Grade 2

Series:
David Adler - Young Cam Jansen
Tedd Arnold - Fly Guy Series
C.W. Anderson - The Blaze series
Annie Barrows - Ivy and Bean series
J. Betancourt - Pony Pals
Mary P. Osborne - Magic Tree House
Cynthia Rylant - Henry and Mudge

Titles:

Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea
by Charlotte Lewis Brown

Dirk Bones & the Mystery of the Haunted House
by Doug Cushman

Comets, Stars, The Moon & Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
by Douglas Florian

Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals
by Steve Jenkins

The Best Chef in 2^nd Grade
by Katherine Kenah

The Little Lost Bat
by Sandra Markel

Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
by Laura Kvasnosky

Exploratopia
by  Pat Murphy and Ellen Macaulay

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine
By Erica Silverman

Amazing Whales!
by Sarah Thompson

Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth
by Jean Van Leeuwen

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Grade 3

Required Reading:
Fables by Arnold Lobel

Series:
Ben Baglio - Animal Ark
Jeanne Betancourt - Pony Pals Ann Cameron                       
Julian - (Family stories)

Titles:
Parrotfish and Sunken Ships
by Jim Arnosky

Frogs
By Nic Bishop

When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth and Bugs Began to Swarm
by Hannah Bonner

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (read aloud)
by Kate DiCamillo

Lunch Money
by Andrew Clements

Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
by Isabell and Craig Hatkoff and Gerald Uhlich

Caleb’s Story
by Patricia Mac Lachlan

Puss in Boots
by Charles Perrault

Cricket in Times Square George Selden Science books
by Seymor Simon

Oliver the Mighty Pig
by Jean Van Leeuwen

Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B. White

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Grade 4

Required:
Cleary’s The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Series:
Matt Christopher - Sports stories
Franklin Dixon - Hardy Boys mysteries
Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew mysteries
Mary Norton - The Borrowers
Louis Sachar - Wayside School
John Scieszka - Time Warp Trio
Donald Sobel - Encyclopedia Brown
Gertrude Warner - Boxcar Children

Titles:
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl

What’s Eating You? Parasites-The Inside Story*
by Nicola Davies

Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
by Craig Hatkoff et al.

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff
by Jessica Kerin

Howliday Inn and others
by James Howe

Rats on the Range and others
by James Marshall

Nic Bishop's Spiders
by Nic Bishop

Comet, Stars, the Moon and Mars
By Doug Florian

The Invention of Hugo Cabret*
by Brian Selznick

Teeth
by Sneed B. Collard

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up
by John Scieszka