Picture books

1.                Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

2.               The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

3.      The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

4.      Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

5.               Love you Forever by Robert Munsch

6.               The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

7.               Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

8.               Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

9.               The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

10.          Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

11.            The Showy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

12.          Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

13.          If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

14.          The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

15.          Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

16.          The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

17.          The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

18.          Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

19.          Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

20.         No, David! by David Shannon

21.          The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

22.         The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

23.         The Mitten by Jan Brett

24.         Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

25.         Curious George by H.A. and Margaret Ray

Chapter books

1.                Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

2.               Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

3.               Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

4.               The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

5.               Holes by Louis Sachar

6.               The Giver by Lois Lowry

7.               Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

8.               Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

9.               A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

10.          Frindle by Andrew Clements

11.            Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

12.          Junie B., First Grader (At Last!)

13.          Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

14.          Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

15.          Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

16.          Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

17.          Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

18.          From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

19.          Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

20.         The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett

21.          Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

22.         Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

23.         Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

24.         Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

25.         A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket