Early Chapter Books
Adler, D. A. (1993). Cam Jansen and the chocolate fudge mystery. New York, NY: Viking.
Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.
Call# J F A
Aliki.(1979). Mummies made in Egypt. New York, NY: Crowell.
Techniques and reasons for the making of mummies.
Call# J 393 A
Atwater, R. (1966). Mr. Popper's penguins.
Twelve penguins join the Popper family.
Call# J F A 1988
Blume, J. (1971). Freckle juice. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys a freckle recipe.
Call# J F B
Bunting, E. (1994). Nasty, stinky sneakers. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Ten-year-old Colin has lost his sure-to-be prize winning entry for the stinkiest sneakers in the world contest.
Call# J F B, Call# B
Cameron, A. (1981). The stories Julian tells. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
Episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life from losing a tooth to finding a new friend.
Call# J F C
Christian, M. B. Sebastian (Super Sleuth)
A young boy detective and his capable dog solve cases.
Call# J F C
Cleary, B. (1965). Mouse and the motorcycle. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Ralph S. Mouse gets wheels.
Call# J F C
Cohen, B. (1983). Molly's Pilgrim. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Molly's Thanksgiving doll, made by her Russian immigrant mother, looks different from others in her class.
Call# J F C, Call# C
Cone, M. (1976). Mishmash and the Venus flytrap. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
A classroom dog has many adventures.
Call# J F C
Conford, E. Jenny Archer.
Jenny uses her great imagination in everything she does.
Call# J F C
Danziger, P. (1994). Amber Brown is not a crayon. New York, NY: Putnam's.
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move.
Call# J F D, Call# D
Eager, E. (1984). Half magic. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Four good friends find a magic coin.
Call# J F E, Call# E
Estes, E. (1974). The hundred dresses. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
If she has a hundred dresses at home, why does she wear the same one every day?
Call# J F E
Fritz, J. (1973). And then what happened, Paul Revere? Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
Everything you want to know about his exciting life.
Call# J B R
Gannett, R. S. (2008). My father's dragon. New York, NY: Random House.
Elmer Elevator sets out to rescue a baby dragon.
Call# J F G
Grimes, N. (1995). Meet Danitra Brown. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
A lively collection of poems about a young girl and her favorite things.
Call# J 811 G
Hesse, K. (1994). Sable. New York, NY: Holt.
Tate Marshall is delighted when a stray dog turns up in the yard one day, but Sable, named for her dark, silky fur, causes trouble with the neighbors and has to go.
Call# J F H
Howe, J. (1990). Pinky and Rex. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Rex and her best friend Pinky.
Call# J F H
Hurwitz, J. (1976). Busybody Nora. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York.
Call# J F H, Call# H
Kellogg, S. (1984). Paul Bunyan, a tall tale. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack.
Call# J 398.2 K
Kline, S. (1989). Horrible Harry and the ant invasion. New York, NY: Viking.
Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.
Call# J F K
Le Guin, U. K. (1988). Catwings. New York, NY: Orchard Books.
Four young cats with wings search for a safe place to live.
Call# J F L
Levy, E. Something Queer at the Library.
Gwen and Jill's discovery of some mutilated library books strangely links up with a dog show in which they have entered their dog.
Call# J P L
Maestro, B. (1986). The story of the Statue of Liberty. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Its history told through many illustrations.
Call# J 974.7 K
McMullan, K. (1998). Class trip to the cave of doom. New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap.
Wiglaf joins the other students of Dragon Slayers' Academy in searching the Dark Forest for the Cave of Doom.
Call# J F M, Call# M
Monjo, F. N. (1993). The drinking gourd: a story of the underground railway. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Tommy discovers his house is a station on the Underground Railroad in this beginning reader.
Call# J 974.7 M
Parker, N. W. (1990). Frogs, toads, lizards, & salamanders. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
Sixteen species carefully explained and drawn.
Call# J 597.6 P
Pinkney, A. D. (1994). Dear Benjamin Banneker. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
Biography of the African American astronomer who wrote to Thomas Jefferson about slavery.
J B Banneker
Pinkwater, D. M. (1999). The Hoboken chicken emergency. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.
Arthur goes to pick up the Thanksgiving turkey but returns with a 266 pound chicken.
Call# P
Sachar, L. (1990). Sideways stories from Wayside School. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
Funny stories from the class on the thirtieth floor.
Call# JFS
Scieszka, J. (1991). Knights of the kitchen table. New York, NY: Viking.
Joe gets a magic book for his birthday.
Call# J F S
Schwartz, D. M. (1994). How much is a million? New York, NY: Mulberry Books.
An entertaining and very informative picture book introduction to "big" numbers.
Call# J 513.2 S
Selden, G. (1960). The cricket in Times Square. New York, NY.
Our favorite cricket.
Call# J F S
Service, P. F. (1988). Stinker from space. New York, NY: Scribner's.
An alien secret agent crash lands on Earth and must transfer his mind to another life form - a skunk!
Call# J F S
Simon, S. (2006). Volcanoes. New York : Smithsonian/HarperCollins.
Beautiful photographs and brief text explain volcanoes.
Call# J 551.21 S
Sobol, D. J. (1963). Encyclopedia Brown boy detective. New York, NY.
The first in a series of short mysteries with the solutions in the back of the book.
Call# J F S
Stanley, D. (1991). The last princess: the story of Princess Ka`iulani of Hawai`i. New York, NY: Four Winds Press.
The life of the last American princess, told in a picture book biography.
Call# J B Kaiulani
Steig, W.(1976). Abel's island. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
A mouse's resourcefulness and endurance are tested as he struggles to survive a shipwreck.
Call# JFS
Steptoe, J. L. (1987). Mufaro's beautiful daughters. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Two sisters, one mean-tempered and one sweet, go before the king who is in search of a wife.
Call# J P S
Walter, M. P. (2010). Justin and the best biscuits in the world. New York, NY: Amistad, HarperCollins.
The life of the only boy in a family full of females.
Call# J F W & W
Zelinsky, P. O. (1986). Rumpelstiltskin. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton.
Illustrated by Paul Zelinsky. A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold.
Call# J 398.2 Z





