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ELA Approved Books,
organized by school
The
following books have been approved by the Board
of Education:
(This list was updated January
25, 2005)
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
SCHOOL |
GRADE |
YR. APPROVED |
DAY & MO.
APPROVED |
|
Bound for
Oregon |
Jean Van
Leeuwen |
Birchwood |
5 |
|
None |
|
Chester’s Way |
Kevin Henkes |
Birchwood |
1-2 Multiage |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom |
Bill Martin
Jr. & John Archambault |
Birchwood |
Kdg |
1995 |
22-May |
|
Hare’s Choice |
Dennis Hamley |
Birchwood |
4 |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Henry Mudge -
The First Book |
Cynthia Rylant |
Birchwood |
2 |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Indian in the
Cupboard |
Lynn Reid
Banks |
Birchwood |
4 |
|
|
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Kid in the Red
Jacket, The |
Barbara Park |
Birchwood |
5 |
1995 |
8-May |
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Lily's
Crossing |
Patricia
Reilly Giff |
Birchwood |
5 |
1998 |
9-Jun |
|
Mary Wore Her
Red Dress |
Merle Peek |
Birchwood |
1 |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Mick Harte Was
Here |
Barbara Park |
Birchwood |
3 |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Muggie Maggie |
Beverly
Clearly |
Birchwood |
3 |
1995 |
8-May |
|
Report Card,
The |
Andrew Clemens |
Birchwood |
4 |
|
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Return of the
Indian in the Cupboard |
Lynn Reid
Banks |
Birchwood |
4 |
|
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Searching for
David's Heart |
Bennett |
Birchwood |
4 |
|
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Skinnybones |
Barbara Park |
Birchwood |
4 |
|
|
|
Walk Two Moons |
Sharon Creech |
Birchwood |
5 |
1995 |
9-Jan |
|
War With
Grandpa, The |
Robert Kinnel
Smith |
Birchwood |
4,6 |
|
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|
Yang the
Youngest and His Terrible Ear |
Lensey Namioka |
Birchwood |
3 |
1997 |
6-June |
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A Taste of
Blackberries |
Buchanan |
Craig |
|
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Abel's Island |
Steig |
Craig |
4,5 |
|
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Alice in
Wonderland |
Carrol |
Craig |
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Bigger |
Patricia
Calvert |
Craig |
5 |
1996 |
20-May |
|
Bunnicula |
Howe |
Craig |
4 |
|
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Captive, The |
Joyce Hansen |
Craig |
5 |
1996 |
20-May |
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Charlie and
The Chocolate Factory |
Roald Dahl |
Craig |
4 |
1995 |
22-May |
|
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom |
Bill Martin
Jr. & John Archambault |
Craig |
1 |
1995 |
22-May |
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Chocolate
Touch, The |
Patrick Skene
Catling |
Craig |
3 |
1995 |
22-May |
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Cry Uncle |
Auch |
Craig |
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Dear Levi:
Letters from the Overland Trail |
Elvira
Woodruff |
Craig |
5 |
1996 |
20-May |
|
Door and the
Wall |
DeAngeli |
Craig |
5 |
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Encyclopedia
Brown Series |
Donald Sobol |
Craig |
4 |
1995 |
4-Apr |
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Fire Bug
Connection, The |
Jean Craighead
George |
Craig |
5 |
1995 |
22-May |
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Great Brain,
The |
Fitzgerald |
Craig |
4,5 |
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Green Book,
The |
Walsh |
Craig |
5,6 |
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Harriet the
Spy |
Fitzhugh |
Craig |
4,5 |
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How to be Cool
in Third Grade |
Betsy Duffey |
Craig |
3 |
2001 |
2-Apr |
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Images |
|
Craig |
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Ira Sleeps
Over |
Bernard Waber |
Craig |
2 |
1995 |
22-May |
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James and the
Giant Peach |
Dahll |
Craig |
4 |
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Lemonade
Trick, The |
Corbett |
Craig |
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Math Wiz, The |
Betsy Duffey |
Craig |
3 |
1995 |
22-May |
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Minstrel in
the Tower, The |
Naylor |
Craig |
4 |
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Miracles on
Maple Hill |
Sorensen |
Craig |
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Mr. Tucket |
Gary Paulsen |
Craig |
5 |
1996 |
20-May |
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Philip Hall
Likes Me |
Greene |
Craig |
12 |
2000 |
6-Nov |
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Root Cellar,
