Gift Book Suggestions

Grade levels are indicated after the titles.

Adventure & Survival

Avi	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. 7-8
Blumberg, Rhoda	Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy 3- 4
Cooney, Caroline	Flight #116 is Down. 7-8
Creech, Sharon	Ruby Holler. 5-7
George, Jean	Julie of the Wolves. 5-7
Haddix, Margaret	Running Out of Time. 5-6
Hesse, Karen	The Music of Dolphins. 5-6
Hobbs, Will	Downriver. 5-6
Konigsburg, E.L.	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. 4-5
Kipling, Rudyard	Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. 2-3
Mazer, Harry	The Last Mission. 7-8
Mazer, Harry	Snow Bound. 7-8
McSwigan, Marie	Snow Treasure. 4-6
O'Dell, Scott	Island of the Blue Dolphins. 5-7
Richter, Conrad	The Light in the Forest. 4-8
Sachar, Louis	Holes. 5-8
Stevenson, Robert	Treasure Island. 5-6
Taylor, Theodore	The Cay. 5-6
White, Robb	Deathwatch. 7-8

Animals

Atwater, Richard	Mr. Popper's Penguins. 3-6
Bulla, Clyde	Singing Sam. 2
Burnford, Sheila	The Incredible Journey. 5-6
Byars, Betsy	Wanted ... Mud Blossom. 4-5
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie. 3-5
Dickinson, Peter	Chuck and Danielle. 4-5
Eastman, P.D.	Go Dog Go! K-1
Farley, Walter	The Black Stallion. 5-6
George, Jean Craighead	Julie of the Wolves. 5-8
George, Jean Craighead	There's an Owl in the Shower. 3-4
Goodall, Jane	My Life with the Chimpanzees. 3-4
Griffith, Helen	Alex and the Cat 2
Haas, Jessie	Runaway Radish. 2-4
Hall, Lynn	Barry, the Bravest Saint Bernard. 2
Henry, Marguerite	Misty of Chincoteague. 5-6
Hurwitz, Johanna	A Llama in the Family. 3-4
King-Smith, Dick	Animal Stories. 3-4
Kipling, Rudyard	The Jungle Book. 5-6
Knight, Eric	Lassie Come Home. 5-6
London, Jonathan	Shawn and Keeper: Show and Tell. 1
Mikaelsen, Ben	Rescue Josh McGuire. 5-6
Morey, Walt	Gentle Ben. 5-6
Mowat, Farley	Never Cry Wolf. 6-7
Mowat, Farley	Owls in the Family. 5-6
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Shiloh. 3-4
North, Sterling	Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era. 5-8
Perkins, Al	The Digging-est Dog. 1
Schlein, Miriam	The Year of the Panda. 3
Selden, George	The Cricket in Times Square. 3-5
Sewell, Anna	Black Beauty. 4-6
Terhune, Albert	Lad, a Dog. 4-7
Wallace, Bill	Watchdog and the Coyotes. 3-4
White, E.B.	Charlotte's Web. 4-6

Biography

Beals, Melba	Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High. 7-8
Carter, Forrest	The Education of Little Tree. 7-8
Codell, Esm�	Educating Esm�: Diary of a Teacher's First Year. 7-8
Coerr, Eleanor	Sadako and theThousand Paper Cranes. 4
Dahl, Roald	Boy: Tales of Childhood. 5
Dahl, Roald	Going Solo. 7-8
DePaola, Tomie	26 Fairmount Avenue. 2-3
Fleischman, Sid	The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life. 4-5
Flowers, Pam	Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team. 7-8
Fritz, Jean	What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? 3
Gantos, Jack	Hole in My Life. 7-8
George, Jean	A Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets. 4-5
Gilbreth, Frank	Cheaper by the Dozen. 6-7
Golenbock, Peter	Teammates. 2-3
Goodall, Jane	My Life with the Chimpanzees. 4-5
Hickam, Homer	Rocket Boys: A Memoir. -8
Kehret, Peg	Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. 4-5
Mitchell, Barbara	CLICK! A Story About George Eastman. 4-5
Myers, Walter Dean	Bad Boy: A Memoir. 7-8
Paulsen, Gary	My Life in Dog Years. 4-5
Paulsen, Gary	Woodsong. 6-7
Peet, Bill	Bill Peet: An Autobiography. 4-5
San Souci, Robert	Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend. 2-3
Spinelli, Jerry	Knots in My Yo-yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid. 4-6
Stanley, Fay	Last Princess: The Story of Princess Kaiulani. 2-3
Tarbox, Katherine	Katie.com: My Story. 7-8
Tillage, Leon	Leon's Story. 4-5

