Battle of the Books List

Grades K-2

The Very Hungry Caterpillar –        Eric Carle

Goodnight Moon –                        Margaret Wise Brown

The Rainbow Fish –               Marcus Pfister

Corduroy - Don Freeman

The Snowy Day –                  Ezra Jack Keats

The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible … - Judith Viorst

Stellaluna - Janell Cannon

Strega Nona - Tomie DePaola

The Mitten - Jan Brett

The Little Engine that Could -           Watty Piper

Arthur's Nose - Marc Brown

Caps for Sale –   Esphyr Slobodkina

The Napping House –         Audrey Wood

Where the Wild Things Are -         Maurice Sendak

Curious George –  H. A. Rey

Make Way for Duckling –       Robert McCloskey

Kitten's First Full Moon –        Kevin Henkes

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie –        Laura Numeroff

Knuffle Bunny  - Mo Willems

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat –        Simms Taback

Officer Buckle & Gloria –       Peggy Rathman

Song and Dance Man –       Karen Ackerman

Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath –       Cynthia Rylant

Grades 2-4

Lilly's Crossing –              Patricia Reilly Giff

The Friendship –               Mildred D. Taylor

The Boxcar Children –      Gertrude Warner

Sarah, Plain and Tall –      Patricia MacLachlan

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing    Judy Blume

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 –       Beverly Cleary

Sideways Stories from Wayside School -  Louis Sachar

SOS File - Betsy Byars

The Klondike Kid: Sailing for Gold -  Deborah Hopkinson

Superfudge - Judy Blume

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade –      Barthe DeClements

Martin's Big Words –         Doreen Rappaport

So You Want to Be President? –  Judith St. George

Snowflake Bentley –      Jacqueline Martin

Tops and Bottoms –             Janet Stevens

The Lorax - Dr. Seuss

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs - Jon Scieszka

Tornado - Betsy Byars

Wildfire! - Elizabeth Starr Hill

Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia -   Barbara O'Connor

Dear Whiskers –                    Ann Whitehead Nagda

Nory Ryan's Song –          Patricia Reilly Giff

The Yellow Star –             Carmen Agra Deedy

Spanish Grades K-4

La oruga muy Hambrienta –      Eric Carle

Buenas Noches, Luna –       Margaret Wise Brown

El pez arco iris - Marcus Pfister

Corduroy - Don Freeman

Un dia de nieve –                 Ezra Jack Keats

Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible… - Judith Viorst

Stelaluna - Janell Cannon

Stregna Nona - Tomie DePaola

La pequena locomotora que si pudo - Watty Piper

Se venden gorras –           Esphyr Slobodkina

La casa adormecida –         Audrey Wood

Donde viven los montruos –        Maurice Sendak

Jorge el curioso - H. A. Rey

Abran paso a los patitos –        Robert McCloskey

Si le das una galletita a un raton  Laura Numeroff

Katy no tiene bolsas –        Emmy Payne

El gato con sombrero viene de nuevo - Dr. Seuss

Oye, hormiguita –              Phillip and Hannah Hoose

Oh Crumps/Ay, Caramba –        Lee Brock

Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma –  Joe Hayes

Ramona La Chinche –        Beverly Cleary

Los Cien Vestidos –         Eleanor Estes

El Lorax - Dr. Seuss

Tale of Despereaux –            Kate DiCamillo