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Tall Tales
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Big Annie: An American Tall Tale by Sandra Robbins		Average
Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales by Paul Robert Walker		Average
Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale by Robert D. San Souci		Average
John Henry by Julius Lester		Average
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg		Average
Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria by Aaron Shepherd		Average
Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg		Average
Pancakes for Supper by Anne Isaacs		Average
Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg		Average
Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg		Average
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett by Steven Kellogg		Average
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs		Average
The Giant of Seville: A Tall Tale Based on a True Story by Dan Andreasen		Average
Twister Twyla: The Kansas Cowgirl by Jerri Garretson		Average

Fairy Tales
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story by Tomie DePaola		Easy Reading
Cinderella Skeleton by Robert San Souci		Average
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine		Average
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine		Challenging
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman		Average
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall		Easy Reading
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser		Average
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix		Challenging
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China by Ed Young		Easy Reading
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe		Average
Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky		Average
Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Zelinsky		Average
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Sciescka		Easy Reading
The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton		Average
The Invisible Princess by Faith Ringgold		Average
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka		Easy Reading
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka		Easy Reading

Mystery & Thriller
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Araminta Spookie Series by Angie Sage		Average
BoxCar Mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner		Average
Chet Gecko Series by Bruce Hale		Average
Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J. Sobol		Average
Erratum by Walter Sorrells		Average
Ghost Letters by Stephen Atler		Challenging
Holes by Louis Sachar		Challenging
Miracle Max: Missing in Maryland by Lisa B. C. O'Connell		Average
Mostly Ghostly Series by R. L. Stine		Average
Nate the Great Series by Marjorie Sharmat		Average
Room One by Andrew Clements		Average
Sammy Keyes Mysteries Series by Wendelin Van Draanen		Challenging
Scooby Doo Series		Easy Reading
The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going		Average
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd		Average
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart		Average
Zeke Armstrong Mysteries Series by Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot		Average

Realistic Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket		Average
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danzinger		Average
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish and Herman Parish		Average
Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix		Challenging
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo		Average
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan		Average
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee T. Frazier		Average
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis		Challenging
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary		Average
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan		Average
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume		Average
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh		Average
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos		Average
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos		Average
Judy Moody Around the World in 8 1/2 Days by Megan McDonald		Average
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park		Average
Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
Ramona Quimbly Series by Beverly Cleary		Average
Superfudge by Judy Blume		Average
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan		Challenging
Swindle by Gordon Korman		Average
The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans		Easy Reading
The School Story by Andrew Clements		Average
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt		Challenging
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli		Challenging

Fantasy
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Artemis Fowl Books by Eoin Colfer		Average
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson		Challenging
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl		Average
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl		Easy Reading
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry		Challenging
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling		Average
His Dark Materials (Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman		Challenging
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke		Challenging
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg		Average
Matilda by Roald Dahl		Average
Maurice Sendak by Where the Wild Things Are		Easy Reading
Messenger by Lois Lowry		Challenging
Narnia Series by C. S. Lewis		Average
Redwall Series by Brian Jacques		Challenging
Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage		Average
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola		Easy Reading
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo		Challenging
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin		Average
The Giver by Lois Lowry		Challenging
The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann M. Martin		Average
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg		Easy Reading
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black		Challenging
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt		Average
Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg		Easy Reading

Historical Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck		Challenging
Dear America Series by Scholastic		Challenging
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curis		Challenging
Fearless by Elvira Woodruff		Average
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder		Average
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm		Challenging
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco		Challenging
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan		Average
Shakespeare's Scribe by Gary Blackwood		Average
Shakespeare's Spy by Gary Blackwood		Average
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley		Challenging
The History of Helpless Harry by Avi		Challenging
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood		Average
The Watson's Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis		Challenging

Fables
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney		Average
Ancient Chinese Fables by Various		Challenging
Animal Fact/Animal Fable by Seymour Simon		Easy Reading
Echoes of the Strange: Fable Farm by Heather Beck		Challenging
Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming		Average
The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited by Nikki Giovanni		Easy Reading
The Illustrated Book of Aesop's Fables by Germano Irvani		Average
The Rainstick, a Fable by Sandra Chisholm Robinson		Average

Myths & Legends
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
African Myths and Legends by Kathleen Arnott		Average
Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places by Joseph Bruchac		Easy Reading
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaires		Average
Great Irish Legends for Children by Yvonne Caroll		Easy Reading
Hold Up the Sky and Other Native American Tales from Texas and the Southern Plains by Jane Louise Curry		Average
How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton		Easy Reading
How the Tiny People Grew Tall by Nancy Wood		Average
Myth-O-Mania: Get to Work Hercules! by Kate McMullan		Average
Roman Myths and Legends by Andrew Masters		Average
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum		Average
Young Heroes Series by Jane Yolen		Average

School Stories
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Frindle by Andrew Clements		Average
Landry News by Andrew Clements		Average
No Talking by Andrew Clements		Average
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume		Average
Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar		Average

