Booklists for Educators

Explore Our Booklists for Youth:

• Kindergarten
• 1st Grade
• 2nd Grade
• 3rd Grade
• 4th Grade
• 5th Grade
• Middle School
• Babies & Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• Epic Reads
• Children's Summer Reading
• Perfect Pet Reads
• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award 2017
• African American History Month Reads for Kids
• Duck on a Roof!
• Children Book Club Kits
• Teen Book Club Kits
• Great Books=Great Gifts Kids 2018
• Great Books=Great Gifts Teens 2018
• Women's History Month for Kids
• Libros en español para niños
• Milwaukee Ballet for Kids
• Teen Summer Reads 2018
• Pride Month Booklist for Kids
• A New Home
• Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
• Native American Heritage Month for Kids
• Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
• High School 2018

3rd Grade

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances
by Lenore Look

When Alvin agrees to go a funeral he discovers another thing to be afraid of: losing someone he loves.

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Hooey Higgins and the Shark
by Steve Voake

To make a little candy money, Hooey and his friend Twig decide to catch and shark and charge people to see it.

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Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth
by Jane O'Connor

Nancy has everything she needs to be a super detective including a magnifying glass, pink trench coat and her best friend Bree.

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The Beetle Book
by Steve Jenkins

Explore intriguing facts on beetle body structure, senses, and communication.

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The Dunderheads Behind Bars
by Paul Fleischman

School is out for the summer and the Dunderheads are rid of their horrible teacher. But her brother, Police Chief Breakbone, may be just as bad!

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Bug Zoo
by Nick Baker

Your backyard and park are loaded with amazing bugs. Find out how to create hangouts for spiders, rest stops for snails and other cool environments.

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Sweet and Sunny
by Coleen Murtagh Paratore

When everyone seems down in the dumps, Junior Deputy Mayor Sunny Holiday advises the mayor on ways to make their town a better place.

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
by Brian Floca

Floca tells the amazing journey Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took to become the first men to land on the moon.

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Keen Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up
by Melissa Thomson

Mean Tiffany Harris has Keena's special journal, and she WON'T give it back! Will Tiffany tell all of Keena's secrets to her classmates?

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I, Too, Am America
by Langston Hughes; illus. by Bryan Collier

Inspired by the words of Langston Hughes, Collier weaves a portrait of America during the 1920s through the eyes of Pullman porters.

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Frankie Pickle and the Land of the Lost Recess
by Eric Wight

4th Grader Frankie, inspired by his recent visit to the Natural History Museum, decides to play archaeologist during recess.

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Word After Word After Word
by Patricia MacLachlan

For friends Lucy, Henry, Evie, Russle, and May, every day at school seems the same until Ms. MIrabel comes to their class and they see the world in a new way.

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Looking Like Me
by Walter Dean Myers

This jumpy, jazzy, joyful picture book celebrates every child and everything that children can be.

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