 | Ten-year old Addie Mills feels cheated, since year after year her father hasn't let her have a Christmas tree. What's worse, he refuses to give her a reason. Addie finds a way to make her dream come true. But what will her father say? | 87 |
| 4.9 | Izzy, Willy-Nilly | Voigt, Cynthia | 12 | Izzy had everything going for her until she accepted a date with Marco and ended up crippled for life. | 262 |
| 4.9 | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher | Coville, Bruce | 4 | Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg. | 148 |
| 4.9 | Joey Pigza Loses Control | Gantos, Jack | 7 | Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the father he has never known. Dad insists that Joey stop taking his medication, and Joey loses control as he tries to help his baseball team. | 195 |
| 4.9 | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | Gantos, Jack | 5 | To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. | 154 |
| 4.9 | Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy, The | Rinaldi, Ann | 5 | A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plymouth in 1620 and 1621. | 155 |
| 4.9 | Jungle Book (Great Illustrated Classics), The | Kipling/Vogel | 3 | Reared by wolves deep in the jungle, Mowgli sometimes hunts with the animals and sometimes is hunted by them! He must face unfriendly ones on his own, even his own kind, Man, and learn to live by the law of the jungle. | 238 |
| 4.9 | Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back | Silverstein, Shel | 1 | After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either. | 110 |
| 4.9 | Land of the Dead, The | Osborne, Mary Pope | 1 | Odysseus and his men have defeated the one-eyed giant, but his curse follows them at every turn. | 105 |
| 4.9 | Leo the Lop: Tail Two (Original Text) | Cosgrove, Stephen | 0.5 | Leo proves to all that he is not just a cuddly bunny but a heroic one too. | 26 |
| 4.9 | Letters Home from Turkey | Halvorsen, Lisa | 0.5 | This book describes some of the sights and experiences on a trip through Turkey. | 32 |
| 4.9 | Light and Dark (Discovering Science) | Hunter, Rebecca | 0.5 | This book defines light, demonstrates its properties, explains how plants and animals use light, and describes artificial lighting. | 32 |
| 4.9 | Little House on the Prairie | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 8 | Laura and her family journey by covered wagon into Indian territory, and start a farm. | 335 |
| 4.9 | Magnificent Mummy Maker, The | Woodruff, Elvira | 4 | A contemporary fantasy set in a museum where a boy receives a strange power. | 149 |
| 4.9 | McKendree | Belton, Sandra | 7 | In 1948, while spending the summer with her aunt in West Virginia to find her family roots, Tilara Haynes finds new beginnings and self-love in an unexpected place: an old folks' home called McKendree. | 260 |
| 4.9 | Midnight Fox, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | Tom, a city boy forced to spend the summer on his aunt's farm, is afraid of animals -- until he learns to love a black fox. | 157 |
| 4.9 | Mike Fink | Kellogg, Steven | 0.5 | The story of the folk hero who ran away from home at two days old and grew up to be King of the Keelboatmen. | 32 |
| 4.9 | Miracles on Maple Hill | Sorensen, Virginia | 7 | Marly and her family discover the miracle of maple syrup time and share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill. | 180 |
| 4.9 | Monument, The | Paulsen, Gary | 3 | An artist commissioned by a Kansas town to create a war memorial turns the town upside down in his attempt to give the townspeople a memorial that will be most meaningful to them. | 151 |
| 4.9 | Morning Girl | Dorris, Michael | 2 | A young Taino girl goes swimming off her Bahamian island and meets Christopher Columbus' landing party in this vivid portrait of a Native American family and their culture. | 74 |
| 4.9 | Movie Magic: A Star Is Born! | Cottringer, Anne | 0.5 | This book follows a girl as she auditions for a part in a science fiction movie, spends a day filming at a movie studio, meets all the people involved in the making of a film, and attends the gala opening to see the results. | 48 |
| 4.9 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm | MacDonald, Betty | 4 | Wise, funny tales about untruthfulness, forgetfulness, destructiveness, and other lapses children (and grown-ups) are prone to. | 127 |
| 4.9 | My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States | Hopkins, Lee Bennett | 1 | This is a collection of poems evocative of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States. | 83 |
| 4.9 | My Brother Sam Is Dead | Collier, James/Christopher | 7 | In this novel of the American Revolution, a young man is torn between his brother's patriotism and his father's Tory sympathies. | 216 |
| 4.9 | My Teacher Glows in the Dark | Coville, Bruce | 4 | Peter follows his alien teacher onto his spaceship, where he learns the alien's real reason for visiting Earth. | 137 |
| 4.9 | Mystery of the Cupboard, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 7 | Omri unearths an old journal that reveals the mystery of the Indian in the cupboard. | 246 |
| 4.9 | Old Ramon | Schaefer, Jack | 3 | A timeless story about an old shepherd, a young boy, and two brave dogs. | 102 |
| 4.9 | Outside and Inside Birds | Markle, Sandra | 0.5 | Full color photgraphs show birds inside and out. Includes activities. | 40 |
| 4.9 | Outside and Inside Spiders | Markle, Sandra | 0.5 | This book, with its striking photos, describes the characteristics of spiders and how they live, eat, protect themselves and reproduce. | 40 |
| 4.9 | Outstanding Outsides | Machotka, Hana | 0.5 | Explores how the outside coverings of animals protect them from enemies, the elements, germs, and drying out. | 29 |
| 4.9 | Perloo the Bold | Avi | 7 | In this wild adventure Perloo, a rabbit-like Montmer, travels over snowy mountains, through underground tunnels, and into enemy territory and alters the future of Montmers everywhere. | 225 |
| 4.9 | Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon | Osborne, Will/Mary | 1 | Jack and Annie research the world of pirates and find out the facts behind the fiction. | 117 |
