Comanche Parents:

Reading Suggestions by Level
This is a list of widely available books from which you can select reading material for your child. They can be found at almost every Albuquerque public library branch. The titles should be chosen from your child's independent reading level so he/she can read them with very little or no adult support. Your child should be able to read the books smoothly and fluently, not choppily or word by word.

Level	Title	Author
A	One Hunter	Pat Hutchins
B	Cat on the Mat	Brian Wildsmith
B	Mommy, Where Are You	Boon/Ziefert
B	All Fall Down	Brian Wildsmith
C	Brown Bear, Brown Bear	Bill Martin
C	I Went Walking	Sue Williams
C	My Dream	Brian Wildsmith
C	Now We Can Go	Ann Jonas
C	Rain	Robert Kalan
C	Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails	Nancy Tafuri
C	Toot, Toot	Brian Wildsmith
C	What a Tale!	Brian Wildsmith
D	The Ball Bounced	Nancy Tafuri
D	Bears in the Night	Stan/Jan Berenstain
D	Bears on Wheels	Stan/Jan Berenstain
D	The Chick and Duckling	Mira Ginsburg
D	How Many Bugs in a Box?	David Carter
D	I Like Books	Arthur Brown
D	The Island	Brian Wildsmith
D	Mary Wore Her Dress	Merle Peek
D	Mud	Wendy Lewinson
D	Noisy Breakfast	Ellen Blonder
E	All By Myself	Mercer Mayer
E	The Baby	John Burningham
E	The Blanket	John Burningham
E	Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed	Eileen Christetow
E	Foot Book	Dr. Seuss
E	Happy Egg	Robert Kraus
E	Herman the Helper	Robert Kraus
E	If I Were You	Robert Kraus
E	In a Dark, Dark Wood	Brian Wildsmith
E	Inside, Outside, Upside Down	Stan/Jan Berenstain
E	It Looked Like Spilt Milk	Charles Shaw
E	Where’s Spot?	Eric Hill
F	Amy Loves the Sun	Julia Hoban
F	Dark, Dark Tale	Ruth Brown
F	Grandma and the Pirate	David Lloyd
F	Harry Takes a Bath	Harriet Zeifert
F	Just Like Daddy	Frank Asch
F	Lady with the Alligator Purse	Bernard Westcott
F	Pardon? Said the Giraffe	Colin West
F	Rosie’s Walk	Pat Hutchins
G	Alligator Shoes	Arthur Dorros
G	Amy Loves the Snow	Julia Hoban
G	Amy Loves the Wind	Julia Hoban
G	The Carrot Seed	Ruth Krauss
G	The Dog	John Burningham
G	Just for You	Mercer Mayer
G	Just Me and My Babysitter	Mercer Mayer
H	Animal Tricks	Brian Wildsmith
H	George Shrinks	William Joyce
H	Goodnight Moon	Margaret Wise Brown
H	I Was Walking Down the Road	Sarah Barchas
H	Old Hat, New Hat	Stan/Jan Berenstain
H	Picture for Harold’s Room	Crockett Johnson
H	We Are Best Friends	Aliki
I	Alligators All Around	Maurice Sendak
I	Apples and Pumpkins	Anne Rockwell
I	Bike Lessons	Stan/Jan Berenstain
I	Fix-it	David McPhail
I	Goodnight Owl	Pat Hutchins
I	Hattie and the Fox	Mem Fox
I	Just a Mess	Mercer Mayer
I	Just Grandma and Me	Mercer Mayer
I	Just Me and My Dad	Mercer Maye
I	Leo the Late Bloomer	Robert Kraus
J	And I Mean it, Stanley	Crosby Bonsalt
J	Bear Shadow	Frank Asch
J	Bear’s Bargain	Frank Asch
J	Cat in the Hat	Dr. Seuss
J	The Doorbell Rang	Pat Hutchins
J	Green Eggs and Ham	Dr. Seuss
J	Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea	Cynthia Rylant
J	Henry and Mudge in the Green Time	Cynthia Rylant
J	Hop on Pop	Dr. Seuss
J	The House That Jack Built	Rodney Peppe
J	Owl at Home	Arnold Lobel
