| Title | Author | Level | Points | Description | # pages | Book in Library |
| 100th Day Worries | Cuyler, Margery | 3 | 0.5 | Jessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school. | 30 | Y |
| 13th Floor: A Ghost Story, The | Fleischman, Sid | 4.4 | 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 | Y |
| 16th Century Mosque, A | MacDonald, Fiona | 7.7 | 1 | A look inside an Islamic mosque of the Ottoman empire. | 43 | |
| 18th Emergency, The | Byars, Betsy | 4.7 | 4 | Benjie is adept in coping with 17 kinds of emergencies, but the 18th is a big bully named Hammerman, who waits for him after school. | 120 | Y |
| 2095 | Scieszka, Jon | 3.8 | 1 | While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel 100 years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren. | 72 | Y |
| 213 Valentines | Cohen, Barbara | 4 | 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 | Y |
| 4B Goes Wild | Gilson, Jamie | 4.6 | 4 | Fourth-graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience frights and delights. | 147 | |
| 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The | Seuss, Dr. | 4 | 1 | Bartholomew provokes the king when hats magically appear on his head every time he removes one. | 48 | Y |
| Abel's Island | Steig, William | 5.9 | 3 | Stranded on a deserted island, a lovable young mouse discovers inner resources he did not know he possessed. | 117 | Y |
| Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, The | Stine, R.L. | 3 | 3 | They just wanted to see snow. But now they're being chased by a monstrous creature. | 127 | Y |
| Abominable Snowman, The | Antonopulos, Barbara | 5.2 | 1 | Briefly describes evidence that large ape-like creatures or Yeti live in the Himalaya Mountains. | 48 | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Hargrove, Jim | 7.9 | 2 | Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President. | 89 | Y |
| Abraham Lincoln's World | Foster, Genevieve | 7.8 | 17 | A historical survey of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas during the lifetime of Abraham Lincoln, examining people, places, and events which gave color to the world of the nineteenth century. | 342 | Y |
| Absent Author, The | Roy, Ron | 3.4 | 1 | Dink and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace. | 87 | Y |
| Abyssinian Cats (Checkerboard) | Kallen, Stuart A. | 3.5 | 0.5 | Discover the Abyssinian cat; learn how to feed and care for them and about their special habits. | 21 | |
| Across Five Aprils | Hunt, Irene | 6.6 | 10 | A moving story of the Civil War and one boy who grew up at home. | 190 | Y |
| Adaline Falling Star | Osborne, Mary Pope | 4.6 | 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 | Y |
| Adam of the Road | Gray, Elizabeth Janet | 6.5 | 9 | This story, set in thirteenth-century England, is about a boy's search for his father and lost dog. | 317 | Y |
| Addie Across the Prairie | Lawlor, Laurie | 4.9 | 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 | Y |
| Addy Learns a Lesson | Porter, Connie | 3.9 | 1 | After escaping from a plantation in North Carolina, Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia, where Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship. | 68 | Y |
| Addy Saves the Day | Porter, Connie | 4 | 1 | The Civil War is over, but not the feud between Addy and Harriet, until tragedy forces them to come together at last. | 67 | Y |
| Addy's Surprise | Porter, Connie | 4.4 | 1 | Addy and her mother forego their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War. | 65 | Y |
| Adventures of Captain Underpants, The | Pilkey, Dav | 4.3 | 1 | George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school, and now they're going to bring him to life. | 120 | |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bloomsbury), The | Twain, Mark | 6.7 | 18 | Huckleberry Finn, a sequel to Tom Sawyer, is a classic of American literature and Mark Twain's masterpiece. Its background is the Mississippi, and there is a marvelous picture of the great river as Huck on his raft drifts down it to adventure. | 256 | Y |
| Adventures of King Midas, The | Banks, Lynne Reid | 5 | 4 | King Midas travels far and wide to reverse the spell that turns everything into gold. | 153 | Y |
| Adventures of Taxi Dog, The | Barracca, Debra | 3 | 0.5 | A stray dog in New York city is adopted by a taxi driver with whom he therafter rides and shares adventures each day. | 30 | Y |
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Bloomsbury), The | Twain, Mark | 8 | 12 | In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain recalls his own boyhood experiences and those of his schoolmates--a humorous perspective of carefree days. | 256 | Y |
| After the Dancing Days | Rostkowski, Margaret I. | 3.8 | 8 | A forbidden friendship with a badly disfigured soldier in the aftermath of World War I forces thirteen-year-old Annie to redefine the word "hero." | 217 | Y |
| After the Goat Man | Byars, Betsy | 4.5 | 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 | Y |
| Afternoon of the Elves | Lisle, Janet Taylor | 5 | 4 | As Hillary works in the miniature village allegedly built by elves in Sara-Kate's backyard, she becomes more and more curious about Sara-Kate's real life inside her big, gloomy house with her mysterious, silent mother. | 122 | Y |
| Afternoon on the Amazon | Osborne, Mary Pope | 2.6 | 1 | Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forest, where they encounter flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. | 67 | Y |
| Agony of Alice, The | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 5.3 | 5 | Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice, decides she needs a gorgeous role model until she discovers what really makes someone beautiful. | 131 | Y |
| Airplanes | Schaefer, Lola M. | 3 | 0.5 | This book is an introduction to airplanes, discussing how they fly, the main components to a plane, early models, and interesting facts. | 24 | Y |
| Airplanes of World War II | Masters, Nancy Robinson | 5 | 0.5 | An introduction to the different kinds of airplanes used in World War II, including information about airplane parts and pilots' codes. | 48 | Y |
| Airport (Field Trips), The | Kallen, Stuart A. | 4.3 | 0.5 | This book describes the organization of the airport and the work which is performed there. | 24 | |
| Alabama | McNair, Sylvia | 8.8 | 3 | Illustrated introduction to Alabama's geography, history, culture, and famous residents. | 144 | |
| Alaska | Heinrichs, Ann | 8.3 | 3 | Illustrated introduction to Alaska's geography, history, culture, and famous residents. | 143 | |
| Aldo Applesauce | Hurwitz, Johanna | 4.7 | 2 | When he and his family move to the suburbs, Aldo has difficulty finding new friends. | 127 | Y |
| Aldo Ice Cream | Hurwitz, Johanna | 4.8 | 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 | Y |
| Aldo Peanut Butter | Hurwitz, Johanna | 4.4 | 3 | Peanut and Butter, the two dogs Aldo gets for his 11th birthday, create chaos inside the house while his parents are out of town and get accused of tearing up the neighbor's lawn. | 113 | Y |
| Alex Fitzgerald, TV Star | Krull, Kathleen | 3.5 | 1 | Fourth-grader Alex's new friendships in California are endangered when her chance to appear in a music video brings her glamour and an inflated ego. | 60 | Y |
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Viorst, Judith | 3.7 | 0.5 | One day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days, too. | 21 | Y |
| Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse | Lionni, Leo | 3 | 0.5 | Alexander the mouse makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away. | 29 | Y |
| Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday | Viorst, Judith | 3.4 | 0.5 | Alexander has problems holding on to his money. A charming book that demonstrates how easy it is to spend and how difficult it is to save. | 28 | Y |
| Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going To Move | Viorst, Judith | 3.5 | 0.5 | Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places. | 28 | Y |
| Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | 7.8 | 10 | By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters. | 253 | |
| Alien Spring, An | Schraff, Anne | 3.7 | 2 | Aliens invading Marnard? Rumors fly when a deadly virus strikes town. | 112 | |
| Alien, The | Applegate, K.A. | 3.7 | 4 | Ax and his friends know they have to stop the Yeerks. | 159 | Y |
| Aliens | Gentle/Perry | 4.8 | 0.5 | This book describes how alien monsters have been imagined in books and movies and examines real creatures in nature that resemble or may have served as inspiration for them. | 24 | |