Fantasy

Adams, Richard	Watership Down. 7-8
Anderson, M.T.	Thirsty. 7-8
Avi	Poppy. 3-4
Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck Everlasting. 5-7
Banks, Lynn Reid	The Fairy Rebel. 4-5
Bianco, Margery Williams	The Velveteen Rabbit. 2-4
Boston, L.M.	The Children of Green Knowe. 4-6
Brock, Betty	No Flying in the House. 4-5
Buller, Jon	20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea. 2
Butterworth, Oliver	The Enormous Egg. 3-5
Carroll, Lewis	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 4-6
Catling, Patrick	The Chocolate Touch. 3-4
Christian, Mary Blount	Swamp Monsters. 2
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl. 5-6
Cooper, Susan	The Boggart. 4-6
Coville, Bruce	Into the Land of the Unicorns. 4-5
Coville, Bruce	The Monster's Ring. 3-4
Crossley-Holland, Kevin	The Seeing Stone. 6-7
Dahl, Roald	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 4-6
Fleming, Ian	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 4-6
Gould, Steven	Jumper. 7-8
Grahame, Kenneth	The Wind in the Willows. 4-6
Griffin, Peni	Switching Well. 5-6
Hesse, Karen	The Music of Dolphins. 4-5
James, Mary	Shoebag. 4-5
Jones, Diana Wynne	Dark Lord of Derkholm. 6-8
Jones, Diana Wynne	Witch Week. 5-6
Juster, Norton	The Phantom Tollbooth. 4-6
Kindl, Patrice	Owl in Love. 6-7
King-Smith, Dick	Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig. 2
Klause, Annette Curtis	Blood and Chocolate. 7-8
Lally, Soinbhe	A Hive for the Honeybee. 6-7
Lawson, Robert	Ben and Me. 2-4
Levine, Gail Carson	Ella Enchanted. 5-6
Lopshire, Robert	Put Me in the Zoo. K-1
Martin, Ann M.	The Doll People. 3-4
Napoli, Donna Jo	Beast. 7-8
Napoli, Donna Jo	Zel. 6-7
Nix, Garth	Sabriel. 7-8
Pratchett, Terry	The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. 6-7
Pullman, Philip	The Golden Compass. 6-8
Pullman, Philip	I was a Rat! 4
Rodgers, Mary	Freaky Friday. 4-5
Seidler, Tor	The Wainscott Weasel. 4-5
Service, Pamela	Being of Two Minds. 5-7
Smith, Robert Kimmel	Chocolate Fever. 4-5
Thomas, Shelley Moore	Good Night, Good Knight. 1
Thompson, Kate	Switchers. 5-7
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit. 5-8
White, T.H.	The Sword and the Stone. 5-8
Winthrop, Elizabeth	The Castle in the Attic. 5-6

Folk & Fairytales

Aardema, Verna	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. K-2
Kellogg, Steven	Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale. K-2
Kimmel, Eric	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock. K-2
Kimmel, Eric	Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale. K-2
Lester, Julius	John Henry. K-2
Marshall, James	Hansel and Gretel. K-2
Paye, Won-Ldy	Head, Body, Legs. K-2
Pyle, Howard	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. 4-6
Pyle, Howard	The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. 4-6
Young, Ed	Lon Po Po. 1-2

