Literature For All
READING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF A CHILD'S ACADEMIC GROWTH. AS ONE OF P.S. 128M'S LITERACY INITIATIVES, WE ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO READ AT HOME TOGETHER (SUGGESTED TIMEFRAMES CAN BE FOUND IN THE ACADEMIC GRADING POLICY). TO HELP ALL FAMILIES FIND "JUST RIGHT" BOOKS, PLEASE USE THE SUGGESTED LITERATURE LISTINGS BELOW, ALONG WITH THE FOUNTS & PINNELL READING LEVEL CHART.
HAPPY READING!
KINDERGARTEN
LEVELS A B C D E
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (A)
Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (B)
Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle
Dear Zoo (E)
Rod Campbell
Chalk
Bill Thomson
1st Grade
LEVELS E F G H I J K
Kitten's First Full Moon (F)
Kevin Henkes
Goodnight Moon (G)
Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (I)
Eric Carle
The Cat in the Hat (I)
Dr. Seuss
The Snowy Day (I)
Ezra Jack Keats
Where the Wild Things Are (I)
Maurice Sendak
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (J)
Laura Numeroff
Harold and the Purple Crayon (J)
Crockett Johnson
Nate the Great (J)
Marjorie Weinmann Sharmat
The Missing Piece (J)
Shel Silverstein
2nd Grade
LEVELS K L M N
Make Way for Ducklings (K)
Robert McCloskey
Chrysanthemum (K)
Kevin Henkes
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (K)
Judith Viorst
Judy Moody Series (L)
Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds
The Day the Crayons Quit (L)
Drew Daywalt
The Rainbow Fish (L)
Marcus Pfister
Strega Nona (L)
Tommy de Paola
The Giving Tree (M)
Shel Silverstein
Runny Babbit (M)
Shel Silverstein
A Giraffe and a Half (M)
Shel Silverstein
Freckle Juice (M)
Judy Blume
Stellaluna (M)
Janell Cannon
Pete the Cat Series (M)
James Dean
Tikki Tikki Tembo (M)
Arlene Mosel
3rd Grade
LEVELS N O P Q
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (N)
Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (N)
Beverly Cleary
The Boxcar Children Series (N)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Sideways Stories from Wayside Schools (O)
Louis Sachar
A Bad Case of Stripes (O)
David Shannon
Amelia Bedilia Series (O)
Herman Parish
Encyclopedia Brown Series (O)
Donald J. Sobol
The Magic School Bus Series (O)
Nancy Krulik
Falling Up (O)
Shel Silverstein
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (P)
Judy Blume
James and the Giant Peach (P)
Roald Dahl
Mr. Popper's Penguins (P)
Richard Atwater
Where the Sidewalk Ends (P)
Shel Silverstein
Every Thing On It (P)
Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic (Q)
Shel Silverstein
4th Grade
LEVELS Q R S T
Charlotte's Web (Q)
E.B. White
Stuart Little (Q)
E.B. White
Because of Winn Dixie (Q)
Kate DiCamillo
Frindle (Q)
Andrew Clements & Brian Selznick
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Q)
Roald Dahl
The Lemonade War (R)
Jacqueline Davies
The One and Only Ivan (R)
Katherine Applegate & Patricia Castelao
Matilda (R)
Roald Dahl
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series (S)
Jeff Kinney
Bridge to Terabithia (S)
Katherine Paterson
Pax (S)
Sara Pennypacker
5th Grade
LEVELS T U V W
Bud, Not Buddy (T)
Christopher Paul Curtis
Flora and Ulysses (T)
Kate DiCamillo
Wonder (U)
R.J. Palacio
Esperanza Rising (U)
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Harry Potter Series (U)
J.K. Rowling
A Series of Unfortunate Events (U)
Lemony Snicker
Stargirl (U)
Jerry Spinelli
Crash (U)
Jerry Spinelli
Percy Jackson Series (V)
Rick Riordan
Tuck Everlasting (V)
Natalie Babbitt
Maniac Magee (V)
Jerry Spinelli
The Phantom Tollbooth (V)
Norton Juster
6th Grade
LEVELS W X Y
The Giver (W)
Lois Lowry
Where the Red Fern Grows (W)
Wilson Rawls
The Little Prince (W)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
7th & 8th Grade
HIGH SCHOOL/ADULT
LEVEL Z(+)
Hunger Games Series
Suzanne Collins
Lord of the Rings Series
J.R.R. Tolkien
