Books written for Grades 1-4 (Ages 6 – 9 years)

Title: A Violin for Elva Author: Mary Lyn Ray Illustrator: Tricia Tusa Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 2015 ISBN: 978-0152254834 Audience: 4-7 years old Summary: Watching through a hedge, Elva heard a violin being played at a garden...

Title: Tidy Author: Emily Gravett Illustrator: Emily Gravett Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-4814-8019-2 Audience: Ages 4-7 Summary: Pete is a badger who likes for everything to be neat and tidy.  Pete learns the hard way...

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Title: This House, Once Author: Deborah Freedman Illustrator: Deborah Freedman Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Kids Publication Date: February 28, 2017 ISBN: 978-1-4814-4284-8 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: As the inside jacket of the book suggests, the text “asks readers to...

Name of Book: A Cat Named Swan Author: Holly Hobbie Illustrator: Holly Hobbie Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 2017 ISBN: 9780553537444 Audience:  4-7 years Summary:  “Then he was alone.” With that opening sentence, Holly Hobbie begins her tale of an abandon little gray...

Title: Who Counts? 100 Sheep, 10 Coins, 2 Sons Author: Amy-Jill Levine & Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Illustrator: Margaux Meganck Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Publication Date: May 17, 2017 ISBN: 9780664262747 Audience: Ages 5-10 Summary: This book places the three...

Name of Book: Wolf in the Snow Author:  Matthew Cordell Illustrator: Matthew Cordell Publisher: Feiwel and Friends, NY ISBN: 978-1-250-07636-6 Audience: Ages 3 – 7 Summary: A red-hooded little girl finds an abandoned wolf pup on her way home from school in the snow. She...

Name of Book:  Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Day Author:  Emily Pearson Illustrator: Fumi Kosaka Publisher: Gibbs Smith ISBN: 9780879059781 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8 Summary: One young girl, Mary, finds some blueberries along her way one morning and shares them with others. The...

Title: Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities Author: Jonathan Litton Illustrator: L’Atelier Cartographik Publisher: 360 Degrees Publication Date: September 1, 2016 ISBN: 9781944530006 Audience: Ages 7-10 Summary: “Hello starts friendships.  Hello opens doors. ...