Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 590 Author: Feldman, Jody Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Greenwillow Books (12/23/2013) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches Jody Feldman's popular, award-winning novel about a group of kids playing the Gollywhopper Games the fiercest toy company competition in the country...

Age: 8-12 years Author: Cronin, Doreen Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen (1/24/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches From the bestselling, award-winning author-illustrator team of Doreen Cronin and Kevin Cornell comes the first book in a heavily illustrated, hilarious...

Age: 4-8 years Lexile: 700 Author: Pennypacker, Sara Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: HarperTorch (4/21/2009) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches Saddle up with Flat Stanley Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure! The whole Lambchop family is off to see...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 500 Author: Peirce, Lincoln Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (3/23/2010) Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches Big Nate is funny, big time. --Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Get ready to meet...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 920 Author: Epstein, Adam Jay Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: HarperTorch (6/7/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.6 inches WhenAldwyn, a young alley cat on the run, ducks into a mysterious pet shop, he doesnt expect his life to change. But thats exactly what happens when...

Age: 3-4 years Lexile: 670 Author: Pennypacker, Sara Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen (4/23/2013) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches From Clementine author SaraPennypacker, this is a poignant middle-grade novel about two foster children who must find a way to work together...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 670 Author: Pyron, Bobbie Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (4/24/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, A Dog's Way Home is an unforgettable tale of the many miles, months, and mountains that divide two loyalfriends...

Age: 8-11 years Lexile: 850 Author: Creech, Sharon Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: HarperTrophy (12/4/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches The kidnappers are actually her Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max, but that doesn't matter to Domenica Santolina Doone, better known as Dinnie. She feels as if...

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (Author, Illustrator) Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity and teaches children...

A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry (Author), Marc Simont (Illustrator) Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches....

Age Range: 4 - 8 years Lexile Measure: AD740L Paperback: 48 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; First edition (January 1, 1984) Language: English Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 10 inches Where the Wild Things Are is fifty years old! Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book has become one of the...

Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Author, Illustrator) With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride. Age Range: 4 - 8 years Lexile Measure: 590L ( What's this? ) Series: Caldecott Collection Paperback:...

Age: 1-2 years Lexile: 1030 Author: Zolotow, Charlotte Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (1/15/1989) Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.1 x 10 inches A Caldecott Honor book about a little boys curiosity during a summer storm, poetically written by celebrated author Charlotte Zolotow and...

Age: 4-8 years Lexile: 430 Author: Schwartz, Alvin Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (10/2/1985) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.2 x 7.5 inches Creak... Crash... BOO! Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these...

Age: 6-10 years Lexile: 730 Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (11/4/2003) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.2 x 7.6 inches To Ruby, her log-riding lumberjack pa is the most wonderful person in the world. There's nothing she'd rather do than follow in his...

Age: 13+ years Lexile: 710 Author: Fleischman, Paul Paperback: 70 pages Publisher: HarperTrophy (12/14/2004) Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 0.5 x 7 inches Newbery Medal-winning Seedfolks from Paul Fleischman tells thirteen stories from diverse perspectives young and old, immigrant and native, haunted and...

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Author) Caldecott Honor Book What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub? A beloved classic is born! Kuplink, kuplank , kuplunk ! Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of...

Corduroy by Don Freeman (Author) A picture book classic! One of School Library Journal s "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time (2012) One of the National Education Associations "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." Don Freeman's classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when...

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Author) Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and...

Age: 3-7 years Lexile: 510 Author: Daugherty, James Paperback: 72 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (3/1/1989) Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.2 x 8.9 inches While walking to school one day, Andy meets a lion and soon makes a new friend. A tale of gratitude and helping out our neighbors, children of all ages...

The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel (Author), Blair Lent (Author) While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan. Lexile Measure: 570L ( What's this? ) Series: Picture Puffins Paperback: 40 pages Publisher:...

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema (Author), Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) "In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic...

Library Lil by Suzanne Williams (Author), Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) From the day she was born, Lil had a book in her hand...so it's no surprise when she grows up to become a librarian herself. She even manages to turn the people of Chesterville-who are couch potatoes-into readers. But then Bust-'em-up...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 470 Author: Blume, Judy Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (1/5/2007) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches The #1 New York Times bestselling author's first book in her classic Fudge series. Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother, Fudge, are in the same...

Age: 8-11 years Lexile: 550 Author: Byars, Betsy Cromer Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (11/8/2007) Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.4 x 7.1 inches At the eerie Hunt mansion, Herculeah Jones has been reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his...

