2012 Suggested Titles for Grade K-5
Going into 1st grade:
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| Daniel's Pet by Alma Flor Ada | | | |
| Have you Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle | | | |
| 1 Hunter by PatHutchins | | | |
| Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli | | | |
| Hello Bumblebee Bat by Darrin P. Lunde | | | |
| Meet Barack Obama by Laine Falk | | | |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? By Bill Martin | | | |
| It looked like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw | | | |
| There's a Bird on my Head by Mo Willems | | | |
| Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes | | | |
| Not a Box by Antoinette Portis | | | |
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Going into 2nd grade:
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| Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish | | | |
| Young Cam Jansen by David Adler | | | |
| Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats | | | |
| Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola | | | |
| Houndsley and Catina by James Howe | | | |
| Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus | | | |
| Who Took the Farmer's Hat by Joan Nodset | | | |
| Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff | | | |
| Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems | | | |
| Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor | | | |
| Dog and Bear by Laura Vaccaro Seeger | | | |
| 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam | | | |
Going into 3rd grade:
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| Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel | | | |
| Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat | | | |
| Soccer Hero by Matt Christopher | | | |
| Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald | | | |
| How Do Apples Grow by Betsy Maestro | | | |
| Math for all Seasons by Gregory Tang | | | |
| The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit by Daniel Pinkwater | | | |
| Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo | | | |
| Pinky and Rex by James Howe | | | |
| Frida by Jonah Winter | | | |
| The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl | | | |
Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant | | | |
Going into 4th grade:
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| The Doll People by Ann M. Martin | | | |
| Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke | | | |
| Pee Wee's Tale by Johanna Hurwitz | | | |
| Clementine by Sara Pennypacker | | | |
| The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy and Giulio Maestro | | | |
| Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell | | | |
| Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown | | | |
| Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin | | | |
| Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole | | | |
| Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington | | | |
| Knights of the Kitchen Table by John Scieszka | | | |
| Cam Jansen by David Adler | | | |
Going into 5th grade:
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Judy Moody by Megan McDonald | | | |
| The High Rise Private Eye: Case of the Missing Monkey by Cynthia Rylant | | | |
| One Day in the Prairie by Jean Craighead George | | | |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell | | | |
| The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart | | | |
| The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd | | | |
| George vs. George by Rosalind Schanzer | | | |
| My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada | | | |
| Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan | | | |
| The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo | | | |
| Jake Drake by Andrew Clements | | | |
Owen Foote by Stephanie Greene | | | |