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3-7:

26 Fairmont Avenue, An Autobiography by Tomie dePaola
A is for Salad by Mike Lester
Abbie Against the Storm by Marcia Vaughn
About Arachnids: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol by Eric Kimmel
Akiak, A Tale of the Iditarod by Robert Blake 
Alien Secrets by Annette by Curtis Klause
All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
Amber On the Moutain by Tony Johnson
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Stevens &  Crummel
Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle by Jennifer Jacobson
Ants by Deborah Hodge
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio by Tony Johnston
Apple Pie 4th of July By Janet Wong
Apollo by Caroline Gregorie
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller
Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka
Baba Yaga and Vasalisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer
Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman
Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kaska
The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson
Ballerino Nate by Kimberly Brubak Bradley
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Beast Feast by Douglas Florian
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryant, Unit in Book Bridges
Bebe Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Bertie was a Watchdog by Rick Walton, Unit in Book Bridges
Beware of Kissing Lizard Lips by Phyllis Shalant
The Big Bike Race by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
The Big Bug Book by Margery Flacklam
Bigger by Patricia Calvert
The Big House by Carolyn Coman
Birthday Surprisesby Johanna Hurwiz
Boss of the Plains by Laurie Carlson
bow wow meow meow: it’s rhyming cats and dogs by Douglas Florian
The Boy of a Thousand Faces  by Brian Selznick
The Boy on Fairfield Street: Ted Geisel --Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull
Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs: How They Guard Sheep by Cat Urbigkit
Bubba and Beau, Best Friends by Kathi Appelt, Unit in Book Bridges
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, 2000 Newbery Medal
Bug Dance by Stuart Murphy, Unit in Book Bridges
The Buffalo Nickel by Taylor Morrison
Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy
Buster by Denise Fleming
Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest by Robert Burleigh 
Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Cockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep
Comes a Wind by Linda Arms White
Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems by Heidi B. Roemer
The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo by Stevens and Crummel
A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? by Barney Saltzberg
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh A Newbery Medal
Coyote School News by Joan Sandlin
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman
Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi 2004 Newbery Medal
Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer
Dandelions by Eve Bunting
Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes, Unit in Book Bridges
The Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars
Dear Whiskers  by Whitehead Nagda Ann 
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, Unit in Book Bridges
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara  Kerley 
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Two Voices by Paul B. Janeczko
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp
Dream Carver by Diana Cohn Unit in Tickles, Tricks, and Treasure
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Eaglet's World by Evelyn Minshull
The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise! by Leo Landry
Edwina Victorious by Susan Bonners
The Egg by M. P. Robertson
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston
Elephants Can Paint, Too by Katya Arnold
Ella Enchanted (A Cinderella Novel) by Gail Carson Levine
Empire State Building by Elizabeth Mann
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs by Sabuda and Reinhart
Epossumondas by Coleen Salley, Unit in Book Bridges
Ereth's Birthday by Avi
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Eye of the Storm by Stephen Kramer
The Face in the Bessledorf Funeral Parlor by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Fair Weather by Richard Peck
Faith and the Electric Dog by Patrick Jennings
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor
Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner
The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen 
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman  by Louise and Mary Kay Kroeger
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
Follow the Trail: A Young Person’s Guide to the Great Outdoors by Jessica Loy
The Forging of the Blade by R. L. LaFevers
Fox Makes Friends by Adam Relf
Frindle by Andrew Clements
A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson, Unit in Book Bridges
Frog's Best Friend by Marion Dane
Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke, Unit in Book Bridges
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli by Mary Downing Hahn
George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora
Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma by Joe Hayes
Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice 
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning
The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman
Gib Rides Home  by Zilpha K. Snyder 
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack. Jerry Pinkney Illustrator.