The |
Lunn |
Craig |
|
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Salsa Stones |
Lulu Delaeve |
Craig |
5 |
2001 |
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Shiloh Season |
Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor |
Craig |
4 |
1995 |
8-May |
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Snow Treasure |
McSwigan |
Craig |
5 |
1999 |
22-Oct |
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Tall Tales |
Steck-Vaughn |
Craig |
5-6 |
1996 |
6-May |
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Treasure
Island |
Stevenson |
Craig |
3 |
1995 |
8-May |
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The Year of
the Boar and Jackie Robinson |
Lord |
Craig |
5 |
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The Year of
Miss Agnes |
Kirkpatrick
Hull |
Craig |
7 |
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Wish Giver,
The |
Brittan |
Craig |
4,5 |
1997 |
6-Jun |
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Weasel |
DeFelice |
Elem/Midd. |
5,6 |
1997 |
6-Jun |
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Alexander &
the Wind Up Mouse |
Lionni |
Elementary |
2 |
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Amelia Bedelia |
Peggy Parrish |
Elementary
|
2 |
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Baby Sitters |
Ann M. Martin |
Elementary
|
2 |
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Back to Paul
Revere |
Beatrice
Gormky |
Elementary
|
4 |
|
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Because of
Winn Dixie |
Kate
DiCamillio |
Elementary
|
5 |
|
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Chicken Little |
S. Kellogg |
Elementary |
1 |
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Courage of
Sarah Noble |
Alice
Dalgliesh |
Elementary
|
4 |
|
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Daphine's Book |
Mary Downing
Hahn |
Elementary |
4,5 |
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Dear Mr.
Henshaw |
Beverly
Clearly |
Elementary
|
4 |
|
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Doorbell
Rings, The |
Pat Hutchins |
Elementary |
1 |
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Farmer Boy |
Laura Ingles
Wilder |
Elementary |
4 |
|
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From the Mixed
up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg |
Elementary |
4,5 |
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Henry Huggins |
Beverly
Clearly |
Elementary |
3 |
|
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If Your Name
was Changed at Ellis Island |
Ellen Levine |
Elementary |
4 |
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Indian's of
the Northeast Woodlands |
Beatrice
Siegel |
Elementary |
4 |
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Indian Summer |
Barbara Girion |
Elementary
|
4 |
|
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Island of the
Blue Dolphins |
Scott O'Dell |
Elementary |
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Junior Great
Books - Series 5 |
Varied
(Anthology) |
Elementary |
5 |
|
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Loner, The |
Wier |
Elementary |
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Morning Girl |
Michael Dorris |
Elementary |
4 |
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Mouse and the
Motorcycle |
Beverly
Clearly |
Elementary
|
3 |
|
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My Side of the
Mountain |
Jean Craighead
George |
Elementary |
5 |
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Mystery of
Dead Man's Curve, The |
Louis Williams |
Elementary
|
4 |
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Next Spring an
Oriole |
Gloria Whelan |
Elementary |
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Number the
Stars |
Lois Lowry |
Elementary |
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2001 |
11-Nov |
|
Oh A-Hunting
We Will Go |
John Langstaff |
Elementary |
1 |
|
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One Day in the
Tropical Rain Forest |
Jean Craighead
George |
Elementary |
5 |
1995 |
6-Mar |
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Orphan of
Ellis Island, The |
Elvira
Woodruff |
Elementary |
4 |
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People of the
Longhouse |
Ridington |
Elementary |
4 |
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Pinballs, The |
Betsy Byars |
Elementary |
5 |
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Romana Forever |
Beverly
Clearly |
Elementary |
3,4 |
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Romana Quimby,
Age 8 |
Beverly
Clearly |
Elementary |
3,4 |
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Robinhood of
Sherwood Forest |
McGovern |
Elementary |
12 |
1998 |
30-Sep |
|
Sarah, Plain
and Tall |
Patricia
MacLachlan |
Elentary |
5 |
|
