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TITLE | AUTHOR | SUGGESTED GRADES | # OF BOOKS IN KIT | AR POINTS |
Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Treehouse) | Osborne | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping | Parish | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Among the Hidden | Haddix | 5-8 | 30 | 5.0 |
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl | Frank | 6+ | 30 | 14.0 |
Arctic Animals | Various Authors | 1-3 | 30 | n/a |
Around the World in a Hundred Years | Fritz | 4-7 | 30 | 4.0 |
Arthur’s Eyes | Brown | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Arthur’s Perfect Christmas | Brown | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Arthur’s Thanksgiving | Brown | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Bad Beginning | Snicket | 4-7 | 30 | 4.0 |
Because of Winn-Dixie | DiCamillo | 4-6 | 35 | 3.0 |
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Robinson | 4-6 | 30 | 2.0 |
The Best School Year Ever (2 sets) | Robinson | 4-6 | 25 each | 3.0 |
Brian’s Song | Blinn | 7-12 | 30 | 3.0 |
Bridge to Terabithia | Paterson | 4-6 | 35 | 5.0 |
Bud, Not Buddy | Curtis | 4-6 | 35 | 8.0 |
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery | Howe | 4-6 | 35 | 2.0 |
Caleb’s Story | MacLachlan | 3-6 | 30 | 2.0 |
The Call of the Wild | London | 5-8 | 30 | 7.0 |
The Castle in the Attic | Winthrop | 3-6 | 30 | 6.0 |
The Cat in the Hat | Seuss | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Cay | Taylor | 4-7 | 35 | 4.0 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dahl | 4-6 | 35 | 5.0 |
Charlotte’s Web | White | 3-6 | 30 | 5.0 |
The Chocolate Touch | Catling | 3-7 | 35 | 2.0 |
The City of Ember | DuPrau | 3-7 | 35 | 9.0 |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | Bridwell | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Days with Frog and Toad | Lobel | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Dear Mr. Henshaw | Cleary | 4-6 | 35 | 3.0 |
The Devil’s Arithmetic | Yolen | 5-9 | 30 | 6.0 |
Dingoes at Dinnertime (Magic Treehouse) | Osborne | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Treehouse) | Osborne | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Each Kindness | Woodson | 2-4 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Enormous Egg | Butterworth | 3-6 | 30 | 6.0 |
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear | Mattick | 2-4 | 30 | 0.5 |
Firegirl | Abbott | 3-7 | 35 | 4.0 |
Fish in a Tree | Hunt | 5-6 | 35 | 7.0 |
Flat Stanley | Brown | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Freckle Juice | Blume | 1-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Frindle | Clements | 4-6 | 35 | 2.0 |
Frog and Toad are Friends | Lobel | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Fuzzy Mud | Sachar | 5-6 | 35 | 5.0 |
Gary Paulsen – Various Titles | Paulsen | 5-10 | 27 | varies |
George Washington’s Socks | Woodruff | 4-6 | 35 | 6.0 |
The Giver | Lowry | 5-8 | 30 | 7.0 |
The Great Gatsby | Fitzgerald | 8+ | 30 | 8.0 |
The Grouchy Ladybug | Carle | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Hachiko Waits | Newman | 3-5 | 30 | 2.0 |
Hatchet | Paulsen | 5-8 | 35 | 7.0 |
Help! I’m Trapped in My Teacher’s Body | Strasser | 4-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
The Hobbit | Tolkien | 5-12 | 30 | 16 |
Holes | Sachar | 5-8 | 35 | 7.0 |
How to Eat Fried Worms | Rockwell | 2-5 | 30 | 2.0 |
The Indian in the Cupboard | Banks | 4-6 | 35 | 6.0 |
Island of the Blue Dolphins | O’Dell | 5-8 | 30 | 6.0 |
James and the Giant Peach | Dahl | 3-5 | 35 | 4.0 |
Judy Moody | McDonald | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Julie of the Wolves | George | 5-8 | 30 | 6.0 |
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder | Park | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Kevin Henkes Mixed Titles | Henkes | 2-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Irving | 5-8 | 30 | 3.0 |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Lewis | 4-7 | 35 | 6.0 |
The Lions of Little Rock | Levine | 5-6 | 35 | 10.0 |
The Magic Fan | Baker | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Making Bombs for Hitler | Skrypuch | 5-7 | 35 | 7.0 |
Maniac Magee | Spinelli | 4-7 | 30 | 5.0 |
Matilda | Dahl | 4-6 | 35 | 6.0 |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Cleary | 3-6 | 35 | 3.0 |
Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Atwater | 3-5 | 30 | 3.0 |
Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog | Rylant | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | O’Brien | 4-7 | 35 | 8.0 |
My Side of the Mountain | George | 4-7 | 30 | 6.0 |
The Mystery on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail | Marsh | 3-5 | 35 | 3.0 |
Nothing Wrong with a Three Legged Dog | McNamee | 3-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
Number the Stars | Lowry | 4-6 | 35 | 4.0 |
Ohio Biographies | Various Authors | 4-7 | 35 | varies |
Oliver Pig at School | Van Leeuwen | 1-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog | Erickson | 3-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
Out of My Mind | Draper | 4-6 | 35 | 8.0 |
The Outsiders | Hinton | 6-10 | 30 | 7.0 |
Pax | Pennypacker | 4-7 | 35 | 8.0 |
Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends | McMullan | K-2 | 35 | 0.5 |
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Treehouse) | Osborne | 1-4 | 35 | 1.0 |
Poppleton and Friends | Rylant | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Preserving a Legacy: Spring Hill Historic Home | Spring Hill | 5+ | 30 | —- |
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat | Giff | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Coerr | 3-6 | 30 | 1.0 |
Sarah, Plain and Tall | MacLachlan | 3-5 | 35 | 1.0 |
Shiloh | Naylor | 4-6 | 35 | 4.0 |
The Sign of the Beaver | Speare | 5-7 | 35 | 5.0 |
Skinnybones | Park | 3-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
Skylark | MacLachlan | 3-6 | 30 | 1.0 |
Small Steps | Sachar | 5-6 | 35 | 7.0 |
Stink | MacDonald | 1-3 | 30 | 1.0 |
Stone Fox | Gardiner | 3-5 | 35 | 1.0 |
Stone Soup | McGovern | K-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison | Davidson | 2-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Stuart Little | White | 3-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
The Tale of Despereaux | Dicamillo | 4-6 | 30 | 5.0 |
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing | Blume | 3-5 | 30 | 3.0 |
Tangerine | Bloor | 7-10 | 35 | 13.0 |
That’s Why I’m Here | Spielman | 7+ | 30 | —- |
Tigers at Twilight (Magic Treehouse) | Osborne | 1-4 | 30 | 1.0 |
Timothy of the Cay | Taylor | 4-7 | 35 | 5.0 |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Lee | 6+ | 35 | 15.0 |
Trouble Don’t Last | Pearsall | 5-8 | 35 | 8.0 |
Tuck Everlasting | Babbitt | 4-7 | 35 | 6.0 |
Tuesdays with Morrie | Albom | 10+ | 25 | 5.0 |
Two Under Par | Henkes | 3-6 | 30 | 3.0 |
The War that Saved My Life | Bradley | 4-6 | 35 | 9.0 |
The War with Grandpa | Smith | 4-6 | 35 | 3.0 |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | Curtis | 4-7 | 30 | 8.0 |
The Westing Game | Raskin | 4-7 | 35 | 8.0 |
Where the Red Fern Grows | Rawls | 5-9 | 35 | 11.0 |
The Whipping Boy | Fleischman | 4-7 | 35 | 2.0 |
Who Was… ? After 1861 (various biographies) | Various Authors | 3-7 | 35 | varies |
Who Was… ? Before 1861 (various biographies) | Various Authors | 3-7 | 35 | varies |
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears | Aardema | 1-3 | 30 | 0.5 |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Speare | 5-8 | 35 | 9.0 |
Wonder | Palacio | 4-7 | 35 | 11.0 |
A Wrinkle in Time | L’Engle | 5-8 | 30 | 7.0 |
A Year Down Yonder | Peck | 4-6 | 30 | 4.0 |