| Aliens Ate My Homework | Coville, Bruce | 4.8 | 5 | Rod has enough troubles, but a tiny spaceship adds more problems to his life. | 179 | Y |
| Aliens Don't Wear Braces | Dadey/Jones | 3.7 | 1 | Strange doings erupt when a substitute teacher walks into Bailey School. | 74 | |
| Aliens for Lunch | Etra/Spinner | 3.7 | 1 | When their bag of microwave popcorn explodes and a space alien emerges, Richard and Henry join him on a top secret interstellar mission to save the desserts of the universe. | 64 | Y |
| All About Sam | Lowry, Lois | 4 | 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 | Y |
| All but Alice | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 5 | 5 | Seventh-grader Alice decides that the only way to stave off personal and social disasters is to be part of the crowd, especially the 'in' crowd, no matter how boring and potentially difficult. | 151 | |
| All Kinds of Farms (Farm) | Hansen, Ann Larkin | 3.8 | 0.5 | This book describes what farms are like, how they differ from one another, and why many middle-sized farms are disappearing. | 32 | |
| All New Jonah Twist, The | Honeycutt, Natalie | 3.8 | 3 | Jonah begins third grade determined to be responsible enough to be allowed to get a pet. | 110 | |
| All the Places to Love | MacLachlan, Patricia | 3.9 | 0.5 | A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents' farm and in the nearby countryside. | 28 | Y |
| Alligators & Crocodiles (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.4 | 0.5 | This book provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, future, and different kinds of alligators and crocodiles. | 24 | Y |
| All-of-a-Kind Family | Taylor, Sydney | 4.9 | 5 | Five girls have simple but happy times, with parents rich in kindness but poor in money. | 189 | |
| Along Came a Dog | De Jong, Meindert | 5.7 | 5 | A moving story about a dog, a hen, and a man and about the strange and wonderful friendship that grew between them. | 172 | |
| Amazing Bone, The | Steig, William | 3.9 | 0.5 | Pearl, a pig, is saved from a band of highwaymen by a small bone, who can talk in any language and imitate any sound. | 28 | Y |
| Amazing Grace | Hoffman, Mary | 3.5 | 0.5 | Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do. | 20 | Y |
| Amber Brown Goes Fourth | Danziger, Paula | 3.7 | 1 | Amber is all ready for the fourth grade, except she needs to find a new best friend. | 101 | Y |
| Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon | Danziger, Paula | 3.7 | 1 | Amber learns her best friend is moving to Alabama. | 80 | Y |
| Amber Brown Sees Red | Danziger, Paula | 3.7 | 2 | Amber is upset and angry when her parents argue over who she should live with. | 116 | Y |
| Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit | Danziger, Paula | 3.7 | 2 | Amber Brown is in deep trouble. No matter what she does, it isn't enough. Her room is a mess, her homework late, and her mom is dating someone. | 120 | Y |
| Amber on the Mountain | Johnston, Tony | 3 | 0.5 | With the help of a girl from the city, a country girl learns how to read and write. | 30 | Y |
| Amelia Bedelia | Parish, Peggy | 2.5 | 0.5 | Wacky misadventures as that hapless maid Amelia Bedelia interprets her instructions very literally. | 23 | Y |
| Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower | Parish, Peggy | 2.3 | 0.5 | Mad-cap misadventures of a very literal-minded housekeeper during a wedding shower. | 64 | Y |
| Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping | Parish, Peggy | 1.8 | 0.5 | When Amelia goes camping, all sorts of amusing things happen. | 59 | Y |
| Amelia Bedelia Helps Out | Parish, Peggy | 2.3 | 0.5 | Amelia Bedelia and her niece Effie Lou have come to help Miss Emma take care of her house and garden. | 63 | Y |
| Amelia Bedelia's Family Album | Parish, Peggy | 2.2 | 0.5 | Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do. | 48 | Y |
| Amelia's War | Rinaldi, Ann | 4 | 7 | When a Confederate general threatens to burn Hagerstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom, twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town. | 265 | Y |
| Amigo | Baylor, Byrd | 3.6 | 0.5 | Desperately wanting a pet to love, a boy decides to tame a prairie dog who has already decided to tame the boy for his own pet. | 41 | Y |
| Among the Hidden | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 4.8 | 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 | Y |
| Amos Fortune, Free Man | Yates, Elizabeth | 6.5 | 5 | This true story details the life of an African prince who is captured by slave traders at age 15, brought to America, and 45 years later bought his freedom at age 60. | 181 | Y |
| Amusement Park Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3.8 | 2 | The Boxcar Children investigate the theft of antique carousel horses from the amusement park. | 119 | Y |
| Anacondas (Checkerboard) | Gerholdt, James E. | 3.8 | 0.5 | Learn all about the Anaconda Snake. Find out where they are found, how they defend themselves, and how they catch their prey. | 21 | Y |
| Anacondas (Snake Discovery) | Bargar/Johnson | 5.2 | 0.5 | An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, and relationship to human beings of the various species of anacondas. | 24 | |
| Anansi and the Talking Melon | Kimmel, Eric A. | 2.6 | 0.5 | A tricky spider outwits all the other animals in this African folk tale. | 30 | Y |
| Anansi the Spider | McDermott, Gerald | 2.8 | 0.5 | The six sons of Anansi, the spider-hero of many African tales, combine their special talents to save their father's life. | 36 | Y |
| Anastasia Again! | Lowry, Lois | 4.5 | 5 | Anastasia can't see how her parents can even think of moving to the suburbs and enlists her two-year-old brother to prevent the move. | 145 | |
| Anastasia at This Address | Lowry, Lois | 4.6 | 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 | Y |
| Anastasia at Your Service | Lowry, Lois | 4.3 | 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 | |
| Anastasia Krupnik | Lowry, Lois | 4.5 | 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 | Y |
| Anastasia on Her Own | Lowry, Lois | 4.4 | 4 | Anastasia is left in charge when Mrs. Krupnik goes away--but will her system work? | 131 | Y |
| Anastasia, Absolutely | Lowry, Lois | 4.7 | 4 | Thirteen-year-old Anatasia Krupnick has more adventures as she tries to deal with a new dog, her school values class, and a personal moral dilemma. | 119 | Y |
| Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst | Lowry, Lois | 4.2 | 3 | Anastasia, feeling she is misunderstood by everyone, buys a bust of Freud and starts having "sessions" with it. | 119 | Y |
| Ancient China (Eyewitness) | Cotterell, Arthur | 8.4 | 1 | Discover the history of Imperial China, from the building of the Great Wall to the days of the last emperor. | 63 | Y |
| Ancient Greece (Eyewitness) | Pearson, Anne | 7.8 | 1 | Discover the world of the ancient Greeks, their myths and legends, heroes and gods, and the rich legacy of their civilization. | 63 | Y |
| Ancient Rome (Eyewitness) | James, Simon | 8.1 | 2 | A photo essay documenting ancient Rome and the people who lived there as revealed through the many artifacts they left behind, including shields, swords, tools, toys, cosmetics, and jewelry. An Eyewitness book. | 62 | Y |
| And I Mean It, Stanley | Bonsall, Crosby | 0.9 | 0.5 | A little girl plays alone until her dog arrives. | 32 | |
| And Now Miguel | Krumgold, Joseph | 4.8 | 8 | The secret wish of Miguel Chavez, to go to the mountains with the men of his family, comes true. | 245 | Y |
| And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? | Fritz, Jean | 5.3 | 1 | A humorous biography of Paul Revere, covering more than his famous ride, like life in Boston in the 1700s. | 48 | |
| And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street | Seuss, Dr. | 3.6 | 0.5 | A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father. | 30 | Y |
| Andalusian Horses | Schrenk, Hans-Jorg | 5.9 | 0.5 | This book provides a look at Andalusian Horses. | 48 | |
| Andrew Jackson | Osinski, Alice | 7.8 | 2 | Traces the life of the rowdy "Hero of New Orleans," from his backwoods beginnings through his military career to his term as seventh President of the United States. | 89 | Y |
| Andrew Johnson | Kent, Zachary | 7.6 | 2 | Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth President of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | 89 | Y |
| Angels Don't Know Karate | Dadey/Jones | 3.6 | 1 | Could the new karate teacher who is guarding the kids and granting wishes really be an angel? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out. | 65 | |