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Scott Foresman
Reading |
20 Authors |
Elementary |
7 |
1995 |
9-Jan |
|
Shiloh |
Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor |
Elementary |
K-5 |
2000 |
2-May |
|
Sign of the
Beaver |
Elizabeth
George Speare |
Elementary |
4 |
|
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Summer of the
Swans, The |
Betsy Byars |
Elementary |
6-Jan |
|
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Teeny Tiny |
Jill Bennett/Tomie
dePaola |
Elementary |
1 |
|
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There's a Boy
in the Girl's Bathroom |
Louis Sachaar |
Elementary |
4 |
|
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Voyage of the
Half Moon |
Tracey West |
Elementary |
4 |
|
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Eric Carle's
Animals Animals |
Laura Whipple,
comp. |
Glencliff |
3-4 Multiage |
1997 |
6-Jun |
|
Journey to
Nowhere |
Mary Jane Auch |
Glencliff |
4 |
1999 |
10-May |
|
Julius, The
Baby of the World |
Kevin Henkes |
Glencliff |
2 |
1995 |
6-Mar |
|
Letters From
Rifka |
Karen Hesse |
Glencliff |
5 |
1996 |
20-May |
|
Lunch Box
Surprise, The |
Grace
Maccarone |
Glencliff |
1 |
1996 |
20-May |
|
What's Alive |
Kathleen
Weidner Zoechfeld |
Glencliff |
1-2 Multiage |
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Who Eats What
-- Food Chains and Food Webs |
Patricia
Lauber |
Glencliff |
2-Jan |
1995 |
8-May |
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Adventures of
Huck Finn |
Tom Sawyer |
High School |
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Aenid |
Vergil |
High School |
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Alicia: My
Story |
Alicia
Appleman Jurman |
High School |
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All's Quiet on
the Western Front |
Erich Marice
Remarque |
High School |
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Alice in
Wonderland |
Lewis Carroll |
High School |
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Animal Farm |
George Orwell |
High School |
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Antigone |
Sophocles |
High School |
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The Assistant |
Bernard
Malamud |
High School |
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Autobiography
of Ben Franklin |
Benjamin
Franklin |
High School |
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The Awakening |
Kate Chopin |
High School |
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The Bean Trees |
Barbara
Kingslover |
High School |
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Becket |
Jean Anouilh |
High School |
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The Bell Jar |
Sylvia Plath |
High School |
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Beloved |
Toni Morrision |
High School |
12H |
1998 |
14-Dec |
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Billy Budd,
Sailor |
Herman
Melville |
High School |
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The Bonfire of
the Vanities |
Tom Wolfe |
High School |
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Breakfast at
Tiffany's |
Truman Capote |
High School |
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Catcher in the
Rye |
J.D. Salinger |
High School |
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Catch 22 |
Joseph Heller |
High School |
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Candide |
Voltaire |
High School |
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Cat's Cradle |
Kurt Vonnegut
Jr. |
High School |
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The Cherry
Orchard |
Anton Chekhov |
High School |
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The Chocolate
War |
Robert Cormier |
High School |
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The Chosen |
Chaim Potok |
High School |
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The Clock
Winder |
Anne Taylor |
High School |
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Chronicles of
a Death Foretold |
Gabriel Garcia
Marquez |
High School |
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The Crucible |
Arthur Miller |
High School |
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Cry the
Beloved Country |
Alan Paton |
High School |
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David
Copperfield |
Charles
Dickens |
High School |
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A Death in the
Family |
James Agee |
High School |
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Death of a
Salesman |
Arthur Miller |
High School |
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Dairy of Anne
Frank |
Anne Frank |
High School |
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A Doll's House |
Henrik Ibsen |
High School |
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