Ranked by Book Level
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Moore,
Julianne
Book
Level: 2.1 –
Summary: Freckleface Strawberry is just like everyone else, except that she has red hair
and freckles, but when she tries to hide who she is, she learns about true
friendship and accepting yourself just as you are.
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Book
Level: 2.1 –
Summary: A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one
special night.
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McQuinn,
Anna
Book
Level: 2.2 –
Summary: Every Tuesday, Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and
check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
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Parish,
Peggy
Book
Level: 2.5 –
Summary: Wacky misadventures as that hapless maid Amelia Bedelia interprets her
instructions very literally.
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Henkes,
Kevin
Book
Level: 2.5 –
Summary: When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister, Louise, becomes
lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.
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Kann,
Victoria
Book
Level: 2.7 –
Summary: A little girl, who is obsessed with the color pink, eats so many pink cupcakes
that she herself turns pink. The coauthor is Elizabeth Kann.
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McClintock,
Barbara
Book
Level: 2.7 –
Summary: This story follows the everyday life of two dancers, one a professional
ballerina and the other a very young student, both of whom love ballet.
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Soman,
David
Book
Level: 2.9 –
Summary: After her brother tells her she is too little to play with him, Lulu, dressed
as Ladybug Girl, makes her own fun. The coauthor is Jacky Davis.
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Brennan-Nelson,
Denise
Book
Level: 3.2 –
Summary: In art class, neatness, conformity, and imitation are encouraged, but when
Willow brings imagination and creativity to her projects, even straight-laced
Miss Hawthorn is influenced. The coauthor is Rosemarie Brennan.
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O'Connor, Jane
Book
Level: 3.3 –
Summary: Amateur sleuth Nancy Clancy investigates after a prized possession disappears
from the school. Book #1
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
Book
Level: 3.1 –
Summary: Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the 12 little charges of Miss Clavel,
wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
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Bergen, Lara
Book Level:
3.1 –
Summary:
Third-grader Sophie Miller is desperate to stand out and gives herself a new
name, Sophie the Awesome, but finds that living up to her declared awesomeness
is not an easy task, especially when Toby Myers is around. Book #1
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RiverRose and the Magical Lullaby
Clarkson, Kelly
Book Level: 3.1 –
Summary: River Rose is so excited for her trip to the zoo tomorrow that she needs a
special lullaby from her mom to help her fall asleep.
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Adler, David A.
Book
Level: 3.2 –
Summary:A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the
mystery of the stolen diamonds. Book #1
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Jamieson, Victoria
Book
Level: 3.2 –
Summary: Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, but her best friend Nicole chooses
dance. While making new friends and struggling with a new sport, Astrid fears
she is losing Nicole
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Book
Level: 3.3 –
Lucy decides to help Ralph when he is in trouble, despite the fact that he
teases her for being different.
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Isherwood, Shirley
Book Level: 3.3 –
Summary: Flora is afraid that everyone will laugh at her if she is the frog in the class
play, but at the pond by her house she makes a remarkable discovery and decides
that being a frog in the play might not be so bad.
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Chrysanthemum
Henkes,
Kevin
Book
Level: 3.3 –
Summary: Chrysanthemum loves her name until she starts going to school and the other
children make fun of it.
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McDonald,
Megan
Book
Level: 3.4 –
Summary: Judy Moody is getting all excited about Christmas, except that her brother Stink
is hoping for snow; however, it hasn't snowed in Virginia for over one hundred
years. Book #1
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Medina, Meg
Book Level: 3.4 –
Summary: When a little girl's faraway grandmother comes to stay, love and patience
transcend language.
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Auntie Claus
Primavera, Elise
Book
Level: 3.5 –
Summary: When her eccentric Auntie Claus leaves for her annual business trip, Sophie
stows away in her luggage, travels with her to the North Pole, and discovers
that her aunt is really Santa's sister and helper.