| Angel's Mother's Baby | Delton, Judy | 4 | 3 | Twelve-year-old Angel has adjusted to her mother's remarriage and believes that she and her younger brother Rags now live in the perfect family, until she discovers that her mother is going to have another baby. | 133 | Y |
| Animal Camouflage (Naturebooks) | McDonnell, Janet | 3.6 | 0.5 | Describes forms, methods, and purposes of camouflage as used by different members of the animal kingdom. | 31 | Y |
| Animal Champions 1 (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 4.8 | 0.5 | This book discusses unusual animals which stand out for their abilities or appearance. | 32 | |
| Animal Family, The | Jarrell, Randall | 5.4 | 3 | This is the story of how a man finds a family. | 180 | Y |
| Animal Farm | Orwell, George | 7.3 | 5 | Politically minded farm animals undergo a revolution against their human master and establish a new government that fails because of a corrupt leader tempted by greed and power. | 128 | Y |
| Animal Migration (Naturebooks) | McDonnell, Janet | 3.9 | 0.5 | Examines, in question-and-answer format, the migration habits of such animals as the caribou, red crab, Arctic tern, and the California gray whale. | 31 | Y |
| Animal Relationships | Barre, Michel | 6.7 | 1 | This book examines how animals relate to one another, discussing predators, parasites, animals that move in groups, and other topics. | 48 | |
| Animal Senses | Barre, Michel | 6.9 | 1 | This book discusses how different animals use their senses to find food, attract a mate, detect danger, bond with their young, and more. | 48 | |
| Animal Shelter Mystery, The | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 4.2 | 3 | The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors. | 121 | Y |
| Animal Wonders (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 4.9 | 0.5 | This book describes a wide variety of animal characteristics, including protective coloration, modes of locomotion, and methods of feeding. | 32 | Y |
| Animal, the Vegetable and John D Jones, The | Byars, Betsy | 4.6 | 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 | Y |
| Animals and the Quest for Food | Barre, Michel | 6.9 | 1 | This book discusses some of the ways animals obtain, eat, and digest food. | 48 | |
| Animals of the Rain Forest | Woods, Mae | 4.2 | 0.5 | This book examines the physical characteristics and behaviors of a wide variety of animals found in the rain forest, including monkeys, jungle cats, and frogs. | 24 | |
| Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary | VanDerRol/Verhoeven | 6.8 | 3 | Photographs, illustrations, and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts, and interviews, providing an insight ot Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world. | 113 | Y |
| Anne of Avonlea (Unabridged) | Montgomery, L.M. | 8.6 | 16 | In this second volume of the beloved trilogy about Anne Shirley, sixteen-year-old Anne teaches at the Avonlea school. | 323 | |
| Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged) | Montgomery, L.M. | 7.3 | 17 | This is the first novel in the Anne series that has delighted millions of young readers since its publication in 1908. Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley wins the heart of her foster mother. | 446 | |
| Anne of Ingleside | Montgomery, L.M. | 6 | 16 | Fifteen years and five children later, Anne begins to wonder if Gilbert still loves her as much as he did on their wedding day. | 277 | Y |
| Anne of the Island (Bloomsbury) | Montgomery, L.M. | 7.4 | 13 | Eighteen-year-old Anne leaves the Island to attend Redmond College, instead of getting married as some of her friends have done. | 256 | Y |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | Montgomery, L.M. | 5.9 | 14 | Anne takes a position as principal in a town led by the head-strong Pringles. She quickly becomes the whole town's champion and confidant. | 258 | Y |
| Anne of Windy Willows (Bloomsbury) | Montgomery, L.M. | 7.2 | 14 | The fourth of the Avonlea books continues to tell the heart-warming story of Anne Shirley, now principal of Summerside High School and engaged to her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe. | 255 | |
| Annie and the Old One | Miles, Miska | 4.4 | 0.5 | Annie comes to accept the impending death of her grandmother, as she recognizes the wonder of life. | 44 | Y |
| Annie and the Wild Animals | Brett, Jan | 2.7 | 0.5 | When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals, but with the emergence of spring, everything comes right. | 28 | Y |
| Ant Plays Bear | Byars, Betsy | 1.6 | 0.5 | Ant and his brother play a game, discuss growing up, hear a scary noise, and learn to be friends. | 32 | Y |
| Apache Indians (Native Peoples), The | Lund, Bill | 3.6 | 0.5 | Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Apache people, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more. | 23 | Y |
| Apatosaurus (A True Book) | Landau, Elaine | 5 | 0.5 | This book describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the huge plant-eating Apatosaurus and discusses theories on why it became extinct. | 47 | Y |
| Apes (Creative Ed.), The | Wexo, John Bonnett | 6.5 | 0.5 | This book provides information on the physical characteristics and behavior of different species of apes. | 24 | Y |
| Appaloosas | Gentle/Perry | 4.7 | 0.5 | Describes the history and characteristics that distinguish these horses from other breeds. | 24 | Y |
| Apple Trees (Trees) | Prevost, John F. | 4.2 | 0.5 | This book presents brief information about the roots, trunk, leaves, fruits, and varieties of apple trees, pests that affect them, their economic uses, and more. | 24 | |
| Arabian Horses | Schrenk, Hans-Jorg | 5.7 | 0.5 | A look at Arabian Horses. | 48 | |
| Arabian Horses (Checkerboard) | Gammie, Janet L. | 4 | 0.5 | Discover the Arabian horse; learn important facts about these beautiful animals and how to care for them. | 21 | |
| Are You My Mother? | Eastman, P.D. | 1.6 | 0.5 | While out getting food for her baby who was about to hatch, a mother bird misses his arrival, so he goes looking for her. | 63 | Y |
| Arizona | Heinrichs, Ann | 8.2 | 3 | Illustrated introduction to Arizona's geography, history, culture, and famous residents. | 143 | |
| Arkadians, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 5.4 | 8 | To escape the wrath of the king and his wicked soothsayers, an honest young man joins with a poet-turned-jackass and a young girl with mystical powers on a series of epic adventures. | 270 | Y |
| Arkansas | Heinrichs, Ann | 8.2 | 3 | Illustrated introduction to Arkansas' geography, history, culture, and famous residents. | 144 | Y |
| Armadillo Rodeo | Brett, Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | A near-sighted armadillo follows a little girl to a rodeo and has the time of his life. | 30 | Y |
| Armageddon Summer | Yolen/Coville | 5.2 | 9 | Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe. | 266 | |
| Arms & Armor (Eyewitness) | Byam, Michele | 8.9 | 1 | A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the wild west. An Eyewitness book. | 63 | Y |
| Army of Terror | Whitman, John | 4.5 | 3 | Tash, Zak, and Uncle Hoole travel to Borborygmus to make sure Gog's project starscreen has been destroyed, but when they find Gog's laboratory, it's empty. Or so they think... | 125 | Y |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Verne, Jules | 9.6 | 12 | Phileas Fogg and his servant make a breathless world tour, overcoming wild misadventures and rescuing a beautiful Indian maharani. | 297 | Y |
| Arrow to the Sun | McDermott, Gerald | 2.7 | 0.5 | Indian myth in which the Lord of the Sun sends the spark of life to earth, and it becomes a Boy. | 14 | Y |
| Arthur and the True Francine | Brown, Marc | 2.3 | 0.5 | Francine and Muffy are good friends until Muffy lets Francine take the blame for cheating on a test. | 27 | Y |
| Arthur Babysits | Brown, Marc | 2.4 | 0.5 | Arthur's experience baby-sitting for the terrible Tibble Twins is as challenging as he expected, but he finally gets control by telling them a spooky story. | 29 | Y |
| Arthur Goes to Camp | Brown, Marc | 2.9 | 0.5 | Arthur is not looking forward to Camp Meadowcroak; and when mysterious things start happening there, he decides to run away. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur in a Pickle | Brown, Marc | 2.1 | 0.5 | After lying about what happened to his homework, Arthur has such a bad dream about being "in a pickle" that he decides to tell the truth. | 24 | |
| Arthur Lost and Found | Brown, Marc | 2.6 | 0.5 | When Arthur and Buster try to take the bus to Arthur's swimming lesson, they fall asleep and end up in a strange part of town. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur Makes the Team | Brown, Marc | 2.9 | 1 | Arthur makes the Little League team but is afraid he won't be able to play as well as his friends. | 61 | |
