Children's Books discussion

The lists of banned books are getting ridiculously long especially with new laws. I'm posting lists of approved books here and assume anything else is not allowed unless otherwise noted!

I guess that hopefully would NOT pertain to private schools, home schooling etc.

And even if, I would rather go to jail than to let some politicians dictate which books to buy etc.

Florida
(Some of these are banned by the extreme LEFT)

K-2
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Stella Luna by Janell Cannon
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Story of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller

Grades 3-5

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Hobbit by JR.R. Tolkien
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Shh! We"re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
The Last Egret by Harvey E. Oyer III
The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine

Grades 6-8
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Lion. the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Constitution of the United States by Karen Judson
The Diary of Anne Frank
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (queerish? Surprised that was allowed)
Poems by William Blake
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
*The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
*Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

"These books * are suggestions from 2020 Teacher of the Year Dr. Dakeyan Graham

9th-12th
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Howards End by E. M. Forster (Queer author, Merchant Ivory Film has nudity)
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Finding Manana by Mirta Ojito
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis The Crucible by Arthur Miller
* A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost
Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson
**The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
**Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
**Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown
**Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
Woodlawn: One Hope. One Dream. One Way. by Todd Gerelds
Florida Made: The 25 Most Important Figures Who Shaped the State by Senator George LeMieux and Laura Mize

**These books are intended for rising seniors. The books deal with weighty and adult subject matters and if movies would be considered "R" rated. They have been added to the list because of their profound impact on society and/or for the excellent ways they teach students about human nature and the importance of seeking liberty and justice for all.

https://www.lkldnow.com/complaint-abo...

Polk County Florida

Superintendent's Elementary list also includes

I Am Jazz


Superintendent's MS and HS list also includes

George/Melissa (all levels)
Drama
Two Boys Kissing

Superintendent's High School list also includes

Almost Perfect
The Bluest Eye
Beloved
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
It’s Perfectly Normal
The Kite Runner (MS and HS)
More Happy Than Not (MS and HS)
Thirteen Reasons Why (MS and HS)
Tricks
Two Boys Kissing
The Vincent Boys

https://polkschoolsfl.com/bookreview/

Clay County, Florida

Arthur’s Birthday by Marc Brown
120 Banned Books by Nicholas J. Karolides
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stink-a-Lot
by Dav Pilkey
A Perfect Blank by Rye Duran
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis
Love and Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Saraciea J. Fennell
Who Was Dr. Seuss by Janet B. Pascal
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Anya’s Ghost (Graphic Novel) by Vera Brosgol
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy No. 4) by Richelle Mead
Five, Six, Seven, Nate by Time Federie
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Last Sacrifice: Vampire Academy No. 6 by Richelle Mead
Spy School Secret Service by Stuart Gibbs
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

https://www.claytodayonline.com/stori...

Brevard County
Brevard

Bible Stories for Little Angels by Sarah J. Dodd
A Court of ___ series by Sarah J. Maas
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Beautiful by Amy Reed
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
Forever by Judy Blume
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah Maas
Infandous by Elana K. Arnold
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
People Kill People Ellen Hopkins
Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
Sold by Patricia McCormick
The Haters by Jesse Andrews
The Action Bible God's Redemptive Story by Sergio Cariello
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Tricks (Series) by by Ellen Hopkins

Florida

Clay County

Retained

19 Love Songs by David Levithan
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl by Tanya Lee
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird
A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen
A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities by Mady G. & JR Zuckerberg
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni
Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-lyimide
A Song Below Water by Bethany Morrow
After by Amy Efaw
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendon Kiely
Alt Ed by Catherine Atkins
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
American Panda by Gloria Chao
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Enough
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
Blood Water Pain by Joy McCullough
Blowout by Rachel Maddow
Bone: Ghost Circles #7" by Jeff Smith
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club #7) by Gale Galligan
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagiev
Check Please!: Book 1 #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Class Act by Jerry Craft
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins
Crown of Midnight by Sarah Maas
Cupcake by Rachel Cohn
Cut by Patricia McCormick
Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon Draper
Dash and Lilly's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
Dear Edward: a Novel by Ann Napolitano
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
Death Wind by William Bell
Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi
Dumplin by Julie Murphy
Dishes by Rich Wallace
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
Every Day by David Levithan
Every Last Breath" by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Fable by Adrienne Young
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Fantastic Tales of Nothing by Alejandra Green
Far From the Tree: How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another by Laurie Calkhoven
Fast Pitch by Nic Stone
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callende
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Five Nights at Freddy's Fazbear Frights (The 4th Closet) by Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-Wrisley
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Frostbite: A Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms by Maria Cook
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Brown
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller
Glass by Ellen Hopkins
Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
Grit by Gillian French
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
Heir of Fire by Sarah Maas
Her Royal Highness, #2 by Rachel Hawkins
Hope Nation Edited by Rose Brock
How to Be Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
Huda F Are You by Huda Fahmy
Heartstopper 1-3 by Alice Oseman
I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Icebreaker" by A.L. Graziadei
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Judy Moody
Katie the Catsitter, Best Friends for Never by Colleen AF Venable Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Kneel by Candace Buford
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Light It Up by Kekla Magoon
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephar
Lobizona by Romina Garber
Literary Newsmakers for Students V.01 Editor: Anne Marie Hacht
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Making A Play by Abbi Glines
Making Friends: Back to the Drawing Board by Kristen Gudsnu
Marvin Redpost Is He a Girl? by Loius Sachar
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
Masked by Norah McClintock
Meet the Class by Samantha Brooke
Middle School's a Drag: You Better Werk! by Greg Howard
Midnight Jewel by Richelle Mead
More than Maybe by Erin Hahn
Music From Another World by Robin Talley
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
My Jim by Nancy Rawles
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
Native Son by Richard Wright