Math
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure by Edward Einhorn		Average
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Weights and Measures by Jerry Pallotta		Average
How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz		Easy Reading
How Tall How Short How Far Away by David Adler		Easy Reading
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka		Easy Reading
Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu by Dayle Ann Dodds		Average
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert		Average
Shape Up! Fun With Triangles and Other Polygons by David Adler		Average
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander		Average
The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar Fractions Book by Jerry Pollatta		Average
The King's Chessboard by David Birch		Average
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger		Challenging
Working With Fractions by David Adler		Average

Social Studies
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz		Challenging
Assateague: Island of Wild Ponies by Andrea Jauck		Average
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold		Easy Reading
B is for Blue Crab: A Maryland Alphabet by Shirley Menendez		Easy Reading
Can't You Make Them Behave King George by Jean Fritz		Average
Dorchester County Maryland: A History for Young People by Tom Flowers		Average
Freedom's Children by Ellen Levine		Challenging
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio		Easy Reading
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine		Average
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine		Average
It's Our World Too! by Phillip Hoose		Challenging
Landmark Book Series by Random House		Challenging
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne		Average
Maryland From Sea to Shining Sea by Dennis B. Fradin		Average
Maryland Life in the Thirteen Colonies by Michael Burgan		Challenging
My America Series by Scholastic		Average
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz		Average
So You Want to Be President? by David Small		Average
The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks by Pamela Duncan Edwards		Average
The Maryland Colony by Mandy R. Marx		Average
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieska		Average
We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose		Challenging
Weird Maryland by Matt Lake		Average

Science
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Day in the Salt Marsh by Kevin Kurtz		Easy Reading
Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself by Cynthia Light Brown		Average
Chemistry by Ann Newmark		Challenging
Cracking Up: A Story About Erosion by Jacqui Bailey		Average
Erosion by Virginia Castleman		Average
Extreme Animals The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies		Average
Food Chain Frenzy: A Magic School Bus Chapter Book by Anne Capeci		Average
Forest Food Chains by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
How do Animals Adapt? by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg		Easy Reading
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff		Average
Rocky Road Trip: Rocks and Minerals by Judith Stamper		Average
Seashore Food Chains by John Crossingham and Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis		Average
The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering by Louise Spilsbury		Average
The Life and Times of a Drop of Water by Angela Royston		Average
The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry by Joanna Cole		Average
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle by Pat Relf		Average
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman		Average
The Water Cycle by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
Wetland Food Chains by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins		Average
What are Food Chains and Webs? by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading
What is a Biome? by Bobbie Kalman		Easy Reading

Sports
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues by Joanne Lannin		Challenging
From Maryland to Cooperstown: Seven Maryland Natives in the Baseball Hall of Fame by Lois P. Nicholson		Average
Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook		Average
Matt Christoper Sports Series by Matt Christopher		Average
Satch and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman		Average
We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson		Average

Poetry
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Cat Up a Tree by Anne Isaacs		Average
It's Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelutsky		Average
Oh, Brother! by Nikki Grimes		Average
Tall Tales of the Wild West: A Humorous Collection of Cowboy Poems and Songs by Eric Ode		Average
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury by Jack Prelutsky		Average
When the Teacher Isn't Looking: And Other Funny School Poems by Kenn Nesbitt		Average
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein		Average

Biography & Autobiography
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg		Average
Abraham Lincoln by Augusta Stevenson		Average
Alvin Ailey by Andrea Pinkney		Average
Annie Oakley: Young Markswoman by Ellen Wilson		Average
Colin Powell: A Biography by James Haskins		Average
Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney		Average
Fighting for Equal Rights: A Story About Susan B. Anthony by Maryann N. Weidt		Average
Gandhi by Amy Pastan		Average
Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney		Average
Lord Baltimore: Founder of Maryland by J. Dennis Robinson		Average
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Amy Pastan		Average
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport		Easy Reading
Nelson Mandela by Lenny Hort		Average
Outrageous Women of Civil War Times by Mary Rodd Furbee		Average
Outrageous Women of Colonial America by Mary Rodd Furbee		Average
Outrageous Women of the American Frontier by Mary Rodd Furbee		Average
Portraits of African-American Heroes by Penguin Group		Average
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman by Patricia McKissack		Average
Through My Eyes by Margo Lundell and Ruby Bridges		Average
Time for Kids: Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage		Average
Time for Kids: Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out		Average
Time for Kids: Jesse Owens: Running Into History		Average
Who Was Ben Franklin? by Denis Brindell Fradin		Average
Who Was Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson		Average

Folktales
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
African Folktales: Exotic Stories from Africa for Children Around the World by Greg Uche		Average
Totem Pole: A Tall Story From Alaska by Deb Vanasse		Average
What's the Hurry Fox? and Other Animal Tales by Zora Neal Hurst		Average

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