| Arthur Meets the President | Brown, Marc | 3.2 | 0.5 | Arthur's essay wins a contest and he has to read it to the President in a special ceremony at the White House. | 30 | |
| Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy | Brown, Marc | 2.3 | 0.5 | Jealous when Arthur loses a tooth and receives a dollar for it, his sister tries to trick the tooth fairy into also visiting her. | 28 | Y |
| Arthur, Clean Your Room! | Brown, Marc | 2.4 | 0.5 | Arthur's sister D.W. convinces him to have a garage sale after his mother tells him to get rid of the junk in his room, but things do not work out exactly as he had planned. | 24 | |
| Arthur, for the Very First Time | MacLachlan, Patricia | 4.2 | 3 | Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently. | 117 | Y |
| Arthur's April Fool | Brown, Marc | 2.7 | 0.5 | Arthur worries about remembering his magic tricks for the April Fool's Day assembly and Binky's threats to pulverize him. | 32 | Y |
| Arthur's Baby | Brown, Marc | 2.2 | 0.5 | Arthur isn't sure he is happy about the new baby in the family; but when his sister asks for his help in handling the baby, Arthur feels much better. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Birthday | Brown, Marc | 2.3 | 0.5 | Their friends must decide which party to attend when Muffy schedules her birthday party for the same day as Arthur's. | 29 | Y |
| Arthur's Chicken Pox | Brown, Marc | 2.9 | 0.5 | Arthur hopes he'll recover from the chicken pox in time to go to the circus. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Christmas | Brown, Marc | 3 | 0.5 | With only two days left till Christmas, Arthur must decide what to give Santa, the most important person on his list. | 32 | Y |
| Arthur's Computer Disaster | Brown, Marc | 2.4 | 0.5 | Arthur disobeys his Mother by playing a game on her computer which leads to a lesson in responsibility for one's actions. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Eyes | Brown, Marc | 2.2 | 0.5 | Glasses meant being teased until Arthur discovers that four eyes are better and more fun than two. | 32 | Y |
| Arthur's Family Vacation | Brown, Marc | 2.7 | 0.5 | Arthur makes his family's potentially disastrous family vacation into a success. | 19 | Y |
| Arthur's Fire Drill | Brown, Marc | 2.4 | 0.5 | Arthur helps D.W.'s fear by practicing fire drills at home. | 23 | Y |
| Arthur's First Sleepover | Brown, Marc | 2.7 | 0.5 | Rumors about sightings of an alien spaceship create excitement when Arthur's friends come to spend the night. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Halloween | Brown, Marc | 2.8 | 0.5 | Arthur finds everything about Halloween scary, including his little sister's costume, his morning snack, and the big house on the corner. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Lost Puppy | Brown, Marc | 1.9 | 0.5 | Arthur and D.W. do not know what is wrong with Baby Kate when they take her to the neighborhood fair, but Pal the puppy does. | 24 | |
| Arthur's New Puppy | Brown, Marc | 2.7 | 0.5 | Arthur's new puppy causes problems when it tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear a leash. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Pet Business | Brown, Marc | 2.4 | 0.5 | Arthur embarks on a pet-sitting business with hilarious results. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Reading Race | Brown, Marc | 1.5 | 0.5 | Arthur doesn't believe that his little sister can really read, so he challenges her to prove it. | 24 | Y |
| Arthur's Thanksgiving | Brown, Marc | 3.1 | 0.5 | Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Tooth | Brown, Marc | 2.8 | 0.5 | Arthur, tired of being the only one in his class who still has all his baby teeth, waits impatiently for his loose tooth to fall out. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's TV Trouble | Brown, Marc | 2.6 | 0.5 | When Arthur sees an advertisement for the amazing doggy treat timer, he decides to earn enough money to buy it for his dog. | 30 | Y |
| Arthur's Underwear | Brown, Marc | 2.9 | 0.5 | It takes a really embarrassing moment in the school cafeteria to cure Arthur of his fear of being caught in his underwear. | 32 | Y |
| Arthur's Valentine | Brown, Marc | 2.5 | 0.5 | Arthur has a secret admirer, so he decides to use a trick to find out who she is. | 30 | Y |
| At the Crossroads | Isadora, Rachel | 1.9 | 0.5 | South African children gather to welcome home their fathers, who have been away for several months working in the mines. | 22 | |
| Atlantic Ocean (Life in the Sea), The | Taylor, Leighton | 6 | 1 | This book discusses the location, physical environment, life forms, and exploration of the Atlantic Ocean. | 48 | Y |
| Atlantis: The Missing Continent | McMullen, David | 5 | 1 | Discusses Atlantis, the mysterious missing continent believed to be located off the western coast of Africa. | 48 | |
| Attaboy, Sam! | Lowry, Lois | 4.6 | 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 | Y |
| Attack of the Mutant | Stine, R.L. | 3.5 | 3 | Skipper has an awesome comic-book collection, and his favorite is The Masked Mutant. Skipper finds a building that looks like the Mutant's secret headquarters. A building that appears and disappears. | 117 | Y |
| Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) | Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald | 2.4 | 0.5 | Sara and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes, and stories about hats when they visit their favorite relative, Aunt Flossie. | 31 | |
| Auntie Claus | Primavera, Elise | 3.5 | 0.5 | When her eccentric Auntie Claus leaves for her annual business trip, Sophie stows away in her luggage, travels with her to the North Pole, and discovers that her aunt is really Santa's sister and helper. | 38 | Y |
| Austere Academy, The | Snicket, Lemony | 6.7 | 6 | As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf. | 221 | Y |
| Avalanches (Forces of Nature) | Merrick, Patrick | 4.5 | 0.5 | Discusses what avalanches are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself from avalanches. | 31 | Y |
| Away Is a Strange Place to Be | Hoover, H.M. | 5.4 | 7 | When she is kidnapped from the Earth in 2349 to serve as slave labor on an artificial world under construction, twelve-year-old Abby must cooperate with her fellow prisoner Bryan, a spoiled rich boy, in order to plan an escape. | 167 | Y |
| Away Went the Farmer's Hat | Moncure, Jane Belk | 2.4 | 0.5 | A farmer's hat, whisked away by the wind, is enjoyed by his horse, a duck, baby rabbits, a nest of tiny squirrels, and other animals before it finally returns to the farmer's possession. | 30 | Y |
| Aztec, Inca & Maya (Eyewitness) | Baquedano, Elizabeth | 7.9 | 1 | Discover the mysterious world of these ancient peoples, their beliefs, rituals, and fascinating civilizations. | 63 | Y |
| B Is for Betsy | Haywood, Carolyn | 4.3 | 2 | Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm. | 159 | Y |
| Babe, the Gallant Pig | King-Smith, Dick | 5.6 | 3 | Babe, the piglet won by Farmer Hogget at a fair, learns to be a sheep-pig. | 118 | Y |
| Babushka Baba Yaga | Polacco, Patricia | 4.4 | 0.5 | The Russian villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother. | 16 | |
| Baby | MacLachlan, Patricia | 4 | 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 | Y |
| Baby Animals 1 (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.2 | 0.5 | This book provides information on the different kinds of baby animals, how the babies are cared for, and the future of baby animals. | 24 | Y |
| Baby Animals 2 (Creative Ed.) | Elwood, Ann | 5 | 0.5 | This book describes the development and behavior of a variety of baby animals, including birds, reptiles, and mammals. | 24 | Y |
| Baby-sitting Is a Dangerous Job | Roberts, Willo Davis | 5.3 | 6 | Thirteen-year-old Darcy thought she was being followed for some strange reason, and then the children she baby-sat for were kidnapped. | 139 | Y |
| Back to School with Betsy | Haywood, Carolyn | 3.7 | 2 | Third-grader Betsy and her friend Billy seem to be always getting into scrapes both inside and outside of school. | 135 | Y |
| Back Yard Angel | Delton, Judy | 4.3 | 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. | 170 | Y |
| Backyard Dragon | Sterman, Betsy/Samuel | 4.4 | 5 | Owen finds a dragon in his backyard, but no one believes him. | 189 | Y |
| Bad Beginning, The | Snicket, Lemony | 6.4 | 4 | After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. | 162 | Y |
