Early Chapter Books
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Adler, David A. Cam Jansen & the Chocolate Fudge Mystery.
Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.
Call# JFA
Aliki. Mummies Made in Egypt.
Techniques and reasons for the making of mummies.
Call# J 393 A
Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper's Penguins.
Twelve penguins join the Popper family.
Call# JFA 1988
Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice.
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys a freckle recipe.
Call# JFB
Bunting, Eve. Nasty, Stinky Sneakers.
Ten-year-old Colin has lost his sure-to-be prize winning entry for the stinkiest sneakers in the world contest.
Call# JFB, Call# B
Cameron, Ann. The Stories Julian Tells.
Episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life from losing a tooth to finding a new friend.
Call# JFC
Christian, Mary B. Sebastian (Super Sleuth)
A young boy detective and his capable dog solve cases.
Call# JFC
Cleary, Beverly. Mouse & the Motorcycle.
Ralph S. Mouse gets wheels.
Call# JFC
Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim.
Molly's Thanksgiving doll, made by her Russian immigrant mother, looks different from others in her class.
Call# JFC, Call# C
Cone, Molly. Mishmash.
A classroom dog has many adventures.
Call# JFC
Conford, Ellen. Jenny Archer.
Jenny uses her great imagination in everything she does.
Call# JFC
Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon.
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# JFD, Call# D
Eager, Edward. Half Magic.
Four good friends find a magic coin.
Call# JFE, Call# E
Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses.
If she has a hundred dresses at home, why does she wear the same one every day?
Call# JFE
Fritz, Jean. And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Everything you want to know about his exciting life.
Call# JBR
Gannett, Ruth S. My Father's Dragon.
Elmer Elevator sets out to rescue a baby dragon.
Call# JFG
Grimes, Nikki. Meet Danitra Brown.
A lively collection of poems about a young girl and her favorite things.
Call# J 811 G
Hesse, Karen. Sable.
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# JFH
Howe, James. Pinky & Rex.
Rex and her best friend Pinky.
Call# JFH
Hurwitz, Johanna. Busybody Nora.
Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York.
Call# JFH, Call# H
Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale.
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack.
Call# J 398.2 K
Kline, Suzy. Horrible Harry & the Ant Invasion.
Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.
Call# JFK
Le Guin, Ursula K. Catwings.
Four young cats with wings search for a safe place to live.
Call# JFL
Levy, Elizabeth. 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# JPL
McMullan, Kate. Class Trip to the Cave of Doom and a Wedding for Wiglaf.
Wiglaf joins the other students of Dragon Slayers' Academy in searching the Dark Forest for the Cave of Doom.
Call# JFM, Call# M
Maestro, Betsy. The Story of the Statue of Liberty.
Its history told through many illustrations.
Call# J 974.7 K
Monjo, F. N. The Drinking Gourd.
Tommy discovers his house is a station on the Underground Railroad in this beginning reader.
Call# J 974.7 M
Parker, Nancy W. Frogs, Toads, Lizards, & Salamanders.
Sixteen species carefully explained and drawn.
Call# J 597.6 P
Pinkney, Andrea D. Dear Benjamin Banneker.
Biography of the African American astronomer who wrote to Thomas Jefferson about slavery.
JB Banneker
Pinkwater, Daniel M. Hoboken Chicken Emergency.
Arthur goes to pick up the Thanksgiving turkey but returns with a 266 pound chicken.
Call# P
Sachar, Louis. Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
Funny stories from the class on the thirtieth floor.
Call# JFS
Schwartz, David M. How Much Is a Million? An entertaining and very informative picture book introduction to "big" numbers.
Call# J 513.2 S
Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table.
Joe gets a magic book for his birthday.
Call# JFS
Selden, George. Cricket in Times Square.
Our favorite cricket.
Call# JFS
Service, Pamela F. Stinker from Space. An alien secret agent crash lands on Earth and must transfer his mind to another life form - a skunk!
Call# JFS
Simon, Seymour. Volcanoes.
Beautiful photographs and brief text explain volcanoes.
Call# J551.21 S
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective.
The first in a series of short mysteries with the solutions in the back of the book.
Call# JFS
Stanley, Diane. The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka`iulani of Hawai`i.
The life of the last American princess, told in a picture book biography.
Call# JB Kaiulani
Steig, William. Abel's Island.
A mouse's resourcefulness and endurance are tested as he struggles to survive a shipwreck.
Call# JFS
Steptoe, John L. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters : An African Tale.
Two sisters, one mean-tempered and one sweet, go before the king who is in search of a wife.
Call# JPS
Walter, Mildred Pitts. Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World.
The life of the only boy in a family full of females.
Call# JFW
Zelinsky, Paul O. Rumpelstiltskin.
Illustrated by Paul Zelinsky. A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold.
Call# J 398.2 Z
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