Ghost & Scary Stories

Avi	Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts. 5-6
Benchley, Nathaniel	A Ghost Named Fred. 1
Dahl, Roald	The Witches. 4-6
Del Negro, Janice	Lucy Dove. 3-4
Galdone, Joanna	The Tailypo: a Ghost Story. 2-3
Hague, Michael	Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story. 3-4
Johnston, Tony	The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe. 3-4
Levy, Elizabeth	Night of the Living Gerbil. 2-3
Martin, Bill	The Ghost-Eye Tree. 2-3
Mosel, Arlene	The Funny Little Woman. 2-3
Schwartz, Alvin	In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. 1-2
Schwartz, Alvin	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. 2-3
Utton, Peter	The Witch's Hand. 1-2
Woolley, Catherine	Gus was a Gorgeous Ghost. 1-2
Ziefert, Harriet	The Teeny-Tiny Woman. 1-2

Historical Fiction

Benchley, Nathaniel	Small Wolf. K-1
Bishop, Claire	Twenty and Ten. 3-4
Burnett, Frances H.	The Secret Garden. 4-6
Byars, Betsy	The Golly Sisters Go West. 1-2
Cohen, Barbara	Molly's Pilgrim. 2-3
Cross, Gillian	The Great American Elephant Chase. 4-6
Cushman, Karen	Catherine, Called Birdy. 5-6
Dumas, Alexandre	The Three Musketeers. 5-7
Erdrich, Louise	The Birchbark House. 4-5
Fleischman, Paul	Bull Run. 4-5
Greene, Bette	Summer of My German Soldier. 5-8
Hamilton, Virginia	The House of Dies Drear. 5-6
Hilgartner, Beth	A Murder for Her Majesty. 5-6
Lawson, Robert	Ben and Me. 2-4
Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars. 5-6
MacLachlan, Patricia	Sarah, Plain and Tall. 3-5
Mayerson, Evelyn	The Cat Who Escaped from Steerage. 3-4
Mochizuki, Ken	Baseball Saved Us. 1-3
Monjo, F.N.	The Drinking Gourd. 1-2
Namioka, Lensey	Ties that Bind, Ties that Break. 7-8
Nichol, Barbara	Beethoven Lives Upstairs. 1-2
Rostkowski, Margaret	After the Dancing Days. 6-7
Speare, Elizabeth	The Sign of the Beaver. 5-6
Speare, Elizabeth	The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 5-6
Taylor, Mildred	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 6-7

Humor

Ahlberg, Allan	Woof! 4-5
Berenstain, Stan	Old Hat, New Hat. K-1
Brenner, Barbara	Too Many Mice. 1-2
Brownrigg, Sheri	Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus. 1-2
Dahl, Roald	The Enormous Crocodile. 1-2
Dahl, Roald	The Witches. 5-6
Dickinson, Peter	Chuck and Danielle 3-5
Doyle, Roddy	The Giggler Treatment. 3-4
Eastman, P.D.	Are You My Mother? K-1
Horvath, Polly	The Trolls. 3-4
Howe, Norma	The Adventures of Blue Avenger. 6-8
Jones, Diana Wynne	Dark Lord of Derkholm. 6-8
Korman, Gordon	The Chicken Doesn't Skate. 4-5
Korman, Gordon	No More Dead Dogs. 5-6
Manes, Stephen	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days. 4-5
McCloskey, Robert	Homer Price. 4-5
Merrill, Jean	The Pushcart War. 5
Milne, A.A.	Winnie-the-Pooh. 4-5
Mowat, Farley	Owls in the Family. 5-6
Munsch, Robert	Makeup Mess. K-2
Napoli, Donna Jo	The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin. 3-4
Peck, Richard	A Long Way from Chicago. 5-6
Peet, Bill	Capyboppy. 2-3
Rockwell, Thomas	How to Eat Fried Worms. 4-5
Seuss, Dr.	Green Eggs and Ham. K-1