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Nobody Does it Better: A Gossip Girl Novel by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
Notes From Young Black Chef: Adapted for Young Adults by Kwame Onwuachi
Novels for Students, Vol. 9, 55, 60, 61 Presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels by Deborah A. Stanley
Num8ers by Rachel Ward
One of Us is Lying" by Karen M. McManus
One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters are Treated Equally by Carol Anderson
Rumble by Ellen Hopkins
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
Someday by David Levithan

Virginia
Albemarle County Public Schools

K-5 with parental consent

Bridge to Terabithia
Great Gilly Hopkins (4th and 5th in libraries; with parental consent for assignment)
Hatchet

K-8

It's Perfectly Norman

K-12
Seedfolks (high school only)

6-12
Romiette and Julio (second semester of 6th +)

7-12
The Education of Little Tree
with notification from the teacher this is a novel and not autobiography

A Study in Scarlet (school libraries only)

Allowed

Bright and Early Thursday Evening -- Audrey Wood
Catcher in the Rye -- J. D. Salinger
Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult -- G. Mather and L. Nichols
The Egypt Game -- Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Encyclopedia of Monsters -- J. Rovin
The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions -- A. Hirschfelder and P. Molin
Euthanasia: The "Right to Die" Issue -- D. Jussim
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults -- B. Beit-Hallahmi
The Right to Die: Public Controversy, Private Matter -- K. Gay
Ten Little Indians -- Agatha Christie
To Be A Slave -- J. Lester
The Bible as/in Literature
The Hot Zone
Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Elementary Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events
A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
All Aboard Reading
All About by Jim Arnosky
Amber Brown
American Girls Collection (Pleasant Company)
Anastasia
Angelina Ballerina
Anno Series
Arthur Chapter Books
Bank Street Ready to Read
Beverly Cleary Series
Black Lagoon
Blossom by Betsy Byars, Betsy
Bobby Kalman
Boxcar Children
Bunnicula
Cam Jansen
Casey, Tracy, & Company
Catwings
Chet Geko
Childhood of Famous Americans
Choose Your Own Adventure
Chronicles of Narnia
Chronicles of Prydain
Clifford
Commander Toad
Cornerstones of Freedom
Curious George
Dark is Rising
Dear America Various
Dragon by Laurence Yep
Dragon by Dav Pilkey
Encyclopedia Brown
DK Eyewitness
First Start Biographies
Flat Stanley
Flatfoot Fox
Fox Series by James Marshall
Frank Asch Bear Books
Franklin
Gary Paulsen World of Adventure
George and Martha
Great Brain
Hardy Boys
Hello Readers
Henry and Mudge
Herbie Jones
Herculeah Jones/
Horrible Harry
I Can Read
I Can Read It All By Myself
If You Grew Up With...
If You Lived...
Iktomi
It's Science
Jamaica by Juanita Havill
Jean Fritz Biographies
Jenny Archer
Jigsaw Jones
Julian by Ann Cameron
Junie B. Jones
Kids Discover
Kids Want to Know
Let's Read and Find Out
Little Bill Books
Little Critter Books
Little House series
The Littles, The
M & M Pat Ross
Magic School Bus
Magic Tree House
Marvin Redpost
Matt Christopher Sports
Meg MacKintosh
Minnie and Moo
Miss Nelson
Mother Goose Rhymes
Mr. Putter and Tabby
Nancy Drew
Nate the Great
One Day in the... Jean Craighead George
Pee Wee Scouts
The Picture Book of by David Adler
Holiday House
Piggins
Pinky and Rex
Pippi Longstocking
Polk Street Kids
Pony Pals
Poppleton
Poppy by Avi
Puffin Chapter Books
Rats of NIMH /
Red Feather (Max Malone)
Redwall
Ronald Morgan by Patricia Reilly Giff
Rookie Biographies
Rookie Readers
Sam by Lois Lowry
Sammy Keyes
Scholastic Science Various
School Zone Start to Read
Secrets of Droon
Seymour Simon Science
SeaStar Books
Spider Kane
Spot
Step Into Reading
Step Up Biographies
Step Up Classics
Stepping Stone Books
Strega Nona
Tana Hoban
Time Warp Trio
Triplet Trouble
Troll First Start Biographies
Wayside School
Welcome Books Children's Press
Werewolf Club
Yearling First Choice Chapter Books
Young Can Jansen
Zack Files

