Here is a list of just some of the really good books there are to read grouped by reading level. Take a trip to your school libary, community library, book store, or even borrow them from a friend. Just keep reading!!

• Early Readers : This is for children who are starting to read on their own, or who have a wonderful adult to snuggle up and share a good book with!
• Primary Readers : This is a good list for readers from age 5-7 and are able to read mostly on their own.
• Intermediate Readers : This list will be useful for those who are ages 8-12.
• Advanced Readers : This list is good for those who are 10 and older and who can read independently.

Early Readers

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Baby's Bedtime Book by Kay Chorao
Poems to Read to the Very Young by Josette Frank
The Funny Thing by Wanda G'ag
Bedtime for Frances by Russel Hoban
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Little Bear's Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik

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Primary Readers

Favorite Poems Old and New by Helen Ferris
Hello Star by Carolyn Haywood
Eddie Makes Music by Carolyn Haywood
When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand by Donald Sobol
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

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Intermediate Readers

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
The Black Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli
The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford
A Mystery for Mr. Bass by Elanor Cameron
Pool of Fire by John Christopher
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
The Legend of Luke by Brian Jacques
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales by George Macdonald
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
Pollyanna by Elanor H. Porter
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Danny Dunn, Time Traveler by Williams/Abrashkin

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Advanced Readers

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Rudlf Wyss
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo by Charles Boardman Hawes
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Ben Hur by Lewis Wallace
Kidnapped! by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott
Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff/Hall
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

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