Suggested “Best Books of 2002”

Source: Dr. Peggy Sharp – Children’s Literature Workshop

 

Title

Author

Reading Level

Interest Level

 

 

 

 

A Corner of the Universe

Martin, Anne

7.3

5-8

A Week in the Woods

Clements, Andrew

6.3

5-8

Among the Betrayed

Haddex, Margaret

Q4.5

5-8

Arithme-tickle

Lewis, Patrick

3.6

K-3

Bertie Was a Watchdog

Walton, Rick

2.9

K-3

Black Is Brown Is Tan

Adoff, Arnold

3.4

K-3

Blue Eyes Better

Wallace-Brodeur,Ruth

6.9

5-8

Bourbon Street Muscians

Price, Kathy

4.6

K-3

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Avi

5.3

5-8

Daughter of Madrugada

Wood, Frances

5.2

5-8

David Gets In Trouble

Shannon, David

1.3

K-3

Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the U.S>

McKissack, Patricia

7.6

3-6

Everything I Know About Monsters

Lichtenheld, Tom

3.9

K-3

George Washington’s Teeth

Chandra, Deborah

5.1

3-6

Giant Children: Poems

Bagert, Brod

4.4

K-3

Gooney Bird Greene

Lowry, Lois

5.0

K-3

The Hero’s Trail

Barron, T. A.

6.8

3-6

Hondo And Fabian

McCarty, Peter

1.2

K-3

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl

 

YA

Horace and Morris Join The Chorus (But What About Dolores?)

Howe, James

2.9

K-3

House of the Scorpion

Farmer, Nancy

6.3

5-8

Hug Me

Stren, Patti

3.2

K-3

Hungry Hen

Waring, Ridchard

3.8

K-3

I Love My Little Storybook

Jeram, Anita

3.3

K-3

I Love Saturdays y Domingos

Ada, Alma Flor

3.1

K-3

If I Were In Charge The Rules Would Be Different

Proimos, James

4.7

3-6

If You Take A Mouse To School

Numeroff, Laura

2.7

K-3

If You Were A Village: A Book About the World’s People

Smith, David

5.6

3.6

Joe Cinders

Mitchell, Marianne

4.0

K-3

Loser

Spinelli, Jerry

5.2

3-6

Magic Hat

Fox, Mem

2.7

K-3

Matthew A.B.C.

Catalanotto, Peter

6.0

K-3

My Friend Rabbit

Rohmann, Eric

2.5

K-3

Noah’s Ark

Pinkney, Jerry

-

K-3

Old Mother Hubbard

Cabrera, Jane

2.1

K-3

Princess and the Pizza

Auch, Mary Jane

3.8

K-3

Pinocchio The Boy, or Incognito In Collodi

Smith, Lane

3.9

K-3

Recess Queen

O’Neill, Alexis

3.1

K-3

Saffy’s Angel

McKay, Lynn

4.1

K-3

Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said The Sloth

Carle, Eric

3.6

K-3

Spider and the Fly

Howitt, Mary

5.2

K-3

Story For Bear

Haseley, Dennis

4.4

K-3

Surviving the AppleWhites

Tolan, Stephanie

5.7

5-8

Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

George, Kristine

5.0

5-8

The Thief Lord

Funke, Cornelia

6.8

3-6