| Bad Case of Stripes, A | Shannon, David | 3.8 | 0.5 | Camilla Cream worries so much about what other people think of her that she's about to break out in a bad case of stripes. | 30 | Y |
| Bad Circuits (Strange Matter) | Barnes, Johnny Ray | 4.1 | 3 | Stephanie discovers the shocking invention that her cousin Daniel is entering in the local science competition. | 115 | |
| Bad Hare Day | Stine, R.L. | 2.9 | 3 | Tim Swanson loves magic tricks and wants to be a real magician. | 117 | Y |
| Bald Bandit, The | Roy, Ron | 3.2 | 1 | Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber. | 71 | Y |
| Bambi | Salten, Felix | 4.9 | 6 | Bambi learns much about life and about people as he grows into a beautiful stag. | 190 | Y |
| Bandit's Moon | Fleischman, Sid | 4.2 | 3 | Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquínto a beautiful stag. | 136 | Y |
| Banner in the Sky | Ullman, James Ramsey | 5.1 | 11 | Rudi's father had been killed trying to climb the Citadel, a dangerous Swiss mountain. Now it is Rudi's dream to make that climb. | 285 | Y |
| Barn, The | Avi | 3.9 | 2 | Ben is called back from school to his family's Oregon farm when his father becomes ill. | 106 | Y |
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck | Seuss, Dr. | 3.2 | 0.5 | The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky; but when oobleck falls in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom. | 46 | Y |
| Baseball Saved Us | Mochizuki, Ken | 3.9 | 0.5 | A Japanese-American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in internment camps during World War II. | 30 | |
| Bathtime for Biscuit | Capucilli, Alyssa Satin | 1.1 | 0.5 | Biscuit the puppy runs away from his bath with his puppy friend Puddles. | 28 | Y |
| Bathwater Gang, The | Spinelli, Jerry | 3 | 1 | Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless but heartfelt war with an all-boy gang until Bertie's grandmother steps in with a perfect solution. | 59 | Y |
| Bats (Creative Ed.) | Wood/Rink | 4.8 | 0.5 | This book explains why bats are such valuable and mysterious creatures. | 24 | Y |
| Battle for the Castle, The | Winthrop, Elizabeth | 4.4 | 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 | Y |
| Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! | Manes, Stephen | 4.2 | 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 | Y |
| Be a Wolf! | Strickland, Brad | 4.9 | 4 | When Jo's backpack is confiscated, Wishbone and Jo must confront a scary neighbor who owns a big, mean dog. | 137 | Y |
| Be Careful What You Wish For | Stine, R.L. | 3.7 | 3 | Sam meets someone who can grant her three wishes. Her wishes come true and turn her life into a nightmare. | 121 | Y |
| Be Seated | Giblin, James Cross | 8 | 3 | The history of the chair from prehistoric times to the present. | 122 | |
| Beans (Plants: Life Cycles) | Saunders-Smith, Gail | 0.8 | 0.5 | Simple text and photographs describe planting, growing, picking and eating green beans. | 24 | |
| Bear | Schoenherr, John | 3.7 | 0.5 | Searching for his mother, a young bear finds his own independence. | 29 | Y |
| Bear Called Paddington, A | Bond, Michael | 4.7 | 4 | A bear from darkest Peru goes to live with a family in London. | 128 | |
| Bear Detectives, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.2 | 0.5 | The Bear family don their detective gear and try to solve the mystery of the missing prize pumpkin. | 37 | Y |
| Bear Scouts, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.3 | 0.5 | Papa Bear shows the cubs the ins and outs of camping. | 62 | Y |
| Beardance | Hobbs, Will | 5.7 | 8 | While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. | 197 | Y |
| Bears (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.4 | 0.5 | This book provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of different kinds of bears. | 24 | Y |
| Bears (Welcome to the World of Animals) | Swanson, Diane | 4.6 | 0.5 | This book introduces different species of bears and their physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior. | 32 | Y |
| Bears' Christmas, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.9 | 0.5 | Papa Bear tries to show his son how to use the sled, skates, and skis Santa brought for Christmas. | 59 | Y |
| Bears for Kids/Black Bear Magic for Kids | Fair, Jeff | 4.8 | 0.5 | Examines the habitat, physical characteristics, hibernation, and protection of the black bear. | 48 | |
| Bears' House, The | Sachs, Marilyn | 4.1 | 2 | Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else. | 67 | Y |
| Bears' Picnic, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.9 | 0.5 | The Bears try to find the right spot for their picnic. | 64 | Y |
| Bear's Toothache, The | McPhail, David | 2.3 | 0.5 | A boy helps a bear with a toothache while everyone is asleep. | 25 | |
| Bears Upstairs, The | Moncure, Jane Belk | 2 | 0.5 | Katie Plays with her toy bears using chairs and later serves them pears. | 31 | Y |
| Bears' Vacation, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2 | 0.5 | Papa Bear demonstrates his seaside safety rules when the Bears take a vacation. | 63 | Y |
| Beast from the East, The | Stine, R.L. | 2.7 | 2 | There's something odd about this part of the woods. | 118 | Y |
| Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room, The | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 2.9 | 1 | Richard "Beast" Best has been held back in school and even had to take a special reading class with the "babies." But with the help of a reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and may even be able to help the second grade win a reading prize. | 76 | Y |
| Beauty | Wallace, Bill | 4 | 5 | A story of the love between a boy and his horse, Beauty. During a wild storm, Beauty raced through the barn doors the boy had forgotten to close and into a terrible trap. The boy then ran into the blinding rain, desperate to save his best friend. | 177 | Y |
| Beauty and the Beast | Brett, Jan | 5.3 | 0.5 | Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast. | 32 | Y |
| Beavers for Kids/Beaver Magic for Kids | Corrigan, Patricia | 4.9 | 0.5 | Join in the adventure as eleven-year-old Antonio explores the watery world of beavers, one of nature's most amazing animals. | 47 | |
| Bed-Knob and Broomstick | Norton, Mary | 4.8 | 6 | The Wilson children meet a prim spinster who is studying to be a witch and find themselves transported to a cannibal island. | 227 | Y |
| Bedtime for Frances | Hoban, Russell | 2.7 | 0.5 | Frances employs every ruse she can think of to put off bedtime, until the thought of a spanking makes her sleepy. | 28 | Y |
| Bee My Valentine! | Cohen, Miriam | 2.9 | 0.5 | It is Valentine's Day in the first grade and everybody gets cards; some get more than others, and hurt feelings arise. | 29 | Y |
| Beezus and Ramona | Cleary, Beverly | 4.8 | 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 | Y |
| Bella Arabella | Fosburgh, Liza | 4.4 | 4 | Arabella's best friend is her cat. They live in the most beautiful house in the world. Her stepfather thinks she is lonely and decides to send her to boarding school. She makes a wish, and because she really believes, her wish comes true. | 102 | |
| Belle Prater's Boy | White, Ruth | 4.4 | 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 | Y |
| Bellmaker, The | Jacques, Brian | 5.7 | 14 | Worried about his daughter Mariel, Joseph the Bellmaker is led by a dream from Redwall Abbey to Southsward, where he is caught up in the battle between Squirrelking Gael and the vicious Foxwolf Nagru. | 336 | Y |
| Beluga Whales (Checkerboard) | Prevost, John F. | 3.6 | 0.5 | Discover more about the Beluga Whale. Find out where they live, how they catch their prey, and how they protect themselves from dangers. | 23 | Y |
| Ben and Me | Lawson, Robert | 6.9 | 3 | Amos the mouse observes and records the life of his great friend, Benjamin Franklin. | 113 | Y |
| Benjamin Harrison | Clinton, Susan | 7.7 | 2 | Examines the military and political career of the only grandson of a President to become President himself. | 89 | Y |
| Benny Uncovers a Mystery | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3.8 | 2 | Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store, where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion. | 128 | Y |
| Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Magic Crystal Caper, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.2 | 1 | Grizzly Gran loves telling bearfolk the future with her crystal ball, but when her crystal turns up missing, the bear scouts try to help her solve the mystery. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sci-Fi Pizza, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 1 | Evil Weasel McGreed has cooked up something to destroy the Scouts. The monstrous flying pizza is getting ready to attack. | 98 | Y |
| Berenstain Bear Scouts Ghost versus Ghost, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.7 | 2 | The Bear Scouts are going for their Wilderness Survival Badge. Some bears think the Great Grizzly Forest is haunted, but the bears are going to try to survive one night in the woods of Great Grizzly. | 98 | |
| Berenstain Bear Scouts in Giant Bat Cave, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.4 | 1 | Ralph Ripoff wants to turn the cave, home to Bear Country's bats, into an underground theme park! | 96 | Y |
| Berenstain Bear Scouts Meet Bigpaw, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.4 | 1 | The grown-ups of Bear Country want to attack Bigpaw, but is he really dangerous? | 96 | |
| Berenstain Bears Accept No Substitutes, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.7 | 1 | Brother heads for trouble when he tortures the substitute teacher. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and Mama's New Job, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | Mama Bear goes into the quilt-making business, and the Bear family is worried that she will not have time for them. By pitching in and helping, the Bears learn things are not really so different with Mama working. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.2 | 0.5 | After watching a scary movie, both Brother and Sister Bear are troubled by nightmares until Mama and Papa explain what causes bad dreams. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | With the help of her family, Sister Bear breaks her habit of biting her nails. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.7 | 0.5 | Brother Bear in his little car slowly but surely beats out the other cars in this tortoise-and-hare story. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.3 | 0.5 | Members of the bear family try to solve their problems without playing the blame game. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Bully, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | The Berenstain Bears try to set a bully straight. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.1 | 0.5 | When Brother Bear is caught stealing watermelons on a dare, Farmer Ben gives him advice about standing up for what is right. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Drug Free Zone, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.4 | 1 | Brother and Sister Bear just say no to drugs. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.1 | 1 | Sexual stereotyping in Bear Country when a girl signs up for the football team. | 102 | |
| Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.8 | 0.5 | Papa Bear's attempt to scare a band of young campers by telling them about ghosts in the woods comes to an unexpected conclusion with a double ghost lesson. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.3 | 0.5 | A rich new cub named Queenie McBear teases Sister Bear and steals her Double-Dutch partners away before the big tournament. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.1 | 0.5 | The entire Bear family becomes involved in an attempt to clean and organize the cubs' messy room. A First Time Book. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.8 | 0.5 | The three Bear Detectives search for a dinosaur bone that is missing from the Bear Museum. | 36 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Missing Honey, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.6 | 0.5 | Papa Bear's favorite blackberry honey disappears, and the Bear Detectives set out to find the culprit. A First Time Reader. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Nerdy Nephew, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 1 | Professor Factual's nerdy nephew has a special talent. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the New Girl in Town, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 1 | Brother falls in love with a girl, but their relationship is thwarted by feuding families. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.2 | 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 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Red-Handed Thief, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.7 | 1 | Brother and Sister find out who is breaking into the lockers at school. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the School Scandal Sheet, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.4 | 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 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Sitter, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | Mom and Dad are going out. Gramps and Gran are, too. Who will stay home with the cubs? Just anyone won't do. . . . | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Slumber Party, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.2 | 0.5 | Lizzy Bruin's slumber party becomes even wilder when Too-Tall Grizzly and his friends decide to attend uninvited. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.1 | 0.5 | One by one, three brave little bears have second thoughts about exploring the interior of a spooky old tree. | 38 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.5 | 0.5 | Sister Bear and Lizzy Bruin learn one can't always have their way if they want to have friends. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Truth, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear learn how important it is to tell the truth after they accidentally break Mama's favorite lamp. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear are reluctant to spend a week with their grandparents, but they learn much from them; and the older bears learn how wonderful it is to be grandparents. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and the Wheelchair Commando, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 1 | Harry, a new student at Bear Country School who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, has trouble making friends until the others discover that he is really very much like them. | 104 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | Papa Bear and the cubs learn there can be too much birthday when they go overboard in planning Sister's sixth birthday party. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | Mama Bear lays down the law when she notices her family is getting chubby. | 30 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pressure, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | The Bears' lives grew more and more hectic, and there's no time left for family fun. | 29 | |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | Brother Bear likes to tease his sister, but when he's the one who is being taunted at school, he understands why his sister gets so mad. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 0.5 | Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, so she bans it for a week. The Bears find other ways to keep busy; and when the week is up, they watch less TV without missing it. | 29 | |
| Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 0.5 | The Bear family experiences one mishap after another when they vacation in the Great Grizzly Mountains. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Blaze a Trail, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.3 | 0.5 | While the Bear Scouts know they should follow the guidebook, Papa Bear has his own ideas for winning a merit badge. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears by the Sea, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.5 | 0.5 | The Bear family goes to the beach, but before they can swim in the ocean there's a lot of work to be done. | 32 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore), The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.5 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear create Earthsavers Club to deal with pollution in Bear Country. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.3 | 0.5 | Mama Bear decides to start a Bear Family Politeness Plan with a set of simple rules and penalties. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.7 | 0.5 | When two small bears don't get along, the grown-ups worry--what went wrong? | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 0.5 | After relentless teasing of Sister Bear, it is Brother Bear who ends up with opening night stage fright. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | Gran and Gramps come up with a plan to help selfish Brother and Sister Bear get rid of a bad case of the galloping greedy gimmies. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Go Fly a Kite, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.1 | 0.5 | High-flying comedy abounds when Papa Bear gives advice on how to build the biggest kite for the Bear County kite contest. | 30 | |
| Berenstain Bears Go Out for the Team, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | Mama bear helps Brother and Sister Bear (and young readers) prepare sensibly for team sports. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Go to Camp, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | It's vacation time, and the young Bears learn what it's like to live at camp. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Go to School, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.2 | 0.5 | The bear children have a wonderful time learning, playing, and making things in school. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.2 | 0.5 | Take a deep breath. Stick out your tongue. The young Bears see Doctor Grizzly for a checkup. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Gotta Dance!, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 1 | Brother's new girlfriend makes him a quick study as a dance student. | 102 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears in the Dark, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.8 | 0.5 | When Brother Bear brings a spooky book from the library, bedtime and the dark become ominous and threatening to Sister Bear. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | When Papa Bear tells the children why they should never talk to strangers, Mama Bear brings reassuring sense to the problem. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear, and even Papa, get caught up buying as many of the popular new Beary Bubbies as they can. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4.1 | 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 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' Moving Day, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.7 | 0.5 | Their stuff is all packed. Here comes the truck. Let's move with the Bears and wish them good luck. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' New Baby, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | All about the new bear in the family and how the other young bears learn to accept and love it. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.4 | 0.5 | A panda family moves next door and teaches the bears a lesson about acceptance of differences. | 29 | |
| Berenstain Bears on the Job, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 2.5 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear meet a doctor, a fireman, a police officer, and others while trying to decide what to be when they grow up. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears on the Moon, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.9 | 0.5 | Two Berenstain Bears and their pup take a rocket ship to the moon. | 38 | |
| Berenstain Bears Ready, Get Set, Go!, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.2 | 0.5 | The Berenstain family engage in competitive sports events while demonstrating to the reader the comparison of adjectives. | 28 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Think of Those in Need, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.9 | 0.5 | When Mama Bear decides that the family has accumulated too many old toys, books, and games, they sort through all their extra stuff and take it to the Old Bears' Home, the Beartown Young Cubs Hospital, and the Bears Who Care store. | 30 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother's adage, 'appearances can be deceiving.' | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' Trouble at School, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | When Brother Bear ignores make-up work after being out sick with a cold, he learns the consequences of neglecting responsibilities. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 4 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear learn some important lessons about earning and spending money. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Pets, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | Brother and Sister Bear learn that a new puppy is not a plaything but a responsibility. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.6 | 0.5 | Taking good care of their teeth is something all bears do. That's why Sis and Brother brush--and go to the dentist, too. | 29 | Y |
| Berenstain Bears: No Girls Allowed, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 3.7 | 0.5 | When Brother Bear and his friends build a clubhouse for boys only, Sister Bear comes up with a plan. | 29 | Y |
| Berlioz the Bear | Brett, Jan | 3 | 0.5 | Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when their bandwagon becomes stuck in a hole in the road. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day. | 30 | |
| Bermuda Triangle, The | Collins, Jim | 5.1 | 1 | Discusses the many mysterious, unexplained losses of ships and planes in the area of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Bermuda. | 48 | |
| Berries Goodman | Neville, Emily Cheney | 4.4 | 5 | A city boy's move to the suburbs includes a painful experience in anti-Semitism. | 178 | |
| Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The | Robinson, Barbara | 5.1 | 2 | The Herdman children, given to horrible pranks, take over the Sunday school Christmas pageant but eventually learn the true meaning of Christmas. | 80 | Y |
| Best Friends for Frances | Hoban, Russell | 3.4 | 0.5 | Frances teaches Albert, the badger next door, about friendship and learns to appreciate her sister Gloria as well. | 31 | Y |
| Best School Year Ever, The | Robinson, Barbara | 5.4 | 3 | The terrible kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School return with more wild behavior and outrageous lies. | 117 | Y |
| Best Way to Play, The | Cosby, Bill | 2.5 | 0.5 | Little Bill and his friends clamor to get the video game version of their favorite television show, but find they have more fun using their imaginations while playing outside. | 33 | Y |
| Best-Laid Plans of Jonah Twist, The | Honeycutt, Natalie | 3.5 | 3 | Busy third-grader Jonah Twist must endure giving a school report on elephant seals with the bossy Juliet Fisher, while worrying that his new kitten may have eaten his older brother's hamster. | 115 | Y |
| Betsy and the Circus | Haywood, Carolyn | 3.8 | 3 | The circus is coming to town, and Betsy and her friends can hardly keep their minds on their school lessons so they write stories about the circus. | 149 | |
| Betsy's Little Star | Haywood, Carolyn | 3.6 | 2 | Betsy's little sister Star has a lot of friends to play with in the afternoon; but in the morning her friends are in school, and Star wishes she could be with them. Leave it to Star to find different reasons to go to school and join the class. | 130 | |
| Betsy-Tacy | Lovelace, Maud Hart | 4 | 3 | Two young girls become inseparable friends. | 113 | Y |
| Beware, the Snowman | Stine, R.L. | 3.2 | 2 | Jaclyn lives in a tiny village on the edge of the Arctic Circle where the snowmen are really creepy. | 113 | |
| Beyond the Ridge | Goble, Paul | 3.9 | 0.5 | At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom. | 28 | Y |
| BFG, The | Dahl, Roald | 4.8 | 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 | Y |
| Bicycle Mystery | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 3.2 | 2 | Many complications follow when a dog attaches himself to the Aldens on a bicycle trip. | 127 | Y |
| Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potatoes | Pinkwater, Daniel | 2.3 | 0.5 | Big Bob and Big Gloria, who are friends because they are both large for their age, start a new trend when their second-grade class is supposed to make turkey decorations for Thanksgiving. | 28 | Y |
| Big Brown Bear | McPhail, David | 0.4 | 0.5 | A big brown bear turns blue with paint when a little bear accidentally knocks over his ladder with her baseball bat. | 18 | Y |
| Big Cats (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.5 | 0.5 | This book provides information on the physical characteristics and behavior of different species of big cats. | 24 | Y |
| Big Cats Past and Present | Johnston, Marianne | 4.6 | 0.5 | This book describes the prehistoric ancestors, evolution, and modern-day members of the cat family. | 24 | Y |
| Big Dog...Little Dog | Eastman, P.D. | 1.7 | 0.5 | Adventures of big Fred and little Ted illustrate concepts of size, color, speed, and duration. | 27 | Y |
| Big Honey Hunt, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.7 | 0.5 | Humorous story of the Bear family's search for honey. | 64 | Y |
