Age: 7-10 years Lexile: 620 Author: Lowry, Lois Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (3/13/2001) Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches Everyone's favorite little brother is back, dressed as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day. Sam Krupnik is all set for Future Job Day at...

Age: 10-12 years Lexile: 640 Author: Lawrence, Iain Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (11/9/1999) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England , lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured...

Age: 10+ years Lexile: 660 Author: Sachar, Louis Paperback: 233 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (5/9/2000) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations...

Age: 4-7 years Lexile: 660 Author: Plume, Ilse Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Dragonfly Books (2/9/1998) Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.1 x 10.2 inches Once there lived a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who had grown too old to be useful to their masters. Because their masters want to get rid of them,...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 870 Author: Paulsen, Gary Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (2/13/2001) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches Gary Paulsen's popular Western saga continues in the fourth novel about Francis Tucket. Things look grim for Francis and his adopted family, Lottie and...

The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) Once there was a little island in the ocean. That little island changes as the seasons come and go. The storm and the day and night change it. So do the lobsters and seals and gulls that stop by. Then one day a kitten visits...

Age: 3-4 years Lexile: 490 Author: Almond, David Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library (9/11/2001) Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.6 x 6.9 inches Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call....

Age: 12+ years Lexile: 1320 Author: Burnford, Sheila Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library (12/18/1995) Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.4 x 6.9 inches Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable...

Age: 6-9 years Lexile: 740 Author: Wick, Walter Paperback: 40 pages Publisher: Cartwheel Books (6/1/2004) Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.2 x 9.2 inches An all-new format and story based on the best-selling Can You See What I See? series! Seymour, a character in both CAN YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? and DREAM MACHINE,...

When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Author) "Let Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's experiences-laugh with them, learn with them, read with them! Eight classic, best-selling titles are available now! Category: Feelings "Oh is Sophie ever...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 730 Author: Morpurgo, Michael, M.B.E . Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Scholastic (7/1/2004) Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches A spellbinding tale of survival and self-discovery from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, who is poised for breakthrough U.S. success. When...

Age: 10-13 years Lexile: 660 Author: Avi Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (9/1/2004) Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches Reintroducing a magical, bestselling medieval mystery from a Newbery-winning author! The release coincides with Avi's exciting new companion to this book,...

Tuesday by David Wiesner (Author) A Caldecott classic celebrating twenty years in print. David Wiesner received the 1991 Caldecott Medal for Tuesday . In the years that followed, he went on to receive two more Caldecotts, and Tuesday went on to sell half a million copies in the United States and to be...

Age: 10-12 years Lexile: 840 Author: Holling, Holling Clancy Paperback: 64 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (2/19/1980) Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.3 x 11 inches A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through...

Age: 3-7 years Lexile: 680 Author: Berenstain, Stan Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (4/12/1982) Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.1 x 8 inches This classic Berenstain Bears story is the perfect way to teach children about the unique and special bond between siblings! Come...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 490 Author: Sachar, Louis Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Random House (NY) (8/12/1988) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.7 inches Give me a dollar or Ill spit on you. Thats Bradley Chalkers for you. Hes the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 750 Author: Cleary, Beverly Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: HarperTrophy (3/19/2013) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches Ramona Quimby can't wait to start fourth grade. With a new baby sister to brag about, new calluses to show off, and a new best friend to get to know,...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 440 Author: Sachar, Louis Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: HarperTrophy (9/2/2003) Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Wayside School...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 860 Author: Cleary, Beverly Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: HarperTrophy (3/19/2013) Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches In this special reissue of Ramona Quimby, Age 8 , the timeless classic now features a special foreword written by actress, producer, and author Amy Poehler,...

Age: 7-10 years Lexile: 300 Author: Holm, Jennifer L. Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (8/26/2008) Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.6 x 7.3 inches It was a dark and scary Halloween. . . . This year, Babymouse is determined to have the best Halloween costume and the best...

Age: 9-12 years Lexile: 590 Author: LaFleur, Suzanne M. Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (7/24/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches Elise and Franklin have always been best friends. Elise has always lived in the big house with her loving Uncle and Aunt , because Elise's parents...

Age: 8-12 years Lexile: 800 Author: Ray, Delia Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Yearling Books (8/28/2012) Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches When 12-year-old Linc Crenshaw decides he wants to go to public school, his professor mom isn't so happy with the idea. He's convinced it will be the ticket...

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...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 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,...

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: 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: 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: 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...

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,...

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...

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....

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 8-11 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: 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...

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...