K	Amelia Bedelia books (There are many titles.)	Peggy Parish
K	Arthur’s Honey Bear	Lillian Hoban
K	Arthur’s Loose Tooth	Lillian Hoban
K	Arthur’s Pen Pal	Lillian Hoban
K	Arthur’s Prize Reader	Lillian Hoban
K	The Blind Men and the Elephant	Karen Backstein
K	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Norman Bridwell
K	Clifford the Small Red Puppy	Norman Bridwell
K	Frog and Toad are Friends	Arnold Lobel
K	Frog and Toad Together	Arnold Lobel
K	Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car	John Burningham
K	Animal Tracks	Arthur Dorros
L	A Baby Sister for Frances	Russel Hoban
L	Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54	David R. Adler
L	Cam Jansen books (all are really good.)	David R. Adler
L	The Candy Corn Contest	Patricia Reilly Giff
L	The Case of the Cool-itch Kid	Patricia Reilly Giff
L	In the Dinosaur Paw	Patricia Reilly Giff
L	Miss Nelson Is Missing	Harry Allard
L	Pee Wee Scouts (any)	Judy Detton
M	Armies of Ants	Walter Retan
M	Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room	Patricia Reilly Giff
M	Berlioz the Bear	Jan Brett
M	Blueberries for Sal	Robert McCloskey
M	Can Do, Jenny Archer	Ellen Conford
M	A Chair for My Mother	Vera Williams
M	The Cloud Book	Tomie de Paola
M	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Judi Barrett
M	Drinking Gourd	F. N. Monjo
M	Freckle Juice	Judy Blume
M	How to Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell
M	“I Can’t”, Said the Ant	Polly Cameron
M	The Mitten	Jan Brett
M	One in the Middle Is a Green Kangaroo	Judy Blume
M	The Spy on Third Base	Matt Christopher
M	Uncle Elephant	Arnold Lobel
N	Amber Brown books	Paula Danziger
N	The Enormous Crocodile	Roald Dahl
N	Horrible Harry books	Suzy Kline
N	The Magic Finger	Roald Dahl
N	The Mystery of Pony Hollow	Lynn Hall
N	No Room for a Dog	Joan Kane Nichols
N	Pioneer Cat	William H. Hooks
N	Shark in School	Patricia Reiliy Giff
O	Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein	Johanna Hurwitz
O	Baseball Fever	Johanna Hurwitz
O	Beezus and Ramona	Beverly Cleary
O	BoxCar Children mysteries	G. Chandler Warner
O	Bunnicula	D.& J. Howe
O	Henry Huggins and other Henry books	Beverly Cleary
O	Matilda	Roald Dahl
O	No One Is Going to Nashville	Mavis Jukes
O	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and other Ramona books	Beverly Cleary
O	Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman
P	Amelia Earhart	John Parlin
P	Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers	S. A. Kramer
P	Five Brave Explorers	Wade Hudson
P	George’s Marvelous Medicine	Roald Dahl
P	One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest	J. Craighead George
P	One Day in the Woods	J. Craighead George
P	The Twits	Roald Dahl
Q	Llama Pajamas	Susan Clymer
Q	Pony Pats books	Jeanne Betancourt
Q	School’s Out	Johanna Hurwitz
Q	Sideways Stories from Wayside School and other Wayside books	Louis Sachar
R	Babe the Gallant Pig	Dick King-Smith
R	The Canada Geese Quilt	L. Kinsey-Warnock
R	Sidewalk Story	Sharon Bell Mathis
R	Story of Harriet Tubman	Kate McMulfan
R	Story of Jackie Robinson	Margaret Davidson
R	Story of Walt Disney	Bernice Selden