Elementary approved trade paperbacks

26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola
A Story, A Story by Gail Haley
A-Hunting We Will Go by John Langstaff
ABC, I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
Abel's Island
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
Abuela by Arthur Dorros,
Across Five Aprils
Across the Lines by Carolyn Reeder
Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osbourne
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alice in Wonderland (Scholastic 2008)
All Fall Down by Brian Wildsmith
All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Harmanaka
All the Colors of the Race by Arnold Adoff
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth Poetry V Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 2008
Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros, Arthur
Almost Starring Skinnybones by Barbara Parks
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman,
Amelia's Road by Linda Altman, Linda
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Amos Fortune Free Man
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel
And Now Miguel
Anne of Green Gables (2008)
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell,
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Arthur, for the Very First Time by Patricia MacLachlan, Patricia
Babe the Gallant Pig
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
The Backyard Tent by Kira Daniel
A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon
Banner in the Sky by James Ullman
The Barn by Avi
The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis
The Bear's Toothache by David McPhail
Bears in Pairs by Niki Yektai
Beast Feast: Poems
Because of Winn-Dixie
Behind the Attic Wall
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson,
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
The BFG
The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
The Big Snow by Berta Hader
The Big Wave by Peal Buck (2008)
The Birchbark House
Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Walter Farley,
The Black Stallion (Random House 2008)
Black-Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong
Bony Legs by Joanna Cole
The Borrowers
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
A Boy Wants a Dinosaur by Hiawyn Oram
The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Freya Littledale
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford
Bridge to Teribithia
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
The Broken Blade by William Durbin, William
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble
Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
The Bunyans by Audrey Wood
Buttons for General Washington by Peter Roop
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
Caddie Woodlawn
The Cake That Mack Ate by Rose Robart, Rose
Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Caps for Sale
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (Signet Classics 2008 )
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cat on the Mat by Brian Wildsmith
Catherine Called Birdie
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Charley Skeedaddle by Patricia Beatty
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Ambercrombie
Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie DePaola
Charlotte's Web
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes
Chick and the Duckling Mira Ginsburg
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Chicken Soup with Rice
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall
Child's Garden of Verses (2008)
Chocolate Touch
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Pat McKissack
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Cinderella by James Marshall
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Comeback Dog by Jane Resh Thomas
Cookie's Week by Cindy Ward
Corduroy series
Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
Courage of Sarah Noble
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest Gerald McDermott
The Cricket in Times Square
Dandelions by Eve Bunting
Danny, The Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Medearis
The Dark is Rising
The Day Martin Luther King was Shot by James Haskins, J
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Dear Mrs. Ryan, You're Ruining My Life by Jennifer B. Jones
Dear Whiskers by Ann Whitehead Nagda
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Do Bananas Chew Gum? by Jamie Gilson
Do I Have to Take Violet? by Sucie Stevenson,
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Dominic by William Steig
Donovan's Word Jar by Monalisa Degross
The Door in the Wall
The Doorbell Rang
The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz,
Dragonwings
Dreamkeeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Each Peach Pear Plum Janet Ahlberg
The Egypt Game
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo, Shirley
Ella Enchanted
Ellen Tebbits
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen
Encounter by Jane Yolen,
The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl (Puffin 2008)
The Enormous Egg,
Ereth's Birthday by Avi
Fables by Arnold Loebel,
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War byYukio Tsuchiya
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
Family Under the Bridge
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Puffin 2008)
Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Fireflies! by Julie Brincklloe
The First Dog by Jan Brett
Five Little Ducks by Raffi
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Ellen Christelow
Flicker Flash: Poems by Joan Bransfield Graham
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Robinet
Freckle Juice
Frindle
Frog Inside My Hat: A First Book of Poems by Fay Robinson,
From Anna by Jean Little
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. E. Frankweiler
Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
A Gathering of Days
Gator Aid by Jane Cutler,
General Butterfingers by John Reynolds Gardiner
George Marvelous Medicine
George Shrinks by William Joyce
George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz,
Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin
The Ghost of Popcorn Hill by Betty Ren Wright
The Giant's Toe by Cole Brock
The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble
The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson
The Giving Tree
Goodnight Moon
Grandpa's Mountain by Carolyn Reeder
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz
The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson,
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle,
Guests by Michael Dorris,
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill
Harriet the Spy
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Rae Bains
Harriet's Hare by Dick King-Smith
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion,
The Hat by Jan Brett, Jan
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
A Haunting in Williamsburg by Lou Kassem
Haunting of Grade Three by GraceMaccarone
Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
Helen Keller: A Light for the Blind by Kathleen Kudlinski
Helen Keller: Crusader for the Blind by Stewart Graff,
Henny Penny by Paul Galdone,
Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little
Holes
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
Horse Called Starfire by Betty Boegehold
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots by Barbara Knutson
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade by Betsy Duffey
How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George
The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
I Know A Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
I Like Books by Anthony Browne
I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch
It's a Perfect Day
It's Christmas by Jack Prelutsky
It's Halloween by Jack Prelutsky, Jack
It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
It's Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelutsky
It's Thanksgiving by Jack Prelutsky
It's Valentine's Day Jack Prelutsky
Jake Drake: Teacher's Pet by Andrew Clements,
Jamberry by Bruce Dege
James and the Giant Peach
The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements
Jeremy Thatcher-Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
Jessica by Kevin Henkes
The Jet Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, Jerry
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos, Jack
John Henry by Julius Lester
Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary Benet, Rosemary
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Journal of Joshua Loper, The: A Black Cowboy by Walter Dean Myers
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
Julie of the Wolves
Julie's Wolf Pack by Jean Craighead George
Jungle Book (Puffin 2008)
Just So Stories (Puffin 2008)
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter

Virginia
Albemarle County Public Schools
Approved trade paperbacks from 2008

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer
Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend by Robert San Souci
Keep Ms. Sugarman in the Fourth Grade by Elizabeth Levy
The Keeping Room by Anna Myers
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Knights of the Round Table by Gwen Gross
Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry by X. J. Kennedy
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards,
Later Rover by Harriet Ziefert
Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story by Fran Manushkin
Laugh-eteria by Douglas Florian
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney,
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by Coco deYoung
Light in the Attic
Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, Leo
A Little Princess
Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley by Stephanie Spinner
Little Women
Little Women Next Door by Sheila Solomon Klass
The Littles by John Petersen,
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young, Ed
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber, Patricia
Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind by Margaret Davidson
A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle
M & M's Brand Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri
Mammalabilia by Douglas Florian, Douglas
Maniac Magee
A Mare for Young Wolf by Janice Shefelman
Martin's Mice by Dick King-Smith
Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson
Matilda
Meiko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
The Memory Box by Mary Bahr
Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars
Millions of Cats
Millions of Snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder
Miss Hickory
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Mississippi Bridge by Mildred Taylor
Misty of Chincoteague
The Mitten A Ukranian Folktale by Jan Brett
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
Morning Girl by Michael Doros
Mr. Grumpy's Outing by John Burningham
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States by Lee Hopkins
My Brother Sam is Dead
My First Book of Biographies by Jean Marzollo
My Great -Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
My Little Island by Frane Lessec
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray
My Prairie Christmas by Brett Harvey
My Side of the Mountain
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Zeifert,
The New Kid on the Block by John Prelutsky
The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky
Night Journeys by Avi
The Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Nobody Listens to Andrew by Elizabeth Giuilfoile
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
A Nonny Mouse Writes Again by John Prelutsky
Norman the Doorman by Don Freeman
Oh, Freedom! by Casey King
Old McDonald Had a Farm by Jane Chapman,
Old Yeller
Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
On the Far Side of the Mountain
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Princzes
One Hunter by Pat Hutchins
The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo,
One Small Dog by Joanna Hurwitz
Oops! by Mercer Mayer
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats,
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Paddle to the Sea by Clancy Holling
The Pain and the Great One,
Paul Bunyan :A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg,
Peace Begins with You by Katherine Scholes
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Nadine Westcott
Pedro's Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus by Pam Conrad
he People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom Tollbooth
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene
The Pinballs, by Betsy Byars
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Pirate's Promise by Clyde Robert Bulla
A Pizza the Size of the Sun by John Prelutsky
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Bulla
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden by George Levenson
The Quilt by Ann Jonas
The Rag Coat, by Lauren Mills
Rain by Robert Karlan
Raven: A Trickster Tale by Gerald McDermott
Red Leaf Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert, Lois
Red Sky at Morning by Andrea Wyman, Andrea
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia
Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen,
A Ride on a Red Mare's Back by Ursula Le Guin
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins,
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti, Roberto
Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
The Rough- Face Girl by Rafe Martin,
Runaway Bunny
Sable by Karen Hesse
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett by Steven Kellogg
Sarah Plain and Tall
The School Mouse
School's Out by Joanna Hurwitz
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow,
The Secret Garden
Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern,
The Secrets of Animal Flight by Nic Bishop
See the Ocean by Estelle Condra
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, Paul *
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
Seven Spiders Spinning by George Maguire
Seven Treasure Hunts by Betsy Byars
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder
Shiloh
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Sing a Song of Popcorn by Beatrice DeReigners,
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
Skinny bones by Barbara Park
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting,
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
The Snowy Day
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
Something Upstairs by Avi
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving by Joyce K. Kessel
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Steal Away to Freedom by Jennifer Armstrong,
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner,
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
The Story of Walt Disney: Maker of Magical Worlds by Bernice Selden
The Stray by Dick King-Smith
Strong to the Hoop by John Coy
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars,
Superfudge
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
The Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci, Robert
Tapenum's Day by Kate Waters
Tarantula in My Purse by Jean Craighead George
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen,
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
The Story of Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Kate McMullan
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Theseus and the Minotaur by Warwick Hutton
Things I Like by Anthony Browne,
Things with Wings by Gregory Holch
Thirteen Moons on a Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Janet Stevens
The Three Wishes by Margot Zemach,
Thunder at Gettysburg by Patricia Gauch
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains by Scott O'Dell
Tidy Titch by PatHutchins
Tight Times by Barbara Hazen
Titch by Pat Hutchins
A Toad for Tuesday by Russell E. Erickson
Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner
Tornado by Betsy Byars
Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
Traveling to Tondo by Verna Aardema
A Tree in the Trail by Clancy Holling
Trouble River by Betsy Byars
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka
The Trumpet of the Swan,
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The TV Kid by Betsy Byars
Twenty and Ten by Clare Huchet
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
The Twits,
UFO Diary by Satoshi Kitamura
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial
The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant
The Velveteen Rabbit,
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
The View from the Cherry Tree by Willow Roberts Davis
Vulpes the Red Fox by Jean Craighead George
Wagon Trail 911 by Jamie Gilson,
Wagons West by Roy Gerrard,
The Wall by Eve Bunting
The War of the Worlds
The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
Warton and the King of the Skies by Russell E. Erickson
Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam by Quang Nhuong Huynh
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice
The Well: David's Story by Mildred Taylor
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
What's It Like to Be a Fish by Wendy Pfeffer
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
When the Giants Came to Town by Marcia Leonard, Marcia
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Whipping Boy
White Water by P.J. Petersen
Who is Tapping at My Window? by Demi
Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi
Who Took the Farmer's Hat? by Joan Nodset,
Who Was Benjamin Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema
Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus
Where the Wild Things Are
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
Why the Crab Has No Head by Barbara Knutson
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell
Why the Tides Ebb and Flow by Joan Bowden,
Wild Fox by Cherie Mason
Wiley and the Hairy Man by Molly Bang
A Williamsburg Household by Joan Anderson
Willie's Not the Hugging Kind by Joyce Durham Cummings
The Wind in the Willows
Windcatcher by Avi
Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian
Witch of Blackbird Pond
With Every Drop of Blood by James Lincoln Collier
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor
Cameron
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
A Wrinkle in Time,
You Come Too: Favorite Poems for Young Readers by Robert Frost
You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins
Zia by Scott O'Dell
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic,
Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott