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| Easy-To-Read Books | |||
| Title | Section | Author | Year |
| Dinosaur Time | JE | Parish, Peggy and Arnold Lobel | 1977 |
| Owl at Home | JE | Lobel, Arnold | 1978 |
| Hattie Rabbit | JP | Gackenbach, Dick | 1979 |
| Heather's Feathers | Weiss, Ellen | 1979 | |
| Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia | JE | Parish, Peggy and Lynn Sweat | 1980 |
| Grasshopper on the Road | JE | Lobel, Arnold | 1981 |
| Mrs. Gaddy and the Ghost | JE | Steele, Mary Q. and Marylin Hafner | 1982 |
| Clams Can't Sing | JE | Stevenson, james | 1983 |
| Commander Toad in Space | JE | Yolen, Jane and Bruce Degan | 1983 |
| Nate the Great and the Missing Key | JE | Sharmat, Majorie and Marc Simont | 1984 |
| Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail | JE | Sharmat, Majorie and Marc Simont | 1985 |
| M & M and the Bad News Baby | JE | Ross, Pat and Marylin Hafner | 1986 |
| In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories | JE | Schwartz, Alvin and Dirk Zimmer | 1987 |
| Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping | JE | Parish, Peggy and Lynn Sweat | 1988 |
| Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia | JE | Parish, Peggy | 1989 |
| Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1990 |
| Fox on the Job | JE | Marshal, James | 1991 |
| Henry and Mudge get the Cold Shivers | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1992 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1993 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1994 |
| Henry and the Long Weekend | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1995 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1996 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1997 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 1998 |
| Arthur's Reading Race | JP | Brown, Marc | 1999 |
| Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees | JE | Ryland, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 2000 |
| Bathtime for Biscuit | JE | Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Pat Schories | 2001 |
| One Saturday Afternoon | JE | Baker, Barbara and Kate Duke | 2002 |
| Tiny goes to the Library | JE | Meister, Carl and Rich Davis | 2003 |
| It's Justin Time, Amber Brown | JE | Danziger, Paula and Tony Ross | 2004 |
| Get Ready for Second Grad, Amber Brown | JE | Danziger, Paula and Tony Ross | 2005 |
| T-Rex is Missing! | JE | DePaola, Tomie | 2006 |
| Loose Tooth | JE | Schaefer, Lola M. | 2007 |
| One Nosy Pup | JE | Wallace, Carol | 2008 |
| Super Fly Guy | JE | Arnold, Tedd | 2009 |
| Today I Will Fly | JP | Willems, Mo | 2010 |
| How To Drive Your Sister Crazy | JE | Shore, Diane | 2011 |
| Easy-To-Read Series Books | |||
| Title | Section | Author | Year |
| Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers | JE | Rylant, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 2001 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan | JE | Rylant, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 2002 |
| Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet | JE | Rylant, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 2003 |
| Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective | JE | Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman , Mitchell Sharmat, and Martha Weston | 2004 |
| Biscuit Goes to School | JE | Capucilli, Alyssa and Pat Schories | 2005 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House | JE | Rylant, Cynthia and Sucie Stevenson | 2006 |
| Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown | JE | Danziber, Paula | 2007 |
| Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas | JE | Rylant, Cynthia | 2008 |
| Henry and Mudge and The Big Sleepover | JE | Rylant, Cynthia | 2009 |
| There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy | JE | Arnold, Tedd | 2010 |
| Hooray For Fly Guy | JE | Arnold, Tedd | 2011 |
| Children's Fiction | |||
| Title | Section | Author | Year |
| Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand | JM | Sobol, Donald and Leonard Shortall | 1977 |
| Dorrie's Book | JF | Sachs, Marilyn and Anne | 1978 |
| Nobody Has to Be a Kid Forever | Colman, Hila | 1979 | |
| Ramona and Her Father | JF | Cleary, Beverly and Alan Tiegreen | 1980 |
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | JF | Paterson, Katherine | 1981 |
| Ramona and Her Mother | JE | Cleary, Beverly and Alan Tiegreen | 1982 |
| Superfudge | JF | Blume, Judy | 1983 |
| Ramona Quimby, Age 8 | JF | Cleary, Beverly and Alan Tiegreen | 1984 |
| Ralph S. Mouse | JF | Cleary, Beverly and Paul Zelensky | 1985 |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | JF | Cleary, Beverly and Paul Zelensky | 1986 |
| Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst | JF | Lowry, Lois | 1987 |