Mysteries & Thrillers

Avi	Who Stole the Wizard of OZ. 4-5
Carlon, Patricia	The Price of an Orphan. 7-8
Duncan, Lois	Don't Look Behind You. 6-7
Duncan, Lois	Killing Mr. Griffin. 7-8
Hahn, Mary	The Dead Man in Indian Creek. 5-6
Hilgartner, Beth	A Murder for Her Majesty. 5-6
Hoban, Lillian	The Case of the Two Masked Robbers. K-1
Hoeye, Michael	Time Stops for No Mouse. 5-6
Howe, James	Eat Your Poison, Dear. 4-5
Nickerson, Sara	How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. 6-7
Pullman, Philip	The Ruby in the Smoke. 7-8
Raskin, Ellen	The Westing Game. 5-6
Roberts, Willo	The View from the Cherry Tree. 5-6
Roberts, Willo Davis	What Could Go Wrong? 5-6
Shusterman, Neal	The Shadow Club. 6-7
Vande Velde, Vivian	Never Trust a Dead Man. 5-6
Werlin, Nancy	The Killer's Cousin. 7-8
Wright, Betty Ren	The Dollhouse Murders. 4-5
Yolen, Jane	Piggins. 2-3

Non-Fiction

Adamson, Joy	Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds. 7-8
Armstrong, Jennifer	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton's Amazing Voyage. 7-8
Goldschneider, Gary	The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Year. 7-8
Gravelle, Karen	5 Ways to Know About You. 7-8

Poetry

Chaikin, Miriam	Don�t Step on the Sky: A Handful of Haiku. 1-3
Dotlich, Rebecca Kai	When Riddles Come Rumbling: Poems to Ponder. K-3
George, Kristine O�Connell	Little Dog Poems. K-3
George, Kristine O'Connell	Swimming Ustream: Middle Shool Poems. 4�7
Graham, Joan Bransfield	Flicker Flash. 1-3
Hoberman, Mary Ann	You Read to Me, I�ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. K-2
Kennedy, X.J.	Knock at a Star: A Child�s Introduction to Poetry. 4-8
Lewis, J. Patrick	Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black Americans. 4-8
Millay, Edna St. Vincent	Edna St. Vincent Millay. 6-8
Prelutsky, Jack	The New Kid on the Block. 2-4
Silverstein, Shel	Where the Sidewalk Ends. 2-4
Wayland, April Halprin	Girl Coming in For A Landing. 5-7
Wise, William	Dinosaurs Forever. K-3
Paolilli, Paul	Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems. k-2
Zemach, Margot	Some From the Moon Some From the Sun: Poems and Songs for Everyone. K-2

Romance

Cabot, Meg	Princess in Love. 7-8
Cohen, Barbara	Seven Daughters and Seven Sons. 7-8
Greene, Bette	Summer of My German Soldier. 7-8
Klause, Annette	The Silver Kiss. 7-8
Qualey, Marsha	Revolutions of the Heart. 7-8

School, Friends and Family

Chorao, Kay	Ups and Downs with Oink and Pearl. 1
Cleary, Beverly	Dear Mr. Henshaw. 4-5
Cleary, Beverly	Muggie Maggie. 2-3
Clements, Andrew	Frindle. 3-5
Clements, Andrew	The School Story. 4-5
Danziger, Paula	P.S. Longer Letter Later. 4-5
De Paola, Tomie	Kit and Kat. K-1
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie. 4-6
Duffey, Betsy	How to Be Cool in Third Grade. 2-3
Feiffer, Jules	The Man in the Ceiling. 4-5
Fine, Anne	Step by Wicked Step. 4-5
Fitzhugh, Louise	Harriet the Spy. 4-5
Fletcher, Ralph	Flying Solo. 5-6
Gilson, Jamie	Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub. 3-4
Guilfoile, Elizabeth	Nobody Listens to Andrew. K-1
Hill, Kirkpatrick	The Year of Miss Agnes. 3-4
Honey, Elizabeth	Don't Pat the Wombat! 4-5
Konigsburg, E.L.	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. 4-5
Minarik, Else	No Fighting, No Biting. K-1
Park, Barbara	Mick Harte was Here. 4-6
Paterson, Katherine	Bridge to Terabithia. 6
Robertson, Keith	Henry Reed, Inc. 4-5
Rockwell, Thomas	How to Eat Fried Worms. 4-5
Sachar, Louis	Holes. 5-8
Schnur, Steven	The Koufax Dilemma. 3-4
Smith, Roberts	The War with Grandpa. 4-5
Soto, Gary	The Skirt. 3-4
Vail, Rachel	Daring to be Abigail! 4-5
Wolff, Virginia	Make Lemonade. 7-8

