PreK-2 Booklist  

A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog or other titles by Mercer Mayer

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett

Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett

Arthur and D.W. titles by Marc Brown

Austin Alligator - I’ll See You Guys Later and other titles by Cindy Foust

Baby Says by John Steptoe

Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Hudson

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?                by Bill Martin

Cam Jansen series by David Adler

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkin

Carl Goes Shopping by Alexandra Day

Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault

Color Zoo and other titles by Lois Ehlert

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Curious George series by H. E. Rey

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan

Epossumondas and other titles by Coleen Salley

Five Little Monkeys with Nothing To Do

by Eileen Christelow

Foot Book and other titles by Dr. Seuss

Freight Train and other titles by Donald Crews

Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel

Go, Dog, Go by P. D. Eastman

Good Boy, Fergus! and No David! by David Shannon

Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Grandma’s Gumbo by Deborah Ousley Kadair

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and other titles

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Jamal’s Busy Day by Wade Hudson

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear

by Nancy White Carlstrom

Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

Louisiana Alphabet by Laurie Parker

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and other titles

by Kevin Henkes

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack

Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Miss Nelson books by James Allard

Miss Spider series by David Kirk

Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

Mitten by Jan Brett

Moon Bear series by Frank Asch

More, More, More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera Williams

Mouse Count and Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh

My Family: Mi familia series by Pat Mora

Napping House by Audrey Wood

Nate the Great series by Marjorie W. Sharmat

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Olivia series by Greg Falconer

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

P is for Pelican by Anita Prieto

Patrick’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

Pet Show! or Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrice Potter

Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo LeSieg

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Three Little Cajun Pigs by Mike Artell

Three Billy Goats Gruff by Janet Stevens

Today is Monday in Louisiana

by Johnette Downing

Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto

Tub People by Pam Conrad

Very Hungry Caterpillar and other titles

by Eric Carle

Welcome Precious by Nikki Brimes

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Whose Mouse Are You? By Robert Kraus

Grades 3-5 Booklist

Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger

Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Boxcar Children mystery series

by Gertrude Warner

Boy and the Ghost by Robert San Souci

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bunnicula series by James Howe

Casey Back at Bat by Dan Gutman

Challenge at Second Base by Matt Christopher

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory                           by Roald Dahl

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Clovis Crawfish stories by Mary Alice Fontenot

Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space

Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian

Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague

Dolley Madison Saves George Washington            by Don Brown

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat                  by Lynne Jonell

Encyclopedia Brown mystery series                        by Donald Sobol

Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming

Feliciana Meets d’Loup Garou: A Cajun Tall Tale   by Tynia Thomassie

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Gator Gumbo: A Spicy Hot Tale                              by Candace Fleming

Hairy Hezekiah by Dick King-Smith

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone                     by J. K. Rowling

Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor

Indian In the Cupboard and other titles                    by Lynne Reid Banks

Jenny Giraffe and the Streetcar Party                     by Cecilia Casrill Dartez

Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House by Rickey Pittman

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

by Mildred Pitts Walter 

Landry News by Andrew Clements

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco

Little House on the Prairie series                  by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiet Man by David Adler

Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole

Magic Tree House Mysteries                          by Mary Pope Osborne

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy

Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Moby Pincher books by Dee Scallan

Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little   by Peggy Gifford

My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars,            Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

My Side of the Mountain                               by Jean Craighead George

New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

Officer Buckle and Gloria                              by Peggy Rathmann

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude            by Kevin O’Malley

Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

Paul Bunyan and other titles

by Steven Kellogg

Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood      by Mike Artell

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Precious and the Boo Hag                            by Patricia McKissack

Ramona and other titles by Beverly Cleary

Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare            by Patricia Polacco

Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back                    by David Adler

Series of Unfortunate Events

by Lemony Snicket

Sideways Stories from Wayside School           by Louis Sachar

Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble                       by William Steig

Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci

Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka

True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughn

Verdi by Janell Cannon

Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963                   by Christopher Paul Curtis

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull

Witch’s Buttons by Ruth Chew

Grades 6-8  Booklist 

Adventure/Survival

Chaos Code by Justin Richards

Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs

Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale

Holes by Louis Sachar

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller

Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury

Peak by Roland Smith

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Stormbreak (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz

Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick

Animal Lovers

Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam

by Cynthia Kadohata

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Shiloh series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fantasy/Science Fiction

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

Borrowers by Mary Norton

Caroline by Neil Gaiman

Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

Dread Locks by Neal Shusterman

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Ender’s Game series by Orson Scott Card

Giver and other titles by Lois Lowry

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

by Rick Riordan

Pig Scrolls by Paul Shipton

Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

Shadow Children series by Margaret Haddix

Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel

Storm Thief by Chris Wooding

Folktales

People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

by Virginia Hamilton

Graphic Novels

Bone series by Jeff Smith

History

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko  

Bodies from the Ash by James M. Deem

Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Girl in a Cage

 by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris

Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen

Racing to Freedom Trilogy by Alison Hart

Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale

Humorous

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons

 by Jeff Kinney

Never Mind! A Twin Novel

by Rachel Vail and Avi

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita

Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks and Me

by Lisa Papademetriou

Louisiana

Cottonmouth Club by Lance Marcum

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

Mystery

Code Orange by Caroline Cooney

Deep and Dark and Dangerous

by Mary Downing Hahn

Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline Cooney

Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney

Grooves: A Kind of Mystery

by Kevin Brockmeier

Look for Me by Moonlight

by Mary Downing Hahn

Nightmare by Joan Lowery Nixon

Sammy Keyes series by Wendelin Van Draanen

Poetry

Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems

by John Grandits

Jazz A B Z by Wynton Marsalis

Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits

Realistic Fiction

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan 

Click Here (to find out how I survived seventh grade) by Denise Vega

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Bodies from the Ash by James M. Deem

Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Girl in a Cage

 by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris

Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen

Racing to Freedom Trilogy by Alison Hart

Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale

Humorous

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons

 by Jeff Kinney

Never Mind! A Twin Novel

by Rachel Vail and Avi

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita

Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks and Me

by Lisa Papademetriou

Louisiana

Cottonmouth Club by Lance Marcum

My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

Mystery

Code Orange by Caroline Cooney

Deep and Dark and Dangerous

by Mary Downing Hahn

Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline Cooney

Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney

Grooves: A Kind of Mystery

by Kevin Brockmeier

Look for Me by Moonlight

by Mary Downing Hahn

Nightmare by Joan Lowery Nixon

Sammy Keyes series by Wendelin Van Draanen

Poetry

Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems

by John Grandits

Jazz A B Z by Wynton Marsalis

Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits

Realistic Fiction

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan 

Click Here (to find out how I survived seventh grade) by Denise Vega

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls