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Children's Book Lists - 2005

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PRIMARY GRADES   (Grades K-3)
Open BookDon't Miss! Open BookFamily Share Open BookPicture Books Open Book Beginning Readers Open Book First Chapter Books  
INTERMEDIATE GRADES   (Grades 4-6)
Open Book Don't Miss! Open Book Family Share Open Book Gr. 3 to 4 Open Book Gr 4 to 5 Open Book Gr 5 to 6 Open Book Nutmeg 2006


The 2004 list, 2002 list, 2000 list, 1999 list and an edited version of the 1998 list are also available online. Some paper copies are also available in the Children's Department.


Here is an explanation of the Dewey Decimal system
and of call numbers used in the Children's Department.



PRIMARY GRADES SUGGESTED READING - 2005
DON'T MISS THESE!
J 811.54 FLORIAN Zoo's Who
JE HARRINGTON Going North
JE HENKES Kitten's First Full Moon
JE LASKY Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine
JE LEHMAN The Red Book
JE WILLEMS Knuffle Bunny
JE WOODSON Coming On Home Soon
FAMILY SHARE BOOKS
J 530 BROWN Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
JE ERNST Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book
J 730 FRITZ Leonardo's Horse
J 973.7 HAWK Story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin
J 793.8 KRULL Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King
J 811.54 SILVERSTEIN Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
J 793.73 WICK Can You See What I See?

PICTURE BOOKS
*other books with the same characters
JE ALLARD Miss Nelson Is Missing!*
JE AUCH Chickerella
JE BUEHNER Superdog: The Heart of a Hero
JE CARLSON Henry's Show and Tell*
JE CHRISTELOW Where's the Big Bad Wolf?
JE CLEMENT George Washington's Teeth
JE COCCA-LEFFLER Mr. Tanen's Ties Rule!*
JE CUSHMAN The Mystery of King Karfu
JE DALY Where's Jamela?
JE DeFELICE Old Granny and the Bean Thief
J 629.13 EARHART A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart (series)
JE ERNST Stella Luella's Runaway Book
J 932 GIBBONS Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs
JE HELQUIST Roger, the Jolly Pirate
JE HURD Art Dog
JE HURD Mystery on the Docks
JE JAMES Baby Brains
J 573.8 JENKINS What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
JE KELLOGG The Mysterious Tadpole
JE KELLY The Mystery of Eatum Hall
J 398.2 KNUTSON Love and Roast Chicken
JE LaROCHELLE The Best Pet of All
JE LIVINSTON Finklehopper Frog
JE MEDDAUGH Martha Blah Blah*
J 796.357 MITCHELL Mighty Jackie
JE NUMEROFF Sherman Crunchley
JE PALATINI Sweet Tooth
JE PALATINI The Web Files
JE PATERSON Blueberries for the Queen
JE/JE PPB PEARSON Where Does Joe Go?
JE PINKWATER Bad Bears and a Bunny*
JE PLOURDE Pajama Day
JE PRIEST The Pirate's Eye
JE RATHMANN Officer Buckle and Gloria
JE SALLEY Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail*
JE SAMUELS Dolores on Her Toes*
J 796.357 SHAUGHNESSY Legend of the Curse of the Bambino
JE SIERRA Wild About Books
JE TEAGUE Detective Larue: Letters from the Investigation*
JE WAHL Knock! Knock!
JE WALSH Dot & Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery*
J 398.2 WILLEY Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony*
JE WISNIEWSKI Tough Cookie
JE WOOD Alphabet Mystery
JE YOLEN Piggins*
BEGINNING READERS
(other books with the same characters)
JE READER ADLER Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery*
JE READER ADLER Young Cam Jansen and the New Girl Mystery*
JE READER BAKER Digby and Kate 1,2,3*
JE READER CAZET Minnie & Moo Go to Paris*
JE READER CAZET The Octopus
JE READER CUSHMAN Inspector Hopper*
JE READER CUSHMAN Space Cat
JE READER GANTOS Rotten Ralph Feels Rotten
JE READER GRAMBLING Miss Hildy's Missing Cape Caper
JE READER GUEST Iris and Walter and the Substitute Teacher*
JE READER GUTMAN Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess
JE READER 818.54 HALL Piggy Riddles (series)
JE READER JOHNSTON Alien & Possum Hanging Out*
J 500 KOSS Where Do Fish Go in Winter...
JE READER KRENSKY Bubble Trouble
JE READER KRENSKY Lionel in the Summer*
JE READER LABATT Sam Gets Lost*
JE READER McMULLAN Pearl and Wagner: Three Secrets*
JE READER MAITLAND Bookstore Burglar*
JE READER MILGRIM Swing Otto Swing!
JE READER MILLS Gus and Grandpa and the Piano Lesson*
JE READER PARISH Amelia Bedelia*
JE READER ROCKLIN Case of the Backyard Treasure*
JE READER RYLANT Henry & Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers*
JE READER RYLANT High Rise Private Eyes: Case of the Baffled Bear*
JE READER RYLANT Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book*
JE READER RYLANT Poppleton and Friends*
JE READER RYLANT Puppy Mudge Finds a Friend*
JE READER SHAEFER Loose Tooth
JE READER SHARMAT Nate the Great Goes Undercover*
JE READER SMITH Wizard and Wart*
JE READER SMITH Wizard and Wart*
JE READER SPOHN Turtle and Snake at Work*
JE READER THIESING The Aliens Are Coming!
JE READER THOMAS Good Night, Good Knight*
JE READER Van LEEUWEN Oliver, the Mighty Pig*
JE READER 599.53 WALLACE Diving Dolphin
JE READER WARNER Keys and Clues for Benny*
JE READER WEEKS Baa-choo!
JE READER WELLS Practice Makes Perfect*

FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS
Other books with these characters
J ABBOTT Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet*
J ADLER Cam Jansen and the Snowy Day Mystery*
J AHLBERG The Cat Who Got Carried Away*
J BALL Emily Eyefinger, Secret Agent*
J BANKS Howie Bowles, Secret Agent*
J BROWN Arthur's Mystery Envelope*
J BYARS Little Horse on His Own*
J CONFORD Annabel the Actress Starring in Hound of the Baskervilles*
J COOPER The Magician's Boy
J DANZIGER Amber Brown is Not a Crayon*
J DE PAOLA 26 Fairmount Avenue*
JE READER 363.25 DONKIN Crime Busters
J GIFF Mary Moon is Missing*
J PPB GREENBERG Ghost Named Wanda*
J GUTMAN Miss Daisy is Crazy!
J HAAS Birthday Pony
J HAPKA How Not to Babysit Your Brother
J HOWE Bud Barkin, Private Eye*
JE READER HOWE Pinky & Rex*
J KING-SMITH The Golden Goose
J KLINE Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet*
J KOLLER Mole and Shrew Find a Clue*
J KRAFT Lenny and Mel: Afterschool Confidential*
J LANDON Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at the Medieval Castle*
J LEVY Something Queer at the Lemondade Stand*
J LOOK Ruby Lu, Brave and True
J McDONALD Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
J NAPOLI Sly the Sleuth and the Pet Mysteries
J OSBORNE Carnival at Candlelight*
J PARK Junie B. and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying*
J PENNYPACKER Stuart Goes to School*
J ROY The Absent Author*
J ROY The Skeleton in the Smithsonian*
J SEULING Robert Takes a Stand
J PPB STILTON Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye*


INTERMEDIATE GRADES SUGGESTED READING - 2005
DON'T MISS THESE!
J 782.1 ANDERSON The Voice That Challenged a Nation
J 020 BAKER The Librarian of Basra
J BALLIETT Chasing Vermeer
J CHOLDENKO Al Capone Does My Shirts
J COLFER Legend of Spud Murphy
J 793.357 CURLEE Ballpark
JE HESSE The Cats in Krasinski Square
J/TEEN KADOHATA Kira-Kira
J/TEEN SCHMIDT Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
FAMILY SHARE BOOKS
J/J PPB BASE The Eleventh Hour
J 750 CRESSY Can You Find It, Too?
J 811.008 KICK A Kick in the Head
J 970.35 SEQUOYAH Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
J 973.7 WALKER Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
J 973.41 WASHINGTON George Washington, Spy Master


GRADE 3 INTO 4
Other books with these characters
J 152.148 AMAZING Amazing Optical Illusions
J AMATO Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life
J BENTON Lunch Walks Among Us*
J CHILD Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
J GREENE Owen Foote, Super Spy*
J HALE Murder, My Tweet*
J HARNESS Ghosts of the Nile
J HOWE Bunnicula*
J HURWITZ Fourth Grade Fuss
J KELLY Lucy Rose, Here's the Thing About Me
J KIRK Rex Tabby: Cat Detective
J KLINE Herbie Jones and the Dark Attic*
J/J PPB KLISE Regarding the Sink*
J LOWRY Gooney Bird and the Room Mother*
J/J PPB MAZER Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining*
J McDONALD Judy Moody Predicts the Future*
J MacLACHLAN More Perfect Than the Moon*
J POTTER Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy*
J SCIESZKA Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci*
J SHIPTON Bug Muldoon: The Garden of Fear
J TORREY Case of the Barfy Birthday*
J YOUNG Winchell Mink: The Adventure Begins
GRADE 4 INTO 5
Other books with these characters
J AVI Crispin
J BYARS Disappearing Acts
J/JPPB PPB CONRAD Stonewords
J DALE Whispering to Witches
J DeFELICE The Missing Manatee
J DERBY The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade
J EVANS MVP: Magellan Voyage Project
J FLEISCHMAN The Giant Rat of Sumatra
J 932 GIBLIN Secrets of the Sphinx
J GRIFFIN The Treasure Bird
J GROSSMAN Duel
J GUTMAN The Get Rich Quick Club
J/J PPB HARLOW Thunder from the Sea
J HICKS Busted!
J 652.8 JANECZKO Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
J KEHRET Abduction!
J/J PPB KONIGSBURG From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
J NAYLOR Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry*
J/J PPB NIXON Search for the Shadowman
J PINKWATER Looking for Bobowicz*
J REICHE Freddy in Peril*
J REPKA The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco
J TAYLOR Ice Drift
J Van DRAANEN Meet the Gecko*
J Van Leeuwen Great Googlestein Museum Mystery
J WINKLER Holy Enchilada!*
J WRIGHT The Dollhouse Murders
J ZINNEN The Dragons of Spratt, Ohio



GRADE 5 INTO 6
Other books with these characters
J/TEEN ANDERSON The Game of Sunken Places
TEEN PPB AVI Wolf Rider
J BARRY Peter and the Starcatchers
J BRUCHAC The Dark Pond
J PPB CANTANESE The Thief and the Beanstalk
J CARMAN The Dark Hills Divide
J CORBETT 12 Again
J PPB GRIFFIN Ghost Sitter
J HADDIX The House on the Gulf
J HAHN The Old Willis Place
J HOOBLER The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
J IBBOTSON The Star of Kazan
J JACQUES Rakkety Tam*
J KERR The Akhenaten Adventure
J/J PPB LAWRENCE The Secrets of Vesuvius*
J McKAY Indigo's Star*
J NAPOLI Three Days
J NIMMO Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy*
J/TEEN PAULSEN Time Hackers
J PECK The Teacher's Funeral
J PENN Mystery of Blackbeard's Cove
J RASKIN The Westing Game
J ROBERTS Undercurrents
J/J PPB SKURZYNSKI Buried Alive*
J SMITH Cryptid Hunters
J SNYDER The Ghosts of Rathburn Park
J STENGEL Mystery at Kittiwake Bay
J SWEENEY Takedown
J/TEEN VANDE VELDE Now You See It...
J VAN DRAANEN Sammy Keys and the Psycho Kitty Queen*
J WHELAN Burying the Sun*
J WHITESEL Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale*
J WRIGHT Crandall's Castle
2006 NUTMEG BOOK AWARD NOMINEES
J/J PPB CODELL Sahara Special
J/J PPB COLLINS Gregor the Overlander
J/J PPB DuPRAU The City of Ember
J/J PPB FERRIS Once Upon a Marigold
J/J PPB FREDERICK The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed
J/J PPB GIFF Pictures of Hollis Woods
J/J PPB KLISE Trial by Journal
J/J PPB PEARSALL Trouble Don't Last
J/J PPB ROBERTS Made You Look
J/J PPB WALLACE Goosed!


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