| Sarah Plain and Tall | J Newbery | MacLachlan, Patricia and Marcia Sewall | 1988 |
| Anastasia Has the Answers | JF | Lowry, Lois | 1989 |
| Nighty-Nightmare | JM | Howe, James and Leslie Morrill | 1990 |
| The Burning Questiosn of Bingo Brown | JF | Byars, Betsy, Cathy Bobak, and Carol Newson | 1991 |
| Teacher's Pet | JF | Hurwitz, Johanna and Sheila Harnanaka | 1991 |
| Wayside School is Falling Down | JF | Sachar, Louis and Joel Shick | 1992 |
| Muggie Maggie | JF | Cleary, Beverly and Kay Life | 1993 |
| School's Out | JF | Hurwitz, Johanna and Shiela Hamanka | 1994 |
| Attaboy, Sam! | JF | Lowry, Lois and Diane DeGroat | 1995 |
| Nibble, Nibble, Jerry Archer | JF | Conford, Ellen and Daine Palmisciano | 1996 |
| Amber Brown is Not a Crayon | JF | Danziger, Paula and Tony Ross | 1997 |
| Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger | JF | Sachar, Louis | 1998 |
| Forever Amber | JF | Danziger, Paula and Tony Ross | 1999 |
| Adventure of Captain Underpants | JF | Pilkey, Dav | 2000 |
| Holes | J Newbery | Sachar, Louis | 2001 |
| Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets | JF | Pilkey, Dav | 2002 |
| Judy Moody | JF | McDonald, Megan and Peter Reynolds | 2003 |
| Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman | JF | Pilkey, Dav | 2004 |
| Loser | JF | Spinelli, Jerry and Mark Elliot | 2005 |
| The Tale of Despereaux | J Newbery | DiCamillo, Kate | 2006 |
| The Last Holiday Concert | JF | Clements, Andrew | 2007 |
| Lunch Money | JF | Clements, Andew | 2008 |
| Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People | JF | Pilkey, Dav | 2009 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | JF | Kinney, Jeff | 2010 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | JF | Kinney, Jeff | 2011 |
| Children's Non-Fiction | |||
| Title | Section | Author | Year |
| On the Trail of Bigfoot | Place, Marion T. | 1977 | |
| How Kittens Grow | J 636.8 | Selsam, Millicent and Esther Bubley | 1978 |
| A Very Young Dancer | Krementz, Jill | 1979 | |
| The Quicksand Book | DePaola, Tomie | 1980 | |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | Selsam, Millicent | 1981 | |
| Mummies Made in Egypt | J 932.01 | Aliki | 1982 |
| A Show of Hands: Say it in Sign Language | J 419 | Sullivan, Marybeth and Linda Bourke | 1983 |
| A Light in the Attic | J 811 | Silverstein, Shel | 1984 |
| It's Basic: The ABC's of Computer Programming | Lipson, Shelly and Janice Stapleton | 1985 | |
| Draw 50 Monsters, Creeps, Superheroes, Demons, Dragons, Nerds... | Ames, Lee J. | 1986 | |
| The New Kid on the Block: Poems | J 811.54 | Prelutsky, Jack and James Stevenson | 1987 |
| How They Built the Statue of Liberty | J 974.71 | Shapiro, Mary J. and Huck Scarry | 1988 |
| To Space and Back | J 629.454 | Ride, Sally | 1989 |
| Koko's Story | J 599.8846 | Patterson, Francine and Ronald Cohn | 1990 |
| Volcanoes | J 551.21 | Simon, Seymour | 1991 |
| The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body | JP | Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen | 1992 |
| The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System | JP | Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen | 1993 |
| Big Cats | Simon, Seymour | 1994 | |
| The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor | JP | Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen | 1995 |
| My Visit to the Aquarium | JP | Aliki | 1996 |
| The Big Bug Book | J 595.7 | Facklam, Margery and Paul Facklam | 1997 |
| The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane | JP | Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen | 1998 |
| The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive | JP | Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen | 1999 |
| Lou Gehring: The Luckiest Man | JB | Adler, David and Terry Widener | 2000 |
| Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (And What the Neighbors Thought) | J 923.1 | Krull, Kathleen | 2001 |
| Behold...The Dragons! | J 398.469 | Gibbons, Gail | 2002 |
| So You Want to Be President? | J Caldecott | St. George, Judith and David Small | 2003 |
| The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkings | JB | Kerley, Barbara and Brian Selznick | 2004 |
| Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals | J 393.1 | Sloan, Christopher | 2005 |
| What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? | JP | Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page | 2006 |
| Actual Size | J 591.41 | Jenkins, Steve | 2007 |
| Runny Babbit: A Billy Book | J 811 | Silverstein, Shel | 2008 |
| Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition | JP | Cole, Joanna | 2009 |
| Owen and Mzee | J 599.635139 | Hatkoff, Craig | 2010 |
| Frogs | J 597.82 | Bishop, Nic | 2011 |