Science Fiction

Bell, Hilari	A Matter of Profit. 7-8
Buller, Jon	Baseball Camp on the Planet of the Eyeballs. 2
Clements, Andrew	Things Not Seen. 5-6
Elliott, David	The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle. 3-4
Etra, Jonathan	Aliens for Breakfast. 3-4
Gardiner, John	Top Secret. 4-5
Gauthier, Gail	My Life Among the Aliens. 3-4
Gilmore, Kate	The Exchange Student. 6-7
Greer, Gery	Max and Me and the Time Machine. 4-5
Haddix, Margaret	Among the Hidden. 5-6
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Turnabout. 7-8
Hesse, Karen	The Music of Dolphins. 5-6
Howarth, Lesley	Maphead. 5-6
Hughes, Monica	Invitation to the Game. 6-7
Johnston, Tony	Alien and Possum: Friends No Matter What. K-1
Jones, Diana Wynne	Hexwood. 7-8
Logue, Mary	Dancing with an Alien. 7-8
Lowry, Lois	Gathering Blue. 6-7
Lowry, Lois	The Giver. 5-8
Mackel, Kathy	Can of Worms. 4-6
Nix, Garth	Shade's Children. 6-8
O'Brien, Robert	Z for Zachariah. 6-7
Pratchett, Terry	Truckers. 7-8
Service, Pamela	Stinker from Space. 3-4
Slobodkin, Louis	The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree. 4-5
Yorinks, Arthur	Company�s Going. 1-2

Series & Sets

Adams, Douglas	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 7-8
Adler, David	Cam Jansen 2-3
Adler, David	Young Cam Jansen 1-2
	The American Girls Collection 3
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia	Demon in My View 7-8
Bailey, Linda	Stevie Diamond Mysteries 3-5
Baum, L. Frank	The Wizard of Oz 4-6
Bellairs, John	The House with a Clock in Its Walls 5-6
Berenstain, Stan	The Berenstain Bears K-1
Blume, Judy	Fudge 3-4
Bond, Michael	Paddington Bear 2-3
Brashares, Ann	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 7-8
Brown, Marc	Arthur K-2
Cabot, Meg	The Princess Diaries 7-8
Cameron, Ann	Julian and Huey 2-3
Cameron, Eleanor	The Mushroom Planet 3-4
Capucilli, Alyssa	Biscuit K-1
Card, Orson Scott	Ender's Game 6-8
Cazet, Denys	Minnie and Moo K-1
Cleary, Beverly	Ramona 3-4
Clifford, Eth	Harvey 3-4
Christopher, John	The Tripods 5-6
Cole, Joanna	The Magic School Bus K-2
Cooney, Caroline	The Face on the Milk Carton 7-8
Cooper, Susan	The Dark is Rising 5-6
Coville, Bruce	My Teacher is an Alien 3-4
Danziger, Paula	Amber Brown 2-3
Duane, Diane	Young Wizards 4-5
Eager, Edward	Half Magic 4-5
Erickson, John	Hank the Cowdog 3-4
Fitzgerald, John	The Great Brain 4-5
Gannett, Ruth	My Father's Dragon 1-3
Gantos, Jack	Joey Pigza 4-5
Gantos, Jack	Rotten Ralph K-2
George, Jean	My Side of the Mountain 4-5
Giff, Patricia	Ronald Morgan K-2
Greenburg, Dan	Zack Files 2-3
Hoban, Lillian	Arthur K-1
Horowitz, Anthony	Alex Rider, Spy 5-7
Howe, Deborah	Clarence the cat and Harold the dog 3-4
Howe, James	Pinky and Rex 1-2
Hurwitz, Johanna	Hot and Cold Summer 4-5
Hurwitz, Johanna	Elisa 2-3
Hurwitz, Johanna	Russell 2-3
Jacques, Brian	Redwall 5-6
King, Laurie	Mary Russell 7-8
Kline, Suzy	Horrible Harry 2-3
Krensky, Stephen	Lionel 1-2
Krensky, Stephen	Louise 2-3
Lawlor, Laurie	Addie 3-4
Le Guin, Ursula