RECOMMENDED ELEMENTARY READING LIST*
This is a list of suggested authors and book series for students entering:
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Grade One
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Grade Two
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Grade Three
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Tedd Arnold
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David Adler
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Eve Bunting
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Lois Ehlert
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Marc Brown
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Beverly Cleary
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Denise Fleming
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Debbie Ann Dadey
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Paula Danziger
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Mem Fox
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Tomie dePaola
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Mordicai Gerstein
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Kevin Henkes
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Abby Klein
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Patricia Reilly Giff
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Tana Hoban
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Suzy Kline
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Bruce Lansky
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Arnold Lobel
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Mary Pope Osborne
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Peggy Parish
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Mercer Mayer
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Barbara Park
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Shel Silverstein
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Robert McCloskey
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Patricia Polacco
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Seymour Simon
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Bruce McMillan
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Cynthia Rylant
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Judith Viorst
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Audrey Wood
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Marjorie Sharmat
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Jane Yolen
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All folk and fairy tales
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Chris Van Allsburg
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All Mother Goose rhymes
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Frog & Toad Series
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Clifford Series
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Little Bear Series
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Grade Four
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Grade Five
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Judy Blume
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Avi
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Matt Christopher
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Sharon Creech
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Andrew Clements
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Douglas Florian
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Jean Fritz
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Dan Gutman
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Johanna Hurwitz
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Will Hobbs
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Dick King-Smith
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Peg Kehret
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Patricia MacLachlan
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Gordon Korman
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Patricia McKissack
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Lois Lowry
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Robert Newton Peck
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Jack Prelutsky
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Katherine Paterson
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Jacqueline Woodson
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Gary Paulsen
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"My America" books
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Jon Scieszka
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Gary Soto
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"Dear America" diaries
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American Girl Series
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