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Suggested “Best Books of 2002” Source: Dr. Peggy Sharp – Children’s
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Reading Level |
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A Corner of the Universe |
Martin, Anne |
7.3 |
5-8 |
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A Week in the Woods |
Clements, Andrew |
6.3 |
5-8 |
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Among the Betrayed |
Haddex, Margaret |
Q4.5 |
5-8 |
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Arithme-tickle |
Lewis, Patrick |
3.6 |
K-3 |
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Bertie Was a Watchdog |
Walton, Rick |
2.9 |
K-3 |
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Black Is Brown Is Tan |
Adoff, Arnold |
3.4 |
K-3 |
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Blue Eyes Better |
Wallace-Brodeur,Ruth |
6.9 |
5-8 |
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Bourbon Street Muscians |
Price, Kathy |
4.6 |
K-3 |
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead |
Avi |
5.3 |
5-8 |
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Daughter of Madrugada |
Wood, Frances |
5.2 |
5-8 |
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David Gets In Trouble |
Shannon, David |
1.3 |
K-3 |
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Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the U.S> |
McKissack, Patricia |
7.6 |
3-6 |
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Everything I Know About Monsters |
Lichtenheld, Tom |
3.9 |
K-3 |
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George Washington’s Teeth |
Chandra, Deborah |
5.1 |
3-6 |
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Giant Children: Poems |
Bagert, Brod |
4.4 |
K-3 |
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Gooney Bird Greene |
Lowry, Lois |
5.0 |
K-3 |
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The Hero’s Trail |
Barron, T. A. |
6.8 |
3-6 |
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Hondo And Fabian |
McCarty, Peter |
1.2 |
K-3 |
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Hoot |
Hiaasen, Carl |
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YA |
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Horace and Morris Join The Chorus (But What About Dolores?) |
Howe, James |
2.9 |
K-3 |
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House of the Scorpion |
Farmer, Nancy |
6.3 |
5-8 |
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Hug Me |
Stren, Patti |
3.2 |
K-3 |
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Hungry Hen |
Waring, Ridchard |
3.8 |
K-3 |
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I Love My Little Storybook |
Jeram, Anita |
3.3 |
K-3 |
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I Love Saturdays y Domingos |
Ada, Alma Flor |
3.1 |
K-3 |
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If I Were In Charge The Rules Would Be Different |
Proimos, James |
4.7 |
3-6 |
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If You Take A Mouse To School |
Numeroff, Laura |
2.7 |
K-3 |
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If You Were A Village: A Book About the World’s People |
Smith, David |
5.6 |
3.6 |
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Joe Cinders |
Mitchell, Marianne |
4.0 |
K-3 |
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Loser |
Spinelli, Jerry |
5.2 |
3-6 |
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Magic Hat |
Fox, Mem |
2.7 |
K-3 |
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Matthew A.B.C. |
Catalanotto, Peter |
6.0 |
K-3 |
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My Friend Rabbit |
Rohmann, Eric |
2.5 |
K-3 |
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Noah’s Ark |
Pinkney, Jerry |
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K-3 |
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Old Mother Hubbard |
Cabrera, Jane |
2.1 |
K-3 |
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Princess and the Pizza |
Auch, Mary Jane |
3.8 |
K-3 |
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Pinocchio The Boy, or Incognito In Collodi |
Smith, Lane |
3.9 |
K-3 |
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Recess Queen |
O’Neill, Alexis |
3.1 |
K-3 |
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Saffy’s Angel |
McKay, Lynn |
4.1 |
K-3 |
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Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said The Sloth |
Carle, Eric |
3.6 |
K-3 |
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Spider and the Fly |
Howitt, Mary |
5.2 |
K-3 |
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Story For Bear |
Haseley, Dennis |
4.4 |
K-3 |
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Surviving the AppleWhites |
Tolan, Stephanie |
5.7 |
5-8 |
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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems |
George, Kristine |
5.0 |
5-8 |
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The Thief Lord |
Funke, Cornelia |
6.8 |
3-6 |
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