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Mora, Pat
Book
Level: 3.5 –
Summary:Libby and her great-aunt, Lobo, both learn the Pledge of Allegiance--Libby for
school and Lobo for her U.S. citizenship ceremony. The coauthor is Libby
Martinez.
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Lovell,
Patty
Book
Level: 3.5 –
Summary: When the class bully at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what
her grandmother told her.
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Munsch, Robert N
Book
Level: 3.8 –
Summary: Elizabeth, a princess, outwits a dragon to rescue Ronald, the prince she
intends to marry. But when she discovers that Ronald, who looks like a prince
and acts like a bum, she decides not to marry him after all.
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TheFoot-Stomping Adventures of Clementine Sweet
Griffin, Kitty
Book
Level: 3.8 –
Summary: When her family ignores her on her sixth birthday, Clementine gets mad and
starts stomping on people with her very strong legs and super tough feet, but a
tangle with a tornado turns things around for her. The coauthor is Kathy Combs.
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Han, Jenny
Book
Level: 3.8 -
Summary:
Korean American fourth-grader Clara Lee longs to be Little Miss Apple Pie, and
when her luck seems suddenly to change for the better, she overcomes her fear
of public speaking and enters the competition.
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Yolen, Jane
Book
Level: 4.2 –
Summary: Rhyming text affirms that girls can pursue their many interests, from playing
sports to planting flowers in the dirt, without giving up their tiaras. The
coauthor is Heidi E.Y. Stemple.
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Souza, Claudia
Book
Level: 4.2 –
Summary: A princess who rescues princes is faced with her toughest rescue yet as she
tries to save a prince who has been captured by an evil ogress.
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Funke, Cornelia
Book
Level: 4.3 –
Summary: Raised by her widowed father, the king, Princess Violetta is horrified when he
announces plans to hold a tournament, the winner of which will win her hand in
marriage.
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Bridges, Shirin Yim
Book
Level: 4.3 –
Summary: In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of
going to university with her brothers and male cousins.
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Dempsey, Kristy
Book
Level: 4.4 –
Summary: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and
stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina
one day, and she is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first
"colored" prima ballerina.
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White,
E.B.
Book Level:
4.4 –
Summary: In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider,
struggle to save Wilbur the pig from being butchered.
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Lowry, Lois
Book
Level: 4.5 –
Summary: In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns
how to be courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Book
Level: 4.5 -
Summary: Charlotte (Charley) Parkhurst runs away from an orphanage, poses as a boy,
moves to California, and fools everyone by her appearance
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Paterson, Katherine
Book
Level: 4.6 -
Summary: An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as
she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
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DiPucchio, Kelly
Book
Level: 4.6 –
Summary: Grace decides to run in her school's mock election, where she learns about the
American electoral system and sets out to be the best person for the job, even
though her opponent, Thomas, seems to be winning all the boys' votes.
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Williams-Garcia, Rita
Book
Level: 4.6 -
Summary: In 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland to spend a month with the
mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her sisters arrive to a cold
welcome as they discover their mother wants them to attend a Black Panther
summer camp. Book #1
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Cleary, Beverly
Book
Level: 4.8 –
Summary: Four-year-old Ramona has an imagination that makes her a menace to everyone
around her, particularly her older sister, nine-year-old Beezus.
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Giovanni, Nikki
Book
Level: 4.9 –
Summary: This picture book is an account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a
bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black
community.
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Watts, Jeri
Book
Level: 5.2 -
Summary: Kizzie Ann Stamps is nervous about starting at a new school that was just
integrated and wonders if she, because she is black, and her dog, Shag, will be
allowed to compete in a herding competition
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Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Book
Level: 5.3 -
Summary: Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege
in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the
Great Depression.
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Book
Level: 5.3 -
Summary: The Ingalls family is snug in their Wisconsin house in spite of blizzards,
wolves, and the lonely forest.
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Estes,
Eleanor
Book
Level: 5.4 -
Summary: In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a little Polish girl
teaches her classmates a lesson.
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