| Big Red | Kjelgaard, Jim | 5.6 | 9 | This famous wilderness adventure portrays the story of a boy and his dog and their feud with Old Majesty, the legendary bear. | 218 | Y |
| Big Sundae, The | Horton, Randy | 4.6 | 1 | Monty accidentally skis into the middle of a birthday party, and everyone thinks he is a professional ski jumper. Monty must face his fear or back down when he is asked to perform again. | 49 | Y |
| Big Wave, The | Buck, Pearl S. | 5.2 | 2 | A Japanese boy learns the joy of living after surviving a tidal wave that tragically destroys his family and his village. | 57 | Y |
| Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance | Dadey/Jones | 3.7 | 1 | The Bailey School kids are investigating the strange adult that lives in Bailey City, for he may be the legendary Bigfoot. | 67 | |
| Bigfoot: Man, Monster, or Myth? | Carmichael, Carrie | 4.9 | 1 | An inquiry into the existence of the purportedly half-human, half-animal creatures said to have roamed the northwestern states and British Columbia for hundreds of years. | 48 | |
| Bigger | Calvert, Patricia | 5.7 | 6 | A boy fails to persuade his Confederate father to return home to a life of peace -- and defeat. | 137 | Y |
| Biggest Bear, The | Ward, Lynd | 3.9 | 0.5 | Johnny sets out to kill a big bear and insteads befriends him. Caldecott Medal Winner. NCTE Adventuring with Books. | 84 | Y |
| Biggest Pumpkin Ever, The | Kroll, Steven | 3.5 | 0.5 | Two mice grow the biggest pumpkin ever. | 28 | Y |
| Biggest Sandwich Ever, The | Gelman, Rita Golden | 1.7 | 0.5 | Describes the biggest sandwich ever made. | 46 | |
| Bighorn Sheep, The | Mattern, Joanne | 4.5 | 0.5 | Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the bighorn sheep. | 48 | Y |
| Bigmama's | Crews, Donald | 2.8 | 0.5 | Visiting Bigmama's house in the country, young Donald Crews finds his relatives full of news and the old place and its surroundings just the same as the year before. | 30 | Y |
| Bike Lesson, The | Berenstain, Stan/Jan | 1.6 | 0.5 | Papa Bear teaches junior to ride his bike. | 61 | |
| Bingo Brown and the Language of Love | Byars, Betsy | 4.3 | 4 | As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up. | 132 | Y |
| Bird-Eating Spiders (Checkerboard) | Gerholdt, James E. | 4.1 | 0.5 | Discover more about the Bird-Eating Spider. Find out where they are found, how they catch their prey, and how they protect themselves from dangers. | 21 | Y |
| Birds' Christmas Carol, The | Wiggin, Kate Douglas | 7.3 | 2 | Story of a young girl who has everything she could ever want, and wants to share her wonderful things with a family that does not have as much as she does. | 90 | Y |
| Birds of Prey (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.2 | 0.5 | This book describes the characteristics of a variety of birds of prey, including the owl, eagle, hawk, and vulture. | 24 | Y |
| Biscuit | Capucilli, Alyssa Satin | 1.4 | 0.5 | A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he'll go to sleep. | 26 | Y |
| Biscuit Finds a Friend | Capucilli, Alyssa Satin | 0.8 | 0.5 | A puppy helps a little duck find its way home to the pond. | 24 | |
| Bison for Kids/Bison Magic for Kids | Wilkinson, Todd | 5.8 | 0.5 | Presents information about the millions of bison, or buffalo, which roamed the open prairies of the Far West when the country was young. | 48 | |
| Black Beauty (Unabridged) | Sewell, Anna | 7.7 | 11 | A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. | 240 | Y |
| Black Cauldron, The | Alexander, Lloyd | 5.2 | 7 | In Prydain, a young Assistant Pig-Keeper achieves honor in a quest to destroy the evil Black Cauldron. | 229 | Y |
| Black Holes (A True Book) | Sipiera, Paul P. | 5.3 | 0.5 | Explains the nature and formation of the cosmic phenomenon known as a black hole. | 48 | Y |
| Black Pearl, The | O'Dell, Scott | 5.4 | 4 | In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil that legend says is its owner. | 96 | Y |
| Black Snowman, The | Mendez, Phil | 3.7 | 0.5 | Through the powers of a magical "kente," a black snowman comes to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage, as well as his own self-worth. | 45 | Y |
| Black Stallion, The | Farley, Walter | 5.2 | 7 | Story of the wildest of all wild creatures--a stallion unbroken, untamed! | 187 | Y |
| Black Star, Bright Dawn | O'Dell, Scott | 4.3 | 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 | Y |
| Black Widow Spiders (Checkerboard) | Gerholdt, James E. | 4.1 | 0.5 | Discover more about the Black-Widow Spider. Find out where they are found, how they catch their prey, and how they protect themselves against dangers. | 21 | Y |
| Black Widow Spiders (Spiders Discovery) | Martin, Louise | 4.7 | 0.5 | Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the shy but poisonous ( female only ) black widow spider. | 24 | Y |
| Blackberries in the Dark | Jukes, Mavis | 3.6 | 1 | Nine-year-old Austin visits his grandmother the summer after his grandfather dies, and together they try to come to terms with their loss. | 43 | Y |
| Blackwater | Bunting, Eve | 3.6 | 3 | When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident. | 146 | Y |
| Blackwater Swamp | Wallace, Bill | 4.2 | 5 | Ted and his sister find peril when they move to the Louisiana bayou. | 185 | Y |
| Bladderworts: Trapdoors to Oblivion | Gentle, Victor | 4.8 | 0.5 | Introduces these carnivorous plants by describing their traps, plant types, diet, habitat, and possible use against the cane toad plague in Australia. | 24 | |
| Blind Guards of Easter Island, The | Meyer, Miriam | 5.9 | 1 | Discusses the human-like rock structures on Easter Island and speculates on how they may have gotten there. | 48 | |
| Blizzards (Forces of Nature) | Merrick, Patrick | 4 | 0.5 | Uses a question-and -answer format to provide information about the causes of blizzards, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce. | 32 | Y |
| Blizzards (Nature's Fury) | Meister, Cari | 5 | 1 | This book discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of blizzards, blizzards of the past, and ways to survive them. | 32 | |
| Bloody Country | Collier, James/Christopher | 5.2 | 6 | Set during the Revolutionary War, this is the story of two friends, a landowner's son and a slave, who have very different points of view on war and slavery. By the authors of My Brother Sam Is Dead. | 181 | |
| Bloomability | Creech, Sharon | 5.2 | 7 | When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place in it. | 273 | Y |
| Blue Bay Mystery | Warner, Gertrude Chandler | 2.9 | 2 | The Aldens find a castaway on a South Sea Island. | 157 | Y |
| Blue Heron | Avi | 4 | 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 | Y |
| Blue Moose | Pinkwater, Daniel | 4.4 | 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 | |
| Blue Skies, French Fries | Delton, Judy | 3.1 | 1 | Just before school starts, the Pee Wee Scouts have a big Labor Day Pee Wee Weenie Roast. | 87 | Y |
| Blue Sword, The | McKinley, Robin | 6.8 | 17 | Harry, bored with her sheltered life on the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. | 272 | Y |
| Blue Whales (Checkerboard) | Prevost, John F. | 4.1 | 0.5 | Discover more about the Blue Whale. Find out where they are found, how they catch their prey, and how they protect themselves from dangers. | 24 | Y |
| Blue Willow | Gates, Doris | 6.5 | 6 | A family forced to become migratory workers finally finds a permanent home again. | 172 | Y |
| Blueberries for Sal | McCloskey, Robert | 4.1 | 0.5 | A bear cub and a little girl each mistakes the other's mother for its own. | 28 | Y |
| Blue-Eyed Daisy, A | Rylant, Cynthia | 4.6 | 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 | |
| Boa Constrictors (Checkerboard) | Gerholdt, James E. | 3.9 | 0.5 | Discover more about the Boa Constrictor. Find out where they are found, how they catch their prey, and how they defend themselves against dangers. | 21 | Y |
| Boa Constrictors (Snake Discovery) | Bargar/Johnson | 5 | 0.5 | Discusses the natural habitats, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of these non-poisonous snakes. | 24 | Y |
| Boas, Pythons, and Anacondas | Ethan, Eric | 3.9 | 0.5 | Describes what these constrictors look like, what they eat, where they can be found, how they defend themselves, the dangers they present, and the outlook for their future. | 24 | |
| Boats (On the Move) | Stickland, Paul | 2.3 | 0.5 | Illustrations and brief text present various types of boats: ferries, rowboats, sailing ships, oil tankers, and more. | 16 | Y |
| Bobby Baseball | Smith, Robert Kimmel | 3.9 | 5 | Ten-year-old Bobby is passionate about baseball and convinced that he is a great player. The only problem is getting the chance to prove his skill, es |