You are encouraged to read other titles by these authors and poets.
Please use this list only as a guide. These books have been chosen for their quality, their appeal to children, and their availability at the Baldwin Public Library.
If a particular title is not available, the librarian will assist you in selecting another title on the same topic, by the same author and/or the same genre.
Beginning Chapter Books |
| Allen, Laura - Jean Rollo and Tweedy and the Ghost at Dougal Castle (ER ALLEN) |
| Baker, Barbara - One Saturday Morning (ER BAKER) |
| Boegehold, Betty D. - A Horse Called Starfire (ER Boeg) |
| Bunting, Eve - Summer Wheels (J O Fic Bunting) |
| Byars, Betsy - The Golly Sisters (series) (ER BYARS) |
| Griffith,
Helen V. - Emily and the Enchanted Frog (J Fic Griffith) - Grandaddy and Janetta (J Fic Griffith) |
| Harshman, Terry W. - Porcupine's Pajama Party (ER Harsh) |
| Hoban, Lillian - Arthur's Camp Out (ER Hoban) |
| Howe, James - Pinky and Rex (series) (J Fic Howe) |
| Hurwitz, Johanna - Aldo Applesauce (J Fic Hurwitz) |
| Jewell, Nancy - Two Silly Trolls (ER JEWELL) |
| Marshall, James - Rats on the Roof (J SS Marshall) |
| Peters, Lisa W. - The Hayloft (ER PETERS) |
| Pickett, Anola - Old Enough for Magic (ER PICKETT) |
| Pomerantz, Charlotte - The Outside Dog (ER POMERANTZ) |
| Rylant, Cynthia - Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog (ER RYLANT) |
| Stevenson, James - The Mud Flat Olympics (E Stevenson) |
| Thaler, Mike - Pack 109 (ER THALER) |
| Van Leeuwen, Jean - Oliver Pig (series) (ER VAN LEEUWEN) |
Biography |
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Aird, Hazel - Henry Ford (JB Ford A) |
| Carmer, Carl - Henry Hudson, Captain of Icebound Seas (JB Hudson) |
| King, Sarah - Maya Angelou (JB Angelou) |
| Levine, Ellen - If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King (J323.4 L) |
| McLoone, Margo - Booker T. Washington (JB Washington) |
| Naden, Corinne - Christa McAuliffe (JB McAuliffe) |
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Quackenbush, Robert - Who Let Muddy Boots Into the White House? (JB Jackson) |
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Schaefer, Lola M. - Robert Fulton (JB Fulton S) |
Chapter Books |
| Auch, Mary Jane - Angel and Me and the Bayside Bombers (J Fic Auch) |
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Byars, Betsy - The Seven Treasure Hunts (J Fic Byars) |
| Cameron, Ann - Julian (series) (J Fic Cam) |
| Carrick, Carve - Stay Away from Simon (J Fic Carr) |
| Christopher, Matt - Spy on Third Base (J Fic Chris) |
| Cleary, Beverly - Runaway Ralph (J Fic Cleary) |
| Conford, Ellen - A Case for Jenny Archer (J Fic Con) |
| Creech, Sharon - Walk Two Moons (J Fic Creech) |
| Cresswell, Helen - Meet Posy Bates (J Fic Cresswell) |
| Danziger, Paula - Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (J Fic Danziger) |
| Feldman, Eve B. - That Cat! (J Fic Feldman) |
| Galbraith, Kathryn - Roommates (J Fic Galbraith) |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly - Kids of the Polk Street School (series) (J Fic Giff) |
| Gilson, Jamie - It Goes Eeeeeeeeeeeee! (J Fic Gilson) |
| Granger, Michele - The Summer House Cat (J Fic Granger) |
| Haas, Jessie - Beware the Mare (J Fic Haas) |
| Herman, Charlotte - Millie Cooper, 3B (J Fic Herman) |
| Herold, Ann Bixby - The Butterfly Birthday (J Fic Herold) |
| Honeycutt, Natalie - Lydia Jane and the Baby-Sister Exchange (J Fic Honey) |
| Hurwitz, Johanna - School Spirit (J Fic Hurwitz) |
| Warner, Gertrude Chandler - The Boxcar Children (J MYS Warner) |
Fiction |
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Banks, Lynne Reid - The Fairy Rebel (J Fic Banks) |
| Blume, Judy - Superfudge (J Fic Blume) |
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Bowman-Kruhm, Mary - A Day in the Life of a Teacher (J 372.11B) |
| Cleary, Beverly - Henry Huggins (J Fic Cleary) |
| Clifford, Eth - Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library (J Fic Clifford) |
| Dahl, Roald - The Twits (J Fic Dahl) |
| Dr. Seuss - The Lorax (E Seuss) |
| Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog (J MYS Erickson) |
| Grahame, Kenneth - The Reluctant Dragon (J O Fic Grahame) |
| Howe, James - It Came From Beneath the Bed (J Fic Howe) |
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Hurwitz, Johanna - Baseball Fever (J Fic Hurwitz) |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Starting with Alice (J Fic Naylor) |
| O'Neill, Alexis - The Recess Queen (E O'Neill) |
| Osborne, Mary Pope - Magic Tree House Series (J Fic Osborne) |
| Park, Barbara - Skinnybones (J Fic Park) |
| Patterson, Francine - Koko's Kitten (J 599.8846 P) |
| Peck, Robert Newton - Soup (series) (J Fic Peck) |
| Porter, Connie - Meet Addy (J Fic Porter) |
| Richler, Mordecai - Jacob Two-Two (J Fic Richler) |
| Rockwell, Thomas - How To Eat Fried Worms (J Fic Rockwell) |
| Sachar, Louis - There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (J Fic Sachar) |
| Shields, Carol Diggory - Food Fight (E Shields) |
| White, E.B. Trumpet of the Swan (J Fic White) |
Folk and Fairy Tales |
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Aardema, Verna - Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water (J 398.0966 A) |
| Ehrlich, Amy - The Random House Book of Fairy Tales (J 398 E) |
| Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tales (J 398 G) |
| Haley, Gail - A Story, a Story (J 398.096 H) |
| McDermott, Gerald - Arrow to the Sun (J 398.2 M) |
| Paterson, Katherine - The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (J 398.0952 P) |
Historical Fiction |
| Levinson, Nancy S. - Clara and the Bookwagon (ER LEVINSON) |
| Monjo, E. N. - The Drinking Gourd (J Fic Monjo) |
| Porter, Connie - Meet Addy: An American Girl (J Fic Porter) |
| Rappaport, Doreen - The Boston Coffee Party (ER RAPPAPORT) |
| Tripp, Valerie - Meet Felicity: An American Girl (J Fic Tripp) |
| Woodruff, Elvira - The Memory Coat (J O Fic Woodruff) |
Magazines |
| Geography - National Geographic Kids |
| Sports - Sports Illustrated for Kids |
Mystery |
| Adler, David A. - Cam Jansen (series) (MYS Adler) |
| Sharmat, Marjorie W. - Nate the Great (series) (ER Sharmat) |
| Sobol, Donald J. - Encyclopedia Brown (series) (J Fic Sobol) |
Non-Fiction |
| Harness, Cheryl - The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal (J 977.12 H) |
Poetry |
| Fleischman, Paul - Joyful Noise (J 811 F) |
| Hughes, Shirley - Out and About (E Hughes) |
| Shields, Carol Diggory - Brain Juice: American History, Fresh Squeezed! (J 811.54 S) |
| Silverstein,
Shel - A Light in the Attic (J 811.07 S) - Where the Sidewalk Ends (J 811 S) |
Science |
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Crabtree Publishing - Science Alive! (Please ask at Children's Reference Desk for assistance.) |
| Hornblow, L - Birds Do the Strangest Things (J 598.2 H) |
| MacLeod, Beatrice - Insects and Other Invertebrates (J 592 M) |
| Padget, Sheila - Coastlines (J 551.457 P) |
| Wilken, Fred - Microscopes and Telescopes (J 681.412 W) |
Science Fiction |
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Applegate, K.A. - Animorph Series (J Fic Apple) |
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Corbett, Scott - The Donkey Planet (J SF Corbett) |
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Williams, Jay - Danny Dunn (series) (J Fic Williams) |
Social Studies |
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Bunting, Eve - The Dreaming of America, An Ellis Island Story (J Fic Bunting) |
| Cheney, Lynne - America: A Patriotic Primer (J O 973 C) |
| Conescu, Rachel - Maggie's World: A Diary of New York in 1858 (J 974.71 C) |
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Doherty, Craig A. - The Iroquois (J 970.3 D) |
| Fradin, Dennis B - They Cheyenne (J 970.3 F) |
| Garelick, May - Manhattan Island (J 917.471 G) |
| Glubok, Shirley - The Art of the North American Indian (J 970.67 G) |
| Harness, Cheryl - The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal (J 977.12 H) |
| Haskins, Jim - The Statue of Liberty: America's Proud Lady (J 974.71 H) |
| Henderson, Kathy - The Great Lakes (J 551.482 H) |
| Jakobsen, Kathy - My New York (J 974.71 J) |
| Lee, Susan - New York (J 974.71 L) |
| Lee, Susan and John - Cities of the Revolution : New York (J 974.71 L) |
| McGovern, Ann - If You Lived In Colonial Times (J 917.3 M) |
| Miller, Natalie - The Story of the Statue of Liberty (J 974.71 M) |
| Pine,
Tillie S. - The Eskimos Knew (J 919.8 P) - The Indians Knew (J 970.1 P) |
| Sasek, Miroslav - This is New York (J 917.471 S) |
| Spier, Peter - The Legend of New Amsterdam (J 974.71 S) |
| Wetterer, Margaret K. and Charles M - The Snow Walker (story of Blizzard of '88) (J 974.7275 M) |