Elementary Book List

Books for elementary school students, recommended by Ravenswood Reads:

• "About" book series, Cathryn Sill (e.g. About Birds)
• "Adam Joshua Capers" book series, Janice Lee Smith
• "The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids" book series, Debbie Dadey & Marcia Thornton Jones (e.g. Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots)
• All Pigs are Beautiful, Dick King-Smith (2001)
• "Amelia Bedelia" book series, Peggy Parish
• Animal Dads, Sneed Collard (2000)
• Apple Green and Runner Bean, Phyllis King (1996)
• Bat Loves the Night, Nicola Davies (2008)
• Big Blue Whale, Nicola Davies (2001)
• Bridges are to Cross, Philemon Sturges (1998)
• Caterpillar, Butterfly, Vivian French (1993)
• Caterpillar, Caterpillar, Vivian French (2009)
• Chalk Box Kid, Clyde Robert Bulla (1987)
• "Cam Jansen" book series, David A. Adler
• Cherries and Cherry Pits, Vera B. Williams (1991)
• "Commander Toad" book series, Jane Yolen
• Communication, Aliki (1993)
• Crab Moon, Ruth Horowitz (2004)
• Ducks Don't Get Wet, Augusta Goldin (1999)
• Earthquakes, Seymour Simon (2006)
• "Einstein Anderson" book series, Seymour Simon (e.g. Einstein Anderson: The Time Machine and Other Cases)
• Family Pictures (Cuadros de Familia), Carmen Lomas Garza (2005)
• A Field Full of Horses, Peter Hansard (2001)
• Fossils Tell of Long Ago, Aliki (1990)
• "Fox" book series, Edward Marshall
• Gentle Giant Octopus, Karen Wallace (1998)
• Grandma Elephant's in Charge, Martin Jenkins (2007)
• Growing Frogs, Vivian French (2008)
• Growing Up in Ancient China, Ken Teague (1997)
• "I can't" Said the Ant, Polly Cameron (2003)
• If the Earth..., Joe Miller (1998)
• I Love Guinea Pigs, Dick King-Smith (2001)
• In my Family (En mi Familia), Carmen Lomas Garza (1997)
• "Jigsaw Jones Mysteries" book series, James Preller
• "Julian" book series, Ann Cameron
• "Leftovers" book series, Tristan Howard
• "Little Big Book" book series, Monique Peterson
• "Marvin Red Post" book series, Louis Sachar
• "Meg Mackintosh Mysteries" book series, Lucinda Landon
• Miss Nelson is Missing!, Harry Allard, Jr. (1985)
• "Mr. Putter and Tabby" book series, Cynthia Rylant
• My Five Senses, Aliki (1989)
• My Hen is Dancing, Anita Jeram  (1993)
• Nonfiction book series, Gail Gibbons
• Owl at Home, Arnold Lobel (1982)
• "A Picture Book of..." biography book series, David Adlar
• A Piece of String is a Wonderful Thing, Margaret Chamberlain (1993)
• "Pinky and Rex" book series, James Howe
• "Poppleton" book series, Cynthia Rylant
• "Rats on the Range" book series, James Marshall
• Red Fox, Karen Wallace (1996)
• A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry (2002)
• River Story, Meredith Hooper (2000)
• A Ruined House, Mick Manning (1994)
• Sandra Day O'Connor: Justice for All, Beverly Gherman (1991)
• Something Special for Me, Vera B. Williams (1986)
• Think of a Beaver, Karen Wallace (2001)
• Think of an Eel, Karen Wallace (2004)
• This Bowl of Earth, Jan Mark (1993)
• The Three Little Pigs, Paul Galdone (1984)
• T. Rex, Alison Bartlett (2004)
• Town Parrot, Penelope Bennett (1995)
• Wag Wag Wag, Peter Hansard (1994)
• Waiting for Wings, Lois Ehlert (2001)
• Walk with a Wolf, Jannie Howker (1998)
• Welcome to the Greenhouse, Jane Yolen (1997)
• The Whales, Cynthia Rylant (2004)
• What is a Cat?, Hirschi Ron (1991)
• What is a Wall, After All?, Judy Hindley (2001)