| 4.9 | Place to Belong, A | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 6 | In 1856, having traveled with his young sister from New York to a foster home on a farm in Missouri, ten-year-old Danny plots to get his foster father to send for and marry his mother. | 147 |
| 4.9 | Queen of the Sixth Grade | Cooper, Ilene | 4 | After helping her supposed best friend Veronica found the sixth grade's secret club, the Awesome Kennedy Girls, Robin accidently gets on her wrong side and discovers how bossy and cruel Veronica really is. | 163 |
| 4.9 | Ramona the Brave | Cleary, Beverly | 3 | Irrepressible Ramona bravely struggles to cope with the assorted trials of growing up. | 190 |
| 4.9 | Randy's Dandy Lions | Peet, Bill | 0.5 | Five talented lions suffer from stage fright and are unable to perform their circus act. A new lion-tamer is hired. | 48 |
| 4.9 | Rapunzel | Grimm, Brothers | 0.5 | Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. | 26 |
| 4.9 | Road to Home, The | Auch, Mary Jane | 7 | In 1817, after her mother had died and her father abandoned his children, thirteen-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister. | 213 |
| 4.9 | Salty Dog | Strickland, Brad | 4 | There's a treasure in Oakdale, and Wishbone sets out to find it. | 135 |
| 4.9 | Sarah Bishop | O'Dell, Scott | 7 | With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Sarah, a young New Yorker, finds herself fugitive from the British Army, living outside the law. | 230 |
| 4.9 | Saving Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 6 | Sixth-grade Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor Judd Travers change his mean ways even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst from him. | 137 |
| 4.9 | Search for the Shadowman | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 4 | While working on a genealogy project for his seventh-grade history class, Andy Thomas becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune. | 149 |
| 4.9 | Secret Garden (Great Illustrated Classics), The | Burnett/Vogel | 3 | Mary and Colin find an old key that opens a hidden garden. The mystery and beauty of nature help them to overcome their problems. | 238 |
| 4.9 | Secret of the Stallion, The | Bryant, Bonnie | 6 | Join the Saddle Club as they try to uncover the secret of the stallion and the Duke who once lived in this English castle where tragedy struck many years ago. | 195 |
| 4.9 | Shadrach | De Jong, Meindert | 5 | This beautiful story of a boy and his very special pet rabbit is told with a childlike perception and a sensitive understanding of a child's emotions. | 182 |
| 4.9 | She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! | Lasky, Kathryn | 0.5 | A fictionalized account of the activities of Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall, founders of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, that would have an impact on the bird-protection movement. | 35 |
| 4.9 | Sign of the Beaver, The | Speare, Elizabeth George | 5 | A young boy in Maine, when rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, must decide whether to spend the winter alone in the woods waiting for his family to return or move on to a new life with his new friends. | 135 |
| 4.9 | Sing down the Moon | O'Dell, Scott | 4 | The forced migration of Navahos from their homeland, is described from the Native American point of view. | 121 |
| 4.9 | So You Want to Be an Inventor? | St. George, Judith | 0.5 | This book presents some of the characteristics of inventors by describing the inventions of people such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Eli Whitney. | 53 |
| 4.9 | South Carolina (From Sea to Shining Sea) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 1 | An introduction to the Palmetto State, its geography, history, places to visit, and people. | 59 |
| 4.9 | Spy Among the Girls, A | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 4 | Are Beth and Josh really in love or just pretending to be in order to spy and continue the feud between the Malloy sisters and the Hatford brothers? | 134 |
| 4.9 | Stallion in the Storm | Baglio, Ben M. | 4 | Mandy's father promised to take Mandy and James to visit Folan's Racing Stables. When they arrive, they discover that Folan's is in trouble and some of the jockeys believe the stables are haunted by a stallion who died in a race. | 127 |
| 4.9 | Summer of the Swans, The | Byars, Betsy | 4 | A fourteen-year-old girl finds maturity while searching for her younger brother lost in the woods. | 142 |
| 4.9 | Tiger Math: Learning to Graph From a Baby Tiger | Nagda/Bickel | 0.5 | This book decribes the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub using both words and graphs. | 30 |
| 4.9 | Trouble River | Byars, Betsy | 3 | When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for him and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin. | 158 |
| 4.9 | Trumpet of the Swan, The | White, E.B. | 6 | Louis, the Trumpeter Swan, lacks a voice, but his father hits on a bold alternative so that Louis might win his love, Serena. | 252 |
| 4.9 | Velveteen Rabbit, The | Williams, Margery | 1 | Magical fable of the toy rabbit who becomes a real rabbit with the help of the boy who loves him. | 30 |
| 4.9 | Visser | Applegate, K.A. | 5 | On trial for treason, Edriss 562 explains how she infested a series of human hosts in order to spearhead the invasion of Earth by her people, the ruthless, parasitic Yeerks. | 192 |
| 4.9 | Walk Two Moons | Creech, Sharon | 9 | Sal hopes that her missing mother will soon return home. | 280 |
| 4.9 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Rawls, Wilson | 11 | This is a simply written, moving story of the love between a young boy and his two dogs. | 249 |
| 4.9 | Whingdingdilly, The | Peet, Bill | 1 | Tired of a dog's life, Scamp visits the wicked little witch in the woods and becomes a whingdingdilly. | 60 |
| 4.9 | Your Move, J.P.! | Lowry, Lois | 4 | Lovestruck J. P. finds himself doing all sorts of weird things to impress his new interest, but his life becomes very complicated when a simple lie gets out of control. | 122 |