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Here is a list of recommended books,
by grade level, from the teachers at Jackson Avenue: |
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Grade Level |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up |
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L. Frank Baum & Robert Sabuda |
Family Pop-up |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
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Robert Sabuda |
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Family Pop-up |
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Falling Up |
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Shel Silverstein |
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Family |
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Highlights Magazine for Children |
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Family |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
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Eric Carle |
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Pre-K |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
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Bill Martin, Jr |
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Pre-K |
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Stellaluna |
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Jannell Cannon |
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Pre-K |
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Barnyard Banter |
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Denise Fleming |
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Pre-K |
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Mouse Mess |
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Linnea Riley |
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Pre-K |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
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Bill Martin/John Archambault |
K |
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Chicken Soup with Rice |
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Maurice Sendak |
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K |
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Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young |
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Jack Prelutsky |
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K |
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Titch |
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Pat Hutchins |
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K |
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Mother Goose |
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K |
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
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Laura Numeroff |
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K |
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Mouse Count |
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Ellen Stoll Walsh |
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K |
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A Pig is Big |
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Douglas Florian |
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Down by the Bay |
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Raffi |
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Boo to a Goose |
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Mem Fox |
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K |
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The Grouchy Ladybug |
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Eric Carle |
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K |
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The Very Busy Spider |
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Eric Carle |
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K |
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Chrysanthemum |
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Kevin Henkes |
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1 |
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Charlotte's Web |
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E.B. White |
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1 |
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Amos and Boris |
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Willima Steig |
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1 |
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Horrible Harry |
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Suzy Kline |
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2 |
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The Chalk Box Kid |
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Clyde Robert Bulla |
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3 |
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Call Me Ruth |
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Marilyn Sachs |
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3 |
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Ramona the Brave |
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Beverly Cleary |
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3 |
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Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog |
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David Adler |
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3 |
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Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs |
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Patricia Reilly Giff |
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3 |
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Charlotte's Web |
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E.B. White |
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3 |
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Number the Stars |
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Lois Lowry |
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3 |
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Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend, Helen Keller |
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Judith St. George |
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3 |
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Mouse Soup |
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Arnold Lobel |
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3-4 Bilingual |
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Pack 109 |
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Mike Thaler |
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3-4 Bilingual |
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Julieta Estate Quieta |
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Rosemary Wells |
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3-4 Bilingual |
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Las Lechucitas |
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Martin Waddell |
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3-4 Bilingual |
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Donde Viven Los Monstruos |
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Maurice Sendak |
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3-4 Bilingual |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
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Kate DiCamillo |
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4 |
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The Tale of Despereaux |
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Kate DiCamillo |
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4 |
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Bud, Not Buddy |
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Christopher Paul Curtis |
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4 |
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Prince of the Pond |
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Donna JoNapoli |
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4 |
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Anastasia Krupnik |
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Lois Lowry |
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4 |
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Agony of Alice |
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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4 |
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
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Mordicai Gerstein |
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4 |
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Gooney Bird Green |
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Lois Lowry |
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4 |
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Donovan's Word Jar |
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Mona Lisa DeGross |
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4 |
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That Love Dog |
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Sharon Creech |
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4 |
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Ella Enchanted |
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Gail Levine |
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4 |
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Holes |
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4 |
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: |
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Kristina Gregory |
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4 |
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The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell |
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Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer |
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Jane Moore Howe |
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4 |
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Bunnicula |
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James Howe |
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4 |
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Loser |
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Jerry Spinnelli |
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4 |
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Tiger Eyes |
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Judy Blume |
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4 |
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| K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 | ||
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Series |
Grade Level |
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Grade 1 |
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James Marshall |
George & Martha Stories |
1 |
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Mercer Mayer |
Little Critter Stories |
1 |
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Leo Leonni |
all books |
1 |
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Bernstein Bears |
1 |
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James Marshall |
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1 |
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Robert Munsch |
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1 |
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Arnold Lobel |
Frog and Toad |
1 |
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Jean Van Leeuwen |
Oliver Pig |
1 |
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Cynthia Rylant |
Henry & Mudge |
1 |
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Frank Asch |
Bear |
1 |
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Russel Hoban |
Frances |
1 |
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Peggy Parish |
Amelia Bedelia |
1 |
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Dr. Seuss Books |
1 |
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Ron Roy |
The A-Z Mysteries |
2 |
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James Preller |
A Jigsaw Jones Mysteries |
2 |
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David Adler |
Cam Jansen |
2 |
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Mary Pope Osborne |
Magic Tree House |
2 |
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Suzy Kline |
Horrible Harry |
2 |
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Dan Greenburg |
The Zac Files |
2 |
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Debbie Dadey |
Bailey School Kids |
3 |
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Marcia Thornton Jones |
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Joanna Cole |
Magic School Bus |
3 |
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last updated 03/16/2007