The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson 
Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
Good Dog by Maya Gottfried
Good Luck, Mrs. K.! by Louise Borden
The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon
The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park 
The Great Pig Search by Eileen Christelow, Unit in Book Bridges
Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr 
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson, Unit in Book Bridges
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
The Hero of Bremen by Margaret Hodges
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
Hey, New Kid! by Betsy Duffey
A Hippopotamus Grows Up by Anastasia Suen
The Hired Hand by Robert San Souci
Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan, Unit in Book Bridges
Home Run by Robert Burleigh
Honus and Me  by Dan Gutman 
Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester in Book Buddies
Hope by Louann Gaeddert
Horace the Horrible: A Knight Meets His Match by Jack French Koller
Hotshots! by Chris L. Demarest
How I became a pirate by Melinda Long
How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez
How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George
A Huge Hog is a Big Pig, Rhyming Game by Francis X. McCall
The Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O’Connell George
Hungry Hen by Richard Waring, Unit in Book Bridges
Hunter's Best Friend at School by Laura Elliott, Unit in Book Bridges
I am America by Charles R. Smith
Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster,.. by Katherine Hannigan
If I Ran for President by Catherine Stier
If the Shoe Fits by Alison Jackson
Incredible Me! by Kathi Appelt, Unit in Book Bridges
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe 
In My Family / En Mi Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian 
I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Ignus
I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World. by Jenkins and Page
I Stink! by Kate McMullan, Unit in Book Bridges
It is the Wind by Ferida Wolff
It’s Quacking Time! by Martin Waddell
I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch 
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum
Jericho by Janet Hickman
Jim Dandy by Hadley Irwin
Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie by Joe Hayes
Jabuti, the Tortise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald McDermott
Junebug by Alice Mead
Kate Shelley:  Bound for Legend by Robert D. San Souci
Kennedy Assassination by Wilborn Hampton 
The Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue  Park
Later, Gator (Chinese-American) by Laurence Yep 
Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson
Later, Gator by Laurence Yep
Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich
Leonardo DaVinci by Diane Stanley
Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz.   Hudson Talbott, Illustrator
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Story by Laurie Myers
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury
Lou Gehrig:The Luckiest Man by David Adler
Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Skolsky 
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech 
A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
Mack Made Movies by Don Brown
The Magician’s Boy by Susan Cooper
Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky 
Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells
Math Curse by John Scieszka
Math-terpieces : the art of problem-solving by Greg Tang
Max and Jax in Second Grade by Nolen, Jerdine.
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen
Mice and Beans by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
The Mightiest Heart by Lynn Cullen
Mister and Me by Kimberly by Willis Holt
Mommy’s Best Kisses by Margaret Anastas, Unit in Book Bridges
Morgy Makes His Move by Maggie Lewis
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
Mother to Tigers by George Ella Lyon, Unit in Book Bridges
Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen
Mummies and Their Mysteries by Charlotte Wilcox
Mutt Dog! by Stephen Michael King
My Chimp Friday: The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis
My Life in Dog Years, An Autobiography  by Gary Paulsen
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
My Pony by Susan Jeffers, Unit in Book Bridges 
The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine  by Diane Stanley
The neighborhood Mother Goose, Greenwillow Books/Amistad
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Old Mac Donald Had a Woodshop by Lisa Shulman
Old People, Frogs, and Albert by Nancy Hope Wilson 
Old Shell, New Shell: A Coral Reef Tale by Helen Ward
Oliver Finds His Way by Phyllis Root
Ollie by Olivier Dunrea, Unit in Book Bridges
One Dark Night, by H. J. Hutchins, Unit in Tickles, Tricks, and Treasure
One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler, Unit in Book Bridges
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book by April Pulley Sayre
On the Bus with Joanna Cole, An Autobiography  by Joanna Cole
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson 
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
An Outlaw Thanksgiving by Emily Arnold McCully
A Paradise Called Texas by Janice Shefelman
Passage to Freedom:  The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki
Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Persian Cinderella  by  Shirley Climo
Phineas Gage, A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman
Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed. by Lola M. Schaefer
Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines
The Pinata Maker by George Ancona
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
¡Pío Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Selected by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy with English Adaptations by Alice Schertle,
Poppy by Avi
The Pot that Jack Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel
The Princesses Have a Ball by Teresa Bateman
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecíndario de Quinito by Ina Cumpiano
Raccoon on His Own by Jim Arnosky
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
The Raft by Jim LaMarche
 A Rainbow All Around Me Sandra L. Pinkney
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
The Reluctant Flower Girl by Lynne Barasch
Regular Guy by Sara Weeks
The Riches of Osceola McCarty by Evelyn Coleman
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rio Grande: From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico by Peter Lourie
Rope Burn by Jan Siebold
Rowdy Rooster by Janine Scot 
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley 
Runaway Radish by Jessie Haas
Sailing for Gold by Deborah Hopkinson
Sand and Fog: Adventures of South Africa by Marianna Mayer
Sarah, Sissy Weed, and the Ships of the Desert by Paula Paul
Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley
The School Story by Andrew Clements
Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta by Lisa Wheeler--Winner of TBA!
Search for Shadowman by Joan Lowery Nixon
A Season of Comebacks by Kathy Mackel
Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park
Scrubba Dubba by Nancy Van Laan, Unit in Book Bridges
Selavi by Youme
Shape Changer by Bill Brittain
Sharks by Seymour Simon
Shelter Dogs by Peg Kehret
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy by Phil Bildner 
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare, Newbery Medal
Silver Shoes by Caroline Binch, Unit in Book Bridges
Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, 2002 Newbery Medal
A Short Walk Around the Pyramids by Phillip M. Isaacson
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo
The Silver Balloon by Susan Bonners
Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler
Skylark by Patricia Machlan
Sky Pioneer:  Amelia Earhart by Corinne Szabo
Small Steps, An Autobiography by Peg Kehret
Smokejumpers by Elaine Landau
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery
Snip Snap! : What's That? by Mara Bergman
So B. It: A Novel by Sarah Weeks
A Sock is a Pocket for your Toes by Elizabeth Garton
So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George
Someday is Not a Day of the Week by Denise Brennan-Nelson
Song of Night: It’s Time to Go to Bed by Katherine Riley Nakamura
The SOS File by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Spiders and Their Web Sites  by Margery Facklam 
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626 by Gary Bowen
Starry Safari by Linda Ashman
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green
A Story for Bear by Dennis Haseley
Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller
Sure as Sunrise: Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends by Alice McGill
Surviving Antarctica by Andrea White
Swamp Angel by Ann Isaacs
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson -- Online Unit
Sweet Corn by James Stevenson
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
Tails by Matthew Van Fleet, Unit in Book Bridges
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo 2003 Newbery Medal
Tales of the Homeplace by Harriet Burandt 
Tanya and the Red Shoes by Patricia Lee Gauch
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Thesaurus Rex by Lana Steinberg, Unit in Book Bridges
They Call Me Wolly: What Animal Names Tell Us by Keith DuQuette
Thomas Edison, A Brilliant Inventor by the Editors of TIME for Kids
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Tippy Lemmey by Patricia McKissack
The Thirteenth Floor by Sid Fleischman
Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn
Tippy-Toe Chick, GO! by George Shannon Unit in Book Bridges
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
Togo by Robert J. Blake
Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora 
Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher
Top of the World:  Climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins
Toby and the Phantoms of the Fourth Grade by Art Wallace
Tooth Fairy's First Night by Anne Bowen
Tornado by Betsy Byars
The Toughest Cowboy by John Frank
Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
Trantula in my Purse, an Autobiography by Jean Craighead George
The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
The Trespassersby Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Trouble with Cauliflower by Jane Sutton
Turn of the Century by Ellen Jackson 
Uncle Daney's Way by Jessie Hass
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell--  Online UNIT
The Upside Down Boy  by Juan Felipe Hererra
Utterly Yours, Booker Jones by Betsy Duffey
Verdi by Janell Cannon
The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Watch Out for Clever Women (English/Spanish)  by Joe Hayes
Water Buffalo Days by Quang Nhuong Huynh 
The Water Hole by Graeme Base
A Weave of Words by Robert D. San Souci 
The Well: David's Story by Mildred D. Taylor
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
What do you do with a tail like this? by Steve Jenkins
What's the Time, Grandma Wolf by Ken Brown
What’s Up, What’s Down? by Lola M. Schaefer
When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing by Virginia Hamilton
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
When the Moon is High by Alice Schertle
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Wilis Holt
When Willard Met Babe Ruth by Donald Hall
Where Fireflies Dance by Lucha Corpi
Where I'd Like to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell
White is for Blueberry by George Shannon
Who Swallowed Harold? And Other Poems about Pets by Susan Pearson
Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland
Wildfire! by Elizabeth Starr Hill
Wingwalker by Rosemary Wells. Brian Selznick, Illustrator
William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki 
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne
The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman, Unit in Book Bridges
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill 
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy
You Can Do It, Sam by Amy Hest
Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet by Marino Gianna

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