Age: 10+ years Lexile: 830 Author: Tarshis, Lauren Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (6/1/2008) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches A heartwarming story from the author of the I SURVIVED series. Emma-Jean Lazarus is the smartest and strangest girl at William Gladstone Middle School....

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 850 Author: Ibbotson, Eva Paperback: 195 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (4/14/2003) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches The Dial-a-Ghost Agency finds good homes for ghosts. And Fulton and Frieda Snodde -Brittle are looking for a few frightening ghosts to "accidentally" scare...

Age: 12+ years Lexile: 690 Author: Bunting, Eve Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks (3/20/2012) Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 7 inches Irish teenager Barry ONeill is journeying to New York on the Titanics fateful maiden voyage. Hes homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in...

Age: 7-10 years Lexile: 760 Author: Wiles, Deborah Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks (8/1/2006) Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7.5 inches Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And...

Age: 12+ years Lexile: 830 Author: Meyer, Carolyn Paperback: 227 pages Publisher: Gulliver Books (4/1/2001) Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.6 x 6.9 inches The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by...

Age: 4-7 years Author: Willard, Nancy Paperback: 48 pages Publisher: Voyager Paperbacks (10/29/1982) Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.2 x 10 inches Inspired by William Blakes Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blakes imaginary inn and...

Age: 4-7 years Author: Eichenberg, Fritz Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company (10/10/1988) Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.2 x 11 inches The richness of coloring; the strength, action and humor in the drawing; and the original rhyme for each letter make this an alphabet book to treasure....

Finders Keepers by Will Lipkind (Author), Mordvinoff Nicolas (Author) Two dogs find one bone and have difficulty deciding which of them owns it. Here is a perfect combination of rollicking story and pictures that have strength, life and humor in every line. -- The Horn Book Age Range: 5 - 9 years Grade...

Doctor De Soto by William Steig (Author, Illustrator) "Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain. Since he's a mouse,...

Age: 9-12 years Lexile: 880 Author: Tashjian, Janet Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Square Fish (9/13/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting...

Age: 11-15 years Lexile: 770 Author: Patterson, James Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (9/15/2009) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 7.8 inches James Patterson's bestselling Maximum Ride series is back, with Max and the gang as The Protectors. Someone--or some thing- -is decimating...

Age: 9-12 years Lexile: 810 Author: Lin, Grace Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (4/12/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 7.6 inches In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father...

Age: 10-13 years Author: Patterson, James Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Little Brown and Company (11/6/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 7.8 inches It's Rafe Khatchadorian's first day at Hills Village Middle School, and it's shaping up to be the worst year ever. He has enough problems at home without...

Age: 9-12 years Lexile: 810 Author: Bosch, Pseudonymous Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (9/1/2008) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 7.6 inches As much as he'd love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes,...

Annie and the Old One Paperback by Miska Miles (Author), Peter Parnall (Author) Annie is a young Navajo girl who refuses to believe that her grandmother, the Old One, will die. Sadly, Annie learns that she cannot change the course of life. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. Age Range: 3...

Age: 10-13 years Lexile: 820 Author: Spinelli, Jerry Paperback: 180 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers(11/1/1999) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac"Magee might have...

It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach (Author, Illustrator) Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut. Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand...

The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Author, Illustrator) Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determined to see for himself if the dream is true, Isaac sets...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 970 Author: Woodruff, Elvira Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (8/8/2000) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches In this companion novel to Dear Levi, told in letters,11-year-old Levi helps a young African American in a harrowing flight for freedom along the Underground...

Age: 10-13 years Lexile: 800 Author: Stone, Jeff Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (3/14/2006) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches Twelve-year-old Fu and his temple brothers Malao, Seh, Hok, and Long dont know who their parents were. Raised from infancy by their grandmaster, they...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 730 Author: Holm, Jennifer L. Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (12/26/2007) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.7 inches Newbery Honor winning , New York Times bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues--now with striking new cover...

Age: 6-9 years Lexile: 530 Author: Osborne, Mary Pope Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (9/23/2008) Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.6 x 8.6 inches Jack and Annie arrive on the one continent they havent visited before: Antarctica! What can they hope to learn about happiness...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 900 Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (6/14/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other. Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 570 Author: LaFleur, Suzanne M. Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (2/8/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches A beautifully written and deeply moving middle-grade novel with characters to cherish and a story that deals with tragedy and loss in a fresh way....

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 560 Author: Buyea, Rob Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (10/11/2011) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.7 inches Features seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special. Its the start of fifth...