Titles in the Byron V. Garrett Life and Literacy Skills Library are designed for read-alouds, paired reading, and independent reading. The books selected for each grade are grade-level appropriate. The library’s Welcome Letter and Book List include Lexile ® measures and Guided Reading levels. However, it is important to note that this is not a leveled library. Levels are supplied but they are not intended to be used to assign books to readers.
PreK Title List
Title
Author
Rita & Ralph’s Rotten Day
Carmen Agra Deedy
I Am a Bird
Hope Lim
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
Anna Dewdney
Lisa Papp
Madeline Finn and the Therapy Dog
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! A Preschool Story
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Mo Willems
The Gray Day
Valerie Bolling
Hyewon Yum
Puddle
Ways to Welcome
Linda Ashman
Brave/Valiente
Stacy McAnulty
Draw!
Raúl Colón
Helping
Linda Johns
Tom Percival
Ruby Finds a Worry
¡Fiesta!
Ginger Foglesong Guy
Free to Be Elephant Me
Giles Andreae
Anna W. Bardaus
The Jobs We Do
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Belly Breathe Leslie Kimmelman My Heart Fills With Happiness/Mi corazón se llena de alegría Monique Gray Smith Some Days Karen Kaufman Orloff Shy Willow Cat Min
Kindergarten Title List
Title
Author
Danbi Leads the School Parade
Anna Kim
Amigo
Carlos Zamora
This Is a School
John Schu
Chris Raschka
Yo! Yes?
You Hold Me Up
Monique Gray Smith
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
Melanie Walsh
Hurry Up!
Kate Dopirak
Joe Cepeda
I See
What Will You Be?
Yamile Saied Méndez
Build It! Jump It! (Racing Ace)
Larry Dane Brimner
How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad?
Jane Yolen
I Want to Be a Veterinarian
Laura Driscoll
Max Amato
Perfect
Bisa’s Carnaval
Joana Pastro
Goodnight, Butterfly
Ross Burach
Lu Fraser
The Littlest Yak
We March
Shane W. Evans
Fox the Tiger
Corey R. Tabor
I Am Mighty (Princess Truly)
Kelly Greenawalt
Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School
Kimberly and James Dean
You Are Enough
Margaret O’Hair and Sofia Sanchez
Grade 1 Title List
Title
Author
Jabari Tries
Gaia Cornwall
Boy + Bot
Ame Dyckman
Friendly Frenzy (Fly Guy & Fly Girl)
Tedd Arnold
Ruby Bridges
I Am Ruby Bridges
Miguel’s Community Garden
JaNay Brown-Wood
How You Can Save Water
Dionna L. Mann
I Promise
LeBron James
Laura Driscoll
I Want to Be an Engineer
The Earth Book
Todd Parr
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Juana Martinez-Neal
Fox Is Late
Corey R. Tabor
The Good Egg
Jory John
Kelly Starling Lyons
Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic
Big Red Lollipop
Rukhsana Khan
Harlem Grown
Tony Hillery
Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids
I Am Respectful
Jenny Fretland VanVoorst
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Sonia Sotomayor
Ravi’s Roar
Tom Percival
Red: A Crayon’s Story
Michael Hall
The Greatest Adventure
Tony Piedra
Grade 2 Title List
Title
Author
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
Monica Brown
Blackout
John Rocco
Bucket Filling from A to Z
Carol McCloud and Caryn Butzke
Jeff Brown and Lori Haskins Houran
Flat Stanley Goes Camping
Hey, Wall
Susan Verde
Fast-Forward to the Future! (Time Jumpers)
Wendy Mass
Out in the Wild!
Mike Lowery
Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden
Ron’s Big Mission
The Hallelujah Flight
Phil Bildner
Lola Levine Is Not Mean!
Monica Brown
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi!
Art Coulson
Stink and the Hairy Scary Spider
Megan McDonald
Dawn Quigley
The Used-to-Be Best Friend (Jo Jo Makoons)
Imagine
Juan Felipe Herrera
Magic Ramen
Andrea Wang
Monica Clark-Robinson
Standing on Her Shoulders
Tar Beach
Faith Ringgold
Exclamation Mark
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Kick Push: Be Your Epic Self
Frank Morrison
Make Way for Butterfly
Ross Burach
When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left
Marc Colagiovanni
Grade 3 Title List
Title
Author
If I Built a School
Chris Van Dusen
Bunny Bonanza (Must Love Pets)
Saadia Faruqi
Invasion of the Insects (The DATA Set)
Ada Hopper
René Colato Laínez
Playing Lotería/El juego de la lotería
Ways to Share Joy
Renée Watson
A Forest in the City
Andrea Curtis
Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl
Debbi Michiko Florence
Zanib Mian
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon
Dean Robbins
Fancy Pants (Jojo Makoons)
Dawn Quigley
InvestiGators
John Patrick Green
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
J. Dillard
Jacqueline Jules
Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Makes a Splash
Lark Holds the Key
Natasha Deen
Lewis Latimer
Janel Rodríguez
William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Vera Vance: Comics Star
Claudia Mills
A Mango in the Hand
Antonio Sacre
Ice Breaker: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating
Rose Viña
Ruby’s Wish
Shirin Yim Bridges
The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal
Nick Seluk
Grade 4 Title List
Title
Author
TickTock Banneker’s Clock
Shana Keller
Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope
Mara Rockliff
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch Julie Abe Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories from India Chitra Soundar Two Bobbies
Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery
Freedom on the Menu
Carole Boston Weatherford
If Bees Disappeared
Lily Williams
Nancy Churnin
Manjhi Moves a Mountain
Nothing Stopped Sophie
Cheryl Bardoe
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)
Lisa Yee
Future Hero: Race to Fire Mountain
Remi Blackwood
Simon B. Rhymin'
Dwayne Reed
Angela Dominguez
Stella Díaz Dreams Big
Animal Rescue Friends
Gina Loveless and Meika Hashimoto
Kids Who Are Changing the World
Sheila Sweeny Higginson
Anika Aldamuy Denise
Planting Stories
When Harriet Met Sojourner
Catherine Clinton
Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
Julia Finley Mosca
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson
Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer
The Tyrell Show: Season One
Miles Grose
Grade 5 Title List
Title
Author
How to Solve a Problem
Ashima Shiraishi
A Whole New Ballgame
Phil Bildner
Bound for Home
Meika Hashimoto
Allan Woodrow
Unschooled
Ways to Grow Love
Renée Watson
Allies
Alan Gratz
Curious Constructions
Michael Hearst
Varian Johnson
Playing the Cards You’re Dealt
Urban Biologist Danielle Lee
Kari Cornell
Money: How to Save, Spend, and Manage Your Moola!
Dr. Jacob Field
Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Shirley Chisholm Dared
Alicia D. Williams
Uma Krishnaswami
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
Each Tiny Spark
Pablo Cartaya
Invisible
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Kristin Levine
The Lions of Little Rock
Titanosaur
Dr. Diego Pol and Dr. José Luis Carballido
Finding Langston
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hummingbird
Natalie Lloyd
My Havana
Rosemary Wells with Secundino Fernandez
Squished
Megan Wagner Lloyd
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